Gregg's Security News Aggregator

Friday, October 17, 2003

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1.	News: Senators propose Patriot Act limitations

11:08:27 PM

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1.	Build Your Own Electronic Key Card Lock
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2.	The Inquirer: Pic of eight way POWER5 with 144MB cache revealed.
3.	The Inquirer: Yet more silicon revealed from the Microprocessor Forum.
4.	CNet: The cultural divide and the Internet's future. Commercializing the DNS root servers doesn't make a lot of sense, since they're inherently unprofitable. At best you could put it out for competitive bid and send the bill to the TLDs, but I have a feeling that wouldn't be an improvement.
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5.	News: Senators propose Patriot Act limitations. In 2001, the Senate approved USA-PATRIOT 98 to 1. Now proposed legislation with bipartisan support would undo some of their own work.

10:08:06 PM

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1.	Net Song-Swappers Get RIAA Letter Before Lawsuit (Reuters). Reuters - Recording industry investigators said on Friday they have begun asking suspected Internet song-swappers to settle copyright-infringement charges before taking them to court.
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2.	Vulnerabilities: OpenSSL ASN.1 Parsing Vulnerabilities. Multiple vulnerabilities were reported in the ASN.1 parsing code in OpenSSL. OpenSSL does not directly implement ASN.1 but does use ASN.1 objects in X.509 certificates a...

9:07:47 PM

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1.	Microsoft makes U.S., EU antitrust filing
2.	Apple cues up iTunes for Windows. The company heads into new territory with a version of its iTunes service for Windows. But will it make beautiful music on the balance sheet?
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3.	Common PC Video Games Used To Treat Phobias
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4.	Sun losses mount as sales fall again. Losses widen at network computer maker Sun Microsystems as it reports a drop in sales for the 10th quarter in a row.
5.	Jury deadlocked in dot.com case. Jurors in the trial of dot.com star Frank Quattrone are deadlocked over to whether he blocked an SEC investigation.
6.	Films live on as games. Seminal films can get a new lease of life in games, argues Daniel Etherington of BBCi Collective in his column.
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7.	Closing the XML security gap - Infoworld Staff. XML firewalls monitor traffic and look for trouble, offering hope for application security
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8.	Hotel chain signs major outsourcing deal
9.	New ZyXEL ADSL Security Router Now Available in the UK

8:07:27 PM

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1.	iPass revenue and profits rise
2.	Siebel, rivals trade potshots over UpShot. Salesforce.com and Salesnet launch campaigns to lure UpShot customers after Siebel announces plans to acquire the software-as-a-service company.
3.	New HP AlphaServer the omega of the line. Hewlett-Packard plans to begin selling the last and most powerful model in the AlphaServer line, a series of servers that stretches back to a very different era in the computing industry.
4.	Windows iTunes sparks mixed reactions. Windows users jump at the chance to try Apple's iTunes jukebox software--and reactions range from unabashed praise to complaints of bugs.
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5.	Wanted: a Real Science Channel
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6.	Iona unveils tools for middleware 'renovation' - Infoworld Staff. Iona on Monday plans to announce four new services-oriented integration products under the Artix moniker.
7.	Microsoft, HP, Dell bolster wireless - Infoworld Staff. Wireless technologies were bolstered on several fronts last week as Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, and Dell detailed plans to inject products with Bluetooth and WLAN, and wireless services providers aligned to add hot spots.
8.	IBM, webMethods acquisitions boost integration - Infoworld Staff. IBM and webMethods have each swallowed integration companies in order to nourish their respective offerings. At the same time, SeeBeyond has upgraded its suite, and an integration startup has thrown its first software product in the ring last week.
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9.	Closing the XML security gap - Infoworld Staff. XML firewalls monitor traffic and look for trouble
10.	Storm watch for your security - Infoworld Staff. Accurate forecasting, whether for the weather or security, can make or break your threat response
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11.	Vulnerabilities: Glibc Getgrouplist Function Buffer Overrun Vulnerability. The GNU C library, glibc, contains standard C libraries called by various applications. The getgrouplist function in glibc does not perform adequate bounds checking on d...
12.	Vulnerabilities: WrenSoft Zoom Search Engine Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability. WrenSoft Zoom Search Engine is a search utility that allows users to add a search engine to websites. A vulnerability has been reported to exist in the search module of ...
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13.	Buffer Overrun in Windows Messenger Service
14.	BKDR_SINIT.A
15.	oracle_ownage.c
16.	x.zip
17.	bububu.zip
18.	libShellCode-0.2.1.t..>
19.	libnids-1.18.tar.gz
20.	Norton AntiVirus Virus Definitions October 15, 2003
21.	Trend Micro Pattern File October 16, 2003
22.	The Cleaner Database v3402

