The coming software patent crisis
Tim Berners-Lee, the Web's inventor, has joined in the fight to help Microsoft, which lost a software patent case over browser plug-in technologies.
Schofield column
Guardian Online



The Royal College of Art's Secret postcard sale. A launch pad for sites about the US presidential elections. A great collection of police mugshots. Google now lets you define: words. Mooter -- a search engine that clusters results. Brainstorm -- software to help you organize your thoughts.
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A resistible offer from Top-Sites; one way to keep your digital pictures on a long trip; getting RSS feeds in Microsoft Outlook; and dealing with a PC that dials by itself. Backchat: synchronizing a PC's clock; keyboard shortcuts; and more on movie formats.
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