Adobe's take over of Macromedia has passed its final hurdle. This is neat, the 2008 Olympics could use open source technology. The UK is reviewing its intellectual property laws. An adware firm sues Zone Labs over its high risk designation.

Such a characterization has damaged the reputation of the products, 180solutions contends, prompting one potential business partner to postpone a deal and many of 180solutions' users to uninstall the software, according to a copy of the suit obtained by CNET News.com.