255,000 Auckland telephone service subscribers are part of a brand-new reverse directory that a group of pHrEaKs are threatening to publish on the Internet. From a report at the New Zealand Herald.

The much maligned music industry is calling for crackers to vie for a chance at $10,000, to be split among those who are able to dismantle any of a number of new technologies designed to protect digital music. The editor of Linux Journal has called for a boycott of the contest, which he says is using contestants as a ‘free consulting service,’ according to a report at ZDNET.

Not only that, according to a story at NandoTimes.com, but the mega-portal is adding insult to injury and forging a partnership with Amazon rival Barnesandnoble.com.

The travel site’s new privacy policy lets consumers decide what will be done with the information they provide, reports Wired.com, unlike Amazon’s recent CYA move that treats sensitive information as a company asset.

Set-top boxes, thin client servers, and mobile devices are the targets that National Semiconductor has in mind with its new family of all in one chips. PCWorld.com has the story.

The Associated Press reports that MP3.com is finding friendlier fields in Europe’s part of the Internet, where it plans to open sites in German, French, and Spanish.

It’s not a surprise that politicians have a mind to create more regulations, and they’re looking to meddle with the Internet by setting up a federal privacy commission, according to Wired.com.

The Register reports that BidBay.com is hopping mad over recent intrusions by crackers who allegedly were attempting to zombie-ize the auction site’s servers. The CEO “takes it kind of personally when people mess with” the site. If you’re a cracker who’s inclined to rat on his buddies, this could be your lucky day.

“Oh yeah? Well, take that!” If you listen closely, you can almost hear the catcalls of the lawyers as Digital Island and Akamai trade litigation for litigation in the latest round of their Hatfield-McCoy-ish battle for supremacy. Infoworld has the story.

All holders of the affected version are advised to upgrade immediately, says LWN.net