Thursday, December 11, 2003

RIAA hires guns, alcohol and smokes expert to fight piracy. Getting at the seedy underbelly of the US [The Register] 2:57:28 PM    comment []

IE glitch gives spoofers powerful tool. A newly discovered vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser could be a powerful new tool for scammers, allowing them to convincingly mask the real origin of Web pages used to trick targets into revealing sensitive information. [InfoWorld: Top News] 2:57:09 PM    comment []

Evaluating opportunities: Moving data between storage tiers. Evaluator Group partner Randy Kerns discusses the best ways to use secondary storage, including intelligence-based policies and the reduction of administrative burdens. [Computerworld Networking News] 2:56:40 PM    comment []

Mozilla Readies Next Release. The open-source project releases a beta version of Mozilla 1.6 as it prepares for a full launch by January. The update adds greater security, particularly for enterprises, and greater integration with GNOME. [eWEEK Technology News] 2:56:23 PM    comment []

Denial-of-Service Attack Knocks SCO Group Offline. The SCO Group Inc.'s Web site was slammed Wednesday by a massive distributed denial-of-service attack that made the site completely unreachable for much of the day. [eWEEK Technology News] 2:56:10 PM    comment []

Smart Plug May Banish Cable Clutter. A small HDMI cable can replace all the audio and video cables needed to display a high-definition image on a screen. By Eric A. Taub. [New York Times: Technology] 2:55:41 PM    comment []

For Hearing Aids, a Lesson From a Fly on the Wall. A fly with extraordinarily sharp hearing inspires an advance in the technology of hearing aids. By Anne Eisenberg. [New York Times: Technology] 2:55:32 PM    comment []