Gregg's Security News Aggregator

Monday, October 27, 2003

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1.	Microsoft Launching Portable Media Device (AP). AP - Microsoft Corp. is jumping into the portable media market, launching software for a new line of mobile devices designed to free digital content from a computer and play music, videos and photos on the go.
2.	Ohio Suit Says AOL Deceived Customers (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - The state of Ohio sued America Online Inc. yesterday, alleging that the Internet service deceived more than 250 customers by continuing to bill them after they called to cancel their monthly subscriptions.

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1.	Trend Micro Updates PC-cillin (PC World). PC World - Revamped antivirus program also guards against spyware, spam.

10:19:33 PM

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1.	DuPont, NEC team up for rugged displays
2.	McDonald's orders shakeout for hot-spot providers. The fast-food chain will decide in the first quarter which service providers will receive passing grades in current test programs, the company says.
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3.	McDonald's Signs Web Travel Deal with Orbitz (Reuters). Reuters - Fast food icon McDonald's Corp. (MCD.N) aims to trim fat from its travel budget in a deal with Internet reservations firm Orbitz, in one of the highest-profile examples of corporations embracing online travel.
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4.	SCO Calls GPL Unenforceable, Void
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5.	Net's dark side dents broadband. People need help to avoid spam, porn and viruses if broadband in the UK is to spread, says a study.
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6.	TROJ_QDIAL14.A

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1.	Gates Offers Peek at Next Incarnation of Windows. Bill Gates promised it will offer computer users robust security and let them more easily search for files spread across varying programs. By The Associated Press.
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2.	IBM looks to secure online data. Big Blue teams up with a provider of management services to help companies ensure that their online operations adhere to privacy standards and regulations.
3.	Hitachi teams up for data management. Hitachi Data Systems announces a partnership with content management software company IXOS and introduces software for managing storage networks.
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4.	Hackers Get Novel Defense; the Computer Did It (Reuters). Reuters - Prosecutors looking to throw the book at accused computer hackers have come across a legal defense expected to become even more widespread in an era of hijacked PCs and laptops that threatens to blur the lines of personal responsibility: the computer did it.
5.	Microsoft to Launch Portable Media Software in 2004 (Reuters). Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on Monday that it would develop software for a new portable media device to be released next year that will allow users to listen to music and watch movies on the road.
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6.	Ban On Internet Sales Tax Ends Saturday
7.	Which Adware and Spyware are the Most Insidious?
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8.	Cerf: ICANN finally working on 'substantive issues'. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), meeting in Carthage, Tunisia this week, will be getting down to brass tacks on how the Internet works for the first time, according to ICANN chairman Vint Cerf.
9.	Symantec buys ON Technology. Symantec Corp. continued to strengthen its standing as a seller of enterprise security technology on Monday, announcing the purchase of ON Technology Corp., a maker of remote PC management technology, for US $100 million in cash.
10.	Actional links Web services monitoring to Microsoft - Infoworld Staff. Actional on Monday will announce bidirectional integration of its Looking Glass Web services monitoring system with the Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) systems management platform.
11.	Veritas ports storage tools to SuSE Linux. Veritas Software this week will announce that it plans to port all of its storage management tools to SUSE Linux AG's version of the open-source operating system.
12.	Symantec adds compliance features to ESM 6.0. A new version of Symantec Corp.'s Enterprise Security Manager, announced Monday, comes with prepackaged "best practice" policies and compliance modules for a variety of regulatory regimes, as well as support for more operating systems.
13.	Fujitsu preparing to launch new Tablet PC. Fujitsu Ltd. is preparing to launch a new slate-type Tablet PC that features a faster processor, larger screen and more capacious hard-disk drive than its current model.
14.	Update: Longhorn gets first showing at PDC. LOS ANGELES - Proclaiming that the digital decade is just dawning, Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates on Monday gave the first official peek at Longhorn, the next version of Windows expected out in 2006.
15.	Linux 2.6 creeps forward - Infoworld Staff. Version 2.6 of the Linux kernel crept a little closer to reality as the Open Source Development Lab (OSDL) on Monday made available a test version of the technology aimed primarily at enterprise developers.
16.	E.piphany upgrades to 6.5, adds four modules. CRM (customer relationship management) software vendor E.piphany Inc. announced Monday the forthcoming version 6.5 of its applications suite, adding several new modules and spotlighting its "Customer Relationship Backbone" integration architecture.
17.	CeBIT America audit shows low attendance. CeBIT America drew less than half the expected attendance for its debut outing in June, according to an audit report released Monday. ADVERTISEMENT: VERTABASE PRO - Project Mangement Made Easy - Top-rated, web-based project management application. Easy to use and robust. Visit the site for a Tour!
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18.	BugTraq: a dangerous fast spreading (yet simple) trojan horse.. Sender: Gadi Evron [ge at egotistical dot reprehensible dot net]
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19.	Russian criminals go "phishing" in UK bank scams
20.	Review - HackNotes Linux and Unix Security Portable Reference
21.	Cray preps new Opteron-based product line
22.	Next Linux kernel closer to reality
23.	No effect seen in hack disclosure law
24.	Sober worm causes headaches
25.	Sony sued over PS2 chip
26.	New police cars have voice recognition
27.	Brazil Becomes a Cybercrime Lab
28.	Managers seek Trojans
29.	Hackers preying on patching headache
30.	Bringing Down the Internet -- It's inevitable
31.	Firms need security lobby

