Gregg Doherty's Radio Weblog

Wednesday, September 24, 2003

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1.	Mighty Brew for the Do-It-Yourselfer. How long does it take to find an Internet site that would satisfy a yearning for a cup of dark, strong coffee so assertive that it risks assault charges? By Michelle Slatalla.
2.	The Sweeping View From Inside a Digital Bubble. Increasingly, navigable 360-degree photography is finding a home online and new worlds to explore. By Matthew Mirapaul.
3.	L.C.D. Palette Wins Over Some C.R.T. Loyalists. Video editors and hard-core gamers finally believe liquid crystal diode screens are up to professional snuff. What's in those flat-screen wonders anyway? By SeÁn Captain.
4.	For the World's A B C's, He Makes 1's and 0's. Michael Everson, a 40-year-old Irish typographer, has played a crucial role in developing Unicode, which might be viewed as the computer age's Rosetta stone. By Michael Erard.
5.	Service Is a Struggle for Virtual Town Halls. Budget cuts have lead some local governments to delay plans to put operations on the Web. But others are moving ahead. By Thomas J. Fitzgerald.
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6.	Slackware 9.1RC 2 Out, Mandrake 9.2 Soon
7.	Recommendations for RPN Calculators?

11:23:19 PM

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1.	EU software patent plan gets thumbs up. European lawmakers approve highly controversial legislation governing software patents--but some amendments appear to be a victory for critics of the proposal.
2.	Seagate releases external hard drive
3.	Micron lands large Intel investment. The memory-chip maker receives a $450 million investment from the semiconductor giant in a deal designed to bring Micron's development plans in closer alignment with Intel technology.
4.	What chills Wi-Fi hot spots
5.	W3C to study patent's threat to HTML. With a patent threat looming over the Web's de facto standard browser, the Worldwide Web Consortium looks to evaluate the implications for the Web's standard markup language.
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6.	T-Mobile Plays Nokia's Games (PC World). PC World - Mobile phone operator will offer N-Gage wireless game console.
7.	Nintendo Cuts GameCube Price to $99.99 (AP). AP - Nintendo of America said Wednesday it will slash the price of its GameCube video-game console to $99.99 to jump-start sales in North America, where the company lags behind competitors Sony Computer Entertainment of America and Microsoft Corp.
8.	Investors Buy Red Herring Web, Mag Rights (AP). AP - Red Herring, a respected business magazine that rose and then fell with the Internet boom, is coming back to life — slowly.

10:22:56 PM

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1.	Tech Gurus Showcase New Wireless Products (AP). AP - Some three dozen products were introduced at the DEMOmobile technology show last week, including a device that can save people time waiting by sending notifications by phone, e-mail or text message when a repairman arrives at the user's home.
2.	California bans e-mail spam with threat of one million dollar fines (AFP). AFP - Spam-weary e-mail users in California breathed a sigh of relief after the trailblazing US state banned junk mail and slapped fines of up to one million dollars on offenders.

9:22:36 PM

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1.	Red Herring to resurrect Web site
2.	VoIP gets a hand over network chasm. A telephone industry group settles on a standard way to help Internet-based phone calls travel between contemporary and century-old telephone networks.
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3.	Japanese game giant Nintendo slashes US price of ailing GameCube (AFP). AFP - Japanese game giant Nintendo announced it is slashing the price of its GameCube home game console in the United States in an attempt to boost sagging sales.
4.	Microsoft Closes Some Chat Services, Raises Concern (Reuters). Reuters - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O) said on Wednesday it would shut down its Internet chat rooms in 28 countries in order to kick out spammers and sex predators, shutting down one of the few free Internet services offered by the world's largest software company.
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5.	Reliance On MS A Danger To National Security
6.	Kazaa Sues Record Labels
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7.	i2 expands India staff for SCM customization. BANGALORE, INDIA - As its customers increasingly demand customization of packaged software to tune it to their own particular processes, i2 Technologies Inc., a Dallas-based vendor of supply chain management (SCM) software, is increasing the number of staff at its operations in India.
8.	HP to indemnify Linux clients against SCO. Customers who buy Linux from Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) can worry a little less about The SCO Group Inc.'s threats of lawsuits.
9.	States protest congressional Internet tax ban. WASHINGTON - A piece of congressional legislation intended to ban taxes unique to the Internet could end up exempting many telecommunications services from state and local taxes, costing states billions of dollars a year, according to a group representing 45 state governments. ADVERTISEMENT: EnterpriseSoftwareHQ: Management Software - Free software research at EnterpriseSoftware\|HQ, headquarters for buyers and sellers of enterprise software. Quickly investigate hundreds of today's top vendors, create a short list, and even send RFPs - all in a fraction of the usual time!
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10.	California bans all spam e-mail. Law sets up an "opt-in" requirement

