Gregg's Security News Aggregator

Tuesday, November 25, 2003

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1.	Bruce Sterling and "Tech Nouveau" design examples. On Bruce Sterling's Viridian email list this week, a round-up of 21st-century "Tech Nouveau": buildings and products that incorporate organic forms in a manner similar to Art Nouveau movement of the early 20th century. Some cool outtakes: * "There is a new, witty nouveau afoot, from the Vallo watering can by Monika Mulder at Ikea, which looks like a stork," Link (halfway down the page) * "to the coffee and tea set by Greg Lynn for Alessi, which opens like a clove of garlic." Link * "Tord Boontje's chandeliers for Swarovski look like clouds of slender branches surrounding a light." Link * "In the United States, the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava's addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum looks like a giant bird about to take off." Link * "William Sawaya, a designer based in Milan, created a blossom-like plastic Calla chair for Heller, which was inspired by a lily." Link * "A new digital camera for Creative Labs by the California company Whipsaw Design takes its inspiration from the many-chambered spiral shell called the nautilus." Link
2.	Wired: Mark Cuban -- I'm a Maverick, not a mogul!. I interviewed Mark Cuban (Broadcast.com founder, Dallas Mavs owner, HDnet founder, etc.) for this month's Wired Magazine about his recent purchase of Landmark Theatres -- and his plans to build a digital entertainment empire in which production, development, and distribution are all housed under one corporate roof. Q: How is this any different from the studio conglomerates that led to antitrust laws? A: Digital makes filmmaking cheaper and more accessible, so we see ourselves as a conduit for new, independent voices who'd otherwise never have a shot. You could shoot your film on digital, dump it on a hard drive, edit it on a laptop, send us that file, and 20 minutes later we could show it in a theater or upload it to a satellite. You could say that if we became huge, we'd risk becoming a Microsoft. But if we become huge, we want to become more like a Linux. Link
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3.	Ex-Microsoft Employee Sentenced for Fraud (AP). AP - A former Microsoft Corp. employee accused of stealing more than $6 million worth of company software and reselling it was sentenced Tuesday to 17 months in prison for mail fraud.
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4.	Retailers Rev Up for the Holidays. Competition is fierce among electronics retailers vying for shoppers' dollars this holiday season. While some retailers expect a prosperous shopping season, others are embracing a more cautious outlook.
5.	Congress: We Don't Want Any Spam!. The House passes antispam legislation that largely mirrors the 'Can Spam' legislation approved by the Senate last month. Lawmakers hope to have final approval before Thanksgiving.
6.	Ocean Research Going Swimmingly. Scientists plumb the ocean's depths to uncover a rising tide of unknown species, marine-derived drugs and other valuable chemicals. Researchers hope a flood of new reports will spur further research and funding. By David Snow.
7.	The Ultimate On-the-Fly Network. Here's how a flock of reclusive seabirds became pioneers of pervasive computing. A case study from the sensor net frontier. By Martha Baer from Wired magazine.
8.	Nonprofits Move On in Fundraising. For charities, the Web hasn't been the spigot of cash they once hoped it would. Now, they are taking their cues from MoveOn.org and the Howard Dean campaign to pursue the big bucks. By Katie Dean.
9.	When Cash Is Only Skin Deep. A new service lets consumers pay for items with a microchip embedded under their skin. It's one of several schemes designed to speed up transactions using radio frequency identification technology. By Julia Scheeres.
10.	Phones: To Port or Not to Port. Lots of people say they want to dump their cell-phone carriers. But few actually took advantage of Monday's rule change allowing them to switch providers and keep their old numbers. Most are waiting to see if the changeovers actually work. By Joanna Glasner.

11:08:15 PM

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1.	Beloved NYC 'zine shop See Hear closes doors. The founder of super-cool fanzine store See Hear, Ted R. Gottfried (email link), announces that the store is no more. The fallout of an ill-fated business expansion onto St. Marks Place in the 1990s coupled with the economic fallout of 9-11 has made it next to impossible to run a viable small-bookstore business. I want to take this opportunity to thank all of the customers of See Hear, and the supporters of fringe publications, who've come into the shop or done business with the store via the internet over the years. (...) PS: If having to close the store and look for a job isn't bad enough, my computer just died. If you have a "last year's model" that is collecting dust and you would like to sell cheap, give me a holler. (Thanks, Sean)
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2.	T-Mobile to Pay Workers Back Wages (AP). AP - Wireless telecommunications company T-Mobile USA Inc. has agreed to pay about $4.8 million in back wages to workers for allegedly violating overtime payment provisions, the Labor Department said Tuesday.
3.	250 New Video Games Expected for Holidays (AP). AP - Unless they've dropped some clear hints, choosing a gift for the die-hard video gamers in the family could be overwhelming this holiday season.
4.	Congress Fails to Act on Internet Tax Ban (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - A federal ban on Internet access taxes will not come up for renewal until sometime next year after the U.S. Senate failed to reach an agreement on the specifics of how it will be extended, congressional sources said today.
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5.	First Review Of Return Of The King
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6.	Microsoft Internet Explorer Invalid ContentType May Disclose Cache Directory Location to Remote Users

