News Found on July 9, 2001

Internet

yet another bites the dust :-(

"Net grocer Webvan is out of time: 2,000 lose jobs as company closes, will file for bankruptcy", Seattle Times, July 9, 2001

Storage

If you think defraging isn't important, THINK AGAIN.

"Impact of Manual versus Network Degramentation of Windows 2000", Page 6, Storage Management Solutions, Volume 5,
Issue 6

"To Defrag or Not", Page 38, Storage Management Solutions, Volume 5, Issue 5
 

This puppy is FAST

"An Introduction to Serial ATA", Page 50, Storage Management Solutions, Volume 5, Issue 5

Operating Systems

The new licensing scheme

"Flexing Microsoft Muscle", InfoWorld, June 18, 2001 Issue 25

for details on how XP is licensed
 

Security

CERT Advisory CA-2001-17 Check Point RDP Bypass Vulnerability

"Jailed Internet Service", Sys Admin, August 2001, Volume 10, Number 8

Database

"PostgreSQL Performance Tuning", Page 66, Linux Journal, August 2001

"PostgreSQL: Introduction and Concepts", Page 76, Linux Journal, August 2001

Development Tools

Now you can develop software for linux

"Kylix", Page 82, Linux Journal, August 2001

Coding

"Object-Oriented Device Networking", Dr. Dobb's Journal, August 2001

Infrastructure

This technology may replace DSL and Cable Modem

"Licking the Last-Mile Problem", Page 56, The Industry Standard, July 9-16, 2001