BLOGical Thoughts

I spent last evening re-installing the original openSUSE 10.1 on my notebook computer. I initially attempted to install the 10.1 upgrade, but there was a problem with the DVD. So I fell back and installed the original.

I then installed the Smart Package Manager and the rest of the evening was spent in a failed attempt to download 800 mb of update packages. I think this failed because the package web sites were extraordinarily busy. I will try this again tonight.

• Open standards group to beat Microsoft at its own game
• Fedora Core 6 Innovates Unabated
• Why EULAs are good for Free Software
• Will Open Source Vendors Be Priced Out?
• Open Source Security Player Sourcefire Going Public

RIAA/MPAA/BSA/FCC

• Shawn Hogan Moves to Dismiss MPAA Case on Ground of Defective Copyright Registration
• Music publishers say Kazaa deal reached
• Make Way For The Music Detectives
• MySpace Will Block Music Uploads

Stupid Patent Tricks, DRM and Other IP Nonsense

• Pay to Obey
• Should Yahoo Own Social Search and Rank in a Web 2.0 World?
• Apple pushes Oricon to quit PC music downloads
• French publishers join fight against Google Book Search
• Microsoft goes after counterfeit software sellers

Other News

• Florida ballot terminals favor Republicans
• Municipal Report: Bogus Experts, Bogus Concern
• Hubble Rehab Gets Green Light
• Mike Stark, assaulted by Sen Allen’s staff, writes a letter

Security/Our Rights

• U.S. intelligence unveils spy version of Wikipedia
• TSA screeners still fail to find guns, bombs
• E-mail ballots raise security concerns
• Microsoft push email security questioned

Big Brother

• New Zealand: Airline’s medicine ban leaves passenger in coma
• U.K.: Big Brother is watching you