8:18:54 PM

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1.	Handhelds up slightly, but hold the applause. Worldwide shipments grew in the third quarter, bucking a recent trend, but total shipments for the year are expected to finish well below 2002 levels, according to a research report from IDC.
2.	Tech companies feel impact of wildfires. As fires rage through Southern California, tech companies, including Iomega and Microsoft, are struggling with disruptions to their operations and other forms of fallout.
3.	Tazz gets second round of funding
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4.	Sony, Samsung to sign LCD panel project pact: report (AFP). AFP - Japanese consumer electronics giant Sony Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. of South Korea will sign an agreement Tuesday on joint production of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels in a 200 billion yen deal (1.7 billion dollars), it was reported.
5.	Amazon.com Targets Gourmet Food Shoppers (Reuters). Reuters - Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN.O) began selling gourmet food on its Web store over the weekend, taking the online retailer into a new category markedly different from its book, music, DVD, kitchen products, apparel and other product offerings.
6.	Microsoft to Launch Portable Media Software in 2004 (Reuters). Reuters - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O) said on Monday that it would launch software for a new portable media device to be launched next year that will allow users to listen to music and watch movies on the road.
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7.	Land Warrior Army Suits Simplified, Linux-ized
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8.	BugTraq: Nachi/Welchia/LovSan.D version 2 appears to be spreading. Sender: Young, Keith [Keith dot Young at montgomerycountymd dot gov]
9.	BugTraq: Re: Java 1.4.2_02 InsecurityManager JVM crash. Sender: Marc Schoenefeld [schonef at uni-muenster dot de]
10.	BugTraq: Re: a dangerous fast spreading (yet simple) trojan horse.. Sender: Craig Holmes [Leusent at absolut dot intellihost dot ca]

