Gregg Doherty's Radio Weblog

Wednesday, September 03, 2003

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1.	AOL-MSN outage more than a glitch?. AOL says access to Microsoft Web sites has been restored for Road Runner and America Online subscribers, as more details emerge about a glitch that inconvenienced millions of Web surfers.

11:08:01 PM

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1.	Report: BPO companies 'overhype' services. Companies selling their business-process outsourcing services often exaggerate their ability to handle a range of tasks, according to Forrester analysts.
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2.	Mozilla Thunderbird 0.2 Released
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3.	Microsoft's patent loss rattles tech community. Companies with products that work on the Internet are slowly waking up to the broad implications of a recent judgement against software behemoth Microsoft Corp. in a patent infringement case.
4.	Romanian nabbed for launching Blaster-F. A 24 year-old Romanian student has been arrested for authoring another variant of the Blaster Internet worm, according to a statement released by Softwin SRL, a computer security company based in Bucharest, Romania.
5.	FTC: 27 million victims of ID theft. WASHINGTON - About 27.3 million U.S. residents have been victims of identity theft during the past five years, according to a survey released Wednesday by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), but the agency is unsure how many of those crimes happened through technological means such as the Internet.
6.	Verizon, Nortel in US$1B network expansion deal. Verizon Wireless Inc. will expand and upgrade its 3G (third generation) cellular network over the next three and a half years with about $1 billion worth of equipment from Nortel Networks Corp., the companies said.

10:07:13 PM

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1.	Say Ahhh (and Watch the Monitor). Among the many technological innovations in dentistry is equipment that offers you a live view from inside your mouth, if youre sure you want to see. By Jessie Scanlon.
2.	Whipping Up Supper, Mouse in Hand. Many people have written off online groceries after a few spectacular failures, but a new crop of Web grocers flourish in a niche market. By Michelle Slatalla.
3.	Pitting Sadistic Nihilism Against Moral Verities. A "Star Wars" spinoff offers light sabers galore and Jedi knights aplenty. By Charles Herold.
4.	26,000-Hit Wonder Keeps It Hopping. An East Village bar contains a jukebox with the biggest selection of songs in the world. How? The music is encoded as MP3's. By Johanna Jainchill.
5.	It's Tricky, Grafting Brando's Sneer to Bogart's Shrug. Researchers are trying to deconstruct the basis of what makes humans look human. By Eric A. Taub.
6.	Don't Expect a System to Behave Uniformly. Q. My Windows Me operating system rarely shuts down properly, and it freezes and crashes about once a week. I have heard that this problem is common with Me; should I upgrade to a different system?. By J. D. Biersdorfer.
7.	A Recorder at Ease in Every Format, With Software to Spare. With several different disc formats available and a seemingly endless parade of DVD-burning software programs clamoring for attention, adding a DVD recorder to your PC setup can seem more complicated than buying a car. One-stop shoppers may want to take note of the Memorex Dual Format DVD Recorder, which not only plays and records several DVD and CD formats but also includes $250 worth of Roxio software right in the box. By J.d. Biersdorfer.
8.	Palm-Size Playground Soothes the Irate Child. Children with nothing to do during periods of waiting are often eager to share their bored, cranky feelings about the situation with their parents. Instead of toting dolls and other diversionary toys for such moments, parents may want to load PDA Playground from DataViz on their Palm organizers. This program offers six video games and includes controls that lock the child out of the rest of the organizer's files, so little Bobby will not accidentally delete Mother's schedule and contacts list. By J. D. Biersdorfer.
9.	Dock the Cellphone in a Control Pad, Then Fire Away. For those who aren't dexterous enough to play games with the tiny buttons of their cellphones, Samsung and Sprint have come up with the PCS Game Pad, a controller that could make cellphone gaming a more viable proposition. By Yi Cai Isaac Tong.
10.	For Weak Remote Signals, a Handy Bedside Boost. Simple, inexpensive and widely available, the X10 remote control system is a residential favorite because it calls for no new wiring. By Ivan Berger.
11.	Capturing More Memories With Fewer Moving Parts. Palm-size camcorders are persuading more people than ever to capture their experiences for future review, and a new technology from Panasonic could boost the popularity of these battery-powered scene stealers. By Michel Marriott.
12.	In Gaming as in Life, the Undersold Female. New research that people pay $40 to $55 more for the male characters that they use to represent themselves in the popular online fantasy role-playing game EverQuest. By Lynn Harris.
13.	2 Cameras Seek Bliss as a Couple. The first gadget to join a real digital camera and a real camcorder into a single device is now available. Is it worth a grand? By David Pogue.
14.	Adding Eye Contact to Your Web Chats. Phone calls face to face, using a Webcam and a PC. By Peter Meyers.
15.	A Closer Look at Webcams. Plantronics www.plantronics.com.
16.	Tools for Brooking a Torrent of Invaders. THE Internet has the power to bring the world - good and bad - into your home, but you probably don't want the world roaming through your home. A great deal of software is available to protect your PC and all your personal data, but deciding what program can detect which kinds of threats and defend against them can be confusing. Here is a basic look at the most common types of security programs. (All are for Windows computers only, unless otherwise indicated.). By J. D. Biersdorfer.
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17.	Hilton, IBM tinker with check-in kiosks
18.	Net criminal arrested in domain deceit. Federal agents arrest notorious Internet criminal John Zuccarini for allegedly creating misleading domain names to deceive children and direct them to pornographic Web sites.
19.	Music giant plans to drop CD prices. The day after a report suggests the CD is heading the way of the 8-track tape, the world's largest music label conglomerate promises a cut in music CD pricing.
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20.	Managing Linux and Virtual Machines?
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21.	InfoSync World: New flagship model from Sony Ericsson: the Z600.
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22.	Romanian nabbed for launching Blaster-F. Worm was a modest alteration of original
23.	FTC: 27 million victims of ID theft. Number is higher than previous estimates

