Gregg Doherty's Radio Weblog

Wednesday, September 10, 2003

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1.	These Tropos Networks 802.11 access points that use a mesh protocol for backhaul look pretty cool. As usual there's no technical information; I wonder whether they use one radio or two and whether they avoid the multihop 802.11 capacity problem.
2.	Mercury News: FCC approves new digital TV standards. This is OpenCable in case you were wondering.
3.	CNet: Apple: Reselling iTunes songs 'impractical' Apple's position is pretty weaselly. The design of the iTunes Music Store wasn't imposed on Apple -- they chose it. They chose to design the system to not allow transfer of ownership. Next we'll hear that fair use is "legal, but impractical" in systems that were designed to thwart it.

11:08:10 PM

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1.	Mixed Data Leave Doubts on Cancer Drug. A biotechnology drug developed by Genta extended the lives of patients with melanoma by about a month in a clinical trial, an outcome that fell short of expectations. By Andrew Pollack.
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2.	Satellite-Assisted European Road Tolls Next?
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3.	Congress looks for cybersecurity answers. WASHINGTON - IT vendors recommended a variety of ways for the U.S. Congress to help the private sector deal with continuing cybersecurity problems, but few of the suggestions at a House subcommittee hearing Wednesday called on legislation requiring action by private companies.
4.	Oracle setting up commercial grid consortium. Oracle Corp. is trying to establish a new consortium to hammer out technology standards for grid computing in commercial environments, an Oracle executive said Wednesday. The effort could butt heads with a grid standards effort already underway.
5.	Bomb scare brings show to a halt. Thousands of show goers were evacuated from the OracleWorld conference Wednesday because of an apparent bomb scare.
6.	California bill encourages data protection. What happens when a quarter-million California state employees get mad? Bills get passed.

