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Industry Standard, The, Feb 26, 2001 by Alex Lash

I Downloaded It My Way: Napster's court appeal was shot down last week, but the judges stopped short of shutting down the file-swapping system, citing the need to rework a lower court ruling, not to mention "a few more days to download the entire Sinatra oeuvre."

It's Aboot Time! New Attorney General John Ashcroft's Justice Department said it was investigating Microsoft's investment in Canadian software maker Corel, which makes a competing product to Microsoft's Office. The move was hailed by Canadian-Americans and cited by conservatives as proof of Ashcroft's sensitivity to oppressed minority groups.

Blond Bombshell: As a computer virus disguised as a photo of tennis star Anna Kournikova swept across the Internet last week, experts scrambled to analyze how it could mainly affect the systems of male users ages 12 to 55. "We've never seen anything like her, er, it," said one investigator.