The lawyers for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority have just filed a motion asking for a modification of the terms, but not the duration, of the temporary restraining order [PDF] it won against the MIT students who had wanted to present a security paper at DEFCON on vulnerabilities in Boston transit cards.

As regular Deeplinks readers know, EFF's Coders' Rights Project is defending the rights of three MIT students who were prevented from presenting their research on security vulnerabilities in Boston's transit fare payment system. The students were hit with a temporary restraining order that silenced their planned presentation at DEFCON. Why this is Important..."

An anonymous poster told us about a recent order from Judge Kimball in another case, unrelated to SCO, but one that references his own decision in SCO v. Novell. So I took a look at the order, and it answers a question I've had, namely, what if, at trial, a judge were to realize he'd made a mistake on an earlier ruling on summary judgment motions? Is it too late to fix it?

A Federal Judge has issued an order to force Dynadot from resolving the wikileaks.org domain name and block anyone from transferring the registrar.

Legal experts thankfully are stating just how ridiculous this order is.

Judge White’s order disabling the entire site “is clearly not constitutional,” said David Ardia

Here's hoping for a quick appeal and reversal.

Here's Judge Dale Kimball's Memorandum Decision and Order, in which he sets deadlines for what's left to accomplish prior to the date the trial is set to start. You can feel as you read it just how close we are now. It's getting very real to me.

Novell has filed a second request for an extension of time to file its appeal with the US Supreme Court. It would like until March 4th. And Judge Ted Stewart has issued his trial order for the trial in Utah in SCO v. Novell, which begins on March 8

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is taking on the issue of inadequate education for youth by extending its OpenCourseWare (OCW) program to include secondary level students.

What do you want your cell phone to be able to do? Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Hal Abelson put that question to about 20 computer science students this semester when he gave them one assignment: Design a software program for cell phones that use Google Inc.'s upcoming Android mobile operating system.

Well, this is fascinating. Here's an order from Judge Ted Stewart in a dispute between Novell and its insurer, Vigilant Insurance Company. Novell tried to get them to pay for the SCO v. Novell litigation back in 2004 and they refused, so Novell sued last May.