10:07:57 PM

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1.	Dear Campaign Diary: Seizing the Day, Online. A bar owner, a software engineer, an at-home mother and a governors wife are campaigning in the California recall election -- largely using online diaries. By Michael Falcone.
2.	Cellphones That Reach Alter Egos. Whenever you slip your cellphone into the FastForward cradle, it automatically routes incoming cell calls to your home or office phone. By David Pogue.
3.	Within a Lilliputian Player, a Hefty Archive That Travels. The tiny hard drives that let you take your music with you. By J. D. Biersdorfer.
4.	Getting More From a PC's Spare Time. Millions of PC users are volunteering their terminals' unused processing power to help analyze data and perform computer simulations for research. By Joan Oleck.
5.	Detecting Gender by Prose and How to Make Everyday Things. This week: Web sites that predict the sex of an author and that archive famous speeches. By Pamela Licalzi O'connell.
6.	Beyond Voice Recognition, to a Computer That Reads Lips. Scientists are developing digital lip-reading systems to augment the accuracy of speech recognition. By Anne Eisenberg.
7.	Stop Automatic Help When It's Unwelcome. How can I stop Microsoft Word from formatting lists automatically as I work on a document? By J.d. Biersdorfer.
8.	Snap a Photo and Ship It While Chatting by Phone. The digital cameras on telephones are not just point-and-shoot numbers these days, and the VX6000 from LG is a case in point: it comes with zoom control and three different picture resolutions. Chatty shutterbugs can also add color and special effects to their photos and then e-mail them by way of a picture-messaging service recently started by Verizon Wireless. By J.d. Biersdorfer.
9.	With Its Reinvented Wheel, a Mouse Scampers to the Side Margins. In contrast to Microsoft's high-profile plunge into the video game console business in 2001, the company's hardware group has been quietly breaking new ground with a continued focus on those PC essentials, the keyboard and mouse. By Michel Marriott.
10.	A Speedy Drive That Can Slip Into Your Pocket. Luckily for people whose file sizes have outgrown the mere megabyte or so of space on a diskette, pocket-size flash memory drives that can hold 32 megabytes or more keep getting smaller and faster. The tiny Verbatim Store 'n' Go U.S.B. Drive, equipped with a high-speed U.S.B. 2.0 connection, can copy 256 megabytes of data in 30 seconds, making it at least five times faster than drives that have the older U.S.B. 1.1 connection. By J. D. Biersdorfer.
11.	Display Vacation Snapshots (Hear and Read Them, Too). Pacific Digital's new 8-by-10-inch MemoryFrame is obviously bigger than the 5-by-7-inch model the company introduced last year. Less apparent is how much sharper the image is. By Ian Austen.
12.	At Central Park's Coronation, 11,000 Chips-in-Waiting. In a display of computerized pyrotechnics, exploding fireworks shells will form a 1,000-foot-high vertical circle of light over the Central Park reservoir on Monday. The white-hot halo is the centerpiece of By Matthew Mirapaul.
13.	Digital Dealmakers Meet in the Middle. More and more negotiations are taking place not face to face or with a human arbitrator, but over the Internet with a software program producing the settlement. By Ken Belson.
14.	From the Torch to the Toes, Digital Insurance. A "digital map" of the Statue of Liberty could be used to recreate the statue in the event of a terrorist attack. By Fred A. Bernstein.
15.	Election Race? First, Check Out This Bike. Gen. Wesley K. Clark's latest mission is "adaptive motors" for bicycles. By Noah Shachtman.
16.	On the Scent of Natural Remedies. Cant sleep? Feeling under par? Some say a sniff or a swallow of oils may help. Aromatherapy products and other remedies can be found online. By Michelle Slatalla.
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17.	FCC adopts 'plug and play' cable for TVs. The Federal Communications Commission sets new rules that will make digital cable reception on new televisions as easy as plugging a card into a set.
18.	Teamwork brings P2P spying app closer. Audible Magic had trouble making its P2P "spying" technology a reality. But a new partnership could bring the software--designed to stop the transfer of copyrighted works--to fruition.
19.	IBM signs up Chinese Linux company. Big Blue expands its geographic ambitions for Linux, signing a deal to bundle a version of its database software with a distributor of the open-source operating system in China.
20.	P2P group: We'll pay girl's RIAA bill. A Grokster-backed peer-to-peer trade group has offered to cover costs for a 12-year-old girl who agreed to pay record labels $2,000 to settle a file-swapping suit.
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21.	Back To SCO
22.	Microsoft Identifies, Patches Another Critical RPC Hole
23.	New Breed Of Web Accelerators Actually Work
24.	RIAA Sued For Amnesty Offer
25.	Wind River To Stop Selling BSD/OS
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26.	Congress looks for cybersecurity answers. But corporate regulation not on the agenda

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1.	Intel delays Wi-Fi part for Centrino. The chipmaker won't have a Wi-Fi part for its Centrino bundle of chips until early in the fourth quarter, marking the second time it has postponed its arrival.
2.	OracleWorld hit with bomb scare. Responding to a bomb threat, software maker Oracle orders the evacuation of thousands of attendees at its OracleWorld conference in San Francisco.
3.	PDF pumps Adobe profits. The software maker credits its e-paper division, whose products revolve around the company's PDF publishing format, for growth in second-quarter revenue and profit.
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4.	Torvalds to SCO: Negotiate what?. The war of words between The SCO Group Inc. and the Linux community escalated this week in a flurry of open letters, the latest from Linux creator Linus Torvalds. ADVERTISEMENT: Get 128-bit SSL Web Site Encryption! - Looking for SSL? Turn to the SSL Experts! Protect your servers with 128-bit SSL encryption from VeriSign. Get a FREE Internet Security Guide Today. Click Here.

7:07:47 PM

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1.	Fuel cell maker scores federal grant
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2.	system.verbs.builtins.xml.rss.compileService changed on Wed, 10 Sep 2003 21:36:26 GMT: Add categories to the item in the compilation table. Dave's comment
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3.	Foundry pours Wi-Fi into melting pot. Looking for an edge

