Gregg's Security News Aggregator

Wednesday, October 22, 2003

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1.	Utility computing standard faces obstacles
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2.	Conectiva: fileutils denial of service vulnerability
3.	Conectiva: sane tmp file vulnerabilities

11:15:19 PM

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1.	New salvos in software war. roundup Red Hat's Linux 3.0 and Microsoft's Office 2003 battle for corporate wallets.
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2.	Wired: The Connectors. What's your Shirky Number?

10:14:59 PM

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1.	Jabber releases IM software for Windows. The company launches the first version of its server product geared to work on Windows to tap into a larger market.
2.	Emulex helps with Sun's Solaris for Intel
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3.	AT&T Wireless Reports 3rd-Quarter Profit (AP). AP - AT&T Wireless swung to a third-quarter profit but also reported a sharp drop in customer growth from earlier this year.
4.	Senate Votes for Tough Limits on Spam (AP). AP - The Senate agreed Wednesday to impose tough new limits on the irritating but lucrative business of e-mailing unwanted sales pitches to millions of people in the United States.
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5.	Gator Forces Site To Remove 'Spyware' Label
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6.	Helix Player milestone 1.
7.	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. I think it's kind of lame that the cheapest server version for AMD64 is $1992 but x86 is only $349.

9:14:39 PM

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1.	Motorola to combine cell phone chips. The company is planning chips that will contain most of the functions that are required to make a smart phone--a move that will cut the manufacturing cost of advanced cell phones.
2.	Fujitsu hard drive settlement proposed. U.S. residents who bought certain Fujitsu hard drives could receive up to $45 in drive replacement costs and up to $1,200 for data recovery expenses.
3.	Time Warner Cable tangles with DSL, dial-up. The company reports another quarter of sagging growth in broadband Internet, raising speculation that the high-speed cable access market is maturing and facing more competition.
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4.	A Novell Linux Specialist?
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5.	Cappellas says path ahead is clear - Infoworld Staff. ORLANDO, Fla. -- Michael Cappellas, CEO of MCI, said the company is well on its way to emerging from bankruptcy, and provided a glimpse of its plans to move forward after that.
6.	Fujitsu hard disk lawsuit settlement proposed. A proposed settlement to a lawsuit against Fujitsu Computer Products of America Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., and Gateway Inc. could cost Fujitsu $42.5 million to satisfy claims that the company's hard drives were unreliable.
7.	Software AG brings XML to Adabas - Infoworld Staff. Software AG this week brought to market the EntireX XML Gateway, a product that enables users of the Adabas database to modernize their systems by publishing that data via XML and Web services.
8.	IBM adds DB2 Content Manager to Express line. IBM Corp. has added a version of its content management software to its Express line of midmarket products, offering smaller organizations and departments a tool for managing digital content such as documents and image files.
9.	FALL CTIA - Motorola goes small with mobile architecture. Motorola Inc. introduced a mobile device architecture on Wednesday that it says will lead to smaller, less expensive and more secure devices for communications and entertainment.
10.	Tech CEOs defend offshore outsourcing - Infoworld Staff. ORLANDO, FLA. -- Make no mistake about it, offshore outsourcing has a bad rap. No one likes the idea of exporting jobs to another country. But, then again, the U.S. government is not doing nearly enough to foster, attract, or retain top IT talent, at least not according to Intel CEO Craig Barrett and HP chief Carly Fiorina.
11.	Microsoft opens Windows to loyal techies. Microsoft Corp. has expanded its Shared Source Initiative to give access to the Windows source code to a group of technology enthusiasts who help Microsoft users.
12.	SAS, Information Builders ramp up BI toolboxes - Infoworld Staff. ORLANDO, FLA. -- SAS Institute this week unveiled what it calls the IEM (Information Evolution Model), and Information Builders said that it will detail a pact with Netegrity and take the wraps off a new version of its BI tool later this month.
13.	Linux on the desktop: On the way, slowly. The adoption of Linux on the desktop is progressing, but there won't be a "David and Goliath" single blow that suddenly slays the dominance of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows, Linux advocates said at an enterprise Linux conference Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT: Never Lose Email! Storactive LiveServ for Exchange - Storactive LiveServýs continuous, zero-loss backup eliminates Exchange data vulnerabilities and ensures rapid recovery of individual emails on up to entire data stores. Enables full recovery of data up to the moment a loss occurred. Get free info!
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14.	News: Justice e-censorship gaffe sparks controversy. The Department of Justice used Microsoft Word's highlight tool to black out the sensitive portions of a key report on internal workplace diversity, before releasing it to the public as a PDF file. Guess what happened next.
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15.	News: Justice e-censorship gaffe sparks controversy
16.	Une faille HCP dans l'aide de Windows !

