View this article at: http://www.macnn.com/news/19550 Friday, May 23, 2003 10:00pm Tech: MS counter, Spam, Kaz... Tech news: Microsoft is quietly preparing for a counterattack to iTunes by improving its own technology for supporting subscription music services; The California State Senate approved a bill that would make it illegal to send unsolicited e-mail advertising and allows people to sue spammers for $500 per unwanted message, while a new proposal in the House promises to slap the worst bulk e-mailers with prison terms and millions of dollars in fines; Kazaa file-sharing software is on track to become the most-popular free program on the Web with over 230 million downloads; and Amazon.com has announced it will use Microsoft's Windows Media 9 Series products to stream music samples to customers from its sites (e.g., CDnow.com, VirginMega.com and Borders.com).