] Kennesaw (AP) -- A high school student suspended for
] hacking into the school's computer system says he
] stumbled across private student information using only a
] password given to all students who use school computers.
]
]Pike's parents argue he merely uncovered a security flaw in the ]school system's computer network.

ah, local news covering technology-xor.

11Alive,ATLANTA,News, Student Suspended for Hacking Computers

] The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) said
] Tuesday that it had hired the director of the federal
] Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
] to head its antipiracy operations.

!!!

Briefly: Record label group signs ATF chief | CNET News.com

] But the key move in the McBride-FUD is his claim that
] proponents of free software and open source software are
] somehow against copyright.
]
] He claims that "GPL is exactly opposite in its effect
] from the 'copyright' laws adopted by the US Congress and
] the European Union"; that "Red Hat has aggressively
] lobbied Congress to eliminate software patents and
] copyrights"; that "the issue is clear: do you support
] copyrights and ownership of intellectual property as
] envisioned by our elected officials in Congress and the
] European Union, or do you support "free" - as in free
] from ownership - intellectual property envisioned by the
] Free Software Foundation, Red Hat and others?"; that "SCO
] argues that the authority of Congress under the U.S.
] Constitution to "promote the Progress of Science and the
] useful arts" inherently includes a profit motive, and
] that protection for this profit motive includes a
] Constitutional dimension"; and that "We believe that the
] "progress of science" is best advanced by vigorously
] protecting the right of authors and inventors to earn a
] profit from their work."
]
] Let's take each of these claims in turn:

Read on. Larry Lessig sure knows how to throw down.

Lawrence Lessig -- attacking darl's 12/4 open letter

] I recently discovered that while it has been (for a
] while) suggested that you open your iPod using a piece of
] plastic, a suitable plastic has been hard to find that
] won't damage the Lucite. The ultimate solution?
]
] Guitar picks! Soft through hard, 3 guitar picks are all
] that are necessary to open an iPod without causing any
] damage to the Lucite.

So, there's a little less to worry about.

iPodlounge | How to open an iPod without scratching it

] In public hotspots, and other areas where WLAN is
] available, the GC79 PC Card provides you with maximum
] speeds of up to 11 Mbps. When WLAN is not available,
] select GPRS/HSCSD instead.

mmmm..... first GPRS/802.11 card I have seen. that's what I am talking about. would have been a good card to test that implementation decius and abaddon were working on.

Sony Ericsson - GC79

Sterling Ball, a jovial, plain-talking businessman, is CEO of Ernie Ball, the world's leading maker of premium guitar strings endorsed by generations of artists ranging from the likes of Eric Clapton to the dudes from Metallica.

But since jettisoning all of Microsoft products three years ago, Ernie Ball has also gained notoriety as a company that dumped most of its proprietary software--and still lived to tell the tale.

In 2000, the Business Software Alliance conducted a raid and subsequent audit at the San Luis Obispo, Calif.-based company that turned up a few dozen unlicensed copies of programs. Ball settled for $65,000, plus $35,000 in legal fees. But by then, the BSA, a trade group that helps enforce copyrights and licensing provisions for major business software makers, had put the company on the evening news and featured it in regional ads warning other businesses to monitor their software licenses.

Humiliated by the experience, Ball told his IT department he wanted Microsoft products out of his business within six months. "I said, 'I don't care if we have to buy 10,000 abacuses,'" recalled Ball, who recently addressed the LinuxWorld trade show. "We won't do business with someone who treats us poorly."

Ernie Ball Rockin' on without Microsoft