8:14:22 PM

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1.	X10 files for Chapter 11. The company that only last year billed itself as the world's largest online advertiser files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
2.	Worm windfall bolsters Symantec. The security firm sees a sharp rise in sales and profits and raises its revenue expectations. Also: The company announces a 2-for-1 stock split.
3.	Earnings alert: Lucent back in the black. A profit follows three years of loss for the network equipment maker...Time Warner sees growth even as its AOL unit continues to sag...Symantec reports a sharp rise in sales.
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4.	AT&T Wireless Posts Profit, Revenue Up (Reuters). Reuters - AT&T Wireless Services Inc. (AWE.N), the No. 3 U.S. wireless telephone company, on Wednesday posted a quarterly net profit, but customer turnover rose significantly as it got rid of unprofitable customers.
5.	Governors Weigh in Against Internet Access Bill (Reuters). Reuters - U.S. governors on Wednesday urged the Senate to tighten what they said was a sweeping definition of Internet access that could suck billions of dollars in revenues from strapped state budgets if it was included in a bill permanently banning Internet access taxes.
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6.	Upcoming SuSE 9.0 Professional Reviewed
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7.	News: Justice e-censorship gaffe sparks controversy. The Department of Justice used Microsoft Word's highlight tool to black out half the text of a key report on internal workplace diversity, before releasing it to the public as a PDF file. Guess what happened next.
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8.	Hacker trial raises prosecution doubts
9.	IT spending escapes slowdown shackles

7:14:00 PM

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1.	Wired News to publish new story on Broadcast Flag. I've just gotten word from Wired News that they've decided to balance out this morning's stilted story about the Broadcast Flag with a piece that takes into account the perspectives of the civil-rights/consumer-advocacy groups who've been fighting the Broadcast Flag from day one. I'm really glad to see this -- makes me glad to be a Wired News reader. Link
2.	Who painted Paul's painting?. Paul sez, " I own a painting that is probably about 50 years old, and I want to find its artist and possibly return the painting to her/him. I put a thumbnail and full shot on my blog, and am casting far and wide to find the painter. It is one of those cases where Google fails because of a similarly-named artist." Link
3.	Teensy, cool, overpriced MP3 player can record off phone. The "Compact Series 290" MP3 player only stores 256MB of stuff, but it's the size of a disposable lighter and has a line-in with an adapter for recording phone conversations. Want. (But not enough to shell out $230 for it). Link (via Gizmodo)
4.	Time-lapse vegetation footage. Goddamn there is nothing cooler than time-lapse videos of germinating plants and opening flowers. Our world is inhabited by triffid-creepy alien lifeforms that move on such a slow timescale, we hardly notice. This archive of time-lapse vegetation gives me the willies. Link (via Making Light)
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5.	Linux--source of success?. As Red Hat releases a new version of Linux, RealNetworks and Motorola rally around the open-source OS. Also: New Openexchange Server from SuSE, and more source code from Microsoft.
6.	The march of the mini music drives. More portable music players like the iPod are expected to hit the market soon, thanks to hard-drive makers that are churning out small-sized drives.
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7.	REVIEW: ITunes Music Store a Standout (AP). AP - Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes music software rips and burns songs. It links you to a legal music store. It's easily downloadable. And now it's available to the 95 percent of computer users who depend on Microsoft Windows operating systems.
8.	Romania Emerges As Nexus of Cybercrime (AP). AP - The e-mail on a computer at the South Pole Research Center warned: "I've hacked into the server. Pay me off or I'll sell the station's data to another country and tell the world how vulnerable you are."
9.	Computer Associates Loss Widens (Reuters). Reuters - Business software company Computer Associates International Inc. (CA.N) on Wednesday posted a wider net loss in the quarter, weighed down by litigation settlement charges, but revenue topped its estimate on stronger-than-expected contract signing.
10.	AT&T Wireless Reports 3rd-Quarter Profit (AP). AP - AT&T Wireless swung to a third-quarter profit but reported a sharp drop in the growth of its customer base from earlier this year.
11.	REVIEW: Dell's $379 Axim X3i Shines (AP). AP - Dell Inc. is everywhere these days � selling not only computers and servers but also digital music players, printers and personal digital assistants based on Microsoft's Pocket PC operating system.
12.	Ask Jeeves Swings to Profit as Traffic Rises (Reuters). Reuters - Web search provider Ask Jeeves Inc. (ASKJ.O) on Wednesday posted a third-quarter profit compared with a year-earlier loss on revenue that rose 71 percent as traffic to its site increased.
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13.	Dept. of Defense IPv6 Interoperabilty Test Begins
14.	Microsoft Raises Security Game, Notes Shortcomings Elsewhere
15.	Oscar Screener Ban to be Revoked for Academy Members
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16.	Lucent posts first Q profit in three years. But sales still falling
17.	Sun and Fujitsu to combine Unix server businesses - report. Match made in SPARC
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18.	TROJ_HUKLE.C
19.	IBM and Cisco: Whipping SANs into Shape

