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According to this ZDNet.uk story, illegal drug users may be supporting (gasp) software pirates. Or is it that you shouldn’t buy illegal software because by doing so you may be supporting drug merchants? Something like that, anyway. Free ironic bonus: link to another ZDNet.uk story, this one about police in the U.K. using counterfeit Microsoft software.

“The International Society of Cubists officially launched its
Web site today, a brilliant rejection of natural form and perspective that metaphysically establishes
the implication of movement, analytically redefines spatial relationships, and is an absolute bitch
to navigate.” Full story at satirewire.com

LinuxWorld.com.au has a book review of the “PHP 4 Bible”. “The book begins by explaining the essence of PHP to a reader who may know
little about it. The benefits of the open source licensing and ‘free’ nature of
PHP are discussed, as are usability issues such as its cross-platform nature
and inbuilt database connectivity.” -Anonymous Reader

James Simmons is the creator and maintainer of linuxmafia.org, which has been around for about three years. Chances are that if you use slackware, you know about linuxmafia.org. James Simmons has donated a huge amount of his free time and resources in putting together this website and maintaining it. In this interview I sit down with James for a candid irc interview about his current plans for LM and where he sees things going, and his opinions on various other topics. See the interview at userlocal.com. –keskoy

Slashdotters discuss a letter to the KDE community explaining the reasoning behind the KDE League.

The Register warns that many company networks are compromised, not by shortcomings in security on the part of admins, but rather by employees within the network putting their own systems on the network or doing other things which could lead to compromises.

InfoWorld reports that the European Union is stepping up its legal case against the American software giant, Microsoft.

CBS reports that US Republican House leader Dick Armey says the Department of Justice insured a positive report of the FBI’s Carnivore email reading software, further raising questions about the report’s legitimacy.

MSNBC warns that the price of flat panel monitors is dropping, and in a few years’ time may actually be available at a reasonable price. The advice is to hold off until then to buy the light-weight, high-resolution monitors.

Linux Journal is carrying an essay on the effect of the Internet on China, and leads to conclusions that may surprise some readers.