8:22:25 PM

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1.	Dell: Home is where the PC is. Michael Dell argues that the PC should be the center of entertainment in the home, but how is his company planning to realize that vision?
2.	Reuters links with Lotus for IM
3.	Microsoft drops BellSouth DSL deal. The software giant is ending a two-year-old broadband access deal with BellSouth, as it continues to reposition its MSN service for the high-speed Internet.
4.	Lycos critical of MSN chat room closure. A Lycos executive says that chat is here to stay and greater investment could lead to a safer online environment.
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5.	Lawmakers at Odds Over Internet Taxes (AP). AP - State and federal lawmakers agree that Internet access should remain tax-free, but state officials said Wednesday a recently passed bill could have the unintentional effect of freeing the telecommunications industry from virtually all taxes.
6.	Dell CEO Eyes Music, Movies Content Deals (Reuters). Reuters - Dell Inc. (DELL.O) Chief Executive Michael Dell said on Wednesday that it has been talking to media companies in order to make it easier to listen to music and watch video on their PCs.
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7.	BeOS Max Edition v3.0 Released
8.	The Bionic Office
9.	New Anti-Swap CDs Hit Shelves
10.	Home-brewing a 1.2TB IDE to Firewire Monster
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11.	system.verbs.builtins.tcp.getMail changed on Wed, 24 Sep 2003 22:32:25 GMT: New optional parameter, adrDeleteCallback. If deleteMessages is false, then this callback is called with the address of each message table. If the callback returns true, then the message is deleted from the server -- if false, then the message is not deleted.
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12.	Chatroom move 'irresponsible'. Child safety campaigners welcome MSN plans to close its free chatrooms, but rivals and net experts attack the move.
13.	Electronic paper prepares for video. Flexible paper-like computer displays fast enough to show moving colour video images are being developed by Philips.

7:22:07 PM

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1.	IBM, JBoss eye new Java plan. Big Blue and open-source Java software company JBoss Group are mulling a Java standardization effort aimed at countering the growing popularity of Microsoft's C# language.
2.	New chip device speeds up disk drives. Marvell Semiconductor shows off samples of a chip system that allows data to be transferred at double the rate of the current Serial ATA interface.
3.	Lawson checks into hospital software. The software company says it's buying a supplier of hospital applications in a move to further concentrate on the health care industry.
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4.	Study Warns Canada Should Stop Internet Drug Trade (Reuters). Reuters - The supply of brand-name drugs for Canadian patients could dry up if the government does not take steps to stop sales of cheaper medicines from Canada to the United States, a study said on Wednesday.
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5.	Seagate pops Lindows onto hard drives at no charge. Whitebox delight
6.	AMD-hosted WLAN used to infect security hack's PC. So that's what a firewall's for...

