Gregg Doherty's Radio Weblog

Thursday, September 04, 2003

11:07:21 PM

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1.	Power Grid Insecurities Examined
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2.	Microsoft releases Windows Rights Management client. Microsoft this week made available the first product in its digital rights management strategy that was announced back in February.
3.	Government agencies wary of offshore outsourcing. WASHINGTON - Some government agencies in the U.S. hope to outsource certain IT functions to private vendors in the coming years, but they have concerns about the political fallout if outsourced jobs were to go overseas, and in some cases don't know enough about their IT assets to make an informed decision on what to outsource.

10:07:39 PM

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1.	PeopleSoft details layoff, product plans. The company fills in analysts on its plans to digest J.D. Edwards, confirming its intention to lay off up to 1,000 workers while keeping the J.D. Edwards product line intact.
2.	PeopleSoft loses round in Oracle suit. PeopleSoft fails to persuade a judge to fully open up e-mail and documents relating to Oracle's hostile takeover bid.
3.	Special coverage: Oracle vs. PeopleSoft. The company fills analysts in on its plans to digest the recently acquired J.D. Edwards, confirming its intention to lay off up to 1,000 workers while keeping the J.D. Edwards product line intact.
4.	Oracle extends PeopleSoft bid, again. The database maker extends to mid-October its deadline for tendering shares in its hostile $7.25 billion bid for PeopleSoft, its fourth such extension.
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5.	Slashback: Ascent, Patents, Transferability
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6.	Microsoft releases Windows Rights Management client. Download is first piece in company's DRM lineup

9:08:00 PM

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1.	Dell, Sony to launch Media Center PCs. The two companies are expected to launch their first Media Center PCs this fall, sources familiar with the companies' plans told CNET News.com.
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2.	Universities Taken Offline to Fight Worms, Viruses

8:07:30 PM

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1.	PC veteran exits Toshiba. The company confirms that Rod Keller, executive vice president of Toshiba America's computer systems group, has stepped down to pursue other interests.
2.	Danger sweetens products with Java
3.	eBay mutes iTunes song auction. The company halts an auction to resell a music download that was purchased through Apple's music store, saying the attempted sale violates its listing policies.
4.	Dell pauses Dimension XPS deliveries
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5.	HP buys Talking Blocks. Hewlett-Packard announced Wednesday that it has signed a deal to acquire San Francisco-based Talking Blocks for its Web services management technology. The deal is expected to close by the end of the month, and until that time, no financial details will be released, said Nora Denzel, senior vice president of HP's Software Global Business unit.
6.	Intel more optimistic on Q3 revenue. Intel Corp. provided sharper expectations for third-quarter revenue Thursday, moving to the high end of a range it announced two weeks ago when it raised third-quarter revenue guidance. 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.

7:07:49 PM

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1.	Dell to launch Media Center PCs. The company is expected to enter the market once Microsoft introduces a new version of the operating system later this month, sources familiar with its plans told CNET News.com.
2.	Intel says its revenue is looking up. Intel revises its revenue expectations for the third quarter, and the new figures suggest the chipmaker is having a stronger-than-expected quarter.
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3.	IBM's New Linux Advertising
4.	Sharp Zaurus C-7x0 Reviewed

6:08:23 PM

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1.	Sony to launch Net music service. The entertainment giant plans to launch its own in-house digital music service next year, in a project that will see its music, movie and electronics units work closely together.
2.	Lycos mail knocked out. Users of the Web-based e-mail service are waiting out a breakdown that has left them without access for most of this week--the result of a routine server software upgrade gone awry.
3.	Microsoft set for Media Center upgrade. An upgrade of the entertainment-centric version of Windows XP will get its first airing at four simultaneous launch events this month, according to sources.
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4.	Electronic Voting: Your Worst Nightmares are True
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5.	Kazaa makers move into IM, Net telephony. The creators of Kazaa are entering the IP telephony and instant messaging (IM) fray with Skype, a new and, for now, free peer-to-peer (p-to-p) application meant for consumer use.
6.	Borland, IBM team for .Net apps. Borland Software and IBM are teaming to boost development of database applications for the Microsoft .Net Framework.
7.	Gateway releases wireless networking products. Gateway Inc. unveiled several new products to allow PC users to connect to wireless networks Thursday, as part of its year-long rollout of new products.
8.	IDC raises PC forecast. Market research firm IDC has raised its PC forecast for the remainder of 2003, citing increased sales of notebooks and some signs of life within corporate purchasing departments.
9.	HP to grid-enable all systems. Hewlett-Packard Co. reiterated its broad commitment to grid computing on Thursday, saying it would add grid capabilities to all of its systems over the next two to three years.
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10.	Freedom2Surf in 1Mb ADSL promo. PlusNet unveils new dial-up package
11.	BT cuts wholesale BB charges again. Cautious welcome
12.	World's most notorious cybersquatter arrested. John Zuccarini finally brought down by Feds
13.	Intel stays positive on Q3. Analysts agree