7:37:25 PM

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1.	Tech Stocks Finish Lower on Weak Earnings Reports (Dow Jones). Dow Jones - NEW YORK -- Technology stocks dropped Friday as lackluster earnings news from eBay and Sun Microsystems overshadowed some robust housing data, sparking a round of profit taking before the weekend.
2.	VeriSign to Sell Most of Network Solutions (Reuters). Reuters - Internet security and Web address company VeriSign Inc. (VRSN.O) on Thursday said it would sell most of its Network Solutions unit for $100 million, marking a costly retreat from the Web hosting and domain name business it bought near the peak of the dot-com boom.
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3.	Software Error Causes Crisis in Mississippi
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4.	US DOD begins two weeks of IPv6 interoperability tests. The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) will explain in a Web conference later Friday why migrating the Internet's infrastructure to IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) is critical for the nation's defense, and will present its plans for a two-week test program called Moon which will examine interoperability of IPv6 equipment, software and services.
5.	Microsoft readies response to EC antitrust charges. Microsoft Corp. is on the point of submitting its written response to European Commission (EC) antitrust complaints, a company spokeswoman said, adding that the decision whether or not to request an oral hearing hasn't yet been taken.
6.	AMD narrows Q3 loss on Athlon, flash memory strength. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) is moving in the right direction, narrowing its third-quarter loss on strong increases in revenue from its processors and flash memory business, the company announced Thursday.
7.	Microsoft releases Ã¼ber patch for XP. Making good on a promise made last week from Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer to simplify security-patch deployment for companies, Microsoft Corp. this week released a consolidated Windows XP update that brings together 22 critical updates into one downloadable package.
8.	Longhorn hinges on security - Infoworld Staff. Previews of Microsoft's forthcoming server-stack software reveal a company brooding over improving its security.
9.	Overture and MSN extend sponsored-search pact. Microsoft Corp. will continue beaming sponsored-search ads from Overture Services Inc. for around two more years in its U.S. and U.K. MSN Web portals, Overture announced Friday.
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10.	Vulnerabilities: ProFTPD ASCII File Transfer Buffer Overrun Vulnerability. ProFTPD is an FTP server implementation that is available for Unix and Linux platforms. A remotely exploitable buffer overrun vulnerability has been reported in ProFTPD....

6:37:05 PM

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1.	Swedish Fish trademarks. Ernie sez, "Apparently, the makers of Original Swedish Fish have lost their trademark battle with Famous Sqwish Candy Fish in a complete rout. The case is an example of how not to protect trademark, but more importantly is an interesting look behind the scenes of the gummy business. For example, do you know the difference between 'Gummy' and 'JuJus'? See footnote 2 of the case." Link
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2.	Net fraud and the truth. Javelin Strategy & Research founder James Van Dyke says it's time to get the facts right about identity theft.
3.	Big Blue retools database pricing. The company looks to boost its standing with small and medium size companies by way of an unlimited-user license fee option for DB2 Express, following a similar move by Oracle.
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4.	HSBC to transfer thousands of British jobs to Asia (AFP). AFP - The banking group HSBC is the latest sizeable British enterprise to cut back drastically on domestic operations in favor of Asia in a quest to slash costs.
5.	Teen PC Whiz Cleared in Houston Hacking (AP). AP - A teenage computer expert was acquitted Friday of hacking a system that provides navigational data for the port of Houston.
6.	Sprint Says It Reaches 250,000 DSL Customers (Reuters). Reuters - Sprint Corp. (FON.N) (PCS.N), the No. 4 U.S. long-distance telephone company, said on Thursday it has more than 250,000 high-speed Internet customers, four years after launching the service in its local telephone markets.
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7.	VeriSign CEO on Commercializing the Internet
8.	Text Mining the Multiverse
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9.	BugTraq: Re: [CLA-2003:765] Conectiva Security Announcement - ircd. Sender: Florian Weimer [fw at deneb dot enyo dot de]
10.	Vulnerabilities: Microsoft Windows RPCSS Multi-thread Race Condition Vulnerability. It has been reported that a multi-threaded race condition in the RPCSS service of Microsoft Windows exists. Because of this, it may be possible for an attacker to mount ...
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11.	Do-Not-Spam? Don't Bet on It

