RIAA files nearly 500 new lawsuits
Keeping the pressure on illegal music downloading, the Recording Industry Association of America filed another 477 lawsuits against alleged file sharers last week. More...

Google traffic appeared to slow SEC site
Google's filing of an initial public offering created so much internet traffic that it appeared to significantly slow down the homepage performance of the US Security Exchange Commission's website, an internet performance tracking company said last week. More...

Tech pros doubt Gates can beat spam: poll
More than 80 percent of IT security professionals surveyed at a security show in London this week don't think Bill Gates' promise to kill spam within two years is doable. More...

Short takes: Week of 3 May
An often irreverent look at some of the past week's other news, including XP SP2 delays, Microsoft patch problems, Windows worms, Google's IPO, Linux and Windows Media, and Microsoft vs the EU. More...

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