ACLU, consumer groups push open access. The Internet’s status as an open forum for ideas will come under attack if cable companies aren’t forced to open up their broadband networks to rivals, the groups say. [CNET News.com]

The Battle Over Contraversial Bush Judcial Nominee Priscilla Owen : Why An Ideological Selection Deserves An Ideological Confirmation Process [FindLaw via Salon]

Microsoft backs away from InfiniBand. The software maker–one of the early InfiniBand backers–reverses an earlier plan to build support for the high-speed networking technology into its next server version of Windows. [CNET News.com]

Bush Energy Proposal Seeks to ‘Clear Skies’ by 2018. President Bush announced on Monday that he had submitted to Congress legislation that he said would reduce most power plant emissions by 70 percent by 2018. By Christopher Marquis. [New York Times: Politics]

Microsoft Announces Update to Windows CE .NET [Microsoft Press Releases]

More about the new Windows CE .NET Release

Will Real feast where Apple failed? [CNET News.com]

Microsoft upgrade plan gets cold shoulder [CNET News.com]

EXCLUSIVE: MSN Explorer 8.0 Screenshots [NeoWin]

Microsoft gives more power to the small [CNET News.com]

IPV6 support in Win CE .Net avaliable

States spar over stalled software act. A controversial initiative to standardize U.S. state laws on software licensing faces a crucial vote this week at a legal gathering in Arizona. [CNET News.com]