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[Day Permalink] Wednesday, September 3, 2003

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Mobile phones sales climb: "Nokia again dominated the sector, taking 35.9 per cent of the market with 41.2 million units shipped compared to 35.1 million a year ago." [The Register]


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Microsoft Prepares Office Lock-in: "This will not only coerce those running older versions of Office to upgrade, which has been a problem for MS in the last few years, but it will also shut out competing software, such as OpenOffice." [Slashdot]


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SCO Fined in Munich For Linux Claims: "SCO Germany has to pay a fine of 10,000 Euros (~10,800 US$) because they kept on saying that Linux contains stolen intellectual property of SCO. In May a German court had decided that SCO Germany must not continue making those claims." [Slashdot]


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RIAA Subpoenas Raise New Privacy Concerns: "Protecting privacy from the 'new spam' By Peter Swire for the Boston Globe. Overlooked in the heated rhetoric has been a victim of the RIAA's campaign - the privacy of all those who surf the Internet or send e-mail. On the RIAA view, your sensitive personal information on the Web would be available to anyone who can fill out a one-page form." [On Lisa Rein's Radar]