Gregg's Security News Aggregator

Wednesday, November 26, 2003

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1.	'Jedi Academy' Doesn't Meet Expectations (AP). AP - Recent "Star Wars" movie sequels haven't lived up to the expectations of many fans. But what about a sequel to the acclaimed Star Wars video game?
2.	Online Search Engines Rev Up for Holidays (AP). AP - It didn't take long for Paul Rattay to grasp the power of shopping comparison sites on the Internet. He figures he saved at least $150 on a Sony digital camera by turning to DealTime.com to hunt for the best prices with a few quick clicks of his computer mouse.
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3.	Microsoft Messenger Architect On The Future Of IM
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4.	Mac OS X Root Access: DHCP

11:16:53 PM

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1.	TV Maze: A Survival Guide. Buying a television means being bombarded with jargon. Do you need a manual just to go TV shopping? By Seth Schiesel.
2.	A Bulge in Misses 8? Digital Scanners Resize America. A project that made body scans of 10,800 people may cause upheaval in the fashion world. By Marcia Biederman.
3.	'Portable' Number, Just Out of Reach. Sure, you can take your old cellphone number to a new provider. Eventually. By David F. Gallagher.
4.	Decoding the New Cues in Online Society. Online social networks like Friendster can provide sociologists with a laboratory for looking at how people behave. By Michael Erard.
5.	Fruit of the Vine Beckons From Afar. As restrictions on interstate wine sales ease, a growing number of wineries are setting up shop on the Internet to sell directly to consumers. By Michelle Slatalla.
6.	On a Cheap Plastic Grid, Gigabytes Galore. A plastic called Pedot may one day be the basis for a new type of compact, inexpensive electronic memory. By Anne Eisenberg.
7.	Where Thanks Are Due. Herewith, one man's thank-you list - a few ways that cold, hard silicon can still inject a little magic into everyday life. By David Pogue.
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8.	S Korea Expects Wireless Exports To Reach $16 Billion In 2003 (Dow Jones). Dow Jones - SEOUL -(Dow Jones)- South Korea is expected to export more than $16 billion worth of mobile handsets and wireless equipment in 2003, the Ministry of Information and Communication said Thursday.
9.	CNET to Offer Artist Download Service on MP3.com (Reuters). Reuters - CNET Networks Inc. (CNET.O) on Wednesday said it plans early next year to offer a music upload and download destination for independent artists on its newly acquired MP3.com Web site.
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10.	Vulnerabilities: Thomson Cable Modem Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability. The TCM product line are cable modems distributed by Thomson. A problem has been identified in Thomson Cable Modems when handling long requests on the HTTP port. Becaus...
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11.	'Cyber diversity' research aims to strengthen security
12.	Top-down security - Infoworld Staff
13.	How do you spell 'recovery'? - Infoworld Staff

10:16:33 PM

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1.	Lower Prices Fuel Surge in Server Sales (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - After nine straight quarters of global server revenue declines, things are looking up slightly, judging by results of the second and third quarters this year. The second quarter saw 0.2 percent growth year-over-year. And in the latest July-through-September period, overall server sales jumped 2 percent compared to a year ago.
2.	Oracle-PeopleSoft Saga Far from Over (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - Oracle's (Nasdaq: ORCL) reiteration on Monday of its resolve to buy PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT) left little doubt the world's second-biggest software company is certain the deal will be completed. But industry experts say it is far from the slam dunk Oracle portrays it to be. Nor is the game over, as PeopleSoft proclaims.
3.	Linux 2.6 Set for Release (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - After a multiyear development effort, the 2.6 version of the Linux kernel is set for release in the second half of December. This is the first major Linux kernel release since 2001, when version 2.4 was launched.
4.	New IE Flaws Labeled 'Extremely Critical' (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - A handful of Internet Explorer vulnerabilities could give hackers a new means to compromise PCs using the Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) browser, Danish security firm Secunia has revealed.
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5.	FatWallet To Sue Best Buy Over DMCA Threat
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6.	SGI ProPack v2.3 security update
7.	Ad-aware referencefile 01R232 20.11.2003
8.	Kaspersky Anti-Virus Update November 21, 2003
9.	AVG Free Edition 6.0 Build 543
10.	PestPatrol 4.3.0.4
11.	AntiVir Personal Edition 6.22.08.08 (Updated)
12.	The Cleaner Database v3417
13.	Microsoft investigates possible Exchange 2003 flaw
14.	The Cleaner 4.0 Professional
15.	Ad-aware referencefile 01R233 22.11.2003
16.	Exchange flaw could open up user accounts
17.	VisNetic Firewall 2.1.3
18.	Norton AntiVirus Virus Definitions November 24, 2003
19.	Norton AntiVirus Virus Definitions November 25, 2003
20.	Trend Micro Pattern File November 25, 2003
21.	'Sysbug' Trojan horse says something about Mary
22.	AntiVir Personal Edition 6.22.08.08 (Updated)
23.	AVG Free Edition 6.0 Build 544
24.	New critical vulnerabilities discovered in IE
25.	SharePoint installation can put Exchange at risk
26.	Kerio Personal Firewall 4.0.8
27.	EPIC4 remote client-side stack-based overflow(exploit)
28.	Sentinix: une distribution pour le monitoring et la détection d'intrusion

