PC World News, chronicles Hal being sold.

Can the alternative OS compete in a market already dominated by Palm and Microsoft?

Explains the technology from two vendors to be used to read e-books. [PC World]

Glassbook will offer a standard way to download e-books from bookstores or libraries. [PC World]

E-Ink and Xerox are among the companies hoping to change the way you use a pen and paper. A summary of e-ink technology and business. [PC World]

A group of 15 companies has announced that they will form a coalition to design e-mail standards to limit spam. Among the companies involved in the Responsible Electronic Communication. [PC World]

Brief favorable review of the Visor from PC World Online.

LindowsOS 3.0 aims to offer affordable alternative to Windows, with full compatibility with Microsoft programs and Windows file formats. [PCWorld]

Lindows.com filed for summary judgment in battle against Microsoft, claiming similarities between Lindows and Windows names do not violate Microsoft trademark since 'windows' is a generic term for a type of software product. [PCWorld]

Lindows.com, a software startup sued by Microsoft last month for alleged trademark infringement, hopes to have the case thrown out of court on a technicality, its chief executive said. [PCWorld]