Salon.com 21st feature that outlines the legal battles that have ensued between Hotline Communications and the inventor of the Hotline protocol, Adam Hinkley.

Salon.com 21st feature that explores the culture of the Hotline community.

University computer administrator accused of "hacking" crimes, for installing a screensaver that supported distributed computing research. [Salon]

A series of articles examines how the digital revolution is changing what and how we read. [Salon]

So what is Transmeta, a company that makes the words "low profile" seem brassily exhibitionist, up to? [salon 21st]

Excerpts from Alan Deutschman's biography, The Second Coming of Steve Jobs.

By Andrew Leonard. Maverick Richard Stallman keeps the faith; and gives Bill Gates the finger. Entertaining true life reporter's experience of time spent with Stallman.

By Andrew Leonard. 'The saint of free software' sparks new debates about the philosophy of the open source movement: lively exchange between Stallman and Eric Raymond, and Tim O'Reilly response.

Salon.com article on the phenomenon and Yahoo's foray into the scene.

Mark Durham discusses the creation of the Google Directory and explains how they’ve integrated ODP data.