6:21:48 PM

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1.	Services sector buoys Web-ad spending. Business and consumer services led an increase in spending on online ads, demonstrating that the Net is capturing the attention of traditional advertisers, a study says.
2.	Virus strikes State Department. A computer virus hits the federal agency, affecting the performance of the government's IT system that manages visa approvals, according to published reports.
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3.	Music Industry May Have Sued Wrong Person (AP). AP - In a possible case of mistaken identity, the recording industry has withdrawn a lawsuit against a 66-year-old sculptor who claims never to have even downloaded song-sharing software, let alone used it.
4.	AMD 64-Bit Computers Shine (AP). AP - Microprocessors that handle data in 64-bit rather than 32-bit chunks are billed as the next big leap for personal computers — a development so tremendous that it will re-ignite the industry's sales, boost profits and open new, exciting markets.
5.	Reliance on Microsoft Called Risk to U.S. Security (Reuters). Reuters - Computer security experts issued a joint report on Wednesday saying that the ubiquitous reach of Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT.O) software on desktops worldwide has made computer networks a national security risk susceptible to "massive, cascading failures."
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6.	IBM rolls out grid apps. Trying to further fuel its momentum in the grid computing market, IBM on Wednesday rolled out two new offerings aimed at the banking and financial markets and announced a handful of new grid projects among both commercial and scientific institutions.
7.	Via to ship smallest PC processor. TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwanese chip vendor Via Technologies Inc. will begin shipping its smallest PC processor and motherboard before the end of the year, according to the company's chief executive officer.
8.	AMD's Athlon 64 seen in short supply. TAIPEI, Taiwan -- If you're looking to buy a PC based on Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s 64-bit Athlon 64 processor you may have to wait. Despite a high-profile launch Tuesday, the processor is in short supply and volume shipments of PCs based on the chip are not expected until next year, according to companies at the Computex exhibition here.
9.	Update: European Parliament votes to limit scope of software patents. BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The European Parliament voted in favor of a law that goes some way toward limiting the scope for patents on software programs Wednesday.
10.	AppForge adds support for Series 60, Palm OS5. AppForge launched a new version of its Visual Basic development tool this week that includes support for Palm's OS 5 and for Nokia Series 60 mobile phones.
11.	Report: Widespread use of Microsoft poses security risk. Whatever Microsoft's strengths or failings as a developer of reliable software, the mere existence of an operating system monopoly is a critical security risk, argues a new report released Wednesday at a Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) gathering in Washington, D.C.
12.	U.S. immigration system hit by virus. The U.S. Department of State struggled Tuesday to quell an outbreak of the W32.Welchia Internet worm on the department's computer systems.
13.	Chip vendors prepare for 90 nanometer era. The 40-nanometer gap that semiconductor manufacturers are preparing to leap is only as wide as a sliver of a human hair. Years of research and millions of dollars have been spent on equipment and techniques that will enable companies to pack even more transistors onto a silicon chip, or reduce the size of powerful processors.
14.	FTC settles with VeriSign over domain transfers. In a settlement with U.S. regulators, VeriSign Inc. has agreed to abstain from marketing practices that allegedly tricked consumers into transferring domain names to its Network Solutions business.
15.	California bans all spam e-mail. California took a tough stand against spam e-mail on Wednesday after Governor Gray Davis signed a law prohibiting anyone from sending unsolicited commercial e-mail advertisements to a California e-mail address.
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16.	Tundra out to buy PowerPC product lines off Motorola. Negotiations underway

5:21:30 PM

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1.	Makers of Kazaa Are Suing Record Labels. Turning the tables on record labels, makers of the most popular Internet song-swapping network are suing entertainment companies for copyright infringement. By The Associated Press.
2.	Nintendo Slashes U.S. Price of GameCube. Japanese video game company Nintendo today cut the U.S. price of its flagging GameCube game console by a third as it looks to build momentum for the holiday season. By Reuters.
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3.	Japanese favoritism from Microsoft?
4.	The future of instant messaging. Reuters' IM boss David Gurle says instant messaging could turn MSN, Yahoo and AOL into the equivalent of phone companies.
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5.	IBM asks court to dismiss cancer lawsuit (FT.com). FT.com - Chipmakers will be watching International Business Machines on Friday as Big Blue asks a US judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging the computer company knew its employees were dying of cancer at higher than average rates.
6.	HP Will Indemnify Linux Users (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - Hewlett Packard will offer indemnification to its Linux customers against potential legal claims by the SCO Group, becoming the first vendor to offer such legal protection.
7.	Nintendo Slashes U.S. Price of GameCube (Reuters). Reuters - Japanese video game company Nintendo Co. Ltd. (7974.OS) on Wednesday cut the U.S. price of its flagging GameCube game console by a third as it looks to build momentum for the crucial holiday season.
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8.	Virus takes out US visa-checking system for nine hours. Welchia worm implicated in snafu
9.	Kazaa sues RIAA for copyright infringement. Dog bites pigopolist (cont'd)
10.	Nokia 3650 carries US users out of the dark age. Reg reporter upgraded
11.	Sun gets behind Athlon 64 with Linux OS. Intel warriors unite
12.	New Palm Tungstens debut on Web. Reseller lets slip specs, pics

