May 30, 2003

Microsoft's new Linux gambit CNET News.com - Microsoft is not telling corporate managers that the use of open-source applications might land them in hot water with patent attorneys. And Microsoft is not saying that the open-source development community is a hotbed of misappropriation of private property. This is not because Microsoft disagrees with the above. But it's just so much easier to give the dirty work to SCO. 11:11:36 AM

Night goggles to beat film piracy BBC - A security firm is using metal detectors and night-screen goggles to search cinema-goers seeing Disney's latest animated movie release, Finding Nemo. 6:18:53 AM

Court divided on posting DVD codes on Internet San Jose Mercury News - The California Supreme Court appeared divided Thursday on whether courts can block computer users from posting on the Internet the computer codes to copy DVD movies. 6:17:33 AM