Linux Journal writes about BT’s patent lawsuit against Prodigy for using hyperlinks of all things. “As a company, you just got infested with worms. Parasites trying to nourish themselves from your success–software patenteers. If any of us other
Internet builders and users can offer you some assistance fighting them, please let us know.

Since I work for a company that makes hyperlinks among other things, and since I make some links in my spare time, I naturally got worried about the
fact that British Telecom is actually suing you over their ridiculous claim that they, not Vannevar Bush, Ted Nelson, Doug Engelbart, or anybody else
invented hyperlinks. Could this be the end of the Web as we know it?”

BSD Today reviews reviews Galeon, the Web browser based on gecko. It’s useful for browsing sites and downloading files.

E-mail is the most widely used means of communication on the net. Convenient? yes —
safe? no. Encryption is what you need to keep your communications private. This
FreeOS article shows you how you can use the mail client Mutt and the open source replacement of PGP, GnuPG, to secure your e-mail. –Chandrashekhar Bhosle

The Register follows up on Red Hat’s revenue report: “Red Hat, the Linux company that isn’t a Linux company – it’s an “open source
Internet infrastructure solutions” provider, apparently – yesterday said its latest
quarter saw revenues rocket a clear 112 per cent. And its loss improved somewhat
too.”

Reuters reports this strang item: “Computer and printer maker HP said Friday that one of its employees
is missing, apparently having been sucked out of an airplane in
mid-flight Thursday.

The accident was confirmed Friday by Bruce Nelson, an operations
officer with the Federal Aviation Administration in Los Angeles.
‘About five miles southeast of Sacramento, at 2,000 feet, a female
reportedly jumped or fell from the aircraft,’ Nelson said.”

This update is on ZDNet UK : “Linux creator, Linus Torvalds, is preparing the 2.4 Linux kernel for
final release later this month, as testing and bug fixing near completion.

The kernel will include enhancements to improve the open-source
operating system’s robustness and go some way to prove its suitability
for enterprise-level applications.”

From The Register: “”A Microsoft Web site has been defaced in the latest of a string of attacks that have
called into question the ability of IT companies to keep their systems secure.
The software giant’s Slovenian site, www.microsoft.si, was sprayed with pro-Linux
graffiti by a hacker who gained control of the site, which is hosted in the former
Yugoslavian country. In a reference to Mark Renton’s famous speech at the
beginning of the film Trainspotting, the site was changed to feature a tirade that
equated choosing Microsoft software to being a moron.”

The BBC reports: BT is going to court to enforce its claim to have invented hyperlinks.
This week, the company filed a lawsuit in a New York court seeking damages
from a U.S. Internet provider over its use of hyperlink
technology.

CNet reports that metal-rap band Rage Against The Machine is “offering an olive branch to fans angry
about being booted from Napster last week, posting a long list of otherwise
unavailable songs and videos to its Web site.

Many fans of the band found themselves barred from Napster last week after the band’s
management and record label gave the song-swapping service a list of usernames of people
suspected of trading unauthorized songs.”

Slashdotters discuss an announcement for Vitanuova.com that the company’s Unix-inspired Inferno plugin makes it possible to run an OS in a browser. It’s now available for IE, but other versions are coming.