Gregg's Security News Aggregator

Saturday, November 22, 2003

11:27:04 PM

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1.	It's Just a Game, but Hollywood Is Paying Attention. A million people have traded on the Hollywood Stock Exchange, an online game where players can register at no cost to predict box office receipts for films. By Norm Alster.
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2.	Microsoft Security Whitepaper
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3.	Diebold Memos Now on House Web Site. "Dennis Kucinich has outfoxed Diebold by putting some of some of the more egregious Diebold memos up on his part of the House of Representative web site, http://www.house.gov/kucinich/issues/voting.htm. Let's see Diebold serve the House with a DMCA letter." (From Tim Bishop via Dave Farber's IP mailing list.)
4.	Too Quick to Copyright. "Copyright law gives corporations an irresistible urge to claim ownership, however spurious, in everything. The Copyright Act provides no penalty for falsely claiming ownership in public domain materials, and there is no reward for catching this form of cheating. So corporations stick copyright notices everywhere. And while the U.S. Copyright Office registers copyrighted works, there is no official registry for works belonging to the public....Congress should amend the Copyright Act to make actionable false claims to copyright in the same way that consumers may sue businesses for false advertising." (From Jason Mazzone of the Brooklyn Law School via Dave Farber's IP list.)

10:26:48 PM

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1.	When Free Isn't Really Free. Web giveaways increasingly come at a steep price in the form of glitches, loss of privacy and the threat of expensive lawsuits. By John Schwartz.
2.	Lopsided Victory for Bill Curbing Junk E-Mail. The House overwhelmingly passed legislation early on Saturday intended to reduce the glut of junk e-mail messages. By Carl Hulse.
3.	New Rules May Set Off a Cellphone Scramble. A federal policy takes effect on Monday allowing people to keep their existing phone numbers when changing cellphone providers. By Lynnley Browning.
4.	Could I Get That Song in Elvis, Please?. Vocaloid software allows users to cast their own (or anyone else's) songs in a disembodied but exceedingly life-like concert-quality voice. By Bill Werde.
5.	Tech Workers' Losing Fight to Match Overseas Wages. Many American technology workers whose jobs have not been moved offshore say that they are being offered lower salaries than in the past. By David Koeppel.
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6.	Congress Passes Bill That Will Limit Spam (AP). AP - Congress moved significantly closer to the first-ever federal protections against unwanted commercial e-mails with the House passing a bill Saturday that would impose new limits on sending irritating offers on the Internet. Final approval by lawmakers could come before Thanksgiving.

9:17:55 PM

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1.	Apple's iTunes DRM Cracked?
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2.	I broke down and started reading Uru hints, so I've finished Teledahn and Gahreesen. I'm "finished" with Eder *, but I still need two more journeys. Kadish Tolesa is totally opaque to me.

8:17:34 PM

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1.	I discovered gdmflexiserver the other day; it's like proto-fast-user-switching for Linux.
2.	Ximian's Red Carpet software updater has finally escaped from its walled garden in the form of Open Carpet. I thought this was a great idea years ago, but now that Red Hat is integrating yum into up2date and all other distributions have equivalent stuff I wonder if it's going to get used.
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3.	Vulnerabilities: Coreutils LS Width Argument Integer Overflow Vulnerability. Coreutils 'ls' utility is a binary application that is used to list directory contents. Coreutils 'ls' has been reported prone to an integer overflow vulnerability. The ...
4.	Vulnerabilities: PostgreSQL To_Ascii() Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. PostgreSQL is a freely distributed Object-Relational DBMS. It is available for a number of platforms including Unix and Linux variants and Microsoft Windows operating sys...
5.	Vulnerabilities: Multiple Ethereal Protocol Dissector Vulnerabilities. Multiple Ethereal protocol dissectors are prone to remotely exploitable vulnerabilities. These issues have been addressed with the release of Ethereal 0.9.16. The follo...
6.	Vulnerabilities: XFree86 Multiple Unspecified Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities. Multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities have been discovered in XFree86 4.3.0. The problem specifically occurs due to insufficient sanity checks within font libraries. ...

