Amid a shortage of much-sought-after computer chips, says Reuters, some chirpy dolls and marching toy soldiers are facing
competition from a myriad of other electronic devices.

Police have questioned a 17-year-old after a security breach forced Ireland’s
leading Internet service provider to change the passwords of 30,000 of its 240,000 customers, a spokesman said Monday. From Agence Franc-Presse.

The nation’s capital may be home to swarms of lobbyists for the recording and
entertainment industries, but not everyone there says Napster represents a technological Armageddon that
should be restricted, if not sued out of existence. From Wirednews.com.

Associated Press reports that some “bug hunters” who discover security flaws in computer software and rush
to issue public warnings may be helping hackers more than consumers, industry officials worry.

LibraNet is sponsoring the Linux driver petition site, where Linux enthusiasts can do their part in enticing hardware companies to create drivers specificially for Linux.

Red Hat,
Inc. (Nasdaq: RHAT), a provider of open source Internet infrastructure
solutions, has implemented InfoNow’s iLeads solution.

“Some of us with technical backgrounds, especially those of us who are committed
to open source, may find this disappointing, after all, surely Linux et al are all better
than Windows under the hood, making them more secure and more reliable.” From OSOpinion.com.

When Kip Frey sent 10 Duke University law students out to 10 Triangle startups last January,
the results were predictable. “They all said they wanted to stay with the companies they were working with,” Frey says. By the end of the
semester, the dotcom bubble had burst, “All, except maybe one, went off to law firms and clerkships.” From UpsideToday.com.

Deep Blue is an IBM supercomputer made famous by
its victory over world chess
champion Garry Kasparov
in 1997. MSNBC.com reports.

From a WiredNews.com report: Whether reeling in
stock option wealth or hovering on the brink of bankruptcy, Net workers are finding their place in the lexicon
of stereotyping terminology.