Wired: "Visitors get a piece of code that's designed to retrieve from a Russian website software that records a person's keystrokes." [Scripting News]

 

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H-1B increase faces stiff resistance. In the face of record engineering unemployment in the U.S. and efforts by lawmakers to put restrictions on offshore IT work, attempts to boost the cap on H-1B visas for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1 may hit roadblocks. [Computerworld News]

 

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Microsoft urges patch application to fight latest server threat. Microsoft is urging users to deploy a previously announced patch to mitigate exposure to the latest threat to IIS 5.0 Web servers, even as there is uncertainty over how widespread the problem is. [Computerworld News]

 

9:46:18 AM    

 

US army dips into nanotech research. Small Soldiers By Lucy Sherriff . [The Register]

 

9:45:09 AM    

 

Dirty rotten inducers - the law the IT world deserves?. Criminalizing the iPod By Andrew Orlowski . [The Register]

 

9:44:28 AM    

 

Mother Earth Ethics...Enviro-Socialism...Neo-Romantics...I don't have to worry, gov't will give me my daily bread...ahhhh...give me some of those free soft drugs and I will just relax till death...?!!?...Yes, let us question and answer...freedom...enough gov't shackles...'Extremophiles' Prove Their Worth. Scientists are 'bio-prospecting' single-celled critters that live in the harshest environments on Earth for their hardy genes. But some question whether anyone should profit from Mother Nature. [Wired News]

 

 

9:42:40 AM    

 

Earth imagery...Smart Satellite Sets Its Own Priorities. Roland Piquepaille writes "Currently, satellites take pictures of whatever is in front of their cameras. But hydrologists from the University of Arizona (UA), ... [Slashdot]

 

9:36:50 AM    

 

Design Excellence...Industrial Design Excellence Awards 2004. burgburgburg writes "The IDEA 2004 awards (Industrial Design Excellence Awards) have been announced. Apple won 2 Gold (for the iPod Mini and the G5), a Silver ... [Slashdot]

 

9:35:14 AM    

 

GPS on your mind?...US, Europe ready to sign satellite accord. LONDON - The European Union (E.U.) is set to sign an agreement with the U.S. on Saturday that could make the sky the limit on satellite technology, allowing Europe to push ahead with its Galileo satellite program. [InfoWorld: Top News]

 

9:33:16 AM    

 

The art of successful offshore outsourcing. Even IT executives who have successfully outsourced parts of their companies' services abroad can tell you the road to profitable relations with offshore partners can be painfully bumpy. Just ask Group 1 Software Vice President of Postal Affairs Tim King, who was forced to pull the plug on two of the four offshore application development pilot projects he initiated in the past 12 months. [InfoWorld: Top News]

 

9:31:21 AM    

 

What do eBay and landscape architectural services have in common?... eBay buys Indian auction site. eBay has continued its expansion drive across Asia by agreeing to buy one of India's leading online auctioneers for £27m. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

 

9:30:30 AM    

 

"We have a notion about what nature should be like, the way it was 1,000 years ago for example, with no pollution," says Dr Mockapetris.

"From the standpoint of cyberspace and the net, we don't have the benefit of any natural starting point so we have to construct the future." Net pioneer predicts web future. The man behind the ".com" and ".uk" system predicts the disappearance of phone numbers. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

 

9:28:34 AM    

 

Biggest computer fair cancelled. Comdex, once the biggest event in the technology calendar, is cancelled after falling attendance. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

 

9:26:14 AM    

 

Indian rail 'to offer net access'. Indian Railways will offer internet access to passengers from the end of the month, a press report says. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

 

9:25:31 AM    

 

American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)...Key computer coding creator dies. The man behind one of the most widely used conventions in computing has died. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

 

9:24:50 AM    

 

You are designing for...whom?...Texting lights up Glasto's tents. Bewildered festival-goers at Glastonbury 2004 have had a helping hand finding their way Home with a tent that lights up by text message. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

 

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