Gregg's Security News Aggregator

Wednesday, October 29, 2003

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1.	BellSouth offers VoIP for businesses. The regional phone provider will sell Internet-based telephone services to small and medium-size businesses.
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2.	Microsoft Rolls Out Xbox Live in Wired Korea (Reuters). Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said it was rolling out its Xbox Live online gaming service in South Korea on Thursday, hoping to make inroads into a strategic market that has the world's highest broadband Internet penetration.
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3.	Lindows Announces Nvu - Frontpage For Linux?

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1.	Apple Unleashes MAC OS Update 'Panther' (AP). AP - For the second time in just over a year, Apple Computer Inc. is out with a major upgrade of the Mac OS X operating system, packing it with features Windows users won't see for years and attaching a price tag befitting Apple's reputation as the Porsche of computer makers.
2.	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.
3.	AP: Opera Notches Browser Deal With Nokia (AP). AP - Opera Software said Monday that Nokia, the world's biggest cell phone maker, is installing the small Norwegian company's Internet browser on a mass market phone for the first time.
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4.	FTC Issues Report Critical Of Patent Policy
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5.	News: Unlucky phisher pleads guilty
6.	Wildcard exportfs issue in NFS on IRIX
7.	FirstClass 7.1 HTTP Server: Remote Directory Listing
8.	Re: sh-httpd `wildcard character' vulnerability
9.	mod_security 1.7RC1 to 1.7.1 vulnerability
10.	Re: Internet Explorer and Opera local zone restriction bypass
11.	Re: Mac OS X vulnerabilities
12.	STG Security Advisory: [SSA-20031025-05] InfronTech WebTide 7.04 Directory and File Disclosure Vulnerability
13.	possible issue with IPv4 mapped address and $REMOTE_ADDR in CGI
14.	TelCondex SimpleWebserver Buffer Overflow
15.	Re: Mac OS X vulnerabilities
16.	RE: Mac OS X vulnerabilities ['Virus checked"]
17.	RE: Mac OS X vulnerabilities ['Virus checked"]
18.	Re: Root Directory Listing on RH default apache
19.	[SECURITY] [DSA 396-1] New thttpd packages fix information leak, DoS and arbitrary code execution
20.	Re: possible issue with IPv4 mapped address and $REMOTE_ADDR in CGI
21.	Re: Mac OS X vulnerabilities ['Virus checked"]
22.	Re: Mac OS X vulnerabilities ['Virus checked"]
23.	Re: Mac OS X vulnerabilities ['Virus checked"]
24.	Re: possible issue with IPv4 mapped address and $REMOTE_ADDR in CGI
25.	[CLA-2003:773] Conectiva Security Announcement - libnids
26.	Re: possible issue with IPv4 mapped address and $REMOTE_ADDR in CGI
27.	Re: Mac OS X vulnerabilities ['Virus checked"]
28.	Re: Mac OS X vulnerabilities ['Virus checked"]
29.	E107 DoS vulnerability
30.	Immunix Secured OS 7+ apache update

