Gregg's Security News Aggregator

Thursday, October 23, 2003

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1.	Net Sites Help New Screenwriters (Reuters). Reuters - Hollywood is legendary in its ability to make things difficult for unproven screenwriters. So perhaps it's only natural that dozens if not hundreds of Internet sites sprang quickly to action to help struggling writers get their scripts read by the right people.
2.	Satellites Help Slash Karachi Car Thefts, Kidnaps (Reuters). Reuters - Unpleasant shocks await car thieves in Karachi.
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3.	Late Announcement: the new Crypto-Gram has been Out!
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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.	W32.HLLW.Gaobot.BB

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1.	'Big Mac' supercomputer one of world's fastest. A supercomputer built by Virginia Tech from 1,100 dual-processor Macintosh G5 PCs looks likely to rank with the five fastest machines in the world, despite costing a relative pittance.
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2.	Microsoft's 1Q Profits Up 28 Percent (AP). AP - Microsoft Corp.'s first-quarter profit surged 28 percent, but the software company signed far fewer new contracts with corporate customers than it expected, the company said Thursday.

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1.	Losses continue for Gateway. The hardware maker misses analysts' expectations by a penny and reports a net loss of 20 cents a share. Revenue was slightly higher than estimates.
2.	IBM offers Java video software license
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3.	Strong Consumer Sales Boost Microsoft (Reuters). Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday its quarterly profit rose on strong consumer sales of Windows and raised its outlook for personal computer demand, but said it had clinched fewer big corporate contracts for software than it had expected.
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4.	Slashback: Diebold, Peroxide, Comdex
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5.	Opinion: Ballmer's Slip
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6.	Vulnerabilities: Eric S. Raymond Fetchmail Heap Corruption Vulnerability. Fetchmail is a freely available, open source mail retrieval utility. It is maintained by Eric S. Raymond. A remotely exploitable heap overflow vulnerability has been rep...
7.	Vulnerabilities: Eric S. Raymond Fetchmail Unspecified Denial of Service Vulnerability. Fetchmail is a freely available, open source mail retrieval utility. It is maintained by Eric S. Raymond. A vulnerability has been reported to be present in the software...
8.	Vulnerabilities: Gast Arbeiter File Upload Validation Vulnerability. Gast Arbeiter is a web-based instant messaging application. It is implemented in Perl. Gast Arbeiter allegedly does not sufficiently validate user-supplied input during...
9.	Vulnerabilities: HP OpenView Network Node Manager Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities. HP Network Node Manager is a commercial systems management software package distributed by Hewlett-Packard. HP has announced that a number of vulnerabilities exist in th...
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10.	Former Coca-Cola Cyber-Security Chief Now in Charge of Nation's Infrastructure
11.	US Gov't Plans to flood TV, radio, mags, rags and movie theatres with Security Ads
12.	Senate Votes To Can Spam
13.	Docent And Click2Learn Set To Merge
14.	AOL Quietly Changes Windows Settings To Combat Pop-Ups
15.	Opinion: Ballmer's Slip

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1.	Son of MSBlast on the way?. A program that exploits a software vulnerability Microsoft recently described could spell trouble for companies that haven't quickly patched their systems, security experts say.
2.	Losses continue for Gateway. The hardware maker misses analysts' expectations by a penny and reports a net loss of 20 cents a share. Revenue was slightly higher than estimates.
3.	Google reportedly exploring IPO. The Web search giant could go public early next year using an unusual electronic bidding and placement system, according to a published report.
4.	MIT winds down radio tag activity. The university is ending a four-year collaboration with dozens of blue-chip companies that set out to advance a new frontier of information technology known as RFID.
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5.	Death-Defying Acts (Forbes.com). Forbes.com - If the family in Cape Fear had an entrepreneurial counterpart it might be Bristol Technology. This tiny software outfit in Danbury, Conn. stood up to Microsoft, which came right back at it, then tacked straight into the high-tech tempest--and somehow managed to survive it all and find its own undiscovered niche in enterprise software.
6.	Do You Fear Me Now? (Forbes.com). Forbes.com - Dennis Strigl, chief executive of Verizon Wireless, fired a warning shot at his competitors in a June speech. The head of the nation's biggest wireless company came out in favor of a federal mandate that lets customers keep their cell phone numbers when they switch carriers, a rule his competitors have fought for fear it will spark an all-out war for customers in a business already shredded by competition.
7.	Senators Renew Push for Internet Access-Tax Ban (Reuters). Reuters - Backers of a plan to permanently ban all Internet access taxes renewed efforts on Thursday to push the stalled measure through the U.S. Senate before the current moratorium expires at the end of the month.
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8.	Preparing for the DARPA Autonomous Vehicle Challenge
9.	Cringley on Microsoft and Linux
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10.	Vulnerabilities: Sun Java Cross-Site Applet Sandbox Security Model Violation Vulnerability. A vulnerability has been reported in Java implementations that may potentially allow Java applets from two different domains to violate the sandbox security model and sha...
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11.	Hollywood Preaches Anti-Piracy to Schools

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1.	Earnings alert: Microsoft sees higher profit. The software giant's earnings top estimates...PeopleSoft surpasses sales and revenue estimates...a profit follows three years of loss for Lucent.
2.	Sun, Fujitsu eye tighter alliance. The two rivals, which have servers that are united by a common processor design and operating system, are in discussions that could mean a tighter alliance.
3.	Net2Phone dials in Puerto Rico cable company. The company snags a first customer for its new business: selling hosted VoIP dialing to cable operators that don't have the resources to add phone capabilities to their networks.
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4.	PeopleSoft Has 3rd-Quarter Loss (AP). AP - Business software maker PeopleSoft Inc. posted a loss for the third quarter but still beat expectations and management boosted its projections for the current quarter, raising the hurdles facing rival Oracle Corp.'s hostile takeover bid.
5.	Microsoft Profits Surge in 1st Quarter (AP). AP - Microsoft Corp.'s first-quarter profits surged 27 percent, but the software company signed far fewer new contracts with corporate customers than it expected, the company said Thursday.
6.	Red Hat Upgrades Linux OS (PC World). PC World - Version 3 features improved Java support, multi-threading capability.
7.	Nasdaq Ends Down 12.56; Earnings Fail to Excite Investors (Dow Jones). Dow Jones - NEW YORK -- Technology stocks fell Thursday, hurt by weakness overseas and tepid earnings. Shares of Sprint FON rose, but its PCS wireless tracking stock fell after the telephone company's mixed earnings. Earnings also weighed on AT&T Wireless Services and software maker Computer Associates (NYSE:CA - News).
8.	U.S. Gov't Plans Internet Security Ads (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - Consumers who ignore advice about how to protect themselves against hackers, viruses and fraudsters online will soon find it harder to tune out thanks to a nationwide media blitz being crafted by the Department of Homeland Security and a group of high-tech companies.
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9.	More on the Versalaser
10.	Brill's Contentious ID Card
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11.	Infocus: Fighting Internet Worms With Honeypots. This paper will evaluate the usefulness of using honeypots to fight Internet worms, including a discussion on capturing a worm, redirecting worm traffic to fake services, launching counter attacks to clean infected hosts, and finally removing the worm or negating its effects.
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12.	Unsignierte Java-Applets brechen aus Sandbox aus[Update]
13.	Netzwerk-Wurm Agobot installiert Hintertürchen
14.	Web Wiz Forums Input Validation Holes Permit Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
15.	My Classifieds SQL Input Validation Flaw Lets Remote Users Inject SQL Commands