6:08:07 PM

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1.	Commentary: Web services standards to converge. Separate sets of standards will eventually come together. Until then, companies that need to implement new secure Web services should make minimal architecture investments.
2.	New Microsoft storage OS attracts backers. Microsoft launches the Windows Storage Server 2003 operating system, accompanied by support from companies including Hewlett-Packard and Veritas Software.
3.	P2P group: We'll pay girl's RIAA bill. A Grokster-backed peer-to-peer trade group has offered to cover costs for a 12-year-old girl who agreed to pay record labels $2,000 to settle a file-swapping suit.
4.	Congress mulls worm defense tactics. Lawmakers express frustration over the exploding problems caused by malicious viruses, asking whether additional laws and criminal prosecutions are necessary to protect the public.
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5.	Ellison talks PeopleSoft, pricing and grids. Oracle CEO and President Larry Ellison was on hand at the OracleWorld 2003 user show Tuesday to field questions from customers and the press. He weighed in on a number of topics, including his company's efforts to take over PeopleSoft Inc., grid computing and pricing plans. Excerpts of what he had to say follow.
6.	SAP unveils 'GUI Machine'. At its TechEd '03 conference Tuesday, SAP AG launched a new online collaborative environment for developers and demonstrated an unreleased tool to help nontechnical users model applications and generate the Java code to create them. But attendees here said they worried that the tool, code-named GUI Machine, might lead to underperforming applications and cause compatibility problems with existing programs.
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7.	Music lobby frightens Congress with P2P kiddie-porn nightmares. KaZaA promotes child rape
8.	Foundry pours WiFi into melting pot. Looking for an edge
9.	First UK ruling under new email marketing regime. Explicit consent confirmed

5:07:21 PM

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1.	eBay to introduce seller feature
2.	IBM pins down Procter & Gamble deal. As expected, Big Blue signs a contract to manage employee services for the consumer products giant. The 10-year deal is worth $400 million.
3.	TI to pay Intergraph $18M. The company says Texas Instruments will pay a one-time $18 million licensing fee as part of a settlement ending all patent litigation between the two.
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4.	Good Guys 2, Spammers 0
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5.	HP to unveil SMB business strategy. Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to unveil several new products and services next week tailored for small and medium businesses, the company confirmed Wednesday.
6.	Microsoft delivers Windows Storage Server 2003. Microsoft Corp. announced general availability of its Windows Storage Server 2003 file and print server software on Wednesday and several storage hardware and software vendors tagged along with product announcements.
7.	Romanian man charged in Blaster release. A Romanian man will be charged with violating that country's cybercrime laws by releasing a version of the W32.Blaster Internet worm, according to a source involved in the investigation.
8.	Gartner: Desktop Linux savings overstated. Using a Linux OS (operating system) might save you money on your servers, but most enterprises shouldn't expect to see the same cost saving if they switch their Microsoft Corp. Windows desktops over, a report from Gartner Inc. said Wednesday.
9.	Blaster II? Microsoft warns of new security holes. Only weeks after the appearance of the Blaster worm, Microsoft Corp. released a software patch for still more holes similar to those Blaster exploited.
10.	Cisco expands storage switch line. What was once just a two-horse race now has three runners. Filling out its storage switch family, Cisco Systems can now compete with McData and Brocade Communications on the edge through the core of storage networks.
11.	Oracle says grid software can save money. San Francisco - Upgrading to Oracle's grid-based software actually can save money by providing for system uniformity, an Oracle official stressed during a panel session at the OracleWorld conference here on Wednesday.
12.	Gateway plans 850 additional manufacturing layoffs. Gateway Inc. will cut 850 manufacturing jobs in addition to the 450 announced last week, and further layoffs will come later this year, it said Wednesday.
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13.	Romanian man charged in Blaster release. Suspect faces up to 10 years in prison for releasing Blaster-F worm variant
14.	Blaster II? Microsoft warns of new security holes. Software giant issues more patches for 'critical' Blaster-related holes
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15.	Sobig-F is dead. Good riddance
16.	MS amends anti-Blaster fix. Vulnerability deep, risk high

4:07:52 PM

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1.	Dell makes another cluster sale. France-based petroleum researcher CGG buys 1,125 Dell servers for use in several new clusters used in searching out oil and gas deposits based on seismic modeling.
2.	Apple customer resells iTunes song. A Web developer concludes a weeklong exercise that he hoped would highlight the legal and technical nuances of emerging digital music services.
3.	Lexmark launches recycling program. The company announces the start of a new service under which customers can return used Lexmark-branded printers, in addition to toner cartridges.
4.	The next threat to start-ups. William Blundon says "Do Not Call" and "Do Not E-mail" legislation efforts are likely to place disproportionate burdens on new businesses looking for ways to market themselves.
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5.	Cubism For CG And Movies

