SCO News Roundup

• The big news today is that PJ's taking a break from Groklaw. Get well soon, PJ! If it's blogging burnout, I totally understand how that can happen. It's a sad fact about the universe that blogging burnout is more common, and happens more quickly, than "crooked CEO burnout". Although I still haven't given up hope of seeing that someday.
  
• Our friends at Baystar are hiring. They need a receptionist and a "principal". (search for "lrg" on the second link to find the right listing).
  
• Meanwhile, if you're "fortunate" enough to get hired at BS&F, the starting salary's been bumped up to $160k. Bastards.
  
• A while back I mentioned a BS&F guy who'd been nominated for the NY Supreme Court. Now it turns out that Elliot Spitzer, the new governor, has passed him over for the big promotion. Ah, well, working for such noble luminaries as Darl and Ralphie must be nearly as good as a Supreme Court gig, right?
  
• And while we're on the topic of rejections, rumor has it that Boies was rebuffed in his attempt to buy a tony Manhattan apartment overlooking the Central Park Zoo. Nelson: Ha, ha!
  
• The latest chapter in the Novell-MS deal: A tie-up on virtualization. I'm still maintaining my wait-and-see attitude about the deal, but I have to admit it's worrying. Here's one positive take on the latest news.
  
• A story on /. suggests that M$ is already getting paid (quietly) for patents in Linux. Yikes!
  
• Bruce Schneier on Vista, in particular Vista's DRM. Unsurprisingly, he's not a fan.
  
• Forbes(!) on the upcoming Windows Mobile 6. And you can be sure the pain isn't over yet; MS is only up to #6 so far, which is still one shy of the Nightmare on Elm Street series, or two if you count Freddy vs. Jason.
  
• Berlind on Steve Jobs, DRM, video, settop boxes, etc.
  
• The latest fun with quantum computing. Sure they're excited now, but wait until SCO sues them. You know, methods and concepts, etc.
  
• A telnet vulnerability in Solaris, which SANS describes as "Another good reason to stop using telnet". Which it is. For anyone who hasn't gotten the memo yet, plaintext passwords are Considered Harmful.
  
• Finally, I've been getting a bunch of blogspam here since last Friday, and deleting it is a real PITA. So here's the WHOIS data for the sites the spammer(s) have been promoting. Trying to name-and-shame spammers is probably a losing proposition, but hey, it can't hurt. These are the domains the spammers were advertising, so I'd imagine there's some connection between them and the spammers.
  
  
  
  • FreePremiership.com:
    
    Free Premiership:
    Registrant:
    FREE PREMIERSHIP
    Witheld
    Witheld, Witheld fy1 2hg
    United Kingdom
    
    Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
    Domain Name: FREEPREMIERSHIP.COM
    Created on: 29-Aug-04
    Expires on: 29-Aug-08
    Last Updated on: 10-Aug-06
    
    Administrative Contact:
    Rowcliffe, Lord m@il2.us
    BLACKPOOL
    Lancashire FY3 8PY
    United Kingdom
    [redacted] Fax --
    
    Technical Contact:
    Premiership, Free mail@freepremiership.com
    UK
    UKK FY1 8BH
    United Kingdom
    [redacted] Fax --
    
    Domain servers in listed order:
    PARK13.SECURESERVER.NET
    PARK14.SECURESERVER.NET
    
    Current Registrar: GO DADDY SOFTWARE, INC.
    IP Address: 64.202.189.170 (ARIN & RIPE IP search)
    IP Location: US(UNITED STATES)-ARIZONA-SCOTTSDALE
    Server Type: IIS 6
    Lock Status: clientDeleteProhibited
    Web Site Title:
    .:FREE PREMIERSHIP - HOME OF FREE SOCCER STREAMS & LOTS MORE:.
    Meta Description:
    LIVE ENGLISH FOOTBALL, STREAMING LIVE SOCCER MANCHESTER UNITED LIVE ARSENAL NEWCASTLE CHELSEA ASTON VILLA BIRMINGHAM BLACKBURN
    Meta Keywords:
    SOCCERSTREAMS,LIVE STREAMING SOCCER, LIVE STREAMING PREMIERSHIP GAMES, SOCCER STREAMS,LIVE SOCER STREAMS, LIVE PREMIERSHIP GAMES, LIVE PREMIERSHIP LINKS, MANCHESTER UNITED LIVE INTERNET, ARSENAL WEB TV LIVE, LIVERPOOL INTERNET LIVE WEB TV, FREEPREMIERSHIP
    Data as of:
    31-Aug-2006
    
