]
] Microsoft, has lost the first round of its legal battle
] over its ownership of the word 'windows'. It was a key
] point in its trademark battle with the Linux distributor
] Lindows.

[ Ah, the pitfalls of choosing a generic word to be your trademark... -k]

Microsoft doesn't own the word 'windows' judge rules

] WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 — President Bush's plan for cars running on
] clean, efficient hydrogen fuel cells is decades away from commercial
] reality, according to a report by the National Academy of Sciences.

[ because, as usual, Bush is saying things that sound good, with no hope of fulfilling them. Stupid pandering bullshit should be violently exposed by the media. -k]

Report Questions Bush Plan for Hydrogen-Fueled Cars

] "I just got out of the hearing. The outcome is Judge
] Wells will be issuing an order within the next week. She
] wanted to take her decision under advisement.
]
] "Some quick observations. Mr. Marriott argued for the
] side of IBM again and Mr. Weiss argued for SCO. Counsel
] were in chambers for 28-30 minutes. IBM stated that SCO
] had not complied with the Judge's order for discovery.
] SCO has said they have and now want their motions
] granted. Darl was not in attendance."

The suspense is killing me!

Judge to Issue Order in a Week: IBM Says SCO Didn't Comply

]
] Since Darl McBride compares SCO to the RIAA, perhaps he
] should take note of something that just happened in the
] current appeal of the Morpheus and Grokster case. One of
] the three judges told the RIAA attorney to stop using
] "abusive language", such as calling file-trading
] "piracy".

Wow!

Judge Tells RIAA Attorney: 'Stop Using Abusive Language, Like Calling File Sharing 'Piracy''

] SCO earlier this month sent a letter to the 535 members
] of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate from
] company President and CEO Darl McBride, raising concerns
] about open-source software and its General Public License
] (GPL), the company confirmed on Wednesday.

Yikes!

[yeah, SCO seems to be totally grasping at straws now. Tomorrow (today maybe?) is the day of reckoning when the court determines if SCO actually complied with the discovery motions as ordered. It seems likely that they have not done so, and that they're due for a serious smackdown. or at least, we'd like to hope that's the case. -k]

SCO Goes to Washington in Linux Battle

Yee-ha! I look forward to upgrading, uh, 6 months from now? Maybe?

Linux 2.6 Released

] A new species of baleen whale has been discovered. The
] stunning find, made after researchers studied the body
] shape and genetics of a few leviathan skeletons gathering
] dust for the last 25 years in a Japanese museum, brings
] the total number of known species in the main genus of
] baleen whale to eight.

Japanese discover new whale species

] With eyes fixed on the burgeoning Linux enterprise
] market, networking software specialist Novell (Quote,
] Chart) on Tuesday announced plans to shell out $210
] million in cash to acquire Germany's SUSE Linux AG.

Novell's still in the game!

Novell Acquires SUSE and IBM Tosses In

] Microsoft on Monday said it would use IBM chips in its
] next generation Xbox game and consumer electronics
] devices, dealing a blow to Intel and providing a much
] needed boost for IBM's lossmaking chip business.

Whoa...

FT.com / Business / US

House Science Committee wants to put the space plane on hold.

IF we're going to keep up manned spaceflight, the shuttle needs to be retired. I'm not sure what I think about arguments that we give up on manned spaceflight -- if we don't keep at it, how will it ever get faster/cheaper/safer?

Not So Fast, Lawmakers Say of Plans for a Space Plane