5:07:21 PM

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1.	The word on the street is PHP. There seems to be a disconnect between the technical press and the reality on the street. Real work will be done on Linux and BSD--and the race will be between J2EE and PHP.
2.	Gateway adds Wi-Fi gear to mix. The company continues its push to evolve from a PC builder to a seller of electronic devices, announcing new gear based on the 802.11b and 802.11g Wi-Fi standards.
3.	Utility software company takes new tack. Mountain View, Calif.-based Ejasent decides to adopt an "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" strategy and start partnering with larger, established companies that have utility-computing efforts in place.
4.	Macromedia to court J2EE developers. The software maker is working on Royale, a new set of development tools built around its Flash format and aimed at Java developers.
5.	Sprint cleans up after spotty outage. The cellular carrier blames a "software issue" for six hours of off-and-on service problems that affected customers in major U.S. areas.
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6.	Sony's Linux DVR Can Record Two Weeks of TV
7.	Phoenix Bios to Incorporate DRM
8.	Code Generation in Action
9.	RIAA Sales Compared to Download Statistics
10.	ISP Recovers in 72 Hours After Leveling by Tornado
11.	Joss Whedon's Firefly Coming To The Big Screen

4:07:42 PM

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1.	Sony teaches Aibo new tricks. The electronics giant breeds the third generation of its robotic dog to include a faster CPU, a higher-resolution camera and twice as much memory as have its predecessors.
2.	Firms divided over Web services standard. A technical committee forges ahead with development of a Sun- and Oracle-backed reliable-messaging specification without the support of industry heavyweights IBM and Microsoft.
3.	Charter to barter some cable assets. For $765 million, cable television provider Charter Communications says it will sell cable television systems serving some 235,000 customers in six states to Atlantic Broadband.
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4.	HP sends services team into the grid. Compaq's grid love keeps giving

3:08:10 PM

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1.	Group launches desktop Linux confab. A breakaway group of organizers has set up its own conference devoted to the use of Linux on ordinary desktop computers, after acrimony tainted a show held earlier this year.
2.	Microsoft moves forward on DRM. The software giant releases a Windows add-on supporting new digital rights management technology and sets prices for DRM server products.
3.	Lotus adds IM, search to Notes. IBM's Lotus unit plans to add instant-messaging and Internet search functions to the next version of the software, known primarily as an e-mail client.
4.	3G adoption maxes mobile growth. Researcher IDC says that increased adoption of third-generation wireless phone technology should help sustain record growth in the mobile handset market.

2:08:15 PM

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1.	AMD to power Utah supercomputer. The supercomputer uses 1,000 of the chipmaker's Opteron processors and will help provide the university with the computational power it needs for biomedical research.
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2.	W. M. Felter, T. W. Keller, M. D. Kistler, C. Lefurgy, K. Rajamani, R. Rajamony, F. L. Rawson, B. A. Smith, and E. Van Hensbergen: On the performance and use of dense servers. IBM Journal of R & D Vol. 47, No. 5/6, 2003.
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3.	Music giant slashes album prices. The world's largest record company, Universal, will cut the price of albums in the US by up to 30%.
4.	Software tracks literary treasure. Researchers use geographic information systems to pinpoint Blandings Castle, immortalised by novelist P G Wodehouse.
5.	Second worm suspect inquiry. Romanian police are investigating a man suspected of creating a version of the MSBlast virus.
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6.	IBM pulls built-in Ethernet from Unix workstation. Who is to blame?