4:21:06 PM

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1.	Study says hardware spending is up. Standard & Poor's says there are early signs of growth in information technology spending and predicts Dell, Apple, IBM and Hewlett-Packard will be early beneficiaries.
2.	Sophos snaps up spam fighter ActiveState. The $23 million deal gives the software company stronger footing in the increasingly crucial antivirus and antispam markets.
3.	IBM inks grid computing deals. Big Blue, one of the loudest advocates of pooling computing resources with grid technology, secures a half-dozen new customers.
4.	RIAA's case of mistaken identity?. Record labels' attorneys withdraw their first file-swapping suit after an apparent mix-up in Net identification.
5.	Acrobat add-on targets regulatory files
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6.	Music Industry May Have Sued Wrong Person (AP). AP - In a possible case of mistaken identity, the recording industry has withdrawn a lawsuit against a 66-year-old sculptor who claims never to have even downloaded song-sharing software, let alone used it.
7.	HP to protect its Linux users against SCO action (FT.com). FT.com - Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday became the first major computer maker to announce it would indemnify its Linux customers against potential legal action by SCO, the software group that filed a controversial copyright infringement suit against International Business Machines.
8.	Report calls Microsoft dominance national security risk (AFP). AFP - The dominance of Microsoft in personal computer software leaves critical networks vulnerable to attack from viruses and hackers, according to a report by security experts.
9.	Kazaa's Writers Launch Web Phone Service (AP). AP - The software developers who wrote file-swapping legend Kazaa are taking the concept of peer-to-peer sharing to telecommunications, launching an Internet phone service they claim could put traditional phone companies out of business.
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10.	HP Clarifies Indemnification Offer For Linux Users
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11.	MS bans mag cover discs for updates, blames Sun. Nasty lawyers made us do it, honest...

3:20:46 PM

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1.	Virus strikes State Department. A computer virus hits the federal department, affecting the performance of the government's IT system that manages visa approvals, according to published reports.
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2.	Sun: More PC Makers to Sell Machines with Java (Reuters). Reuters - Network computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc.(SUNW.O) said on Tuesday that PC makers including Acer Inc., Gateway Inc. and Toshiba will start selling laptop and notebook personal computers loaded with the latest Sun Java software.
3.	Nintendo Slashes U.S. Price of GameCube (Reuters). Reuters - Japanese video game company Nintendo Co. Ltd. (7974.OS) on Wednesday cut the U.S. price of its flagging GameCube game console by a third as it looks to build momentum for the crucial holiday season.
4.	Two Admit to Plot To Pad Revenue In Deals With AOL (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - Two executives of a defunct Las Vegas software company pleaded guilty yesterday in a scheme to inflate revenue through a series of deals with America Online and agreed to cooperate in a related probe of the Internet giant, according to government officials and court documents.
5.	U.S. Court Blocks Anti-Telemarketing List (Reuters). Reuters - A federal court in Oklahoma has blocked the national "do not call" list that would allow consumers to stop most unwanted telephone sales calls, one week before it was due to take effect.
6.	New E-Paper Could Show Moving Images Too (Reuters). Reuters - Even before the electronic ink has dried on the e-page, a new generation of electronic paper may soon be able to bring a moving image to a foldable screen near you, according to scientists in the Netherlands.
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7.	Anti-Spammers DDoSed Out Of Existence
8.	U.S. Court Blocks Anti-Telemarketing List
9.	Socionomics: the Science of History and Social Prediction
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10.	Palm returns to the source. Could those handy personal digital assistant really find a new home inside the smartphones of the future?

2:20:27 PM

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1.	Digital devices spark storage growth. Hard drive shipments for consumer electronics devices are set to escalate, as consumer demand to store favorite TV shows and films heats up.
2.	HP outlines Linux indemnity plan. The company announces details of its plan to take on legal liability for Linux customers in lawsuits filed by the SCO Group.
3.	Nintendo cuts GameCube price. The Japanese video game giant drops the price of its home console to $99 in time for the holidays. Does the move signal a shorter life cycle for the machine?
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4.	HP to Indemnify Customers on Use of Linux (Reuters). Reuters - Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ.N) on Wednesday said it would indemnify its customers who use the Linux operating system against potential legal troubles stemming from SCO Group Inc.'s ongoing lawsuit against International Business Machines Corp. alleging copyright infringement.
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5.	Tories' anti-fees text prize draw. The Conservatives offer a year's university tuition fees in a text message contest to mark their plan to scrap fees.
6.	Lloyds TSB e-mail scam alert. The UK bank warns customers about bogus e-mails, as it becomes the latest target of online fraudsters.
7.	Microsoft chat move 'irresponsible'. Child safety campaigners welcome MSN plans to close its free chatrooms, but rivals and net experts attack the move.
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8.	European Parliament castrates software patent regs. Big Biz 0 - 1 Penguinistas (HT)
9.	HP offers Linux users SCO protection. Stand by your man

