Gregg's Security News Aggregator

Saturday, October 18, 2003

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1.	More hospital (in)security

11:16:44 PM

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1.	The Revolution Is Coming, Eventually. George Gilder, who was known for his wildly optimistic predictions about the telecommunications revolution, is gradually regaining credibility. By Katie Hafner.
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2.	Despite a New Outlook, Office 2003 Offers Little Reason to Upgrade (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - The best reason not to buy Microsoft Office is Microsoft Office. This suite of e-mail, spreadsheet, word-processing and presentation software so thoroughly dominates the market that it has become its own toughest competitor. When Microsoft has already jammed so many features into earlier versions, why bother upgrading to this year's model?
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3.	Panasonic Toughbook W2 Review
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4.	New security scheme for ATMs in Quebec

10:16:25 PM

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1.	Recording Industry Sends Suit Warnings (AP). AP - The record industry's trade group has warned 204 people suspected of illegally swapping music over the Internet that it plans to file lawsuits against them.
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2.	RIAA Threatens More Music-Lovers
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3.	Conectiva: ircd DoS vulnerability
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4.	Video Games Will Calm Your Fears. According to a Canadian study, regular ol' video games are an effective method of treating phobias. In the tradition of exposure therapy, researchers say a spider-laden Half-Life has helped arachnophobic folks overcome their fright.
5.	RIAA Croons a New Warning Tune. The recording industry group says from now on it will send out warning letters to suspected music-file traders before taking them to court, allowing them to negotiate a settlement. Those who do not respond within 10 days will be sued.
6.	Do-Not-Spam? Don't Bet on It. If a do-not-call list can keep telemarketers at bay, shouldn't a do-not-spam list achieve the same thing with junk e-mail? Well, no, say skeptics of the attempts to create such a list.
7.	Senators Want JetBlue Probe. Three senators ask the Pentagon to investigate whether it broke a privacy law by gathering information about JetBlue customers without notifying the passengers. By Ryan Singel.
8.	Wireless Phone Sales Still Go-Go. One segment of the tech industry is still thriving: wireless phones. Thanks to a new generation of mobile phones that let people play video games, listen to tunes and take pictures, sales are booming. By Michael Stroud.
9.	Moms Battle Genetic Engineering. Images of four-breasted women are being seen on billboards in New Zealand. It's part of an ad campaign by a group of mothers who oppose genetic engineering. By Kristen Philipkoski.

9:16:13 PM

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1.	7th World Solar Challenge Underway
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2.	HandBrake is a new, easy-to-use Mac DVD ripper, although it produces nonstandard video.
3.	The 19th ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles starts Monday and there's a live webcast.
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4.	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.
5.	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.
6.	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.
7.	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.
8.	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.
9.	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.
10.	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.
11.	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.

8:15:14 PM

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1.	Video Games Will Calm Your Fears. According to a Canadian study, regular ol' video games are an effective method of treating phobias. In the tradition of exposure therapy, researchers say a spider-laden Half-Life has helped arachnophobic folks overcome their fright.
2.	RIAA Croons a New Warning Tune. The recording industry group says from now on it will send out warning letters to suspected music-file traders before taking them to court, allowing them to negotiate a settlement. Those who do not respond within 10 days will be sued.
3.	Do-Not-Spam? Don't Bet on It. If a do-not-call list can keep telemarketers at bay, shouldn't a do-not-spam list achieve the same thing with junk e-mail? Well, no, say skeptics of the attempts to create such a list.
4.	Senators Want JetBlue Probe. Three senators ask the Pentagon to investigate whether it broke a privacy law by gathering information about JetBlue customers without notifying the passengers. By Ryan Singel.
5.	Wireless Phone Sales Still Go-Go. One segment of the tech industry is still thriving: wireless phones. Thanks to a new generation of mobile phones that let people play video games, listen to tunes and take pictures, sales are booming. By Michael Stroud.
6.	Moms Battle Genetic Engineering. Images of four-breasted women are being seen on billboards in New Zealand. It's part of an ad campaign by a group of mothers who oppose genetic engineering. By Kristen Philipkoski.