9:35:32 PM

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1.	Ideas Unlimited, Built to Order. Celebrities from a variety of fields talk about technologies or products they would like to see invented. By Seth Schiesel.
2.	A Shutterbug's Guide to Meting Out the Megapixels. How many megapixels is enough? What picture format is best for your needs? A look at some of the fundamentals and trade-offs in digital photography. By Ivan Berger.
3.	Scaring People Out of Their Wits, and Their Houses. Three new video games can frighten even experienced game players this Halloween season. By Charles Herold.
4.	Virtual Haunts for Your Inner Goblin. Experience the holiday, minus the bobbing for apples, on the Web. By Lisa Napoli.
5.	Is There an Echo in Here? Software Lets Architects Predict. Experts in the field say that auralization technology can forestall acoustical problems. By Anne Eisenberg.
6.	For Hair-Trigger Fingers, a New Way With Buttons. A fraction of a second can be the difference between life and death in a video game, but gamers often lose time when moving their thumbs off the thumb stick to press the Crouch or Jump button. Now Gamester's FPS Master Xbox controller saves those important milliseconds with a design that lets you push the buttons without ever moving your thumbs. By Charles Herold.
7.	A Set-Top Box With 100 Rentable Films. Could renting a movie be much simpler than it already is? The Walt Disney Company is betting it could be with a new service called MovieBeam that includes a no-fuss set-top box that arrives in your home loaded with 100 DVD-quality feature films that can be rented with a press of a remote control. By Michel Marriott.
8.	Translating Photo Files From Macintosh to PC. Q. I am a Macintosh user, and I had assumed that any JPEG file was accessible to anyone. But friends with PC's are having trouble opening picture files that I send to them. What can I do?. By J.d. Biersdorfer.
9.	PDF Text Flows Into Word, With Graphics Along for the Ride. Thomas J. Fitzgerald By Thomas J. Fitzgerald.
10.	Google's Popular Toolbar. The Google toolbar, a thin row of buttons and a query window that sits within the Internet Explorer browser, has become a big hit. By Lisa Guernsey.
11.	Play Tunes on the Treadmill Without Getting Tangled. Attempts to integrate radios and other devices into headphones have often been less than successful, resulting in products that are bulky and difficult to use. So Erik Vlugt, a product marketing manager at TDK Electronics, had doubts when he learned that his company was making a combined headphone and MP3 music player. By Ian Austen.
12.	Letters to the Editor. Apple Loyalty Unrewarded?.
13.	Paying the Piper, Round 2: The Repertory Grows. A second wave of entrants is trying to turn digital music into something consumers will pay for online. By David Pogue.
14.	What's Right With This Picture?. Need to have a picture custom framed? The Web offers a wide variety of options. By Michelle Slatalla.
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15.	Streaming media: A case for open standards. VBrick Systems president Rich Mavrogeanes says streaming media will never match the quality or ubiquity of commercial TV, as long as it fails to rally around a single standard.
16.	MSN splits in two. Microsoft says its MSN business will split into two units--one focused on information and another focused on communications--an effort to streamline the long-struggling Web property.
17.	Fujitsu sees strong growth in drives
18.	Toner firm gets key support in DMCA spat. The U.S. Copyright Office sides with Static Control in a high-profile lawsuit over whether it may sell chips that permit Lexmark toner cartridges to be refilled.
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19.	UPDATE: Fannie's Numbers Don't Add Up; Corrects 3Q Errors (Dow Jones). Dow Jones - WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Fannie Mae's (NYSE:FNM - News) correction Wednesday of " computational errors" in its third quarter earnings report inflamed the company's critics, who said it underscored the need in Washington for tighter supervision of Fannie and fellow government-sponsored enterprise Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE - News) .
20.	eBay Tells Analysts Growth Can Be Sustained (Reuters). Reuters - Online auctioneer eBay Inc. (EBAY.O) on Wednesday told financial analysts it can wring much more growth from its oldest and largest market in the United State by broadening its Web marketplace and offering better services for users.
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21.	Catching Up With The Rocket Guy
22.	Should Hackers Get Their Own Logo?
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23.	German mid-size firms go for Linux. FRANKFURT, Germany -- Momentum to migrate from Microsoft Corp. products to open source software is rapidly gaining in Germany, where numerous enterprises are reacting to the U.S. software giant's licensing policy.
24.	Japan team reports quantum computing breakthrough. A research team in Japan says it has successfully demonstrated for the first time in the world in a solid-state device one of the two basic building blocks that will be needed to construct a viable quantum computer.
25.	Intel gets dualband Wi-Fi chip out the door. After several delays, Intel Corp. announced Monday that its Intel Pro/Wireless 2100A chip is shipping to notebook manufacturers, giving Centrino notebooks an 802.11a connection.
26.	Microsoft to launch Voice Command for PDAs. Microsoft Corp. plans to release its Voice Command software for PDAs (personal digital assistants) and cell phones Monday, the company said Wednesday
27.	Genesys charges per minute for Web conferencing. PARIS - Genesys Conferencing SA hopes to attract more users to its audio, video and Web conferencing services by doing away with subscription fees and per-seat licenses for conferences using its Genesys Meeting Center platform.
28.	PDC - Microsoft Operation Manager opens to partners. Los Angeles - Microsoft has expanded its Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2000 with a partner program, allowing users to integrate MOM with third-party management products.
29.	Ixiasoft enhances XML database - Infoworld Staff. Ixiasoft on Monday will introduce a beta version of its Textml Server 3.0 database product for native XML storage, featuring boosted security.
30.	DMCA grounds shaken in Lexmark cartridge case. NEW YORK - A ruling this week from the U.S. Copyright Office could strengthen manufacturer Static Control Components's (SCC's) defense against a copyright infringement lawsuit by Lexmark International that is expected to have a broad impact on the market for low-cost, third-party printer cartridges. 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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31.	News: Unlucky phisher pleads guilty. Woman who unwittingly spammed the FBI in her scheme to harvest credit card numbers pleads guilty to federal conspiracy charges.
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32.	Vulnerabilities: Sun Microsystems Java Virtual Machine Security Manager Denial Of Service Vulnerability. The Java Virtual Machine is a component of the Sun Microsystems Java distributions. It is available for Unix, Linux, and Microsoft Windows platforms. A problem has been...
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33.	Wireless LAN security to be solved, but what about management?
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34.	mod_security Buffer Overflow in sec_filter_out() Lets Local Users Execute Arbitrary Code
35.	Mac OS X Kernel Can Be Crashed By Local Users Sending a Long Command Line Argument
36.	Récupération système avec Knoppix
37.	Des lecteurs CD de marque LG incompatibles avec GNU/Linux
38.	Security fears hit Microsoft sales figures
39.	UK firms ill-equipped to prevent security attacks

8:35:12 PM

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1.	FCC hears from communications industry on VoIP. Fifty companies and organizations chime in on whether Internet telephony should be regulated. Many want a national Internet-phoning policy.
2.	Audiocast archive. Open HTML container page.
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3.	Secure Messaging Using Steganography
4.	Conectiva: libnids Remote buffer overflow vulnerability
5.	Debian: thttpd Multiple vulnerabilities
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6.	BugTraq: E107 DoS vulnerability. Sender: Blademaster [blademaster at msbx dot net]
7.	BugTraq: Immunix Secured OS 7+ apache update. Sender: Immunix Security Team [security at immunix dot com]
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8.	Sun shouts at analysts with customer wins. Have you seen our momentum
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9.	BKDR_SDBOT.W

7:35:01 PM

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1.	The Ten Commandments of PC Security (PC World). PC World - Fight off nasty viruses, worms, and Trojan horses by following these simple rules.
2.	US cyber-diplomacy now up and running (AFP). AFP - US diplomacy has officially entered the electronic age with the completion of a two-year, multi-million-dollar project to provide Internet access to all US embassies and consulates, the State Department said.
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3.	SCO Madness Reigns Supreme
4.	Distributed Data Storage on a LAN?
5.	Massive Small Form Factor Preview From Computex
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6.	BugTraq: Re: Mac OS X vulnerabilities ['Virus checked"]. Sender: Chris Wysopal [cwysopal at atstake dot com]
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7.	Oracle expands reach in China. Beijing beginning
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8.	TManage Aims Security Service at Mid-Sized Market
9.	Network documentation must include a security operations guide

6:34:44 PM

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1.	Legal Napster up and running. The first wave of new users tries out the file-swapping king's successor, but they pay for the privilege.
2.	Handhelds go to school. PDA makers looking for a shot in the arm areturning to the education market--none more ravenously than PalmOne.
3.	Oracle opens Beijing R&D center. The database software maker announces the official opening of a new research facility in the Chinese capital, part of its ongoing expansion into China.