7:17:14 PM

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1.	US House votes to block unsolicited Internet junk mail (AFP). AFP - The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted to curb the spread of unsolicited Internet junk mail, launching the first attempt to regulate content on the world wide web since its launch in the 1990s.
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2.	Gnome.org Desktop Integration Bounty Hunt
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3.	Pedophile drove around hacking other peoples networks to download and spread kiddie porn
4.	War driving kiddie porn hacker busted using other peoples wireless networks
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5.	BugTraq: [Opera 7] Arbitrary File Auto-Saved Vulnerability.. Sender: :: Operash :: [nesumin at softhome dot net]

6:16:55 PM

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1.	More Chip Makers Going 'Fabless' to Lower Costs (Reuters). Reuters - Chip makers ranging from giants Motorola Inc and Texas Instruments Inc to younger mid-tier companies are finding that letting others manufacture their technology-intensive products makes good business sense.
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2.	Wardriver Charged with Theft of Communications
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3.	Mandrake: freeswan
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4.	The Cleaner 4.0 Professional
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5.	Wireless Network Security for the Home. If you've been following along this week you have probably noticed that I am reposting a lot of articles from earlier this year. I am converting old articles to the current format and am taking advantage of the opportunity to...

5:16:37 PM

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1.	The Digital ID World Newsletter - November 20, 2003 Issue
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2.	Rude cross-stitching. Subversive Cross-stitch: rude and snarky cross-stitch patterns to amaze and delight. Link (via Making Light)
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3.	House Passes Anti-Internet Spam Bill (Reuters). Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Saturday for a bill to outlaw most Internet spam and create a "do not spam" registry for those who do not wish to receive unsolicited junk e-mail.
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4.	Top 10 Personal Computers

4:16:25 PM

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1.	The Digital ID World Newsletter - October 9, 2003 Issue
2.	The Digital ID World Newsletter - October 23, 2003 Issue
3.	The Digital ID World Newsletter - October 30, 2003 Issue
4.	The Digital ID World Newsletter - November 6, 2003 Issue
5.	The Digital ID World Newsletter - November 13, 2003 Issue
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6.	New X Roadmap from Jim Gettys
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7.	Vulnerabilities: Yak! Chat Client FTP Server Default Username Credential Weakness. Yak! is a commercially-available chat client distributed by Digicraft Software. It is available for the Microsoft Windows platform. It has been reported that a weakness...

3:16:08 PM

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1.	House Passes Bill That Will Limit Spam (AP). AP - Congress moved significantly closer to the first-ever federal protections against unwanted commercial e-mails with the House passing a bill Saturday that would impose new limits on sending irritating offers on the Internet. Final approval by lawmakers could come before Thanksgiving.
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2.	Glowing Fish are First Genetically Engineered Pets
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3.	Vulnerabilities: Microsoft UPnP NOTIFY Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. Universal Plug and Play, or UPnP, is a service that allows for hosts to locate and use devices on the local network. UPnP support ships with Windows XP and ME. For Window...