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1.	Tattoo Artist Database. Online database of tattoo artists around the USA. Tattoo enthusiasts are encouraged to contribute new additions. Link (thanks, keith)
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2.	PC sales bolster Microsoft profits. The software giant reports earnings that narrowly topped Wall Street expectations as sales rose 6 percent from a year ago.
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3.	PeopleSoft Posts Small Net Loss (Reuters). Reuters - PeopleSoft Inc. (PSFT.O) on Thursday posted a small quarterly net loss as it digested the recent acquisition of J.D. Edwards & Co., but revenue surged as it made aggressive customer offers to fend off Oracle Corp.'s (ORCL.O) takeover bid.
4.	Microsoft Posts Higher Profit, Revenue (Reuters). Reuters - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O), the world's largest software maker, on Thursday said its quarterly profit rose on increased sales to businesses and robust consumer demand for personal computers.
5.	Sprint PCS Group Posts a Quarterly Loss (Reuters). Reuters - Sprint PCS Group (PCS.N), the fourth-largest U.S. wireless phone company, on Thursday posted a quarterly loss as it added fewer customers than expected, sending its shares down more than 17 percent.
6.	Survey: Porn Found Often on Work Computers (AP). AP - Many of us apparently forget that our office computer belongs to the boss � along with all the Internet material you may load onto it.
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7.	BugTraq: [LSD] Security vulnerability in SUN's Java Virtual Machine implementation. Sender: Last Stage of Delirium [contact at lsd-pl dot net]
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8.	Pointsec takes crypto to Symbian. PIN down
9.	SafeNet looks for gold at the end of the Rainbow. Merger adds to growing pace of SafeNet's acquisition spree

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1.	Wired Magazine publishes story online before printing it. Wired magazine did an unusual thing today: they published a story online before printing it -- because news broke. Amazon has a new, searchable book archive which amounts to a huge leap toward making books searchable.... a (semi)browsable database of 120 thousand books... 33 Million indexed pages. Wired had an exclusive on it -- a really smart piece by Gary Wolf -- but it wasn't going to hit newsstands for three weeks (ah, the wonderful 19th century world of magazine publishing), so editor Mark Robinson and others at the mag decided to put it online at wired.com. I'm told this was standard practice back in the publication's pre-Conde-Nast day, but it's interesting to see this happen again for the first time in what would appear to be a long while. Link
2.	Vintage '60s--'70s pr0n movie posters. From the just-released book X-rated: Adult Movie Posters of 60s and 70s by Tony Nourmand and Graham Marsh. Shown here: "The Pleasure Machines," about -- what else -- Robo-Hos! Link (Via MeFi)
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3.	AT&T sets Wi-Fi aloft in Philly airport
4.	IBM should indemnify open-source customers. Forrester Research's Julie Giera has some advice for those that are considering doing business with companies that refuse to indemnify their open-source software customers.
5.	T-Mobile heeds FCC portability call. The company announces its plan to let subscribers who have switched from five other carriers, and vice versa, keep their phone numbers.
6.	Innovations need to work technically, too. This guy's agenda is so obvious, you could drive a truck through it without touching the sides.Adding to DNS is not innovation if it breaks what's below it. Period.
7.	Hotmail tries to fry more spam. Taking a new twist on an old antispam method, Microsoft previews a system for singling out mail from approved addresses. It plans to use the system in its free Hotmail e-mail service.
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8.	IBM Angles for Smaller Fish with DB2 Content Manager (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - Major software vendors are falling over themselves to service the emerging I.T. needs of small and mid-size businesses. IDC research shows that SMBs accounted for more than half of all I.T. spending in 2002.
9.	Oracle-PeopleSoft Opera: Time To Cue the Fat Lady? (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT) beat earnings expectations and declared -- once again -- that Oracle's (Nasdaq: ORCL) hostile bid for the maker of business-software applications is over. The continued positive performance of PeopleSoft most likely means that Oracle will have to raise its US$19.50 per-share offer.
10.	Gateway Enhances All-in-One System (Ziff Davis). Ziff Davis - The Profile 5 comes with a 19-inch LCD screen and is now easier to maintain; Gateway also unveils "no-compromise performance notebook."
11.	Hollywood Preaches Anti-Piracy to Schools (AP). AP - As part of its campaign to thwart online music and movie piracy, Hollywood is now reaching into school classrooms with a program that denounces file-sharing and offers prizes for students and teachers who spread the word about Internet theft.
12.	Major Video Games Tournament Heading to Las Vegas (Reuters). Reuters - Video gaming's richest tournament has decided to move to Las Vegas and set up show alongside one of the world's largest consumer electronics shows -- and it's adding a women's category too.
13.	ID Card Venture Aims to Speed Security Screenings (Reuters). Reuters - Newsweek columnist and Court TV founder Steven Brill is launching a venture to distribute identity cards that will allow people to speed through fast lanes at airport, office building and sports arena security checkpoints with a thumbprint scan.
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14.	Branding Mozilla: Towards Mozilla 2.0
15.	Senate Passes Anti-Spam Bill
16.	NASA Engineers Question ISS Safety
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17.	Microsoft posts 'revisions' to security bulletins. Patches cause trouble with foreign language versions of Windows, Exchange
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18.	News: AOL quietly changes Windows settings to combat pop-up spam. The Associated Press By Anick Jesdanun
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19.	Incident Response Tools For Unix, Part One: System Tools

