Gregg Doherty's Radio Weblog

Friday, September 05, 2003

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1.	New VoIP standard for videoconferencing. A United Nations-affiliated telecommunications group ratifies a new standard for videoconferencing using voice over IP, a technology that routes calls over the Net.

8:07:19 PM

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1.	Homeless hacker may surrender to FBI. Adrian Lamo, the so-called "homeless hacker" responsible for a series of high-profile electronic intrusions over the last two years, is negotiating a surrender with the FBI.
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2.	No-frills security scanning. Nessus and Internet Scanner prove less costly but less capable
3.	Beer, hacker roasts, and peace of mind. The teen who unleashed Blaster-B deserves punishment, but it's high time Microsoft took security seriously
4.	More than worms. If you think your challenges are SoBig and its friends, check out the bigger picture
5.	Anti-spammers get wormed
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6.	I'm Carly, Fly Me. HP axes 3,000 jobs, but Air Fiorina is hiring

7:07:28 PM

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1.	Microsoft, Philly plan 'school of future'. The software titan spreads the brotherly love to Philadelphia, where it will help design and build a new high school that's wired with the latest in educational computing tools.

6:07:56 PM

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1.	IBM nabs more services deals. The information technology services giant adds feathers to its cap by announcing two new multiyear deals and providing details about a third.
2.	VoIP goes to city hall. The city of Coldwater, Mich., this week became the nation's first city to sell Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone service to its residents. But it probably won't be the last.
3.	IDC: Storage revenue edges downward. Global revenue declined slightly to $4.73 billion in the second quarter, despite a notable increase in overall storage capacity to 181.6 petabytes.
4.	Dell cuts prices on some gear
5.	Cognos overhauls reporting tool
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6.	Computer worm targets Blair. Prime Minister Tony Blair and his official website are the target of a new internet worm.
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7.	EU expansion lures IT vendors. BUDAPEST -- Along Budapest's main streets, above local coffee shops, and strung from old-world buildings' sculptured facades, signs of a new era are beginning to appear.
8.	New worm attacks Tony Blair's Web site. British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Web site are the target of a new Internet worm that seems to be low-risk, antivirus software vendor Sophos PLC said.
9.	Questions surround Romanian Blaster suspect. Conflicting reports emerged Friday about the fate of a Romanian man suspected of being the author of a version of the Blaster worm, which affects Microsoft Corp. Windows machines.
10.	IBM experiments with Socializer technology. IBM wants to make it easier for technology buffs to socialize.
11.	SAP to show off RFID's potential. When SAP AG's TechEd gathering kicks off next week in Las Vegas, it will lack one of the traditional trade-show trappings: The conference's attendee badges will be bar-code free. SAP has declared TechEd an RFID zone.
12.	MCI disputes AT&T charges on call routing. MCI has so far found nothing wrong with the company's call routing practices, after what MCI officials call an extensive internal investigation, even though rival telecommunications carrier AT&T Corp. filed a lawsuit against MCI Tuesday for allegedly dumping expensive phone traffic onto AT&T's network.
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13.	ID theft hits 10m Americans a year. Costs billions
14.	IBM accused of poisoning workers. Chemical reaction

5:07:40 PM

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1.	Broadcom, Philips shrink Wi-Fi phone chips. The chipmakers are set to announce new Wi-Fi chips aimed at the cell phone market, a move that could revitalize the prospects of the popular 802.11b standard.
2.	SCO's next target: SGI?. SCO Group, which has sued IBM for more than $3 billion for allegedly moving Unix code into Linux, may also have Silicon Graphics in its crosshairs.
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3.	Camera Watch: Links to Public Webcams
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4.	New worm attacks Tony Blair's Web site. Attacks systems with message blasting Blair's policies
5.	Questions surround Romanian Blaster suspect. Police denied having suspect in custody, Softwin maintains that police arrested him

4:07:39 PM

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1.	'Storage' to Replace Traditional Filesystems?
2.	New Heinlein Novel
3.	Film Distribution Comes To The Internet
4.	New AIBO - Meet the ERS-7
5.	Bay of Souls
6.	Taiwan Under Cyber Attack from China
7.	Public Net-work
8.	Separate Cargo and Personnel Missions for NASA?
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9.	Oftel accused of 192 fiasco. New directory enquiries firms were misled about the size of the market while the 192 switch-off has also led to cybersquatting, BBC News Online is told.
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10.	Full Monty writer premieres new film on Net. Updated Squeezed out of cinemas by blockbusters
11.	Universal's CD price cut comedy gets five stars. Revolution - twenty years in the making

3:08:24 PM

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1.	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.
2.	Philly schools get Microsoft brotherly love. The software titan spreads the love to the School District of Philadelphia, where it will design and build a new high school wired with the latest in educational computing tools.