6:13:42 PM

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1.	SuSE Linux upgrades Exchange competitor. SuSE Linux releases an update to its Openexchange Server software, with features intended to make it a more effective alternative to Microsoft's Exchange Server for e-mail and calendar functions.
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2.	Who Needs On-Demand Computing? (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - "On-demand computing" is the mega-buzzword of this era in information technology. All of the major I.T. providers -- including IBM (NYSE: IBM), Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW) and Computer Associates -- have formulated battle plans targeting organizations that want to reduce costs in the data center and improve return on investment from their I.T. purchases. And that is pretty much everybody.
3.	Microsoft Launches New Office Software (AP). AP - Microsoft Corp. launched the newest version of its Office software Tuesday, kicking off a $150 million ad campaign in hopes of convincing customers that the upgrade is worth the cost despite a skittish economy.
4.	Europe Slaps Microsoft Again (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - Dealing yet another blow to Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), the European Commission (EC) has offered an extensive road map to guide governments toward open-source software and away from proprietary technology.
5.	AT&T Wireless Posts Profit (Reuters). Reuters - AT&T Wireless Services Inc. (AWE.N), the No. 3 U.S. wireless telephone company, on Wednesday posted a quarterly net profit and an increase in revenue, but customer turnover rose as it removed unprofitable customers.
6.	Consumer Group Sues 2 Cell Phone Cos. (AP). AP - A consumer watchdog group sued two cellular phone companies on Tuesday, alleging the companies take advantage of unwary customers and have violated state consumer protection laws.
7.	New Stereo Linked to Online Music Store (AP). AP - Four Japanese electronics makers have teamed up to make stereo systems that can download music directly from an Internet service, without a home computer serving as middle man.
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8.	BugTraq: "Local" and "Remote" considered insufficient. Sender: Steven M dot Christey [coley at mitre dot org]
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9.	Opera in minor security drama. It ain't over till the buffer overflow is fixed...
10.	Georgia runs from the MATRIX. The proles are free but pederasts must fend for themselves
11.	Sun ready to link Solaris x86 boxes into the SAN. Emulex on board
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12.	The Great American Privacy Makeover

5:13:20 PM

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1.	See you later, anti-Gators?. Slapped with a libel suit by the notorious adware company, a Web site pulls pages that called Gator's program "spyware." Will the suit cause critics of Gator-like software to zip their lips?
2.	Raising the XML flag. Microsoft's Jeff Raikes on what the XML-centric revision of the Office software suite will mean to average users.
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3.	Motorola Phones Will Pack Linux, RealOne Player (PC World). PC World - Forthcoming smart phones make way for mobile streaming media.
4.	Time Warner Quarterly Net Profit Jumps (Reuters). Reuters - Time Warner Inc. said on Wednesday its quarterly net earnings jumped as stronger results at its TV networks and cable operations offset weakness at its AOL Internet business and Time Inc. publishing house.
5.	Apple Cuts Prices on eMac Line (Reuters). Reuters - Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL.O), the computer company known for its designs and most recently for its digital music player and service, said on Wednesday it cut prices on its line of eMac computers.
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6.	Big Mac Benchmark Drops to 7.4 TFlops
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7.	The Great American Privacy Makeover
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8.	BugTraq: [CLA-2003:769] Conectiva Security Announcement - sane. Sender: Conectiva Updates [secure at conectiva dot com dot br]
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9.	Georgia runs from the MATRIX. Pederasts must fend for themselves

4:13:11 PM

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1.	More than a few bad apples
2.	Apple tweaks iTunes for Windows. The computer maker plans on Wednesday to release an updated version of its iTunes program intended to fix bugs encountered by some Windows users.
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3.	Japan's KDDI to charge flat-rate for 3G data (FT.com). FT.com - KDDI, Japan's second-largest mobile phone operator, is to offer unlimited use of data communications on the most advanced third-generation service at a flat rate, in a move that represents a completely new business model for mobile phone operators.
4.	Tennessee Sniping Incident Draws Video Game Suit (Reuters). Reuters - A fatal sniping spree by two teen-age Tennessee boys who said they were mimicking the video game "Grand Theft Auto III" has triggered a $246 million damage suit against the game's creator and others.
5.	Motorola to Ship Phones with RealNetworks Software (Reuters). Reuters - Motorola Inc. (MOT.N), the world's second largest mobile phone maker, will use RealNetworks Inc. (RNWK.O) software to allow mobile phone users to listen to and watch news, music and sport, the companies said on Wednesday.
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6.	SCO Selective About Linux Licensees
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7.	BugTraq: Re: Web Wiz Forums ver. 7.01. Sender: [bruce at webwizguide dot info]
8.	BugTraq: Re: IE6 CSS-Crash. Sender: xenophi1e [oliver dot lavery at sympatico dot ca]
9.	BugTraq: [CLA-2003:768] Conectiva Security Announcement - fileutils. Sender: Conectiva Updates [secure at conectiva dot com dot br]
10.	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 ...
11.	Vulnerabilities: Geeklog Forgot Password SQL Injection Vulnerability. Geeklog is open-source weblog software. It is written in PHP and will run on most Unix and Linux variants, as well as Microsoft Windows operating systems. An SQL injecti...
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13.	Columnists: Joe Average User Is In Trouble

