Gregg Doherty's Radio Weblog

Friday, September 26, 2003

11:37:45 PM

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1.	The rest of the Cinema HDs arrived at the office. We also got a NetBAY Local Console Manager KVM; I'm a little disappointed by its C2T support, since the entire C2T chain appears as one machine in the KVM menu.
2.	The Inquirer: Pentium V will launch with 64-bit Windows Elements. This sounds pretty bogus. I am betting that Prescott, not Tejas will be the first Pentium 5 since it has new instructions. The idea of a separate die containing "64-bit extensions" is ridiculous to anyone familiar with silicon. (Although there was that whole 486SX thing...)
3.	Fedora Core test 2 "Severn" was released along with a new trademark policy that ought to put Cheapbytes and friends back in business.
4.	Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Will Help Bring High-Speed Networking to Households. The "100x100" project will provide 100Mbps to some lucky beta testers' homes.
5.	The Register: WiMax: weapon or threat as wired carriers lose to wireless?
6.	Rob von Behren, Jeremy Condit, Feng Zhou, George C. Necula, and Eric Brewer: Capriccio: Scalable Threads for Internet Services. This looks very similar to the previously-mentioned ServLib.
7.	Sanjay Ghemawat, Howard Gobioff, and Shun-Tak Leung: The Google File System. Those crazy scientists; you ask them to build a search engine and they throw in a scalable cluster filesystem for free.

10:07:23 PM

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1.	Week in review: Home electronics hype. Dell is the latest computer maker to jump into the home electronics business, setting the stage for a Battle Royale among PC makers and consumer electronics companies this holiday season.
2.	Suit filed over VeriSign domain redirect. The company is facing a class-action lawsuit over its controversial "SiteFinder" search page. Critics say the redirect service interferes with other Net applications.
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3.	N.J. Man Gets Probation, Fine for Copying 'Hulk' (Reuters). Reuters - A New Jersey man who pleaded guilty to illegally copying and posting a digital version of summer action movie "The Hulk" on the Internet received a three-year probation and was fined, movie studio Universal Pictures said on Friday.
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4.	Bluetooth for Homebrew Robots?
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5.	The rest of the Cinema HDs arrived at the office.
6.	OSAF released Chandler 0.2 but Glow 0.2 has slipped by 2 months.

9:37:18 PM

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1.	Kazaa Slams RIAA for Copyright Infringement (PC World). PC World - Company says entertainment group used its software illegally to identify downloaders.
2.	Microsoft Browser Holes Lead to AIM, Dial-Up Attacks (Reuters). Reuters - Security holes in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser have been exploited by hackers to hijack AOL instant messaging accounts and force unsuspecting Web surfers to run up massive phone bills, computer experts cautioned on Friday.
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3.	Massachusetts Adopts Open Standards Strategy
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4.	Juvenile arrested for creating Blaster variant. Involvement in RPCSDBOT variant is alleged

8:37:03 PM

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1.	Automated search ads can boomerang. A Google customer is taking the search engine to task over a kiddie porn defense attorney's marketing pitch, in the latest example of the pitfalls of online advertising.
2.	Feds nab second suspect in worm attacks. The U.S. Department of Justice announces that a juvenile had been arrested in connection with the release of a computer worm that spread in the same way as the MSBlast worm.
3.	Court approves sale of NextWave licenses. A bankruptcy court clears the way for Cingular Wireless to pay $1.4 billion for a large swath of spectrum from NextWave Telecom.
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4.	IBM Asks Court to Dismiss Cancer Suit (Reuters). Reuters - International Business Machines Corp.(IBM.N) on Friday asked a California judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by four cancer-striken former employees who say the company knowingly subjected them to carcinogenic chemicals in their work making disk drives.
5.	Juvenile Arrested in Computer Worm Case (AP). AP - Investigators have arrested a juvenile in connection with the release of a variant of the "Blaster" computer worm, which crippled thousands of computers worldwide last month.
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6.	Amazon to Take on Google?
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7.	IBM urges dismissal of suit filed by ill former workers. A lawsuit alleging that IBM overlooked higher-than-usual incidences of cancer among workers at its manufacturing facilities should be dismissed, the company argued Friday in the Superior Court of California for the County of Santa Clara in San Jose.
8.	Worms sent via IM pose serious, growing threat. Virulent new worms that exploit vulnerable instant messaging (IM) clients and could infect hundreds of thousands of computers in seconds are a real threat for Internet users worldwide, according to security researchers from Symantec.
9.	Yahoo upgrade disrupts Trillian IM software. Steps taken by Yahoo to safeguard its Yahoo Messenger instant messaging (IM) service from spammers are also disrupting the legitimate use of the popular Trillian application, a problem that had been foreshadowed in recent weeks. Trillian is an application made by Cerulean Studios that lets end users manage multiple IM accounts from a single IM console in their PCs.
10.	Senator: Internet tax ban should pass. WASHINGTON - Lingering concerns over a ban on Internet-unique taxes should not stop the legislation from being passed in the U.S. Congress, a senator said Friday at an Internet taxation forum.
11.	Emerging technologies grab MIT spotlight. A handful of somewhat futuristic technologies manifested themselves during discussions at the Emerging Technologies Conference last week at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass.
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12.	Worms sent via IM pose serious, growing threat. Researchers at conference stress vulnerabilities
13.	Yahoo upgrade disrupts Trillian IM software. Management application impeded
14.	Permissions on the edge. The way out of the digital rights tangle: Trust but verify
15.	NetIntercept 2.0 delivers deep-data scrutiny for less. Networks forensics package ambitiously analyzes, stores network data

