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MySQL AB announced the launch of MySQL 5.0 on Monday. The much-anticipated upgrade is available for download under the open source GPL license. The new version looks to be loaded with new features too.

Light sweet crude prices climb almost to the $53 mark up 67 cents at $52.70 this morning. Meanwhile OPEC leaders begin to discuss possible production increases for June. Brent North Sea crude is up about 75 cents at $51.68 this morning. Gasoline prices are up 3 cents this morning at $1.50 a gallon.

OPEC announced a kick up in oil production yesterday as oil prices hover around $51 a barrel. The 500,000 bpd increase marks the second increase in two months when OPEC minister met last month and increased production 500,000.

ChevronTexaco Technology Ventures presented a paper on new and better ways to increase the efficiency and reduce the cost and complexity of hydrogen generation for distributed energy stations.

Read the Disclaimer People sometimes want to use their application servers as firewalls. This seems attractive at first glance: slap in another network card, add some packet filtering, tighten the system down a bit and connect it to the outside world. Cheap and quick, but a very bad idea.

Are you as productive and creative as you could be? A few years ago I travelled up the north coast of New South Wales, Australia, and visited a client whose wife was a potter. She showed me around her large, well-lit studio.

Ok. So, you've got your site set up? If not, then go back and read the last issue of DesignNewz to help you on your way. http://www.DesignNewz.com/2001/0702.html