I'd love to hear from IP readers who have adopted OS X. Were you switching from OS 9, Windows, Linux, or Unix? Are you still using your old system as well, or fully switched?

Read the results...Most people I know is all saying the same thing. /me licks Mac OS X. :)

O'Reilly Network: Mac OS X Switcher Stories [Aug. 21, 2002]

One of its agents has issued a warning about the popular practice of using chalk marks to show the location of wireless networks.

The marks, or "warchalks", are cropping up in cities and suburbs across the world.

The FBI is now telling companies that, if they see the chalk marks outside their offices, they should check the security of wireless networks and ensure they remain closed to outsiders.

FBI warns of Wireless Warchalking

Invoking both the controversial 1998 DMCA and computer crime laws, HP has threatened to sue a team of researchers who publicized a vulnerability in the company's Tru64 Unix operating system.

Yow! If this solidifies into a court battle it could present the first amendment question that the Felton case nearly presented. However, I think there are a number of technicalities here that will prevent this case from making it into a courtroom.

Security warning draws DMCA threat - Tech News - CNET.com

A few months ago, Crowe says, the three well-acquainted men -- Crowe, Scott and Buffett -- met to talk about opportunities in telecom. They figured there must be opportunities now that things are so bad that entire telecom companies will probably be sold on eBay."

A great article on the political intrigue behind Buffet's purchase of Level 3 stock.

Yahoo! News - Friends-turned-foes complicate Buffett's foray into telecom

The purpose of this website is to provide information related to the ongoing work of the U.S. House of Representatives in relation to the eXtensible Markup Language (XML). Under the direction of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and the House Committee on Administration, the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House have worked together with the Library of Congress and the Government Printing Office to create Document Type Definition files (DTDs) for use in the creation of legislative documents using XML. As this is an ongoing project, it is important to note that the DTDs presented here have not been finalized, and may change over time. Any documents or programs created with these DTDs should be treated as beta material and not used in a production capacity.

United States Congress XML and Legislative Documents

LONDON, May 20 — Technology buffs have cracked music publishing giant Sony Music’s elaborate disc copy-protection technology with a decidedly low-tech method: scribbling around the rim of a disk with a felt-tip marker.

Copy-proof CDs foiled by a marker

April 11, 2002 | The thing that amazes me isn't that I
lost a million dollars, but that I had it to begin with. My career
path looked more likely to lead to a night manager's job at
Border's than to financial success. I racked up a solid C
average as an English major, then temped at law firms,
proofread, taught English in Prague and reported for a small
newswire service.

Salon.com Technology | Make a million, lose a million, who cares?