7:36:45 PM

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1.	Sequence of Events During Columbia Mission
2.	States Push for Net Sales Taxes
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3.	RFID ripples through software industry. Big name vendors including Sun, SAP, Oracle, and IBM have caught the RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) buzz. Spurred in part by a WalMart edict that requires suppliers to tag all shipping cases and palettes with RFID by 2006, the vendors are rewriting their enterprise applications to integrate RFID data.
4.	Segway issues recall on human transporter. BOSTON - Segway LLC has issued a voluntary recall of its Human Transporter (HT) product after revealing that riders might fall from the device as the batteries are drained of power, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said Friday.
5.	SCO infringed copyright, IBM alleges in new claim. SAN FRANCISCO - IBM has escalated its legal counterattack on The SCO Group, filing new claims on Thursday in the U.S. District Court in Utah alleging that SCO has infringed IBM's copyright.

6:36:23 PM

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1.	Data-voice distinction taxes Congress
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2.	Judge Mulls Cancer Lawsuit Against IBM (AP). AP - A judge said Friday he will determine next week whether four IBM Corp. factory workers who developed rare forms of cancer can continue with their long-standing lawsuit against the technology giant.
3.	Wireless Cos. Seek Phone Number Mediation (AP). AP - Some wireless phone companies are asking the Federal Communications Commission to step in and mediate disagreements about how to implement the coming rule that customers be allowed to take their numbers with them when they switch providers.
4.	Juvenile arrested, charged in connection with Blaster virus (AFP). AFP - US authorities arrested and charged a juvenile for releasing a variant of the Blaster Internet virus that led to an attack on Microsoft computers, officials said.
5.	Seattle Juvenile Arrested for Blaster Worm Variant (Reuters). Reuters - Prosecutors in Seattle said on Friday that they had arrested a juvenile for releasing a variant of the Blaster worm that devastated computers worldwide and targeted Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT.O) computers.
6.	Segway Scooters Recalled Over Power Issue (Reuters). Reuters - All Segway electronic scooters, touted as an invention that would revolutionize human transport, were voluntarily recalled on Friday for a software upgrade because of a power problem, the company and U.S. safety regulators said.
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7.	Ransom Love, Caldera Co-Founder Interviewed

