How to win a propaganda war:

Daily Kos:

- Saddam is dead! Ok, no he's not.
- Iraq fired a Scud at Kuwait! Ok, no it wasn't.
- Umm Qasr is taken! Ok, no it's not.
- The Iraqi 51st Division surrendered en masse! Ok, not it hasn't.
- Republican Guard commanders will surrender! Ok, no they won't.
- Basra is taken! Ok, no it's not.
- We found a chemical weapons factory! Ok, maybe it isn't.

All your programs are belong to us...

This article alleges that at least one large US software retailer will shortly cease stocking software and hardware that doesn't have Microsoft's seal of approval.

Anyone suspect that MS is going to be leaning on other retailers too, as suggested in the article? Though presumably after the DOJ case, they won't punish retailers who don't co-operate (excuse me for being sceptical).

[Link: slashdot, where you can find the usual rants from the "legitimate business practice, god bless microsoft" and "The Borg of Microsoft will fall before the almighty penguin" factions]

So, about that amendment...

Read this (it won't take long)

Then read this (which will take longer, but will explain why the first one was so short)

For afters, go read this. This final one's a bit different. Try to work out what he did to piss anyone off.

[links: yonmei, BoingBoing]

[edit: libertango points out the stuff I was too tired to pay attention to last night: namely, yellowtimes.org is based in Canada and therefore can't claim first amendment protection. That said, it's far from the first time a site got yanked because Someone Important Leaned On Their ISP]

[edit again: libertango has also graced my comments section with a detailed counterpoint to my doom-and-gloom conspiracy-mongering]