Gregg Doherty's Radio Weblog

Tuesday, September 02, 2003

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1.	Tech firms band together on ID theft. Some of the biggest names in e-commerce, including Amazon.com, eBay and Microsoft, form a coalition to curb online identity theft.

11:42:42 PM

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1.	How Do You Organize Your Data?
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2.	The Register: Itanium fends off Opteron for slowest selling chip crown.
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3.	Forrester cautions against BPO hype. Vendors are exaggerating their capacity to offer end-to-end business process outsourcing (BPO) services, Forrester Research Inc. is warning IT managers and chief information officers (CIOs).
4.	Borland adds 'Track and Trace' to apps testing tool. Borland Software on Wednesday is upgrading its Optimizeit Java application testing tool, adding "Track and Trace" functions for distributed performance analysis.
5.	SCO fined for Linux claims. The SCO Group Inc. has been fined $10,800 for violating a German court's ruling that SCO must cease claiming that the Linux source code violates its intellectual property, the Lindon, Utah, company confirmed on Monday.

10:23:31 PM

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1.	Court: ISP subpoenas a 'grave' matter. In a ruling that buttresses electronic privacy rights, a federal appeals court says lawyers break the law when they try to subpoena e-mails to which they are not entitled.
2.	Amazon wins patent for ordering forms. The online retail giant gets approval for features on its ordering form, as the company continues to put money into technology from which it expects to profit.
3.	New Net phone service off to bumpy start. It's been a rough beginning for Skype, a free voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service recently launched by a team that includes co-creators of Kazaa.
4.	SCO to send out Linux invoices. The SCO Group is turning up the heat in its attempt to impose Unix license fees for Linux use: It plans to begin sending invoices to companies before the month is out.
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5.	Fuel Cells To Appear In Laptops In 2004
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6.	Skype is P2P VoIP from the makers of Kazaa.
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7.	Itanium fends off Opteron for slowest selling chip crown. IBM 13, Dell 0

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1.	Al-Jazeera relaunches English site. The Arabic language news agency relaunches the English version of its Web site after previous incarnations were vandalized by hackers and abandoned by technology providers.
2.	Researcher sees cellophane window to 3D. A University of Toronto professor discovers that ordinary cellophane wrap can be used to turn a laptop computer screen into a 3D display.
3.	Dell: No shelter against SCO suits. CEO Michael Dell says that despite Dell Computer's embrace of Linux on its servers, it won't be offering customers indemnification against lawsuits from the SCO Group.
4.	Chip sales up again in July. Global sales of semiconductors rose to $12.9 billion in July, marking the fifth consecutive monthly increase, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.
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5.	A Galaxy of Possibility: Mandrake 9.1 ProSuite

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1.	Grid software project goes international. Globus, a group that creates grid software to link multiple computers and storage systems, changes its official name and governing board to reflect its expansion.
2.	Road Runner glitch bars users from MSN. A glitch is preventing a significant number of customers using AOL Time Warner's Road Runner high-speed Internet service from connecting to certain Microsoft Web sites.
3.	E*Trade cuts mortgage staff. The company lays off nearly 200 mortgage brokers, as rising U.S. interest rates continue to take the steam out of the home mortgage refinance boom.
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4.	Current Thoughts in String Theory
5.	Games and the 'Geek Stereotype'
6.	The Business Case for Reusable Launch Vehicles
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7.	AT&T files racketeering suit against MCI, Onvoy. AT&T Corp. has filed a lawsuit against MCI and Onvoy Inc., alleging the two companies have cost AT&T tens of millions of dollars by rerouting U.S. telephone calls through Canada in an effort to stick AT&T with termination charges.
8.	Intel's Deerfield to appear before IDF gets under way. Before Intel Corp. opens its biannual developer conference in two weeks, it will announce Deerfield, the low-power version of its Itanium 2 chip, next Monday, according to a source familiar with the company's plans.
9.	Virginia Tech chooses Apple for cluster. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University will build an Infiniband cluster using Apple Computer Inc.'s new dual-processor Power Mac computer with the 64-bit G5 processor, Virginia Tech said Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT: AT&T-Cisco Portal Examines IP VPN Services. - The IP VPN Portal from AT&T and Cisco Systems features numerous resources and tools, including a Webcast on how to increase productivity, lower costs and extend the power of your network.