5:36:46 PM

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1.	Plan unites desktop, server security. Network Associates announces plans to offer an integrated software security system for both desktop and server computer systems by next June, challenging similar moves by its rivals.
2.	Microsoft makes Net advances. The company strikes deals to continue using Overture's paid-placement search and to fold McAfee security products into its upcoming MSN Premium service. Meanwhile, iTunes goes Windows.
3.	Iona bets on Web services integration. Software provider Iona Technologies is set to release its latest integration product, as part of a plan to bring the company back to profitability.
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4.	Tech weakness takes Wall Street lower (FT.com). FT.com - Wall Street traded down on Friday, hobbled by worries about technology growth after disappointing earnings from Sun Microsystems and eBay.
5.	Is Microsoft Behind SCO's $50 Million Cash Infusion? (Ziff Davis). Ziff Davis - Despite denials from SCO and BayStar, questions are raised about whether Microsoft had a role in the investment.
6.	Net Song-Swappers Get RIAA Letter Before Lawsuit (Reuters). Reuters - Recording industry investigators said on Friday they have begun asking suspected Internet song-swappers to settle copyright-infringement charges before taking them to court.
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7.	E-voting Patches Skew Election?
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8.	Microsoft releases uber patch for XP. Windows update pulls together 22 critical fixes into one download
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9.	Product Review: iKey 3000
10.	In an insecure world, this software maker thrives
11.	The Bernstein Cryptography Case Is Dismissed
12.	Secure Coding: Principles & Practices
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13.	Hacker, virus writer or pervert. Busted ? Deny responsibility and blame virus and trojans. It works every time
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14.	IBM speeds up low-end server line. Intel and Unix boxes upgraded
15.	Software engineers - the ultimate brain scientists?. Guest Opinion Part I: Everything you know about AI is probably wrong
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16.	Network Associates To Combine Product Lines

4:36:26 PM

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1.	A new wave of file-swapping lawsuits. The Recording Industry Association of America has begun preparing a second round of file-swapping lawsuits, notifying 204 individuals that they are in line to be sued for copyright infringement.
2.	Sony focuses LCD talks on Samsung. The Japanese giant is leaning toward rival Samsung in its search for an LCD partner, as the two companies look to tackle the emerging LCD TV market.
3.	Network Associates looks to wireless security. As mobile devices become more sophisticated, "users will be opened up to a whole new range of viruses," says a company executive. The software maker is forming partnerships to address the issue.
4.	Week in review: Tech rebound?. The earnings news from several leading technology companies is positive, raising hopes that the industry may finally be getting out of its slump.
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5.	'Urban Cowboy' Honky-Tonk Reopens (AP). AP - The paved parking lot, polished decor and high-speed Internet access ports along the dance floor seem more urban than cowboy.
6.	British Youth Cleared of Hacking U.S. Port Computer (Reuters). Reuters - A British court cleared a teen-ager Friday of hacking into the computer of the U.S. port of Houston, Texas, after the youth testified his own computer had been taken over by someone else to mount the attack.
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7.	Tall People Earn More
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8.	News: Teen computer whiz cleared in Houston hacking. The Associated Press
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9.	BugTraq: [CLA-2003:765] Conectiva Security Announcement - ircd. Sender: Conectiva Updates [secure at conectiva dot com dot br]
10.	BugTraq: [CLA-2003:766] Conectiva Security Announcement - gdm. Sender: Conectiva Updates [secure at conectiva dot com dot br]
11.	Vulnerabilities: Sendmail Prescan() Variant Remote Buffer Overrun Vulnerability. Sendmail is prone to a buffer overrun vulnerability in the prescan() function. This issue is different than the vulnerability described in BID 7230. The issue exists in...
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12.	News: Teen computer whiz cleared in Houston hacking
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13.	Book Review: Stealing The Network. Stealing The Network is a series of engaging and educational short stories. The authors have taken real-life scenarios of network hacking and turned them into fictitious stories that help to illustrate and demonstrate how blackhat hackers think and the steps...

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1.	Full-back koi tattoo blog. Keith sez, "I've been blogging the process of having my entire back tattoo'd with a Japanese Koi. I am eight sessions in, with four more to go." Link
2.	Foglio fan-art for Good Omens. Phil Foglio, one of the premier genre toon artists, has produced a two-page fan-art tribute to Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's spectacular and hilarious end-of-the-world novel Good Omens. Link (Thanks, Zed!)
3.	What if Photoshop was a web-service?. Here's an interesting idea: a web-services-like image filter system: send your phonecam pix to the service and it will twist them according to your prefs and send 'em back to you. Link (Thanks, Brian!)
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4.	MSN sticks with Overture. Yahoo's Overture Services subsidiary announces it will continue to offer commercial search links to Web rival MSN, which is owned by Microsoft.
5.	IBM upgrades low-end Unix server. Big Blue is bringing a faster processor to its lowest-end p615 Unix server and has announced new products for joining its servers to form a supercomputing cluster.
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6.	Apple/Analysts on the iTunes Music Store, iPod (MacCentral). MacCentral - Hell may have frozen over, as Apple's Web site says, but the battle for supremacy in the digital music distribution market is just heating up. With the release of iTunes Music Store for Windows, Apple is confident that they have the solution to beat the competition. With the help of the iPod digital music player, analysts agree that Apple has an edge.
7.	Two Companies Launch Video-Game Betting (AP). AP - Think you're the best gamer in town? These days, you'll need more than the high score to prove it. Two companies are betting video game fans will put their money where their mouse is � YouPlayGames and Ultimate Arena.
8.	Judge: Net Phone Laws May Stunt Growth (AP). AP - It may stunt Internet development and violate federal law if state regulators try to treat Internet-based voice calls as they do traditional calls, a judge ruled.
9.	Study Finds Video Games Good for Treating Phobias (Reuters). Reuters - Scared silly of spiders? Horrified by heights? Terrorized by tight spaces? Play a video game -- doctor's orders.
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10.	Pirate Hunter
11.	FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE Reviewed
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12.	Tests of bionic arm implant start. A tiny implant which could help stroke patients regain control of paralysed arms is to be tested in humans for the first time.
13.	iTunes launched for Windows. Apple's hit online music service iTunes is made available to millions of PC-using fans for the first time.
14.	Questions cloud cyber crime cases. The acquittal of a teenager over a high-profile hack attack could dent cyber crime prosecutions, say experts.
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15.	Vulnerabilities: Apache Mod_Throttle Module Local Shared Memory Corruption Vulnerability. The mod_throttle Apache module is an application developed by sert.com. It is designed to reduce the load used when handling specified server requests. mod_throttle is av...
16.	Vulnerabilities: XShisen '-KCONV' Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. XShisen is a puzzle game that is played with 144 mahjong pieces. The software runs on the Linux platform and a Microsoft Windows binary is available as well. It has bee...
17.	Vulnerabilities: XShisen 'XSHISENLIB' Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. XShisen is a puzzle game that is played with 144 mahjong pieces. The software runs on the Linux platform and a Microsoft Windows binary is available as well. It has bee...
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18.	Unclassified documents restored to Pentagon site
19.	Characterizing the performance of network intrusion detection sensors
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20.	Unclassified documents restored to Pentagon site
21.	Characterizing the performance of network intrusion detection sensors

