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* Microsoft claims [Linux infringes on MS intellectual property][1]. CEO Steve Ballmer said "every Linux customer basically has an undisclosed balance-sheet liability." Ballmer had gave no specifics, nor have any lawsuits been filed.
* [According to ITWire][2], German security company, SecurStar, claims that "Simply by sending an invisible and unnoticeable SMS message to a particular cellphone, spying on cell phone users has become child's play." The technique uses a SMS delivered trojan horse to make every call from the victimized phone a 3-way call.
* The EFF reports that [movie studios are suing to stop the loading of DVDs onto iPods][3]. The suit targets Load N' Go Video, a DVD to iPod transfer service.
* The BBC has announced it will be [paying citizen reporters][5] for their cellphone and camera footage. Now you too can discover just how little journalists actually make. [via [Micro Persuasion][4]]
[1]: http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;839593139;fp;16;fpid;1 "Computer World on MS's Linux claims"
[2]: http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/7216/127/ "ITWire on cellphone attack"
[3]: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005010.php "EFF on Studio's lawsuit"
[4]: http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/11/bbc_to_pay_citi.html "Micro Persuasion on BBC"
[5]: http://www.editorsweblog.org/news/2006/11/bbc_will_pay_for_citizen_journalism.php
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