The highly touted, credit-card size device seems to be fading, unable to live up to its own hype while other handhelds grab market share. [CNET.com]

Electronic books have been slow to catch on among consumers, but big Internet companies are betting that the time for e-books has come. [CNet]

Concerned with costs and dependency, legislators from Brazil to China are increasingly considering open-source software. CNET.

German Linux lobbying association LinuxTag may seek German court order against SCO due to threats against 1, 500 of world's biggest Linux supporters, all businesses, including IBM. [CNET News.com]

A pseudonymous hacker has launched a Web graffiti spree, defacing Web sites ranging from NASA to the Communications Workers of America with a pro-Napster message. [News.com]

CNet News reports on competition for Handspring from TRG and delays for Visor orders due to high demand.

Ben Johnson has been sending e-mail for months from his Hotmail account, but he just discovered that some of them were diverted to the trash before arriving at their destination. [CNET.com]

The House of Representatives today passed the first bill that will hold email marketers accountable for the influx of bulk unsolicited email, commonly known as "spam." [CNET.com]

List of frequently asked questions for users about the order for Napster's shutdown. [News.com]

News.com article from Martin LaMonica describing the pieces IBM has compiled to take on the master data management market.