February

A Perl Hacker in the Land of Python

Jon Udell

Jon keynotes the Zope track at IPC8 (the Eighth International Python Conference), and offers his report and some reflections on Python and the event from his perspective as a Perl fan.

IBM's Discontinued WorkPad z50: Right For You?

John Higgins

IBM dropping its Jupiter-class WorkPad z50 WinCE handheld means no future -- but great close-out prices -- for what John considers the ideal low-end handheld for people who need to type a lot, and do some e-mail and Web access.

The Other LinuxWorld Expo: Paris Diary

T. Tober

While many went to the LinuxWorld in New York in early February, others were at the expo in Paris. Bruce went to Paris, and explains why Corel, Mandrake, SuSE, and other Linux heavies were there; and he tells us about some interesting products, including

Skinny Wire, Skinny Pipe -- Comcast/@Home Blues

Tom Henderson

Broadband brainwashing -- Tom's ready for his high-speed close-up, but nobody seems able to actually provision it so far, he sadly reports.

Internet Attacks And What We Can Do

Jerry Pournelle

Jerry examines the massive Denial-of-Service attacks launched on major web sites in early February, how they were done, and why the problem won't go away... and offers specific starter advice especially for broadband.

U.K Crypto Bill Could Make Crypto Users Criminals

Bruce Tober

A Crypto bill proposed in the United Kingdom requires people with encrypted data to either provide law-enforcement with the key, or prove they'd either never had it or had it but have lost or forgotten it.

Hello FMD-ROM -- Bye-Bye DVD?

Andy Patrizio

If you want DVD-ROM because it's better than CD-ROM, wait until multi-layered FMD gets here, says Andy; who reports that Constellation 3D's new FMD-ROM drives have the potential for 15x a DVD's capacity in the first generation -- with recordable disks, te