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"SCO Group, a struggling company that has claimed its Unix intellectual property has been illegally incorporated into Linux, sent a letter to about 1,500 of the world's largest corporations warning they could be liable for using Linux.... 'SCO has lobbed its dirty bomb into the user community, saying, "You'd better clean this up in a big hurry or there's going to be a lot of damage,"' said Illuminata analyst Gordon Haff. 'I guess suing IBM wasn't enough to get them acquired, so this is the next stage.'" [News.com]
I'd guess that's the right analysis. |
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If you had to choose the name for an iTunes-related music recommendation service out of the following 4, would you choose: coolTunes, MoonWhacker, TuneMonsoon, or Tunician? Or does a better alternative spring into your mind? Email me. Thanks. 3:40:56 PM 
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'Buffalo Spammer' arrested in New York. "On Wednesday, Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said that his office brought four felony and two misdemeanor charges against Buffalo, N.Y., resident Howard Carmack for alleged identity theft and forgery that allowed him to send more than 825 million e-mail messages through the Internet service provider EarthLink. " [News.com] 1:04:33 PM
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People are getting concerned about the potential for challenge-response anti-spam systems to cause problems for mail lists and other legitimate emailers who can't supply manpower to respond to the challenges. Today I noticed two such articles, on TidBits and taint.org.
One of the biggest worries: "Challenge-response technology is about to become significantly more widespread... with EarthLink about to test such a system for its 5 million customers." |
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Contender for best Star Trek-related headline ever: Shatner's Ex-Wife Sues Over Horse Semen. [hat tip to The Old JMason Distillery] 12:27:17 PM
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iTunes Music Store Tips. [TidBits]
If you use the iTunes Music Store, Adam's tips are well worth checking out. |
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" After spending years cracking down on spammers, two prominent organizations that list senders of junk e-mail are fending off an unorthodox legal challenge by e-mail marketers.
In a case that's raising the hackles of antispam activists, a group of anonymous e-mail marketers are charging that two blacklisting sites, Spamhaus and SPEWS.org (Spam Prevention Early Warning System), have published false, misleading and libelous information about their business practices." [Wired] |
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