2:35:57 PM

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1.	Researchers take debugging to the masses. Several open-source software packages released by university researchers let people who use the applications contribute to the bug-hunting effort.
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2.	Apple teams with AOL for legal music downloads (USATODAY.com). USATODAY.com - Apple Computer (AAPL) is bringing legal music downloads to the masses.
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3.	PHP Scales As Well As Java
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4.	BugTraq: MDKSA-2003:100 - Updated gdm packages fix local vulnerabilities. Sender: Mandrake Linux Security Team [security at linux-mandrake dot com]
5.	BugTraq: MDKSA-2003:101 - Updated fetchmail packages fix DoS vulnerability. Sender: Mandrake Linux Security Team [security at linux-mandrake dot com]
6.	Vulnerabilities: Opera 7.10 Permanent Denial Of Service Vulnerability. Opera is a web browser product created by Opera Software, and is available for a range of operating systems including Windows and Linux. Allegedly, a vulnerability exist...
7.	Vulnerabilities: WinSyslog Long Syslog Message Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability. WinSyslog is a server that logs system events. It is available for Microsoft Windows operating systems. WinSyslog is prone to a remotely exploitable denial of service v...
8.	Vulnerabilities: IRCnet IRCD Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. IRCnet IRCD is an IRC implementation that is available for a number of platforms including Linux/Unix variants. IRCnet IRCD has been reported prone to a buffer overflow ...
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9.	Rudy Giuliani, the anti-hacker
10.	Shell corner: miscellaneous Unix tips
11.	Broadband MSN gets blanket security
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12.	Army Admits Using JetBlue Data
13.	Putting Your Calls Into Context
14.	Fliers File Suit Against JetBlue
15.	Status Quo for Travel Privacy
16.	Want PC Security? Diversify
17.	Pentagon Spy Office to Close
18.	JetBlue Customers Feel the Pain
19.	Negroponte: Tough Times? Go Crazy
20.	Insurance Rates Driven By GPS
21.	Exiled Spam King's Go-Go Life
22.	Cloaking Device Made for Spammers
23.	Tracking Junior With a Microchip
24.	Microsoft Toughens Up Outlook
25.	Feds Cramming Privacy Reports
26.	Spies Attack White House Secrecy
27.	Rudy Giuliani, the anti-hacker
28.	Shell corner: miscellaneous Unix tips
29.	Broadband MSN gets blanket security
30.	Elsewhere: Trojan defence acquits British teenager
31.	MSN Premium to add McAfee anti-virus, firewall tools
32.	News: Teen hacker is not guilty
33.	Caffrey acquittal a setback for cybercrime prosecutions