10:07:54 PM

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1.	Sysbug Trojan jumps on sexual bandwagon. An e-mail claiming to contain pictures of naked gymnasts may actually contain a program that takes over a person's PC.
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2.	Autodesk to Lay Off 18 Pct. of Workers (AP). AP - Software maker Autodesk Inc. said Tuesday it will shed up to 18 percent of its work force and close several offices during the next year in pursuit of higher profits.
3.	Lindows vs. Windows Trial Delayed Again (PC World). PC World - Trademark-dispute trial pushed back to March 2004.
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4.	Fedora: Etherial buffer overflow vulnerability
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5.	MPAA, RIAA seek permanent antitrust exemption. Get out of jail free
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6.	Human Pilots: Who Needs 'Em?. Uninhabited aerial vehicles, or UAVs, perform tasks that are dull, dirty or dangerous. Technology advances and Pentagon spending have them proliferating, but some doubt their safety over populated areas.
7.	Cuban Vaccine to Help Poor Kids. Respiratory infections kill 500,000 children a year in developing countries due to the high cost of drugs. Now an affordable synthetic alternative comes from Cuba's biotech industry, one of the most advanced in the Third World.
8.	Moving Cell Numbers? Wait a Sec. Cellular customers who switch carriers Monday may have problems say industry watchers. Wireless companies have spent more time fighting the new rules than preparing systems for a smooth transfer.
9.	Intel's Tiny Hope for the Future. The microprocessor giant is thinking smaller than ever: tiny sensor chips that network with each other -- inside everything on Earth. Wired magazine's Brendan I. Koerner reports.
10.	Up to His Heinie in Alligators. Breeding gators in captivity isn't as simple as it looks. The curator at St. Augustine Alligator Farm uses embedded microchips to ensure genetic diversity. Michelle Delio reports from St. Augustine, Florida.
11.	A Little THC Goes a Long Way. Scientists look at the effects of cannabis and nutritional supplements on fertility. Also: A natural barrier to AIDS is discovered in the mouth.... Researchers build a protein.... all in XY Files. By Kristen Philipkoski.
12.	Mondo Quake in Pacific Northwest?. A new study shows a monster earthquake in the Pacific Northwest sent a 15-foot tsunami to Japan 300 years ago. The quake, just off the coast of Seattle, may be part of a 500-year rhythm of recurrance. By Leander Kahney.
13.	Congress Expands FBI Spying Power. A new bill boosts the scope of the Patriot Act by extending the FBI's power to acquire records from almost any business without a judge's approval. It's a huge blow to checks and balances, critics say. By Ryan Singel.
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14.	Un pirate informatique casse la protection detacute;iTunes Music Store

9:07:33 PM

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1.	U.S. Blackout Cut Off Many Internet Users - Report (Reuters). Reuters - The Web worked fairly well in the Blackout of 2003, but don't disconnect your telephone service just yet, advises a new report on communications infrastructure.
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2.	How to Set Up a Gift Website?
3.	Novell, RedHat and Sun Commit to a Linux Desktop
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4.	Half Of Companies Surveyed Suffered Security Breach
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5.	Retailers Rev Up for the Holidays. Competition is fierce among electronics retailers vying for shoppers' dollars this holiday season. While some retailers expect a prosperous shopping season, others are embracing a more cautious outlook.
6.	Congress: We Don't Want Any Spam!. The House passes antispam legislation that largely mirrors the 'Can Spam' legislation approved by the Senate last month. Lawmakers hope to have final approval before Thanksgiving.
7.	Ocean Research Going Swimmingly. Scientists plumb the ocean's depths to uncover a rising tide of unknown species, marine-derived drugs and other valuable chemicals. Researchers hope a flood of new reports will spur further research and funding. By David Snow.
8.	The Ultimate On-the-Fly Network. Here's how a flock of reclusive seabirds became pioneers of pervasive computing. A case study from the sensor net frontier. By Martha Baer from Wired magazine.
9.	Nonprofits Move On in Fundraising. For charities, the Web hasn't been the spigot of cash they once hoped it would. Now, they are taking their cues from MoveOn.org and the Howard Dean campaign to pursue the big bucks. By Katie Dean.
10.	When Cash Is Only Skin Deep. A new service lets consumers pay for items with a microchip embedded under their skin. It's one of several schemes designed to speed up transactions using radio frequency identification technology. By Julia Scheeres.
11.	Phones: To Port or Not to Port. Lots of people say they want to dump their cell-phone carriers. But few actually took advantage of Monday's rule change allowing them to switch providers and keep their old numbers. Most are waiting to see if the changeovers actually work. By Joanna Glasner.
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12.	Speedtouch 510 DOS
13.	SQL Injection
14.	IRC_RANDON.D

