

Watchdogs rap RIAA's file-trade assault. A dozen consumer and privacy groups, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, are opposing the RIAA's request for information about a Verizon subscriber. [CNET News.com]
The Register: Watchdog slaps text spam firm with £50k fine
l.m.orchard: LiveJournal largely ignored, but why?
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-048. Flaw in Certificate Enrollment Control Could Allow Deletion of Digital Certificates (Q323172) [MyFreePress.com < Bayarea.com]
eWeek: Netscape 7.0 Shrivels Under Mozilla's Shadow: "The fact that Netscape 7.0 arrives hot on the heels of the similar but superior Mozilla 1.1 only serves to illuminate the small but significant differences between the two: Mozilla is highly customizable and offers a number of user options, while Netscape forces users to accept many features and functions they probably don't want while removing some they probably do." [link via Workbench]
eatonweb portal. A major improvement was implemented recently that adds bigtime value to Brig's alternative portal -- a new database is in place and all listed weblogs are now being tracked by "weblog name, url, description, country, state, region, language, category(s), keywords, birthdates, parent/children/sibling weblogs, author's sex, author's birthdate, ratings and reviews" -- needless to say, the site is now one super resource which will get better and better as more weblog authors respond to Brig's campaign to get people to edit their listings. [Coolstop Daily Pick]