5:34:24 PM

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1.	MSN splits in two. Microsoft says its MSN business will split into two units--one focused on information and another focused on communications--an effort to streamline the long-struggling Web property.
2.	Will Apple just patch Panther?. The new Mac OS X operating system, Panther, fixes security flaws that affect previous versions of the OS, leaving security experts asking if users must pay for an upgrade to be secure.
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3.	Head to Head: Oracle vs. PeopleSoft CRM (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - Have Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) and PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT) CRM applications both evolved to be so feature- and function-rich that it is difficult to differentiate the two? To a large extent, yes. "From a feature/function standpoint -- when you add it all up -- Oracle and PeopleSoft come across as fairly equal," says Meta Group's Steve Bonadio, senior program director, enterprise Application strategies. ...
4.	REVIEW: Apple Unleashes Mac OS X Upgrade (AP). AP - For the second time in just over a year, Apple Computer Inc. is out with a major upgrade of the Mac OS X operating system, packing it with features Windows users won't see for years and attaching a price tag befitting Apple's reputation as the Porsche of computer makers.
5.	SCO Attacks Open Source License (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - Enlarging the scope of its lawsuit against IBM (NYSE: IBM), SCO Group has filed court documents that challenge the validity of the GPL (GNU General Public License), the software license that governs Linux. If SCO were to successfully invalidate the GPL -- which has never been legally challenged -- it could have an enormous impact on Linux's future.
6.	Palm Seeks To Divide and Conquer (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - Global PDA frontrunner Palm (Nasdaq: PALM) has spun off its software division, following through on a reorganization plan announced earlier this year that the company hopes will stave off the competition. Stockholders also gave the nod to Palm's acquisition of former rival Handspring (Nasdaq: HAND), with an eye on targeting the nascent smartphone market.
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7.	CA unveils suite take on eTrust - Infoworld Staff. Identity management strategy echoes IBM, Novell plays
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8.	Network documentation must include a security operations guide
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9.	BugTraq: [CLA-2003:773] Conectiva Security Announcement - libnids. Sender: Conectiva Updates [secure at conectiva dot com dot br]
10.	BugTraq: Re: Mac OS X vulnerabilities ['Virus checked"]. Sender: Ragnar Sundblad [ragge at nada dot kth dot se]
11.	BugTraq: Re: possible issue with IPv4 mapped address and $REMOTE_ADDR in CGI. Sender: Colm MacCarthaigh [colmmacc at redbrick dot dcu dot ie]
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12.	Interview with Brian Hatch
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13.	Microsoft to Enable Firewall and Disable Messenger in XP. As a part of its ongoing efforts to plug the holes in the dam and provide a more stable and secure computing platform, Microsoft intends to disable the Windows Messenger Service (not to be confused with the MSN Messenger instant...
14.	Cyber Tools On-Line Search for Evidence Project. A group of information security research institutes at the request of the European Commission have outlined some procedures and guidelines for collecting forensic computer evidence to be used in criminal and civil courts of law. The Cyber Tools On-Line Search...

4:34:11 PM

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1.	Microsoft fans: Which way L.A.?. Determined programmers and executives brave clogged airports or rent cars to make their way to the developer conference. Attendees feel well-fed, entertained.
2.	More solar flares warm satellite concerns. This week's second series of major solar flares is producing geomagnetic storms that could threaten satellites, power grids and communications networks, a federal agency says.
3.	Xbox gets karaoke add-on
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4.	Robots to Gain Eyes in the Back of Their Heads (Reuters). Reuters - Researchers in the United States are developing robots with "eyes in the backs of their heads" in the form of nine digital cameras attached to a frame the size of a beach ball.
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5.	New Optical Chip Claims 8 Trillion Operations/sec.
6.	W3C Requests Eolas Patent Re-Examination
7.	Open Source Network Administration
8.	Copyright Office Rules Against Lexmark
9.	Are Review Units Better Than Store Versions?
10.	Info Glut - Five Exabytes of Data Created in 2002
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11.	Interview with Brian Hatch
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12.	Wireless IDS Is All the Rage