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1.	iTunes for Windows "rocks". Mike Langberg, the personal technology columnist for the San Jose Mercury News agrees with my enthusiasm for the new iTunes for Windows software. Read his tour through the software on the following link. Apple rocks on with iTunes for Windows...
2.	A U.S. federal anti-spam law. The Mercury News reports in Senate OKs do-not-spam plan that:The Senate unanimously approved an anti-spam bill Wednesday, significantly increasing chances that Congress will enact the nation's first law restricting unsolicited e-mail before the end of the year. The bill, passed...
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3.	Japanese manga about bloggers. Or a blog about manga, I can't really tell which. Link, ( Thanks Jean-Luc)
4.	Friday in SF: Seemen machine art shows. Machine-art mad scientist Kal Spelletich offers two performances of "Live Audience Experiments with Machines and Robots" this weekend in San Francisco. Takes place Friday, October 24, at 8:00 & 10:00 PM. E-mail in advance for reservations, $10 per person. Link to event details (including pre-reg instructions), link to photos, link to more photos. When your ticket includes a disclaimer like "YOU VOLUNTARILY ASSUME THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH BY ATTENDING THIS PERFORMANCE," you know you're in for a rockin', robotic good time.
5.	Sony finally launches SDR (renamed QRio "Curio"). BoingBoing pal David Calkins, RSA honcho and robotics guru, points us to the new Sony website for its consumer-oriented android Qrio. Dig the Engrish-flavored prose! I 'love' the seemingly random 'use' of 'quotation marks'! "It is the product of cutting edge artificial intelligence and dynamics technology. An entertainment robot that lives with you, makes life fun, makes you happy. Its name is QRIO. QRIO can gather information and move around on its own accord. QRIO not only walks on two legs, it can also manage uneven surfaces, dance, recognize people's faces and voices, and carry on conversation. QRIO is eager to be friends with people. Until a decade ago, the word 'robot' was associated primarily with industry. Having robots perform tasks in place of humans is 'helpful', but wouldn't it be 'fun' if people and robots could not only work together, but live together too?SONY decided to create a 'partner' that talks to you, plays with you, encourages you." Link
6.	Wired Magazine publishes story online before printing it. Wired magazine did a very unusual thing today: they published a story online before printing it -- because news broke. Amazon has a new, searchable book archive which amounts to a huge leap toward making books searchable. Wired had an exclusive on it -- a really smart piece by Gary Wolf -- but it wasn't going to hit newsstands for three weeks (ah, the wonderful 19th century world of magazine publishing), so editor Mark Robinson and others at the mag decided to put it online at wired.com. Link
7.	Picasa launches photo "Hello" digital photo communication thingy. Two words that explain why this -- and similar new services I'm seeing of late -- are so important: Image conversations. Online consumer digital-photo-organizer service Picasa just launched a new realtime share feature called Hello. I had a chance to sit down with Picasa/Hello CTO Michael Herf for a demo over coffee a few weeks ago, and was totally blown away by it. Don't think there's a Mac version yet, but for Windows users, it is most certainly teh win. Snip from the press blurb: 'Hello' opens an entirely new way of sharing photos with friends and family through it's' private Peer-to-Peer network. Through this live experience, users connected via the internet are able to instantaneously share photos, and provide each other with immediate feedback using 'Hello's' chat function. 'Hello' simulates the experience of sitting down on the couch with a friend and showing them your photo album. This integrated software program eliminates email attachments so your readers can bring the highest quality of photos to life while allowing its users to organize, edit, make and share through its own private network Link
8.	Photos: Carnival Strippers. Amazing photo collection, "Carnival Strippers," by photographer Susan Meiselas in 1974. All the trucker hats belong to actual truckers. Link (thanks, Invisible Cowgirl!)
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9.	Geographic area codes on the way out?
10.	Macromedia sinks on sales news. Shares in software maker Macromedia drop more than a third amid analyst downgrades and lower-than-expected sales.
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11.	X10 Files for Bankruptcy Protection (AP). AP - X10 Wireless Technology, known for ubiquitous Internet ads showing scantily clad women as seen from miniature wireless cameras, has filed for protection in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition.
12.	US Senate approves bill to ban unwanted commercial e-mail (AFP). AFP - The US Senate unanimously approved a bill that would ban fraudulent commercial e-mails and create a registry for Americans who don't want to receive the unsolcited commercial messages known as spam.
13.	Vivendi 'Half-Life 2' Game Release Date Uncertain (Reuters). Reuters - With online retailers beginning to speculate that "Half-Life 2," one of the most anticipated PC games ever, could ship as soon as mid-November, the game's developer is still not saying whether it will be out this year at all.
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14.	BugTraq: Re: "Local" and "Remote" considered insufficient. Sender: Florian Weimer [fw at deneb dot enyo dot de]
15.	Vulnerabilities: DeskPro Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities. DeskPro is a commercially-available contact management software package. It is available for the Unix, Linux, and Microsoft Platforms. Multiple Vulnerabilities have been...
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16.	Trojan.QQMess

