CBS says that Comedy Central is experimentally releasing 6 episodes of South Park for download – for a fee.

Texas won its lawsuit against Living.com, preventing the company from selling its customer database. The case could set a precedent in Texas for consumer privacy. CNet has the story.

Planet IT tells of a move by musicians to Linux for music manipulation.

Linux PR is reporting on Dell’s increasing use of linux, with their release of Red Hat 7.0 on factory shipped computers worldwide.

Spammers are beginning to self regulate, according to ZDNet. Years of unwanted email marketing products could finally be checked.

Sony and Fujitsu are gearing up for the Transmeta Crusoe processor, says ZDNet. Sony is releasing its Vaio line with a 600 MHz Crusoe processor and Fujitsu is preparing to release an ultra-light crusoe computer in November.

California won’t be introducing an Internet tax, after all, says ZDNet.

IBM has introduced the newest
ThinkPad* A Series and ThinkPad T Series models
featuring the latest core technologies to drive
performance improvements, larger hard drives and a
common set of shared options and accessories with existing ThinkPad A Series,
T Series and X Series models. Both A Series and T Series users will have a choice of operating systems
including Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 98 Second
Edition, and Caldera Open Linux eDesktop 2.4. The press release is at Internet Wire.

From a column at the Independent of UK: “Last March, I wrote about the experience of being hacked. Your correspondent, still a Linux newbie after months of effort, discovered that his home-built Red Hat Linux machine had been commandeered and turned into an IRC chatbot by someone named ‘bonez’. ”

Internet technology firm Zero Knowledge said its
anonymous Internet browser Freedom should be available to
Linux users next month, reports ZDNet UK.