8:37:24 PM

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1.	Lovemarks.com: I love/respect this brand!. Snarked from Gawker: Charles "Chucky" Saatchi, swinging advertising mogul, thinks it's time for you to revel in the consuming pleasure that is Lovemarks: the future beyond brands. At the oddly confusing Lovemarks.com, "real people" write in about how favorite brands moved from objects to something more like family members. Adidas: "Reminds me of my childhood." BMW: "Mystery, aura and history oozes out." Abercrombie & Fitch: "I started wearing their clothes and it made me cool and hip differentiating me with the rest of the Gap wearing populace." (Snicker. Mmm, Snickers! I could go for one of those...) Link (Spotted first by Invisible Cowgirl)
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2.	Publishers seek cash in social networks. Knight Ridder and the Washington Post Company are banking on social networking to be the future of online classifieds, having invested $6.3 million in a "six degrees" Web venture.
3.	New Linux version expected in December. The 2.6 Linux core brings major changes compared with the 2.4 version and is expected to be much more stable on arrival than its predecessor.
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4.	AT&T Wireless Technical Glitches Still Cause Worry (Reuters). Reuters - AT&T Wireless Services Inc. (AWE.N) said on Tuesday that the cell phone services company was still wrestling with technical glitches in a new software system that has plagued it for more than three weeks.
5.	Lee Boosts Online Retail Advertising (Editor and Publisher). Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK -- As a newspaper company trying to sell its Web audience, Lee Enterprises Inc.'s experience was pretty typical. Salespeople touted the sites' page views and visitor sessions, but "it was not terribly successful," conceded Greg Swanson, corporate director of interactive media sales. "The only measurement we had of our audience was log file data, and the log file data was flawed."
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6.	A Secure and Verifiable Voting System
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7.	Vulnerabilities: OpenBSD sysctl Local Denial of Service Vulnerability. Sysctl is used to set and retrieve the state of the kernel. A denial of service vulnerability has been reported for OpenBSD, specifically when handling malformed calls ...
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8.	Human Pilots: Who Needs 'Em?. Uninhabited aerial vehicles, or UAVs, perform tasks that are dull, dirty or dangerous. Technology advances and Pentagon spending have them proliferating, but some doubt their safety over populated areas.
9.	Cuban Vaccine to Help Poor Kids. Respiratory infections kill 500,000 children a year in developing countries due to the high cost of drugs. Now an affordable synthetic alternative comes from Cuba's biotech industry, one of the most advanced in the Third World.
10.	Moving Cell Numbers? Wait a Sec. Cellular customers who switch carriers Monday may have problems say industry watchers. Wireless companies have spent more time fighting the new rules than preparing systems for a smooth transfer.
11.	Intel's Tiny Hope for the Future. The microprocessor giant is thinking smaller than ever: tiny sensor chips that network with each other -- inside everything on Earth. Wired magazine's Brendan I. Koerner reports.
12.	Up to His Heinie in Alligators. Breeding gators in captivity isn't as simple as it looks. The curator at St. Augustine Alligator Farm uses embedded microchips to ensure genetic diversity. Michelle Delio reports from St. Augustine, Florida.
13.	A Little THC Goes a Long Way. Scientists look at the effects of cannabis and nutritional supplements on fertility. Also: A natural barrier to AIDS is discovered in the mouth.... Researchers build a protein.... all in XY Files. By Kristen Philipkoski.
14.	Mondo Quake in Pacific Northwest?. A new study shows a monster earthquake in the Pacific Northwest sent a 15-foot tsunami to Japan 300 years ago. The quake, just off the coast of Seattle, may be part of a 500-year rhythm of recurrance. By Leander Kahney.
15.	Congress Expands FBI Spying Power. A new bill boosts the scope of the Patriot Act by extending the FBI's power to acquire records from almost any business without a judge's approval. It's a huge blow to checks and balances, critics say. By Ryan Singel.
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16.	SUSE Updates Enterprise Server 8

7:36:55 PM

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1.	Neckaces made from keyboard keys. Funky jewelry made from keyboard keys. I want one now, along with one of the "I [heart] geeky boys" pins! Link
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2.	U.S. funds study of tech monocultures. The National Science Foundation says it will pay $750,000 to two universities for studying how diversifying information systems and software could help fend off future cyberattacks.
3.	Commentary: Giving Java a jolt
4.	Senate approves antispam bill. Democrats and Republicans alike hail CAN-SPAM as a long-sought compromise that will curb Viagra ads and get-rich-quick propositions from clogging Americans' in-boxes.
5.	Sun revamps storage leadership. The company's data storage division, which has struggled over the past year, is getting fresh blood, including new quality-engineering and marketing leaders.
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6.	Verizon Raises Fee to Cover Rule Changes (AP). AP - Verizon Wireless plans to charge subscribers more than $173 million per year in extra fees for costs related to new rules that allow customers take their phone numbers to a new service provider � more than double what the nation's largest cellular carrier had said it expected to charge.
7.	Senate Fails to Extend Internet Tax Ban (AP). AP - A proposal to extend a federal ban on Internet access taxes is dead for the year, as the Senate was unable to reach an agreement, officials said Tuesday.
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8.	MPAA Sued Over DVD Screener Ban
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9.	Thai gamers soak up skills. Thailand's obsession with online gaming may help to nurture a generation of computer-literate children.
10.	US approves anti-spam legislation. Congress in the United States approves legislation intended to stop the flow of unwanted e-mails, or spam.
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11.	Lock Up DVD Jon - or we all lose our jobs. Letter says Disgusted Reader

