October 26, 2004

AOL Reconsiders, Backs Sender ID The fight against SPAM! ... AOL decided to reconsider using Sender ID after Microsoft went back to the drawing board and submitted a new version of the e-mail authentication application.. - NewsFactor Network I can't help but think this is getting too late.  The battle today has to be about Spyware. 3:20:01 PM

Vet Claims Recovered Vietnam-Era Documents Show Hanoi Directed Kerry Blogs of War - The first documentary evidence that Vietnamese communists were directly steering John Kerry’s antiwar group Vietnam Veterans Against the War has been discovered in a U.S. archive, according to a researcher who spoke with WorldNetDaily. 2:49:43 PM

P2P Traffic Holds Strong. RIAA lawsuit-impact minimal. Research from the University of California at Riverside and the Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis has found no dropoff in p2p traffic, despite the continued threat of RIAA lawsuits. "The assertion of declining P2P traffic was in direct contrast to the constant increase of P2P activity over the last year and counterintuitive to the fact that P2P applications are still the top most downloaded applications (on) the internet," says doctoral candidate Thomas Karagiannis to Wired News. [Broadbandreports] 9:47:09 AM

Talking Chick Promotes Massacre with AK-47 Jihad Watch - On a (Palestinian) children’s program discussing the importance of trees, "Tarabisho" - the Talking Chick -- was the center of the discussion. The child moderator asked the talking chick what he would do if someone, specifically a “little boy,” were to chop down his tree. In his squeaky little voice, Tarabisho answered: "I'll fight him and make a big riot, I'll call the whole world and make a riot. I'll bring AK-47s [assault rifles] and the whole world, I'll commit a massacre in front of the house". [PA TV: Oct. 22, 2004] The link to the video is here. 9:40:28 AM

Thailand Says 78 Protesters Died in Army Custody Reuters - Almost 80 people died in military custody in southern Thailand, suffocated while being transported in trucks to army barracks after a violent demonstration by Muslims, officials said Tuesday.   9:16:09 AM