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1.	Japanese manga about bloggers. Or a blog about manga, I can't really tell which. Link, ( Thanks Jean-Luc)
2.	Hijacked IPs. BoingBoing reader Uncle Foobar points us to a website that deals with investigations of hijacked IP address blocks -- they're sort of like the "bad sectors" of the Internet, just as you have bad sectors on your computer's hard drive. If you do not know what hijacked ips or even if you do know but are visiting this webpage for a first time, we strongly advise you read "Hijacked IPs Q/A" which explains in detail what hijacked IPs are and what can be done about it. We also maintain separate list of "hijackers" on this page - this has the same ip blocks listed here but grouped by hijackers and it is a recommended webpage to see after this one for those who are on this website for the first time. If you are searching for particular information you can also use our search engine (which includes ability to search in all hijacked ip block investigation evidence files) If you believe particular large ip block (directly allocated or assigned by RIR) may be hijacked and is not used by proper company current, you can report it on this form (also use the same form if you have any new information regarding blocks already listed below, but if you directly represent the company listed as having hijacked or used ip block below, then use the disputes procedures to challenge this listing) link
3.	Popeye: New short story from Jim Ruland. A new short from author/Navy veteran/tattooed hipster inkslinger Jim Ruland: The Previous Adventures of Popeye the Sailor. Look for his stuff in Barcelona Review, Exquisite Corpse, McSweeney's, and elsewhere. Snip: He goes by many names. In the Mediterranean he is Iron Arm. In Sweden he is known as Karl Alfred. In Denmark he goes by Skipper Skraek. Here in the Western Pacific he is best known as Father of One Hundred Bastards. Popeyeâ��s past is forever creeping up on him. When he mutters his half-mad asides, is he speaking to those who would bring him down, or is he speaking to me? To control Doan Vien, he introduced her to opium and made sure she had enough to smoke when he left her bedchamber each morning. Soon the pipe became more than an accoutrement for managing the quiet time between clients. Within a matter of weeks, it had become her master. It is an easy thing to take out an eye. In the lexicon of tattooing, an anchor symbolizes a search for a home. This is ironic because a home is precisely what Popeye was not searching for. Link
4.	Michael Robertson's SIPphones now unwired. Consumer 'Net telephony company SIPphone.com (founded by Michael Robertson of MP3.com, Lindows, etc) announced today the release of an adapter that allows you to plug in any cordless phone and go. Previously, if you wanted to use their service to make supercheap (basically free) international calls, both parties on the phone conversation had to have a SIPphone. Now, you can use a "regular" cordless, with adapter. A single SIPadapter can be purchased for $79.99 and a 2-pack is available for $149.99. Each SIPadapter comes immediately ready to use with no monthly fees or activation fees. There is also no per minute fees, so callers can avoid large long distance charges which means a SIPadapter can pay for itself in a very short time. There's background in this story I did for Wired News a few weeks back.
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5.	Apple cracks open the iPod, carefully. While stopping short of sharing its OS or freely offering a developer's kit, the Mac maker has been working with companies to boost the number of add-ons that attach to the music player.
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6.	Techs Lower at Early Afternoon on Dreary Earnings News (Dow Jones). Dow Jones - NEW YORK -- Technology stocks remained lower Thursday, hurt by weakness overseas and tepid earnings. Shares of Sprint FON rose, but its PCS wireless tracking stock fell after the telephone company's mixed earnings. Earnings also weighed on AT&T Wireless Services and software maker Computer Associates (NYSE:CA - News).
7.	Amazon.com Adds Feature for Searching Inside Books (Reuters). Reuters - Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN.O), in an effort to make book shopping on its Web site closer to browsing at a bookstore, said on Thursday it will add a new feature to allow users to search and flip through the pages of books sold on its online store.
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8.	Software Exorcism
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9.	Hip-hop radio leads digital race. BBC black music radio station 1Xtra is the most successful of the BBC's four new digital stations.
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10.	Taking Back Control of Your Network Bandwidth
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11.	BugTraq: (Fw) : mIRC 6.12 (latest) DCC Exploit. Sender: K-OTiK Security [Special-Alerts at k-otik dot com]
12.	BugTraq: Re: "Local" and "Remote" considered insufficient. Sender: Eric Knight [eric at swordsoft dot com]
13.	Vulnerabilities: Origo ADSL Router Remote Administrative Interface Configuration Vulnerability. Origo ADSL routers are a broadband connectivity solution distributed and maintained by Origo. A problem has been identified in some Origo ADSL routers. Due to insuffici...
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14.	Crypto Companies SafeNet And Rainbow To Merge

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1.	Earnings alert: PeopleSoft tops sales estimates. The software maker surpasses sales and revenue estimates...a profit follows three years of loss for Lucent...Time Warner sees growth despite its sagging AOL unit.
2.	Amazon turns a new page on search. The online retailer launches a new service that lets consumers search through pages of thousands of books available on its online store.
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3.	Red Hat sews Posix threading into new release (TechTarget). TechTarget - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Threading improvements to the latest incarnation of Red Hat Inc.'s Enterprise Linux platform should make Java application server and database users take notice. The addition should help narrow the gap between Unix and Linux for big business.
4.	Sprint Reports $498 Million 3Q Loss (AP). AP - Sprint Corp. swung to a loss of $498 million in the third quarter as the phone company recorded a $1.2 billion drop in the value of wireless spectrum that had been used to offer high-speed Internet service.
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5.	Comparing Online Music Offerings
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6.	BugTraq: Shatter XP. Sender: xenophi1e [oliver dot lavery at sympatico dot ca]
7.	Vulnerabilities: Caucho Resin Multiple HTML Injection and Cross-site Scripting Vulnerabilities. Caucho Resin is a XML application server that provides support for servlets and JSP. Multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities have been reported in various scripts ...
8.	Vulnerabilities: Emule Web Control Panel HTTP Login Long Password Denial of Service Vulnerability. eMule is a freely available, open source peer-to-peer file sharing application. eMule uses the eDonkey file sharing protocol. It is available for the BSD, Linux, Microsof...
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9.	Les téléphones portables prêts à se faire corriger
10.	Microsoft slows down patching cycle
11.	Chinese Virus Crises Mean Trouble for U.S.
12.	MERCUR Mail Server AUTH Command Buffer Overflow Lets Remote Users Crash the Mail Service
13.	SCO OpenServer Scripts Use of Unsafe Temporary Files May Give Local Users Elevated Privileges