1:20:08 PM

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1.	Virus strikes State Department. A computer virus hits the federal department, affecting the performance of the government's IT system that manages visa approvals, according to published reports.
2.	Infineon unveils new Fibre Channel transceiver
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3.	Sun researchers tout breakthrough (SiliconValley.com). SiliconValley.com - Sun Microsystems researchers say they have pioneered a technique that could dramatically speed up the transmission of data between chips, making it possible to create much faster and smaller supercomputers.
4.	Personal Computers Get High-End Chips (AP). AP - After years of following Intel Corp.'s lead, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. changed course Tuesday and launched a line of personal computer processors with features typically found only in high-end computers and servers.
5.	AOL's Perfect Storm (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - Time Warner can't distance itself from America Online fast enough.
6.	Israelis Send Text Prayers to Western Wall (Reuters). Reuters - Jews too lazy or busy to visit Jerusalem's Western Wall are sending their prayers by mobile phone text message to a rabbi who places a printed copy in the holy site's stone crevasses.
7.	U.S. Court Blocks Anti-Telemarketing List (Reuters). Reuters - A U.S. court in Oklahoma has blocked the national "do not call" list that would allow consumers to stop most unwanted telephone sales calls, the Direct Marketing Association said on Wednesday.
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8.	RIAA Sues the Wrong Person
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9.	Lloyds TSB e-mail scam alert. Lloyds TSB is warning customers to watch out for bogus e-mails, as it becomes the latest UK bank targeted by online fraudsters.
10.	Microsoft critics debate chat closures. Child safety campaigners welcome MSN plans to close down its free chatrooms, but rivals call the move "irresponsible".
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11.	Sophos buys antispam vendor ActiveState for $23 million. Sophos will merge ActiveState's PureMessage gateway mail product with its own MailMonitor
12.	Symantec buys storage company PowerQuest. Symantec to integrate PowerQuest technology into its Active State Management software
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13.	Palm, Symbian and Windows apps to spread from Visual Basic source. MobileVB 4
14.	GeoTrust takes on VeriSign for Euro -certs business. Opens UK office
15.	So why is MSN Israel keeping its chatrooms open?. Not just about protecting children
16.	MSN chat stand is 'nothing short of reckless' - Freeserve. 'PR coup...'
17.	MSN Chat: It's the child protection lobby wot's to blame - LINX. 'Knee-jerk calls'

12:19:47 PM

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1.	Symantec buys storage software maker. The security software maker expands its disaster recovery portfolio with the acquisition of PowerQuest, which sells storage management applications.
2.	Behind Microsoft's latest PR blitz. Jon Oltsik says that instead of conducting a charm offensive to still critics, Microsoft should rethink the way it writes, tests and packages its code.
3.	PurchasePro execs plead guilty. Two senior executives from now-defunct PurchasePro.com have pleaded guilty to corporate fraud, according to the Justice Department.
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4.	IBM, Oracle, HP Line Up More Grid Sales (Investor's Business Daily). Investor's Business Daily - Academic and scientific researchers have used grid computing for years. By pooling the power of many computers into a grid, they can do complex calculations without having to use costly supercomputers.
5.	Microsoft to shut down chat rooms in fight against child abuse (AFP). AFP - Microsoft is to shut down Internet chatrooms around the world out of fear they are being abused by paedophiles seeking access to children, the software giant announced.
6.	T-Mobile Plays Nokia's Games (PC World). PC World - Mobile phone operator will offer N-Gage wireless game console.
7.	Survey: Computers Fail at Half of All Firms Yearly (Reuters). Reuters - Companies have a 50-50 chance every year of their key computer systems failing for more than two hours, but there is little risk that their data will be lost forever, security and risk specialists said on Wednesday.
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8.	EU Parliament Approves Software Patents
9.	Virus Knocks Out U.S. Visa Approval System
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10.	BSkyB chief Tony Ball quits. Tony Ball, chief executive of broadcaster BSkyB, is to step down from his post, it is announced.

