Friday, December 05, 2003

Former Intel exec sets Wi-Fi crowd straight. SAN JOSE, CALIF. - Vendors of wireless LAN (WLAN) equipment must work much harder to make their products more user friendly and to improve security features, a former Intel Corp. executive said Wednesday. [InfoWorld: Top News] 2:06:55 PM    comment []

Windows ATMs raise security concerns. Recent ATM network worm infections highlight threat as industry moves from OS/2 to Windows. [Computerworld Networking News] 2:06:34 PM    comment []

Sobig virus tops charts for 2003. The Sobig e-mail worm that clogged in-boxes in August was the most prolific virus of 2003, according to a top ten list of viruses published by antivirus software vendor Sophos PLC. [InfoWorld: Security] 2:06:21 PM    comment []

Update: Yahoo Instant Messenger contains security flaw. Security researchers are warning of a security hole in Yahoo Inc.'s Messenger that could allow attackers to run their own code on computers using the instant messaging program. [InfoWorld: Security] 2:06:03 PM    comment []

Copper 10 Gig inches closer to market. The two groups in the IEEE working on making 10 Gigabit Ethernet over copper wiring a reality - and a standard - continue to make great strides. [Network World on LANs] 2:05:46 PM    comment []

IBM launches 64-bit blades. IBM recently introduced its first blade server to be based on a 64-bit RISC processor. [Network World on LANs] 2:05:36 PM    comment []

Court denies request to stop phone number switch. San Francisco Chronicle Dec 4 2003 5:44PM ET... [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] 2:05:19 PM    comment []

IT giants fingered over links to China. 'Responsible for the plight of China's embattled Internet users', apparently [The Register] 2:05:05 PM    comment []

Fiber to the People, Right On. When customers own the network, everyone wins. A commentary by Lawrence Lessig from Wired magazine about the economic benefits of socialist networks. [Wired News] 2:04:44 PM    comment []

Study: Carbon nanotubes make the best semiconductors [IDG InfoWorld] 2:04:08 PM    comment []