9:16:12 PM

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1.	Buy Helps Tech Firm Deliver Strong Gains (Investor's Business Daily). Investor's Business Daily - Oh, for the salad days of Y2K - the graspable threat of global networking failure, and those vast armies of programmers toiling away to save the world.
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2.	Linux 2.6.0-test11 Kernel Released
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3.	SharePoint installation can put Exchange at risk.
4.	Number portability: Customers should take their time.
5.	'Cyber diversity' research aims to strengthen security.
6.	AT&T Wireless Services still fighting CRM glitch.
7.	BEA readying Java Web services technology - Infoworld Staff.
8.	Oracle executive heads to Iraq to help with rebuilding.
9.	WLNP is a boon to customers - Infoworld Staff. ADVERTISEMENT: 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.
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10.	U.S. Senate likely to vote on antispam bill soon.
11.	VeriSign completes Network Solutions unit sale. 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.	'Cyber diversity' research aims to strengthen security.
13.	Top-down security - Infoworld Staff.
14.	How do you spell 'recovery'? - Infoworld Staff.

8:15:12 PM

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1.	Hell Yeah, It's Odd.
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2.	Commentary: A fate worse than lack of access
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3.	Forget PeopleSoft's Customers, It's All About the Money (Ziff Davis). Ziff Davis - In the end, it doesn't matter where an Oracle takeover will leave PeopleSoft customers: $7.3 billion can be very persuasive.
4.	ACCPAC Releases 2004 Upgrades of Simply Accounting Packages (Ziff Davis). Ziff Davis - ACCPAC International, a maker of accounting software for small businesses, announced Wednesday 2004 updates of its Simply Accounting Basic and Simply Accounting Pro software packages.
5.	SCO Denies Rumors that Google is its Next Legal Target (Ziff Davis). Ziff Davis - Despite online reports, SCO on Wednesday denied that Google will be its next target for legal action due to its Linux use.
6.	AT&T Wireless to Buy U.S. Cellular Network (AP). AP - AT&T Wireless agreed to buy United States Cellular Corp.'s South Texas cell-phone network for $95 million.
7.	Primetones Offering to Host MP3.com Files (Reuters). Reuters - Start-up company Primetones said Wednesday it is in talks to preserve MP3.com Inc.'s audio library, scheduled for destruction on Dec. 2, just weeks after Vivendi Universal (V.N) agreed to sell MP3.com to CNET Networks Inc. (CNET.O).
8.	California Police Arrest Man in Bank PC Theft (Reuters). Reuters - Police have arrested a California man in connection to a burglary in which a computer with sensitive information about Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC.N) customers was stolen, officials said on Wednesday.
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9.	OSDL Answers SCO With Kernel Awareness Campaign
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10.	ISC Releases BIND Security Update
11.	EnGarde: BIND cache poisoning vulnerability
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12.	Lock up the copyright cartel - not Johansen. Letters No sympathy for the RIAA

7:14:54 PM

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1.	Who Is An ISP?
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2.	Java security, Part 1: Crypto basics
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3.	BugTraq: EPIC4 remote client-side stack-based overflow(exploit). Sender: [Li0n7 at voila dot fr]
4.	BugTraq: SGI ProPack v2.3 security update. Sender: SGI Security Coordinator [agent99 at sgi dot com]