3:07:42 PM

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1.	Motorola breaks out mini-GPS module. The wireless gear maker unveil a new GPS gadget for use in cellular handsets and other location devices that�s smaller than a dime.
2.	Blogger bucks premium-services trend. The Google-owned blog-creation site is eliminating its paid version and folding premium functions into its free service, bucking a trend toward making people pay for Web site extras.
3.	Linux war of words escalates. Open-source software leaders Eric Raymond and Bruce Perens fire back at SCO, disputing the company's latest swipe at Linux and the open-source development method.
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4.	Java Web Services in a Nutshell

2:08:30 PM

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1.	File-swap suits strike a nerve. The major record labels have filed a series of landmark lawsuits against 261 alleged music pirates. Now comes the hard part.
2.	Windows flaw allows PC takeover. Microsoft warns of three vulnerabilities in Windows that could have a similar effect as last month's marauding MSBlast worm.
3.	Gateway to cut 850 more jobs. The planned layoffs of customer support and service workers mean the PC maker will eliminate at least 1,300 positions, amid a move to outsource some operations.
4.	Sun plan would protect Java users. Sun Microsystems may add a provision to some of its Java licenses to protect consumers from Linux-related lawsuits filed by the SCO Group.
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5.	2002 SAGE Salary Survey Finally Released
6.	Microscopy With A Film Scanner
7.	Adrian Lamo Surrenders
8.	What The RIAA Gets Out Of File Sharing
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9.	SMEs don't know, don't care about broadband. Why should they?
10.	Orange to launch Handspring Treo 600 next week. Network operator will brand the device as its own

1:08:19 PM

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1.	AOL gives voice to e-mail upgrade. America Online adds a slew of telephone-based services to its upgraded AOLbyPhone package, in an attempt by the Internet service provider to find new means of revenue.
2.	New Microsoft storage OS attracts backers. Microsoft launches the Windows Storage Server 2003 operating system, accompanied by support from companies including Hewlett-Packard and Veritas Software.
3.	RIAA sued for amnesty offer. An RIAA program that lets people avoid legal action by stepping forward and forfeiting traded songs is "misleading and fraudulent," according to a suit filed by a California resident.
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4.	Music firms target 12-year-old. A 12-year-old girl's mother pays $2,000 to settle a file-sharing lawsuit brought by US music firms.
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5.	Overture continues push into Europe. AMSTERDAM -- Paid search listings provider Overture Services Inc. is pushing into Europe, opening offices across the continent and setting ambitious growth targets.
6.	RIAA settles with 12-year-old pirate's mother. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has settled the first of the 261 lawsuits it filed on Monday against music enthusiasts who, the association alleges, have uploaded more than 1,000 files using online music-sharing services such as Kazaa and Grokster.
7.	China joins global fight against spam. TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Internet Society of China (ISC) is hoping to bring the problem of spam under control in the world's most populous country by blocking e-mails sent from 127 servers that have been identified as sources of spam, according to a statement released by the group.
8.	Cisco, others form converged network group. Cisco Systems Inc., Intel Corp., IBM Corp., and other companies will push converged voice, video, and data networks through a newly formed marketing organization, the new group announced Tuesday.
9.	Ellison sees new software pricing model. SAN FRANCISCO -- The model of pricing enterprise software on a per-processor basis should be replaced with a flat annual fee that allows businesses to use as much software as they want, Oracle Corp.'s chairman and chief executive officer Larry Ellison said Tuesday.
10.	Sun and ACS partner for pay-per-use IT services. Affiliated Computer Services Inc. (ACS) has struck a deal with Sun Microsystems Inc. that will let ACS pay for Sun hardware and software according to usage instead of paying a fixed price, the companies plan to announce Wednesday.
11.	Borland brings UML approach to .Net. Borland is bringing modeling and designing capabilities to the .Net development community in a new incarnation of its Together tool.
12.	3Com to outsource manufacturing, cuts jobs. 3Com Corp. will outsource all of its manufacturing in an effort to further reduce costs, resulting in up to 1,000 job cuts, the network hardware maker said Wednesday.
13.	Intel, Xerox co-develop image processing chips. Intel Corp. and Xerox Corp. have co-developed a range of microprocessors which will allow digital imaging product manufacturers to bring products to market more quickly and with a broader range of features, the companies announced Wednesday.
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14.	China joins global fight against spam. Will block e-mails sent from 127 servers identified as sources of spam
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15.	Japan and China clock up DSL growth. 46.7m DSL lines now hooked up
16.	Microsoft and friends roll out new storage OS. HP, Veritas first on board
17.	Camera phones tempt European handset buyers. Sales up 166% last quarter
18.	Stiff sentences for biggest UK credit card fraudsters. Three crooks jailed for 17 years
19.	Businesses shun Wi-Fi, homes embrace it. European laggards
20.	Cisco boosts SAN over WAN. SDH interface

