“As part of an industry competition to test the security of a digital music copyright protection system developed by a group of entertainment and technology companies, Professor (Edward W.) Felten was part of a group that says it successfully disabled the system. But he said he was reluctant to make public the details of how it was done because the 1998 law made it a crime to manufacture or “offer to the public” a way to gain unauthorizedaccess to any copyright-protected work that has been secured by a technology like encryption.” Story at New York Times(Free registration required).

From Linux.com: “Linux.com Live! recently had the privilege of speaking with the staff of Themes.org about the role of theming
and interface enhancement in the future of Linux. With the release of kernel 2.4 and its emphasis on
improving the end user’s system, the role of the desktop in Linux is more important than ever.”

San Jose Mercury News reports on the Nokia Media Terminal, which was unveiled at the recently-concluded Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The new device will record TV shows, play video games, store MP3 files, and uses Linux as its operating system.

CNET News.com interviews former Whitewater prosecutor Ken Starr, currently representing Project to Promote Competition & Innovation in the Digital Age (ProComp) in its Microsoft antitrust campaign.

From InfoWorld: “The long-awaited second part of
Lotus Development’s knowledge management system, code named
Raven, will be available in March, President and Chief Executive Officer
Al Zollar, said Monday as he opened the Lotusphere user’s conference
here.”

In this week’s issue, now at LWN.net: the history of Tcl, how to embed tkcon consoles, and two threads on Tcl deployment issues.

InfoWorld reports: “America Online (AOL) and a trio of high-tech industry groups on Friday filed an amici curiae (friend of the court) brief asking the U.S. Court of Appeals to uphold a U.S. District Court judge’s ruling to split Microsoft in two. The brief came on the same day as the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed court papers in which it also defended the judge’s order.”

LinuxToday has the latest Linux kernel news from Alan Cox.

CNET News.com reports that CollabNet will host Open Source programming and community sites for the Mozilla browser project, and Motorola’s upcoming Java-enabled IDEN cell phones.

LinuxDevices discusses the past, present, and future of the embedded single board computer (SBC) market, and introduces the Linux-friendly Embedded SBC Quick Reference Guide.