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1.	Palm threads the top for spinoff. Shareholders of the handheld pioneer are set to vote on the acquisition of rival Handspring as well as the spin off of the division that develops the Palm OS.
2.	Next Linux kernel closer to reality. An open-source advocacy and development group releases a test version of the Linux 2.6 kernel, which may be finalized by the end of the year.
3.	Sony sued over PS2 chip. A group affiliated with the University of Wisconsin claims the design for the main chip in the PlayStation 2 infringes on its chipmaking patent.
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4.	Hackers Get Novel Defense; the Computer Did It (Reuters). Reuters - Prosecutors looking to throw the book at accused computer hackers have come across a legal defense expected to become even more widespread in an era of hijacked PCs and laptops that threatens to blur the lines of personal responsibility: the computer did it.
5.	Trend Micro Ships Anti-Virus Product with Anti-Spam (Reuters). Reuters - Computer security software maker Trend Micro Inc. (TMIC.O) (4704.T) released the latest version of its PC-cillin anti-virus software on Monday, which now offers spam-filtering capabilities and the ability to monitor networks for viruses.
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6.	4 Tons Of Plants per Mile to Ride In Your Car
7.	Patent Sought For Amazon Marketplace
8.	Novell & SUSE In Link Up?
9.	Bitter EJB
10.	Spam Rapidly Increasing In Weblog Comments
11.	Cygwin/XFree86 Leaving XFree86.org
12.	Microsoft Officially Shows Longhorn, WinFX
13.	Hand-Sized Antelope Windows PC To Debut
14.	White House Website Limits Iraq-Related Crawling
15.	Digital Art For Your Wall-Mounted TV
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16.	BugTraq: [slackware-security] fetchmail security update (SSA:2003-300-02). Sender: Slackware Security Team [security at slackware dot com]
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17.	Practical Security Steps
18.	Oracle9i Database Binary Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
19.	Internet Explorer and Opera Local Zone Restriction Bypass Vulnerabilities

