Monday, June 9, 2003

"Impeach Bush" Spreads. From the Indymedia-set to the New York Times's Op-Ed pages: "impeach Bush" spreads. [kuro5hin.org] 5:30:28 PM

Mexico's music business meltdown. Pirates armed with CD burners and cheap discs are bringing the industry to its knees. The U.S. could be next. [Salon.com] 5:30:19 PM

Apple offers Security Update for OS X. Apple has distributed Security Update 2003-06-09. According to the release notes included with the distribution, the new security update addresses a potential problem that arises when the Apple Filing Protocol, or AFP, is used to reshare a Network File System (NFS) mount. Also addressed in this update is a potential situation that causes LDAP bind authentication requests to be improperly sent when using Kerberos authentication. The 1.4MB file is available for download through the Software Update System Preferences pane. [MacCentral] 5:30:07 PM

WIRED: Slammed! Paul Boutin. Maresh had spent two years in front of the console, but, he says, "I had never seen anything like that." Fifty-five million meaningless database server requests were traversing the globe - and one of Akamai's Hong Kong locations was caught in the crossfire. Maresh was the first person on earth to spot the Internet worm that came to be known as Slammer. [Tomalak's Realm] 5:29:31 PM

Microsoft Plays to Film Industry. The software company wants Hollywood to use its Media Player technology in the industry from start to finish -- from filming and post-production to distribution. While some are intrigued, Microsoft still has much industry trust to win. By Aram Sinnreich. [Wired News] 12:05:54 PM

Legal Dispute Unnerves Linux Users. A legal dispute centers on whether a software company can hobble the advance of a fast-emerging force in computing, the GNU Linux operating system. By Steve Lohr. [New York Times: Technology] 12:05:33 PM

ATI debuts Remote Wonder for Mac users [The Macintosh News Network] 12:05:08 PM