Friday, November 05, 2004

Hardest Tech-Support Job on Earth. When U.S. soldiers need expert engineering advice -- like how to gauge the structural integrity of a bombed-out bridge in a battle zone -- they contact the Army's crack squad for quick answers. Michelle Delio reports from Vicksburg, Mississippi. [Wired News] 2:43:16 PM    comment []

Novell launches pro-Linux counteroffensive against MS. This is my truth, tells me yours [The Register] 2:42:37 PM    comment []

Giving Voice to Video Games. As video games take on an ever slicker, more cinematic feel, developers are increasingly turning to cartoon actors, movie-trailer announcers and even film stars to read the lines. By By TIM GNATEK. [NYT > Technology] 2:42:27 PM    comment []

Linux Networx unveils clustered storage. Linux Networx Thursday announced a clustered file system that virtualizes the storage in the pool and manages it. [Network World on Storage] 2:42:12 PM    comment []

Switch vendors crunch Gigabit chips. Companies such as Broadcom and Agere Systems are working to squeeze more Gigabit switch port controllers onto one chip. For switch buyers, this could result in lower-cost, feature-rich gear that is less prone to failure. [Network World on Routers and Switches] 2:42:04 PM    comment []

Movie Industry Targets The Internet In Piracy Battle. The movie industry plans to start suing later this month people who have illegally swapped movies on the Internet. [InternetWeek] 2:41:37 PM    comment []

Phishers adopt scam tricks from virus writers. You know all about phishing scams, right? You know better than to click on a Web link embedded in an e-mail that purports to be from your bank, or to reply to messages requesting your user name and password. But if you think that's enough to protect yourself, think again. [InfoWorld: Top News] 2:41:27 PM    comment []

Cisco, Wells Fargo face new security breaches. Cisco Systems and Wells Fargo found themselves this week again responding to security breaches nearly identical to ones the two companies faced only months earlier. [Computerworld News] 2:41:10 PM    comment []

Hackers reopen stolen code store with Cisco wares. The Source Code Club, an online store that sells stolen source code for prominent software products, reappeared Monday, using messages to online security discussion groups to announce its return. [Computerworld Cybercrime News] 2:40:59 PM    comment []

Internet banking fraudsters step up phishing scam. A potent new program circulating on the Internet embeds itself on a user's computer and either overwrites saved bookmarks or redirects the victim from the intended banking site to an authentic-looking fake. [Computerworld Cybercrime News] 2:40:53 PM    comment []

Disney, Pixar hope for 'Incredibles' success. The studios look to some unlikey superheroes for help as animated films get more and more high-tech. Photos: How to create a family of superheroes [CNET News.com] 2:39:36 PM    comment []

VMWare goes four-way. VMWare's latest software aims to give each virtual machine the power of four processors By mailroomuk@zdnet.com (Stephen Shankland). [ZDNet UK News] 2:39:08 PM    comment []

Blue Gene set to claim supercomputing crown. The US is poised to win back the top spot in the supercomputing charts from rival Japan with the announcement that IBM's machine has hit 70 teraflops By mailroomuk@zdnet.com (Stephen Shankland). [ZDNet UK News] 2:38:56 PM    comment []

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