6:36:35 PM

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1.	Room To Grow in Enterprise Search (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - The enterprise-search software space -- and, by extension, content management -- is still grossly underpenetrated, according to new Yankee Group figures. A significant percentage of businesses still are dependent upon embedded software; some 38 percent of businesses with less than US$100 million in revenue have made no appreciable investment in enterprise-search licenses.
2.	Budgeting for a Data-Storage System (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - On average, between 12 and 15 percent of a company's overall annual I.T. budget is dedicated to storage hardware and software, Meta Group estimates. That percentage likely will increase to between 15 and 18 percent within two years, the research firm expects, as enterprises invest in the buildout of new storage architectures that may be hitting their peak adoption curve in 2005 and 2006.
3.	SuSE Flies Open-Source Banner in SCO Fight (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - Scoffing at SCO Group's accusations that a Novell (Nasdaq: NOVL) buyout of SuSE Linux would violate a noncompetition agreement, SuSE shot back that combining the two companies would benefit the open-source movement in general.
4.	Americans Begin Cutting the Phone Cord (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - It is finally happening in the U.S.: A significant number of people are going "all wireless." The latest figures from a study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project show that 2 percent of Americans no longer use a landline telephone at home.
5.	Congress Fails to Act on Internet Tax Ban (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - A federal ban on Internet access taxes will not come up for renewal until sometime next year after the U.S. Senate failed to reach an agreement on the specifics of how it will be extended, congressional sources said today.
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6.	Spammers Pleased with 'Anti'-Spam Act
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7.	BugTraq: SQL Injection. Sender: Lifo Fifo [lifofifo20 at yahoo dot com]
8.	Vulnerabilities: Opera Multiple MIME Type File Dropping Weakness. Opera includes support for multiple MIME types used for configuration and installation of browser skins that potentially could be abused by a malicious web page to drop f...
9.	Vulnerabilities: Opera Web Browser Opera: URI Handler Directory Traversal Vulnerability. Opera is a web browser available for a number of platforms, including Microsoft Windows, Linux and Unix variants and Apple MacOS. Opera uses an internal URI handler ca...
10.	Vulnerabilities: WebFS Long Pathname Buffer Overrun Vulnerability. WebFS is a simple web server that serves static content. It is available for Linux and Unix variant operating environments. It has been discovered that WebFS is prone to...
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11.	EDS: going to pieces down under. Australian government breaking up its IT contracts
12.	Three books you cannot live without. Holiday shopping guide
13.	Scripting flaws pose severe risk for IE users. Disable now
14.	Oracle: spreading rumors. Questionable revenue recorded
15.	Dell routes support back to the USA. Changing the script

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1.	Services chief exits Microsoft. Mike Sinneck, the company's corporate vice president of worldwide services, plans to move back to the East Coast and "pursue new opportunities outside of Microsoft."
2.	VoIP firm Net2Phone starts franchise effort. The Net-phoning company says it has raised $63 million to bankroll a franchise program designed to make it easy for cable service providers to offer voice over Internet Protocol plans.
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3.	Tenn. Lab to Design High-Speed Network (AP). AP - Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been awarded $4.5 million to design a high-speed computer network capable of carrying massive amounts of science data, the lab announced Monday.
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4.	What's Coming in Solaris 10
5.	DRM From the Viewpoint of the Electronic Industry
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6.	U.S. House Passes Controversial Antispam Bill
7.	CAUCE Statement on House Spam Bill Vote
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8.	BugTraq: BackToFramedJpu - a successor of BackToJpu attack. Sender: Liu Die Yu [liudieyuinchina at yahoo dot com dot cn]
9.	BugTraq: IE Remote Compromise by Getting Cache Location. Sender: Liu Die Yu [liudieyuinchina at yahoo dot com dot cn]
10.	BugTraq: [OpenPKG-SA-2003.049] OpenPKG Security Advisory (zebra). Sender: OpenPKG [openpkg at openpkg dot org]
11.	BugTraq: "Security at Microsoft" document available. Sender: Michael Howard [mikehow at microsoft dot com]
12.	Vulnerabilities: VBPortal Friend.PHP Remote E-Mail Relaying Weakness. vbPortal is a portal application which can be used in conjunction with vbBulletin forums. A problem has been identified the Friends.PHP script included in vbPortal. Bec...
13.	Vulnerabilities: Opera Skin Zip File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. Opera is a web browser available for a number of operating systems, including the Microsoft Windows, Linux, Unix, and Apple MacOS platforms. A problem has been identifie...
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14.	Retailers Rev Up for the Holidays. Competition is fierce among electronics retailers vying for shoppers' dollars this holiday season. While some retailers expect a prosperous shopping season, others are embracing a more cautious outlook.
15.	Congress: We Don't Want Any Spam!. The House passes antispam legislation that largely mirrors the 'Can Spam' legislation approved by the Senate last month. Lawmakers hope to have final approval before Thanksgiving.
16.	Ocean Research Going Swimmingly. Scientists plumb the ocean's depths to uncover a rising tide of unknown species, marine-derived drugs and other valuable chemicals. Researchers hope a flood of new reports will spur further research and funding. By David Snow.
17.	The Ultimate On-the-Fly Network. Here's how a flock of reclusive seabirds became pioneers of pervasive computing. A case study from the sensor net frontier. By Martha Baer from Wired magazine.
18.	Nonprofits Move On in Fundraising. For charities, the Web hasn't been the spigot of cash they once hoped it would. Now, they are taking their cues from MoveOn.org and the Howard Dean campaign to pursue the big bucks. By Katie Dean.
19.	When Cash Is Only Skin Deep. A new service lets consumers pay for items with a microchip embedded under their skin. It's one of several schemes designed to speed up transactions using radio frequency identification technology. By Julia Scheeres.
20.	Phones: To Port or Not to Port. Lots of people say they want to dump their cell-phone carriers. But few actually took advantage of Monday's rule change allowing them to switch providers and keep their old numbers. Most are waiting to see if the changeovers actually work. By Joanna Glasner.