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1.	Nokia Sold 400, 000 N-Gage Decks in Two Weeks. Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, said today its N-Gage portable game decks had made a strong debut, but analysts say a key gauge of its success will be Christmas sales. By Reuters.
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2.	Verizon broadband users to get Net security. The communication service provider teams up with Network Associates to offer protection against viruses and hacker attacks to its business customers.
3.	Internet phones peachy in Georgia?. State regulators order local phone provider BellSouth to let customers buy broadband services alone, which some claim is a win for the people using Internet telephone providers.
4.	Microsoft expands 'shared source' effort. The company is allowing MVPs--individuals who have been recognized by the software maker for their contributions to its online support community--access to its source code.
5.	Talking to a computer named Emily
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6.	Apple Cuts Prices on eMac Line (Reuters). Reuters - Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL.O) on Wednesday said it had cut prices on its line of eMac computers.
7.	Certifications a must for Linux admins (TechTarget). TechTarget - Enterprise IT administrators holding a Linux certification are in possession of a coveted confirmation of their skills with the operating system.
8.	Victoria's Secret to Pay for Online Glitch (AP). AP - Victoria's Secret has agreed to pay a $50,000 fine to the state of New York while promising to improve computer security practices after a glitch on its Web site allowed viewers to browse other customers' online orders.
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9.	Advanced .NET Remoting
10.	X10 Pays $4.3 million In Damages For Pop-Unders
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11.	Security Woes Aren't Unique to Microsoft
12.	22 Oct W32/Agobot-AA
13.	Security vendors offer centrally managed products
14.	The Air Force way
15.	mah-jong[v1.4]: server/client remote buffer overflow exploit.
16.	IE6 CSS-Crash
17.	Enterprise Linux 3 Jumps into the Fray

2:12:40 PM

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1.	Real, Motorola mobilize media with Linux. RealOne Player streaming media software will be incorporated into Linux-based Motorola phones--another step forward in bringing the open-source OS to wireless devices.
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2.	RF Micro Booms (The Motley Fool). The Motley Fool - Wireless chipmaker RF Micro Devices (Nasdaq: RFMD - News) posted knockout Q3 results after the market close yesterday. Investors raised their gloves in victory, bumping the stock up 3% in the after hours on market-leading volume.
3.	Dell Turns On Its LCD Television (PC World). PC World - Widescreen 17-inch display can be used as a TV or a PC monitor.
4.	U.S. Sending New Anti-Guerrilla Technology to Iraq (Reuters). Reuters - The United States is sending new high-tech systems to Iraq aimed at thwarting strikes on its forces, including a "virtual microphone" in the sky to help pinpoint snipers, the head of the Pentagon's cradle of technologies said on Wednesday.
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5.	New P2P Battle is Heating Up
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6.	Kodak investors hold crisis talks. Rebel investors in the troubled photographic giant Kodak meet to discuss how to reverse its fortunes after a sharp fall in profits.
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7.	Security Woes Aren't Unique to Microsoft
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8.	Columnists: Joe Average User Is In Trouble. As security professionals we're at the forefront, like it or not, and it's up to us to help lessen the myriad of user problems we see around us.
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9.	BugTraq: mah-jong[v1.4]: server/client remote buffer overflow exploit.. Sender: Vade 79 [v9 at fakehalo dot deadpig dot org]
10.	BugTraq: IE6 CSS-Crash. Sender: Andreas Boeckler [abo at netlands dot de]
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11.	Email snooping custody battle woman escapes jail. DivorcE-mail
12.	HP e3000 users join World Wide Wake. Collective cry on Oct. 31
13.	BT confirms 1Mbps launch. Prices, dates etc
14.	Microsoft Office 2003 hits the streets. Information rights management
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15.	UK banks and police proffer anti-phishing advice
16.	Buffer Overflow Sicherheitsloch im Opera Browser
17.	Viren finden auf Chinas Computern guten Nährboden
18.	Initiative für mehr Sicherheit im DNS
19.	Ermittlungen im Hacker-Todesfall "Tron" ruhen endgültig
20.	Network Associates' New Focus: Intrusion Prevention
21.	Georgia Decides Against Joining Anti-Terror Crime Database
22.	Port-Blocking Isn't Enough For Security

