Gregg Doherty's Radio Weblog

Wednesday, August 27, 2003

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1.	For the last two days I've gotten 60% packet loss from RoadRunner. (But it's bursty: 20 seconds of complete packet loss and then 10 seconds of none, so I can still surf the Web.) Video on demand has been down. My P800's battery life changed from about 60 hours to 10 hours.
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2.	Webcasters slap RIAA with antitrust suit. You read it here first

11:08:27 PM

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1.	Mozilla 1.5 Beta Released
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2.	For the last two days I've gotten 60% packet loss from RoadRunner. (But it's bursty: 20 seconds of complete packet loss and then 10 seconds of none, so I can still surf the Web.) My P800's battery life changed from about 60 hours to 10 hours.
3.	CNet: IBM finds ally for supercomputer-on-a-chip. TRIPS is not part of PERCS, but all publicity is good publicity.

10:10:47 PM

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1.	Nortel wins China telecom deal
2.	Small Webcasters sue RIAA. A group of small Net radio stations say the trade association tried to push independent music stations offline.
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3.	Slashback: Bouncing, Taxing, Releasing
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4.	HP sees double with Itanium. Faster computers all around

9:07:57 PM

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1.	PeopleSoft CEO: Oracle saga is over. Oracle may be pressing on with a quest to buy PeopleSoft, but PeopleSoft chief Craig Conway tells CNET News.com that the bid is all but dead.
2.	Samsung unveils digital video recorder. The electronics giant's first DVR is capable of recording 100 hours of programming. The high-capacity device is designed to work with DirecTV and TiVo services.

8:21:00 PM

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1.	Microsoft, SCO lean on Linux. Microsoft and the SCO Group may be taking aim at Linux, but they are also relying on the open-source operating system to keep their Web sites up.
2.	EarthLink files suit against spammers. The ISP is hunting down the identities of the "Alabama Spammers," a group it alleges used its access service to send massive amounts of junk e-mail.
3.	Turbolinux joins Linux lab
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4.	Walking Animatronic Dinosaur At Disney Park

7:07:59 PM

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1.	SGI cuts 600 more jobs. The additional layoffs mean about one in four employees of high-end computing specialist Silicon Graphics has been let go this year in an attempt to reduce expenses.
2.	RIAA turns up heat on subpoena fighter. The Recording Industry Association of America levels a full legal barrage at the sole Kazaa user fighting its attempts to identify file swappers.
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3.	OpenLindows.com: Wherefore Art Thou?
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4.	Intel wants to tune your cluster. Buys Pallas for grid and HPC know-how

6:10:08 PM

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1.	Businesses boosting anti-P2P software. Concerned about clogged networks, security risks and legal liability, corporations are turning to network-control tools.
2.	Interwoven proposes reverse split
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3.	Further Selections From the Mixed-Up SCO Files
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4.	Fewer CIOs expect to expand IT staffs in Q4. Fewer chief information officers (CIOs) expect to expand their IT staffs in the fourth-quarter of this year, as businesses continue to look for signs of a sustained economic recovery before hiring more full-time employees, a new survey reveals.
5.	Games developers need people skills, industry says. LONDON - The games industry needs to train people who can work in teams, collaborate with marketing staff and generally have people skills, speakers on the keynote panel at the Game Developers Conference, Europe, said Wednesday.

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1.	Intel buys cluster-computing software. The chipmaker agrees to buy a high-performance computing software group from German company Pallas.
2.	Security firm aims to ease RFID concerns. Researchers at RSA Security develop a blocking technique to alleviate privacy concerns surrounding radio frequency identification.
3.	Microsoft bundles up for small businesses. The company plans to release a cheaper bundle of its server operating system and e-mail management software aimed at businesses with few employees.
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4.	10 Terabit Ethernet By 2010

4:15:47 PM

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1.	IBM finds ally for supercomputer-on-a-chip. The University of Texas plans to collaborate with Big Blue on building a processor capable of making more calculations per second than many of today's top supercomputers.
2.	BellSouth tunes in to DirecTV. The Baby Bell is the latest phone company to embrace satellite television as a weapon to defend itself against cable.
3.	'Star Wars' game draws crowd
4.	Sony promotes American game chief
5.	EU rapped over software plan. A proposed law due before the European Parliament next week would derail Europe's software industry while allowing big corporations to take over, European economists warn.
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6.	Mandrake 9.2 RC1
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7.	Amazon sues over spoof e-mails. The internet retailer takes court action to prevent 11 firms from falsely using its name to market their products online.
8.	Computer game 'boosts hearing'. Children could boost their hearing by years with the help of a new computer game, an Oxford University researcher finds.
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9.	Oklahoma AG takes aim at WorldCom, Ebbers. Southern justice

