FW: MS Exec: Linux Is Going Down

Wed Jan 31 15:45:57 EST 2001

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 MS Exec: Linux Is Going Down (Business 2:00 a.m. PST)
 http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,41527,00.html?tw=wn20010131
 Open source developers and penguin-heads will obviously consider the
source, but here's the latest salvo from a Microsoft manager: The Linux
craze is dead, over, kaput. By Michelle Delio.
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 Linux Looks to Take on the World (Business 2:00 a.m. PST)
 http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,41500,00.html?tw=wn20010131
 This is the year that LinuxWorld hopes to show just how mainstream the
open-source operating system can get. Its cheerleaders are exhorting
Linux developers to create applications that will draw in businesses
and consumers. By Michelle Delio.
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 CMGI Claims Patently Wrong (Technology 2:00 a.m. PST)

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,41508,00.html?tw=wn20010131
 CMGI says it will soon enforce its 38 patents covering Internet search
and indexing, and every search engine could be in the line of fire. But
Net experts say the patents won't stand up to challenges. By Andy
Patrizio.
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 Bye-Bye Dreamcast, Bye-Bye (Business 6:00 a.m. PST)
 http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,41530,00.html?tw=wn20010131
 Sega, which last week denied the rumors, admits it will stop producing
its game consoles, concentrate on making video games for its
competitors, and take a record loss.
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 Cell Towers Battle for Belfry (Culture 2:00 a.m. PST)
 http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,41316,00.html?tw=wn20010131
 Historic landmarks are leasing portions of their buildings to cell
phone companies that need space for wireless antennas. It may be
healthy for the sites, but not for the visitors. By Katie Dean.
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 Protesters Push for GM Labeling (Technology 8:15 a.m. PST)

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,41531,00.html?tw=wn20010131
 Environmental groups demand action from the EU to require the labeling
of genetically modified animal feeds. From the Environment News
Service.
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 Science Says Women Dig Fast Cars (Culture 2:00 a.m. PST)
 http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,41521,00.html?tw=wn20010131
 As if we didn't know it already, British researchers found that men
show off their expensive toys and edgy personalities because women are
attracted to them. By Elisa Batista.
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 The Jewel of Cell Phones (Technology 2:00 a.m. PST)

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,41525,00.html?tw=wn20010131
 Introducing the cell phone that may become the ultimate chick magnet.
Also: WorldCom's woes, the successor to the Palm Vx, the end of the
U.S. PCS license auction and more in this week's Unwired News. By Elisa
Batista.
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 New Site Hopes to Stay Unspiked (Business 2:00 a.m. PST)
 http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,41406,00.html?tw=wn20010131
 Who would try to launch an alternative news site with a minimum of
funds at a (down) time like this? Try an iconoclastic Brit who likes to
do things the hard way. Prepare for Spiked. By Aparna Kumar.
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 Role Players Get a Place to Play (Culture 2:00 a.m. PST)
 http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,41507,00.html?tw=wn20010131
 Interplay.com is launching a new site dedicated to massively
multiplayer persistence games. MMPGs? You know, those massively popular
games that may just become the next killer app for gamers. By Lisa
Nadile.
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 Pink Slips Fly at Amazon (Business Tuesday)
 http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,41514,00.html?tw=wn20010131
 The online retailer reports earnings and says it will eliminate 1,300
jobs as part of a restructuring plan. Amazon also says it will be
profitable by the end of the year. By Joanna Glasner.
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 Life Pumped Into Artificial Heart (Technology Tuesday)

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,41518,00.html?tw=wn20010131
 The FDA approved the first human trials of an artificial heart implant
designed by a medical device company in Massachusetts, sending its
stock through the roof.
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 Gene Find No Small Fetus (Technology Tuesday)

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,41513,00.html?tw=wn20010131
 Animal cloning researchers have found a gene that can cause abnormally
large fetuses. The discovery could lead to human embryonic screenings.
By Kristen Philipkoski.
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 Tech to Bush: Leave Us Alone (Politics Tuesday)
 http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,41510,00.html?tw=wn20010131
 An influential technology trade group implores President Bush to pay
attention to education in terms of math and science, but leave privacy
concerns to the companies involved.
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