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.

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.

Brighthand addresses the rumors surrounding the alleged iPAQ h6300. See what they’ve uncovered concerning this Pocket PC possibility.

NEC has licensed the USB On-The-Go wireless technology from TransDimension for use in a soon to be released chip for their 3G phones.

In a press release, Opera details how they have solved the problem of rendering web content to smaller screens like those of PDAs and Smartphones without the need to resort to scrolling or zooming.

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.

Nintendo has unveiled their new Nintendo DS, a portable game system with dual screens. An article from Reuters provides more information on the Nintendo DS as well as Sony’s upcoming PSP portable game system.

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.