5:36:07 PM

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1.	A Conventional Recall for an Unconventional Scooter. The scooter may be the transportation of the future, but it has technical problems in the here and now. By David Stout.
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2.	Motorola's camera phone to miss holiday rush. The handset maker is late delivering camera phones to U.S. carriers. Some, like Verizon Wireless, have made other plans with rival handset makers for the holiday shopping season.
3.	IBM expands SCO countersuit. The computing giant also criticizes recent efforts to indemnify Linux users, saying such plans are of little value and go against the values of open-source software.
4.	MusicMatch, Dell to launch music stores. Internet music software company MusicMatch will jump into the digital song-selling business next week, with Dell promoting its new download service, sources familiar with the plan say.
5.	Gateway gets behind the camera. The PC maker is set to unveil a new miniature camcorder, the Gateway DV-S20 Pocket Multi-Cam, part of a wider effort to tap the consumer-electronics market.
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6.	IBM Asks Court to Dismiss Cancer Suit (Reuters). Reuters - International Business Machines Corp.(IBM.N) on Friday asked a California judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by four cancer-stricken former employees who say the company knowingly subjected them to carcinogenic chemicals in their work making disk-drives.
7.	Microsoft Critic Sacked (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - The lead author of a report that blasts Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has been sacked by the security firm he works for, which does business with the software giant.
8.	Web Changes Campaign 2004 ... And the Reporters Who Follow It (Editor and Publisher). Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK -- It seemed like any other conference call scheduled during a presidential campaign. At precisely 1 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 12, there we were, a handful of news scribes linked via cell, cordless and handheld wireless phone connections. At the appointed hour, Joe Trippi, campaign manager for Gov. Howard Dean, welcomed us to the live phone event, ready to make his pitch.
9.	Internet Typo Service Sparks Hot Debate (AP). AP - When David Fitzpatrick's software for tracking and analyzing junk e-mail didn't work correctly, the Web designer assumed he had made programming mistakes and spent hours trying to fix them.
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10.	IBM Adds SCO Counterclaim Charging Copyright Infringement
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11.	German police smash massive child porn ring. Operation Mercy
12.	Battery and assault, Segway style. I can't stand up for powering down

4:35:45 PM

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1.	Nintendo's Game Boy to go wireless. Motorola's semiconductor unit will supply chipsets for a wireless adapter for use with Nintendo's Game Boy Advance and Game Boy Advance SP.
2.	Glitch puts Segway back in the shop. About 6,000 of the high-tech scooters are being recalled, because a problem with their power could cause riders to fall off, the company says.
3.	PalmSource to aim OS at cell phones
4.	Start-up TeleSym gets more Intel dollars
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5.	IBM Files Countersuit in Linux Case (Reuters). Reuters - SCO Group Inc. (SCOX.O) damaged International Business Machines Corp.'s (IBM.N) business with its lawsuit over the rights to the Linux operating system, the world's largest computer company said in court documents obtained by Reuters on Friday.
6.	Novell Is Turning Out for Linux Parade (AP). AP - Through the 1980s, Novell Inc. was a software powerhouse, dominating the market for products that manage corporate networks and let individual computers share files and printers.
7.	U.S. Arrests Over 1,000 Child Predators Since July (Reuters). Reuters - The U.S. government has arrested more than 1,000 child predators and sex offenders since the Department of Homeland Security in July launched an operation to protect children from pornographers, Internet predators and human traffickers.
8.	Vivendi Says 'Half-Life 2' Video Game Delayed (Reuters). Reuters - Bad news for video gamers with itchy trigger fingers: alien-hunting season has been delayed.
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9.	MIT Emerging Technologies Conference
10.	Building Better Spam
11.	Review: A Fire Upon the Deep: Special Edition
12.	Recall of Segway Announced by CPSC

3:35:24 PM

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1.	Notebook maker packs hyperthreading punch. WinBook debuts a new laptop that uses Intel's hyperthreading technology, which boosts application performance by up to 30 percent.
2.	Google, Amazon in a war of search words. As Amazon.com starts to move into Web search, it finds itself fighting for top computer scientists on Google's home turf: search results.
3.	SCO suit is not 'frivolous'. The open-source community takes the SCO suit extremely seriously, because it seriously threatens a very important part of the community.
4.	PCs pick up at retail. Retail sales of desktop and notebook computers rose by 27 percent in August, a sign that the market may have turned a corner, according to the NPD Group.
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5.	Microsoft Critic Forced Out (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - A technology executive whose company does business with Microsoft Corp. has been forced out of his job after he helped write a cybersecurity report critical of the software giant, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.
6.	Dell Targets Consumers with Music Player, TV (Reuters). Reuters - Dell Inc. (DELL.O) on Thursday said it will launch a music service and other consumer electronics products before the holidays, betting it can undercut rivals and steal market share, as it did with personal computers.
7.	Video Game Makers Expand Online Games (Reuters). Reuters - Video game publishers and console makers are expanding and stepping up promotion of their online games in a move to secure future growth opportunities.
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8.	Doctor Who to return to TV - official. No longer lost in the Vortex

