Limp Bizkit lead singer sues over web s#x tape
Limp Bizkit lead singer Fred Durst may make raunchy comments about his sex life, but he doesn’t want the world actually witnessing his escapades. The rocker is suing 10 web site operators who posted a homemade sex tape of him with an ex-girlfriend after the video was stolen from his computer. The suit, filed in federal court last week, seeks more than $70 million in damages and any profits the site operators gained in recent weeks. The lawsuit says the 3-minute clip was stored in Durst's home computer but hackers remotely broke in and made a copy. Durst secured the copyrights to the video before filing the lawsuit and claims the web sites are also guilty of violating U.S. copyright laws. Several sites have already agreed to remove the clip.

Gov't cracks global piracy ring of do-gooders
If your idea of public service could lead to prison time, you'd probably be better off picking another good deed. Three members of a global computer piracy ring confessed yesterday that they circulated millions of dollars in computer games, movies and software around the world so people could make copies for free. The underground coded system of web sites and chat rooms was called the warez community. Seth Kleinberg, 26, of Los Angeles, Jeffrey Lerman, 20, a University of Maryland student from Long Island, and Albert Bryndza, 32, of New York, pleaded guilty in U.S. District court to federal copyright charges. The U.S. Justice Department said this was the largest-ever investigation into software piracy. Named Operation Higher Education, it spanned across the United States and about a dozen foreign countries.

Hold the phone: AOL plans new VoIP services
This month America Online plans to launch an internet-based phone service for some of its members. More people are embracing Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, services that allow them to make calls over high-speed internet connections rather than the traditional telephone networks. AOL customers will plug their traditional phones into adapters connected to their broadband source rather than the jack provided by the telephone company. Companies have been using VoIP for years. Now private customers are beginning to enjoy the inexpensive service, which can cost as little as $20 a month for unlimited national calls.

Shoo, hackers! DSW customers' info stolen
While DSW Shoe Warehouse customers were enjoying new shoes, crooks were enjoying using their credit cards. Retail Ventures said yesterday that credit card and purchase data of customers had been stolen from 103 of its 175 DSW Shoe Warehouse stores. Columbus, Ohio-based Retail Ventures discovered the theft Friday and said customer data was stolen mainly over the past three months. The information was taken from the company database. Some fraudulent activity has been conducted with the information, but the company is not sure how many people have been affected. The U.S. Secret Service is investigating, and an outside computer security firm should be ending its investigation within two weeks.