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Microsoft dropped from spam suit

Author: JT Smith

Harris Interactive can now use Hotmail, the result of suing Microsoft and others for allegedly blocking its e-mail surveys, from ZDNet News.

Perl 6: What I did this summer

Author: JT Smith

ZDTV offers this interview with Larry Wall about Perl 6.

Category:

  • Open Source

Apple suit might protect secrets but upset Mac loyalists

Author: JT Smith

This report from SiliconValley.com says that’s the clear implication of a lawsuit filed last month against a former Apple Computer
Inc. employee who allegedly spilled the Cupertino-based computer maker’s trade secrets
via the Internet.

Tests uncover Bluetooth flaw

Author: JT Smith

Researchers have found that a flaw in the Bluetooth system allows
eavesdroppers to listen in on the digital exchange of information and
determine the identity of the user. From IT Week.

Privacy not high priority for e-businesses

Author: JT Smith

E-businesses place privacy low on their list of priorities and appear most worried
about hackers and other security issues, a survey has found. From ComputerUser.com.

Category:

  • Open Source

Cracker attacks more than 100 sites with pro-Napster notes

Author: JT Smith

Newsbytes.com reports that the unknown intruder attacked sites ranging from
NASA to the Communications Workers of America following the court
ruling earlier this week that could force MP3.com to pay millions of dollars
in damages to Universal Music Group.

Category:

  • Linux

Yorkshire site defaced by angry local

Author: JT Smith

The Web site of a North Yorkshire town was defaced this week by
a enraged local computer cracker intent on wreaking terrible
revenge on the locality, reports ZDNet.

Category:

  • Linux

Napster distances itself from MP3.com case

Author: JT Smith

Song-swap company Napster, embroiled in a landmark
copyright lawsuit against the recording industry, on Thursday
distanced itself from a federal judge’s strong ruling against
MP3.com. From ZDCOUK.com.

MontaVista unveils fully preemptable Linux kernel prototype

Author: JT Smith

ZDNet reports that MontaVista Software has taken the wraps off what it
calls a “hard real-time fully preemptable Linux kernel
prototype,” based on Linux kernel 2.4.

Category:

  • Linux

APBNews.com to be revived

Author: JT Smith

Newsbytes News reports that Safetytips.com on Thursday purchased the assets of bankrupt APBnews.com
for $575,000 and plans to revive the crime and justice news site.

Category:

  • Linux