1:12:20 PM

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1.	Scheneier -- what data-mining can't solve. Good Bruce Schneier op-ed on why terrorist profiling fails: I have an idea. Timothy McVeigh and John Allen Muhammad - one of the accused D.C. snipers - both served in the military. I think we need to put all U.S. ex-servicemen on a special watch list, because they obviously could be terrorists. I think we should flag them for "special screening" when they fly and think twice before allowing them to take scuba-diving lessons. What do you think of my idea? I hope you're appalled, incensed and angry that I question the honesty and integrity of our military personnel based on the actions of just two people. That's exactly the right reaction. It's no different whether I suspect people based on military service, race, ethnicity, reading choices, scuba-diving ability or whether they're flying one way or round trip. It's profiling. It doesn't catch the few bad guys, and it causes undue hardship on the many good guys who are erroneously and repeatedly singled out. Security is always a trade-off, and in this case of "data mining" the trade-off is a lousy one. Link
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2.	Apple gives iBooks a step up. The Mac maker releases three new versions of the portable computer with G4 processors, faster memory and improved graphics technology. The company also drops prices on eMacs.
3.	Oracle, Fujitsu Siemens team on mainframe access
4.	Cisco, IBM team on storage. The networking giant will soon begin to sell switches that use Big Blue's software for managing and storing huge pools of data.
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5.	Nintendo Buys Stake in Rival Bandai (AP). AP - Japan's Nintendo Co. has bought a stake in toy maker and videogame software developer Bandai Co., solidifying their existing partnership in the gaming market, the companies said Wednesday.
6.	Sony Unveils Small-and-Thin Digicam (PC World). PC World - New 5-megapixel camera packs large display, zoom lens into svelte package.
7.	Airlines, Hotels Said Cheated by Fake Web Sites (Reuters). Reuters - The United Nations trademark and copyright agency WIPO on Wednesday revealed the existence of a raft of fake Web addresses which divert customers of airlines, hotels and car hire firms to a site selling cheap travel deals.
8.	Programs: 'Boktai' Is Sun-Sensitive GameBoy Saga (Reuters). Reuters - (Gene Emery is a columnist who covers science and technology. His Internet address is GEmeryCox.net. Any opinions in the column are his alone.)
9.	Nokia Sold 400,000 N-Gage Decks in Two Weeks (Reuters). Reuters - Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, said on Wednesday its N-Gage portable game decks had made a strong debut, but analysts say a key gauge of its success will be Christmas sales.
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10.	Apple Updates iBook Line With G4 Processor
11.	The World's Fastest Electric Car
12.	First 1.1Mpixel 192MB SmartPhone
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13.	Adobe heralds 3-D authoring, radiosity lighting - Infoworld Staff. Adobe Systems on Wednesday will introduce its 3-D authoring tool, Adobe Atmosphere, for building multimedia-based interactive environments for the Web and PDF files.
14.	IBM boosts enterprise uses for P900 phone. IBM Corp. Monday backed up Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB's introduction of the P900 smartphone with a set of software offerings including a VPN (virtual private network) feature and an easier way to set up access to enterprise applications.
15.	SuSE goes after Exchange - Infoworld Staff. Trying to cut deeper into the market share of Microsoft's Exchange Server e-mail system, SuSE Linux on Wednesday is rolling out a version of Openexchange that features improved server support for Windows Outlook users.
16.	Motorola Linux phones to get RealOne Player. Motorola Inc., the world's second largest mobile phone maker, will use the RealNetworks Inc. RealOne Player in some of its phones, RealNetworks said Tuesday.
17.	SCO license currently for biggest users only. Linux users outside of the Fortune 1000 cannot buy the software license The SCO Group Inc. has been offering since August as a way to protect themselves against legal action, the company confirmed Tuesday.
18.	OracleWorld: Fujitsu Siemens, Oracle team on middleware. PARIS -- Fujitsu Siemens Computers (Holding) BV and Oracle Corp. plan to pool some of their software resources to help big businesses link legacy data to modern systems with Web interfaces.
19.	Sendo provides details of first Symbian phone. Sendo Ltd. has provided details of its first smart phone, the Sendo X, using Symbian Ltd.'s OS and Series 60 software from Nokia Corp.
20.	OracleWorld: Vodafone, Oracle, build SMS into app server. PARIS -- Oracle Corp. and Vodafone Group PLC will extend the potential reach of Web services to millions more mobile phones next month, by connecting Oracle 10g Application Server to Vodafone's SMS (Short Message Service) system through a Web services interface, the companies announced Wednesday.
21.	Lucent reports first profit in three years. After having undergone extensive restructuring and cost cuts, Lucent Technologies Inc. on Wednesday reported its first net profit in over three years, beating analyst expectations for the telecommunications equipment maker's fourth-quarter financial performance. 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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22.	SCO: insecure tmp file creation vulnerability
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23.	SuSE opens up to Outlook users with Openexchange 4.1. I can see your task
24.	Yahoo! sets decoy email traps for spammers. Cut and run
25.	HP and Microsoft flog NAS to small.biz. As you do
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26.	Risk Management Falls Short
27.	Elsewhere: Europe issues tips on how to dump Windows
28.	Elsewhere: Managed security service providers explained
29.	News: UK banks and police proffer anti-phishing advice
30.	News: Ballmer on why Windows is more secure than Linux

12:12:10 PM

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1.	Net telephony grows on Time Warner. The company's cable unit plans to expand its Internet phone service into three or four more cities by year's end and foresees a "more aggressive" deployment next year.
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2.	Sony Studying Ways to Embed Cell Phones (AP). AP - Sony Corp. is studying ways to let consumers use their cell phones to buy groceries at convenience stores, pick up the tab for lunch and pay train fares, the company said Wednesday.
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3.	Risk Management Falls Short
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4.	Elsewhere: Europe issues tips on how to dump Windows. A European Commission initiative has issued guidelines to member governments on how to migrate to open source software, on both servers and desktops. VNUnet reports that ...
5.	Elsewhere: Managed security service providers explained. Chris Davis, executive, NamITrust (enterprise security solutions provider at NamITech), says a managed security service provider (MSSP) offers outsourced information sec...
6.	News: UK banks and police proffer anti-phishing advice. The Register By John Leyden [john dot leyden at theregister dot co dot uk]
7.	News: Ballmer on why Windows is more secure than Linux. The Register By John Leyden [john dot leyden at theregister dot co dot uk]
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8.	IT upturn on its way - Gartner. 'bout time too
9.	Apple updates iBook with G4 CPU. At last
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10.	TROJ_LDPINCH.A
11.	The Evolution Of a Cryptographer
12.	MS03-046 Microsoft Exchange 2000 Heap Overflow
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13.	Do You Need Antivirus Software for Web-based Email?. A user asked in the Internet / Network Security Forums: "I have just switched from dialup to cable modem internet service. I am running ZoneAlarm (the free version) and I have passed the security scan at Shields Up. I use...