2:15:44 PM

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1.	Experts Urge Caution on Cell Phone Rules (AP). AP - Despite having already waited years for the freedom to switch mobile phone companies without losing their numbers, cell users might want to wait a bit longer before lining up for "wireless emancipation" when it takes effect on Monday.
2.	U.S. House Passes Anti-Internet Spam Bill (Reuters). Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Saturday for a bill to outlaw most Internet spam and create a "do not spam" registry for those who do not wish to receive unsolicited junk e-mail.
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3.	A Robot Carries Humans, Another One Plays Flute
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4.	BugTraq: Opera directory traversal and buffer overflow. Sender: Jouko Pynnonen [jouko at iki dot fi]
5.	BugTraq: webfs 1.7.x:webserver remote file overflow exploit (use ftpd to mkdir). Sender: yan feng [jsk at ph4nt0m dot net]
6.	BugTraq: [SCSA-021] Anonymous Mail Forwarding Vulnerabilities in vbPortal. Sender: Gregory LEBRAS [gregory dot lebras at security-corporation dot com]
7.	BugTraq: PrimeBase SQL Database server cleartext password storage. (fwd). Sender: Larry W dot Cashdollar [lwc at vapid dot ath dot cx]
8.	Vulnerabilities: Kerio WinRoute Firewall Authentication Credentials Exposure Vulnerability. Kerio WinRoute Firewall is an enterprise level firewall that is also capable of proxying networks. It is available for the Microsoft Windows operating system. If the Wi...
9.	Vulnerabilities: Valve Software Half-Life Dedicated Server Information Disclosure/DOS Vulnerability. Half-Life is a game distributed and maintained by Valve Software. It includes a dedicated game server component that allows multiple users to game across a network. The g...
10.	Vulnerabilities: Apple MacOS X Terminal sudo command Unauthorized Access Vulnerability. Apple's MacOS X operating system includes the Terminal application, which is a GUI-based Unix command shell. A vulnerability has been reported to exist in the software ...

1:15:26 PM

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1.	Schools Turn to Internet to Sell Grounds (AP). AP - The La Crosse School District in western Kansas tried to give away its former middle school to to more than 40 charities. There were no takers.
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2.	Man Arrested for 'Spam Rage'
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3.	Vulnerabilities: Glibc Getgrouplist Function Buffer Overrun Vulnerability. The GNU C library, glibc, contains standard C libraries called by various applications. The getgrouplist function in glibc does not perform adequate bounds checking on d...

12:15:06 PM

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1.	MP3.com's Content to Be Destroyed
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2.	Vulnerabilities: IA WebMail Server Long GET Request Buffer Overrun Vulnerability. IA WebMail Server is a web server available for the Microsoft Windows operating system. It has been reported that IA WebMail is prone to a buffer overrun vulnerability. ...
3.	Vulnerabilities: HP-UX CDE dtmailpr Display Environment Variable Buffer Overrun Vulnerability. HP-UX is a UNIX Operating System variant distributed and maintained by HP. It has been reported by HP that an issue in the dtmailpr distributed with HP-UX contains a buf...

11:14:49 AM

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1.	Security and individual responsibility. SAP's Sachar Paulus says that if companies fail to turn security into a collective responsibility, they risk losing the war.
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2.	California to Require Paper Voter Receipt
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3.	Michigan Wi-Fi hackers 'try to steal credit card details'. Breaking and entering into shop network

10:14:26 AM

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1.	Sicherheitslücke in Opera 7.x entdeckt

9:14:05 AM

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Interwoven constructs Content Networks vision - Infoworld Staff. ECM (enterprise content management) vendor Interwoven next year plans to introduce products and features designed to deepen the role of Web services and collaboration in its ECM platform.

Need a MS Exchange Spam Filter?? - Spam sucks. Your life shouldn't. iHateSpam SE was uniquely developed to be both user- and admin-friendly. Control spam according to the needs of your company and users. V5.5, 2000, Exchange 2003, and Gateway.

8:13:45 AM

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1.	Former valley executive convicted (SiliconValley.com). SiliconValley.com - A federal jury in San Francisco has convicted a former Silicon Valley chief executive of defrauding investors by cooking the books at his software company and improperly diverting millions of dollars to himself as auditors closed in on his financial shenanigans.
2.	Congress Passes Bill That Will Limit Spam (AP). AP - Congress moved significantly closer to the first-ever federal protections against unwanted commercial e-mails with the House passing a bill Saturday that would impose new limits on sending irritating offers on the Internet.
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3.	The Sunspot Cycle Explained

