It's been awhile since I've mentioned Microsoft. I wonder how the anti-trust suit is going? [Disclosure: I'm running Windows 2000 Professional.]

Sneaky service packs

WINDOWS USERS are steaming over the terms in Microsoft's new Service Pack 3 for Windows 2000, which was released on Aug. 1, and Service Pack 1 for XP, which is in beta but will probably ship next month.

The licenses of these updates say, "You acknowledge and agree that Microsoft may automatically check the version of the OS Product and/or its components that you are utilizing and may provide upgrades or fixes to the OS Product that will be automatically downloaded to your computer." [read more]