

Speaking of IBM and royalties...
IBM patent plan royalty-free. Big Blue says it will not seek royalties on a patented e-commerce Web standard that helps companies in many industries communicate over the Internet. [CNET News.com]
IBM, Microsoft plot Net takeover [MyFreePress.com]
There's a poll near the bottom of this page: "Since IBM and Microsoft hatched many of the protocols underlying Web services, shouldn't they be allowed to collect the royalties?"
Cute - The Internet License Plate Gallery
Klez worm infects and infuriates. Here we go again [The Register]
New Klez worm squirms across Internet. Equipped with slight code modifications, the virus variant is able to sneak past most antivirus scanners and even tries to deactivate some antivirus products. [CNET News.com]
SysAdmin Turns HTML Fashionista ...ROTFLOL
The Voyeur Web (WebWord) -- "The purpose of this article is to explain the voyeur web. The central idea is that it is easy to view what other people are doing and experiencing on the web..." [WebWord]
Thanks for the compliment, Eric...
PC invaders camp out in hard drives. People who regularly click through terms-of-service agreements without reading them later discover they've let advertisers and others access their computers. [CNET News.com]
Yep...