7:13:26 AM

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1.	Tech Bloom. Alex Steffen has written an op-ed describing the new give-it-away-for-free tech ethos: The conventional wisdom, during the Tech Boom, was that what drove innovation was the lure of giant piles of cash. That idea now rubs shoulders with the Berlin Wall. What makes creative people tingle are interesting problems, the chance to impress their friends and caffeine. Freed from the pursuit of paper millions, geeks are doing what geeks, by nature, really want to be doing: making cool stuff. Not just making it, but giving it away. Saying the Tech Bloom is not commercially driven is like saying Mother Teresa had an interest in the poor. Which may be why the media haven't quite gotten the magnitude of what's happening here: It's not about investments. If the Tech Boom had a graven image, it was the bull on Wall Street. The Tech Bloom is more likely to be found dancing around the desert at Burning Man, the annual festival where money is taboo, everything's a gift and creative participation is synonymous with cool. Link (Thanks, Alex!)
2.	Vivendi burning MP3.com library to the ground. Vivendi has announced that it's flushing all the music it hosts at MP3.com down the toilet: ..they're not selling the archive, containing more than a million songs by 250,000 artists. As of December 3rd, they're destroying it. Link (Thanks, Proclus!)
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3.	China's Grip on Info Loosening. Although relatively few Chinese have Net access, government filters aren't very effective and word travels fast. And you can blame the Internet, says one expert.
4.	Man Arrested Over 'Spam Rage'. A Silicon Valley computer programmer has been arrested for threatening to torture, kill and send a 'package full of Anthrax spores' to employees of the company he blames for bombarding his computer with spam promising to enlarge his penis.
5.	Senate Bill Sticks It to Spammers. The U.S. Senate votes to prohibit deceptive spam and establish a do-not-spam registry for those who wish to steer clear of junk e-mail. Violators could face jail time and million-dollar fines under the bill.
6.	E-Votes Must Leave a Paper Trail. Concerned that electronic voting is susceptible to mistakes and fraud, California becomes the first major state to require all machines to produce paper voter receipts. By Kim Zetter.
7.	Fill 'Er Up Full of Beans. As biodiesel made from soybeans gets cheaper, the fuel finds wider acceptance in the United States. What's not to like? It's easier on the environment, it smells better, and it even lets Americans feel patriotic at the pump. By Dan Orzech.

6:13:05 AM

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1.	DVD Jon unlocks iTunes' locked music. Exclusive Fair use, open source style

5:12:45 AM

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1.	Dilbert for 22 Nov 2003.
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2.	Non Sequitur for 22 Nov 2003.
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3.	SuSE Has Big Plans For Linux (TechWeb). TechWeb - CTO Jurgen Geck says the company's pending acquisition by Novell will help.
4.	Schools Turn to Internet to Sell Grounds (AP). AP - The La Crosse School District in western Kansas tried to give away its former middle school to a charity. There were no takers.
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5.	Snail Mail Tech
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6.	Arrests over anti-Mugabe e-mails. Fourteen people are reportedly arrested in Zimbabwe over an online call for anti-government protests.
7.	Race to win gamers' hearts. Why are racing titles so popular with gamers, wonders Daniel Etherington of BBCi Collective in his column.

4:12:26 AM

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1.	Down-Home Cookin' Takes Flight. Astronauts no longer must subsist on dehydrated cubes of flavorless food. Instead, NASA researchers slave over hot stoves to prepare tasty treats just like Mom used to make. The crew's one complaint? Fish stinks.
2.	AT & #038;T Sues EBay in Patent Dispute. The long-distance telephone company hits the online auction pioneer and its PayPal unit with a lawsuit, claiming their payment systems violate an AT & #038;T patent.
3.	'Cyber Sweep' Nets 125 Arrests. An international crackdown targets hackers, software pirates, perpetrators of credit card fraud and other cybercriminals. Authorities say they found 125,000 victims who lost more than $100 million in Internet scams.
4.	Having a Gas in Okefenokee Swamp. Locals tell many tales of odd goings-on in the Okefenokee Swamp. Wireless gadgets go on the fritz, glowing orbs of green light pursue lonely visitors, and wetland flatulence fills the air. Michelle Delio reports from Waycross, Georgia.
5.	The Key to Genius. Autistic savants are born with miswired neurons -- and extraordinary gifts. Now researchers are using breakthrough science to expand our understanding of the brain. By Wired magazine's Steve Silberman.
6.	Friendster Quickly Gathering Foes. The intentions of Friendster's founders and its community members are apparently at odds, so many Friendster friends are moving over to other social networks, such as Tribe.net. By Daniel Terdiman.
7.	EBay Sellers Generous With Junk. Sometimes the crap you think is fit for a charity is also viewed as crap by the charity. Now, eBay has set up a way for sellers to get rid of their castoffs while still helping nonprofits. By Katie Dean.
8.	Feel Free to Jack Into My IPod. Reinforcing the notion that iPod owners are members of some sort of exclusive, hip club, some of them are plugging their earbuds into total strangers' jacks. By Leander Kahney.