6:14:33 PM

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1.	Swedish Student Partly Solves 16th Hilbert Problem
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2.	Net travel firm plans share float. Orbitz, the US online travel company, gives details of its forthcoming share flotation, which it says should raise $82m.
3.	Nigeria to tackle internet fraud. President Obasanjo vows to combat the scam where people are promised a share in non-existent riches.
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4.	BugTraq: Remote execution in My_eGallery. Sender: Bojan Zdrnja [Bojan dot Zdrnja at LSS dot hr]
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5.	'Sysbug' Trojan horse says something about Mary
6.	Carleton-Cloakware research lab wages new cyberwar
7.	Xbox 2 Prototype Due in March?
8.	Security and its discontents
9.	Microsoft retires NetMeeting
10.	Linux 2.6 Coming In December
11.	Promise of Eternal Youth Dashed
12.	Wireless technology offers secure communication medium
13.	How to hack iTunes
14.	How Much Is a Hacker's Head Worth?
15.	Exploit Code on Trial
16.	Norwegian hacker cracks Apple's iTunes anti-pirating software
17.	Security fears were unfounded for school
18.	Nachi worm infected Diebold ATMs
19.	Fears over Singapore hacking laws

5:14:12 PM

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1.	iPod's 'dirty secret' wins Web fans. Irked by the difficulty and expense of replacing the dead batteries in their iPod, two filmmakers have embarked on an 'antiadvertising' Net campaign.
2.	Commentary: SCO Group nettles Linux consortium
3.	Survey: CFOs don't exploit ERP
4.	Ban on Net tax dead till 2004. A federal ban on Internet access taxes will not be renewed until 2004 at the earliest, supporters say.
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5.	Multimedia PCs Not at Home in Living Room (AP). AP - Personal computers are powerful enough to replace just about every electronic component in the living room entertainment center. Yet the PC still doesn't quite seem at home there.
6.	Rock Items Spice Up Benefit Auction (Reuters). Reuters - Memorabilia associated with Led Zeppelin, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Radiohead, Elton John and the Ramones, among others, will be go on the block on eBay Sunday in a benefit auction for advocacy organization People for the American Way.
7.	HP Expected to Follow Other PC Makers in TV Sales (Reuters). Reuters - Reports that Hewlett-Packard Co.. will sell flat-panel televisions came as no surprise to industry analysts, who noted the growing trend of personal computer companies expanding into consumer electronics, where profit margins are fatter.
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8.	Magnetic Induction Technology Headset Reviewed
9.	New Remote Root in Mac OS X
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10.	Microsoft, Lindows.com trial delayed again.
11.	Sleepycat boosts Java in embedded database - Infoworld Staff.
12.	Services head to leave Microsoft.
13.	IDC: IBM bucks Unix trend, tops server market.
14.	Yahoo buys Hong Kong software developer.
15.	VeriSign completes Network Solutions unit sale.
16.	New critical vulnerabilities discovered in IE.
17.	Former MS employee gets jail time for fraud.
18.	RIM launches new BlackBerry in UK.
19.	SharePoint installation can put Exchange at risk. ADVERTISEMENT: Get 128-bit SSL Web Site Encryption! - Looking for SSL? Turn to the SSL Experts! Protect your servers with 128-bit SSL encryption from VeriSign. Get a FREE Internet Security Guide Today. Click Here.
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20.	Update: IronPort to acquire SpamCop.
21.	HP eyes security, SMB spaces - Infoworld Staff.
22.	Microsoft's security starts to show - Infoworld Staff.
23.	For security ask yourself...what would Microsoft do?.
24.	Update: Microsoft investigates possible Exchange 2003 flaw.
25.	U.S. Senate likely to vote on antispam bill soon. 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.
26.	Opera fixes security holes in Web browser.
27.	Senate approves spam bill, goes back to House.
28.	VeriSign completes Network Solutions unit sale.
29.	New critical vulnerabilities discovered in IE.
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30.	Elsewhere: Anti-spam law touted. An official with Alberta's privacy commissioner says Canada needs to work with other countries on anti-spam laws if unwanted e-mail messages are to be halted. Tim Chand...
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31.	Vulnerabilities: GEdit Large IOStream File Memory Corruption Vulnerability. gEdit is a freely available, open source text processing application. It is available for the Unix and Linux platforms. A problem has been reported in the handling of c...
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32.	Elsewhere: Anti-spam law touted
33.	Columnists: Ending the Free Lunch