11:19:28 AM

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1.	RIAA withdraws $300m lawsuit against innocent pensioner. 'Mistaken identity' - and they're not sorry

10:19:06 AM

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1.	Tech Gurus Showcase New Wireless Products (AP). AP - Some three dozen products were introduced at the DEMOmobile technology show last week, including a device that can save people time waiting by sending notifications by phone, e-mail or text message when a repairman arrives at the user's home.
2.	Calif. Enacts Toughest Anti-Spam Bill (AP). AP - California will prohibit Internet advertisers from sending unsolicited e-mails under the toughest law of its kind in the nation, providing for fines up to $1 million.
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3.	MSN Cuts Unmonitored Chatrooms Around the Globe
4.	HP Offers Linux Purchasers Indemnification
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5.	Lloyds TSB e-mail scam alert. Lloyds TSB is warning its customers to watch out for bogus e-mails, as it becomes the latest UK bank to be targeted by online fraudsters.
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6.	Northants villages set up own BB network. Hip, hip...
7.	Sophos buys ActiveState. Anti spam gig
8.	Apple recalls OS update. My Mac isn't working anymore...
9.	Help! I wanna leave AOL and can't find my way out. FTC comes calling
10.	A back door to Poindexter's Orwellian dream. Monster miscreant database now in state hands

9:18:47 AM

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1.	Report: Microsoft dominance poses security risk. A paper written by three security researchers and funded by an organization critical of Microsoft argues that the giant's dominance in key software technologies threatens national infrastructure.
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2.	Oracle e-mail product gets BlackBerry support. Oracle Corp. has partnered with a small Canadian software company to allow users of its Oracle Collaboration Suite e-mail product to access their mail on BlackBerry handhelds.
3.	Congress questions database protection proposal. Draft legislation that would strengthen some copyright-like protections on the contents of commercial databases met with skepticism from members of two U.S. House subcommittees Tuesday, despite proponents saying creators of databases need more protection against competitors pilfering the information after all the hard work has been done. 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.

8:18:27 AM

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1.	HP to Protect Customers From Linux Claims (AP). AP - Clearing a legal cloud around the Linux operating system, computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. says it will protect its customers from the SCO Group Inc.'s intellectual property claims if the software is running on HP equipment.
2.	Nvidia launches first chip for handheld gadgets (USATODAY.com). USATODAY.com - Chip designer Nvidia launched its first graphics chip for handheld devices on Tuesday, taking advantage of a recent acquisition to tap the burgeoning market for mobile phones with built-in cameras.
3.	Two Admit to Plot To Pad Revenue In Deals With AOL (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - Two executives of a defunct Las Vegas software company pleaded guilty yesterday in a scheme to inflate revenue through a series of deals with America Online and agreed to cooperate in a related probe of the Internet giant, according to government officials and court documents.
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4.	Sell-offs narrow Vivendi losses. Vivendi Universal, the French media group that has been forced to dispose of most of its empire, shows signs of improvement.
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5.	Atos Origin: tough turnaround for Sema. Digestif
6.	RIAA pushes ahead with suits, sues iMesh, stirs up Senate. Busy bunnies
7.	Skype: putting the hype in VoIP. KaZaA founders target telephony
8.	Sex and the City, Google-style. Location, location, location
9.	On mobile phones and spam. Over complicated minds
10.	Opera releases 7.20 browser for Windows. Linux RSN...