1:35:37 PM

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1.	HP printers go public. The company launches two programs to make its printers accessible on demand in public locations across Asia.
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2.	High-Frequency Wireless Gets Go-Ahead (PC World). PC World - FCC approves operation of high-speed wireless service.
3.	EBay earnings up sharply (SiliconValley.com). SiliconValley.com - Internet auction powerhouse eBay continued its growth streak Thursday, reporting an 84 percent increase in quarterly revenue and a 69 percent increase in profits. But executives at the San Jose company indicated that eBay's future expansion would be less explosive.
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4.	CNet on WinFS
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5.	News briefs - Infoworld Staff. Windows Server 2003 Beta Ships for Opteron
6.	SCO secures $50 million in financing. The SCO Group Inc. has received a $50 million private investment from a group led by BayStar Capital, the Unix software company announced Thursday.
7.	MSN Premium to add McAfee anti-virus, firewall tools. Saying that online safety is now its customers' primary concern, Microsoft Corp. will offer McAfee virus scan and firewall products to U.S. customers of its upcoming MSN Premium broadband Internet subscription service.
8.	Update: Sun revenues drop 8 percent. Sun Microsystems Inc. saw its first-quarter fiscal 2004 revenues decline 8 percent to $2.5 billion, the Santa Clara, California computer maker announced on Thursday.
9.	Sony, Samsung in discussion on LCD joint venture. TOKYO -- Sony Corp., Japan's No. 2 consumer electronics company, and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., one of the world's largest makers of LCD (liquid crystal display) panels, are getting serious about a tie-up in the flat-panel display business.
10.	Dot-com entrepreneur named China's richest man. Defying common wisdom that the dot-com boom is long over, Internet entrepreneur William Ding, the founder and chief architect of Internet portal Netease.com Inc., has been named China's richest person in an annual ranking of the country's wealthiest entrepreneurs.
11.	High-frequency wireless technology gets FCC go-ahead. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday adopted service rules for the commercial use of a wireless technology that uses high-frequency spectrum bands to deliver large amounts of data at high speeds. ADVERTISEMENT: VeriSign Security Intelligence and Control(SM) Services - VeriSign's Security Intelligence and Control(SM) Services let you focus on business initiatives, like record up-time and global VPNs, while VeriSign's experience helps you monitor and manage your security infrastructure.
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12.	MSN Premium to add McAfee anti-virus, firewall tools. Company to include Network Associates' McAfee VirusScan, Personal Firewall Plus products
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13.	Elsewhere: 'Infranet'- Juniper's promise of a secure net. SAN FRANCISCO: Juniper Networks Inc. unveiled a sweeping blueprint for a future communications grid that would be as global as the Internet but with the security of priva...
14.	Elsewhere: Trojan defence acquits British teenager. The UK teenager accused of launching a denial of service attack on a US port was cleared by Southwark Crown Court today The UK teenager accused of launching a...
15.	News: Teen hacker is not guilty. The Register By Drew Cullen [drew dot cullen at theregister dot co dot uk]
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16.	Caffrey acquittal a setback for cybercrime prosecutions. Just say you're not in control of your own PC
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17.	Attackers May Lurk Inside The Firewall
18.	Incident Response Tools For Unix, Part Two: File-System Tools
19.	IBM Sees Earnings Rise, To Add Jobs
20.	Employees more dangerous than terrorists
21.	More High-Tech Firms May Drop Options
22.	Microsoft Warns of 4 New Windows Flaws
23.	GE Access Offers Interest-Free Financing On Security Products
24.	Exécution de code à distance dans Exchange server
25.	Elsewhere: MSN Premium to add McAfee anti-virus, firewall tools
26.	Elsewhere: 'Infranet'- Juniper's promise of a secure net

12:35:17 PM

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1.	Cellular minutes can be resold in the Philippines. A Filippino cellular company is allowing its customers to re-sell unused airtime. Ms. Gazo, a 33-year-old housewife who lives 600 miles south of Manila in Davao City, is one of more than 100,000 mobile phone users who re-sell Smart's cellular services through a new prepaid service called Smart Buddy e-Load. With a special, $20 chip for her mobile phone, Ms. Gazo can transfer bits of air time to her friends' and acquaintances' phones - as little as 30 pesos worth (about 55 cents). For every 1,000 pesos she sells, Ms. Gazo collects 150 pesos in commissions, turning her mobile phone into a second source of income for her family of four. "If I can earn 150 pesos a day," Ms. Gazo said, "I don't have to work." Link (via Smartmobs)
2.	Russian prison tatts. Amazing site devoted to reproducing and interpreting elaborate Russian jailhouse tattoos. Link (Thanks, Chris!)
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3.	Broadband MSN gets blanket security. Microsoft strikes a deal to package antivirus and firewall products from McAfee with its MSN Premium Internet service to help users fend off virus attacks and hackers.
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4.	Dow Drops 31; Nasdaq Falls 18 (AP). AP - Stocks slipped early Friday, despite a positive report on housing construction, following disappointing earnings late Thursday from eBay Inc. and Sun Microsystems Inc.
5.	Will the Sun Rise Again Tomorrow? (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - Sun Microsystems didn't release its quarterly earnings until after the markets closed Thursday, but the tone was set early yesterday with a front-page Wall Street Journal article questioning the company's decision to buck standardization by manufacturing its own microchips and software to power its server line.
6.	SCO Gives Linux Users More Time (PC World). PC World - Commercial users will have another two weeks to pay licensing fees.
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7.	Third Anniversary of Bezos-Backed Patent Reform
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8.	Lasers tap Stonehenge secrets. High-tech lasers are used to unlock the secret carvings of Stonehenge.
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9.	Spies Attack White House Secrecy
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10.	Elsewhere: Teenager cleared of hacking. A teenager has been cleared of trying to bring one of the US's biggest ports to a standstill by hacking into its computer systems. Aaron Caffrey, 19, was accused of cras...
11.	Elsewhere: MSN Premium to add McAfee anti-virus, firewall tools. Saying that online safety is now its customers' primary concern, Microsoft Corp. will offer McAfee virus scan and firewall products to U.S. customers of its upcoming MSN ...
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12.	iTunes comes to Windows. Ripper
13.	VoodooPC preps Athlon 64 gamers' notebook. Reg Kit Watch Plus: Sony goes all-in-one
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14.	TROJ_KEYLOG.AC
15.	Elsewhere: Put a Finger on Your Password
16.	Elsewhere: Giuliani Partners, E&Y team up to stop hackers
17.	Mandrake: fetchmail denial of service vulnerability
18.	Mandrake: gdm multiple vulnerabilities