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1.	Invisible Cowgirl rides again: Susannah Breslin's new book. Yee-Haw. Susannah Breslin, she of the recently shuttered Reverse Cowgirl's blog, has written a collection of sordidly sexual tales. And she will be reading chunks of YOUâ��RE A BAD MAN, ARENâ��T YOU? (Future Tense Books) at various locations in and around New Orleans, LA. Snatch it up for $7 at Amazon or Future Tense Books: These poignantly provocative stories feature mannequin fetishism, midget love, and pornographers gone wild, providing the perfect literary accompaniment to the porn collection of any true intellectual. Bringing together the hilariously obscene and the obscenely hilarious, Youâ��re a Bad Man, Arenâ��t You? heralds the unexpected arrival of Pornographic Postmodern Literature. Fondling a book has never felt quite this good. Warren Ellis says: â��Susannah Breslin writes about sex in America the way Darwin used to study monkeys humping. The stories are like shattered glass; cold, hard and sharp. A window on the underside of the world, kicked in with a stiletto heel.â�� READINGS: The Dragonâ��s Den, Friday, October 24th, 7PM, New Orleans, LA and Saturday, October 25th, 10AM â�� 6PM at The New Orleans Bookfair, Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp Street, New Orleans, LA.
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2.	AT&T, T-Mobile heed FCC portability call. The two carriers announce their plan to let subscribers who have switched from AT&T Wireless to T-Mobile, and vice versa, keep their phone numbers.
3.	PeopleSoft sales climb; buyout spurs loss. The enterprise software maker reports third-quarter revenue that exceeded expectations, but the company's overall earnings were affected by its buyout of J.D. Edwards.
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4.	HP Launches New Calculators
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5.	Legal settlements push CA's quarter into the red. One week after fielding the resignations of its top financial executives, Computer Associates International Inc. posted second-quarter results weighed down by expensive litigation settlement charges.
6.	ManageSoft updates BI suite with new analytics - Infoworld Staff. ManageSoft this week released the ManageSoft Business Intelligence 6.6 suite, with new analytics functionality designed specifically for IT shops.
7.	Report: Sun may go to Fujitsu for servers. Sun Microsystems Inc. is in negotiations with Fujitsu Ltd. to transfer the production of its high-end servers and microprocessors to the Japanese company, according to a report in Thursday morning's edition of the Japanese business newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun.
8.	Recovery in IT spending brings surge in hardware orders. TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Orders for IT hardware from Taiwanese manufacturers have surged to record levels and the average selling price (ASP) has increased for many products in recent months thanks to an improving economic environment and a gradual recovery in corporate IT spending, according to Market Intelligence Center (MIC), a government-backed market research firm in Taipei.
9.	IBM launches assessment services. IBM Corp. is ready to dispatch "personal trainers" to companies whose data centers are out of shape. On Thursday, IBM is announcing new services called Infrastructure Management Assessment Services designed to evaluate a datacenter's condition and prescribe ways to whip it into shape.
10.	Cisco storage switches to get IBM smarts. IBM Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. in December will begin shipping a new SAN (storage area network) module for Cisco's MDS 9000 family of switches based on the software from IBM's SAN Volume Controller storage appliance, the companies announced Wednesday.
11.	WebEx upgrades Meeting Center. WebEx Communications Inc. will introduce several enhancements Thursday to Meeting Center, its service for conducting meetings over the Internet using a telephone and a PC with a Web browser.
12.	Patchy years ahead for software users. Dale Sweitzer, a network administrator for Crossville Ceramics in Tennessee, has hit a rough patch -- or series of rough patches to be exact. ADVERTISEMENT: RFID/Smart Label Printing White Paper from Zebra - Learn about how smart labels help prevent asset loss, track shipments, and process customer transactions, and see how the technology could help your business.
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13.	Patchy years ahead for software users. IT administrators struggling to keep up with patch work
14.	Unisys to acquire ePresence. ePresence's identity management services will bolster Unisys
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15.	Disclosure Plan Won't Help
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16.	BugTraq: Re: "Local" and "Remote" considered insufficient. Sender: Ejovi Nuwere [ejovi at ejovi dot net]
17.	Vulnerabilities: KDE KDM PAM Module PAM_SetCred Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. KDM is the KDE Display Manager, a component of the KDE Desktop Environment. It is available for Linux/Unix operating systems. KDM provides a graphical login interface f...
18.	Vulnerabilities: KDE KDM Session Cookie Generation Weakness. KDM is the KDE Display Manager, a component of the KDE Desktop Environment. It is available for Linux/Unix operating systems. KDM provides a graphical login interface f...
19.	Vulnerabilities: Multiple Linux 2.4 Kernel Vulnerabilities. Red Hat has released an advisory reporting the existence of multiple vulnerabilities in the Linux 2.4 kernel. The following issues were reported: /proc/tty/driver/seria...
20.	Vulnerabilities: Linux 2.4 Kernel execve() System Call Race Condition Vulnerability. The Linux execve() system call is used to invoke target binaries on the system. A race condition vulnerability has been discovered in the Linux execve() system call, aff...
21.	Vulnerabilities: Opera HREF Malformed Server Name Heap Corruption Vulnerability. Opera is a web browser available for a number of platforms, including Microsoft Windows, Linux and Unix variants and Apple MacOS. Opera also includes the M2 Mail Client, ...
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22.	US Senate cans spam. 'Great news for the war against spammers'
23.	Remote access provider expands Euro Wi-Fi coverage. Gric picks Cloud, PicoPoint, Monzoon
24.	Veritas fattens revenue in Q3. Software strength
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25.	Microsoft: Kleines Update für Sicherheits-Bulletin
26.	Plumbing Depths of Data Mining
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27.	Mac OS X "Panther" Adds Security Features. You don't often here about viruses or vulnerabilities in the Apple Macintosh environment. Due primarily to its more inately secure design and partially to its lack of marketshare (therefore not a prime target of malicious coders) the Mac OS X...
28.	Hey- Its An Excuse To Go To Las Vegas!. DefCon has long been one of the most well-known names in computer security conferences. Security gurus and hackers- both whitehat and blackhat- from around the world gather annually in Las Vegas to compare notes and sit through seminars and presentations...

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1.	Blogging for Jesus. I suppose this isn't the only faux evangelical Christian weblog out there, but it is a rather colorful hoax. Hi my name is Christina and I am a 14 year old home school student and I am going to blog for our lord and savior Jesus Christ since he is in heaven and there is no internet in heaven since internet is mostly filthy porn and athiest places that dont get into heaven. Link (thanks, Sean, but you're still going to Hell)
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2.	Acer: Microsoft Tablet PC fees hard to swallow. Senior executives of Taiwan PC maker Acer on Tuesday took swipes at Microsoft during an event marking the first anniversary of the software giant's Tablet PC operating system.
3.	Toshiba adds VoIP to handheld. The company launches two updated Pocket PC handhelds, including one business-oriented model that features built-in wireless networking with voice over Internet Protocol capabilities.
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4.	Nokia to Unveil Three New Cell Phones Next Week (Reuters). Reuters - Finland's Nokia (NOK1V.HE), the world's largest mobile phone maker, is set to unveil three new models next week, one of which is the company's first fold-away design, industry and market sources said on Thursday.
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5.	Review of Mac OS X 10.3
6.	Study on the Effects of Spam on End Users
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7.	Elsewhere: Be careful in creating passwords. I registered with my credit card company so I could view my transactions online, but I typed in the wrong password and checked the "remember my password" box. Now when...
8.	Elsewhere: Talking Internet security. He's not a household name, but Bob Muglia is part of a small constellation of executives Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer have repeatedly entrusted with important projects ov...
9.	News: Slammer and Sobig boost Symantec. The Register By John Leyden [john dot leyden at theregister dot co dot uk]
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10.	Vulnerabilities: CPCommerce Functions Remote File Include Vulnerability. cpCommerce is open-source e-commerce software. It is implemented in PHP and available for Microsoft Windows and Unix/Linux variants. cpCommerce may allow remote users t...
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11.	Meet the guinea pig man of Flanders. What former L&H boss did next
12.	BT Openzone to cut hotspot charges for business. £5 a month, 5p a minute tariff on way
13.	European Commission publishes its guide to OSS migration. Highly detailed how-to and why-to
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14.	Sun JRE and SDK Untrusted Applet Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
15.	ls Width Parameter Denial of Service Vulnerability
16.	Conectiva update for fileutils
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17.	Using Apache For Web Security. Sometimes it seems like there are almost as many security applications, devices and other solutions as there are security problems. The quandary for many comes down to ROI (return on investment) vs. risk. Many of the tools and devices cost...