3:33:53 PM

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1.	Start-up unveils four-channel VoIP product. i2 Telecom announces a Voice-over-Internet-Protocol product for small businesses, marking the latest product debut for the communications company.
2.	Season of change for secure nets
3.	Hot-spot market too hot in Europe
4.	IBM launches compliance initiative. Big Blue announces several products and services to help companies comply with new regulations.
5.	Desktop Linux backer gets new CEO. Xandros, which bought the software from Corel's ill-fated foray into the desktop Linux market, names a new CEO and plans to release a new version of its product in November.
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6.	@Stake issues security advisories for OS X Jaguar (MacCentral). MacCentral - Security consulting firm, @Stake issued three security advisories for Apple's Mac OS X operating system late last night. The advisories affect Mac OS X 10.2.8 and lower and do not appear to affect the company's recently released Panther operating system. In fact, @Stake is recommending users upgrade to Panther as a fix for the problems.
7.	90 Percent of Kids Use Computers (AP). AP - If kids today seem more wired than ever, it's because they are. About 90 percent of people ages 5 to 17 use computers and 59 percent of them use the Internet � rates that are, in both cases, higher than those of adults.
8.	Copyright Office Upholds Copy-Protection Law (Reuters). Reuters - The U.S. Copyright Office has opted to leave a controversial software-protection law largely in place, despite protests that it interferes with consumers' rights to watch movies and listen to music as they wish.
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9.	US court backs digital TV push. The US Surpreme Court rules all but the smallest TVs will have to receive digital signals by 2007.
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10.	BugTraq: Re: Mac OS X vulnerabilities ['Virus checked"]. Sender: Adam Shostack [adam at homeport dot org]
11.	BugTraq: Re: possible issue with IPv4 mapped address and $REMOTE_ADDR in CGI. Sender: der Mouse [mouse at Rodents dot Montreal dot QC dot CA]
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12.	ISPA submits broadband action plan to parliament. Triggers all round, more price cuts...
13.	Mobile gambling hits UK. But will it tempt Lotto-weary Brits?
14.	Blue Coat buys AV appliance outfit Ositis. More security bizz consolidation
15.	MP unleashes brilliant anti-spam plan. Citizens can sleep sounder in their beds
16.	MS moves to counter open source growth in UK gov. In an extremely shrewd way, we reckon

2:33:32 PM

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1.	Study finds gaps in digital divide theory. The digital divide is not just a problem in poor countries--it's also widening in technologically advanced regions, says a study by a panel of experts set up by chipmaker AMD.
2.	Cell phone sales on the rise. Analysts raise their forecasts for worldwide cell phone sales in 2003, predicting they'll be 15 percent higher than last year after a strong third quarter.
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3.	AOL UK Aims to Boost Broadband with Soccer Deals (Reuters). Reuters - Time Warner's (TWX.N) British Internet unit, AOL UK, said on Wednesday it scored a series of broadcast deals to bring UK professional soccer highlights to its broadband subscribers.
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4.	Wireless IDS Is All the Rage
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5.	BugTraq: RE: Mac OS X vulnerabilities ['Virus checked"]. Sender: Thor Larholm [thor at pivx dot com]
6.	BugTraq: RE: Mac OS X vulnerabilities ['Virus checked"]. Sender: [graham dot coles at retail-logic dot com]
7.	BugTraq: Re: possible issue with IPv4 mapped address and $REMOTE_ADDR in CGI. Sender: Colm MacCarthaigh [colmmacc at redbrick dot dcu dot ie]
8.	BugTraq: Re: Mac OS X vulnerabilities ['Virus checked"]. Sender: Steve Clement [steve at ion dot lu]

1:33:15 PM

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1.	Microsoft enlists Operations Manager partners. The software heavyweight signs up several companies to write connectors that will link its Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 to third-party management software.
2.	AOL signs deal for Viewpoint graphics code. America Online is paying the Web graphics software maker $9 million for a license related to Viewpoint's applications development system. Also: a $1 million services deal.
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3.	Palm splits into 2 firms (SiliconValley.com). SiliconValley.com - When Palm executives first floated the idea of splitting the company in two before the tech bust, many observers reasoned that the value was in making Palm's software business into a Microsoft for pocket-size computers.
4.	France Telecom's 3Q Profits Rise (AP). AP - France Telecom topped third-quarter profit forecasts as strong showings by the Wanadoo Internet business and Orange wireless unit helped offset a disappointing drop in revenues.
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5.	Intel, Japan gov't, others up stake in Elpida Memory. TOKYO -- Elpida Memory Inc., Japan's only major DRAM (dynamic RAM) memory maker, has raised Â¥170 billion ($1.6 billion) to increase production capacity at its Japanese plant, it said Wednesday.
6.	Security and Web integration key to Longhorn. LOS ANGELES -- Microsoft Corp. let loose early bits of Longhorn at its Professional Developer Conference (PDC) here and for the first time provided more extensive details around the key components of its next Windows operating system expected out in 2006.
7.	SuSE Linux eyes middleware service market. FRANKFURT, Germany -- In a move that could help enterprises more easily expand their use of open source software beyond the Linux operating system, SuSE Linux AG is proposing a new service program for middleware products based on open code.
8.	IBM takes on U.S. regulatory compliance requirements. IBM Corp. is introducing Wednesday bundles of hardware, software and services for helping companies comply with U.S. federal regulations -- an announcement whose amplitude is eliciting both words of praise and caution from analysts.
9.	UMC says chip outlook bright as Q3 profits soar. TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A strong recovery in demand for semiconductors helped lift United Microelectronics Corp.'s (UMC) third-quarter net income by 195 percent, the contract chip maker said Wednesday. The announcement comes as the semiconductor manufacturing industry shows signs of climbing out of a downturn that has lasted for more than two years.
10.	Shareholders approve Palm's Handspring buy. Shareholders put their stamp of approval on Palm Inc.'s buy of Handspring Inc. this week, allowing the handheld makers to officially merge under the new name of PalmOne Inc.
11.	IBM plans new R&D lab in South Korea. IBM Corp. is to partner with the South Korean government and establish a research and development laboratory in Seoul that will concentrate on software for mobile communications devices and telematics applications.
12.	W3C sides with Microsoft against Eolas patent. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has taken up Microsoft Corp.'s cause in a patent infringement lawsuit by urging the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to invalidate the related patent "in order to prevent substantial economic and technical damage to the operation of (the) World Wide Web." ADVERTISEMENT: Never Lose Email! Storactive LiveServ for Exchange - Storactive LiveServýs continuous, zero-loss backup eliminates Exchange data vulnerabilities and ensures rapid recovery of individual emails on up to entire data stores. Enables full recovery of data up to the moment a loss occurred. Get free info!
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13.	Introduction to Nessus
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14.	BugTraq: possible issue with IPv4 mapped address and $REMOTE_ADDR in CGI. Sender: [itojun at iijlab dot net]
15.	BugTraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 396-1] New thttpd packages fix information leak, DoS and arbitrary code execution. Sender: [joey at infodrom dot org (Martin Schulze)]
16.	BugTraq: TelCondex SimpleWebserver Buffer Overflow. Sender: Oliver Karow [Oliver dot Karow at gmx dot de]
17.	BugTraq: Re: Mac OS X vulnerabilities ['Virus checked"]. Sender: [graham dot coles at retail-logic dot com]
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18.	Mac fan's blog leads to layoff in Redmond. Raunchy G5 photos
19.	Logitech launches budget digital camcorders. Reg Kit Watch And its face-tracking webcam
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20.	Review - Incident Response: Computer Forensics Toolkit
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21.	Elsewhere: Survey: Dutch, UK Firms Rank Last in Net Security
22.	Elsewhere: No pirates north of the border
23.	News: Microsoft shoots the Windows Messenger
24.	University Calculates ROI Of Its Spam, Virus Defenses