11:34:56 AM

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1.	Earnings alert: Samsung surges. Chip sales spur the Korean electronics giant past forecasts...SAP reports a 25 percent rise in third-quarter profits...Sun posts deeper loss for the quarter as revenue slips yet again.
2.	U.K. teen acquitted with Trojan defense. A teenager accused of launching a distributed denial-of-service attack on the Port of Houston's IT systems has been found not guilty.
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3.	Stocks Expected to Open Little Changed Amid Mixed News (Dow Jones). Dow Jones - Stocks are expected to see little change early Friday, as investors examine disappointing earnings news from eBay and Sun Microsystems. Improved results from Advanced Micro Devices and surprisingly strong news on housing starts lent confusion.
4.	Microsoft Warns of 4 New Windows Flaws (AP). AP - Microsoft Corp. warned consumers Wednesday about four critical new flaws in its popular Windows software as the company shifted to monthly alerts for serious problems that could let hackers break into computers.
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5.	FCC Considers Mandating HDTV Copy Protection
6.	Next Major War in Space?
7.	Stonehenge Discovery using 3D Laser Scanning
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8.	Reduced jury weighs Quattrone verdict. Jurors in the trial of dot.com star Frank Quattrone ask to hear key evidence again as they try to decide whether he blocked an SEC investigation.
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9.	Attackers May Lurk Inside The Firewall
10.	Incident Response Tools For Unix, Part Two: File-System Tools
11.	Mandrake: fetchmail denial of service vulnerability
12.	Mandrake: gdm multiple vulnerabilities
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13.	British Port hacker found not guilty Trojan defence works again
14.	Busted ? Deny responsibility and blame virus and trojans. It works every time
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15.	Elsewhere: Feds admit error in hacking conviction. Federal prosecutors asked a San Francisco appeals court this week to reverse a computer-crime conviction that punished a California man for notifying a company's customer...
16.	Elsewhere: Qualcomm Licenses Citrix For Secure Application Access. Qualcomm has licensed Citrix Systems' infrastructure software for enabling employees to securely access applications over any network connection. Qualcomm, a maker of w...
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17.	Siebel bags brace of firms. Infill time
18.	BEA tools up for apps security. Hot market
19.	Vodafone, DoCoMo will not launch 3G 'until it works'. Which is nice. Or maybe not
20.	Nokia held back by falling prices. But longer term outlook strong
21.	eBay piles up the cash. Barnstorming quarter
22.	BT's Freeview deal 'cobbled together'. Handbags
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23.	Utilities struggle with ways to tackle cybersecurity