7:14:54 PM

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1.	LABRats: The Mad Scientist's Club Meets Scouting
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2.	Vulnerabilities: RealOne Player Temporary File Default Browser Script Execution Vulnerability. RealOne Player is a media player that is available for a number of platforms including Microsoft Windows and MacOS systems. It has been reported that RealOne Player is v...
3.	Vulnerabilities: Netscape/Mozilla JAR Remote Heap Corruption Vulnerability. Netscape and Mozilla are freely available web browsers. They are available for various platforms including Linux variant and Microsoft Windows operating systems. A heap ...
4.	Vulnerabilities: Macromedia ColdFusion MX SQL Error Message Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability. ColdFusion MX is the application server for developing and hosting infrastructure distributed by Macromedia. It is available as a standalone product for Unix, Linux, and ...
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5.	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.
6.	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.
7.	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.
8.	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.
9.	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.
10.	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.
11.	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.
12.	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.

6:14:35 PM

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1.	Europeans Still Battling Software Patents
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2.	Vulnerabilities: RealOne Player SMIL File Script Execution Vulnerability. RealOne Player is a media player that is available for a number of platforms including Microsoft Windows and MacOS systems. RealOne Player includes support for Synchroni...
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3.	Options dwindle for London baseball mavens. Googlebug du jour

5:14:15 PM

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1.	Linux Kernel 2.6.0-test8 Released
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2.	system.verbs.builtins.radio.data.localization.languages.english.outlines.help changed on Fri, 10 Oct 2003 19:21:16 GMT: Add pref for setting the folder where downloaded RSS enclosures are saved.
3.	system.verbs.builtins.radio.data.localization.languages.english.outlines.prefs changed on Fri, 10 Oct 2003 19:21:16 GMT: Add pref for setting the folder where downloaded RSS enclosures are saved.
4.	system.verbs.builtins.xml.aggregator.subscribeService changed on Sat, 18 Oct 2003 19:37:01 GMT: Dereference callback addresses inside a try block. Prevents errors which can occur if the table containing a callback script is no longer defined.
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5.	Video Games Will Calm Your Fears. According to a Canadian study, regular ol' video games are an effective method of treating phobias. In the tradition of exposure therapy, researchers say a spider-laden Half-Life has helped arachnophobic folks overcome their fright.
6.	RIAA Croons a New Warning Tune. The recording industry group says from now on it will send out warning letters to suspected music-file traders before taking them to court, allowing them to negotiate a settlement. Those who do not respond within 10 days will be sued.
7.	Do-Not-Spam? Don't Bet on It. If a do-not-call list can keep telemarketers at bay, shouldn't a do-not-spam list achieve the same thing with junk e-mail? Well, no, say skeptics of the attempts to create such a list.
8.	Senators Want JetBlue Probe. Three senators ask the Pentagon to investigate whether it broke a privacy law by gathering information about JetBlue customers without notifying the passengers. By Ryan Singel.
9.	Wireless Phone Sales Still Go-Go. One segment of the tech industry is still thriving: wireless phones. Thanks to a new generation of mobile phones that let people play video games, listen to tunes and take pictures, sales are booming. By Michael Stroud.
10.	Moms Battle Genetic Engineering. Images of four-breasted women are being seen on billboards in New Zealand. It's part of an ad campaign by a group of mothers who oppose genetic engineering. By Kristen Philipkoski.

4:13:55 PM

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1.	Microsoft Dismisses Apple's iTunes for Windows
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2.	Vote in O'Reilly's "Open Source Goes to COMDEX" Contest. I would choose GNOME, SpamAssassin, and maybe Zoe, since they're broadly useful.
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3.	Vulnerabilities: Planet WGSD-1020 Switch Undocumented Administrative User Unauthorized Access Vulnerability. Planet WGSD-1020 is a switching device, including gigabit network support. It includes SNMP and web-based management features. It has been reported that the Planet WGSD-...
4.	Vulnerabilities: Microsoft Word Macro Name Handler Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. Microsoft Word is text document editing software that is distributed as part of Microsoft Office suite. Microsoft Word has been reported prone to a buffer overflow vulne...
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5.	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.
6.	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.
7.	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.
8.	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.
9.	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.
10.	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.
11.	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.
12.	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.