4:35:55 PM

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1.	A smoother blend for Java. IBM and BEA collaborate on ways to ease technical differences in their Java lines. Also, software providers work on interoperability among competing development tools.
2.	Silicon Valley VC legend dies. Eugene Kleiner dies at 80. He co-founded Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and helped build it into an internationally known venture firm that funded Sun Microsystems, Amazon and others.
3.	AOL sues former execs for embezzlement. America Online files a lawsuit against two former employees for allegedly diverting $100,000 to a fake company and eventually into their own wallets.
4.	Blackouts highlight network vulnerabilities. The Internet was far more seriously affected than previously thought by the blackouts that swept Europe and North America this summer, a report finds.
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5.	Congress passes "Anti-Spam" bill (AFP). AFP - Congress approved the first law aimed at stemming the flood of unsolicited e-mail, or spam into the in-boxes of computer users.
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6.	Internationalized Domain Names Coming Soon
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7.	Vulnerabilities: PrimeBase SQL Database Server Administrative Server Password Storage Vulnerability. PrimeBase SQL Database Server is a database implementation that is available for Unix, Linux, and Microsoft Windows platforms. A problem has been reported in the storage...
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8.	Human Pilots: Who Needs 'Em?. Uninhabited aerial vehicles, or UAVs, perform tasks that are dull, dirty or dangerous. Technology advances and Pentagon spending have them proliferating, but some doubt their safety over populated areas.
9.	Cuban Vaccine to Help Poor Kids. Respiratory infections kill 500,000 children a year in developing countries due to the high cost of drugs. Now an affordable synthetic alternative comes from Cuba's biotech industry, one of the most advanced in the Third World.
10.	Moving Cell Numbers? Wait a Sec. Cellular customers who switch carriers Monday may have problems say industry watchers. Wireless companies have spent more time fighting the new rules than preparing systems for a smooth transfer.
11.	Intel's Tiny Hope for the Future. The microprocessor giant is thinking smaller than ever: tiny sensor chips that network with each other -- inside everything on Earth. Wired magazine's Brendan I. Koerner reports.
12.	Up to His Heinie in Alligators. Breeding gators in captivity isn't as simple as it looks. The curator at St. Augustine Alligator Farm uses embedded microchips to ensure genetic diversity. Michelle Delio reports from St. Augustine, Florida.
13.	A Little THC Goes a Long Way. Scientists look at the effects of cannabis and nutritional supplements on fertility. Also: A natural barrier to AIDS is discovered in the mouth.... Researchers build a protein.... all in XY Files. By Kristen Philipkoski.
14.	Mondo Quake in Pacific Northwest?. A new study shows a monster earthquake in the Pacific Northwest sent a 15-foot tsunami to Japan 300 years ago. The quake, just off the coast of Seattle, may be part of a 500-year rhythm of recurrance. By Leander Kahney.
15.	Congress Expands FBI Spying Power. A new bill boosts the scope of the Patriot Act by extending the FBI's power to acquire records from almost any business without a judge's approval. It's a huge blow to checks and balances, critics say. By Ryan Singel.
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16.	Porn Trojan floods inboxes worldwide
17.	U.S. Senate likely to vote on antispam bill soon
18.	Opera fixes security holes in Web browser

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1.	Hewlett-Packard Executive Clarke Resigns. Hewlett-Packard said Jeff Clarke, the executive who played a key role in integrating Compaq's business operations into HP, has resigned from the computer company. By The Associated Press.
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2.	Lindows-Microsoft suit hits another delay. Yet again, a federal court pushes back the date of a jury trial that will decide whether Microsoft's trademark claim to "windows" will end up shuttering Lindows.com.
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3.	America Online Sues Former Exec on Fraud (AP). AP - America Online is suing its former chief of human resources, Gregory Horton, claiming that he bilked the company of $100,000 in a scheme to divert money to a sham company.
4.	Motorola Kills Launch of New Camera Phone in China (Reuters). Reuters - Motorola Inc. (MOT.N) on Tuesday said it killed the launch of a camera phone model for the Chinese market, underscoring the company's struggles in the hot-selling segment.
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5.	Java Frameworks and Components
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6.	HP's supply chain king steps down. Compaq exits continue
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7.	Mimail Becomes Fourth Most Damaging Virus

2:35:15 PM

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1.	Chip implant gets cash under your skin. Applied Digital Solutions is hoping people can be persuaded to implant RFID chips under their skin to identify themselves at an ATM or in place of using a credit card.
2.	Autodesk trims its work force. The software maker will lay off between 550 and 650 employees, more than 15 percent of its work force, as part of an ongoing cost-cutting effort.
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3.	Autodesk to Cut Jobs, Close Plants (Reuters). Reuters - Autodesk Inc. (ADSK.O), a provider of computer-aided design software, on Tuesday said it would eliminate 550 to 650 jobs, or 17 percent of its work force, and close some offices to cut costs.
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4.	Dell Moves Call Center Back to US
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5.	Talking papers get human 'voice'. Voice synthesis technology is to be harnessed to bring daily newspapers to blind and partially-sighted people.
6.	Hi-tech jukeboxes offer 2m songs. Digital jukeboxes offering customers a choice of two million tracks are to be fitted in thousands of UK pubs.
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7.	Elsewhere: Virus warning over 'Mary' porn photos email. A new Trojan is doing the rounds, using the promise of pornographic pictures in an attempt to take over a user's PC. Sysbug, which comes with the subject line of 'Re[2] M...
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8.	Trojan poses as naked XXX pics. Meet Sysbug: The latest Stupidly Transmitted Disease

