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The newest Linux kernel has been released, for a couple of days actually. The newest version, 2.6, is still in the test stage, but has been released to push developers to finish their work so that the final version can be released. Read more at CNet.

Ever wondered if there were files to be traded online that were a) useful and b) legal to trade. Well, there are. I have often downloaded speeches from the likes of Edward Said, Noam Chomsky, Enrico Fermi, Richard Feynman, and the like. Now you can find Supreme Court oral arguments online. CNet has more.

Speaking of the Supreme Court, the courts apparently need some help from God, because the rest of the government is not listening to what they say. (Just kidding, it made good transition. And I know its not particularly tech related, but it does have SOME relevance as the legal system becomes ever more involved in technology.)

Going along with the legal spat, Congress is killing the TIA by refusing to fund it. Articles about this can be found at any major news site, but I'll just give one link..

Apparently Corel is insulted by the pathetic bid offered by Vector Capital. Well, as long as they start developing WordPerfect for Linux again, I could care less who owns them.

From the The Register. "Two student hackers yesterday settled a lawsuit filed against them by campus debit card firm Blackboard with an admission that they never built a device to defeat the system."

The call for killing the current email protocols continues to grow. The Inquirer has an editorial.

Wonder how your credit card number got stolen? How about your bank account number and PIN? Used IE to do online banking or shopping? That might be the problem. That is actually a summary of several bugs that have existed in IE for several years that MS has simply not yet fixed. Hopefully, IE 7 will have something changed in it to prevent this.