4:13:53 PM

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1.	Coming soon: America's first phonecam art show, "SENT". I'm co-curating an exhibition of camera phone photography at sixspace art gallery in February, 2004. The project is called "SENT," and through it, we're inviting professional photographers, filmmakers, media personalities, and regular folks to explore the camera phone's potential as a creative tool: Their use is largely utilitarian: snap a photo of your baby, your sunset, your face; then, share it with friends or family. They're small and cheap. We use them to capture the mundane, the obvious, and the personal. Soon, we'll use them to capture and manipulate data: phonecams are becoming handheld barcode readers, and tools for a variety of new mobile commerce applications. The images they produce are undeniably crude, but like Polaroids or snapshots from vintage or "toy" cameras, that lack of finesse lends a distinctive, awkward charm. And the fact that they fuse together the abilities to capture, view, and distribute what we see (through e-mail or online photo weblogs) makes them revolutionary. Phonecams are changing the way we see the world, and our place within it. They're an extension of urban eyes. They democratize, hack, and deconstruct photography. When everyone is both photographer and publisher, how will art change? How will human conversation change? What will be the difference between professional and amateur? Through SENT, we'll find out. Check out the growing list of invited participants here -- and contact us if you're a technology company who'd like to get involved. Soon, we'll announce the launch of the completed project site, where anyone with a phonecam can contribute their snapshots to the exhibition. Link. update: Now, NPR's in the mix. They've issued a "Phonecam Challenge," inviting listeners to contribute mobile phone snaps -- some of which will be included in SENT. Link to more info on NPR Phonecam Challenge.
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2.	CNET to launch indie music service. Shortly after buying the MP3.com domain name and announcing that its sprawling music archive would close, CNET Networks says it will start its own free service for independent musicians online.
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3.	Interview With Turing-Award Winner Robin Milner
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4.	Toddler wounded in Segway hit-and-run. When scooters attack
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5.	Bugwatch: Top 10 disaster recovery tips
6.	Confidence rises to drive IT spend

3:13:32 PM

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1.	AT&T Wireless to Buy U.S. Cellular Network (AP). AP - AT&T Wireless agreed to buy United States Cellular Corp.'s South Texas cell-phone network for $95 million.
2.	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.
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3.	Could Google Be SCO's Next Big Target?
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4.	LA officials call for end to master/slave labels. Offensive drive
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5.	Microsoft To Beta Test Security Updates on CD
6.	It's All About Mary: Naughty E-Mail Actually A Trojan

2:13:14 PM

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1.	NPR's turkey Soda taste test. Click thumbnail for full-size phonecam snap. "Day to Day" host Alex Chadwick did taste test of that Jones Turkey and Gravy soda yesterday. I was in the studio just before the moment of horror, and snapped this phonecam shot of NPR producer Kathryn Fox preparing for Mr. Chadwick's total grossout. Listen to the segment here, after 12PM PST. Link
2.	Xeni on NPR's "Day to Day": phonecam revolution. On today's edition of the NPR program "Day to Day," I speak with host Alex Chadwick about how phonecams are changing the way we communicate with each other, and the way we see the world around us. The segment includes a live in-studio demo (which produced the phonecam snapshot at left), and a chat with anthropologist Mimi Ito (yes, Joi Ito's sister!) who's been researching phonecams and culture in Japan and the US for several years. On Monday, she launched a "bento blog" -- a phonecam photo gallery where she archives snapshots pictures of the lunches she makes for her children every morning. How cool is that? Link to "Day to Day" home, listen to the archived show here after 12PM Pacific.
3.	Coming soon: America's first phonecam art show, "SENT". I'm co-curating an exhibition of camera phone photography at sixspace gallery in February, 2004. The project is called "SENT," and through it, we're inviting professional photographers, filmmakers, media personalities, and regular folks to explore the camera phone's potential as a creative tool: Their use is largely utilitarian: snap a photo of your baby, your sunset, your face; then, share it with friends or family. They're small and cheap. We use them to capture the mundane, the obvious, and the personal. Soon, we'll use them to capture and manipulate data: phonecams are becoming handheld barcode readers, and tools for a variety of new mobile commerce applications. The images they produce are undeniably crude, but like Polaroids or snapshots from vintage or "toy" cameras, that lack of finesse lends a distinctive, awkward charm. And the fact that they fuse together the abilities to capture, view, and distribute what we see (through e-mail or online photo weblogs) makes them revolutionary. Phonecams are changing the way we see the world, and our place within it. They're an extension of urban eyes. They democratize, hack, and deconstruct photography. When everyone is both photographer and publisher, how will art change? How will human conversation change? What will be the difference between professional and amateur? Through SENT, we'll find out. Check out the growing list of invited participants here -- and contact us if you're a technology company who'd like to get involved. Soon, we'll announce the launch of the completed project site, where anyone with a phonecam can contribute their snapshots to the exhibition. Link
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4.	Phoenix toughens up BIOS. The software that sits between the OS and the PC's hardware hasn't changed much in decades, but Phoenix Technologies wants to introduce greater security and copy protection.
5.	Commentary: Putting telematics in drive. To date, the combination of computers and cars has just been spinning its wheels, as a technology and as a business. But a Swedish group may have just the tune-up.
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6.	Volume Systems Fuel Server Growth (Ziff Davis). Ziff Davis - Server shipments jump 19.5 percent and revenue 2 percent in the third quarter, thanks mainly to the growing popularity of low-cost volume servers.
7.	2004: The Year Linux Grows Up (or Blows Up) (Ziff Davis). Ziff Davis - eWEEK.com's Linux & Open-Source Center Editor Steven Vaughn-Nichols really likes what he sees for the server, corporate and retail desktop horizon for 2004. He boldly predicts that major vendors will start producing Linux PCs for the low-end retail market, and that your grandmother will love it.
8.	'Jedi Academy' Doesn't Meet Expectations (AP). AP - Recent "Star Wars" movie sequels haven't lived up to the expectations of many fans. But what about a sequel to the acclaimed Star Wars video game?
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9.	J2EE Design Patterns
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10.	Wireless security problem
11.	Security incidents increase significantly in Q3 2003
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12.	Columnists: Ending the Free Lunch. Linux vendors spend money building security bug fixes. How much longer will they give them away for free?
13.	Infocus: Fighting Spammers With Honeypots: Part 2. Part two continues the discussion of open proxies, describes creating fake open mail relays with various honeypots, discusses architecture decisions, and then provides some recent test results that proved very successful. A honeypot can clearly be used to detect, slow and stop spam-related activities while promoting a clean Internet -- but more people must pitch in for them to truly make a difference.
14.	Infocus: Fighting Spammers With Honeypots: Part 1. This paper will evaluate the usefulness of using honeypots to fight spammers on several fronts. Part one discusses the methods spammers use to harvest addresses, maintain stealth and manipulate open mail relays on the Internet. Then honeypots will be considered that create fake email addresses to be harvested, identify and track spammers, and simulate open proxies for spammers to use.
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15.	Foreign firms must toe US security line

