Ralph Blumenthal writes on NYC conference on "cyberthieves" of ideas and intellectual property. For email copy send blank message to <jya@pipeline.com> with subject: TEF_ida Peter Lewis writes on the U Mich student arrested for posting fictional rough sex story. For email copy, same, with subject: RIT_xxx ---------- Also, for the famished, these not very fresh tomatoes: Negroponte writes OpEd piece supporting Newt's idea for a laptop in every cave, arguing that it will help with international economic competition, especially against those countries with the youngest population. NEG_poo Peter Lewis writes on PSI's buy of Pipeline. PSI_pip