Friday, June 14, 2002

Microsoft digs own grave of mistrust. "Either [Microsoft] attempted to deceive Coursey, his readers, ZDNet, and the public; or Fitzgerald, a Microsoft general manager, didn't know what the company's official position was... Microsoft apparently responds differently when it's under oath than when it's not." [ZDNet TechUpdate] 7:34:59 PM

Microsoft accidentally distributes virus. The software giant's Korean-language version of Visual Studio .Net carries the virulent Nimda computer virus to Asia. [CNET News.com] 7:24:26 PM

Forbes ASAP: The Smother of Invention. Branches of the government are intervening where they never have before. Opposing camps, many with money and influence, are forming. Small inventors are diverted from where they can make the greatest contributions. And a culture of litigation, circumvention, and secrecy has evolved from an area where openness and law had long ruled. [Tomalak's Realm] 7:22:57 PM

Record Biz Has Burning Question. The record industry continues its claims that the sky is falling due to piracy. But the very CD-burning technologies that make piracy easier these days make people who buy music want to buy more. By Brad King. [Wired News] 8:26:54 AM

A military tribunal for al Muhajir?. John Ashcroft may want to try the "dirty bomb" suspect in a secret military court where his rights would be limited -- even though he's a U.S. citizen. [Salon.com] 8:19:31 AM

Microsoft Issues Warning on Flaw. REDMOND, Wash. (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. issued two bulletins Tuesday, disclosing ``critical'' flaws in its popular Internet Explorer Web browser, as well as in MSN Chat, MSN Messenger and Exchange Messenger. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Technology] 8:18:42 AM

Aussie Gets Into Pickle With Spam. There once was a man from Perth, whose inbox was adding some girth. He complained and was sued and the next thing he knew, his life became absent of mirth. Kim Griggs reports from Wellington, New Zealand. [Wired News] 8:17:12 AM

Report Flays Open-Source Licenses. The Microsoft-funded report on possible threats to national security posed by open-source software critiques the General Public License. Its authors later yanked it off the website, saying it wasn't ready to be posted. By Farhad Manjoo. [Wired News] 8:12:44 AM

Billion dollar bungle 'loses' US tech lab. Livermore? Never heard of him. Or it. Whatever. [The Register] 8:04:47 AM

Computer System That Makes Data Secure, but Hard to Find, on the FBI's inability to do any but the most basic searches and information retrievals. [NYTimes Tech] 8:03:02 AM

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