2600.com: “On the eve of our appeal of the DeCSS decision, it might be a good idea to look at how freshmen at Princeton University recently handled some mock oral arguments concerning the case in a seminar taught by Computer Science Professor Andrew Appel.”

Slashdot: “MSN is expecting to increase its users by 10% in a deal with Baby Bell Qwest.
Although the MSFT press release does not specifically state it, according to Mercury News and
Reuters/Yahoo a later conference call confirmed that Qwest.Net will be replaced by MSN service.”

MSNBC: “During the “Security Update, March 3, 2000” download from
the Microsoft Windows Update Product Catalog, this error may
have erupted: “Download and Installation Failed.” The error is
provoked if the version of Internet Explorer used for the
download didn’t have the High Encryption Pack installed.”

Gnome News: “This project will initially produce RPMs and Debian packages, though packaging for other systems is planned for
the future. Binary packages will allow more people to test beta releases and develop with an “unstable” platform.
Packages made from CVS will allow developers to easily port to the 2.0 API without having to compile the entire
development platform themselves.”

Slashdot: “BBC News is reporting, from a recent article in the Beijing Review, that debate is hotting up
in China over the burgeoning Intenet cafe industry. Up to 15% of children in large cities such as Beijing,
Shanghai and Guangzhou are now said to be using the cafes. The government appears to be worried, and is
overseeing the installation of ‘information purifiers.'”

LinuxFocus: “In this article you learn how to build a small walking insect and control it with Linux over the parallel port.”

GeekLawyer writes: “Inspired by the recent story of a campaign to have “Jedi” registered as a religion in the New Zealand census I thought it better to register something important. In the UK census it was not a crime to submit false information about ones religious beliefs (because of the controversy over privacy) so I submitted “Opensource” as my own religion, see census.
Linus for Pope?” NOTE: this link goes to a scanned picture of a census form – no text on the page.

Slashdotters are talking: “In the ongoing and contentious debate over new Top Level Domains, one
flamewar-provoking issue has been whether certain names ought to be reserved as second (or higher)
level domains within new TLDs because there’s something inherently (or at least potentially) abusive
to their use. Entrenched interests of all sorts have proposed everything from famous trademarks to
city, state, province, and country names to generic drug names for such exclusion, while people
favoring a more free and open Internet have opposed all such exclusions in favor of the traditional First Come, First
Served system.”

LinuxSecurity: “This week, a number of network security articles were released. A few of the better ones include “Linux Network Security:
Introduction,” “A Comparison of iptables Automation Tools,” and “Firewalls, VPNs, and Remote Offices.” Also, take a
moment to read our latest ‘Linux Advisory Watch.’ We have switched to a new method of formatting the information which
should better suite your needs.”

LinuxPR: “We’d like to make this the biggest GNU/Linux bash in Florida history, and the
most powerful statement of the Open Source community in Florida. With special
guests, Robin “roblimo” Miller, Jon “Maddog” Hall and more. Come join us, May
30th and 31st in Clearwater, Florida.”