] For the last 30 days, Google has been doing strange
] things. No webmaster who follows Google closely will deny
] this. There is no explanation from Google apart from some
] vague hints from "GoogleGuy," an anonymous poster at
] webmasterworld.com, whom the forum owner says is from
] Google. These hints claim that new algorithms are being
] put into place, and that this will take a couple of
] months.

Interesting site ... these guys are big-time Google naysayers..

Is Google broken?

] Hordes of entrepreneurs and giant companies compete to
] make consumer electronic devices faster, multifeatured
] and able to process mind-boggling amounts of data. But
] David Rose is betting there is money to be made heading
] against the crowd. His company, Ambient Devices, a
] start-up in Cambridge, Mass., is producing devices that
] display limited information in ways that can be
] understood with just a glance.

Really cool! Even mentions CMU HCII's "information percolator."

Glass That Glows and Gives Stock Information

] WASHINGTON, June 5 — The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on
] the new campaign finance law on Sept. 8, a month before the start of
] its fall term and time enough to decide the case before the election
] season starts next year.

Hmmm ... I haven't thought too hard about the constitutional issues
with McCain-Feingold; it may turn out to be unconstitutional as things stand. If so, maybe we need an ammendment. The system definitely needs to be cleaned up.

Finance Law to Be Argued in September

] The Verizon internet service provider (ISP) was ordered
] to surrender the names to the Recording Industry
] Association of America (RIAA) by a court of Appeal in
] Washington.
]
] On Wednesday the court rejected Verizon's request for a
] delay, pending a final decision in the case.

Uh oh...

BBC NEWS | Technology | File-swappers face the music

]
] SCO Group (Quote, Company Info) has shut down its German
] Web site, in response to a restraining order obtained in
] that country by German Linux advocacy group LinuxTag.

SCO Shuts Down German Site

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]
] The SCO Group was dealt a legal blow Friday in its
] attempts to enforce what it sees as violations of its
] Unix intellectual property rights when a German court
] granted a preliminary injunction against the company.
]
] Joe Eckert, spokesman for SuSE Linux A.G., said the court
] has ordered SCO to stop claiming that the Linux operating
] system is an illegal derivative of Unix. "If SCO ignores
] the court's order, it faces a fine of up to 250,000
] euro," he said.

Court Puts Muzzle on SCO

] 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.

Here's the conspiracy theory.

Microsoft's new Linux gambit (and SCO)

] THURSDAY, May 29 (HealthScoutNews) -- Indoor swimming
] pools could be a major source of childhood asthma.
]
] That's the conclusion of a new study by Belgian
] scientists who found that exposure to a byproduct of
] chlorine used to disinfect pools damages the lungs and
] could be associated with an increased risk of asthma in
] children who swim a lot.

Interesting...

Yahoo! News - Indoor Pools May Cause Childhood Asthma

] In the controversy that pits the SCO Group, owner of one
] of the original Unix operating systems, against Linux
] distributors, Microsoft has come down on the side of SCO.
] Yet, overlooked in the stir created when Microsoft
] recently licensed SCO's Unix for use in some of its
] products is the fact that Microsoft has been easing
] restrictions on its own code.

InformationWeek : Open Source : Microsoft Co-Opts Open Source On Its Terms : May 26, 2003