12:33:06 PM

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1.	Ultrawideband's reach gets wider. XtremeSpectrum tells a standards body that if its ultrawideband technology is chosen, it won't charge other companies royalties.
2.	Butterfly notebook may spread wings again. IBM is experimenting anew with notebook designs that mimic one of its most famous and controversial designs: the expanding Butterfly keyboard.
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3.	Follow-Through (Forbes.com). Forbes.com - A few weeks after a confident Carleton S. Fiorina graced our cover, Hewlett-Packard turned in a disappointing quarter that knocked the stock back 10%. This doesn't help the HP chief's plan to overrun the likes of Dell Computer as she battles IBM. The big culprit was personal computer sales. Dell, by contrast, recently turned in a strong quarter. Also, HP's PC business mismanaged pricing and shipping. That has to hurt, since Fiorina & Co. trumpet how much HP's two-year-old merger with Compaq Computer taught them about managing their supply chain.
4.	PolyServe boasts Linux/Oracle 9i RAC results (TechTarget). TechTarget - PolyServe, Inc., provider of shared data clustering software for Linux-based data center, this week announced Oracle 9i Real Application Clusters (RAC) test results that one industry analyst says represents a new milestone for the open-source platform.
5.	Verizon Gains Wireless Users, But Local Wireline Sales Fall (Investor's Business Daily). Investor's Business Daily - Verizon Wireless Inc. (NYSE:VZ - News) on Tuesday said its third-quarter revenue jumped 18%, as it added 1.4 million subscribers and 100,000 customers for its new push-to-talk service.
6.	For Media-Savvy Tots, TV And DVD Compete With ABCs (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - Infants, toddlers and preschoolers are spending far more time watching DVDs and clicking TV remote controls and computer mice than with books, according to a Kaiser Foundation study released yesterday.
7.	90 Percent of Kids Use Computers (AP). AP - If kids today seem more wired than ever, it's because they are. About 90 percent of people ages 5 to 17 use computers and 59 percent of them use the Internet � rates that are, in both cases, higher than those of adults.
8.	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.
9.	Ridge: U.S. and E.U. Should Pioneer Biometrics (Reuters). Reuters - The United States and the European Union should lead the world in setting international standards for biometrics such as facial recognition technology, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said on Wednesday.
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10.	Nokia targets multimedia mobiles. Nokia has reaffirmed its commitment to third party developers to help drive the future of smartphones.
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11.	Elsewhere: Survey: Dutch, UK Firms Rank Last in Net Security. Despite the weekly emergence of potent new computer worms and viruses, almost a third of businesses in Western Europe have done nothing to combat the latest digital threa...
12.	Elsewhere: No pirates north of the border. The Recording Industry Association of America is suing hundreds of Americans for allegedly sharing copyrighted music on peer-to-peer networks. But so far, their Canadia...
13.	News: Microsoft shoots the Windows Messenger. The Register By John Leyden [john dot leyden at theregister dot co dot uk]
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14.	Advanced cross site scripting and client automation
15.	Found in Web search: credit card numbers (honeynet project)
16.	FreeBSD 4.9 Released
17.	How does your e-biz measure up?
18.	Friendster and the dating game
19.	Looking Toward a Networked World
20.	Court OKs death for analog TVs
21.	New Ways to Skirt DMCA � Legally!
22.	VeriSign adds features for defense PKI