12:08:21 PM

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1.	Cameraphones tempt European handset buyers. Sales up 166% last quarter

11:08:38 AM

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1.	3Com to outsource all manufacturing. The network gear maker plans to hand over all of its manufacturing to contract manufacturers Flextronics and Jabil Circuit, resulting in the loss of about 1,000 jobs.
2.	HP to reach out to smaller businesses. In an attempt to improve sales, the company will unveil a new strategy aimed at small and medium-size businesses.
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3.	Rapid Group buys ailing Apple dealership. Core Logic
4.	Two Brits charged with releasing TK worm. Conspiracy to crack

10:08:09 AM

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1.	Gnome 2.4 Release(d)
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2.	Uncertain future for e-Envoy role. Andrew Pinder, in charge of getting people, businesses and government services online by 2005 is to leave.

9:07:38 AM

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1.	Vint Cerf hears VoIP calling. The technologist widely regarded as the father of the Internet explains in an interview why traditional telecommunications carriers are finally taking voice over IP seriously.
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2.	China Blocks Spam Servers
3.	Dartmouth Project Combines Linux With TCPA
4.	Register.com Loses Class action Lawsuit
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5.	Supersonics may fly over towns. US research shows it might be possible to quieten the sonic boom heard as supersonic planes fly overhead.
6.	Government's e-Envoy to step down. Andrew Pinder, in charge of getting people, businesses and government services online by 2005 is to leave.
7.	Chic gear to suit net generation. Wearing computers and gadgets sounds good, but experts have to sort out challenging design issues first.
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8.	Lack of rural broadband still a 'challenge' - eminister. Big lever
9.	3Com cuts 1,000 jobs. Outsourced

8:07:59 AM

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1.	Supersonic planes may fly over towns. New research in the US shows that it might be possible to quieten the sonic boom heard as supersonic planes fly overhead.
2.	File swappers face data limits. File sharing systems are causing big problems for the people that keep the net up and running.
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3.	NY Times hacker surrenders, is released. $250k bond

