ZDCOUK reports that PC manufacturer Gateway found itself the target of a class action
lawsuit Monday, which accuses the company of misleading
customers with a “free” Internet access offer and a Gateway credit
card.

A music industry consortium formed to secure the next generation
of digital music denied Monday that vandals had successfully
breached the security of six new technologies designed to protect
music copyrights. “To think, that in 24 hours, that [the testing group]
could analyse almost 450 submissions… then leak those results… it’s
simply ridiculous,” said Leonardo Chiariglione, executive director of
the the Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI). ZDCOUK reports.

Ageism is alive and well in IT according to a survey released this
week, although mounting evidence suggests the UK is suffering a
severe skills shortage in the sector. From ZDCOUK.

The Register reports that half of those who took part in an informal survey said they had
ordered all, or part of their holiday online – so they should know a thing or
two.

Among some open source developers, forking equals the end of the
code-development tree’s common roots. For others, it’s just an
inevitable part of the growth process. From ZDCOUK.

The packaged software market will continue to grow at a compound growth rate of 15 per cent through 2004, a new study concludes. From IDG.com.

The BBC online reports: The UN World Intellectual Property
Organisation (WIPO) ruled that Dan Parisi, an
American entrepreneur, had not registered the
name in good faith.

During a March 1999 CNN interview, while trying to differentiate himself from rival Bill
Bradley, Gore boasted: “During my service in the United States Congress, I took the
initiative in creating the Internet.” And it was all downhill from there. From Wired.com.

“It is a place where we must ensure American security as
surely as….sea, air and space.” From The Register.

Wired.com reports: The open-source alternative to Napster is having its share of technical and political problems. Some developers want to stop its promotion and fix its limitations.