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1.	Colleges making dent in campus P2P. An alliance that includes the Recording Industry Association of America and universities says it is making progress in educating students about file swapping.
2.	IT budgets to inch up in 2004?. A new report says information technology budgets should grow 2 percent in 2004, driven by a replacement of older systems as IT managers anticipate an improved economy.
3.	Worldwide cell phone sales climb. A new study shows that if the current pace of mobile phone sales continues through the second half of the year, the market could achieve double-digit growth for 2003.

6:13:54 PM

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1.	Can video relieve Baby Bell ills?. A string of deals between Baby Bells and satellite TV companies signals that local phone companies are scrambling to add video services in a bid to fend off cable rivals.
2.	Hotels.com checks out of Travelocity deal. The hotel reservation network is closing the door on its partnership with the Web travel company in favor of strengthening its ties with sister site Expedia.
3.	Asian triad in deal to replace Windows. The governments of China, Korea and Japan are reportedly closer to signing a deal to codevelop an open-source replacement for Microsoft's Windows operating system.
4.	AT&T sues MCI, alleging racketeering. The phone giant accuses MCI of continuing to secretly route phone calls through Canada even though it is under investigation for doing so by state and federal regulators.
5.	T-Online ordered to revive Overture deal. Overture Services wins a court injunction to continue providing search results on T-Online's Web sites instead of archrival Google.
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6.	The Rebirth of Comics
7.	Facial Recognition Fails in Boston, Too

5:12:11 PM

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1.	Freshmen Use Web for College Orientation. Schools now offer orientation Web sites that allow freshmen to view photos of classmates, see pictures of their dorm room, and use a private chat room for roommates only. By The Associated Press.
2.	Colleges Move to Stop File - Swapping. Students this fall at colleges across the country are facing technological hurdles and stern warnings aimed at ending swapping of music and movie files over campus networks. By The Associated Press.
3.	Car That Can Park Itself Put on Sale by Toyota. A car that can park itself without the driver having to touch the steering wheel, said by maker Toyota to be a world first, went on sale in Japan. By Reuters.
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4.	Report: Feds have IT money to burn. A recent report suggests that U.S. government agencies still have plenty of money to spend on information technology projects as they approach the end of the federal fiscal year.
5.	Vivendi, GE reach preliminary merger deal. A proposed deal to meld General Electric and Vivendi Universal's entertainment arms would bring NBC and Universal Pictures under one roof and create one of the world's biggest media companies.
6.	Apple shooting for supercomputer heights. The company lands a big customer for its Power Mac G5: Virginia Tech, which will use 1,100 G5s as part of a cluster designed to make the list of the world's largest supercomputers.
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7.	AT&T hits MCI with lawsuit. AT&T sues MCI, formerly known as WorldCom, saying the firm improperly routed phone calls forcing AT&T to pay higher fees.
8.	NBC wins Vivendi battle. Vivendi Universal says it intends to merge its entertainment business with General Electric's television network NBC.
9.	UK balloonists given go-ahead. Pilots Andy Elson and Colin Prescot announce that their attempt on the world manned balloon altitude record will go ahead on Wednesday.
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10.	Mobile handset sales jump in Q2. Changing fashions and maturing markets continued to drive mobile phone sales in the second quarter of the year, pushing worldwide unit sales up 12 percent over the year-ago period, according to market researcher Gartner Inc.

5:07:21 PM

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1.	Notebooks continue shipment gains. Hewlett-Packard stayed on top of the notebook market during the second quarter, as laptop PCs continued to win over consumers, according to a report from researcher IDC.
2.	Apple's G5s get sent to school. The computer maker delays the shipping of its dual-processor Power Mac G5 to individual consumers, opting instead to send the first of the fast desktops to schools.

3:29:42 PM

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1.	MCI bundles broadband Net with voice. The telecom carrier partners with the broadband company Covad Communications to provide high-speed Internet services to its subscribers.
2.	Google pulls links to Kazaa imitator. In response to a legal threat that invoked the DMCA, Google removes from its index eight sites that distribute a hacked version of the file-swapping software.
3.	Macworld Expo will make Boston move
4.	IBM mixes search into Masala data tool. The next version of DB2 Information Integrator, code-named Masala, will let employees do Weblike searches through a company's scattered databases, says Big Blue.
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5.	Microsoft Prepares Office Lock-in
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6.	Vivendi strikes deal with NBC. Vivendi Universal says it intends to merge its entertainment business with General Electric's television network NBC.
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7.	AT&T hits MCI with racketeering charges. The great Canadian Gateway Project

