26 February 2001 By The Morning News — 26 Feb 2001 Napster's new business plan is the path to the future, and the RIAA knows it.The Future of Flash, part II: Publishers get all worked up over Cnet's new banner ads; expect new standards.Nokia predicts multi-media messaging as the future of wireless.RIAA twists the numbers ("singles sales went down"; who buys singles?) to prove Napster's bad for business.Microsoft calls Linux "un-American"; Red Hat wants to go to Washington for a fight.Dreamcast-away: Sega offers voluntary retirement.IBM tells Sun to back that sass up: IBM knows its servers are number one.Did the first programmer spring from Byron's loins?Vasava is mini-web for computer.San Francisco Slackers: ex-dot commers wear their pink slip-pers with pride.Stride takes things out of boxes, then puts them back in.