How it works
Myba arrives as an e-mail with the following:

Subject: My baby pic!!

Body: It’s my animated baby picture !!

Attachment: mybabypic.exe
[quoted from ZDNet]

it had to happen sooner or later … “Security firms are warning about a proof-of-concept Internet worm which tries to spread malicious files via the Gnutella peer-to-peer file sharing system.” [more here]

stating the obvious, but nonetheless it’s a refreshing read … “The Internet has to be about allowing people to collaborate and work better together” [more here]

i got this one from john: the best 404 page

Jaron illustrates the downward spiral of the courts decision … “The alternative to allowing free file sharing à la Napster is to enforce a frightening level of control of information movement.” [more here]

“The 2X Internet has the power to transform the mediocre experience of the Web into a vibrant, rich experience that drives customer adoption of the Internet as the preferred way of doing business.” [more here]

internet week’s Question Of The Week

By offering a paperless novel in installments on the Web, will Stephen King change the publishing industry?

from Slashdot referencing an MSNBC article about the US Postal Service’s plans to offer “free e-mail addresses to all 120 million of the nation’s residential addresses.” … great quote, “the most efficient spam delivery tool ever created.”

wow! “Yahoo! to Acquire eGroups” … here’s an interesting quote from the press release … “The acquisition combines the Web’s largest online community with a leading provider of email group communications.” … hmm, the web’s largest community? i wonder if AOL could dispute that statement …

i’m not sure i understand why … shares of MP3.com rose 15 5/8, or 95 percent, to 32 … but, wow!
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