1:12:54 PM

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1.	Diebold rolls on back, pisses self, begs for mercy. Diebold has withdrawn its lawsuit threats against the sites that republished the leaked memos demonstrating its gross malfeasance in its voting machine business. Having had these memos exposed by whistle-blowers, Diebold sought to use copyright law to censor websites that published them. Then EFF took up the cause of one of the site-operators, the Online Policy Group, and now Diebold is slinking away with its tail between its legs, off to plot the downfall of democracy in some rancid warren of its own devising. Don't let the courtroom door hit yer ass on the way out. Link (via Copyfight)
2.	Guy in Japan makes girl masks from paper, then asphyxiates himself.. Matt Fraction, trying desperately to kick the extreme japorn web hunt habit, found this -- and forwards, with apologies "Kumiko" says: "can't stop myself to go to the deadline. The second series I took off my wig and I wrapped my head tightly. At my neck, there are no hole for new air. There are no tricks in these pix. Please stop your breath while you're browsin these. Please, please NOT do the same. You must be killed. " By the time you read this, the Geocities Japan site will be BoingBoinged to death, but: Link (didn't notice nudity or explicit sexual content, but didn't stay too long, either)
3.	Exotica album produced through open collaboration, licensed CC. Michael sez, "Two Zombies Later is a 'double CD' set... The artists featured on these 'discs' are all members of the Exotica mailing list and within the shortest period of time managed to get together and compile this compilation. The whole set is downloadable as MP3s and has been published under the Creative Commons license. They will only be available (at this URL) for 3 months, after that, they are taken 'off the market' and (hopefully) something else will be published." Link (Thanks, Michael)
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4.	Indiana nixes offshore deal to protect jobs. The state of Indiana calls off a contract for software development it awarded to a foreign company, in a move the state says is aimed at protecting local jobs.
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5.	Microsoft Employee Gets Jail Time for Fraud (PC World). PC World - Former assistant busted for illegally selling high-end software.
6.	Norwegian Hacker Attacks ITunes Service (AP). AP - A young Norwegian who became a global hacker hero by writing and distributing a program to crack DVD security codes appears to have struck again, this time against Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes online music service.
7.	Great Gift Ideas Under $100 (PC World). PC World - Tech treats that don't bust the budget.
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8.	Transatlantic Cable Fault Disrupts Internet In UK
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9.	BugTraq: RE: MHTML Redirection Leads to Downloading EXE and Executing. Sender: James C dot Slora, Jr dot [james dot slora at phra dot com]
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10.	10m Americans pay for music downloads in Q2. Before launch of Windows services
11.	PC maker puts P4 Extreme Edition into... notebooks. Reg Kit Watch Extreme cooling required, apparently
12.	O2 ships Blackberry 7730 in the UK. Big screen for big business

