From slashdot:

"News sources are reporting that a 'killer' new Firefox exploit has been revealed today by FrSIRT who warn that this 0day exploit/vulnerability (as yet unpatched) should be rated as critical. Summery of the exploit: If a user clicks anywhere on a specially crafted page, this code will automatically create and execute a malicious batch/exe file. Proof of concept code supplied by FrSIRT."

I'll post an update once a patch is available.

From Slashdot.org:

"CNet is reporting that the courts have struck down the FCC's broadcast flag requirement! 'In a stunning victory for hardware makers and television buffs, a federal appeals court has tossed out government rules that would have outlawed many digital TV receivers and tuner cards starting July 1.'" The EFF has details on the flag, the official ruling is online for examination, and commentary is available from BoingBoing and Ars Technica."

Full article at:

http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/05/05/06/1628251.shtml?tid=123&tid=188&tid=155&tid=158&tid=126&tid=129&tid=219

Finally! Front page news. Washingtonpost.com has covered in an appropriate tone that mess that is the US patent system:

"...A new breed of entrepreneurs -- some call them trolls -- is buying, trading, selling and enforcing patents against companies to extract cash, not to compete in their businesses."

Full article at:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/04/AR2005050402140.html

An article at washingtonpost.com discusses the depressing trend of modernization on native cultures:

"Snowbound

In Savoonga, Alaska, a tough people have made a tough place their home for generations. They've survived one of the world's most inhospitable climates and the barren isolation of their Arctic island. But can they survive booze, bingo and satellite TV?"

Full article:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/26/AR2005042601144.html