1:34:56 PM

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1.	HP merger leader moves on. Hewlett-Packard says that Jeff Clarke, a high-level executive who was instrumental in leading its $19 billion merger with Compaq Computer, has resigned.
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2.	McBride intimates code cleanup in Linux nigh impossible (TechTarget). TechTarget - The seemingly endless war of words between the SCO Group and the Linux and open source communities took another turn Monday, when CEO Darl McBride lashed out at a report published by Free Software Foundation legal counsel Eben Moglen.
3.	Holiday Shopping Guide 2003 (PC World). PC World - Best buys for any techno-gadget lover on your list: from music players to PDAs to digital cameras. Ho-ho-ho!
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4.	Phoenix's BIOS Roadmap
5.	Diebold ATMs hit by Nachi Worm
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6.	U.S. Senate likely to vote on antispam bill soon. WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate may vote this week on an antispam bill that passed in the House on Saturday, according to a staffer for one of the Senate sponsors of the bill.
7.	Nokia says Q4 on target, expects mobile growth in 2004. Finland's Nokia Corp. has provided more details on its plan to divide the company into four business groups in 2004, compared to three, and reiterated its earlier fourth-quarter guidance.
8.	Toshiba to increase memory chip production. Toshiba Corp. is planning to increase production of memory chips because of strong demand for the devices from manufacturers of digital still cameras, cellular telephones, and memory cards, the company said Tuesday.
9.	Opera fixes security holes in Web browser. A new version of the Web browser Opera released Friday closes two security holes which could allow someone to remotely take control of a computer, and incorporates a patch for the OpenSSL (Secure Sockets Layer) protocol, according to developer Opera Software ASA.
10.	HP integration team leader resigns. Jeff Clarke, the former Compaq Computer Corp. chief financial officer who led the integration team overseeing the company's merger with Hewlett-Packard Co., has resigned effective immediately from HP, the company said in a statement Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT: HelpSTAR - Help Desk Technology - Download HelpSTAR Quick Evaluation Edition. Experience first hand how HelpSTAR help desk software can provide tangible improvements in response time, end user self help, first call resolution, and cost-justification of staff and equipment.
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11.	Microsoft's security starts to show - Infoworld Staff. The drive for better security has to start somewhere, and it has 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.
12.	U.S. Senate likely to vote on antispam bill soon. If bill is approved it would next go to President Bush to be signed into law
13.	Opera fixes security holes in Web browser. Company recommends upgrading to Version 7.23 to patch vulnerabilities

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1.	News from the Iranian blogosphere. Toronto-based blogger Hossein Derakhshan points us to two new developments. First: the launch of iranFilter, a new collaborative website focused on Iran (Link). And, news that Iranian vice-president Mohammad Ali Abtahi has started a weblog -- he's the first major Iranian politician to do so. (Link to Persian blog, link to the vice-president's English site.).
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2.	New products attract e-tail dollars. Home decor and sporting goods are new favorites, sharing top spot with top sellers books and music, as sales climb an expected 42 percent this holiday season, according to Forrester Research.
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3.	Priceline Boosting Its Marketing Efforts After Q3 Disappoints (Investor's Business Daily). Investor's Business Daily - Once again, Priceline.com Inc. (NasdaqNM:PCLN - News) will call on Capt. Kirk of the USS Enterprise to put the company in warp drive.
4.	Sharp Sends Zaurus to Work (PC World). PC World - Updated Linux-based PDAs add features for business users.
5.	Cell Switching Starts Slowly But Surely (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - The race to switch wireless carriers is on, but just how quickly people are running to change their providers or get rid of their home phones depends -- of course -- on perspective. Most assessments are finding that people are taking more time to make a switch than anticipated.
6.	Tenn. Lab to Design High-Speed Network (AP). AP - Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been awarded $4.5 million to design a high-speed computer network capable of carrying massive amounts of science data, the lab announced Monday.
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7.	All-in-Wonder 9600 Pro Review
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8.	OpenEvidence: the open source for notarisation
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9.	Elsewhere: Wireless security--it's a mess. Mention wireless networks to an IT professional and the conversation is likely to turn immediately to security. Uncertainty about the technology remains so great that ma...
10.	Elsewhere: Security and its discontents. Mention wireless networks to an IT professional and the conversation is likely to turn immediately to security. Uncertainty about the technology remains so great that ma...

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1.	Inkha, the Roboceptionist. BoingBoing reader Roland writes: In "Robo-receptionist clocks on," Nature tells us the story of Inkha, a robot which greets guests of King's College London (KCL) and adds artificial intelligence to the front desk. "Inkha -- short for 'interactive neurotic King's head assembly' -- will dole out directions and events information. Like receptionists across the globe, she will also comment on the weather and fashion faux pas." Inkha was funded with a Â£8,400 grant and has become a celebrity in the U.K. It even has its own website, http://www.inkha.net/. More details are available in this overview, which also includes pictures of Inkha. Link
2.	Kigurimi vs. Cosplay. Welcome to episode four in BoingBoing's crash course on the global cybercartoon fetish pantheon. So, apparently, there's a difference between Kigurimi and cosplay: masks. In Japan, there is a form of theatre seen often at malls and parks called Kigurumi. Kigurumi shows usually promote different cartoons that are popular on television, by staging plays featuring the characters. The weird thing is that, rather than just have actors play the roles, they dress from head to toe in full costumes and enclosing masks so that they look "exactly" like the characters from the TV show. Kigurumi has a large adult fan-following, and a lot of fans dress up as Kigurumi on their own. It's even showing up in the states. Link to "What is Kigurimi?", Links to adult kigurimi: Room 107, Room 108, from dollhouse.jp. (Thanks, fleshbot.) Not worksafe. Link
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3.	IBM, BEA join on Java strategy. The two companies, which together hold significant sway over the market for Java application servers, are collaborating on a way to build common components within their products.
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4.	New code first step in breaking Apple's DRM (MacCentral). MacCentral - The man responsible for writing software that allowed people to circumvent copyright technology on DVDs has posted software on the Internet that may allow Windows-using customers of Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes Music Store to break digital rights management (DRM) technology that protects files downloaded from that service.
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5.	Critical Eye on SpamAssassin
6.	Cartoon Network Serves Up More Anime
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7.	Brighter future at Kingston. Telecoms firm Kingston Communications heralds a return to profit as it cuts its half-year losses and appoints a new chief.
8.	Film and TV archives put on web. Some of the UK's best-loved and most influential films and TV shows are put on the internet.
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9.	Detecting Intrusions with your Firewall Log and OsHids
10.	Redhat: XFree86 Multiple vulnerabilities
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11.	Criminals with a Microsoft touch
12.	The top 10 Internet security screw ups