2:07:40 PM

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1.	Amnesty Offered for Repentant Downloaders. Internet users who promise to stop illegally copying music will be able to avoid prosecution under an amnesty program to be unveiled by the recording industry next week. By Reuters.
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2.	Sharp touts ultrathin Wi-Fi notebook. The Japanese electronics giant releases a 3.9-pound laptop that boasts 802.11b wireless networking support and new features for audio-video entertainment.
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.	Week in review: Services take a vacation. A few major players in the Internet services arena take a holiday this week and leave millions of customers without access to popular Web sites and e-mail.
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5.	Net launch for film thriller. The new film by Full Monty writer Simon Beaufoy is the first to debut officially over the internet.
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6.	Sony Ericsson 3G phone set for January launch. Z1010 ready for video calls

1:07:40 PM

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1.	RIAA turns down heat on some swappers. The Recording Industry Association of America will extend an amnesty program to some individuals involved in the illegal sharing of copyrighted music files online, according to published reports.
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2.	'Text message' rape charge. A man from Merseyside is charged with raping a girl in a park, after allegedly arranging to meet her by text message.
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3.	Microsoft benchmarks step up Linux assault. Stepping up its campaign against the Linux operating system, Microsoft Corp. on Thursday released file and Web serving benchmark results that, it claims, show that Linux on the mainframe lags behind Windows 2003 on Intel Corp. systems in terms of performance for the money.
4.	Oracle extends PeopleSoft deadline as take-up stalls. Oracle Corp. has once again extended the deadline for PeopleSoft Inc. shareholders to accept its $19.50 per share takeover offer, Oracle said in a statement late Thursday. The extension now runs until Oct. 17.
5.	PeopleSoft unveils J.D. Edwards roadmap. NEW YORK -- PeopleSoft Inc. over the next year will reduce its employee headcount by about 7 percent, cutting 750 to 1,000 positions to eliminate redundancies created through its recent acquisition of J.D. Edwards & Co., PeopleSoft executives said Thursday during a meeting here with analysts.
6.	Orange to offer Microsoft-based Motorola phone. In a move that may help establish Microsoft's long-sought-after credibility in the mobile phone market, mobile operator Orange SA, handset maker Motorola Inc., and Microsoft Corp. intend to announce that Orange will sell a Microsoft-based Motorola phone, sources familiar with the plans said Friday.
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7.	The trouble with anti-virus. Analysis Sobig and Blaster epidemics expose scanner problems
8.	RIAA to offer file sharers amnesty - report. Cheaper than lawsuits
9.	IBM, Dell make the best of a down storage market. Sales slow, capacity rises
10.	Broadband surge nets 75% of UK population. Few in rural areas, though
11.	Garage door makers battle over DMCA. Open and shut case
12.	Full Monty writer premieres new film on Net. Squeezed out of cinemas by blockbusters
13.	UK music biz tackles Nominet over domain nobbling. Is the BPI preparing a US-style MP3 clampdown?

12:07:58 PM

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1.	Dell handhelds get glitch fix. The company readies a pair of software upgrades for its Axim X5 device, including a performance fix for some models and an optional operating system upgrade for others.
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2.	RIAA to offer copyright infringers amnesty - report. Cheaper than lawsuits

11:08:22 AM

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1.	Sony Ericsson sets 3G phone launch. The phone, which is undergoing its final paces to prepare for launch, will be the company's first model that can be used for video conferences.