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1.	Kids today on videogames yesterday. Wil sez, "Electronic Gaming Monthly gathered up a bunch of pre-teen kids, and sat them in front of some classic video games. Their comments are at once hilarious, and depressing. Some highlights:" Niko: Hey-Pong. My parents played this game. Brian: It takes this whole console just to do Pong? Kirk: What is this? [Picks up and twists the paddle controller] Am I controlling the volume? Tim: Which [Tetris] button do I press to make the blocks explode? Tim: Mario dies way too easy. Oh, grab the umbrella. Those are cool. Unfashionable, gay, but cool. Oh, 300 points. That's it? All you get is points? That's lame. Can't you do something with the umbrella? Tim: They just put totally random stuff here for points. Oh, you've got an umbrella. You've got a purse. Link (Thanks, Wil!)
2.	EFF's new file-sharing movie. EFF has released a new Flash movie aimed at explaining what's good and what's at risk with file-sharing. It's called "The Great MP3 Caper," and it's some funny stuff. For years, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has been waging war against peer-to-peer file-sharing software and the technologists who create it. Now the RIAA has turned its crosshairs on you, threatening to sue you for sharing the music you love. But even shotgun-style lawsuits won't solve the RIAA's problem. As more and more Americans learn to love online music, the answer must lie in new business models that harness the power of P2P as a vehicle for paying artists. If artists get paid when we share files, then artists win, we win, and yes -- even the RIAA wins. Link
3.	Pez museum opens. A Pez museum has opened in Easton, Pennsylvania, around the corner from the Crayola factory. Link
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4.	Apple teams with AOL for legal music downloads (USATODAY.com). USATODAY.com - Apple Computer (AAPL) is bringing legal music downloads to the masses.
5.	Rogers Wireless Turns Profit (Reuters). Reuters - Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. (RCMb.TO), one of Canada's largest mobile phone providers, reported a third-quarter profit on Friday, as strong subscriber growth drove-double digit revenue gains.
6.	Rules would require recorders to encrypt TV shows (USATODAY.com). USATODAY.com - Federal regulators this month are expected to adopt controversial rules requiring new technology in electronics products to prevent digital TV shows from being traded on the Internet the way some music is shared today.
7.	Apple Unveils Music Store for Windows (AP). AP - It was a strange sight Thursday � Steve Jobs touting a Windows product. But the chief executive of Apple Computer Inc. had a perfectly sensible motive.
8.	Finns Ready Law for Tracking Young Cellphone Users (Reuters). Reuters - Finland has proposed a new law that would let parents track the movements of their young children via mobile phone, even without their consent, in a move that could set an EU benchmark in privacy and handset use.
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9.	BT's trigger-less 400 exchanges - 'cynical'. Fishing for subsidies
10.	Teen hacker is not guilty. Sensational verdict
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11.	Oracle ships security software
12.	The cultural divide and the Internet's future
13.	Put a finger on your password
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14.	Vulnérabilité critique dans le "messenger service" de Microsoft sous Windows
15.	Cross-site-scripting dans Outlook Web Access 5.5 SP4
16.	[57] Signatures MD5 dans TCP
17.	Teen hacker is not guilty
18.	Novell iChain Multiple Vulnerabilities
19.	Novell iChain Multiple Vulnerabilities

9:34:18 AM

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1.	Teenager cleared of hacking. A 19-year-old accused of bringing computers at the busiest port in America to standstill is acquitted.
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2.	News briefs - Infoworld Staff. Windows Server 2003 Beta Ships for Opteron ADVERTISEMENT: Evaluating SSL VPNs? Listen to the experts! - Get secure remote access in about an hour, with no client, no server changes and no maintenance. PC Magazine just gave Neoteris Editors Choice, while Gartner, InStat and META have named Neoteris the category leader. Take a look at the reports and find out why!
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3.	Review - Secure Coding: Principles & Practices
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4.	Linux Advisory Watch - October 17th 2003

8:34:06 AM

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1.	Court hangs up state VoIP rules. A broadly worded decision finds Vonage's Net phone service beyond the reach of traditional telephone regulations.
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2.	FCC Frees Up More Frequencies (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - The Federal Communications Commission set rules yesterday that will permit a large number of radio frequencies to come to market, in the hopes that it will foster greater use of wireless technology for high-speed data services.
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3.	Linux Advisory Watch - October 17th 2003
4.	Linux Advisory Watch - October 17th 2003
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5.	Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner (that BT wages get me down). 'Daylight robbery'
6.	Emergency fixes for blog-clogged Google. Letters Get your Trackback virus protection here
7.	AMD loss shrinks in Q3. Up on Q2, year-ago Q3
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8.	A tech veteran's security warning
9.	Incident response tools for Unix, part two: file-system tools
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10.	Microsoft schließt Sicherheitslücke in Hotmail schnell
11.	17 Oct W32/Donk-E

7:33:47 AM

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1.	Samsung Electronics Beats Forecasts on Chip Sales (Reuters). Reuters - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, the world's biggest memory chip maker, said on Friday its third-quarter profit rose a better-than-expected 6.6 percent on record sales of chips for phones and computers.
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2.	Teens 'need to improve web use'. Young people spend too much online time having fun and not enough on more useful pursuits, a report suggests.
3.	Apple iTunes launched for Windows. Apple's hit online music service iTunes is made available to millions of PC-using fans for the first time.
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4.	Pepsi, Apple team to lure kids to DRM. 100 million song giveaway
5.	FoTW: Did your dog write this?. Flame of the Week Please explain your acronyms
6.	Backup? What backup!. Disaster waiting to happen
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7.	Judge: Hands off Internet Phones. Minnesota regulators seeking to treat Vonage like a traditional phone company suffer a stinging setback at the hands of a federal judge. The ruling could boost Internet telephony nationwide.
8.	VeriSign Sells Domain Registrar. VeriSign says it wants out of the domain name registration business and will sell that part of its Network Solutions unit. But it will keep the lucrative underlying system that tracks .com Net names. By Amit Asaravala.
9.	ITunes, Now for the Rest of Us. With his usual razzmatazz, Apple's Steve Jobs introduces the iTunes music download service for Windows PCs. He also announces marketing campaigns with Pepsi and AOL that could wean people off the illegal stuff. Leander Kahney reports from San Francisco.
10.	These Are Not Scully's Breasts. The Fake Detective is on a crusade to save Gillian Anderson and the rest of the world from the plague of fake celebrity porn. By David Kushner of Wired magazine.
11.	A Man's Way to Keep Sperm at Bay. For decades, a man's options for contraception have been limited to the temporary (condoms) or the permanent (vasectomy). Researchers are close to a long-term, reversible solution -- implants. By Louise Knapp.
12.	Future Is Now for Green Cars. Environmentally sensitive drivers can take their pick of a variety of low-emission vehicles already on dealers' lots. The new breed of peppy PZEVs helps pave the way to fuel-cell cars. By David Snow.
13.	Pics Worth a Thousand Protests. Activists around the world are relying on new technologies -- from hidden cameras to satellite communication -- to collect evidence of wrongdoing and promote their causes. By Julia Scheeres.
14.	Feds Want All-Seeing Eye in Sky. Current spy satellites don't work well enough for the feds. So they hope to commission a new generation that can keep watch on the entire world at once, regardless of weather. Noah Shachtman reports from New Orleans.

