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The Hubble Lives On
Diebold to Withdraw from E-Voting?
Internet Archive Challenges Google
AMD To Open ATI Specs
Class Action Initiated Against RIAA
RIAA Receives Stern Letter, Folds
First Spammer Convicted Under CAN-SPAM Law
Supreme Court Weakens Patents
ATI Releases AIGLX Linux Driver
Demonoid Tracker Is Back Online
FCC Chief Says Comcast Violated Internet Rules
RIAA Directed To Pay $68K In Attorneys Fees
U.S. Attorney General Resigns
Firefox Now Serious Threat to IE in Europe
SCO Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
SCO Loses
Kaleidescape Triumphant in Court Case, DVD Ripping Ruled Legal
Atheros Releases Free Linux Driver For Its 802.11n Devices
CA Proposes Rigorous Voting Machine Testing
FCC Says No to Mobile Phones on Airplane
The Death of Nearly All Software Patents?
UK Rejects Extending Music Copyright
Bill Bans NSA Eavesdropping
Microsoft Loses EU Anti-Trust Appeal
Norway Mandates Government Use of ODF and PDF
Qantas To Offer In-Flight Internet, Laptop Amenities
The Phoenix Has Landed
USPTO Rejects Amazon's One-Click Patent
Wolfram's 2,3 Turing Machine Is Universal!
AMD Releases 900+ Pages Of GPU Specs
FAA May Ditch Vista For Linux
Firefox Usage Near 25% In Europe
ISO Puts OOXML On Hold
PubPat Kills Four Key Monsanto Patents
Steve Jobs Announces (some) DRM-free iTunes
Supreme Court Clears Patent Invalidity Suits
The SUV Is Dethroned
Torvalds "Pretty Pleased" With Latest GPLv3
Delays to Canadian DMCA Could Doom Act
EMI Considers Abandoning DRM on CDs
Jack Thompson Facing Disbarment Trial
Music Companies Mull Ditching DRM
"Hollywood" Howard Berman To Leave Internet Subcommittee
Court Finds Spamming Not Protected By Constitution
E-Voting Reform Bill Gaining Adherants
FCC Head Wants New Wireless Devices Unlocked
Google Wins Agreement To Anonymize YouTube Logs
HP Skin Patch May Replace Needles
IBM Pushing Microsoft-Free Desktops
ICANN Moves To Disable Domain Tasting
IE8 Will Be Standards-Compliant By Default
ISP Filters & Copyright Extension Defeated In EU
India Votes Against OOXML
Intelligent Design Ruled "Not Science"
Italian Judge Tells HP To Refund Pre-Installed XP
Judge Rejects RIAA 'Making Available' Theory
Judge Strikes Down COPA, 1998 Online Porn Law
Legalize File Sharing, Say Swedish MPs
Linux Kernel Devs Offer Free Driver Development
Linux Kernel v2.6.23 Released
Microsoft Withdraws Yahoo Takeover Offer
Mindbridge Saves "Bunches of Money" In Switch To Linux
Pre-Installed Linux On Dells Coming
Resolution To Impeach VP Cheney Submitted
SCO Bankruptcy "Imminent, Inevitable"
Supreme Court Holds Right to Bear Arms Applies to Individuals
US Supreme Court Limits Patent Claims
University of Wisconsin-Madison Bucks RIAA
VBA Going Away, Macs Now, PCs Soon
VIA Releases 16K-Line FOSS Framebuffer Driver
Jack Valenti, Dead at 85
A Congressman Who Can Code Assembly
512GB Solid State Disks on the Way
Blackberry Network is Down
Cell Phone Jamming on the Rise
Class Action Complaint Against RIAA Now Online
Dodd, Feingold To Try and Filibuster Immunity Bill
EU Think Tank Urges Full Windows Unbundling
Final Fantasy XIII Is Coming To Xbox 360
Firefox 3.0.1 Fixes 'Carpet Bombing' Issue
Harvard Faculty Adopts Open-Access Requirement
Joel and Original Cast of MST3K Riding the Cinematic Titanic
Judge Orders RIAA to Show Cause in DC Case
Jury Rules That H.264 is Not Patented
KDE 4 Uses 40% Less Memory Than 3 Despite Eye-Candy
Karl Rove Resigning Aug 31
Lenovo to Sell, Support Linux on ThinkPads
Linus Denounces NDISWrapper, Denies It GPL Status
Linux 2.6.26 Out
Louisiana Passes Intelligent Design Law
MTV Takes on P2P by Making South Park Free
Mandriva Says No to Microsoft Linux Deal
Microsoft Finally Bows to EU Antitrust Measures
Microsoft Will Allow Vista Reinstalls
Microsoft's "Source Fource" Action Figures
New Attorneys Fee Decision Against RIAA
New Legislation Could Eventually Lead to ISP Throttling Ban
New iPod Checksum Cracked, Linux Supported
Novell Proclaims 'We're Not SCO' and We Won't Sue
OOXML Won't Get Fast-Track ISO Standardization
PHP 4 End of Life Announcement
Reboot To Get A Reboot
Schools Banning Homework?