3:13:36 PM

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1.	Data-over-meat net uses human flesh as medium. DoCoMo researchers have demoed a 10 mbs Ethernet running over human meat rather than copper wire. The network, dubbed ElectAura-Net, is wireless, but instead of using radio waves, infrared light, or microwaves to transmit information it uses a combination of the electric field that emanates from humans and a similar field emanating from special floor tiles. Link (via /.)
2.	Foo Camp interviews. Last weekend, Tim O'Reilly through an informal campout at the O'Reilly and Associates offices in Sebastapol, inviting a bunch of geeks to come out and hang around. Lisa Rein interviewed a number of the attendees, and is posting her footage, including talks from Danny O'Brien, Ben and Mena Trott and Esther Dyson. Link
3.	Broadcast Flag request redux. EFF is asking for your help with the Broadcast Flag. This is a proposed technology mandate that would give Hollywood studios a veto over the design of the output and recording technologies that get built into DTV receivers -- which is by way of saying the stuff that we take for granted on our general-purpose machines, like CD/DVD burners, high-speed cabling standards like FireWire, and so on. This is an unprecedented maneouvre: the Hollywood studios are saying that tech companies should have to get the studios' permission before releasing new tools to their customers. These are the studios that tried to ban the VCR, that sued ReplayTV over commercial-skipping, that put Fritz Hollings up to the CBDTPA bill, a proposal to make all technologists get the entertainment industry's approval before producing new equipment. What's more, the Broadcast Flag demands that approved technologies will have to be built to be "tamper-resistant." That means that we'll have a law that will require an entire class of general-purpose technologies to use only obfuscated, closed-source drivers. That's right, it bans open source for tech that can be used in DTV applications. The worst part is: there's no problem. Hollywood has made more money every single year since the last fight like this, over the VCR. Last year was the movie companies' best year since 1959 -- this despite a worldwide economic crisis! Hollywood doesn't dispute this, but they insist that since there might be a problem tomorrow, they need to take extrodinary measures today. This is ridiculous, of course: it's like eating your seatmate on the off-chance that your plane will crash. Well, the FCC sought comment on this. They asked the public and other organizations to participate in the rulemaking, to help them make up their minds. EFF has been calling on our supporters to send notes into the Commission in opposition to this plan, and we've passed over 15,000 faxes onto the Commissioners' desks. Numbers count in this fight. When over 700,000 Americans wrote to the FCC on media consolidation, it so alarmed lawmakers that Fritz Hollings (of all people!) called for Congressional action to limit media consolidation. We need lots of people to write into the FCC asking them to set this proposal aside, and we want you to help. Link
4.	10,000th link. This is the 10,000th link posted to Boing Boing. Whee! Link
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5.	Shopping Carts Go Wi-Fi
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6.	Vulnerabilities: Linksys BEFSX41 EtherFast Router Log Viewer Denial Of Service Vulnerability. Linksys Instant Broadband EtherFast Cable/DSL Firewall Router with 4-Port Switch/VPN Endpoint is a hardware router targeted at home and small office users. Linksys BEFSX...
7.	Vulnerabilities: Sun Solaris Pipe Function Unspecified Kernel Race Condition Vulnerability. Solaris is the UNIX operating system distributed and maintained by Sun Microsystems. It is available for the Sparc and Intel architectures. A problem has been reported i...