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1.	Time Warner sees growth despite AOL. Solid performance from the media behemoth's TV and cable operations is overshadowed by continuing struggles in its sagging Internet service unit.
2.	Lucent back in the black. The cell phone maker ends three years of unprofitability, posting a net profit of $99 million for the fourth quarter.
3.	Earnings alert: Lucent back in the black. A profit after three years of loss for the cell phone maker...Amazon.com reports its first non-holiday quarterly profit...Rising semiconductor demand fuels TI's growth.
4.	Adobe seeks to heighten 3D on Web. The company's new Atmosphere program is aimed at allowing Web and graphics designers to easily create detailed 3D environments, but Mac users are out of the picture.
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5.	IBM and Cisco to Work Jointly on Storage Switches (Reuters). Reuters - International Business Machines Corp. (IBM.N) and Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO.O) on Wednesday said they would work together to tailor IBM's data storage software to Cisco's storage switches.
6.	Amazon's Lump of Coal? (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - The Internet's largest retailer thought it had the perfect early Christmas gift for Wall Street yesterday when it reported its third quarterly profit ever and the first profit logged outside of the critical fourth-quarter holiday season.
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7.	Police start 'safe surfing' drive. Police go into classrooms to guide children through the safe way to use internet chatrooms.
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8.	The Evolution Of a Cryptographer
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9.	Ballmer: Windows is as Secure as Linux!
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10.	BugTraq: MS03-046 Microsoft Exchange 2000 Heap Overflow. Sender: H D Moore [sflist at digitaloffense dot net]
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11.	Toshiba PDA to offer VGA screen. Quadruples traditional Pocket PC screen size
12.	Ballmer on why Windows is more secure than Linux. A trip to Disneyland
13.	WiFi hotspots top 45,000. The quickening
14.	Microsoft: no Office party. Opening the throttle
15.	Open Text: big, bigger, biggest. Now is the winter of our content
16.	UK banks and police proffer anti-phishing advice. Beware of the two-tiered email scam
17.	Palm settles legal challenges to Handspring takeover. Way open for next week's shareholder vote
18.	Archos launches modular MP3 player. Reg Kit Watch Plus: O2 names the XDA II release date
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19.	TROJ_DLOADER.DZ
20.	VPOP3 E-mail Server Input Validation Flaw Lets Remote Users Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
21.	Opera Browser HREF Tag Buffer Overflow Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
22.	eMule Can Be Crashed By Remote Users Sending Long Password Values
23.	GoldLink SQL Injection Flaw Yields Administrative Access to Remote Users
24.	Origo ASR-8100 ADSL Router Offers a Remote Configuration Interface With No Authentication

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1.	Apple releases G4 iBooks (MacCentral). MacCentral - At long last, Apple has excised the G3 processor from its consumer laptop line. On Wednesday the company announced its revamped line of G4 iBooks, featuring the same type of central processing unit (CPU) that's found in its iMac and eMac systems.
2.	KDDI to start flat rate for e-mail, Internet transmissions in Japan (AFP). AFP - Japan's second largest telecoms operator KDDI Corp. said it will introduce a flat rate next month for packet transmission of email and Internet content for its mobile phone service.
3.	RealNetworks to Launch Europe Music Download Shop (Reuters). Reuters - RealNetworks Inc. (RNWK.O) said on Wednesday it will bring its Rhapsody music download service to Europe in the second quarter of next year, the latest American firm aiming to cash in on Europe's emerging digital music scene. Earlier this month, Time Warner (TWX.N) told Reuters it was in negotiations with the world's largest music labels for licenses to sell song downloads to European music fans by the second quarter of 2004.
4.	Apple Cuts Prices on eMac Line (Reuters). Reuters - Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL.O) on Wednesday said it had cut prices on its line of eMac computers.
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5.	Broadcast Flag All But Approved
6.	Do You Accept Cellphone Payments?
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7.	Bell rings in new phone gallery. The great grandson of Alexander Graham Bell launches an exhibition commemorating the work of his famous ancestor.
8.	Dutch solar car wins famous race. The Nuna II vehicle wins the 2003 World Solar Challenge in Australia for cars that are powered only by sunlight.
9.	Net lifeline for African doctors. Doctors in East Africa have been given access to thousands of vital online medical papers.
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10.	An Easy Way to Avoid Spam
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11.	Entrust to provide PKI for FBI

9:11:10 AM

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1.	Wireless, Internet Help BellSouth Profit (Reuters). Reuters - BellSouth Corp. (BLS.N), the No. 3 U.S. local telephone company, on Wednesday posted higher third-quarter profit, and strong sales of wireless and Internet services drove revenues up.
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2.	Online advertising 'to click again'. Search engine placement fees mean web advertising is set to start expanding again in Western Europe, a new report says.
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3.	Toshiba PDA to offer VGA screen. Double traditional Pocket PC screen size
4.	How to beat the 419 scammers. Money for nothing, chicks for free
5.	Fujitsu HDD fiasco to end in $42.5m pay-out. Defendants settle out of court
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6.	The HNS book giveaway winners have been chosen
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7.	Ballmer gibt Fehler bei Sicherheitspolitik zu

