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Wednesday, February 13, 2002

Comcast to stop storing Web users' data. Bowing to criticism, the cable company says it will not store data on customers' Web site usage gathered via its Internet pipelines. [CNET News.com]
2:35:41 PM

Torvalds looks into Linux bottleneck. Addressing concern that tweaks to the OS aren't being pushed through fast enough, founder Linus Torvalds is adopting software that automates the process of implementing updates. [CNET News.com]
2:32:54 PM

Virtual Ink untethers Mimio whiteboarding product VIRTUAL INK, VENDOR of the electronic whiteboard Mimio, on Tuesday at the Demo conference will unveil its move into the wireless world with an upgrade it calls "category breaking."
Mimio Xi (neXt ink) is a departure from the company's four-year-old Mimio electronic whiteboarding product in that it allows users to record whiteboarding writing without a PC and with almost no setup time via wireless connectivity.
"We're looking to take the barrier to use so far down ... it's a reinvention of the category," said company President and CEO Greg McHale, based in Boston.
[IDG InfoWorld]
2:32:41 PM

Copy-protected CDs slide into stores. A security company says it has released more than 10 million copy-protected CDs in the United States and Europe, highlighting ongoing endeavors to combat digital piracy. [CNET News.com]
2:29:10 PM

Dying Scent of E-Mail Ad Campaign. For three years, a group of imaginary lovelies sent e-mail to subscribers lured in by a Calvin Klein fragrance campaign. Then, just like that, the days of their lives were over. By Farhad Manjoo. [Wired News]
2:26:25 PM

States seek Microsoft Windows source code The state attorneys general still pursuing the antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. have asked a federal judge to force the company to show them the inner workings of its flagship product.

The states said they need to see the source code of its monopoly Windows operating system so they can verify the company's claim that it is not technically feasible for the company to offer a stripped-down version of Windows.
[IDG InfoWorld]
2:26:10 PM

Comcast Tracks Users' Web Browsing. Comcast, the nation's third-largest cable company, has started recording the Web browsing activities of each of its 1 million high-speed Internet subscribers without notifying them of the change. [The New York Times: Technology]
2:24:10 PM