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Thursday, March 03, 2005

No More Crash-Test Surgery. A Stanford researcher says his computer simulation system can transform surgery from a trial-and-error process to a more predictable undertaking. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
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Positive About Negativland IPod. Artist Francis Hwang takes a beating from Apple when he tries to sell his special-edition Negativland iPod. In round two, Hwang fights on his own turf. By David Cohn. [Wired News]
2:06:47 PM

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Opera beefs up browser to thwart phishers. Dead cert [The Register]
2:06:21 PM

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ATI ships AGP-edition X850 XT graphics chip. X800 XL too [The Register]
2:06:11 PM

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Jef Raskin, 61, Developer of Apple Macintosh, Is Dead. Jef Raskin was a computer technology pioneer who named the Macintosh computer after his favorite apple but altered the spelling for copyright reasons. By By ANDREA ELLIOTT. [NYT > Technology]
2:06:02 PM

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Software upgrade adds WAN load balancing to Foundry switches. A software upgrade for Foundry Networks' ServerIronXL can let users simplify WAN and Internet connection links, configure failover connections and allocate bandwidth for specific applications running over an IP WAN. [Network World on Routers and Switches]
2:05:38 PM

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Costa Rica May Criminalize VoIP . The growing surge in international VoIP calls has caused the state-owned telecommunications monopoly in Costa Rica to propose legislation that could criminalize the use of Internet telephone calls. [Networking Pipeline]
2:05:23 PM

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Prior Mozilla, Firefox Releases Open To Attack. Two of the Mozilla Foundation's open-source products contain hard to exploit but still serious security bugs, say security experts; current versions of the software include a fix, according to a Mozilla advisory. [Linux Pipeline]
2:05:07 PM

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Firefox Nips IE Ankles Again. Mozilla's Firefox keeps chipping away at Microsoft's massive lead in browser usage. [InternetWeek]
2:04:52 PM

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IBM lifts PHP in development deal. Hoping to spur its open source development strategies, IBM has announced a deal with Zend Technologies to create what it believes is among the first integrated programming solutions using the Web-based PHP (PHP Hypertext Preprocessor) language. [InfoWorld: Top News]
2:04:42 PM

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AOL tool links AIM buddies to Microsoft Outlook. America Online today unveiled AIM Sync, a beta tool that allows users to add contacts from Microsoft Outlook to their AIM buddy list and matches e-mail addresses with AIM screen names. [Computerworld News]
2:04:30 PM

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Clinton, Boxer pushing e-voting bill in Senate. Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barbara Boxer are pushing a bill that among other things would designate Election Day a federal holiday and require paper trails for e-voting machines nationwide by 2006. [Computerworld News]
2:04:17 PM

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ChoicePoint Error Prompts Calls for Identity Theft Law. The revelation earlier this month that data collector ChoicePoint had mistakenly given private information on up to 145,000 U.S. residents to identity thieves has led to renewed calls for a national data privacy law. [Computerworld Cybercrime News]
2:04:03 PM

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Phony FBI E-mail Launches Virus. The FBI has warned computer users of a fake e-mail said to be from the agency but carrying a virus whose dangers are unknown. [Computerworld Cybercrime News]
2:03:56 PM

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Comcast offers free digital music players. Cable giant is giving away Nomad players in push to sign up new high-speed Net customers as competition heightens. [CNET News.com]
2:03:37 PM

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Nvidia to show off its first Intel chipsets. The chip designer's chipsets, which will include an integrated firewall, will be available for high-end Intel-based PCs by April. [CNET News.com]
2:03:28 PM

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