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Sun to support AMP plus Linux Money talks OSCON Sun Microsystems is putting the "L" back into LAMP with plans to support customers running the open-source Apache, MySQL and Perl or PHP (AMP) stack on Linux.? Google unfurls less laughable Wikipedia Knol is short for knowledge - honest Google has unleashed its Wikipedia killer.? San Francisco sysadmin stays in jail for now Parts of city network still locked out The sysadmin accused of hijacking San Francisco's network may have surrendered the passwords needed to regain control of key parts of the system, but the move hasn't gotten anyone very far. A judge has refused to lower his $5m bail, and officials say they are still locked out of some portions of the network.? Amazon leaps tall buildings, scoffs at maimed economies 'Bellwether we're not' Has Amazon noticed a drop in consumer confidence? Don't even ask the question.? UK ISPs agree to menace their filesharing users But menace them with what? Six UK ISPs are to start sending out menacing letters to hundreds of thousands of suspected music pirates as part of a government plan to tackle illegal filesharing, the BBC reports. The deal and the names of the six are due to be unveiled on Thursday, and the ISPs are also said to have committed "to develop legal music services."?