9:07:43 PM

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1.	Linksys peers into Wi-Fi cameras
2.	iTunes auction treads murky legal ground. In a move that could spark a novel legal test of Internet music resale rights, a Web developer puts a digital song he purchased on Apple's iTunes up for auction on eBay.
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3.	Universal Music To Cut CD Prices

8:07:45 PM

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1.	Study: Millions hit by ID fraud. Identity fraud is a bigger problem than acknowledged, says a new FTC survey, with about 10 million Americans falling victim last year--but the Internet's not the biggest culprit.
2.	Gloomy outlook for game console sales. Sales of game consoles are expected to slump until a new crop of machines is introduced in a few years, according to an industry analyst. Nintendo could be hardest hit.
3.	Wi-Fi provider books into hotel network
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4.	Samsung Yepp YP-55V Review
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5.	Tibco starts legal tiff over Sonic benchmarks. That favorite tactic of IT marketers, the competitive benchmark, will be an issue in a courtroom if a lawsuit filed last week by integration software maker Tibco Software Inc. gets a full airing. The company last week filed a complaint against Sonic Software Corp. charging false advertising, unfair competition, and contractual breaches.
6.	Notebook growth still outpacing PC market in Q2. Notebook PCs continue to drive most of the growth in the overall PC market, as commercial customers finally start replacing hardware, according to market share numbers released by IDC Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT: Never Lose Email! Storactive LiveServ for Exchange - Storactive LiveServýs continuous, zero-loss backup eliminates Exchange data vulnerabilities and ensures rapid recovery of individual emails on up to entire data stores. Enables full recovery of data up to the moment a loss occurred. Get free info!
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7.	Horizon profits up, sales down. No upturn in short term

7:10:41 PM

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1.	Millions Are Victimized By Identity Theft, Survey Shows. The Federal Trade Commission said that the private sector and consumers spent nearly 300 million hours to resolve the problem. By Kenneth N. Gilpin.
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2.	DivXNetworks updates video codec
3.	Coffeehouse chain brews deal with Cometa. Cometa Networks will offer broadband Net connections via Wi-Fi to customers of Tully's coffee shops, part of a larger Cometa strategy to create a mass-market-size network and attract more business from carriers.
4.	Microsoft breeds sideways-scrolling mouse. The software giant unveils a bunch of wireless keyboards and mice that mark the debut of a sideways-scrolling feature and the company's first leather-clad mouse.
5.	Motorola signs TimeSys Linux pact
6.	Friendster: A little cash goes a long way?. The increasingly popular personal networking site collects a million dollars from veterans of Amazon, PayPal and Yahoo in hopes of turning a shoestring operation into the Web's next big thing.
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7.	Where Is The Broadband?
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8.	Telemedicine: remote healthcare reaching new audiences. Arm's length
9.	Racketeering suit filed against DirecTV. Fighting back
10.	US warns nuke plants of worm threat. If there was ever a place that needed AV protection...