3:05:13 PM

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1.	BenQ aims for global reign. From an unglamorous beginning as a peripherals maker, the Taiwanese company is working methodically toward becoming a worldwide electronics giant.
2.	Microsoft hires telecom exec
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3.	German Police Smash Global Child Porn Ring (Reuters). Reuters - Police have cracked one of the biggest global child pornography networks involving some 26,500 Internet users in 166 countries, German authorities said Friday.
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4.	European security appliance sales grow 13.5%. Shifting dynamics

1:34:43 PM

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1.	Yahoo walls out Trillian. The online giant has begun blocking Trillian software from communicating with its own instant-messenging software as part of its plan to limit third parties from piggybacking on its service.
2.	NTT unit joins Linux group. A division of the Japanese telecom giant joins Linux advocacy organization OSDL and says it will further invest in the open-source operating system.
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3.	IBM Files New Claims Against SCO in Linux Case (Dow Jones). Dow Jones - BOSTON -- International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM - News) has filed new counterclaims against SCO Group Inc. (NasdaqSC:SCOX - News) in the closely watched case involving the Linux operating system, according to a memo sent to the IBM sales force.
4.	Tortoise Edges Ahead (Forbes.com). Forbes.com - David Potter, an academic and theoretical physicist by training, is also a visionary and a salesman. Over the past five years he has persuaded seven cell phone manufacturers, including archrivals Ericsson, Motorola and Nokia, to invest $300 million in building an operating system to power their most advanced phones. His pitch:Let's not let Microsoft monopolize wireless, too.
5.	Review: Office 2003--Thumbs Up (TechWeb). TechWeb - The CRN Test Center reviews Office 2003: "On the whole, Test Center engineers were very impressed with Office 2003 and recommend it highly to solution providers and their customers."
6.	Motorola Sees Delays in Camera Phones (Reuters). Reuters - Motorola Inc. (MOT.N) will not be able to supply two popular digital camera cell phone models in time to meet expected high demand in this year's U.S. holiday season, one of its biggest customers said on Friday.
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7.	TIA Project to End
8.	Doctor Who Comeback
9.	Proxy Servers Lighten Up X
10.	Nokia 7600 All-in-One Phone
11.	European Moon Mission Ready for Launch
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12.	Nokia unveils second 2G/3G phone. Nokia Corp. will begin shipping in the fourth quarter its second mobile handset that operates on both existing digital and new broadband mobile networks.
13.	Company disowns author of critical Microsoft report. Security vendor @stake Inc. has dissociated itself from a report critical of Microsoft Corp.'s OS dominance, and says that the report's instigator, former @stake Chief Technical Officer Dan Geer has left the company abruptly.
14.	NEC eyes billion-color LCD panels. Engineers at NEC Electronics Corp. have developed a new chip that should help pave the way toward more vibrant pictures from liquid crystal displays (LCDs).
15.	Stop buying from spammers, Net industry says. With an arsenal of new laws, campaigns, and technologies failing to stop spammers from sending a seemingly endless flow of unsolicited commercial e-mail, the Internet industry is finally turning to a little-acknowledged culprit to stem the tide -- consumers.
16.	Nokia reorganizes into four divisions. Finland's Nokia Corp. announced a corporate restructuring on Friday, including a shake-up of top management, in a move to strengthen its position as the world's largest mobile phone maker.
17.	Symbian, DoCoMo agreement to speed 3G handsets to market. Symbian Ltd. and NTT DoCoMo Inc. have simplified and sped up the process of bringing future 3G (third generation) handsets to market with an operator technology integrator agreement, the London company announced Friday.
18.	Siemens to launch networked digital music player. Siemens Schweiz AG, the Swiss unit of Germany's Siemens AG, has developed a pocket-size digital music player that can download songs from online music services when hooked up to a cellular telephone. ADVERTISEMENT: RFID/Smart Label Printing White Paper from Zebra - Learn about how smart labels help prevent asset loss, track shipments, and process customer transactions, and see how the technology could help your business.
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19.	Company disowns author of critical Microsoft report. @stake disassociates itself from report critical of Microsoft's OS dominance; author leaves company
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20.	Microsoft: a threat to global IT and job security?. Monoculture and the culling of the hive