6:33:36 AM

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1.	Australia's Telstra faces payout demands over massive internet failure (AFP). AFP - Australia's largest internet provider is facing compensation demands from up to 1.2 million customers unable to access email for a fortnight because of a crippling computer virus, the telecoms watchdog said.
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2.	Sun Posts Increasing Loss
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3.	Odd mishaps cause PC grief. Human clumsiness, anger and forgetfulness are to blame for top 10 oddest computer data disasters of the year.
4.	EBay profits jump, shares slump. The online auction giant reports a big jump in profits but investors sell shares.
5.	Smart screens sample DNA. Police could be able to take DNA samples on the beat using intelligent displays being developed by scientists.
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6.	SCO blinks - bill us when you can. SGI attorneys halt the invoices
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7.	Microsoft mensualise ses correctifs
8.	Vingt-quatre satellites contre les excès de vitesse
9.	Howard Bubb (Intel) : «�Dans les télécoms comme dans l�informatique, chaque acteur doit se spécialiser�»

5:33:17 AM

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1.	IM Poses Legal, Personnel Problems (PC World). PC World - Businesses ponder how to keep messaging technology from becoming a liability.
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2.	Samsung unveils surprise profits. Healthy demand for digital cameras and mobile phones boost profits at the South Korean technology giant.
3.	EBay profits jump, shares slump. The online auction giant reports a nearly 70% jump in profits but investors sell shares fearing the boom times may be over.
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4.	Pepsi, Apple team to lure kids to DRM. 100,000 song giveaway

4:32:58 AM

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1.	Slumping Sun Microsystems Posts Wider Loss. Sun Microsystems reported a wider loss for its fiscal first quarter and said that sales declined for the 10th consecutive quarter. By Laurie J. Flynn.
2.	A Reincarnation of Sinatra Under Radio City's Big Top. The Las Vegas-ready celebration of Frank Sinatra at Radio City Music Hall suggests a wacky, hyperbolic A&E "Biography." By Stephen Holden.
3.	Cellular Phone Company Gains by Thinking Small. An Indonesian program called Smart Buddy has exploded in popularity, giving the company a more inexpensive way of distributing cellphone service. By Wayne Arnold and Carlos H. Conde.
4.	Technology Briefing: Telecommunications. F.C.C. SETS NEW RULES ON WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY; NEXTEL RAISES 2003 FORECASTS AGAIN; JUDGE SAYS VONAGE IS A DATA PROVIDER;.
5.	Technology Briefing: Internet. EBAY SHARES PLUNGE IN AFTER-HOURS TRADING;.
6.	Technology Briefing: Hardware. EMC EARNINGS SURGE;.

3:32:37 AM

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1.	Samsung's 3rd-Quarter Net Rose Nearly 7% (Dow Jones). Dow Jones - SEOUL, South Korea -- In a sign that the global technology turnaround may be gaining momentum, Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest memory-chip maker, said third-quarter net income rose nearly 7%, boosted by a surge in sales of mobile-phone handsets and increasing demand for its mainstay semiconductors.
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2.	MS-crash.txt

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1.	Are patches better in batches?
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2.	Samsung Says Considering Sony LCD Deal (Reuters). Reuters - South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Friday it was positively considering a joint venture with Japan's Sony Corp to make television-use LCD (liquid crystal display) screens.
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3.	Maya now Free for Personal Use
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4.	VBS_WINSHOW.A
5.	HotBrick debuts security tools
6.	Forgot Your Computer Password Again? Press Here
7.	FSLogic software aims to safeguard shared PCs
8.	Utilities struggle with ways to tackle cybersecurity
9.	New Toronto Airport WLAN designed for security and growth
10.	Government report says FBI needs to do more to update IT

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1.	SCO gets $50 Million Investment

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