6:07:45 PM

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1.	Testing The Right To Resell Downloaded Music
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2.	Gartner: Most companies unfit to manage outsourcers. Most companies are unprepared to properly manage the outsourcing vendors they hire and to closely monitor their work, Gartner Inc. has found.
3.	Gateway cuts manufacturing jobs amid cost pressures. Gateway Inc. will outsource a number of PC assembly and manufacturing jobs as part of its continued effort to slash costs, the company said Wednesday.
4.	Firms team on online identity theft. Online retailers and technology companies, including Microsoft Corp., eBay Inc., and Amazon.com Inc., are teaming up to fight online identity fraud.
5.	IP Wireless to launch portable hot spots. IP Wireless, a manufacturer of wireless wide area network modems, announced this week a partnership with Possio, a Swedish maker of access points, to incorporate IP Wireless PCMCIA WAN cards inside the access point (AP).
6.	Sony Ericsson launches new phones. PARIS - Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB showed off three new GSM mobile phones, two accessories and a phone-controlled toy car at an event here on Wednesday.
7.	EDS wins U.S. State Department's telecom contract. The U.S. State Department has decided to outsource the operation of its domestic telecommunications system to Electronic Data Systems Corp. (EDS).
8.	FileMaker ships add-on programs. FileMaker Inc. is releasing a pair of packaged business applications based on the FileMaker database, the first of a series of add-ons from the company and third-party developers.
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9.	Copy protected CDs illegal in France? Not quite. Unfit for human consumption
10.	Anti-terror face recognition system flunks tests. Logan's Run
11.	Why wait in line when you can SMS Ganesh?. Texting God

5:13:02 PM

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1.	Palm: Would you like paper or photons?. Aiming to spare the backs of postal workers and save itself a few bucks, Palm offers shareholders the option of receiving a large regulatory filing electronically, rather than by mail.
2.	Road Runner glitch touches AOL. America Online says a problem that prevented some Road Runner customers from accessing Microsoft-related Web sites also affected AOL members.
3.	Office users at risk from 'critical' flaw. Microsoft issues another herd of vulnerability reports, including a "critical" security hole in numerous Office applications that could let a hacker take control of a PC.
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4.	Virginia Tech Announces Supercomputer Plans
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5.	HP hears happy voices inside of Talking Blocks. Have Web service, will acquire

4:09:01 PM

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1.	HP buys into Web services management. The company plans to acquire start-up Talking Blocks to accelerate its push into the Web services management market.
2.	Former server exec gets new role at HP. Mary McDowell, who has been on a sabbatical, steps into a new role overseeing corporate strategy, putting to rest speculation that she might head to one of HP's rivals.
3.	Bush names new 'CIO' for U.S. government. President Bush picks Energy Department Chief Information Officer Karen Evans to become administrator of e-gov and information technology for the federal government.
4.	Verizon spends a billion dollars on 3G. Verizon Wireless is buying next-generation networking gear worth $1 billion from Nortel Networks, a sign that things could be looking up for the phone gear making industry.
5.	Yahoo-Overture deal gets antitrust nod
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6.	A Traveler's Guide To Mars
7.	Crippled CD Deemed Defective In France
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8.	Firms team on online identity theft. Microsoft, eBay, Amazon help launch the Coalition on Online Identity Fraud

3:07:42 PM

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1.	Library of Congress taps into IBM, Linux. The Library of Congress will use Big Blue's pSeries servers running Linux, models that historically have run Unix.
2.	Intuit buys credit card processor. The financial software and services company says it is acquiring Innovative Merchant Solutions, a provider of credit and debit card processing services for small businesses.

