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'Second Life' faces threat to its virtual economy (ZDNet)
ZDNet writes about the open source "CopyBot" tool which, by being able to make copies of
objects, is stirring up the Second Life community. "Problem is, it's not clear yet … 
MySQL to get a new storage engine from NitroSecurity
MySQL and NitroSecurity have announced a deal to work the "NitroEDB" database engine into
MySQL. "NitroSecurity originally developed its database technology to address the growing
demand for real-time analysis within …
SFLC: OpenBSD Atheros driver is clean
… There is a driver in OpenBSD, but that driver has been clouded by allegations
that the code was not clean, and could not be safely used for a Linux driver …
Wednesday's security updates
Debian has updated pdns (buffer overflow) and openssh (two denial of service
vulnerabilities). Mandriva has updated bind (signature verification vulnerability) and
openldap (denial of service). OpenPKG has updated texinfo (buffer …
The first OLPC test system arrives in Cambridge
The OLPC team has posted a set of pictures of the first "B1 test" version of the laptop on
its arrival at their office. The holiday season, it seems, has …
Microsoft seeks input on promise not to sue individuals
… He acknowledges that it "missed the mark," but don't expect things to change too
much. "Our design goal is to get language in place that allows individual developers to
keep …
Linspire Offers Free Services to Desktop Linux Users
Linspire, Inc. has announced the FreeLinuxEmail service. "FreeLinuxEmail, an IMAP email
and Net file storage service developed by Messaging Engine of Melbourne, Australia,
provides desktop Linux users a free server-based …
Kernel prepatch 2.6.19-rc6
Linus has released 2.6.19-rc6, possibly the last prepatch before 2.6.19 becomes final.
There's a fair number of fixes in there, but things should be getting fairly stable at
this point …
LWN.net Weekly Edition for November 16, 2006
The LWN.net Weekly Edition for November 16, 2006 is available …
Nokia Partners with Red Hat (Techtree.com)
Techtree.com covers a partnership between Red Hat and Nokia. "Nokia and Red Hat have
announced a collaboration to develop carrier-grade telecommunications solutions that meet
the high performance and availability requirements …