11:32:52 AM

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1.	@Stake issues Mac OS X advisories. The U.S.-based Internet security research company warns of newly discovered vulnerabilities affecting Apple's Mac OS X operating system and advises customers to upgrade to Panther.
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2.	Intel exec: Wireless growth is 'organic,' unprecedented (TechTarget). TechTarget - BOSTON -- Not only has wireless technology matured, but it also has the potential to transform business like no other technology, a top Intel Corp. executive said Tuesday.
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3.	FreeBSD 4.9 Released
4.	Microsoft Fires Mac Fan For Blog Photo
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5.	British Gas starts e-billing. British Gas is to start sending out bills by e-mail for the first time, in the hope of cashing in on the trend to pay bills online.
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6.	XML: A Growing Security Threat?
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7.	Elsewhere: Microsoft will turn off Messenger and turn on firewall. Microsoft is to disable the Windows Messenger Service and activate the Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) by default on Windows XP machines in an effort to protect comput...
8.	Elsewhere: Bug busters: keeping your PC virus free. If you think worms are the gardener's friend and 'SoBig' is something you say when you're gesticulating to the assistant in B&Q's timber department, then count yourself l...
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9.	Advanced cross site scripting and client automation
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10.	Advanced cross site scripting and client automation
11.	Baisse de la vente des disques
12.	Les défenseurs des libertés individuelles contre la décision du Pentagone
13.	Mise à jour des procédures de récupération en cas de sinistres informatiques
14.	Texas University Calculates Financial Benefits Of Its Spam, Virus Defenses

10:32:33 AM

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1.	Report shows adoption of Secure Digital format
2.	Google eyes book search
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3.	Shareholders approve Palm's Handspring buy (MacCentral). MacCentral - Shareholders put their stamp of approval on Palm Inc.'s buy of Handspring Inc. this week, allowing the handheld makers to officially merge under the new name of PalmOne Inc.
4.	Survey: Dutch, UK Firms Rank Last in Net Security (Reuters). Reuters - Despite the weekly emergence of potent new computer worms and viruses, almost a third of businesses in Western Europe have done nothing to combat the latest digital threats, a study released Wednesday said.
5.	E-Mails, Digital Media Produce Data Mountain (Reuters). Reuters - All those e-mails -- junk or otherwise -- are adding up.
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6.	Texas University Calculates Financial Benefits Of Its Spam, Virus Defenses
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7.	No public Longhorn preview, says MS - developers only. And they have to ask for it first
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8.	Bug busters: keeping your PC virus free
9.	XML: a growing security threat?
10.	Introduction to Nessus
11.	Hackers defense: the computer did it
12.	Sober virus in the wild but slow-moving
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13.	Mac OS X Updated Version Addresses Thirteen Vulnerabilities
14.	Orbitz investigates security breach
15.	Microsoft to shoot Messenger in next update
16.	Applications - the weakest link?
17.	Security and web integration is key to Longhorn
18.	Bug busters: keeping your PC virus free
19.	XML: a growing security threat?
20.	Introduction to Nessus
21.	Hackers defense: the computer did it
22.	Sober virus in the wild but slow-moving
23.	Les abus de l utilisation du web en entreprise ou le � deuxieme choc des 35 heures �
24.	RSA Security France annonce une forte hausse de son chiffre d'affaires sur les trois premiers trimestres 2003
25.	Decouverte d'un nouveau virus Sober.A
26.	Faille de sécurité dans Norton Internet Security 2003/2004

9:32:23 AM

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1.	For Media-Savvy Tots, TV And DVD Compete With ABCs (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - Infants, toddlers and preschoolers are spending far more time watching DVDs and clicking TV remote controls and computer mice than with books, according to a Kaiser Foundation study released yesterday.
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2.	Diebold Chases Links To Leaked Memos
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3.	We're on the mend, says France Telecom. The telecoms giant reports strong earnings and says recovery is on track, just a year after being bailed out by the French state.
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4.	Microsoft shoots the Windows Messenger. So farewell then, magnet of spam
5.	Napster 2.0 goes live. The cat's back
6.	How does your e-biz measure up?. Benchmark this

8:32:03 AM

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1.	Red Hat waits for new Linux kernel to pop. Version 2.6 of the heart of Linux is expected soon, but it could be 2005 before the top Linux seller includes it in its corporate operating system product.
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2.	Nokia targets multimedia mobiles. Nokia have reaffirmed their commitment to third party developers to help drive the future of smartphones.
3.	PlayStation cam sells a million. More than a million EyeToy webcams for the PlayStation 2 have been sold in just four months.
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4.	Bristol & West axes online banking. Customers stay away in droves
5.	Microsoft to bring DirectX 8 gaming to PDAs. Bigger screens too
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6.	byteHoard "files.inc.php" Directory Traversal Vulnerability
7.	Nokia IPSO Cluster Unspecified Denial of Service Vulnerability
8.	FirstClass "/Search" Exposes Web Root Contents
9.	mod_security Server Output Buffer Overflow