1:07:50 PM

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1.	Borland to ship trial C#Builder with IBM software
2.	HP services get on the grid. The company launches a new services program, under the rubric of its Adaptive Enterprise initiative, to help customers build computing grids.
3.	Oracle launches developer Java preview
4.	Unisys allies with biotech to boost sales
5.	Singapore-made OS ready to launch. Two Singapore inventors who say they've created an operating system that can run programs written for Windows, Linux and Palm will formally launch the product this month.
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6.	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.
7.	Verizon, Nortel in $1 billion 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.
8.	SCO says it signs new Linux customer. Hoping to build a $12 million line of business during its current fiscal quarter, The SCO Group Inc. claimed Wednesday to have signed up at least one new customer for its Linux licensing scheme and is retooling its sales force to make its case more effectively to a skeptical market.
9.	Microsoft issues Office security warnings. Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday warned of several flaws in its ubiquitous Office products, the most serious of which could allow an attacker to take control of a user's computer.
10.	Japan, China, Korea plan joint open-source project. The governments of Japan, China, and South Korea have reached basic agreement on the formation of a joint open-source software project that could encompass desktop applications, embedded programs, middleware, and operating systems.
11.	China's Red Flag Linux to step onto global stage. TAIPEI, Taiwan -- An alliance between Hewlett-Packard Co. and Chinese Linux developer Red Flag Software Co. Ltd. established last month should lead to cooperation between the two companies on technology development and marketing of Red Flag Linux to companies in China and around the world.
12.	Oracle chats up PeopleSoft customers. The noisy exchange of barbs and accusations between PeopleSoft Inc. and its would-be buyer, Oracle Corp., quieted down in recent weeks as the two companies await decisions about the deal from courts and regulatory bodies. But Larry Ellison rarely lets his company stay out of the headlines for long. Oracle returned the spat to center stage Wednesday with a "town hall" meeting for PeopleSoft customers that kicks off several weeks of high-profile events for the two sparring vendors.
13.	Congress considers cybersecurity legislation. WASHINGTON -- As the U.S. Congress reconvenes this week after a month-long break, legislation imposing cybersecurity requirements on private industry, including a proposal that would require public companies to report their cybersecurity efforts, may be on the way.
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14.	FTC: 27 million victims of ID theft. Number is higher than previous estimates
15.	Microsoft issues Office security warnings. 'Critical' flaw in VBA potentially allows attackers to run code on a victim's computer
16.	Congress considers cybersecurity legislation. Proposal requiring public companies to report their cybersecurity efforts may be on the way

12:08:11 PM

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1.	IDC bumps up PC forecast. The market researcher says notebook sales and business purchasing have boosted its 2003 PC growth forecast by two points.
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2.	Microsoft Issues Five New Security Warnings
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3.	New worm tries to bring down Downing Street website. But Windows malware menace cordoned off

11:07:33 AM

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1.	Cracking GSM
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2.	New worm tries to down Downing Street website. But Windows malware menace cordoned off
3.	Creative unveils MuVo 2 MP3 players. Reg Kit Watch Plus: Sharp extends Actius notebook line
4.	Over 500m handsets to ship next year. Cameraphones bringing back buyers

10:08:10 AM

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1.	AOL-MSN outage leaves questions. Customers of Road Runner and America Online have access restored to Microsoft Web sites, but new details of the outage are raising new questions.
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2.	Amphibious Car Beats Urban Congestion
3.	Semiconductor Employees Suing IBM
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4.	Italian spammers face jail. Senders of unsolicited junk e-mails in Italy face up to three years in jail, after a ruling by a privacy watchdog.
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5.	99c iTunes song auction bids top $100,000. Update Test case opportunities a-plenty

9:07:40 AM

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1.	Italian spammers face jail. Senders of unsolicited junk e-mails in Italy face jail sentences of up to three years, after a ruling by a privacy watchdog.
2.	Second worm suspect investigated. Romanian police are investigating a man suspected of creating a version of the MSBlast virus.
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3.	Easynet ups revenues, narrows loss. Broadband take-up 'very encouraging'
4.	MS launches Office security blitz. Full House with five fixes
5.	99c iTunes song auction bids top $100,000. Test case opportunities a-plenty

8:08:01 AM

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1.	Services megadeals not quite so mega. Multimillion-dollar contracts touted by IT services companies may amount to less than meets the eye. Behind those big numbers lie the true costs involved in such deals.
2.	The futility of utility computing. Jon Oltsik explains why IT shouldn't wait around for vaporware solutions before tackling serious corporate computing issues.
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3.	Second worm suspect investigated. Romanian police have arrested a man suspected of creating a version of the MSBlast virus.
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4.	Reg opens everything wireless store. Competition What's in a name?
5.	Universal to slash US CD prices. Prices cut by up to 31 per cent