12:34:25 PM

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1.	Mass. Wants to Use Linux-Type Systems (AP). AP - Massachusetts, the lone holdout state still suing Microsoft Corp. for antitrust violations, will become the first state to adopt a broad-based strategy of moving its computer systems toward open standards, including Linux, the rival operating system to Microsoft's Windows.
2.	Video Game Makers Expand Online Games (Reuters). Reuters - Video game publishers and console makers are expanding and stepping up promotion of their online games in a move to secure future growth opportunities.
3.	Philips Talks to Web Music Stores, Blocks Microsoft (Reuters). Reuters - Philips Electronics said on Friday it is talking to Internet music retailers to help them sell songs and prevent piracy, as it steps up its efforts to keep a few companies from controlling the digital world.
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4.	Broadband vital to rural economy - e-envoy. Sheep-worrying stuff

11:34:03 AM

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1.	Taiwan surges into LCD TVs. Taiwanese companies are accelerating efforts to manufacture televisions using LCD screens. "Digital TVs will be larger than our notebook business," an executive says.
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2.	Battle of the Consumer Electronics Giants (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - With Dell's announcement yesterday of a new online music store and a new line of consumer electronics products, the 2003 holiday season is setting up to be a retail showdown between the PC giant and a slew of other computer and electronics firms.
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3.	Red Hat makes money, pledges full open architecture. Further open source adventures
4.	Microsoft celebrates Longhorn 'Gold Release' early. I have seen the future - it's RTM
5.	DoCoMo goes Symbian. For next-gen 3G tech
6.	Logica to bring MMS to land lines. Fixed-line multimedia messaging

10:33:45 AM

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1.	Will IT buyers again stick out their necks?. CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says "software as a service" might yet take off, but that depends on how lucky--or how brave--IT managers feel these days.
2.	Insecure about Microsoft's security. A group of experts issues a report saying Microsoft's dominance threatens the nation's infrastructure. Now, one of the authors is out of a job.
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3.	Apple G5: Can You Feel the Power? (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - Many computer manufacturers publish statistics about how fast their machines are, and each finds a way to present their box as the most powerful. Informed consumers understand that these vendor-provided benchmarks are best taken with a grain of salt.
4.	Court to Weigh Cancer Lawsuit Against IBM (AP). AP - Former IBM employees who developed rare cancers at relatively young ages have a hearing in a San Jose courtroom Friday to determine whether a lawsuit they filed against the technology giant in 1998 finally can go forward.
5.	Nokia restructures two divisions into four to target mobile Internet (AFP). AFP - Nokia, the world's leading mobile phone maker, is to restructure its two main businesses into four to chase new growth in software and Internet applications for handsets and mobile devices.
6.	Dell to Offer TVs, Digital Music Players (AP). AP - Dell Inc. is entering the consumer electronics market with television sets, digital music players and an online music service, opening yet another front in its war with rivals Gateway Inc. and Apple Computer Inc.
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7.	IBM brings Instant Messaging to Lotus Notes. Tighter integration
8.	Red Hat makes money, promises full open architecture. Further open source adventures
9.	Microsoft celebrates Longhorn 'Gold Release' - two years early. I have seen the future - it's RTM

9:33:24 AM

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1.	Dell does the datacenter: One gray box at a time. Michael Dell is preaching again. On stage delivering a keynote at September's OracleWorld in San Francisco, he explained to the assembled masses how Dell, with the help of Oracle, will become a dominant player in the enterprise datacenter. 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.
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2.	PlusNet raises 2Mbps prices. In line with BT wholesale increases
3.	Red Hat makes money, promises full open architecture. Further open source adventures
4.	WiMax: weapon or threat as wired carriers lose to wireless?. Pressure on wired carriers
5.	UWB standards battle remains unresolved. What technology will 802.15.3a be based on?
6.	Big Issue unveils lifestyle list e-biz. Check

8:33:04 AM

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1.	IBM faces judge in suit filed by ill workers (USATODAY.com). USATODAY.com - A closely watched lawsuit against IBM reaches a critical stage Friday over claims workers were sickened or died from exposure to chemicals at an IBM plant in Silicon Valley.
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2.	Jurassic Plants Make A Comeback
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3.	Nintendo preps wireless add-on for GBA. Motorola inside
4.	PlusNet adjusts 2Mbps prices. In line with BT wholesale increases
5.	IBM brings Instant Messaging to Lotus Notes. Tighter integration
6.	Nokia launches trendiest phone yet. Reg Kit Watch 7600 debuts, dahlings