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1.	Acer: Microsoft Tablet PC fees hard to swallow. Senior executives of Taiwan PC maker Acer on Tuesday took swipes at Microsoft during an event marking the first anniversary of the software giant's Tablet PC operating system.
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2.	UK's Royal & Sun Confirms Plan To Restructure Brazil Ops (Dow Jones). Dow Jones - SAO PAULO (Dow Jones)--One of the world's biggest insurance companies confirmed Thursday it's restructuring its operation in Brazil to focus on its core businesses here.
3.	PeopleSoft Posts 3Q Loss, Beats Forecasts (AP). AP - Business software maker PeopleSoft Inc. posted a loss for the third quarter but still beat expectations and management boosted its projections for the current quarter, raising the hurdles facing rival Oracle Corp.'s hostile takeover bid.
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4.	Transcriber Threatens Release of Medical Records
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5.	Joe Average User Is In Trouble
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6.	Elsewhere: Victoria's Secret fined for Web security flaw. 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 ...
7.	Elsewhere: Senate approves antispam bill. Internet spammers who flood e-mail inboxes with pornography and get-rich-quick schemes could face jail time and million-dollar fines under the bill, which passed by a vot...
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8.	Nvidia comes clean on GeForce FX 5700, 5950. It's official
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9.	Security and the much needed unification of servers
10.	Hackers steal easily guessed passwords

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1.	Sprint Posts Consolidated Net Loss (Reuters). Reuters - Sprint Corp., (FON.N) (PCS.N) the No. 4 U.S. long-distance telephone company, on Thursday posted a consolidated net loss for the third quarter as weak demand for its core long-distance services offset higher wireless sales.
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2.	Sun to Merge UltraSPARC with Fujitsu's SPARC64?
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3.	Security and the much needed unification of servers
4.	Hackers steal easily guessed passwords
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5.	SA companies started later but moving faster with security
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6.	Panda Antivirus Platinum 7.0 obtient la certification ICSA pour Windows XP
7.	C&A keys FISMA
8.	Digital certificate clearinghouse needs work
9.	Internet Group Starts Anti-Hacker Initiative

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1.	HP's Adaptive Enterprise: A 'Star Trek' script?. CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says Carly Fiorina's recent explanation of Adaptive Enterprise was enough to reduce even the most hardened McKinsey consultant to a state of dribbling catatonia.
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2.	PeopleSoft Posts Loss on Charges, Revs Up (Reuters). Reuters - Business software maker PeopleSoft Inc. on Thursday saw quarterly sales climb and posted a net loss on charges, as it digested its recent J.D. Edwards & Co. acquisition and continued to fight a hostile takeover bid from rival Oracle Corp.
3.	Sprint PCS Posts Smaller Net Loss (Reuters). Reuters - Sprint PCS Group (PCS.N), the fourth-largest U.S. wireless telephone company, on Thursday posted a smaller quarterly loss as revenue rose on a larger customer base.
4.	Identity Crisis (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - As if the telephone companies didn't have enough problems, the cable companies are coming after them with Internet phones.
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5.	X10 Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
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6.	Security in CEO spotlight - Infoworld Staff. Three of the IT industry's top CEOs have claimed that security is a manageable problem, despite lingering problems, including the obstacles posed by Web services. 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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7.	Security in CEO spotlight - Infoworld Staff. Execs extol improvements despite Web services challenge
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8.	Internet Group Starts Anti-Hacker Initiative
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9.	Toshiba launches VGA, Wi-Fi PDA. e805 offers 802.11b, 480 x 640 display
10.	Thus creates 250 jobs in Glasgow. Call centre boost
11.	Sony unveils slim, speedy 5MP digicam. Reg Kit Watch Plus: Toshiba's other new PDA
12.	Nokia figures claim massive N-Gage sales. Independent numbers don't...
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13.	Feds to Fight Digital TV Piracy. Regulators in coming weeks will adopt strict limits on sending digital television programs over the Internet to avoid the problems now plaguing the music industry, officials said Tuesday.
14.	Images of Space Get Second Look. Stunning photographs of space taken by unmanned space probes are getting a second look. A panel of scientists, writers and artists meet to discuss whether these images can rightfully be called art. Erik Baard reports from New York.
15.	Join the 8-Bit Music Revolution. For the latest in authentic underground music, the subculture hacker who created the Sex Pistols looks at a low-tech alternative to Pro Tools mixes. It's called chip music. Can you play lead Game Boy? By Malcolm McLaren from Wired magazine.
16.	Survey Confirms It: Spam Sucks. A new report reveals what most had already suspected: People hate getting spam. And a number of them are using e-mail less frequently because of it. By Katie Dean.
17.	Get Ready to Ring in the Holidays. Vendors and manufacturers say the wireless phone technology that will hit stores before the end of the year will be mainstream and affordable. Michael Stroud reports from Las Vegas.
18.	The Case for Coolie Labor. American IT people cost too much, so U.S. companies continue sending jobs overseas, where grateful workers happily toil for a fraction of the cost. The folks who think that's a good idea make their pitch. Amit Asaravala reports from San Francisco.
19.	Plumbing Depths of Data Mining. The goal is to protect Americans from terrorists, but at what point do these efforts begin to hurt us? A panel of experts points out that it's going to be hard to draw that line. Noah Shachtman reports from Washington.
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20.	Acquittement d'un jeune britannique accusé d'avoir lancé des attaques contre le port Maritime de Houston
21.	Signature d'une nouvelle charte d'auto-régulation contre le spam par plusieurs entreprises de marketing américaine

