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Tie in 1st round of NSA/AT&T spy case

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Other AT&T wiretapping suit dismissed

Last week, the Judge in the EFF case against AT&T overruled the government’s use of the state secrets priviledge. This week a Chicago court threw out a similar case brought against the company by the ACLU. While this might seem contradictory, it’s not. The ACLU had no hard evidence that their clients rights had actually been violated. The EFF case has physical evidence in the form of documents to support their case as well as at least one eye witness. In all likelihood, the case will eventually be dismissed on the basis of National Security, however it is good to see that the judge is willing to explore this case rather than dismiss it outright.

AMD/ATI merger confirmed

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The rumors that have been circulating for a couple of months about an AMD/ATI merger would appear to be true according to some quotes posted on the [H]ardOCP website today. This isn’t all that hard to imagine. After all, ATI and AMD have a lot in common and would certainly both benefit from their shared experience. It will be interesting to see what new products evolve from this union and what, if any efffect this will have on product diversity in the graphics market.

Need a domain? Don’t use meta-search

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Whois Hijacking My Domain Research?

eWeek has an interesting article about a new development in domain squatting. A company called Chesterton Holdings is somehow finding out when unused domain names are being searched and is snapping them up before they can be registered by someone else. All the domains involved were submitted to a C|Net whois meta-search engine that checks a number of sources. There’s no answer as yet as to how Chesterton Holdings is doing this, but until it’s sorted out I would stay away from whois meta-search sites and do your research manually.