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shaldannon writes "This morning on National Public Radio there was a story about the ongoing Justice department case against Microsoft. Yesterday Justice Department attorney David Boies challenged Microsoft's Windows licensing policies, particulary the "verbal contracts" not to include Netscape on the desktop. He questioned a Mr. Rose of Compaq on this subject. Mr. Rose tried to distance himself from Microsoft by claiming that he'd never had close dealings with the company or Mr. Gates. Attorney Boies produced an email in which Bill Gates specifically thanks Mr. Rose for his assistance to Microsoft on the DoJ case. Boies then dropped a bombshell announcement: Compaq had been having secret negotiations with BeOS to do some development for them. At the same time, Compaq sent representatives to Microsoft for their blessing on the arrangement. Microsoft killed the deal. Compaq's attorney jumped to his feet, emotionally denying the charge and accusing David Boies of 'cheap courtroom tactics.' Attorney Boies then produced evidence from BeOS substantiating his announcement." ZD-net and PC-Week both also carry the story. Thanks to Rick Irvine (a Furious Be User) and BitMan. In related news,Matthew Tebbens tells us that CNN is reporting that Windows 2000 will need apps to be rebuilt or even rewritten to be compliant (whatever that means). Update: 02/19 06:02 by S : And to top the cake, Microsoft has been charged with monopoly pricing in a California Class Action suit. Thanks Dwight Johnson. Update: 02/20 12:57 by S : More on the Be Story: Alledgedly, Be is making an embedded OS that would have better media capabilities than WinCE for information appliances.

Chase writes "Nation Public Radio reported this morning that the National Security Agency has deemed Furby's as a risk. The reason is each furby contains a microphone that records sound bytes from its environment and will play them back at any time. The NSA is concerned that a furby might over hear a classified conversation while in the building and then repeat it at a later time once it was removed from the building. As a response to the risk, the NSA has banned furbys from NSA buildings. " Update: 01/13 09:55 by B : Here's a CNN Story and a BBC Story for good measure.

Chris SOuthern writes "In case you don't have time to keep up with Microsoft's anti-trust case, here here is a good summary from National Public Radio (NPR). Requires Real Audio. " I've been sorta avoiding mega coverage of the trial on Slashdot just because the details aren't really interesting, and I suspect most of us already know the major problems. This is a nice article. If folks think we should step up the coverage, let me know. It's applicable on Slashdot, but it bores me. I'd rather talk about cool stuff and wait for major updates on the trial.

Michael Plump writes "Once again, Negativland is in the middle of a battle regarding the music industries' anti-creativity outlook on copyright laws. But it has never gone this far before. The RIAA issued "guidelines" to CD Pressing Plants resulting in Negativland's long-time CD manufacturer to refuse to press their latest release, rather than trying to settle the matter in court. The effects of this could be scary. The story was reported on Morning Edition this morning. "

Scott Hepler writes "Here's an interesting bit on MP3's from NPR's Morning Edition. Here's the RealAudio (there's also info on transcripts [expensive!] via email, fax, and snail mail at the bottom of the page). It's pretty basic, but has a few interesting insights. "

Scott Hepler writes "Here's a sneaky bit from National Public Radio's All Things Considered (18 August) about the proposed Russian policy requiring all ISP's to allow the intelligence service to snoop traffic in real time, possibly at the ISP's expense!" This page has a textual version of the same story for us real audio impaired folks. Thanks to Michael Bravo for sending it in.

DevNull writes "NPR reports on Geocities selling their user lists. A little problem with privacy. Read the blurb or listen to the story "

DevNull writes "NPR reports on Geocities selling their user lists. A little problem with privacy. Read the blurb or listen to the story "

Josh Baugher wrote in to tell us that yesterday's NPR Radio show on alternative operating systems is now available online. And for those with bandwidth, they can also listen to the real audio version.

Josh Baugher wrote in to tell us that yesterday's NPR Radio show on alternative operating systems is now available online. And for those with bandwidth, they can also listen to the real audio version.

National Public Radio will (hopefully) be airing a feature on open source software during today's All Things Considered. Thanks again to David Lesher for letting the world know. Update: the story will air from 4P.M to 6P.M, EDT. The NPR site has a list of local stations, but Real Audio should be available after the episode or sometime tomorrow.

National Public Radio will (hopefully) be airing a feature on open source software during today's All Things Considered. Thanks again to David Lesher for letting the world know. Update: the story will air from 4P.M to 6P.M, EDT. The NPR site has a list of local stations, but Real Audio should be available after the episode or sometime tomorrow.

-dsr- writes "This morning, NPR's Morning Edition ran a story on the rise of the PalmPilot, including an interview with Jeff Hawkins, one of the principal designers. www.npr.org should have this available tomorrow morning... "

jeff covey wrote in to tell us that he asked NPR to start a Linux Discussion on their discussion pages. You can join in here. I'm quite amazed at the positive stuff I've heard about NPR after their little Linux story a few days ago.

NPR will be airing a story on Linux tonight, unless interrupted by some breaking news. It is scheduled for the 4th 30-minute block of All Thing Considered, (which begins at 4P.M EDT) but that may change. Find a local broadcast station in your area.Real Audio is now available. Thanks to David Lesher for letting the world know.Update 5:49PM EDT - minor inaccuracies, but overall a great story, with excellent clips from RMS and Linus. The best I've heard in a very long time!

NPR will be airing a story on Linux tonight, unless interrupted by some breaking news. It is scheduled for the 4th 30-minute block of All Thing Considered, (which begins at 4P.M EDT) but that may change. Find a local broadcast station in your area.Real Audio is now available. Thanks to David Lesher for letting the world know.Update 5:49PM EDT - minor inaccuracies, but overall a great story, with excellent clips from RMS and Linus. The best I've heard in a very long time!

NPR will be airing a story on Linux tonight, unless interrupted by some breaking news. It is scheduled for the 4th 30-minute block of All Thing Considered, (which begins at 4P.M EDT) but that may change. Find a local broadcast station in your area.Real Audio is now available. Thanks to David Lesher for letting the world know.Update 5:49PM EDT - minor inaccuracies, but overall a great story, with excellent clips from RMS and Linus. The best I've heard in a very long time!