7:18:06 AM

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1.	Acer Laptop Sales to Boom from Fourth Quarter (Reuters). Reuters - Taiwan's largest personal computer firm, Acer Inc, said on Wednesday notebook PC shipments would rise as much as 40 percent in the fourth quarter, with similar growth next year as global demand picked up.
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2.	Multi-core Athlon 64s 'inevitable' - AMD. Update Cores célèbre
3.	Kids targeted in mobile phone theft lesson. You better learn this
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4.	NASA Safety Panel Members Resign. All nine experts on a NASA space safety advisory panel step down in the wake of sharp criticism concerning the Columbia tragedy.
5.	Fliers File Suit Against JetBlue. Passengers are filing a class-action lawsuit against JetBlue Airways for fraudulent misrepresentation, breach of contract and invasion of privacy. Meanwhile, the FTC reviews a privacy group's formal complaint against the airline.
6.	Definitions Impede Stem-Cell Work. Researchers thought they found a way around the embryonic stem-cell controversy by using a technique that doesn't use embryos. They thought wrong. By Kristen Philipkoski.
7.	Microsoft to Shut Down Chat Rooms. Citing concerns about pedophiles and spam peddlers, the company plans to eliminate unmoderated MSN forums in more than two dozen countries. U.S. chat rooms will remain open, but only to subscribers.
8.	Low Rates and Bankruptcy for All. Irrational exuberance in the late '90s led to the excess of network capacity today. The result: a finanical crisis for telcos and rock-bottom prices for customers. By J. Bradford DeLong from Wired magazine.
9.	'Push-to-Talk' Spreading Fast. Legislators trying to ban cell-phone use in cars and other places will soon have something else to gripe about: walkie-talkie chatting on cell phones. The new service is expected to be a hit. By Elisa Batista.
10.	A Bleak Peek at Hard Time. Think inmates in maximum-security prisons loll around their cells all day reading magazines and watching TV? These virtual tours are for you. By Julia Scheeres.
11.	Will You Need AMD When It's 64?. Advanced Micro Devices joins Apple Computer at a flashy marketing event to hype the 64-bit desktop business. The move to advanced machines is upon us. Leander Kahney reports from San Francisco.
12.	Pop-Up Scam Beats AOL Filter. Annoying pop-up ads aren't AOL users' biggest problem. Scammers take advantage of the Windows Messenger feature and a hole in AOL's blocking software to try for users' identities. By Brian McWilliams.

6:17:46 AM

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1.	Tritton Makes Online Sharing Simpler (PC World). PC World - All-in-one-device acts as a router and file server--and offers 120GB of storage, accessible remotely.
2.	Calif. Enacts Toughest Anti-Spam Bill (AP). AP - California will prohibit Internet advertisers from sending unsolicited e-mails under the toughest law of its kind in the nation, providing for fines up to $1 million.
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3.	Palm returns to the source. Could those handy personal digital assistant really find a new home inside the smartphone?
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4.	Multi-core Athlons 'inevitable' - AMD. Update Cores célèbre

5:17:27 AM

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1.	Microsoft Launches Beta Of Windows XP For 64-bit AMD Chips (TechWeb). TechWeb - The OS supports the Athlon desktop and Opteron on workstations and server; the final version will be released in the first half of 2004.
2.	Open Source JBoss Group Joins Java Community Process (TechWeb). TechWeb - Membership will give JBoss a voice in the Java development process. JBoss makes an open source application server it claims is J2EE compatible; the company has frequently been at odds with Java creator Sun Microsystems.
3.	Camera Phone Boom a Pretty Picture for Lens Makers (Reuters). Reuters - Snappy demand for digital cameras and camera phones is making optical lenses a sure shot for producers and investors.
4.	Sony to Sell Tiny Digital Tuner Chip for Mobiles (Reuters). Reuters - Consumer electronics maker Sony Corp said on Wednesday it planned to ship in December samples of a mini digital broadcast tuner module that would enable mobile phones to act as televisions.
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1.	State Department Computers Hit by Virus. The State Department's electronic system for checking every visa applicant for terrorist or criminal history failed worldwide late Tuesday because of a computer virus, leaving the U.S. government unable to issue visas. By The Associated Press.
2.	California Is Set to Ban Spam. Gov. Gray Davis of California has agreed to sign into law a bill that outlaws sending most commercial e-mail not requested by the recipient to anyone in the state. By Saul Hansell.
3.	Cameras Watching Students, Especially in Biloxi. Fears of violence have spurred a trend to outfit public schools with the same surveillance cameras used in Wal-Marts to catch thieves. By Sam Dillon.
4.	States Join in Building Terror Database. A far-reaching database to combat terrorism is quietly taking shape with the participation of more than a dozen states -- and $12 million in federal funds. By The Associated Press.
5.	Microsoft to Support 64-Bit Chips. Microsoft unveiled a version of its Windows XP operating system for the new Athlon 64 processor and said the system would also work with a 64-bit desktop chip from Intel if the company develops one. By Reuters.
6.	Technology Briefing: Telecommunications. TEXAS INSTRUMENTS SUES QUALCOMM;.
7.	Technology Briefing: Software. SYMANTEC TO BUY POWERQUEST FOR $150 MILLION; ORACLE AND ENERGY DEPT. INCREASE SOFTWARE SECURITY;.
8.	Guilty Pleas in Securities Case Widen AOL Inquiry. The Justice Department said that two senior executives of the now-defunct online commerce company PurchasePro have pleaded guilty to violating securities laws. By David D. Kirkpatrick.
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9.	Texas Company Benefits From Work for Dean (AP). AP - A Texas software company is counting on Howard Dean's presidential bid to lift it from obscurity in the tough niche industry of raising money for organizations over the Internet.
10.	Spammers, Pedophiles Force Microsoft to Quit Chat (Reuters). Reuters - Microsoft Corp. announced on Wednesday it would shut down its Internet chat rooms in 28 countries, saying the forums had become a haven for peddlers of junk e-mail and sex predators.
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11.	Is There An OS On My Hard Drive?
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12.	MSN shuts down its chatrooms. Microsoft's internet service, MSN, is closing all its free, unsupervised chatrooms due to concerns about child safety.