3:11:19 PM

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1.	India call centers face employee exodus. The country's call center industry is witnessing high rates of employee attrition, making industry leaders sit up and take note.
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2.	Teach Yourself AppleScript in 24 Hours

2:07:47 PM

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1.	Power Mac G5 not as open to Windows. Apple's new Power Mac G5 may be the fastest Macintosh around, but it doesn't work as well as its predecessors with Microsoft Windows software.
2.	Open Text to buy German rival. The content management software maker says it will acquire competitor Gauss Interprise in a cash deal valued at $11 million.
3.	Vignette updates portal software. The software maker updates its portal product to allow businesses to share information and collaborate within their organizations.
4.	EA games to play on Nokia device
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5.	FWB Admits RealPC for Mac OS X was Vaporware
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6.	Want to visit Britain? Join the fingerprint queue. Biometric visas stamped
7.	Deutsche Telekom: increased mobility in Poland. Buying out partners
8.	TI dribbles out UltraSPARC IV details. Sun's other big bet

1:07:38 PM

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1.	Microsoft Readies New Version of MSN. Microsoft is hoping its new broadband version of MSN -- which is being released to beta testers next week -- will help recapture customers who left the service. By The Associated Press.
2.	SCO Web Site Is Targeted Over Internet. SCO Group, a software developer that is seeking royalties from users of the Linux operating system, has been hit by a coordinated computer attack that has made its Web site inaccessible to many visitors for several days. By The Associated Press.
3.	Technology Briefing: Telecommunications. COMTECH RAISES 4TH-QUARTER EARNINGS ESTIMATE; DOCOMO ESTABLISHES WIRELESS RESEARCH CENTER IN BEIJING;.
4.	BellSouth to Offer DirecTV As Service. ATLANTA (AP) -- BellSouth Corp. and DirecTV Inc. have agreed to add the satellite television service to the telephone company's bundle of local, long-distance and Internet options. By The Associated Press.
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5.	Nokia to woo new markets with slim gear. The cell phone maker says its 3.3-ounce handset will offer voice and messaging at an affordable price in markets in India, Russia and China.
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6.	Close Mars Means Close-Up Pictures
7.	Apple Issues New G5 Benchmarks
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8.	McData snatches Sanera, Nishan. The consolidation of the storage industry accelerated this week with McData's acquisitions of Nishan Systems and Sanera Systems.
9.	Court says no free speech on trade secrets. SAN FRANCISCO -- In a case that pitted the U.S. and California constitutions against the state's trade secret law, the California Supreme Court ruled this week that it is not a violation of free speech rights to ban the publication of computer code that can be used to copy DVDs.
10.	Lab soups up Linux supercomputer. A 2,000-processor Intel Itanium 2 supercomputer at the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Labs (PNNL) has edged out Lawrence Livermore National Lab's Intel Xeon-based Multiprogrammatic Capability Cluster for the title of world's fastest Linux supercomputer, according to PNNL.
11.	Intel plans second assembly plant in China. TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Heeding Chinese government calls for investors to help develop China's interior, Intel Corp., the world's largest chipmaker, announced Wednesday it had signed a memorandum of understanding to construct a test and assembly facility in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu. With an initial investment of $200 million, the facility will be the second such plant that Intel operates in China.
12.	Amazon sues to stop alleged e-mail forgeries. Amazon.com Inc. has filed 11 lawsuits against online marketers in the U.S. and Canada, alleging they use the Amazon name when sending e-mail advertisements, Amazon said Tuesday.
13.	Hitachi to shift hard-disk media manufacturing to China. TOKYO -- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Inc. (GST) is planning to shift most of its hard-disk media manufacturing from plants in the U.S. and Japan to China within the next three years, it said Wednesday.
14.	NTT DoCoMo to open 4G telecom research lab in China. TOKYO -- NTT DoCoMo Inc. will open a telecommunication research and development laboratory later this year in Beijing, the company said Tuesday.
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15.	NAI unveils Netasyst for SMBs. Troubleshooting tool identifies network problems
16.	Amazon sues to stop alleged e-mail forgeries. Suits seek millions of dollars in damages for allegedly using Amazon's name in e-mail ads
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17.	Passport biometric trials point way for ID cards. Shadow pilot
18.	The incredible shrinking IT industry. Opinion Out of Business proposition