7:07:11 AM

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1.	Experts' fear over computer virus. Computer experts fear they cannot keep up with the ongoing fight against viruses.
2.	Second web worm suspect arrested. Romanian police have arrested a man suspected of creating a version of the MSBlast virus.
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3.	Resumé writing - BOFH style. Episode 19 CV or not CV? That is the question...
4.	Israeli boffins crack GSM code. Phreak Like Me
5.	2000 jobs safe as PowerHouse sold. Kiwi firm to the rescue
6.	Intel to launch HT Mobile P4s on 21 Sept.. And prices to fall a month later, apparently
7.	Mobo makers to bundle CPUs with Athlon 64 boards. Want sufficient supplies for retail buyers
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8.	Website Owner Nabbed in Porn Scam. Federal agents arrest a Florida man who authorities say operates thousands of websites that use misspelled Web addresses to direct minors to porn sites using a maze of pop-up advertising.
9.	Engineers Befuddled by Blackout. Transcripts of calls made among power technicians just before the big August blackout reveal confusion about power-line failures and frustration over computer problems. 'We have no clue.... Our computer is not happy,' said one worker.
10.	Was Computer Search Illegal?. The recording industry violated a New York woman's constitutional rights by searching her computer for illegal music, the woman's lawyers say. The RIAA's lawyers disagree, setting the stage for a lot of lawyers to make a lot of money.
11.	Court Blocks FCC Media Regs. U.S. federal court judges grant a stay order that prevents the new Federal Communications Commission media ownership rules from taking effect. The ruling marks the latest skirmish in the battle over media market reforms.
12.	Romanian Blaster Suspect Arrested. Police arrest a 24-year-old Romanian man suspected of releasing Blaster.F, a relatively tame variant of the Blaster Internet worm.
13.	I'll Take My Music a la Carte. Music industry statistics show a dramatic increase in shipments of CD singles to retailers. Some analysts believe the change reflects the growing influence of online music services, while others shrug it off as a fluke. By Katie Dean.
14.	'Cool Hunters' Like Apple's Shine. Apple Computer's market share may be slim compared with the likes of Microsoft and Dell, but youth marketing experts say the company is the height of cool among young consumers. By Leander Kahney.
15.	Nokia's N-Gage Gets Second Look. N-Gage is a cell phone, video-game deck and MP3 player. Not too long ago, the combo was viewed as a clunker, but Nokia is using so much marketing muscle that the gaming industry is taking it seriously. By Suneel Ratan.
16.	Viruses, Worms: What's in a Name?. Researchers who first discover viruses or worms get the honor of naming them. Sometimes, the names are easy to pick. But as more viruses are created, researchers are having a harder time coming up with catchy monikers. By Michelle Delio.
17.	Ingenuity Helps Prisoners Cope. Spartan life in prison sometimes inspires clever design -- scrap metal and salt water, for example, can make a handy cigarette lighter. A new book chronicles some of the engineering wizardry behind bars. By Noah Shactman.

6:08:01 AM

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1.	Ian Clarke, Ernie Miller On Free Speech, Privacy
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2.	Samsung touts dual-die 1Gb DDR chip. Same footprint as a 512Mb part
3.	Resumé writing - BOFH style. Episiode 19 CV or not CV? That is the question...

5:07:30 AM

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1.	Profits dip at Logica. Logica reports profits in the first six months of the year fell 28% to £39.4m, but adds cost cuts should boost margins in the second half.
2.	'Music pirate' challenges labels. A US woman accused of sharing music online believes her internet activities were illegally tracked.
3.	The world's smallest buckets. Scientists in Nottingham find a way to create nanoscale containers capable of holding the smallest molecules.
4.	Smart pens aim for better health. Smart pens that record everything written with them could improve patient care in hospitals.
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5.	Blaster-F suspect arrested in Romania. Dan Dumbitru
6.	World+dog parades iPod wannabes. Reg Kit Watch MP3 crazy

4:08:00 AM

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1.	How Much Does A Cloud Weigh?

3:07:50 AM

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1.	Identity Theft Victimizes Millions, Costs Billions. About 3.3 million American consumers discovered within the last year that their personal information had been used to commit crimes. By Jennifer 8. Lee.
2.	Spelling It 'Dinsey,' Children on Web Got XXX. Prosecutors charged a Florida man with violating a new law that makes it illegal to use misleading Internet domain names to entice minors onto pornographic Web sites. By Benjamin Weiser.
3.	Universal to Cut Prices of Its CD's. Battered by online piracy, the world's largest record company said that it would cut prices on compact discs by as much as 30 percent. By Amy Harmon.
4.	Take-Two Profit Increases 60%. Take-Two's "Grand Theft Auto 3" and "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City," the two best-selling video games in the United States last year. By Bloomberg News.
5.	I.B.M. Promotes Power of Linux. I.B.M. Promotes.
6.	Technology Briefing: People. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CHIEF NAMED;.
7.	Technology Briefing: Internet. SUSPECT HELD IN RELEASE OF NEW WORM;.
8.	Technology Briefing: Hardware. HILTON AND I.B.M. TO DEVELOP HOTEL KIOSKS; GATEWAY TO CUT AT LEAST 450 JOBS;.
9.	Technology Briefing: Telecommunications. McLEODUSA TO OFFER WIRELESS SERVICE; JUSTICE DEPT. RAIDS 3 WEBMD OFFICES;.
10.	Heart of Darkness, on a Desktop. More and more PC owners are discovering software lurking on their computers that they had no idea was there. And viruses are only part of the story. By Katie Hafner with Michael Falcone.
11.	For Student Essayists, an Automated Grader. An automated essay-scoring system developed by the Educational Testing Service has given teachers some relief. By J. Greg Phelan.

2:07:51 AM

1:08:11 AM

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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.	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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3.	VideoNOW PVD Reverse Engineering

12:08:05 AM