2:11:19 PM

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1.	Hotels.com checks out of Travelocity deal. The hotel reservation network is closing the door on its partnership with the Web travel company in favor of strengthening its ties with sister site Expedia.
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2.	The End of Physical Media
3.	Seamless Video Walls
4.	iMovie 3 & iDVD: The Missing Manual
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5.	NBC wins Vivendi battle. Vivendi Universal says it intends to merge its entertainment business with General Electric's television network NBC.
6.	UK balloonists set for second attempt. Pilots Andy Elson and Colin Prescot prepare once again for their attempt on the world manned balloon altitude record.
7.	BT pushes broadband for families. BT is spending £10 million to promote its new broadband venture with Yahoo in a challenge to AOL.
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8.	EU delays software patents vote. Pausing for thought

1:08:15 PM

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1.	Study: CDs may soon be as final as vinyl. Forrester Research predicts a steep fall in CD sales, as Web-based distribution of music and movies emerges as a preferred option among consumers.
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2.	Dell to simplify switch management. Dell Inc. aims to make life easier for administrators managing large networks of its LAN gear.
3.	European Parliament delays software patent vote. The vote on a highly controversial proposed European Union (EU) law on software patents has once again been postponed, a parliament official said Monday.
4.	MCI appoints five new board members. As part of its efforts to emerge from bankruptcy and clean up its corporate image, telecommunication company MCI has named five new members to its board of directors.
5.	Adobe to take Creative Suite bundles global. After a trial in Italy, Adobe Systems Inc. plans to announce at the end of this month that it will sell its "Creative Suite" collections of professional graphics software worldwide.
6.	Hitachi develops RFID chip for bank notes, documents. Hitachi Ltd. has developed an RFID (radio frequency identification) chip that requires no external antenna and makes possible the embedding of tracking and identification chips in bank notes, tickets and other paper products.
7.	IBM plays Symphony at U.S. Open. IBM Corp. will begin rolling out application provisioning software it acquired in its May acquisition of Toronto's Think Dynamics Inc. beginning next month, company officials said.
8.	Elpida Memory gets Intel investment boost. Intel Corp. is increasing its investment in Japanese DRAM manufacturer Elpida Memory Inc., in a move aimed at accelerating the company's production of high-performance DRAMs.
9.	Report: Japan, Korea, China to break Windows ties. TOKYO -- Plans for the governments and private sector companies of Japan, South Korea, and China to jointly work together on the development of a new operating system to rival Microsoft Corp.'s Windows will be unveiled later this week, according to two Japanese newspaper reports.
10.	InfoCyclone boosts database performance. Oracle customers who run complex queries on their databases but can't afford the related drag in performance may find relief in a new product due in October from Tel Aviv-based startup InfoCyclone Inc.
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11.	EC delays software patents vote. Pausing for thought
12.	PS3 will play PS2, PSone games. Official. Emulation station
13.	After filesharing: P2P telephony. Hello. Is it me you're looking for?

12:18:22 PM

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1.	ATI buys assets of China subsidiary
2.	Sun to renew its hunt for developers. The company looks to drive adoption of its Project Orion software-bundling strategy with Java development tools designed to work with the entire Orion suite.
3.	Dell touts free software for switches. Aware that everyone loves a free lunch, the computing giant plans to offer management software for its PowerConnect switch line--at no charge.
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4.	SCO Fined in Munich For Linux Claims
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5.	The name is Brosnan. Pierce Brosnan. And it's mine, all mine, I tell you

11:07:13 AM

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1.	Overstock undercuts Amazon pricing
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2.	Gyroscope Gives CellPhones 'Tilt Control'
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3.	CDs and DVDs are 'doomed'. Download this

10:08:00 AM

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1.	Sign Your Name Online With A Mouse
2.	E-mail Newsletters Switching To RSS
3.	MozillaZine Celebrates 5th Anniversary
4.	Telstra To Put Linux On Desktop
5.	MPlayer 1.0Pre1 Is Here
6.	Armageddon... in 2014. Almost.
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7.	Doh! Man steals GPS tracking device. Come and find me

9:08:22 AM

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1.	VIA touts dual LAN port mobo. All the way from hi-fi to routers
2.	UK business broadband take up doubles. Fast enough?
3.	PinkRoccade: heavy debts and other problems. Hard times
4.	Back-up for blackouts. London Calling
5.	Mac OS X Panther 'fast approaching' release - Apple. First candidate nearly here