3:12:07 AM

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1.	Congress Set to Pass Bill That Restrains Spam. House and Senate leaders reached agreement on legislation intended to stanch the flood of junk messages filling e-mail in-boxes. By Edmund L. Andrews and Saul Hansell.
2.	Delay Sought on Phone-Number Transfer Rules. An industry association filed a motion on Friday asking a court to delay rules allowing customers to transfer phone numbers from traditional phones to cellphones. By Laurie J. Flynn.
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3.	Tech-Job Meltdown in Final Stages. The bad news is that high-tech employers are set to lay off another 234,000 workers this year. But analysts say the tech industry should begin adding new jobs this spring.
4.	EU May Fund Embryo Cell Studies. The European Parliament backs research using stem cells taken from human embryos. The move sends a message to EU ministers, who will decide soon whether to lift a ban on the controversial procedure.
5.	Scientists ID New Whale Species. Japanese scientists say they've discovered a new type of baleen whale, but some U.S. researchers remain skeptical. If confirmed, it's a whale of a find.
6.	Republicans Back E-Vote Bill. A House bill that would require electronic voting machines to provide a receipt has previously only been supported by Democrats. Now there are some new faces in the crowd -- Republicans.
7.	CodeFellas. Smart mobs? Fuhgeddaboutit. Not till they hired me. Now they're getting a secure P2P bet-processing system. A mafia hacker tells his story to Wired magazine's Simson Garfinkel.
8.	Space Mission on Auction Block. A satellite manufacturer has come up with a novel way to market its product: It's selling an entire space mission on eBay. SpaceDev offers the chance to design and operate a satellite for a fraction of what most orbiters cost. By Lakshmi Sandhana.
9.	Next Big Thing in Biotech: RNAi. A new technology that has the potential to stop disease in its tracks could help produce the next generation of blockbuster drugs. Venture capitalists and startups are giddy, but are trying to curb their enthusiasm. By Kristen Philipkoski.
10.	Speed Kills, Military Wants More. Ever in search of more powerful weapons, the Pentagon is planning some big and mighty fast missiles and rockets. By Noah Shachtman.
11.	Record Label Sings New Tune. A small record label in Great Britain wants to foster artistic freedom and creativity by publishing music free of the usual copyright restrictions, so anyone can remix and sample the work. By Katie Dean.

2:11:46 AM

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1.	Retooling Slashdot with Web Standards
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2.	Down-Home Cookin' Takes Flight. Astronauts no longer must subsist on dehydrated cubes of flavorless food. Instead, NASA researchers slave over hot stoves to prepare tasty treats just like Mom used to make. The crew's one complaint? Fish stinks.
3.	AT & #038;T Sues EBay in Patent Dispute. The long-distance telephone company hits the online auction pioneer and its PayPal unit with a lawsuit, claiming their payment systems violate an AT & #038;T patent.
4.	'Cyber Sweep' Nets 125 Arrests. An international crackdown targets hackers, software pirates, perpetrators of credit card fraud and other cybercriminals. Authorities say they found 125,000 victims who lost more than $100 million in Internet scams.
5.	Having a Gas in Okefenokee Swamp. Locals tell many tales of odd goings-on in the Okefenokee Swamp. Wireless gadgets go on the fritz, glowing orbs of green light pursue lonely visitors, and wetland flatulence fills the air. Michelle Delio reports from Waycross, Georgia.
6.	The Key to Genius. Autistic savants are born with miswired neurons -- and extraordinary gifts. Now researchers are using breakthrough science to expand our understanding of the brain. By Wired magazine's Steve Silberman.
7.	Friendster Quickly Gathering Foes. The intentions of Friendster's founders and its community members are apparently at odds, so many Friendster friends are moving over to other social networks, such as Tribe.net. By Daniel Terdiman.
8.	EBay Sellers Generous With Junk. Sometimes the crap you think is fit for a charity is also viewed as crap by the charity. Now, eBay has set up a way for sellers to get rid of their castoffs while still helping nonprofits. By Katie Dean.
9.	Feel Free to Jack Into My IPod. Reinforcing the notion that iPod owners are members of some sort of exclusive, hip club, some of them are plugging their earbuds into total strangers' jacks. By Leander Kahney.