6:18:15 PM

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1.	Toward a paperless government. IBM's top software exec in Washington, Ray Wells, on Uncle Sam's progress toward becoming a paperless government.
2.	Microsoft makes its Longhorn pitch. At its Professional Developers Conference, the company offers a long-awaited look at the Longhorn OS--which Chairman Bill Gates has described as Microsoft's biggest effort since Windows 95.
3.	Allchin: From Longhorn to Lonestar. Microsoft Group Vice President Jim Allchin talks--a little--about Windows beta releases and touts the next version of the company's tablet PC software.
4.	Lexar joins the MP3 party with new player. The company joins the crowded field of companies selling MP3 players, but it is pitching its product as a data-storage device first and a music player second.
5.	Epiphany puts emphasis on telemarketing. The company plans to release a new version of its software next month that includes programs intended to make telemarketers and call-center agents more productive.
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6.	Apple Supercomputer: Give Me a Big Mac (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - The list of the world's fastest supercomputers will soon have a new entry from a company not known for big iron: Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL).
7.	IBM Shows Off New 'Stinger' Database Tools (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - IBM (NYSE: IBM) has unveiled new tools for its DB2 database-software platform that are designed to help developers create Windows .NET applications. By cooperating with a fierce rival, Big Blue plans to entice more business customers to embrace the emerging Web-services technology.
8.	Gates Shows New Longhorn Operating System (AP). AP - Bill Gates offered a peek Monday at the next incarnation of Microsoft Windows, promising it will offer computer users robust security and let them more easily search for files spread across varying programs.
9.	Opinion: Should UnitedLinux Boot SCO? (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - UnitedLinux, formed with high hopes and a spirit of cooperation, now appears to be anything but united. The umbrella group of four Linux vendors is a house divided, an organization whose members seem to be at cross purposes with each other.
10.	Cell phones go walkie-talkie (USATODAY.com). USATODAY.com - Just as federal regulators prepare to let consumers keep their phone numbers when they change wireless carriers, marketers are ramping up walkie-talkie features that can operate with a code rather than actual telephone numbers.
11.	Sony, Carrier Join on 'Smart Card' Phones (AP). AP - Sony Corp. and Japan's top mobile phone carrier, NTT DoCoMo, plan to cooperate in developing a system that will allow people to use their cell phones to pay for train tickets or buy items in stores.
12.	The Lowdown on Downloads (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - More than five years after people got their first easy way to download music off the Internet, they're finally getting a reasonable opportunity to pay for it.
13.	Microsoft to Launch Portable Media Center in 2004 (Reuters). Reuters - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O) said on Monday that it would launch software for a new portable media device to be launched next year that will allow users to listen to music and watch movies on the road.
14.	XM Satellite Radio Tops 1 Millions Users (Reuters). Reuters - XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (XMSR.O) on Monday said it has topped 1 million subscribers and remains on track to reach its target of 1.2 million by year-end.
15.	Microsoft Unwraps New Operating System (Reuters). Reuters - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O) on Monday gave its most detailed look yet at the next version of Windows, code-named "Longhorn," which promises new methods of storing files, tighter links to the Internet, greater security, and fewer annoying reboots.
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16.	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.
17.	Net's numbers shortage tackled. A shortage of internet addresses has prompted researchers to come up way of generating billions more.
18.	E-mail scam targets Nationwide. Nationwide customers become the latest in a growing list of consumers targeted by an e-mail scam.
19.	Net in a box hits the streets. A novel experiment to provide internet access on the go to local communities has proved a hit.
20.	Japan plans mobile pay plan. DoCoMo and Sony are to develop a chip that would let people pay for goods through their mobiles.
21.	Speed 'tempts dial-up net users'. A million UK households will switch from dial-up to broadband in the next year, says the telecoms watchdog.
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22.	Security in CEO spotlight - Infoworld Staff. Execs extol improvements despite Web services challenge
23.	Law proposed for security audits - Infoworld Staff. Public companies would report results yearly ADVERTISEMENT: Get strong 128-bit SSL security for your online business - To secure your servers with 128-bit SSL encryption, download a copy of the free VeriSign Guide, "Securing Your Web site for Business." You'll learn everything you need to know about encrypting e-commerce transactions, securing corporate intranets, and authenticating your Web site.
24.	California wins first state suit against spammers. Marketing company fined $2 million for sending unsolicited commercial e-mail
25.	Symantec buys ON Technology. Security vendor spends $100 million to get remote PC management technology
26.	Symantec adds compliance features to ESM 6.0. Product includes best practices for variety of regulations
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27.	Linux Security Week - October 27th 2003
28.	Linux Security Week - October 27th 2003
29.	NSA Buys License for Certicom's Encryption Technology
30.	Rights tools could bite back
31.	SSL VPNs best IPSec rivals
32.	Russian criminals go "phishing" in UK bank scams
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33.	Bringing Down the Internet is inevitable say experts
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34.	Brazil becomes a Cybercrime Lab where no laws exist to stop hackers
35.	Bringing Down the Internet is inevitable say experts One computer and one sick mind is all it will take.
36.	Top Ten Ways to Spot Whether Canada's RCMP are Investigating you for P2P Music Piracy
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37.	Elsewhere: Hackers preying on patching headache. This is the second part of our interview with two UK hackers dryice and frixion who were implicated in testimony during a recent trial over a denial of service attack on ...
38.	Elsewhere: Sober worm causes headaches. A new virus threat called Sober could be causing a few headaches today, according to antivirus researchers. The Sober worm, spotted in the last 12 hours, is a traditional...
