Settling the rumors, Napster has decided to abandon the MP3 format in favor of developing their own proprietary/anti-piracy format, which they've dubbed .nap.

I received the following email from Aaron Blosser today, after he saw the article about David McOwen's legal difficulties. Seems Blosser faced similar problems three years ago -- installing software on his employers' machines in an attempt to solve a scientific problem.

Microsoft strikes a deal with Vivendi Universal and Sony to offer Pressplay on its MSN network, pitting them once again against Real and AOL, who have partnered with Warner Music, EMI and BMG to form MusicNet.

Messenger outage into seventh day

How Microsoft's self-defeating media format and digital rights management strategy is helping rivals AOL Time Warner and RealNetworks level the playing field.

With three music subscription services due to be launched this summer, P2P networks such as Gnutella, AudioGalaxy, and Morpheus look to already have the attention of the mainstream audience, making a subscription service even more of a tough sell.

ipUnplugged's NAT Traversal for Mobile IP

Utterly, utterly cool. Found on slashdot.

We received this strong rebuke from Windows 2000 Mag news editor Paul Therrott to Kurt Cagle's perspective on Hailstorm. A good read.

The problem with AOL going after GAIM is that alienating third-party developers is exactly the wrong thing for AOL to do.