Spam costs Net users a whopping E10 billion ($9.33 billion) a year, according to the European Commission. [The Register]

Novell has rebuffed SCO's claim to hold Unix copyrights and patents, claiming to hold them, and discloses SCO has been begging Novell for rights to IP that SCO claims it already has. [The Register]

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

MSN has signed up with Brightmail to stop its email users getting spammed. The ISP will offer its five million email users in the US the option of Brightmail's Anti-Spam Solution. [The Register]

Microsoft's vastly interconnected ISP and portal, MSN, has become easy prey for spammers due to several poorly-protected mail (SMTP) servers to which outsiders can connect easily for a free, anonymous ride, according to a bulletin on the Mail Abuse Pr...

Licensing Unix code from litigious SCO does little to allay fears that SCO is but a beard for Redmond. Microsoft was instrumental in SCO early growth, by selling Xenix. [The Register]

An interview with Monte Davidoff regarding the 4K BASIC interpreter he wrote with Gates and Allen.

Following a couple of days' research into Harry Potter domains, a pattern has emerged in how WB deals with the situation. It's not fair, it's indiscriminate and it's abusive. [Register]

"The owner of Sex.com is offering a $50, 000 (£35, 000) reward for information leading to the arrest of the man who stole the saucy domain from him." By Tim Richardson. [Register]

The how and why of giving "non-tech" support.