39.	Columnists: Pretty Good at Gettin' By. Whether it's a student slipping contraband past airport metal detectors, or a researcher modeling an unstoppable computer virus -- demonstrations just don't do justice to the real state of security.
40.	News: Halifax suspends e-banking site after phishing attack. The Register By John Leyden [john dot leyden at theregister dot co dot uk]
41.	News: Email scammers target Halifax, Nationwide, Citibank. The Register By John Leyden [john dot leyden at theregister dot co dot uk]
42.	News: No effect seen in hack disclosure law. Experts say e-commerce sites still aren't rushing to come clean with consumers about security breaches, law or no law.
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43.	BugTraq: Re: Java 1.4.2_02 InsecurityManager JVM crash. Sender: Francisco Andrades [fandrades at nextj dot com]
44.	BugTraq: Re: Internet Explorer and Opera local zone restriction bypass. Sender: Andreas Sandblad [sandblad at acc dot umu dot se]
45.	BugTraq: Remote overflow in thttpd. Sender: advisories(-at-)texonet dot com [advisories at texonet dot com]
46.	BugTraq: Re: [LSD] Security vulnerability in SUN's Java Virtual Machine implementation. Sender: Marc Schoenefeld [schonef at uni-muenster dot de]
47.	Vulnerabilities: Opera Web Browser IFRAME Zone Restriction Bypass Vulnerability. Opera is a web browser available for a number of platforms, including Microsoft Windows, Linux and Unix variants and Apple MacOS. A flaw in the Opera web browsers securi...
48.	Vulnerabilities: Sun Solstice X.25 Denial of Service Vulnerability. Sun Solstice is an implementation of the ITU-T's X.25 recommendation. It allows you to make connections to a Packet Switched Data Network (PSDN) and communicate with rem...
49.	Vulnerabilities: Sun Solstice X.25 snmpx25d Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. Sun Solstice is an implementation of the ITU-T's X.25 recommendation. It allows you to make connections to a Packet Switched Data Network (PSDN) and communicate with rem...
50.	Vulnerabilities: CDE dtprintinfo Unspecified Remote Unauthorized Access Vulnerability. dtprintinfo is a component of the Common Desktop Environment (CDE). CDE is distributed with several UNIX platforms. HP has reported that dtprintinfo may be prone to an u...
51.	Vulnerabilities: Novell iChain Session Inheritance Vulnerability. Novell iChain Server is a web-based security product designed to implement and maintain various network-based access controls. Novell has announced an issue in iChain th...
52.	Vulnerabilities: Novell iChain Exception Failure Denial of Service Vulnerability. Novell iChain is an authentication based web security service. The software controls applications and resources across a network. It has been reported that Novell iChai...
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53.	Next DVD spec. to offer Net access not more capacity. DVD Forum taking DRM to the next level?
54.	US govt. can't 'search and destroy' leaked secrets. The shoplifting ex-spy and the myserious overseas mission
55.	Packard Bell preps Athlon 64 notebook. For now in Germany
56.	Symantec buys ON Technology. ON message for $100m
57.	US Army 'going to Linux' after OS switch for GI PDA. It's more stable, says officer about to hear from Microsoft
58.	Casio extends Exilim digicam to four megapixels. Reg Kit Watch Plus Fujitsu's new Athlon XP-M notebook
59.	SuSE sinks hooks into Veritas. Unix threat
60.	Novelty farting dog sparks US terror alert. Malodorous mechanical mutt mayhem
61.	EU develops cyber crime forensics standards. Best practice
62.	Cray preps new Opteron-based product line. Behind the Red Storm
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63.	EU Tries to Force MS to Compete. Hoping to do more than the U.S. against Microsoft, the European Commission is flexing some muscle to get the company to remove software from Windows to give competitors a chance. Microsoft wants the European Union off its back.
64.	IBM, HP Battle for Customers. Offering sweet reseller commissions to get businesses to switch equipment suppliers and drawings for convertibles, HP and IBM escalate efforts to take each other's business, bragging when they do. Their rivalry helps customers.
65.	Sherlock, Look for the Bugs. A graphic new science exhibit uses a model crime scene to show visitors how insects help crack murder cases. CSI: Crime Scene Insects opens at the Science Museum of Minnesota, calling attention to the rapidly growing field of forensic entomology.
66.	Wish You Were Here, See You There. In an online 3-D world called There, you can play around with lots of neato stuff. By all accounts, it's a cool place to hang out, but is it exciting enough that people will pay to play? By Daniel Terdiman.
67.	Post Office Wants to ID the Mail. As a security measure, U.S. bulk mailers are being told to identify themselves on all outgoing mail. Civil libertarians fear the loss of anonymity could result in an invasion of privacy. By Ryan Singel.
68.	The Two Faces of Takashi Murakami. He's high art. He's low culture. He's a one-man mass-market machine. By Jeff Howe from Wired magazine.
69.	Finding New Life on an Old Road. Ignoring the advice of a highway bureaucrat, a Wired News reporter and her photographer husband kiss the interstate goodbye. The pair will follow Route 1 from Maine to Florida in search of geek history and culture. By Michelle Delio.
70.	A Case of Piracy Overkill?. Proposed FCC rules will make redistributing copied digital TV shows harder. Hollywood says it needs to protect a $4 billion foreign syndication industry. Opponents call the rules useless, a violation of the spirit of fair use. By Kim Zetter.
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71.	NSA buys license for Certicom's encryption technology
72.	California wins first anti-spam judgement
73.	HNS Newsletter issue 185 has been released
74.	SonicWALL announces new TZ 170 security platform
75.	PGP Desktop 8.0.3 is available
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76.	Elsewhere: Sober worm causes headaches
77.	News: Halifax suspends e-banking site after phishing attack
78.	News: Email scammers target Halifax, Nationwide, Citibank
79.	California wins first state suit against spammers
80.	Symantec buys ON Technology
81.	27 Oct W32/Marq-A
82.	27 Oct W32/Agobot-AF
83.	Symantec buys ON Technology
84.	TROJ_NETMAIL.A
85.	Veritas Tailors Storage Suite for SuSE Linux
86.	Symantec adds compliance features to ESM 6.0
87.	All the Rage: Microsoft and the Monoculture Security Threat
88.	All the Rage: Patches Aren't the Answer To MS Holes
89.	Symantec Updates Enterprise Security Manager
90.	EU develops cyber crime forensics standards
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91.	Test Your Web Browser Security. A recent entrant into the network security market is Belgian firm ScanIt. They specialize in network security audits for their customers. ScanIt also provides a free service from their website which will perform a battery of tests against your web...