10:07:31 AM

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1.	The Most Famous Geek in IT
2.	Microsoft to Build High School in Philadelphia, PA

9:07:39 AM

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1.	A historical cure for viruses. CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos says the Battle of Waterloo holds a lesson in communications for a world weary of computer viruses.
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2.	Music piracy amnesty 'expected'. The US music industry considers offering an amnesty to music swappers if they promise to delete their files.
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3.	Security blame games. Worm epidemics inspire more scorn for Microsoft

8:07:29 AM

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1.	Arrest over 'text message' rape. Police investigating the rape of a teenager after she met someone she had contacted through text messages, question a man.
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2.	Linksys connects PC to Hi-Fi, wirelessly. Reg Kit Watch MP3 in the living room
3.	Disasters proving to be terminal for many small firms. What can go wrong
4.	The case of the two stolen mainframes. Oz customs grilled for failure to disclose Sydney airport thefts
5.	The way to do Wireless Internet is: start with wired. Broadreaching out
6.	IT recovery: once bitten, twice shy. US economy might be looking up

7:08:19 AM

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1.	Net launch for film thriller. The new film by Full Monty writer Simon Beaufoy is set to become the first to debut officially over the internet.
2.	Computer worm targets Tony Blair. Prime Minister Tony Blair and his official website are the target of a new internet worm.
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3.	eBay pulls iTunes song auction. Infringes auctioneer's Ts&Cs - what about the law?
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4.	UMG Forced to Face the Music. Stung by declining sales, the world's biggest recording company says it will cut the cost of CDs. Although the recording industry blames online music 'pirates' for slumping sales, critics say that grossly inflated prices and generally crappy music are the real culprits.
5.	This Sports Car Is in the Swim. James Bond fans who dream of steering the super spy's sports-car-cum-submarine should try Britain's new Aquada Bond convertible on for size. When the car hits water, its wheels retract, jets kick in, and -- voilà -- it's a boat.
6.	Romanian Virus Arrest Denied. Less than 24 hours after reports that police had arrested the suspected author of a Romanian variant of the Blaster worm, the cops deny it. They've got a suspect, all right, but no arrests have been made.
7.	Colleges Crack Down on Viruses. Colleges recovering from back-to-back waves of Internet infections are aggressively removing viruses and shutting down computers -- and entire networks if necessary -- because, one IT director said, 'When you're drowning you try to do something quick.'
8.	Sony to Build Net Music Service. The world's biggest maker of consumer electronics says it plans to draw upon resources of its music, hardware and electronics divisions to introduce an online music download service next year.
9.	New Phones Rule, Bluetooth Bites. Cameras and push-to-talk service are the most-wanted features in future cell phones, according to an analyst firm. Also: Sacramento ballpark will offer Wi-Fi for fans.... Mobile phones are hot on eBay.... all in Unwired News. By Elisa Batista.
10.	Plants Have a Way With Metals. Scientists are just beginning to understand how adeptly plants can manipulate metals within their cells. The new field of ionomics may produce plants that can suck toxins right out of the ground. By Erik Baard.
11.	Animal-Human SARS Link Found. China was too quick in lifting its ban on the sale of market animals, say researchers. They say they've established a clear SARS link between these animals and the human population. By Kristen Philipkoski.
12.	PDAs and Laptops Powered by Suds. A New Jersey company hopes to clean up with its new fuel-cell system for consumer electronics. The secret ingredient: a major component of soap. By Leander Kahney.
13.	Porn Law Targets Cybersquatters. A new law designed to crack down on websites that deceive visitors into viewing pornography claimed its first victim this week. Experts say the defendant, a notorious cybersquatter, makes for an easy test case. By Joanna Glasner.

6:07:21 AM

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1.	The Last Days Of Atari - In Full Color
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2.	Mobiles 'to replace handheld PCs'. The handheld computer is doomed as mobiles offer more functions, says boss of phone software firm Symbian.
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3.	eBay pulls iTunes song auction. Sales infringes auctioneer's Ts&Cs - but what about the law?

5:08:19 AM

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1.	The geek who would be governor. Georgina Russell is a technology lover making the most of her net appeal in her bid to be California's governor.
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2.	PS2 and Xbox to see price cuts - in weeks. Cheaper consoles, bundles, freebies
3.	Is it a worm, a virus, or a trojan?. Opinion If the AV vendors can't agree, what hope for the rest of us?
4.	FBI reportedly hunting Adrian Lamo. Arrest warrant

4:07:40 AM

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1.	First New Gaiman Sandman In 7 Years
2.	Is it Just Me, Or Is Our Mainframe Missing?

3:07:39 AM

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1.	HP builds grid services, products. The company launches a new services program, under the rubric of its Adaptive Enterprise initiative, to help customers build computing grids.

2:07:41 AM

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