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1.	Sharp preps upgraded, rugged Linux PDA. SL-6000 to extend SL-5500 family
2.	China Telecom: provincial investment. Potential subscriber base of half a billion
3.	TSMC, UMC post upbeat Q3 figures. Lost and foundry
4.	Mandrake Linux ate my CD drive. That's one powerful OS you got there, boy
5.	No PDA market growth in Q3 without HP. Saturation point reached?
6.	Sage founder buys computer reseller. Wylie Coyote
7.	One million UK surfers to get broadband next year. Speed greed
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8.	Microsoft Reaches for Its Wallet. The antitrust aftermath continues as the software giant settles six more class-action lawsuits, this time agreeing to pony up $200 million to consumers who bought its software products.
9.	Boob Tubes Going Digital By 2007. A U.S. appeals court upholds FCC requirements that TV manufacturers install high-quality digital broadcast signals in new sets starting July 2004. Under the new rules, the lagging transition to digital TV will be completed by July 2007.
10.	Welcome to the Age of Enhancement. As of this summer, doctors have the U.S. government's approval to make humans taller. Can stronger, smarter and faster be far behind? By Gregory Stock from Wired magazine.
11.	Light at the End of the Tunnel. There's been enough clinical testing for doctors to assert that infrared light therapy helps the healing process. What nobody can say with certainty, though, is why. By Noah Shachtman.
12.	E-Vote Protest Gains Momentum. Students who have published memos that cast doubt on the security of Diebold's voting machines have received not only the inevitable cease-and-desist orders, but nationwide support as well. By Kim Zetter.
13.	It'll Thrill Ya, It'll Kill Ya. The Old Sow demands respect as she comes roiling to the surface of the Atlantic off the Maine coast. She's the largest tidal whirlpool on earth and you trifle with her at your own peril. Michelle Delio reports from Eastport, Maine.
14.	Looking Toward a Networked World. Tech guru Tim O'Reilly cites Apple's iTunes Music Store as an example of how the company is leading a revolution in Net-enabled software. Leander Kahney reports from the Mac OS X Conference in Santa Clara, California.
15.	New Ways to Skirt DMCA & hellip; Legally!. The U.S. Copyright Office gives consumers the right to work around certain provisions of the controversial law. Digital-rights advocates worry the exemptions don't go far enough. By Katie Dean.
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16.	Hackers get novel defense: The computer did it

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1.	Tennessee's Super-DMCA Rises From The Grave
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2.	system.verbs.builtins.radio.trackback.ping changed on Sat, 09 Aug 2003 06:59:19 GMT: Fix a bug where HTML markup would be included in the exceprt in outgoing pings.
3.	system.verbs.builtins.radio.data.localization.languages.english.strings.backupAndRestore changed on Thu, 14 Aug 2003 05:09:09 GMT: Re-release
4.	system.verbs.builtins.radio.html.drawNavigatorLinks changed on Fri, 15 Aug 2003 01:38:05 GMT: Fix a bug where links which include an anchor would in some cases be rendered without the anchor part.
5.	system.verbs.builtins.radio.html.unsubscribe changed on Mon, 18 Aug 2003 20:17:04 GMT: Unsubscribe through a call to xml.aggregator.unsubscribeService instead of doing the work here. Fixes a bug where callbacks at aggregatorData.callbacks.unsubscribeService were not being called.
6.	system.verbs.builtins.radio.userInterface.images.toolbars.mozillaEditor changed on Fri, 22 Aug 2003 00:51:15 GMT: Images for the Mozilla rich text editor.
7.	system.verbs.builtins.radio.userInterface.saveFolder changed on Fri, 22 Aug 2003 00:51:57 GMT: Added support for writing out text and HTML files.
8.	system.verbs.builtins.radio.data.flInstall changed on Fri, 22 Aug 2003 00:53:09 GMT: Write support files for the Mozilla rich text editor to the system/images/toolbars sub-folder.
9.	system.verbs.builtins.html.editor changed on Fri, 22 Aug 2003 00:54:42 GMT: Added the rich text editor for Mozilla. Updated supporting scripts to handle the editor.
10.	system.verbs.builtins.radio.userInterface.editorBox changed on Fri, 22 Aug 2003 00:55:05 GMT: Added support for Mozilla rich text editor.
11.	system.verbs.builtins.radio.webServer.buildPage changed on Fri, 22 Aug 2003 00:57:20 GMT: Added support for Mozilla's rich text editor. If the editor has been added to the page being rendered, add the required onload event handler to the body tag before returning the rendered HTML.
12.	system.verbs.builtins.radio.macros.weblogPostForm changed on Fri, 22 Aug 2003 00:58:25 GMT: Added support for Mozilla's rich text editor. Give the weblog post form a name -- editPostForm. Needed for Mozilla rich text editor support.
13.	system.verbs.builtins.radio.html.editTextFile changed on Fri, 22 Aug 2003 00:58:52 GMT: Added support for the Mozilla rich text editor.
14.	system.verbs.builtins.radio.trackback.threadScript changed on Fri, 22 Aug 2003 02:07:13 GMT: Perform autodiscovery and pings in a try block to prevent error windows from popping up when a server times out or refuses a connection.
15.	system.verbs.builtins.html.editor.wysiwygEditorMozilla changed on Fri, 22 Aug 2003 22:21:42 GMT: Add an inline style to set the background color of the editor to white. This makes the edited text more visible on sites with non-white backgrounds, especially those with very dark backgrounds.
16.	system.verbs.builtins.radio.backup.backupTemplates changed on Tue, 26 Aug 2003 07:13:31 GMT: Re-release. Some people did not have the latest version of this part, causing errors when performing backups.
17.	system.verbs.builtins.radio.weblog.render changed on Sat, 30 Aug 2003 21:07:45 GMT: Add TrackBack auto-discovery RDF bits inside an HTML comment. Fixes HTML validation errors.
18.	system.verbs.builtins.xml.rss.compileService changed on Wed, 10 Sep 2003 22:36:26 GMT: Add categories to the item in the compilation table. Dave's comment
19.	system.verbs.builtins.radio.thread.agents.pingCloud changed on Tue, 16 Sep 2003 11:19:46 GMT: Send comment notification prefs to the comments server if the feature is supported.
20.	system.verbs.builtins.radio.weblog.init changed on Tue, 16 Sep 2003 11:20:13 GMT: Init adrData^.prefs.flCommentNotificationEnabled to true.
21.	system.verbs.builtins.radio.data.localization.languages.english.outlines.prefs changed on Tue, 16 Sep 2003 11:21:06 GMT: Added checkbox for enabling/disabling comment notification in email.
22.	system.verbs.builtins.tcp.getMail changed on Wed, 24 Sep 2003 23:32:25 GMT: New optional parameter, adrDeleteCallback. If deleteMessages is false, then this callback is called with the address of each message table. If the callback returns true, then the message is deleted from the server -- if false, then the message is not deleted.
23.	system.verbs.builtins.radio.data.localization.languages.english.outlines.help changed on Fri, 10 Oct 2003 20:21:16 GMT: Add pref for setting the folder where downloaded RSS enclosures are saved.
24.	system.verbs.builtins.radio.data.localization.languages.english.outlines.prefs changed on Fri, 10 Oct 2003 20:21:16 GMT: Add pref for setting the folder where downloaded RSS enclosures are saved.
25.	system.verbs.builtins.xml.aggregator.subscribeService changed on Sat, 18 Oct 2003 20:37:01 GMT: Dereference callback addresses inside a try block. Prevents errors which can occur if the table containing a callback script is no longer defined.
26.	system.verbs.builtins.xml.rss.readService changed on Wed, 29 Oct 2003 10:04:06 GMT: Fix a bug username/password support
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27.	Cheer for China's internet firms. Three of the country's biggest internet companies post strong results, as consumers take eagerly to their paid services.
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28.	Fiorina rules out consulting buy. Purse stays in handbag
29.	Boffins buff bugging bugs. Roaches enlisted in War on Terror
30.	Sharp preps upgraded, rugged Linux PDA. SL-6000 extends SL-5500 family
31.	Chip biz body ups world sales forecast. Now 2000's record will be beaten in 2005, not later
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32.	Premier vol informatique au sein du système bancaire Iranien
33.	Thibaud Cainne (Fotovista)�: «�notre avance technologique passe par l'internalisation des développements�»

