Norwegian hacker Jon Johansen, who won global fame after releasing the DVD encryption-cracking program DeCSS, is back in the news again.
With his January acquittal due for appeal tomorrow, Mr Johansen has added Apple to his list of enemies by releasing QTFairUse, a program which helps users of Apple's iTunes online music service make copies of their tracks.
If this sounds like a good excuse to go out and buy an iPod for Christmas, think again. The software can only make copies of songs that you have already bought, and buying iTunes is impossible in Asia.
What's more, iPod owners have been finding out that there is an ugly secret hiding under that shiny white exterior: as ipodsdirtysecret.com reveals, your iPod has a very short shelf life.
The March divorce of Neil Bush, brother of United States President George W. Bush, has yielded some interesting background on China's semiconductor business.
According to documents uncovered by the Houston Chronicle, Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing agreed to pay Mr Bush US$2 million in stock over five years, despite his lack of business acumen - the former financier was banned from banking after the collapse of his Silverado Savings & Loan.