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1.	Computex unshaken by SARS. The big Taiwanese show was delayed three months from its usual June time slot by the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome. Even so, attendance is up.
2.	Chips rule at Taiwan show. Postponed by the SARS outbreak earlier this year, the Computex trade show finally gets under way in Taipei with chipmakers in the lead.
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3.	H-P to Protect Clients Against Potential Linux Suits (Dow Jones). Dow Jones - Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE:HPQ - News) , one of the biggest backers of the Linux operating system, plans to indemnify its Linux customers against any potential legal actions by SCO Group Inc. (NasdaqSC:SCOX - News) , in the latest shot in an industry battle over the popular software, Wednesday's Wall Street Journal reported.
4.	MSN to Limit Chat Service in Most Markets (AP). AP - Microsoft Corp. is shutting down Internet chat services in most of its markets around the world and limiting the service in the United States to help reduce criminal solicitations of children through online discussions.
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5.	Smart Sofa Recognizes Occupants by Weight

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1.	HP to indemnify Linux customers. The company plans to announce later this week that it will indemnify its Linux customers against potential legal actions by SCO Group.
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2.	Security Report Puts Blame on Microsoft (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - Viruses, worms and other cyber-attacks that are crippling computers with increasing frequency cannot be stopped as long as the software of one company -- Microsoft Corp. -- dominates computing, according to a paper prepared by corporate technology officers and researchers.
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3.	China online dissident 'charged'. A Chinese man is charged with subversion for voicing his views on the internet, a human rights group says.

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1.	IBM inks grid computing deals. One of the loudest advocates of pooling computing resources with grid technology, Big Blue secures a half-dozen new customers.
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2.	Two Admit to Plot To Pad Revenue In Deals With AOL (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - Two executives of a defunct Las Vegas software company pleaded guilty yesterday in a scheme to inflate revenue through a series of deals with America Online and agreed to cooperate in a related probe of the Internet giant, according to government officials and court documents.
3.	MSN to Limit Chat Service in Most Markets (AP). AP - Microsoft Corp. is shutting down Internet chat services in most of its markets around the world and limiting the service in the United States to help reduce criminal solicitations of children through online discussions.
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4.	BEA says deployments on HP up 31 percent. The tighter relationship between computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. and software vendor BEA Systems Inc. is beginning to show results. Executives from BEA revealed this week that the share of new BEA software deployed on hardware sold by HP has jumped by 31 percentage points in the last year.
5.	India blocks a Yahoo site. BANGALORE, INDIA - India's Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued orders to ISPs (Internet Service Providers) in the country to block the url (uniform resource locator) http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/kynhun, according to a government statement Monday. ADVERTISEMENT: AT&T-Cisco Portal Examines IP VPN Services. - The IP VPN Portal from AT&T and Cisco Systems features numerous resources and tools, including a Webcast on how to increase productivity, lower costs and extend the power of your network.

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