7:07:18 AM

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1.	Switching on PC is too technical for many users
2.	J2EE bigger than .NET in Europe. Battle is far from over
3.	Open Source Windows replacement, MPEG coming out of the East. Highly feasible
4.	Sony to tie online music service into hardware. Phones and stuff
5.	Dixons upbeat on summer sales. Fan-tastic
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6.	No Joy for Sun Microsystems. The embattled computer maker loses its chief scientist and co-founder, Bill Joy, who resigns, taking his conflicted views about the value of technology with him.
7.	Famed Hacker Turns Himself In. Adrian Lamo, aka the helpful hacker, responds to an arrest warrant by surrending to federal marshalls. Lamo has admitted involvement in some of the most-publicized computer break-ins in recent years.
8.	Porn-Blocking Law Taken to Court. Civil liberties activists are taking a state's attorney general to court over his attempt to block Internet pornography. They say his methods block users from entire servers of unrelated websites, not just porn sites.
9.	CTIA: No New Telecom Laws Needed. The trade group representing the cell-phone industry just released a series of self-imposed measures to protect wireless customers. Consumer advocates say the rules don't go far enough. By Elisa Batista.
10.	P2P Taken to Task for Child Porn. File-trading services got a drubbing at a Senate committee hearing on peer-to-peer networks and pornography. Orrin Hatch even asks whether it would make sense to shutter file-swapping services altogether. By Joanna Glasner.
11.	BigChampagne is Watching You. In fact, it tracks every download and sells the data to the music industry. How one company is turning file-sharing networks into the world's biggest focus group. By Jeff Howe from Wired magazine.
12.	Flash Mobs Get a Dash of Danger. As more spontaneous mobs crop up worldwide, some find their harmless absurdity met by the strong arm of authority. Others add political agendas. But, most flash mobs remain dedicated to the irrelevant and the wacky.
13.	Schoolgirl Settles With RIAA. The recording industry settled its first case with one of the 261 individuals it accuses of sharing copyright music files: a 12-year-old Manhattan girl. Others wonder why they are targets of the RIAA's wrath. By Katie Dean.
14.	No Truce in the Spam Wars. EMarketersAmerica.org is trying to back out of its lawsuit against antispam organizations, but the defendants won't let it drop. They want to recoup legal costs and send spammers a message. By Brian McWilliams.

6:07:19 AM

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1.	Chic gear to suit net generation. Wearing your computer and gadgets sounds like a good idea, but experts have to sort out challenging design issues first.

5:07:39 AM

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1.	Nokia Expects Flat Handset Sales. Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, left investors unimpressed when it said it would earn less on its handset sales. By Alan Cowell.
2.	Landlords and Tenants Wrestle With Wiring. A new national fire-prevention standard is calling for the removal of abandoned communication cables in office buildings. By Terry Pristin.
3.	Technology Briefing: Hardware. TEXAS INSTRUMENTS SALES OUTLOOK IMPROVES; TELLABS TO CUT WORK FORCE;.
4.	Technology Briefing: Internet. BOOKSELLER DROPPING E-BOOKS;.
5.	WorldCom Agrees on Deal to Satisfy More Creditors. Lawyers for WorldCom reached a tentative agreement with some creditors on its plan for emerging from bankruptcy. By Jonathan D. Glater.

3:08:09 AM

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1.	RIAA seeks to alter file-trading culture. The recording industry's first wave of lawsuits against alleged music pirates is changing the legal landscape--but can it manage to crush interest in file trading?
2.	File-swap suits strike a nerve. The major record labels have filed a series of landmark lawsuits against 261 alleged music pirates. Now comes the hard part.

2:08:18 AM

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1.	New Microsoft storage OS gets backers. Hewlett-Packard and Veritas tailor products for the new Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003, giving a boost to Microsoft's bid to move into the higher-end of the storage market.

1:07:39 AM

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1.	New Parent-to-Child Chat: Do You Download Music?. Many parents were caught unawares when the recording industry filed 261 lawsuits against their children who have downloaded music over the Internet. By Amy Harmon.
2.	Sun Microsystems' Co-Founder and Chief Scientist Resigns. William N. Joy, chief scientist of Sun Microsystems, is leaving the company he helped found 21 years ago. By Steve Lohr.
3.	Instant Messaging Pact Reached. The America Online division of AOL Time Warner reached an agreement with the Reuters Group to link their competing instant messaging services. By David D. Kirkpatrick.
4.	Hacker Accused of Running Up $300,000 Charge at The Times. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged a man with hacking into the computer network of The New York Times and running up $300,000 in database research charges. By Benjamin Weiser.
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5.	Ellison 'determined' to acquire PeopleSoft. Oracle's CEO repeats his determination to acquire rival PeopleSoft, but was cagey about whether he would raise the offer price of his hostile takeover bid.
6.	Intel sets its sights on imaging market. The chipmaker is set to debut a family of chips that handle various imaging tasks, as it attempts to carve out a bigger share of the market.
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7.	PA Child Porn-Blocking Law Challenged, Suspended
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8.	IBM refreshes server and storage products. Momentum rising

12:07:39 AM