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	Friday, October 25, 2002

This note goes in the HomemadeTivo file:

Week ahead: Software at home. Microsoft plans to unveil a version of Windows geared for entertainment applications. Also: More earnings from technology companies.

[CNET News.com]

This note goes there too:

Dolby sounds out PC market. Dolby Labs, better known for technology in theaters and home stereos, next week will release new software that aims to let garden-variety PC stereo speakers deliver surround sound.

[CNET News.com]

8:12:17 PM  comment [] | Topics: Tivo 

Analysis: The Golden age of hacking rolls on. New hacker tools continue to emerge

[InfoWorld: Top News]

OVER THE LAST eight months major new hacker tools have been released or revealed, ending a lull in activity among hackers [...]

[...] June-through-September period saw massive exposures of security vulnerabilities in OpenSSH, Apache Web server software and Internet Explorer (IE).

2:19:29 PM  comment [] | Topics: Security 

 Another undocumented Google trick

Whoa, this works, I just tried it. Yikes!

Engineering for practical obscurity. David Weinberger reports another undocumented Google trick: a quoted phone number (without hyphens) yields name, address, and maps. Although this is not really any different from what Switchboard.com has been doing for some time, we nevertheless find these demonstrations -- as David says -- scary. ...

[Jon's Radio]

2:07:28 PM  comment [] | Topics: Web_Tricks