8:10:50 AM

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1.	Barrett: Tech's challenges in government. Intel CEO Craig Barrett: says it's time for the United States to wake up to the new global realities about technology and economics.
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2.	Typical child porn user is white male IT pro. Oh dear
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3.	The case of the Trojan Wookiee
4.	Entrust to provide PKI for FBI
5.	Ballmer: Windows is as secure as Linux
6.	Network Associates' new focus: intrusion prevention
7.	Security woes aren't unique to Microsoft

7:10:30 AM

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1.	Hydrogenaudio Closes Doors For Now
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2.	Sagem springs hotspot in a box. Home brew
3.	Egg to cut 70 jobs. Holds talks about future of French ops
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4.	It Came From Beneath the Sea. Giant methane bubbles rising from the sea floor are capable of swamping a ship and sinking it, new research shows. The North Sea, which has a rich deposit of solid methane, is especially perilous.
5.	Internet Radio Royalties Affirmed. An appeals court agrees with the U.S. Copyright Office, which compels radio stations to pay royalties to recording companies when music is streamed over the Internet.
6.	Digital TV Ain't Gonna Be Free. The folks at the Federal Communications Commission will likely adopt rules in coming weeks that will allow programmers to attach a code to digital broadcasts that will bar consumers from sending copies of popular shows over the Internet.
7.	Sim Soars as Learning Tool. Want to learn to fly? Consider Microsoft Flight Simulator. It's marketed as a game, but the software has evolved into much more. In fact, it's the tool of choice for many flight instructors. By Mark McClusky.
8.	Pricey Pumps Hinder Hydrogen Cars. Hydrogen-powered cars make advances in efficiency and reliability, but researchers fear the biggest roadblock -- making and distributing fuel -- won't be overcome any time soon. Amit Asaravala reports from Davis, California.
9.	Cracking the Frankenfood Code. Sure, you could tell whether that banana is genetically modified by checking its code number. But the label won't necessarily be there. By Kristen Philipkoski.
10.	Catching Up With The Connectors. Meet the hypernetworked nodes who secretly run the world. By Jeff Howe from Wired magazine.
11.	Students Fight E-Vote Firm. Internal Diebold memos hit the Web recently, revealing that the company knew about security flaws in voting systems sold to the states. Diebold has tried to remove the memos from the Web, but students are fighting back. By Kim Zetter.
12.	Big Screens Open Windows on World. Giant public video-conferencing systems are coming soon to two European capitals. In a decade, they could be all over the world, providing an ultra-realistic portal into select urban centers. By Leander Kahney.
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13.	Resin Web Server Example Scripts Permit Remote Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
14.	ByteHoard Input Validation Flaw Discloses Files on the System to Remote Users
15.	Dansie Shopping Cart Discloses Installation Path to Remote Users
16.	Immunix Secured OS 7+ fetchmail update

6:10:13 AM

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1.	Web venture to bring arts alive. A government-backed internet initiative to make the arts more accessible, Culture Online, is launched.
2.	Computer viruses hit China. About 85% of computers in China have been infected with a virus this year, official figures show.
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3.	The "CryptoChallenge" Series Reaches Stage IV
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4.	Microsoft launches self-destructing email (false). Urban myth gets disavowed
5.	NTL staff in 'white powder' scare. False alarm
6.	Sony to ship PSX for $750. PS2 meets TiVO
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7.	Panda Software met en garde contre le nouveau cheval de Troie Sdbot.N
8.	My Classifieds SQL SQL Injection Vulnerability
9.	My Classifieds SQL SQL Injection Vulnerability
10.	My Photo Gallery Unspecified Vulnerability
11.	My Photo Gallery Unspecified Vulnerability
12.	Web Wiz Forums Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
13.	Web Wiz Forums Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

5:09:50 AM

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1.	Wired News publishes idiotic story on Broadcast Flag. Wired News has published a Reuters article on the Broadcast Flag that appears to have been written without a moment's thought to the proposal's critics -- indeed without any serious consultation with anyone who is even remotely skeptical about it. The piece says, basically, well, this will stop piracy, and the opponents are upset because people will have to buy new DVDs. What Wired News misses by publishing the Reuter's piece instead of doing original reporting is that this won't stop piracy (as even the studios have admitted, in the plug-and-play cable proceeding), that it has nothing to do with buying new DVDs, that it makes a whole class of general-purpose open source software illegal, including code that's already in the market, and that it will give the companies who called home taping and peeing during commercials theft a veto over the design over DTV devices, including parts of your PC. It also misses that fact that there is currently no problem with "theft" of Hollywood movies: these companies are making more money than they ever have -- a situation that's obtained every year since 1959, and more particularily since 1984 when the VCR was legalized and not only failed to strangle the film industry, but rather more than doubled its income. This is the shoddiest thing I've ever seen in Wired News. It's disgusting. Link
2.	Michael Moore's new book excerpt on Salon. Michael Moore's new book, Dude, Where's My Country? is out, and Salon's got an excerpt this morning. What is the worst lie a president can tell? "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky." Or ... "He has weapons of mass destruction -- the world's deadliest weapons -- which pose a direct threat to the United States, our citizens and our friends and allies." Link
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3.	Aussie Music Industry Sues ISP Over Filesharing
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4.	Egg plans French link-up. The online bank says it is in talks with potential partners for its loss making French business, as it unveils rising profits in the UK.
5.	China's huge virus problem. About 85% of computers in China have been infected with a virus this year, official figures show.
6.	Cyber women test what's real. Advances in technology have made it possible to create life-like virtual women as a exhibition in London shows.
7.	Net lifeline for African doctors. Doctors in East Africa have been given access to thousands of online medical papers.
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8.	SSL-VPNs sizzle
9.	Port-Blocking Isn't Enough For Security
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10.	PSCS VPOP3 Email Server Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
11.	PSCS VPOP3 Email Server Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

