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Thursday, August 19, 2004

Federal appeals court says file-sharing software legal. The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that file-sharing software programs are legal and that peer-to-peer software developers cannot be held contributorily or vicariously liable for their user's copyright infringements, as long as they had no direct ability to block the illegal activity. Read the court's opinion [PDF]. CNET News has more.[JURIST's Paper Chase]
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Attack Pierces Fully Patched XP Machines. The new version of Download.Ject, which installs a back door on compromised PCs, can hit fully patched Windows XP machines, but not ones already running SP2. [eWEEK Technology News]
7:33:34 PM

Microsoft Issues First Patch for Its XP SP2 Patch. A number of VPN users have run into problems with Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). eWEEK Security Topic Center Editor Larry Seltzer notes that Microsoft already has issued a hot-fix for the problem. Meanwhile, Seltzer debunks Heise Security claims of a security hole in the new file-attachment security feature of SP2. [Microsoft Watch from Mary Jo Foley]

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1:56:46 PM

Fitts' Law.

Taking a page from the book of HCI specialists, mezzoblue v5 makes liberal use of large link target areas for the sake of easier use.

[Dave Shea's mezzoblue]

Something to keep in mind while I'm tinkering with interfaces:-)

1:55:01 PM

In the Classroom, Web Blogs Are the New Bulletin Boards. Classroom blogs are becoming increasingly popular with teachers as a forum for expression for students with almost any subject. By By JEFFREY SELINGO. [The New York Times > Technology]
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