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1.	Videogames Attract More Women Than Boys?
2.	Osirusoft Blacklists The World
3.	Brazilian Government Continues Push For Free Software
4.	Guessing Linux 2.6.0 Release Date
5.	'Jane Doe' Lawyer Glenn Peterson Talks With GrepLaw
6.	Hall Of Technical Documentation Weirdness
7.	Executive Secretary In Every Computer
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8.	Text messages play games with TV. Your TV and mobile are coming closer together, with game shows played by text message set to grow, say analysts.
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9.	Small.biz gets flogging online. Toe dipping
10.	Softline agrees Sage bid. Sage Brush

10:08:17 AM

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1.	BT offers faster broadband. BT announce trials of a bigger, faster broadband connection for home users.
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2.	New SoBig F worm variant has picked new targets Time Warner Telecom - Security hackers trojan virus alert networking
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3.	Why Sobig is bad for privacy and AV vendors. The drugs don't work
4.	Zippo extinguishes flaming trick Web site. Got burnt
5.	Symantec takes the Hilgraeve hit. Doing the Right Thing
6.	Blades cut wireless and mobile enterprise costs. Mix and match

9:07:48 AM

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1.	Cyborgs unite!. Professor Steve Mann just may be the world's first cyborg rights activist. It is a future, he says, that is no longer the exclusive preserve of science fiction.
2.	Much ado about options. Venture capitalist J. William Gurley separates fact from fiction to examine how the latest debate to roil the technology industry will affect share prices.
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3.	BT offers faster ADSL trials. BT announce trials of a bigger, faster 1mbps connection for hungry home broadband users.
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4.	Cellphones will sport Wi-Fi, say industry execs. Carriers want to drive mobile data business
5.	HP beefs up low-end iPaq. Reg Kit Watch Faster CPU, SDIO support
6.	UK corporates unconvinced by Wi-Fi. More than half have no plans to roll out WLANs