4:09:30 AM

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1.	S.E.C. Pursues Time Warner Investigation. High-ranking Time Warner executives have been subpoenaed in an investigation into the company's accounting for an advertising deal. By David D. Kirkpatrick.
2.	Technology Briefing: Internet. ORBITZ EXPECTS TO SELL SHARES AT $22 EACH; EARTHLINK POSTS FIRST PROFIT IN 5 YEARS;.
3.	Technology Briefing: Hardware. ROBOT SALES SURGE; MOTOROLA CHIP UNIT TO ANNOUNCE NEW SYSTEM;.
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4.	Darl McBride (SCO)�: «�Nous nous battons pour le bien de l'industrie logicielle�»

3:09:10 AM

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1.	iTunes for Windows. Apple has finally released iTunes for Windows. You really ought to download this now. Not only is it a superb music jukebox/CD creator, but it allows you to browse and buy songs off Apple's excellent music store. It's a hefty...
2.	Mozilla Firebird Web Browser. Since I'm on the topic of "Cool Tools," let me also point you toward the latest release of Mozilla Firebird. Firebird is a stripped down version of the Mozilla webbrowser. It's a lean, mean tabbed browser, pop-up blocking machine. It's...
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3.	IBM, Cisco Cement Their Ties In Second Venture (Dow Jones). Dow Jones - International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM - News) said it will put software for managing stores of corporate data on switches made by Cisco Systems Inc. (NasdaqNM:CSCO - News) , in the latest sign of growing ties between the two tech leaders, Wednesday's Wall Street Journal reported.
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4.	AT&T Moves Toward Mail-Server Whitelist

2:08:50 AM

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1.	Sprint PCS Hitachi G1000 PDA Mobile Phone Network Security Breach

1:08:31 AM

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1.	Low-Cost Supercomputer Put Together From 1,100 PC's. A home-brew supercomputer, assembled from off-the-shelf personal computers in just one month, is about to be ranked as one of the fastest machines in the world. By John Markoff.
2.	Ways to Keep Schemers From Beating the System. The thoroughbred racing industry has learned it takes more than tight-lipped discretion to prevent betting coups in an era of evolving technology. By Joe Drape.
3.	Helped by Pricing Strategy, Amazon.com Reports Profit. Amazon.com reported its first profit outside of the holiday season as its strategy to reignite growth with lower prices paid off. By Saul Hansell.
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4.	Dell moves into family room with LCD TV. The PC maker will move deeper into the market for consumer electronics next week when it releases its first liquid crystal display TV.
5.	IBM debuts content management server. Big Blue's DB2 Content Manager Express is designed to appeal to smaller organizations and includes features such as quick installation and self-management.
6.	Red Hat overhauls flagship Linux. The dominant Linux seller is set to start offering the newest incarnation of its product for business customers, a version that opens several new markets for the company.
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7.	Microsoft Tears Down the Old To Sell the New (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - It's a strange situation Microsoft Corp. finds itself in: To convince customers that they need to buy the latest version of its Office business software, the technology giant felt it necessary yesterday to engage in a little trash talk about its chief competitor . . . itself.
8.	Consumer Group Sues 2 Cell Phone Cos. (AP). AP - A consumer watchdog group sued two cellular phone companies on Tuesday, alleging the companies take advantage of unwary customers and have violated state consumer protection laws.
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9.	Swarthmore Students Keep Diebold Memos Online
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10.	OASIS works on specs for asynchronous Web services - Infoworld Staff. ORLANDO, FLA. -- The OASIS standards body is in the early stages of building a specification that will handle asynchrony for Web services.
11.	Fiorina hails new horizontal paradigm - Infoworld Staff. ORLANDO, FLA. -- Carly Fiorina said that the era of building technology silos within an enterprise needs to end and, as such, companies need to start thinking horizontally, rather than vertically.
12.	Adobe heralds 3D authoring, radiosity lighting - Infoworld Staff. Adobe Systems on Wednesday is introducing its 3D authoring tool, Adobe Atmosphere, for building multimedia-based interactive environments for the Web and PDF files.
13.	FALL CTIA - IBM boosts enterprise uses for P900 phone. IBM Corp. Monday backed up Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB's introduction of the P900 smartphone with a set of software offerings including a VPN (virtual private network) feature and an easier way to set up access to enterprise applications. ADVERTISEMENT: Vonage DigitalVoice...The BROADBAND Phone Company - Vonage is a digital phone service that replaces your current phone company, offering unlimited local and long distance calling for $34.99 per month
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14.	Amazon posts slim profit without Santa's help. Foreign cash puts store in black

12:08:10 AM