2:08:12 PM

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1.	FileMaker aims for office niches. Two new database applications target professionals in human resources and anyone who has to run corporate meetings.
2.	Eclipse revamp to forge path for Sun. The open-source development project is planning changes to make it independent of founder IBM, allowing Sun to consider membership.
3.	HP, Red Flag partner on corporate Linux. The two companies form an alliance to develop and market the open-source software to companies in China--and later globally.
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4.	Finally A Major-Brand Desktop With Linux, Not Windows
5.	SCO Invoices For Unix Licenses Get Closer
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6.	Report: Blaster suspect 'surprised' at arrest. A Minnesota teenager who was arrested last week and charged with releasing the W32.Blaster-B Internet worm has spoken of his surprise at being arrested and also said the media has mischaracterized him as a loner and reckless.
7.	Business Objects-MicroStrategy suit dismissed. SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal court in California has dismissed a lawsuit by Business Objects that alleged MicroStrategy infringed its patent on a relational database access system, MicroStrategy said Monday.
8.	Chip sales continue to grow in July, SIA reports. Worldwide semiconductor sales rose for the fifth consecutive month in July, reaching $12.9 billion, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said.
9.	Update: 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.
10.	Microsoft parades new mice and keyboards. Microsoft Corp. refreshed its mice and keyboard lineup on Wednesday, introducing three mice with a tilting wheel for horizontal scrolling and in new styles and colors, including black leather. Two of the mice are wireless and feature new battery-saving technology.
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11.	Report: Blaster suspect 'surprised' at arrest. Teenage suspect believes the government is trying to make an example of him

12:10:12 PM

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1.	Cell phone recording may breach privacy. Cell phones with a feature that lets people record calls will debut in Japan--and may soon raise privacy hackles everywhere.
2.	Gateway may outsource more PCs. The company may be ready to farm out more of its PC manufacturing to third parties, a move that will likely mean more job cuts as Gateway works to return to profitability.
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3.	UK online banking booms. The numbers of consumers using internet banking services has more than doubled in the past two years.
4.	Girl raped by 'chatroom friend'. A teenage girl is raped in Greater Manchester by a man she met over an internet chat site.
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5.	IBM's server safety net has HP at a loss. Not looking good, Carly

11:09:02 AM

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1.	Commercializing Open Source Software
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2.	Balloon record bid called off. A British team attempting to break a world altitude record call off their mission when their balloon punctures.
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3.	Copyright protected CDs illegal in France? Not quite. Unfit for human consumption
4.	BT says sorry for poaching Zetnet punter. Honest mistake, Guv
5.	FindWhat.Com finds $8m for Miva. Online store play

10:07:31 AM

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1.	What's Always Next?
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2.	Congestion builds up on GPRS; WAP blocked. Incapacitated
3.	Feds sexed up case - Blaster suspect. I am not the one they need to get!

9:07:13 AM

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1.	MS vs. Open Source Office Suite Compatibility
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2.	MS, eBay, Amazon et al join ID theft busters. Scam to the lam
3.	Broadband runs like water. Utility value
4.	Mobile phones sales climb. But not for Moto or Siemens
5.	Lindows signs up PC Club. US retail thang

8:07:41 AM

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1.	Calling out Microsoft on spam. California state Sen. Debra Bowen tells CNET News.com that when it comes to acting against spam, Microsoft is talking out of both sides of its mouth.
2.	Wanted: CIO for the United States. Industry watcher Payton Smith says the departure of Mark Forman as the administrator for e-government leaves a huge void in the federal government.
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3.	MS vs. Open Source Office Suite Compatability
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4.	Smartphone infidelity = content opportunity?. On the fly
5.	Gateway takes chainsaw to costs, staff. Major cutbacks - WSJ
6.	Sony Ericsson unveils Xmas phone line-up. Reg Kit Watch Will set the tills a-jingling (it hopes)