12:12:32 PM

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1.	Hilbert's 16th problem solved by 22-year-old student. A Swedish math student has solved ~~number 15~~ part of number 16 of David Hilbert's 23 math problems for the Twentieth Century, which has stood unsolved since 1900. Link (Thanks, Mikael!)
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2.	Redhat Reports 90% Return Subscription Rate
3.	Google Blocks 'Optimized' Pages
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4.	News: Scripting flaws pose severe risk for IE users. The Register By John Leyden [john dot leyden at theregister dot co dot uk]
5.	News: Trojan poses as naked XXX pics. The Register By John Leyden [john dot leyden at theregister dot co dot uk]
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6.	BugTraq: MDKSA-2003:108 - Updated stunnel packagess fix vulnerabilities. Sender: Mandrake Linux Security Team [security at linux-mandrake dot com]
7.	BugTraq: Re: Speedtouch 510 DOS. Sender: Kenny Gryp [gryp at dakin dot be]
8.	BugTraq: FreeRADIUS <= 0.9.3 rlm_smb module stack overflow vulnerability. Sender: S-Quadra Security Research [e dot legerov at s-quadra dot com]
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9.	Quantum trims workforce for the holidays. Streamlined out
10.	Draft ID card bill makes it to Queen's speech. As expected
11.	Public Wi-Fi still has look and feel of dead duck. Grand Unification Theory
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12.	What Is A Firewall?. This is perhaps the most read article I have written for this site. I have converted it to our newer format and made some minor tweaks. This article introduces some of the basic concepts of how a firewall works, what...
13.	Homeland Security Agency Launches Mock Cyberattack. In an effort to test the stability and interdependencies of the various critical infrastructure networks the Department of Homeland Security initiated a massive mock cyberattack in late October. These types of drills have been done in the past- you can...

11:12:19 AM

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1.	Cable failure hits U.K. Net traffic. A fault in an undersea cable system linking Europe and the United States disrupts Internet and transatlantic telephone services across Britain.
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2.	Siebel services UpShot software (TechTarget). TechTarget - Siebel Systems Inc. has added a customer support module to Siebel CRM OnDemand -- UpShot Edition. It's the first upgrade to the software since Siebel acquired the Mountain View, Calif.-based UpShot Corp. last month.
3.	Make patching less of a grind (TechTarget). TechTarget - Software patching is a way of life today, and there is nothing in the near term to suggest that will change. But there is much that administrators can do to make the job less difficult and grueling, according to one security expert.
4.	Business Watercooler Stories (AP). AP - TAKE A NUMBER: You can now be wedded to your cell phone number, while demanding a divorce from your wireless carrier. A new survey of 600 mobile talkers suggests plenty of folks are ready to do that when their current service contracts expire.
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5.	MPAA, RIAA Seek Permanent Antitrust Exemption
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6.	UK debut for 'blind' mobile. The first mobile phone designed specifically for blind and partially sighted people goes on show in Birmingham.
7.	US approves anti-spam legislation. Congress in the United States approves legislation which attempts to stop unwanted e-mails, or spam.
8.	E-commerce targeted by blackmailers. Companies trading online are under attack from gangs who blackmail with denial-of-service attacks.
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9.	Mandrake: Stunnel file descriptor leak
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10.	Elsewhere: Apple's iTunes hacked. A NORWEGIAN who drew the ire of the Hollywood movie industry by breaking the encryption code for DVDs at age 15 has now cracked the codes for Apple Computer's online musi...
11.	Elsewhere: Security Makeover for ICF, Windows Server 2003. Under its new 'secure the perimeter' initiative, Microsoft (Quote, Chart) plans to introduce a major tweak to the way Windows Server 2003 connects to remote systems and a...
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12.	Ten million Americans pay for music downloads in Q2. Before launch of Windows services
13.	Government IT: wasting money to win votes. Indiana v. India
14.	AIT Group back from the brink. CRM pureplay makes strong comeback
15.	PC maker puts P4 Extreme Edition into... notebooks. Reg Kit Watch Extreme cooling required

