The popular group releases a single on Napster in what is the first official promotion by a BMG Entertainment-backed act to tap the controversial file-swapping service. [News.com]

Dell will unveil an MP3 home stereo component, this week. [News.com]

Some organizations argue SCO shipping a Linux product undermines its current attack on Linux intellectual property underpinnings; SCO says argument baseless; issue spotlights key tenet of GPL governing Linux kernel. [CNET News.com]

Digital Equipment (DEC) has filed suit in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts against the Campbell, California-based multimedia software company AltaVista Technology Incorporated, (ATI) over use of the AltaVista name, which is the trademark of DEC's ...

"Grid" technology has largely been an academic phenomenon, but IBM gives the idea a corporate twist with its Grid Computing Initiative. [CNet News]

"A Massachusetts clothing company files a trademark suit over a small hobbyist site's use of earth.com." [cnet]

"A policy introduced by registrar NameSecure would make it easier for domain name holders to keep their Net addresses until a copyright dispute is settled." By Dan Goodin. [News.com]

"Ajax.org, a nonprofit Web site, is organizing a federation of small domain name holders to stand up to wealthy trademark owners." [cnet]

In a significant win for small businesses on the Net, a federal judge has ruled that a registered trademark, even when held by a well-known company, does not automatically entitle its holder to own the corresponding domain name. By Dan Goodin. [News.com]

Background article on how XUL has been developed and its design goal of easing the creation of cross platform user interfaces.