Criticisms of Wikipedia and of arguments used by its admirers in an article by Andrew Orlowski.

Article discussing the reasoning behind the coffee pot camera, its history, and its end.

The fight for an open hardware platform is very real, and the power has swung from the PC leaders to the entertainment industry.

Firm known for its Crusoe processor signs deal with Chinese 2000 Holdings to use Transmeta's Midori version of Linux in mobile and embedded devices. Two firms plan to target markets in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan. [The Register]

Major American ISP and Gargantuan telecomms generalist Verizon was deluged with so much spam last week that its servers were unable to function at times, and left customers with something like a 24-hour e-mail delivery delay. [The Register]

Story in The Register. By Kieren McCarthy.

One week after we got a little indignant about Warner Brothers sending 15-year-old Claire Field a legal letter demanding she hand over her www.harrypotterguide.co.uk domain, the giant conglomerate has backed down... By Kieren McCarthy. [Register]

Warner Bros/Time Warner is pushing its weight around and sending threatening legal letters to young Harry Potter fans because they have had the audacity to register a domain name with the words 'harry' and 'potter' in it. By Kieren McCarthy. [Register]

We thought it was all over, but the argument over the Harry Potter Web site run by 15-year-old Claire Field has kicked off again following her father's anger at media manipulation by Warner Brothers' head of publicity Barbara Brogliatti. By Kieren McC...

Warner Brothers has threatened a 15-year-old fan of Harry Potter with legal action over her Web site. By Kieren McCarthy. [Register]