8:07:27 AM

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1.	Sleuths Try to Stay Step Ahead of Online Worms. Researchers at F-Secure, a small computer security company in Finland, identified the SoBig.F computer worm, prepared a patch and distributed the update to its customers. By Laurie J. Flynn.
2.	Army Center to Study New Uses of Biotechnology. Seeking to harness biotechnology in new ways, the United States Army is establishing a research institute at three universities to apply biology to the development of sensors, computers and materials. By Andrew Pollack.
3.	Shareholders Win in Effort to Alter Pay. Siebel Systems, a company founded by Thomas M. Siebel and known for its generous stock options, agreed to change its compensation practices. By Gretchen Morgenson.
4.	Intel to Spend $375 Million on New Test Plant in China. Intel plans to spend $375 million to build a new assembly and test plant in western China that is slated to begin operations in 2005 or 2006. By Reuters.
5.	Video Game Makers Aim to Plug European Brain Drain. Europe's video game makers are having a banner year, churning out monster hit titles. Yet jobs in the industry are far from secure. By Reuters.
6.	Technology Briefing: Internet. AMAZON SUES TO STOP ONLINE SPOOFERS;.
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7.	Sun plans new customer-specific products
8.	Court unseals Oracle e-mails. Recently unsealed internal e-mails from Oracle executives outline the company's strategy and thoughts in its effort to acquire PeopleSoft in a hostile takeover, PeopleSoft says.
9.	Evite's day of atonement. The Web-based party invitation service sends a mea culpa to users, apologizing for promoting two Jewish holidays as "Reasons To Party."
10.	Microsoft to debut MSN Premium. The software giant is set to unveil a new version of its Internet service that it hopes will appeal to the expanding population of broadband users.
11.	IBM finds ally for supercomputer-on-a-chip. The University of Texas plans to collaborate with Big Blue on building a processor capable of making more calculations per second than many of today's top supercomputers.
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12.	Amazon sues over spoof e-mailers. The internet retailer takes court action to prevent 11 firms from falsely using its name to market their products online.
13.	Text messages play games with TV. Your TV and mobile are coming closer together, with game shows played by text message set to grow, say experts.
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14.	AMD sends Durons to emerging markets. Amid the countdown to the launch of its highest-performing processor yet, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) quietly released three Duron chips for low-end desktops aimed at price-conscious buyers last week.
15.	SCO Web site attacked again. The Web site of embattled software maker The SCO Group Inc. was inaccessible again on Tuesday, fueling reports of another denial of service attack.
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16.	New SoBig F worm variant may be shifting aim toward Time Warner Telecom, security researchers say
17.	New SoBig F worm variant has picked new targets Time Warner Telecom - Security hackers trojan virus alert networking
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18.	McData: buying its way into SAN niches. Roll-up, roll-up
19.	Standalone PDA days 'are numbered'. The way of the Comptometer?
20.	NEC cedes Hiroshima fab control to Elpida. Retains ownership
21.	Amazon.com cracks down on spoofers. Files multi-million dollar lawsuits
22.	Intel adds $375m to Asia-Pacific investment tally. This time for an assembly plant in China
23.	China to form anti-spam task force. No more blocklisting?
24.	Intel 'may be guilty' of over hyping Wi-Fi. Company president confesses
25.	Cellphones will sport Wi-Fi, says industry execs. Carriers want to drive mobile data business
26.	Silicon Valley to get US' first Wi-Fi train. Commuter computing
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27.	Wi-Fi Rides California Rails. Come September, Silicon Valley commuters will be able to log on from the train. The first wireless Internet access from a rail line in the United States was bound to happen here where most commuters tote laptops.
28.	What's My Temp? Put on the Shades. A Yale researcher aims to provide athletes with sunglasses containing a sensor that constantly reads body temperature to prevent heat stroke and dehydration. It could also help track a woman's ovulation cycle to aid in fertility.
29.	Amazon Fights Brand 'Spoofing'. Amazon sues 11 online marketers that allegedly disguise e-mails to appear as though they were sent to consumers by the Web retail giant. Known as 'spoofing' of Internet brands, the trend is growing fast thanks to explosive growth in spam.
30.	The Seoul of a New Machine. The United States has led one technological and sociological change after the next. However, where broadband is concerned, we need to look across the Pacific. A commentary by J. Bradford DeLong from Wired magazine.
31.	Trade a BlackBerry for a Dorm. Facing a housing crunch, universities in Ontario are offering tech goodies like BlackBerries and laptops to students willing to forgo on-campus housing. Not enough students are willing to bite, though. Charles Mandel reports from Waterloo, Ontario.
32.	Learning to Play the Prying Game. Privacy Activism seeks to illustrate the pitfalls awaiting newly minted college students through a new Flash game. Will Carabella be hounded by identity thieves and data aggregators? Play and find out. By Ryan Singel.
33.	No Consensus on Voting Machines. A California inquiry into requiring touch-screen voting machines to print ballots generates odd alliances. Many computer scientists favor printouts, but the ACLU, voting machine makers and disabled voters are opposed. By Joanna Glasner.
34.	Mars Trip Not on Political Radar. With NASA's attention focused on restarting the space shuttle program, sending a manned mission to Mars is the least of its worries. But advocates of journeying to the red planet aren't giving up hope. By Suneel Ratan.
35.	Machine Thinks, Therefore It Is. We've come a long way from Microsoft's lame Clippy the paperclip helper application. Artificial intelligence is poised to take another big leap forward, with the development of computers that can anticipate what you want. By Michelle Delio.

7:52:17 AM

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1.	Red Hat hires new marketing VP
2.	Connexion by Boeing signs satellite deal
3.	Symantec adds product activation. The software maker adds controversial antipiracy technology to the new edition of its Norton Antivirus software.
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4.	Beyond Binary Computing?
5.	GTK+ TTY Port
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6.	AMD sends Durons to emerging markets. BOSTON - Amid the countdown to the launch of its highest-performing processor yet, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) quietly released three Duron chips for low-end desktops aimed at price-conscious buyers last week.
7.	PeopleSoft aims to ease CRM rollouts. As it continues to try to fend off Oracle's hostile takeover bid, PeopleSoft is readying the release of software that is designed to ease the installation and integration of its CRM applications for corporate users.
8.	Sun seeks to spur app server adoption. Sun Microsystems hopes to make a bold leap in the Java application server space with its upcoming Sun ONE Application Server 7 Enterprise Edition, featuring high availability.
9.	Mobile games likely to broaden gaming appeal. LONDON - The development of advanced games on mobile phones is likely to expand gaming beyond its traditional market of young men, Vesa-Pekka Kirsi, Nokia Corp.'s senior manager for games applications said Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT: GoToMyPC - Secure Remote Access - All the TCO advantages of a managed service with multi-level security and control. Click here for more information and a complimentary evaluation of GoToMyPC.
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10.	NAI unveils Netasys for SMBs. Troubleshooting tool identifies network problems
11.	Time Warner Telecom may be next Sobig.F target. Virus looks at company servers to modify behavior

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