2:13:25 PM

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1.	Franken book changes conservative columnist's mind. Becky Miller, a conservative editorialist in The Oregonian has read Al Franken's excoriating new book, Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right, and it's caused her to reconsider her politics. I read the book in one sitting. It is an amazing book, and -- if you're a decent, honest, hard-working, patriotic, true-blue conservative who listens to Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly and watches Fox News -- an earth-shattering book. To be aboveboard, I must tell you that Franken and I are friends. Well, OK, the truth is I made a wisecrack to him at a book signing, and he looked at me. (Read the book -- the part about Ann Coulter -- and you'll get it.) Link (via Making Light)
2.	Spider Jerusalem blogs. Warren Ellis is blogging in the voice of Spider Jersualem, his character from the brilliant and sadly finished Transmetropolitan series. Junior wrenched open a draw in the desk and ripped from it a scrawny-looking cuddly toy with its eyes plucked out and awful stains on its mouth. "THIS is Ringo!" he exulted. "RINGO is my FRIEND!" He clutched the scabby thing to a chest already pebbledashed with cocaine, bloodclots and snot. My back bumped into the door. "Andâ�¦ he says things, does he?" "Yeahhhhhh," Junior sighed, stroking Ringo's stomach in a disturbingly sexual way. "Well, um, excellent. I should be going. I have to accept a shipment of dolphin steaks tonight Link (via Vertical Hold)
3.	Game-designer on copyright. Greg Costikyan, an award-winning games designer (he's the man behind Toon and others) who makes his living off of copyright, has written a brilliant editorial on the nature of intellectual property today. In general, when the RIAA complains about file-sharing, the refrain is that "artists" are being ripped off. I agree, 100%. Artists are indeed being ripped off--by the members of the RIAA. Anyone with more than a cursory understanding of business practices in the recorded music industry understands that the labels have refined the business of screwing recording arstists to a very fine art. With rare exception, musicians never see a dime beyond their initial advance--nor will they if the RIAA succeeds in its effort to suppress file trading. Realistically, this is not about defending artists. It's about defending the labels. Recently, I went to a movie, and was subjected to a spot from some film industry organization, I do not remember which, that featured a fellow who is a set maker for the movies. He spouted some nostrum about how people who 'steal' movies were screwing him, not the studios. I was not impressed. He's a member of a craft union in Hollywood, and receives union scale when he works; I very much doubt he gets residuals, or any kind or royalty on the films that get made. His income is not affected one whit if the studios lose income through 'piracy'. To be sure, if fewer movies get made because piracy affects Hollywood's revenues as whole, he may be affected--but this is at best a red herring. It's the suits who'll suffer first. Link
4.	RIAA streamlines confiscation of customers' life's savings. The RIAA has figured out a cheaper way to intimidate its customers. Rather than suing them by the hundreds, they're offering to "settle" claims with people who are on their radar. So far, their settlements have consisted of confiscating the life's savings of students and the college fund of a twelve-year-old girl. The RIAA said from now on it would send out warning letters first, allowing suspects to negotiate a settlement before being served with a lawsuit. Those who do not respond within 10 days will be sued. "In light of the comments we have heard, we want to go the extra mile and offer illegal file sharers an additional chance to work this out short of legal action," RIAA President Cary Sherman said in a statement. Link
5.	Google softens AdSense ToS. Google, having gotten a lot of public criticism for its terms-of-service for AdSense (which implied that AdSense users were prohibited from criticising Google), has changed its terms to soften the worst of it. Looks good. Updated - In response to recent feedback regarding the Google AdSense Online Standard Terms and Conditions, we have made clarifications to this agreement in the following sections: Prohibited Uses (section 6), Confidentiality (section 8), Payment (section 12), Publicity (section 13), and Miscellaneous (section 17). Link (via Kottke)
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6.	ElectAura-Net, a 10-Mbit/second Body Network
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7.	Vulnerabilities: DBMail IMAP Service SQL Injection Vulnerability. dbmail is a set of applications used for storing and retrieving e-mail messages from a database. dbmail supports MySQL or PostgreSQL databases. A vulnerability has been...
8.	Vulnerabilities: Sun Solaris SysInfo System Call Kernel Memory Reading Vulnerability. Solaris is the UNIX operating system distributed and maintained by Sun Microsystems. It is available for the Sparc and Intel architectures. A problem has been reported ...

1:13:05 PM

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1.	Google Ordered to Pay Fine in French Trademark Case (Reuters). Reuters - A French court has ruled against Internet search powerhouse Google Inc in an intellectual property rights case that could have far reaching technological and financial implications for Web search firms, who process tens of millions of queries a day.
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2.	Bruce Schneier on What He Knows Best
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3.	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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4.	P97M_PHLACO.A

12:12:46 PM

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1.	Alpha's Going Going Gone
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2.	Vulnerabilities: AOL Instant Messenger Getfile Screenname Buffer Overrun Vulnerability. AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) is an instant messaging client that is available for a number of platforms, including Microsoft Windows. AIM is prone to a remotely exploitab...
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3.	Senators Want JetBlue Probe

11:12:25 AM

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1.	Send an Open Source Project to COMDEX

10:12:06 AM

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1.	Diebold Issues Cease and Desist to Indymedia

9:11:46 AM

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1.	Programs: 'Ghostmaster' Offers a Boo-Tiful Fright (Reuters). Reuters - Most spooky computer and console games require players to fight off ghosts, goblins, and poltergeists. But "Ghost Master" turns -- and sometimes upturns -- the tables.