7:32:54 AM

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1.	PC Makers Tune Into TVs (PC World). PC World - Companies will move away from selling just computers, industry insider predicts.
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2.	Tundra buys PowerPC tech for $20m. Bridge building
3.	Nintendo preps wireless add-ons for GBA. Motorola inside
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4.	Pentagon Spy Office to Close. A joint congressional panel will shut down the Pentagon office that was developing a vast terrorism surveillance system and prohibit the spying tools to be used against Americans on U.S. soil. Other agencies can use the tech for foreign intelligence.
5.	Dell Jumps on Music Bandwagon. The personal computer maker says it will start a music service and sell new consumer electronics, including a digital music player and flat-panel television, before the holidays.
6.	Rats! Double Rats!. Scientists have created the first rat clone. The world may have enough rats, but the cloned variety could help scientists develop better treatments for heart disease, diabetes and neurological disorders. By Kristen Philipkoski.
7.	Legislators Take Shots at Spam. While more and more governing bodies are taking up the fight against unsolicited bulk e-mail, advocates are split on whether the laws will slow the flood. By Michelle Delio.
8.	Motorola Hooks Onto Nintendo. Motorola and Nintendo have teamed up to create a wireless adapter for the Game Boy Advance and Game Boy SP. Game Boy users will be able to play with one another wirelessly. By Elisa Batista.
9.	The Octopus as Eyewitness. A new chip mimics the way an octopus sees the world, which could let robots see better than humans in dark and murky conditions -- and give humans the chance to look at the world differently. By Michelle Delio.
10.	Apple Doin' the Logo-Motion. The world-famous Apple logo is getting a new look. Purists may not approve, but the designer of the original Apple logo, Rob Janoff, likes what he sees. By Leander Kahney.
11.	Draft-Clark Posse Feels Left Out. As the official presidential campaign for Gen. Wesley Clark rounds into shape, the folks who pushed him into the political spotlight worry that they might not have a say in how he runs. By Suneel Ratan.
12.	Congress Puts Brakes on CAPPS II. Lawmakers ground plan for an airline passenger-screening system until the General Accounting Office certifies its effectiveness and assures safeguards for innocent passengers. By Ryan Singel.

6:32:36 AM

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1.	Nintendo to Offer Wireless Playing on Gameboy (Reuters). Reuters - Japanese video game company Nintendo Co Ltd said on Friday it plans early next year to offer a device that allows GameBoy Advance users to play games together without the use of cables.
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2.	The Matrix: Revolutions Theatrical Trailer
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3.	Nigeria satellite launch delayed. The launch of Nigeria's first satellite is delayed for 24 hours due to technical concerns.
4.	UK debut for hi-tech wheelchair. A wheelchair that climbs stairs and allows users to have eye-level chats is on show in London.
5.	Turning mobiles into walkie-talkies. Short voice messages could endanger texting, as a new "push-to-talk" mobile service launches in the UK.
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6.	Nintendo braves Chinese pirates with iQue player. Consoling
7.	Manchester PC dealer refused credit licence. 'Unfit trader'

5:32:16 AM

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1.	Better Customer Tracking For Less Than The Cost of Paper Clips (TechWeb). TechWeb - OmniDox -- a document services company working with the legal profession -- chose hosted CRM software from Salesnet to manage and control the activities of its salesforce. The software not only facilitates better customer and financial tracking, but it also costs less than paper clips, a company exec said.
2.	"Samba" Open Source Server For Windows Desktops Upgraded To Enhance NT 4 Migration (TechWeb). TechWeb - Samba was upgraded to Version 3.0 on Thursday. The new version is designed to make migrating from Windows NT 4 easier, and supports Kerberos authentication, LDAP directory services, and integrates with Microsoft Active Directory. Samba is an open source project that allows Windows clients to connect to servers running Linux and other operating systems for file-sharing printing and user authentication.
3.	States, Retailers Ask Congress To Bless System To Collect Sales Taxes On Internet Purchases (TechWeb). TechWeb - State and local officials, as well as several major retailers, want Congressional permission to collect sales taxes on Internet sales.
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4.	Kodak shares dive 18%. Kodak unveils a new strategy to develop its digital photography business.
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5.	Intel pushes Centrino with One Unwired Day. Keith Richards' dream
6.	'Push to talk' poised for Europe launch. Walk the Talk
7.	mmo2 takes Blackberry into SME market. Colour me Beautiful