10:11:54 AM

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1.	Hilbert's 15th problem solved by 22-year-old student. A Swedish math student has solved number 15 of David Hilbert's 23 math problems for the Twentieth Century, which has stood unsolved since 1900. Link (Thanks, Mikael!)
2.	Diebold ATMs are vulnerable to worms. Diebold's ATMs, which run Windows XP, are the first ATMs to become infected with malware: It is the first known case of a worm actually installing itself on individual ATM operating systems, says Peter Lind, a security expert at Spire Security in Malvern, Pennsylvania... Diebold does not know how the worm got on to the closed financial network. But security experts suggest it could have been carried past security measure on an infected laptop computer. The laptop would have contracted Welchia while connected to the internet, and then transferred it when later connected to the financial network. Link
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3.	Implanted RFID Tag To Replace Cash?
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4.	Think Like a Hacker - The Best Scanning Tool
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5.	Folks paying for music downloads doubled in H1. Before launch of Windows services
6.	Low-end kit drives server market recovery. Don't get too excited
7.	HP heads up Unix server market. Bigger fish in smaller pond

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1.	Yesterday was the best day of my writing career (so far!). Yesterday, I had the flat-out most amazing day of my writing career: I finally got to see the paperback edition of my novel Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, which is out just in time for Christmas. For various good reasons, Tor elected to publish the hardcover in January of last year, too late for Christmas shoppers. A lot of people complained (including me), but it's clear that they knew what they were doing -- the book didn't end up competing with the big, frontlist holiday titles and sold very well indeed. Still, I'm very grateful indeed that the paperback (which Amazon has for $10.36) is out in time for the holidays this year. I also got to hold a copy of the second edition of A Place So Foreign and Eight More, my short story collection, which sold out its first print run in six weeks or so and is well on the way to selling out the second edition, I'm told. A bunch of you submitted errata for this printing, and made it a better book altogether. I'm told that the next printing will have the Neil Gaiman quote added to the cover, which is all to the good indeed. As if that weren't enough, I also got a stack of gorgeous, color-cover advance review copies of Eastern Standard Tribe, my second novel which will be a March, 2004 hardcover on sale in late January (pre-order it for a 30 percent discount). The William Gibson quote on the cover ("Utterly contemporary and deeply peculiar -- a hard combination to beat (or, these days, to find)") looks unspeakably swell... But the good news kept coming. I also got word that my agent, Don Maass, has sold my next two novels, Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town and /usr/bin/god, to Tor for 2005 and 2006 publication. The icing on the cake is that I signed off on the inclusion of Flowers from Alice, a short story that Charlie Stross and I co-wrote for Mike Resnick's forthcoming New Faces in Science Fiction anthology, in a Year's Best Science Fiction anthology.
2.	Creative Commons Moving Image deadline looms. The Creative Commons Moving Image contest (which gets you a G5 or equally shitkicking PC as grand prize for a two-minute film explaining Creative Commons) deadline of Dec 31 is fast approaching -- time to get started! Link
3.	35,000 zombies form lobby group in India. 35,000 Indians have joined the Association of the Living Dead, a group of people whose relatives have cheated them out of their fortunes by bribing officials to have them declared legally dead. The living dead, being dead, can't afford the counterbribes necessary to get un-dead-ified. The ``living dead,'' having been cheated out of their property, cannot afford to pay bribes or even legitimate fees to get their cases dealt with. Lal Bihari, president of the Association of the Living Dead, estimated 35,000 people in Uttar Pradesh state have been wrongly certified as dead. Link (via Beyond the Beyond)
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4.	Bumper Christmas for e-tailers. Online shopping is becoming a key part of preparing for Christmas, with many e-tailers expecting a bumper season.
5.	US approves anti-spam legislation. Congress in the United States approves legislation to stop unwanted e-mails, or spam.
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6.	Ex-MS worker jailed for black market racket. 17 months for raiding internal store
7.	Epson trawls Blighty for new Osbournes. Web stardom beckons for UK's 'Most Typical Family'
8.	BOFH, the Boss and printing p0rn. Episode 29 That's not my credit card. Er... is it?
9.	Damaged undersea cable blamed for UK Net problems. BT, NTL, Telewest hit
10.	Elonex eXentia Media Center PC. Review The way multimedia PCs should be?