8:11:26 AM

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1.	Vulnerabilities: Apache Tomcat Non-HTTP Request Denial Of Service Vulnerability. Tomcat is a web server and JSP/Servlet container that is developed by Apache as part of the Jakarta project. Apache Tomcat 4 has been reported prone to a remotely trigge...
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2.	'Kill Bill' Trojan fails to rack up body count. Low risk malware poses as movie subtitle file
3.	Palm's Nagel risks SEC wrath with OS claims. SonyEricsson denies talks

7:11:06 AM

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1.	Video Games Will Calm Your Fears. According to a Canadian study, regular ol' video games are an effective method of treating phobias. In the tradition of exposure therapy, researchers say a spider-laden Half-Life has helped arachnophobic folks overcome their fright.
2.	RIAA Croons a New Warning Tune. The recording industry group says from now on it will send out warning letters to suspected music-file traders before taking them to court, allowing them to negotiate a settlement. Those who do not respond within 10 days will be sued.
3.	Do-Not-Spam? Don't Bet on It. If a do-not-call list can keep telemarketers at bay, shouldn't a do-not-spam list achieve the same thing with junk e-mail? Well, no, say skeptics of the attempts to create such a list.
4.	Senators Want JetBlue Probe. Three senators ask the Pentagon to investigate whether it broke a privacy law by gathering information about JetBlue customers without notifying the passengers. By Ryan Singel.
5.	Wireless Phone Sales Still Go-Go. One segment of the tech industry is still thriving: wireless phones. Thanks to a new generation of mobile phones that let people play video games, listen to tunes and take pictures, sales are booming. By Michael Stroud.
6.	Moms Battle Genetic Engineering. Images of four-breasted women are being seen on billboards in New Zealand. It's part of an ad campaign by a group of mothers who oppose genetic engineering. By Kristen Philipkoski.

6:10:46 AM

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1.	Taipei 101 Now World's Tallest Building

5:10:25 AM

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1.	EC Dumps Open Source Conference

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1.	Cellphone Deals Sweeten in Face of New Rule on Keeping Number. In what may prove to be a watershed moment for the industry, customers will soon be able to keep their cellphone numbers when they change services. By Matt Richtel.
2.	Two Agencies to Fight Online Narcotics Sales. Two federal agencies have formed a task force to crack down on the growing tide of illicit sales of prescription narcotics on the Internet. By Gardiner Harris.
3.	Record Industry Warns 204 Before Suing on Swapping. The recording industry announced that it had begun its second round of lawsuits against people suspected of swapping music files. By John Schwartz.
4.	Microsoft Responds to European Regulators in Antitrust Case. Microsoft filed a response to European Commission regulators as the antitrust case against the company entered its final stage. By Paul Meller.
5.	Samsung Posts Profit Rise and Exceeds Predictions. A Samsung executive also said that company may be close to a deal with Sony to co-produce next-generation flat-screen displays for televisions and computers. By Samuel Len and Ken Belson.
6.	Violations Tally on Biotech Rules. Biotechnology companies and research universities have violated strict regulations on planting experimental genetically modified crops 115 times in the last decade. By Reuters.
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7.	British man cleared of hacking U.S. port computer
8.	LEAP attack tool author says he wants to alert users to risks

2:09:26 AM

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1.	Internet Speed Record Smashed
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2.	Microsoft releases consolidated patch for XP
3.	Hospitals back off Cisco LEAP security for WLANs
4.	LEAP attack tool author says he wants to alert users to risks

1:09:06 AM

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1.	Microsoft Behind SCO Cash Investment?
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2.	IBM offers unlimited-user price for DB2 Express. IBM Corp. will announce a new pricing option Monday for DB2 Express, a version of its database software aimed at small and medium-sized businesses.
3.	Microsoft builds support for .Net Framework - Infoworld Staff. In a move that builds support for its .Net Framework, Microsoft last week launched Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System.
4.	IBM offers Linux incentive with p615 upgrade. IBM Corp. will ship a new version of its pSeries 615 server next Friday that includes not only a faster microprocessor, but also a financial incentive to purchase the system with Linux rather than IBM's AIX operating system. ADVERTISEMENT: This is the Power of the Network. Now. - To discover how you can unleash the power of your network, click here

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