Essay by Peter Abrahams pointing out "one of the weaknesses of most search engines and the Web itself: you cannot sort by date."

Announcement of the creation of the UK Web Archiving Consortium (UKWAC).

Article discussing the sale of the coffee pot on eBay.

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

John Leyden discusses how these high-profile websites are cracking down on phishing fraudsters. Article mentions that SiteTruth uses the Open Directory Project database as a cross-reference to help identify problem sites.

Andrew Orlowski's article: "Google has opened its kimono on some new labs work, soliciting feedback for four experimental features."

Discusses the laws of 'fair use' and how it fits in with the Napster trials. [The Register]

Discusses the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). [The Register]

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Andrew Orlowski discusses a report commissioned by the US military about open source and free software.