Microsoft has asked that their antitrust lawsuit with rival RealNetworks be moved from California to their home state of Washington. What do they feel this change of venue will benefit them?

This article from CNET says that a recent network security flaw may actually just be a rediscovery of an old issue. The issues came to light in a series of forum postings in the security community.

Now that the world knows of Microsoft trying to strong arm Canadian teenager Mike Rowe over his domain name, and their subsequent softening, let’s take a look at another domain they’re trying to acquire, that of another Canadian, Mike Morris and his mikerosoft.ca domain.

Law enforcement officials say their efforts to track and monitor terrorists and other criminals is being hampered by the FCC’s efforts to reduce Internet regulations.

Investors are watching the balance sheet when Microsoft’s earnings report comes out on Thursday, not the $10 billion in quarterly sales. Read about the what’s and why’s of the difference in this report from Reuters.

Ever wonder how computer viruses get their names? An article on CNET digs into the means by which viruses are named.

A Danish telecommunications company was fined a record 400,000 Danish crowns, the equivalent of almost $68,000 for sending up to 1500 unsolicited emails. Complete details can be found in this article from CNET.

Microsoft says they may have overreacted to the web site of Canadian teenager Mike Rowe. Read about their change of opinion in this article in USA Today.

Check Point Software has released a network security device for protecting company internal networks from rapid-moving attacks such as the MSBlast worm. The new device, an internal security gateway, is called InterSpect.

CNET News outlines how President Bush wants the USA Patriot Act renewed. This rather controversial law expanded the government’s Internet surveillance powers.