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Cnet News: Music labels to ISPs: Shut down Napster clones

The offensive has begun. After the Napster victory, the RIAA is now requesting ISPs shut down copycat systems like OpenNap. I wonder how they’ll get around Gnutella and OpenNap servers in countries they don’t have a stranglehold on.

Linked on the 24th of February, 2001 Details

Wired News: Beware those insidious Vcards

Another Outlook security hole has been discovered. Those annoying Vcards (you know, the .vcf attachments no one looks at) can be used to crash or remotely control your computer.

Linked on the 24th of February, 2001 Details

World Online

Employees of Belgian ISP World Online have gone on strike and taken over the company’s website in protest at the job cuts being planned by Italian company Tiscali which recently bought them out. The long Belgian tradition of strikes has gone virtual, you can even watch the strike on a live video stream.

Linked on the 23rd of February, 2001 Details

zeropaid.com - the file sharing portal

Now that Napster is on the brink of disappearing into the music industry’s vortex, take a look at zeropaid.com for all the alternatives available out there.

Linked on the 22nd of February, 2001 Details

Opera for Macintosh

Opera for mac, public technology preview 1, is now available for download.

Linked on the 22nd of February, 2001 Details

Ananova: Net surfer discovers new-found love kept corpse in freezer

Your mother told you not to talk to strangers, but she should warn you about travelling half-way across the world to hook up with a young girl you met in a chat room on the internet. She might just turn out to be a pensioner with a corpse in the freezer.

Linked on the 22nd of February, 2001 Details