8:07:43 AM

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1.	Online Booking Cuts Costs and Simplifies Trips. Technology is significantly changing the way corporate travelers make airline reservations. By Susan Stellin.
2.	To Get the Phone, Drivers Are Willing to Risk Getting a Ticket. More than a year after New York enacted the nation's first statewide ban on talking on hand-held cellphones while driving, compliance with the law has dropped. By Lydia Polgreen.
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3.	IBM utility software coming next month. Big Blue shows off its Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator, designed to let groups of servers add computing power to jobs that need it or subtract it when demand drops.
4.	Tight quarters for PC makers. Computer manufacturers will have little room to maneuver on pricing--and profit--in the fourth quarter, squeezed between potential component shortfalls and sharp-eyed buyers.
5.	New Office locks down documents. Digital rights management tools in Microsoft's new Office package may give the software maker a new avenue for selling server software and locking out competitors.
6.	Laments of an IT buyer. General Motors CTO Tony Scott says he's fed up with products that fail to work as advertised and with technology suppliers who duck suggestions they should bear the responsibility.
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7.	Online shooter listens to fans. As Unreal 2004 launches, big challenges face developers to keep their growing population of players interested.
8.	Brosnan wins net name battle. James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan wins a legal case to get control of the website that uses his name.
9.	Balloon attempt put back. Pilots Andy Elson and Colin Prescot delay their attempt on the world manned balloon altitude record by 24 hours.
10.	Games suffer from 'geek stereotype'. Video game makers need to make their products more fun if they are to appeal to a wide audience, say experts.
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11.	Motorola: leaving its symbiotic relationship. Moving on
12.	BTo touts DSL discounts for Small.biz. Which is nice
13.	Palm October trio details emerge. Zire 21, Tungsten E and T3
14.	BT Yahoo! Broadband goes live. Gunning for AOL
15.	Give up booze or your Net access - you decide. Yeah, right
16.	Computacenter pays first dividend. Interims up 31%
17.	Hynix to ramp Pseudo SRAM development. Wants 20 per cent of phone memory market
18.	Microsoft delays Longhorn. Again. Bull not grabbed by the horns
19.	Checking out Virtual Machines. Role playing
20.	ATI buys Asia-Pacific sales agent. Getting closer to its customers
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21.	Change Channels, Change Minds?. A new study suggests television shows that portray gay and lesbian characters in a positive light can dramatically improve viewers' attitudes toward gay people. But critics say it takes more than TV to alter people's views. By Kristen Philipkoski.
22.	Good Apples, Bad Apples Reunite. The biggest reunion of Apple employees will be held next month in Silicon Valley. The reunion isn't just a booze up. Organizers hope it will elicit a wealth of company lore. By Leander Kahney.
23.	A Support Group for Spammers. Spammers congregate online at the Bulk Club, a site where they trade tips and support. But a glitch reveals the club's roster, potentially exposing members to more backlash from those opposed to spam. By Brian McWilliams.
24.	What a Half-Smile Really Means. Micro-expressions -- facial expressions that last a fraction of a second -- give away exactly how you feel, no matter how hard you try to conceal it. A CD-ROM set teaches how to detect the emotions people try to hide. By Kim Zetter.
25.	NASA Plans Space Commute Craft. Looking for a simpler way to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station, NASA is designing a stripped-down four-seater. Plans for the Orbital Space Plane are on the fast track for completion by 2008.
26.	Pump the Eco Fuel of Your Choice. Fill 'er up at a new San Diego 'gas' station. Choose biodiesel made from fish-fry grease, ethanol or any of four other alternative fuels -- or just good old regular or diesel. Charge your electric car for free or buy a car that uses an alternative fuel, all under one roof.
27.	Take Me to the Pharmacy: Cannabis. The Netherlands steps ahead of other countries in a decision to approve cannabis to be prescribed by doctors to treat certain diseases. It's the first to allow the drug to be prescribed and used legally to treat cancer, HIV and multiple sclerosis patients.
28.	Consoles Vie for Online Players. The next round of new gaming machines is a few years away, and Sony and Microsoft are trying to attract buyers to the PS2 and Xbox with new approaches to Internet-enabled multiplayer gaming. By Suneel Ratan.

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