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1.	Laid-off take survival jobs to pay the bills (USATODAY.com). USATODAY.com - Two years ago, John Van Ness earned six figures and supervised employees. Now, the laid-off Sun Microsystems manager sells plumbing supplies at Home Depot.
2.	Laws alone can't save the online children (USATODAY.com). USATODAY.com - While Congress has made efforts to protect children on the Internet, such as the passage of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which requires verifiable parental consent before personally identifiable information can be collected from children online, parents should not sit back and assume that the law alone will safeguard their children from cyber perils. Rather, parents need to be vigilant in teaching their children well what to do and not do on the Internet.
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3.	Solo flight record attempt. Sir Richard Branson and Steve Fossett plan to fly non-stop round the world without refuelling.
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4.	AMD to cut Athlon XP prices Monday. Update Chinese whispers
5.	The Met takes safer surfing to the classrooms. Goodie bag
6.	Nvidia GeForce FX 5950 Ultra goes on sale. Pre-order offer reveals all
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7.	Nouvelle technique d'analyse de paquet développée par Netscreen
8.	23 Oct VBS/Flea-A

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1.	BBC launches iCan. The BBC has launched the beta of iCan, its service for enabling Britons to act collectively to participate in their governments. This is a brave and important experiment. Link
2.	Textbook arbitrage gets US students a deal. American students are discovering that they are gouged by textbook publishers, who charge them double or triple the price that they charge for the same books in the UK and Canada. Now, thanks to the Internet, they're able to mass-import these cheap textbooks and get the same deal that students enjoy abroad. Link (via Lawmeme)
3.	Life Hacks: Tech Secrets of Overprolific Alpha Geeks. Danny O'Brien's talk for ETCON 2004 is called, "Life Hacks: Tech Secrets of Overprolific Alpha Geeks." He's collecting tips from nerds for managing information and tasks at high density, and he wants to hear from you: * Got to be geeks. There are plenty of books and guides for people who are managers or generally interested in organising their lives. I think geeks have their own problems and solutions. I leave "geek" deliberately undefined. You know what I mean. * Don't got to be famous. If you know someone who you think is the best-organised geek you've ever seen, put their name down (or mail me, if you'd like to preserve their privacy. Famous people get picked for this list because we've both heard of them. There are plenty of my friends I'll be hobnobbing for this, and if your friends fit, I'd like to chat to them too. * Don't worry about the genius thing. I'm well aware that Alan Cox or Linus Torvalds get most of their work done just be being naturally very good at programming. Doesn't matter. I'm still curious to see how they work. And why shouldn't people who are fantastic at coding get some hints on how to organise their lives from their peers, too? Just because you can code a reverse compiler in your sleep doesn't mean you pay your phone bill on time. Link
4.	USB air-purifier. A Chinese company is marketing a USB-powered ionic air purifier that "decontaminates the surrounding air by ridding smoke, dust, germs and other dangerous particles." Link (via Gizmodo)
5.	Free WiFi: cuz we don't have pay toilets, either. Good Computerworld piece explains why giving away WiFi is good for business: Panera Bread Co., based in Richmond Heights, Mo., has also embraced free Wi-Fi as a marketing tool and plans to offer the service in 130 of its 600 bakery cafes by year's end, eventually extending the service chainwide. Ron Shaich, the company's chairman and CEO, says he views free Wi-Fi as an amenity that has already started to attract and retain customers at what he calls a "minimal cost." In fact, Shaich considers free Wi-Fi to be such an essential marketing tool that he dismisses any discussion of ROI. "What is the ROI on a bathroom?" asked Shaich, pointing out that the day of pay restrooms in restaurants has long since passed. Link
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6.	Dutch Win World Solar Car Challenge
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7.	'Keep cool' over computer hassles. People are letting computer problems get to them, potentially damaging their health, a survey suggests.
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8.	AMD to cut Athlon XP prices Monday?. Chinese whispers
9.	US software centre to open in Belfast. Don't outsource - set up your own base abroad
10.	Slammer and Sobig boost Symantec. It's an ill wind...
11.	Justice e-censorship gaffe sparks controversy. Uncut and unpaste
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12.	Justice e-censorship gaffe sparks controversy
13.	Locally based resource center supports victims of identity theft
14.	Security in CEO spotlight
15.	Be careful in creating passwords
16.	Security and the much needed unification of servers
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17.	Microsoft Exchange Server sur la sellette
18.	Defense Department begins IPv6 interoperability tests
19.	Proper tools secure Internet connections
20.	Justice e-censorship gaffe sparks controversy
21.	Locally based resource center supports victims of identity theft
22.	Security in CEO spotlight
23.	Be careful in creating passwords
24.	Security and the much needed unification of servers

6:17:39 AM

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1.	MiniITX casemods in household objects. Good NYT story on the rise of Mini-ITX motherboards and their usefulness for modding small household objects into PCs: Across Europe, the United States and the Far East, hobbyists have been stuffing the works of personal computers into toasters, humidors, biscuit tins, lampshades, even a plush E. T. doll. Link (Thanks, Stefan!!)
2.	What iTunes music costs: Ownership. Here's a good article on one of the things that we lose by buying music from the iTunes store: ownership of the music we buy. With this digital copy of Turn On the Bright Lights, however, my options seem drastically limited. Actually, beyond deletion of the files, my options are nonexistent. I only possess the idea of the music, the electronic fingerprint of its existence, perfectly non-negotiable, perfectly free of value. But thatâ��s the point, isnâ��t it. Itâ��s never been about the copying. Itâ��s always been an issue of ownership. If I sell my physical copy of Mellow Gold to the used CD store, Iâ��m the only party profiting in the exchange. And if, in turn, the used CD store sells that same copy to another Beck fan, once again, itâ��s between the used CD store and the buyer. The cycle goes on ad-nauseamâ��endless exchanges of cash for that same disc, and not a taste for the record label. Link
3.	NYT headlines change typefaces. The NYT is switching typefaces for its headlines, harmonizing on Cheltenham. Link (via Electrolite)
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4.	Is the Age of Desktop Linux Approaching? (PC World). PC World - Inroads cited, but don't expect Linux to slay the giant soon, advocates say.
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5.	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.
6.	Branson in flight record attempt. Sir Richard Branson and Steve Fossett plan to fly non-stop round the world without refuelling.
7.	Slowing PS2 sales dents Sony. PlayStation 2 sales are falling everywhere but Europe, producing a 25% decline in Sony's earnings.
8.	BT sets date for faster broadband. BT confirms it will make a 1Mbps broadband service for home users available as from mid-November.
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9.	Accounting, DRAM price rise puts Hynix in profit. Big operational loss though

