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Thursday, April 04, 2002

Wired News editor to resign. The editor in chief of the technology news site intends to step down to pursue "personal interests," according to the site's parent company, Terra Lycos. [CNET News.com]
5:30:19 PM

The Sharp Zaurus Returns With a Makeover, and Linux. The original Sharp Zaurus organizer was introduced a few years before the Palm and Pocket PC-based devices that now dominate the hand-held computer market. Now the Zaurus has been reborn with the power of the penguin the Linux operating system to challenge the usurpers. By J.d. Biersdorfer. [New York Times: Technology]
5:27:24 PM

Upstart Search Engines Try to Topple Google. New companies, and at least one older search site, is tyring to dethrone Google. By Lisa Guernsey. [New York Times: Technology]
5:27:09 PM

Living on Internet Time, in Another Age. Thomas Alva Edison's labs at the Edison National Historic Site in West Orange, N.J. have never stopped innovating. But then, as now, innovation involves starts and stops. By John Schwartz. [New York Times: Technology]
5:26:52 PM

President Set to Step Down at Microsoft. Richard Belluzzo, who has been the president and chief operating officer of Microsoft for little more than a year, will step down next month. By Steve Lohr. [New York Times: Technology]
5:23:50 PM

Yahoo cancels invites site. The Web portal calls off the party, announcing the shutdown of its online invitation site in a move that underscores its overall strategic shift. [CNET News.com]
5:23:14 PM

Service changes baffle Yahoo customers. Some users of the online giant's e-mail-forwarding feature find themselves booted from the service because they said they would not accept third-party marketing messages. [CNET News.com]
5:23:01 PM

From Parking to Taxes, a Push to Get Answers Online. Government Web sites are being transformed into virtual service counters. By Rebecca Fairley Raney. [New York Times: Technology]
5:22:35 PM

PetsWarehouse vs. Mailing List

PetsWarehouse vs. Mailing List
Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday April 04, @12:05PM
from the just-a-bizarre-story dept.
klaun writes "Salon is running a story about a federal suit against members of an Internet mailing list. Seems a company got a bad review on the list and the owner sued the person that said it and everyone who agreed. But the case grew bigger from there, including a suit against the legal defense fund set up to support members of the list being sued and anyone who linked to the defense fund. The ultimate rub of it all is that it basically worked. Most of the defendants have settled." This is a truly bizarre story. [Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters]

5:22:15 PM

LinuxPlanet - Reports - The Law Office Network/Linux Server Trial - Getting Started with a Small Business:"Attorneys need various types of tools to accomplish legal work. They need to write and assemble complex multi-page document packages, track their billable and overhead time, collaborate with each other, and bill for their services. This particular office had two attorneys and five staff people on various Windows 98 client machines. "
5:21:41 PM

Two New Web Privacy Tools Out. Coming on the heels of a slew of news regarding how e-businesses are changing users' privacy preferences, IBM and AT & T are releasing automated programs. [Wired News]
5:19:37 PM

Why Microsoft President Quit. Rick Belluzzo was hired as Microsoft's president with great fanfare last year, but his responsibilities were slowly taken away. With a cautious vision of the future, Steve Ballmer reckoned it was time for a change. By Michelle Delio. [Wired News]
5:19:15 PM

Govt. sites used for vacation planning. Americans are taking a more active role in government due the proliferation of government Web sites. But the majority of "e-government" users just want to make travel plans, a study shows. [CNET News.com]
1:54:53 PM

EchoStar Asks Supreme Court to Let Unlock Local Channels

EchoStar Asks Supreme Court to Let Unlock Local ChannelsPosted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday April 03, @12:42PM
from the trouble-close-to-my-heart dept.
Consul writes "For a long time, satellite television systems were not allowed to broadcast local television signals outside of that local area. But EchoStar is asking the Supreme Court for that to be changed." This particular issue drives me insane and I hope the courts throw out the lame laws. I don't care about local programming, they shouldn't force it on me. The same tactics with Newspapers would be obviously illegal. [Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters]

1:50:22 PM