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Tuesday, October 01, 2002

Bugbear virus targets Internet Explorer. Using an 18-month-old flaw in the Microsoft browser, a new e-mail virus threatens IE users who have left their software unpatched. [CNET News.com]
6:43:31 PM

Yahoo! News - EBay Ensnared in Patent Dispute:"On a typically sultry summer afternoon in the nation's capital, eBay attorney Andrew Kumamoto walked into a conference room to talk patents with a Virginia inventor. That discussion, held to gauge eBay's interest in acquiring patents held by Tom Woolston and his company, MercExchange, has led to a David-and-Goliath confrontation that some consider nothing more than an attempt to pick eBay's pocket. But if Woolston wins in court, the inventor just might change how the online auctioneer does business. "
6:30:18 PM

Professor posts digital device hit list. Could singing fish novelties be hooked by a proposed law requiring anti-copying technology in digital devices? Princeton professor Ed Felten thinks so. [CNET News.com]
6:22:18 PM

Slump to squash flat-panel prices. Cheaper flat-panel displays are in the cards for buyers, says a new report, which predicts that a component glut will spur makers to lower prices--and cause third-quarter flat-panel shipments to rebound. [CNET News.com]
6:11:07 PM