Feed Michael Robertson launches new DRM-free music service (com.com)
Blog: Entrepreneur Michael Robertson is yet again launching a new online music service, one that offers digital albums stripped of security...
Submission + - AMD Donates Servers to Groklaw
Core 2 Duo writes: "Apparently, someone at AMD noticed that Groklaw has been having trouble running on the old IBM servers ibiblio uses, so they donated two powerful AMD Opteron servers to ibiblio specifically for Groklaw's use. Let's hope this move indicates that they will pay more attention to open source and ATI graphics card driver issues in the future, in spite of the earlier discouraging news about their new DRM. Curiously, this means that Groklaw is no longer hosted by IBM's servers, but SCO's own investor relations website is. Perhaps SCO will go subpoena themselves for being an IBM "front"?"
Thousands of White House E-mails Deleted 799
kidcharles writes "The Washington Post reports that in the midst of an investigation by the U.S. Congress into the firing of eight U.S. Attorneys by the Department of Justice, numerous White House e-mails have been lost. Among them are communications from presidential adviser Karl Rove. Parallels are being drawn with the infamous '18 minutes' missing from the Nixon Watergate tapes. Also at issue is the use of Republican National Committee e-mail domains (such as gwb43.com and georgewbush.com) rather than the official White House domain. This is a violation of the Presidential Records Act."
Submission + - Spam-bot intrusion caught! Now what?
An anonymous reader writes: I've recently detected and halted an intrusion on my home computer, taken some actions to prevent further intrusions, and located the software that was running a bot agent. Cursory examination showed that the bot software is intended for acting as an agent for spamming. Configuration files distinctly point at the user/host/domain of several bot-herders — damning evidence. To whom should I disclose this information for appropriate investigation, follow up, and countermeasures? Nothing would please me more than to see this botnet to be caught and dissassembled, I'm sure much of the internet-using community would support this. Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
