The Internet Research Task Force, the closest thing the Internet has to a governing body for all matters technical, inaugurated the Anti-Spam Research Group this week to develop "a taxonomy of the (spam) problem and the proposed solutions."

Andy Patrizio writes about the launch of WetBrain.com and the technology they built using Open Directory Project data.

Microsoft has fixed a serious vulnerability in its Hotmail email program that tricks users into sending their usernames and passwords to an outside email address. By Michael Stutz.

Pop star Madonna, irked when a man paid $20, 000 for the rights to the domain Madonna.com and turned it into a porn site, filed a complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organization's domain dispute arbitrators. By Craig Bicknell.

Louise Knapp's article about collectors of the discs.

Chris Oakes writes about Lycos adopting the Open Directory Project into its search results and notes a similar move recently made by Bomis.

A woman in a major British media company recently contacted the company's entire, 30, 000-strong staff with an urgent query: "Has anyone got any blu-tack?"

Article by Barlow about the perceived threats of technological change.

Tom Cervenka, a Web programmer at Canadian Specialty Installations, spent last week working on some clever coding to send to his Hotmail account. It tells users account access has been timed out and that they need to re-enter their account and passwor...

A Danish government official has reported a security hole that could allow unauthorized access to private accounts on Hotmail, the free Web email service. The company confirmed the hole exists and said Friday it would patch it within a day. By Michael...