According to the Register, “European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy has warned that efforts to establish the pan-European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) are in danger of coming to naught, after the agreement failed to secure the support of national governments on Monday.” Wired News points out that even though “Europe's elected officials [...]

CNet News reports that Sun's chief open-source officer has backed the third version of the General Public License. According to the publication, this comes as a surprise, “given Sun's decision last month to release Java under version 2 of the GPL, which governs Linux and many other open-source products”. Also [...]

The International Herald Tribune reveals that “[i]n a report to be issued Wednesday, Peter Mandelson, the EU trade commissioner, will raise questions about whether importers of inexpensive goods should be considered greater drivers of Europe's future prosperity than manufacturing sectors in some nations that have remained uncompetitive amid the inflow [...]

According to Reuters, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) warned on Sunday that computer users who type in the same username and password for multiple sites -- such as online banks, travel agencies and booksellers -- are at serious risk from identity thieves. In an unrelated story, the New York Times [...]

Yahoo!News reports that Microsoft and Novell have already contacted more than 100 potential customers in the United States and Europe to sell interoperability deals between SuSE Linux and Windows.  According to Susan Heystee, Novell's newly appointed head of the controversial partnership, the reception has been “extremely positive”. The Economist writes [...]