7:07:31 AM

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1.	'Music pirate' challenges industry. A US woman accused of sharing music online believes her internet activities were illegally tracked.
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2.	Siemens' Symbian smartphone slips - sources. Series Sixty schedule on skids
3.	SIA raises Q3 sales forecast on strong July figures. But is it enough to show real growth over 2002?
4.	Intel invests $23m more in Elpida. Memory maker's DDR II investment tally grows
5.	Alton Towers told off for BT bash. Can't dodgem this one
6.	Intel samples Prescott, Dothan. Better late than...
7.	Citigroup wants to buy Hynix' non-memory biz. To pay with a Diners' Club card?
8.	Govt rings in teleworking changes. Not so flexible working
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9.	Study: Saving Trees Saves Water. Big cities can conserve both money and water by protecting forests, a new study shows. Forests reduce erosion, filter pollutants and store water -- and they do so more cost-effectively than water treatment plants.
10.	Fuel-Cell Tech May Be Coming Soon. Japanese companies are pushing ahead with prototypes of miniaturized fuel cells they say will dramatically improve the battery life of laptop computers. Yet, some experts insist fuel-cell technology is still several years away.
11.	Blaster Suspect a Typical Teen?. While some local residents say the Minnesota teen charged with unleashing a variant of the Blaster Internet worm is 'just a kid' who is likely innocent, others believe it was a deliberate act.
12.	Burning Man '03 Ashes, Dust. The death of a California woman mars this year's Burning Man festival, but its shaken founder says organizers will learn from the tragedy and make the community stronger. Xeni Jardin reports from Black Rock City.
13.	TDIs Fuel Diesel Obsessions. Volkswagens have always had something of a cult following, but that's nothing compared with the love and devotion lavished on the diesel-engine models. By James Bernard Frost.
14.	ID Theft Battle Intensifies. A group of Internet retailers and security firms joins forces to combat online identity theft. The move comes as con artists continue to find new techniques to separate shoppers from their credit-card data. By Joanna Glasner.
15.	Security Expert Turns Political. Wired News talks with Richard Forno about his latest book, a departure from his usual computer security work. In it, he warns that 'the real danger facing America is what we're allowing ourselves to become.' By Michelle Delio.
16.	Teen's Felony Case Thrown Out. After more than a year fighting a felony charge for writing a short story about conducting a violent attack at his school, an Oklahoma teen's case is dismissed. But the felony charge will stay with him for life. By Kim Zetter.

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5:07:33 AM

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1.	Halley's Comet Imaged As Transneptunian Object
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2.	Games suffer 'geek stereotyping'. Video game makers need to make their products more fun if they are to appeal to a wide audience, say experts.
3.	Balloon record bid called off. A British team attempting to break a world altitude record call off their mission when their balloon fails to inflate properly.
4.	Game plays politics with your PC. The political writings of a Nobel Laureate in Literature have provided the inspiration for a new computer game.
5.	Digital cam translates in a snap. Researchers have developed a handheld device which translates signs abroad using a camera and wi-fi.
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6.	Mice pave way for online signatures. Cunning plan

4:07:41 AM

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1.	Technology Briefing: Hardware. GLOBAL CHIP SALES RISE 2.9 PERCENT;.
2.	Technology Briefing: Biotechnology. CIMA REJECTS CEPHALON'S UNSOLICITED TAKEOVER BID;.
3.	Technology Briefing: Internet. NEW COALITION TO FIGHT ONLINE IDENTITY THEFT;.
4.	Technology Briefing: Software. BEA EXECUTIVE TO START COMPANY; INTUIT TO BUY INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE;.
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5.	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.
6.	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.
7.	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.
8.	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.
9.	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.
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10.	Balloon record bid called off. The UK attempt to break the world altitude record for a crewed balloon fails to get airborne as a seam fails on the envelope as it is inflated.

3:08:16 AM

2:07:11 AM

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1.	Reinventing The Transistor For Molecular Computing
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2.	UK balloon record bid begins. The team attempting the world manned balloon altitude record start to inflate the balloon in anticipation of the launch.

1:08:02 AM

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1.	A Campus Fad That's Being Copied: Internet Plagiarism. Thirty-eight percent of the undergraduate students surveyed said that they had engaged in one or more instances of "cut-and-paste" plagiarism. By Sara Rimer.
2.	AT&T Suit Says WorldCom Used Fraud in Routing Calls. AT&T filed a federal racketeering lawsuit against WorldCom, accusing it of fraudulently routing calls. By Bloomberg News.
3.	Verizon Wireless and Workers Reach Agreement on a Contract. Verizon's largest union announced a tentative agreement with Verizon Wireless for a bargaining unit representing 51 workers. By Steven Greenhouse.
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4.	Spammer Hangout's Membership Roster Left Exposed
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5.	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 connection fees.

12:08:23 AM