Sunday, May 4, 2003

'Masters of Doom': Behind a Video Game Empire. David Kushner reports the story behind a phenomenally successful and extremely violent video game. By Seth Mnookin. [New York Times: Technology] 8:35:46 AM

That Spam in Your Mailbox? It May Be From Me. If spam is annoying, wait until some cyber miscreant puts your e-mail address in the "Reply-to" line of an outpouring of sales pitches and turns you into a spammer. By George Johnson. [New York Times: Technology] The innocent - made a criminal, by criminals. 8:35:32 AM

Software Bullet Is Sought to Kill Musical Piracy. Record companies are financing the development of software that would sabotage the computers of people that download pirated music. By Andrew Ross Sorkin. [New York Times: NYT HomePage] This outrageous. It's as if they could come into your house and smash your stereo system. This must be stopped - now. 8:33:43 AM