Slashdot Announces Idle Section
Slashdot Charity Buyers Donate Over $10,000 To the EFF
The Wiimote As Yoda Intended - A Lightsaber
UI Designers Hired by Mozilla
Watchmen Delayed, Or Worse
Yahoo May Re-Consider Google Alliance, Rebuff Microsoft
Yahoo Music Chief Comes Out Against DRM
gTalk To Get Video Boost?
ISO Says No To Microsoft's OOXML Standard
IBM Grants Universal and Perpetual Access To IP
AACS Device Key Found
AMD Launches New ATI Linux Driver
AMD Releases 3D Programming Documentation
AMD's New Card Supports Linux From the Get-Go
Adobe Opens the FLV and SWF Formats
Adult Film Industry Chooses HD-DVD
All Fifty States May Face Voting Machine Lawsuit
Allofmp3 Shut Down, Again
Amazon Invests In Dynamic Pricing Model For MP3s
An Open-Source Java Port To iPhone?
Analyst Admits Open Source Will Quietly Take Over
Another Indian State Moving To FOSS
Antigua May Be Allowed To Violate US Copyrights
Apple Climbs Into Third Place In U.S. PC Market
AppleWorks/ClarisWorks Dies Quietly
As of October, FBI To Allow Warrantless Investigations
Bad Science Journalism Gets Schooled
Belgium May Prosecute the Church of Scientology
Bill Would Bar US Companies From Net Censorship
Blizzard Wins Major Lawsuit Against Bot Developers
Blizzard to Boll - DENIED!
Brazil Appeals OOXML Decision
Brazil Voids Merck Patent On AIDS Drug
Business Open Source Use Up 26% in One Year
CNN To Release Debates Under Creative Commons
California Proposes to Ban Incandescent Lightbulbs
Canada Blocks Sale of Space Tech Company To US
Canada Rejects Anti-Terror Laws
Charter's Trials of NebuAd Halted
China's New Internet Plan
Comcast Forging Packets To Filter Torrents
Could the RIAA Just Disappear?
Data Loss Bug In OS X 10.5 Leopard
Deal Reportedly Reached In Writers' Strike
Decryption Keys For HD-DVD Found, Confirmed
Dell Asking ATI For Better Linux Drivers
Dell Releases Ubuntu 7.10-Powered PCs
Dutch Voting Machines De-Certified
EMI May Cut Funding To RIAA, IFPI
EU Commissioner Slams Music Lock-In
EU Views Net Censorship As a "Trade Barrier"
EU's Anti-Trust Investigation of OOXML Continues
Electronic Arts Offers $2B For Take Two
FBI, IRS Raid Home of Sen. Ted Stevens
FCC Moves To Regulate Cable TV Competition
FCC To End Exclusive Cable For Apartments
FCC To investigate Comcast Bittorrent Meddling
FEC Will Not Regulate Political Blogging
FISA Court Sides With ACLU Against Administration
FSF Reaches Out to RIAA Victims
FTC Opens Formal Antitrust Investigation of Intel
Fair Use Bill Introduced To Change DMCA
Final Repair Mission To Extend Hubble's Life
Florida Literally Scraps Touch-Screen Voting
Free IMAP On Gmail
G.I. Joe No Longer the Real American Hero?
Geek Wins Copyright Lawsuit Against Corporation
German Police May Not Break Into a Suspect's PC
Germany Rejects Microsoft FAT Patent
Google Bans Ads For Essay-Writing Services
Google Pledging to Bid $4.6bn to Open Spectrum
Hans Reiser Guilty of First Degree Murder
Has Ron Paul Quit?
Higher Oil Prices Are Starting To Bring Jobs Home
Hotmail Full Version Incompatible With Firefox 3
House Passes Patent Overhaul Bill
IBM Asks Court To Declare Linux Non-Infringing
ICANN Takes a Step Toward Ending Domain Tasting
IE Dropping, Now Near 70% In Europe
ISP Block on Pirate Bay Not Having Desired Effect
Intel Discrete Graphics Chips Confirmed
Inventor of GMR Bids To Shake Up Storage, Again
Investors Bailing On SCO Stock, SCOX Plummets
Is Windows Vista in Trouble?
Jack Thompson Served With Order to Show Cause
Jail for Selling Email Lists to Spammers
Judge Makes Lawyers Pay For Frivolous Patent Suit
Judge Rules Man Cannot Be Forced To Decrypt HD
Judge Says RIAA "Disingenuous," Decision Stands
KDE 4.0 Is Out
Lawsuit Against Google Dismissed
Lenovo Announces ThinkPads Preloaded With XP
Lenovo Delivers SuSE Linux-Based ThinkPads
Linux Makes For Greener Computing
Linux Pre-Installs In the UK Hit 2.8%
Magistrate Suggests Fining RIAA Lawyers
Mars Asteroid Impact Effectively Ruled Out