1:11:26 AM

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1.	US Court Refuses Phone Number Move Delay (Reuters). Reuters - A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday refused to delay the right of consumers to move their home telephone number to their wireless phone from Monday, despite a request for delay by some carriers.
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2.	J2EE 1.4 spec certified - Infoworld Staff. J2EE 1.4 is now official, Sun announced this week.
3.	Number portability may be a boon for enterprises. Customers of wireless telephone services, and some landline services, in major U.S. metropolitan areas will be able to take their telephone numbers with them when they switch vendors when new Wireless Local Number Portability (WLNP) rules go into effect Monday. The result may be major cost-savings for enterprises wanting to switch wireless services.
4.	For security ask yourself...what would Microsoft do?. Despite taking a beating in the press and from customers for security holes in its products, decision makers at Microsoft appear to think the company still has something to teach the world about computer security.
5.	PacBell, RIAA case may move to DC. The case involving a California Internet service provider (ISP) seeking to shield the identity of its customers from recording industry subpoenas may be headed to the same Washington, D.C., court that ruled against Verizon Internet Services Inc. in a similar case last January. ADVERTISEMENT: Intense School - Get Certified Fast - Intense School offers accelerated IT and security training and certification in less time for less money. Extensive instructor-led Boot Camps for Microsoft, Cisco, Comptia Security and Professional Hacker training. Get started today, register now.
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6.	Tech-Job Meltdown in Final Stages. The bad news is that high-tech employers are set to lay off another 234,000 workers this year. But analysts say the tech industry should begin adding new jobs this spring.
7.	EU May Fund Embryo Cell Studies. The European Parliament backs research using stem cells taken from human embryos. The move sends a message to EU ministers, who will decide soon whether to lift a ban on the controversial procedure.
8.	Scientists ID New Whale Species. Japanese scientists say they've discovered a new type of baleen whale, but some U.S. researchers remain skeptical. If confirmed, it's a whale of a find.
9.	Republicans Back E-Vote Bill. A House bill that would require electronic voting machines to provide a receipt has previously only been supported by Democrats. Now there are some new faces in the crowd -- Republicans.
10.	CodeFellas. Smart mobs? Fuhgeddaboutit. Not till they hired me. Now they're getting a secure P2P bet-processing system. A mafia hacker tells his story to Wired magazine's Simson Garfinkel.
11.	Space Mission on Auction Block. A satellite manufacturer has come up with a novel way to market its product: It's selling an entire space mission on eBay. SpaceDev offers the chance to design and operate a satellite for a fraction of what most orbiters cost. By Lakshmi Sandhana.
12.	Next Big Thing in Biotech: RNAi. A new technology that has the potential to stop disease in its tracks could help produce the next generation of blockbuster drugs. Venture capitalists and startups are giddy, but are trying to curb their enthusiasm. By Kristen Philipkoski.
13.	Speed Kills, Military Wants More. Ever in search of more powerful weapons, the Pentagon is planning some big and mighty fast missiles and rockets. By Noah Shachtman.
14.	Record Label Sings New Tune. A small record label in Great Britain wants to foster artistic freedom and creativity by publishing music free of the usual copyright restrictions, so anyone can remix and sample the work. By Katie Dean.

12:11:06 AM