5:17:18 AM

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1.	Fujitsu in talks with Sun, but no decision yet on joint server business (AFP). AFP - Japan's top computer maker Fujitsu said it was in talks with US hi-tech giant Sun Microsystems over business tie-ups but no decision had been made on integrating high-performance server operations.
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2.	Microsoft Office 2003 - Reviews, Overviews, Issues
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3.	Slowing PS2 dents Sony profits. Sales of the Playstation 2 games console are falling everywhere but Europe, producing a 25% decline in Sony's earnings.
4.	Anti-sniper laser set for Iraq. The Pentagon plans to deploy a laser capable of pinpointing sniper fire, along with other hi-tech devices to Iraq.
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5.	Les projets de sécurité informatique à forte valeur ajoutée
6.	Célébration du référencement des certificats du Greffe de Paris
7.	La sécurité des postes nomades

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1.	Apple's Latest 0.1 Adds a Lot. This week Apple will release Mac OS X version 10.3, the next edition of its three-year-old operating system. Is it worth the price? By David Pogue.
2.	Smart Servers as Watchdogs for Trouble on the Web. A reserach group called PlanetLab is working on building a faster, safer Internet. By Anne Eisenberg.
3.	Venture to Offer ID Card for Use at Security Checks. A new company will offer customers an electronic card containing data showing that they are not on terrorism watch lists. By John Schwartz.
4.	Doh! Take Two Cartoons, Add Monsters and Mayhem. Futurama, a canceled series by Matt Groening, finds a second life as a video game. By Charles Herold.
5.	Sheet Music to Set Tiny Hands a-Tinkling. There are many ways to use the Internet to help children learn to play music. By Michelle Slatalla.
6.	Blog Bog and an E-Mail Pony Express. "Flash in the pan" may be the best term for millions of Web logs. By Pamela Licalzi O'connell.
7.	Casting an Online Net for Priests and Nuns. JOHN KLEIN sold software for a living until one day in 1996 when he went online and suddenly found himself on the road to the seminary. One year later he had left his high-powered job, sold his townhouse in the Chicago suburbs and given away most of his possessions and was living in a dormitory room studying theology. Five years after that, he was ordained a Roman Catholic priest. By Jonathan Englert.
8.	Shoring Up the Signal of a Faltering Network. My 802.11b wireless network cannot reach from one end of my apartment to the other. Is there a way to extend its range? By J.d. Biersdorfer.
9.	Gadget Knows Grandma Inside Out. BEBE FARIDA RAOUF lives alone in Manhattan and, like many elderly people, fears a sudden injury or illness. When she recognized the symptoms of a heart attack four years ago, she called for help, lay down on pillows on her floor and left the front door ajar for paramedics. By David J. Wallace.
10.	Drawing PC, TV and Stereo Into an Entertainment Loop. Now photos, music and video can be wirelessly beamed from PC to TV and stereo. How well do these devices work? By John R. Quain.
11.	The Stealth Computer. The new rage among computer hobbyists is to create fully functional personal computers by stuffing the works of PCs into toasters, humidors and lampshades. By Ford Fessenden.
12.	A Change of Habits to Elude Spam's Pall. With In boxes deluged, e-mail users are taking evasive action. Sometimes they just pick up a phone. By Katie Hafner.
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13.	Senate Votes for Tough Limits on Spam (AP). AP - The Senate has voted to impose tough new limits against sending unwanted commercial e-mails, but supporters warned computer users not to expect any immediate end to offers for prescription drugs, cheap loans, herbal remedies and pornography.

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1.	US Senate approves bill to ban unwanted commercial e-mail (AFP). AFP - The US Senate unanimously approved a bill that would ban fraudulent commercial e-mails and create a registry for Americans who don't want to receive the unsolcited commercial messages known as spam.
2.	Yahoo Japan Aims to Grab Top Spot in Web Shopping (Reuters). Reuters - Yahoo Japan Corp said on Thursday it aimed to unseat Rakuten Inc as Japan's largest Web-based shopping mall operator by next summer.
3.	LCD Television Sales to Boom, Affordable from 2005 (Reuters). Reuters - Sales of LCD televisions look set to double next year, but the explosive growth expected to propel the industry in the coming decade is still more than a year off, industry executives and analysts said.
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4.	Inside a security audit
5.	Passwords still easy to get, survey finds
6.	Citing privacy law, senators seek Pentagon probe of JetBlue

2:16:20 AM

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1.	Paying for Apple iTunes with PayPal
2.	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Released
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3.	Inside a security audit

1:15:59 AM

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1.	Blogging for Jesus. I suppose this isn't the only evangelical Christian weblog out there, but it is a rather colorful one. Hi my name is Christina and I am a 14 year old home school student and I am going to blog for our lord and savior Jesus Christ since he is in heaven and there is no internet in heaven since internet is mostly filthy porn and athiest places that dont get into heaven. Link (thanks, Sean, but you're still going to Hell)
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2.	Intel chip gear aims to detect disease. Can equipment used to make semiconductors help detect the early stages of cancer? The chipmaker and a cancer research center are going to try to find out.
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3.	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. Analysts feel bumping the iBook to the G4 processor is a good move, but that Apple needs to make sure they are clear about the differences between the G4 iBook and the G4 PowerBook.
4.	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.
5.	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.
6.	Number Portability May Spark Wireless Migration (Reuters). Reuters - About one in five U.S. wireless subscribers will change carriers in the next year after a new rule goes into effect allowing them to keep their telephone numbers when switching providers, according to a survey released on Thursday.
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7.	Microsoft offers glimpse of the future - Infoworld Staff. Microsoft will attempt to whip up enthusiasm among its nation of developers next week when it shows off many of the pieces that will serve as the foundation of its technology vision of the future for corporate users.
8.	Symantec rides worms to record profit in Q2. Citing "numerous threat outbreaks during the quarter," security software company Symantec Corp. announced record revenue and earnings figures for the second quarter of the company's fiscal year and said it was introducing a two-for-one stock split. 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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9.	Symantec rides worms to record profit in Q2. Enterprise security business is strong
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10.	Vulnerabilities: Bytehoard File Disclosure Vulnerability. Bytehoard is a file storage/transfer application that is implemented in PHP. Bytehoard is prone to directory traversal attacks. Remote attackers may submit requests con...
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11.	Georgia runs from the MATRIX. The proles are safe but pederasts must fend for themselves
12.	Small companies' cash is not good enough for SCO. You'll pay when we're good and ready
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13.	Conectiva: fileutils denial of service vulnerability
14.	Conectiva: sane tmp file vulnerabilities

12:15:40 AM