    
  • bargainplace.co.uk
    
    Domain name: bargainplace.co.uk
    Registrant: Lord Rowcliffe
    Registrant type: UK Individual
    Registrant's address: The registrant is a non-trading individual who has opted to have their
    address omitted from the WHOIS service.
    
    Registrant's agent: Telivo Ltd [Tag = TELIVO]
    URL: http://www.telivo.com
    
    Relevant dates:
    Registered on: 01-Apr-2000
    Renewal date: 01-Apr-2008
    Last updated: 14-Jan-2007
    
    Registration status: Registered until renewal date.
    
    Name servers:
    dns1.50webs.com
    dns2.50webs.com
    
    IP Address: 64.72.112.89 (ARIN & RIPE IP search)
    IP Location: US(UNITED STATES)-TEXAS-FT. WORTH
    Data as of: 14-Jun-2005
    
    
  • CrestHomeLoan.info
    
    Domain ID:D15849485-LRMS
    Domain Name:CRESTHOMELOAN.INFO
    Created On:26-Dec-2006 13:03:05 UTC
    Last Updated On:11-Jan-2007 15:50:32 UTC
    Expiration Date:26-Dec-2007 13:03:05 UTC
    Sponsoring Registrar:EstDomains, Inc. (R295-LRMS)
    Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
    Status:TRANSFER PROHIBITED
    Registrant ID:DI_3355232
    Registrant Name:Tsygankov Andrey Olegovich
    Registrant Organization:N/A
    Registrant Street1:Krasnyh Maevshikov str., 14, k.9
    Registrant City:Limany
    Registrant State/Province:Mykolaiv Oblast
    Registrant Postal Code:54029
    Registrant Country:UA
    Registrant Phone:+38.0512348735
    Registrant Email:lisa_tol@yahoo.com
    Admin ID:DI_3355232
    Admin Name:Tsygankov Andrey Olegovich
    Admin Organization:N/A
    Admin Street1:Krasnyh Maevshikov str., 14, k.9
    Admin City:Limany
    Admin State/Province:Mykolaiv Oblast
    Admin Postal Code:54029
    Admin Country:UA
    Admin Phone:+38.0512348735
    Admin Email:lisa_tol@yahoo.com
    Billing ID:DI_3355232
    Billing Name:Tsygankov Andrey Olegovich
    Billing Organization:N/A
    Billing Street1:Krasnyh Maevshikov str., 14, k.9
    Billing City:Limany
    Billing State/Province:Mykolaiv Oblast
    Billing Postal Code:54029
    Billing Country:UA
    Billing Phone:+38.0512348735
    Billing Email:lisa_tol@yahoo.com
    Tech ID:DI_3355232
    Tech Name:Tsygankov Andrey Olegovich
    Tech Organization:N/A
    Tech Street1:Krasnyh Maevshikov str., 14, k.9
    Tech City:Limany
    Tech State/Province:Mykolaiv Oblast
    Tech Postal Code:54029
    Tech Country:UA
    Tech Phone:+38.0512348735
    Tech Email:lisa_tol@yahoo.com
    Name Server:NS1.ITALYDNS.INFO
    Name Server:NS2.ITALYDNS.INFO
    
    IP Address:
    72.232.212.138 (ARIN & RIPE IP search)
    IP Location:
    US(UNITED STATES)-TEXAS-DALLAS
    DMOZ
    no listings
    Y! Directory:
    see listings
    Data as of:
    14-Jun-2005
    
    
  
  

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