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1.	British Library catalogue soon searchable through Amazon. Amazon has purchased a license to create a searchable index of the entire British Library catalogue, including 1.7 million titles that predate ISBNs. The deal gives Amazon the right to use the British Library's bibliographic catalogue, which contains 2.55 million books. Crucially it includes 1.7 million produced before the introduction in 1970 of the International Standard Book Number (ISBN), a 10-character code that uniquely identifies any modern book. Link (via Ben Hammersley)
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2.	Security and its discontents. Vipin Jain, inventor of the 802.1x authentication protocol, says manufacturers are responsible for making a mess of wireless security.
3.	A 20-year plague. Two decades and counting, the technology industry has yet to find a blanket solution to the ever-growing list of viruses and worms that constitute the greatest risk to computers on the Internet.
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4.	Wired's LOTR III Tech Breakdown
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5.	Thomson to ship portable digital video, audio player. Reg Kit Watch Plus: Mitac unveils first Pocket PC with integrated GPS

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1.	NetApp, Cisco push networked storage. The SANs of time
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2.	Staff warned as bosses begin to adopt Big Brother tactics
3.	Nachi worm infected Diebold ATMs
4.	Panther server - a look at the server admin tool
5.	For security ask yourself...what would Microsoft do?
6.	Programmer charged with making violent "spam rage" threats

8:33:25 AM

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1.	Cell-phone switching has few glitches (SiliconValley.com). SiliconValley.com - A new federal rule that went into effect Monday allowing consumers to switch wireless carriers without having to change numbers prompted heavy business at some cellular firms but only a trickle of customers at local phone shops.
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2.	Bumper Christmas for online shops. Online shopping is becoming a key part of preparing for Christmas, with many e-tailers expecting a bumper season.
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3.	Opera update seals security holes
4.	Princeton open-source hater a loose cannon
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5.	E-commerce complaints on the up. Scam fatigue
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6.	Opera update seals security holes
7.	Princeton open-source hater a loose cannon

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1.	Apple Offers IPod Battery Tips (PC World). PC World - Glitch causes some MP3 players' battery indicators to show inaccurate power levels.
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2.	Expose Metacity With Expocity
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3.	Hologram pioneer remembered. Tributes are paid to the inventor of credit card holograms, Stephen Benton, who died recently.
4.	Talking newspapers get human 'voice'. Voice synthesis technology is to be harnessed to bring daily newspapers to blind and partially-sighted people.
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5.	Busting the Worm Writers. Opinion People problem
6.	IT Failures In The Great US Blackout. Feeling powerless
7.	Sharp confirms next-gen Linux PDA specs. Zaurus SL-6000 to ship next month
8.	Patented numbers 'a good idea'. Mr Attorney fails to surprise
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9.	Retailers Rev Up for the Holidays. Competition is fierce among electronics retailers vying for shoppers' dollars this holiday season. While some retailers expect a prosperous shopping season, others are embracing a more cautious outlook.
10.	Congress: We Don't Want Any Spam!. The House passes antispam legislation that largely mirrors the 'Can Spam' legislation approved by the Senate last month. Lawmakers hope to have final approval before Thanksgiving.
11.	Ocean Research Going Swimmingly. Scientists plumb the ocean's depths to uncover a rising tide of unknown species, marine-derived drugs and other valuable chemicals. Researchers hope a flood of new reports will spur further research and funding. By David Snow.
12.	The Ultimate On-the-Fly Network. Here's how a flock of reclusive seabirds became pioneers of pervasive computing. A case study from the sensor net frontier. By Martha Baer from Wired magazine.
13.	Nonprofits Move On in Fundraising. For charities, the Web hasn't been the spigot of cash they once hoped it would. Now, they are taking their cues from MoveOn.org and the Howard Dean campaign to pursue the big bucks. By Katie Dean.
14.	When Cash Is Only Skin Deep. A new service lets consumers pay for items with a microchip embedded under their skin. It's one of several schemes designed to speed up transactions using radio frequency identification technology. By Julia Scheeres.
15.	Phones: To Port or Not to Port. Lots of people say they want to dump their cell-phone carriers. But few actually took advantage of Monday's rule change allowing them to switch providers and keep their old numbers. Most are waiting to see if the changeovers actually work. By Joanna Glasner.