4:32:03 AM

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1.	Congress Shuts Pentagon Unit Over Privacy. A Pentagon office that became steeped in controversy over privacy issues and a market in terrorism futures was shut down by Congress on Thursday. By Carl Hulse.
2.	China to Launch First Manned Spacecraft. China's first manned spacecraft could be launched as early as next month and will probably contain one crew member. By The Associated Press.
3.	Technology Briefing: Hardware. TUNDRA BUYS PRODUCT LINE FROM MOTOROLA; ACTERNA SET TO LEAVE BANKRUPTCY;.
4.	Technology Briefing: Biotechnology. ABIOMED GETS APPROVAL TO SELL HEART DEVICE;.
5.	Technology Briefing: Software. I.B.M. LAYS OFF 400 IN SOFTWARE BUSINESS;.
6.	Technology Briefing: Telecommunications. BILLING CONCEPTS TO ACT AS CUSTOMER CLEARINGHOUSE;.
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7.	Nokia Revamps Structure, Names New CFO (Reuters). Reuters - Finland's Nokia on Friday announced a shake-up of top management and a revamp of its structure, including naming a new chief financial officer, in a bid to shore up its position as the world's largest mobile phone maker.
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8.	Nintendo Announces Wireless GBA Adapter
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9.	Kodak shares dive 18%. Kodak unveils a new strategy to develop its digital photography business but shocks shareholders with a dividend cut.

3:31:44 AM

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1.	Kids Online Gives Kids Their Own Space on AOL (Reuters). Reuters - After 10 months in the making, America Online is set to launch a children's version of its service Monday, featuring a host of new welcome screens, a daily Internet radio show for kids, original online shows, a new Batman comic strip and a revamped Internet presence for teen and tween phenoms Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.

2:31:25 AM

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1.	XFce Desktop 4 Released

1:31:14 AM

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1.	Kodak to Stress Digital Business and Cut Dividend. Kodak, officially acknowledging that the era of soaring sales and gushing profits from film is gone, said it would concentrate on bolstering its digital businesses. By Claudia H. Deutsch.
2.	For Music Industry, U.S. Is Only the Tip of a Piracy Iceberg. The recording industry's problems with the illegal online distribution of music in the United States pale beside the rampant piracy that goes on overseas. By Mark Landler.
3.	Do-Not-Call Listing Remains Up in Air After Day of Twists. Congress passed legislation aimed at allowing a national do-not-call registry to take effect. But hours after the vote, a judge declared it a violation of free speech. By Sheryl Gay Stolberg with Matt Richtel.
4.	Former Ad Executive Charged With Fraud. Thomas Sebastian, a former chief financial officer of L90, an Internet advertising company, was accused of using fraudulent advertising deals to inflate L90's revenue. By Bloomberg News.
5.	Dell Decides to Diversify Into Consumer Electronics. Dell, the No. 1 seller of personal computers, will begin selling consumer electronics and offering an online music service. By Laurie J. Flynn.
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6.	PC Industry Basks in New Optimism at Taiwan Show (Reuters). Reuters - An unfamiliar sound hummed around the hundreds of booths at the Computex PC show in Taipei this week: the buzz of people optimistic about their business.
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7.	Author of Paper Critical of Microsoft is Fired
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8.	HP plans smaller scale utility data center. Hewlett-Packard Co. is planning to deliver a slimmed-down version of its Utility Data Center (UDC) aimed at mid-sized businesses and departmental users, according to the head of the company's newly created Adaptive Enterprise Program Office.
9.	(Anti) virus outbreak hits Toronto. TORONTO - Months after the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) epidemic paralyzed this picturesque city, Toronto this week opened its arms to a different kind of virus outbreak -- this time of computer virus experts.
10.	IBM cuts 380 software jobs. IBM Corp. is cutting about 380 U.S.-based jobs in its software division in an effort to eliminate overlapping positions and increase efficiency, the company said Thursday. 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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