Daily News Roundup

• US school swaps books for bytes [BBC]
  “A school in Arizona, US, has thrown out its paper-based text books to rely solely on laptops and digital material.”
• Space tourist docks with station [BBC]
  “A rocket carrying a fare-paying US passenger and a new crew docks with the International Space Station.”
• Legal action for 757 file sharers [BBC]
  “The US music industry announces a fresh wave of legal actions against suspected illegal downloaders.”
• Malicious code could trick ZoneAlarm firewall [CNET]
  “Software masquerading as trusted app could dupe free and earlier versions of the firewall into letting it connect to the Net.”
• New worm spoofs Google, Yahoo and MSN sites [CNET]
  “Moneymaking scheme redirects infected computers to phony sites that manipulate search results.”
• In Challenge to Google, Yahoo Will Scan Books [NYT]
  “An unusual alliance of corporations, nonprofit groups and universities plans to announce an ambitious plan to digitize hundreds of thousands of books over the next several years.”
• For Victims, Repairing ID Theft Can Be Grueling [NYT]
  “Using private information, thieves can lead parallel and often luxurious lives, leaving a tangled mess that can take victims years to sort out.”
• Google Morphs Into Multifaceted Juggernaut [AP]
  “In just seven years, Google Inc. has morphed from a bare-bones online search engine into a technological octopus that seems to sprout another intriguing tentacle every other week.”
• Google Bids to Offer WiFi in San Francisco [AP]
  “Google Inc. wants to connect all of San Francisco to the Internet with a free wireless service, creating a springboard for the online search engine leader to leap into the telecommunications industry.”

Die Dulci Fruere