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1.	Hotlines: Cingular Seeks Converts With 500 Rollover Minutes (AdWeek.com). AdWeek.com - ATLANTA--Cingular Wireless today breaks a national campaign targeting its competitors' customers, who can now keep their cell phone numbers when they switch service providers, according to a new federal law effective today.
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2.	Lane Fox leaves Lastminute. Shares in dot.com survivor Lastminute.com drop as profits disappoint and founder Martha Lane Fox says she is leaving the company.
3.	Thai gamers soak up computer skills. Thailand's obsession with online gaming may help to nurture a generation of computer-literate children.
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4.	Veritas: a smart switching move. Virtualization software on Cisco
5.	Dixons raises £215m in Wanadoo share sale. Swing low, etc
6.	Nachi worm infected Diebold ATMs. Holed in the wall

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1.	Erotic cosplay doll-mask photos. The snapshots of photorealistic latex doll faces on this website -- some deconstructed, others complete and ready to wear -- are as unnerving as they are flat-out beautiful. Link
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2.	Dilbert for 25 Nov 2003.
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3.	Non Sequitur for 24 Nov 2003.
4.	Non Sequitur for 25 Nov 2003.
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5.	Israeli Ministry of Commerce Picks OO.org Over MS

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1.	Japorn anime cosplay and living-doll erotica, part two: Kigurumi. BoingBoing reader Justin Brown -- who wins an honorary Link-Fu master award -- says: "After you posted that creepy Sabrina link on BoingBoing, [I discovered that this is] a form of cosplay called Kigurumi. This site has some good definitions, and this site also has interviews with people who do kigurumi. I am throughly creeped out now, and I blame you. Especially after seeing this page. But wait, it gets weirder: here, and here. Don't miss this -- middle aged man turns into Real Doll. But wait, thats a copy of this. I'm going to attempt to sleep now, I expect I'll have some really strange dreams." The Kigurimi enthusiast behind the mask in the snapshot at left (from one of the sites Justin points to), says: "This is my all time favorite female mask. It is made by Natori of the Photogenic mask site. The cost is around $900.00 and it is in my opinion the most realistic female mask I have seen. Plus I love to be a super cute Japanese girl. The only drawback to this mask is the limited vision and breathing."
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2.	The Lines Are Busy as Cellphone Clients Switch. New rules that allow people to change mobile phone companies while keeping their numbers sent a surge of customers into cellphone stores. By Matt Richtel.
3.	Big Step in Conductivity: More Sociable Particles. Eight years after physicists coaxed ultracold atoms into a new type of matter, two research teams have now repeated the feat using small molecules. By Kenneth Chang.
4.	NASA Seeks $220 Million for Shuttle Safety Measures. The figure, laid out in an update of NASA's "return to flight" plans, would mean a significant increase in the agency's budget at a time of record deficits. By Matthew L. Wald.
5.	Thanksgiving Forecast: Potential Fireworks on the Sun. Three sunspots are within striking distance, and one is expected to fix its sights squarely on Earth just as Thanksgiving arrives. By Anahad O'connor.
6.	Sprint to Lay Off Another 2,000 Employees. By Bloomberg News.
7.	Developing Nations Begin to Embrace Internet Commerce. Sensing economic opportunities, many developing nations are laying the groundwork for online commerce. By Bob Tedeschi.

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1.	News from the Iranian blogosphere. Persian blogger Hossein Derakhshan points us to two new developments. First: the launch of iranFilter, a new collaborative website focused on Iran (Link). And, news that Iranian vice-president Mohammad Ali Abtahi has started a weblog -- he's the first major Iranian politician to do so. (Link to Persian blog, link to the vice-president's English site.).

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1.	Weird, weird cosplay Japorn. Sort of. I can't explain.. I have no idea what this is, but it's totally freaking me out. Like a Philip K. Dick stripshow. All I can tell you is that this link takes you to a Windows Media video clip in which a (male) human dressed in (female) animated child character drag performs a sort of webcam erotic tease. Shemale hentai cosplay? Something like that. Please, someone, explain. Keep watching, eventually Sabrina strips. No actual nudity, just oddity. Link (Thanks, Warren, thanks Matt)
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2.	WVG : The New Scalable Vector Graphics
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3.	CERT Summary CS-2003-04

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1.	Olympics serves ROBOlympics with cease-and-desist. David Calkins, president of the Robotics Society of America, tells Boingboing that the ROBOlympics -- a biannual robot game and expo -- has been C&D'd by the recently-scandal-ridden US Olympic Committee. The bot-builders' expo has apparently been asked to stop using, well, the name ROBOlympics. "Of course, the hinge is the term 'athletic event,' " says David. "Are robot events athletic? Doesn't really matter if I can't afford the lawyers." IANAL, but the term as common noun seems to date back to 773 BC. Perhaps they should nastygram Zeus while they're at it. The ROBOlympics event is slated to take place at Fort Mason Center Herbst Pavilion, San Francisco, California, in March of 2004, and will include contestants from around the world to help promote robotics, engineering, and education.
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2.	DVD Jon breaks iTunes security. BOSTON - The man responsible for writing software that allowed people to circumvent copyright technology on DVDs has posted software on the Internet that may allow devotees of Apple Computer's new iTunes online music store to break digital rights management (DRM) technology that protects files downloaded from that service.
3.	Microsoft retires NetMeeting. SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft is retiring its six-year-old NetMeeting online conferencing application and instead will push Office Live Meeting, formerly known as PlaceWare, for online meetings. 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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4.	HP revamps low-end storage line. Our disk is cheaper than yours

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