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1.	Neighbors on Cell Tower Plan: Not in Your Backyard, Either. Municipalities in Connecticut have no real say over the placement of cellphone towers, which has led to some residents facing unexpectedly intrusive neighbors. By Alison Leigh Cowan.
2.	Amazon Offer Worries Authors. Amazon.com has introduced a feature that lets users search for specific words or phrases in a database of the texts of 120,000 books, drawing skepticism from an authors' group. By David K. Kirkpatrick.
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3.	Linux finds more homes among enterprises

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1.	With Cable TV at M.I.T., Who Needs Napster?. Two students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a system for sharing music on campus that they say can avoid the copyright battles that have pitted the music industry against many customers. By John Schwartz.
2.	Brazil Becomes a Cybercrime Lab. Brazil, where organized crime is rife and laws to prevent digital crime are few and largely ineffective, is becoming a laboratory for cybercrime. By Tony Smith.
3.	Web Redesigns for the Holidays. As the holidays approach, online retailers are seek to spiff up their sites and minimize consumer frustration. By Bob Tedeschi.
4.	Two Companies at Odds Over the Internet's Future. I.B.M. and Microsoft have different ideas for planning the future of the Internet. By Steve Lohr.
5.	Critics Take Wary View of Shopping Web Link. Consumer Reports magazine is steering people to a company that earns money by directing shoppers to online stores. Critics see a conflict of interest. By Bob Tedeschi.

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1.	SuSE signs up key software partner. SuSE Linux enlists the backing of server-software maker Veritas, an important step in supporting the needs of business computing and keeping up with top Linux seller Red Hat.
2.	Online game envisions new virtual worlds. "There," which its creators say is more social and creative than other games of its kind, is expected to get its commercial debut after nearly five years of development.
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3.	Yo, Mr. CEO, Get Our Point Now?
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