5:31:23 AM

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1.	Sanyo's profit triples for first half (AFP). AFP - Japanese consumer electronics maker Sanyo said Wednesday its first half net profit tripled from last year thanks to strong sales of digital cameras, mobile phones and batteries.
2.	Nasdaq-listed Sina posts record revenues in third quarter (AFP). AFP - Nasdaq-listed Chinese Internet and technology companies Sina, Netease.com and Chinadotcom posted strong third quarter earnings as they continued to emerge from post-Internet boom obscurity.
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3.	The Importance of Mitigating IT Risk
4.	Applications: The weakest link?
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5.	Linux powers secure PIN entry pad for credit cards
6.	The Importance of Mitigating IT Risk
7.	Applications: The weakest link?

4:31:04 AM

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1.	Sony Plans to Eliminate 20,000 Jobs Over 3 Years. Sony announced a three-year plan that includes laying off 20,000 workers, moving production of older-model TV sets to China and starting a joint venture to make flat screens with Samsung Electronics. By James Brooke.
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2.	Linux powers secure PIN entry pad for credit cards
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3.	sh-httpd Discloses Files to Remote Users
4.	New 'Sober' virus in the wild but slow-moving
5.	Hackers get novel defense: The computer did it

3:30:41 AM

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1.	NASA's Earth Observatory Shows Solar Flare
2.	Sun Gets Open Source Into NSW Government

2:30:22 AM

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1.	RealNetworks Posts Narrower Net Loss, Revenue Rises (Reuters). Reuters - Internet media company RealNetworks Inc. (RNWK.O) said on Tuesday it posted a narrower quarterly net loss as revenue grew on higher music subscriptions while it dealt with higher costs from a merger.
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2.	Multi-millionaire questioned by police over e-mail hacking and hijacking
3.	Microsoft will turn off Windows Messenger Service, turn on firewall.

1:30:21 AM

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1.	The Long Last Gasp of Tube-Based TV. America's love affair with all things big has moved from supersize French fries and sport utility vehicles to large flat-panel, wide-screen, HDTV-compatible televisions. By Eric A. Taub.
2.	A Growing Number of Video Viewers Watch From Crib. Many babies and toddlers are now immersed in electronic media for hours every day, according to a new study. By Tamar Lewin.
3.	Online Music Business, Neither Quick Nor Sure. In the last month the music-downloading landscape online has shifted once more with five major events, not all of them good. By Neil Strauss.
4.	Microsoft Settles 6 More Suits. Microsoft agreed to pay roughly $200 million to settle consumer class-action lawsuits in five states and the District of Columbia. By Laurie J. Flynn.
5.	Web Group Backs Microsoft in Patent Suit. A leading Internet standards-setting organization took the unusual step of urging the director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office to invalidate a software patent. By Steve Lohr.
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6.	IBM to launch compliance initiative. Big Blue is expected to announce several new offerings to help companies comply with new regulations such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
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7.	InfoSync: Nokia unveils 7700 WAN handheld.
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8.	Study documents data boom. WASHINGTON - If you're feeling overwhelmed by information overload, you may not be alone. The amount of new information stored on various media such as hard drives has doubled in the past three years, to five exabytes of new information produced in 2002, according to a study released Tuesday by the University of California, Berkeley.
9.	Hitachi Data partners with Ixos, AppIQ. SAN FRANCISCO - Hitachi Data Systems Corp. this week announced partnerships with Ixos Software AG and AppIQ Inc. designed to improve Hitachi's content and storage management software offerings. ADVERTISEMENT: See Enterprise Business Intelligence in Action - See how business intelligence can be used to solve real business problems with this live demo from Information Builders
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10.	Les Visiteurs Include File Error Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Commands on the Target Server

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