8:11:13 AM

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1.	Microsoft revs its automotive engines. The software maker has convinced carmakers to use its Windows CE operating system to power a variety of in-car electronics, from navigation systems to music players to information devices.
2.	Adam Smith's lessons for IT. CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh says that for the U.S. tech industry to retain its current dominant position, it might want to spend less time pleading for special favors.
3.	PeopleSoft CEO: Oracle's stalling. Craig Conway slams rival Oracle for engaging in "stalling tactics" that he says will fail to win the takeover battle.
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4.	Retailers Strive to Meet Shoppers by Store and Screen (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - Theresa Hasty moves easily between Internet shopping and bricks-and-mortar stores.
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5.	Linux 2.6.0 Expected In Mid-December
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6.	Game console sales start to slip. Sales of game consoles are starting to slow down report market analysts.
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7.	Dixons, Capita in call centre talks. Jobs safe, says retailer
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8.	Scripting flaws pose severe risk for IE users

7:10:53 AM

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1.	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.
2.	Villages win faster net access. Broadband access is about to arrive in rural Northamptonshire following petitions demanding high-speed internet.
3.	Online menus for hungry pupils. Pupils at schools in Lancashire can now order their school dinners by computer at the start of the day.
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4.	First integer patented. Stob Only infinity minus one to go
5.	Trading Standards seizes fake Nokia gear. No dodgy batteries this time though
6.	Bill Joy spurned job at 'out of control' Google. Toys R'Us
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7.	Science Data's On the Move. Scientists in a range of disciplines can now look forward to Science UltraNet, the high-speed network Oak Ridge National Laboratory's been awarded $4.5 million to build. It'll be capable of handling massive amounts of science data.
8.	Preparing for the Knockout Blow. Homeland Security simulates terrorist attacks on the pillars of American infrastructure. Preparedness gets a B+ from the chief, but is that a passing grade when the stakes are so high?
9.	Indie Filmmakers: Lift the Ban!. A group of independent filmmakers sue major Hollywood movie studios over a ban on sending out videos of films angling for Oscars. The filmmakers, who want the ban lifted, say it gives blockbuster hits an unfair advantage over indie films.
10.	Window Open for Net-Access Taxes. Congress fails to extend a federal law that keeps state and local governments from taxing Internet access. A sudden rash of new fees is unlikely, though, as the debate will resume in 2004.
11.	New Patch Nixes the Liquid Lunch. Drinking on the job may be a thing of the past if employers adopt a new patch that constantly monitors alcohol levels. By Louise Knapp.
12.	Computer, How Do I Love Thee?. Researchers at MIT's Media Lab are trying to build computers that care about their users. By David Diamond from Wired magazine.
13.	Dust-Up Over E-Vote Paper Trail. A decision by California's secretary of state to require a paper audit trail for electronic voting machines angers county election officials, who may be considering steps to fight the move. By Kim Zetter.
14.	Promise of Eternal Youth Dashed. Ponce de Leon arrived in the New World seeking the legendary Fountain of Youth, so the legend goes. Well, he never found it, and 500 years later, nobody's getting any younger. Michelle Delio reports from St. Augustine, Florida.
15.	Army Quietly Opens JetBlue Probe. Two months after the airline admitted coughing up passenger records to a defense contractor, the Army finally says it's investigating the matter. By Ryan Singel.
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16.	WEP gives false sense of security
17.	U.S. funds study of tech monocultures
18.	Simulated terrorist cyberattack exposes problems
19.	Virus protection: it's time to patch things up!

6:10:34 AM

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1.	E-commerce targeted by blackmailers. Companies trading online are under attack from criminal gangs who blackmail them with denial-of-service attacks.
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2.	Small.biz neglects online presence. Roaming the web wilderness
3.	Enterprises are hotspots for WLAN. Growth path
4.	First integer patented. Only infinity minus one to go
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5.	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.
6.	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.
7.	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.
8.	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.
9.	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.
10.	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.
11.	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.
12.	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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13.	Security makeover for ICF, Windows Server 2003

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1.	Dilbert for 26 Nov 2003.
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2.	Non Sequitur for 26 Nov 2003.
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3.	When will wireless networks be secure?
4.	Firewall Builder 1.1

4:09:53 AM

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1.	Antispam Bill Passes Senate by Voice Vote. The Senate passed a bill to curb junk commercial e-mail by voice vote, bringing national regulations on spam closer to reality. By Jennifer 8. Lee.
2.	Force in Hewlett-Compaq Merger Resigns. Jeffrey J. Clarke, a leader of the team that put the operations of Hewlett-Packard and Compaq together in the wake of their contentious merger, resigned unexpectedly. By Steve Lohr.
3.	Eugene Kleiner, Early Promoter of Silicon Valley, Dies at 80. Eugene Kleiner's money and ideas helped spawn Fairchild Semiconductor and numerous other high-technology companies. By The Associated Press.
4.	A Holiday Ride From the Internet to the Table. Shopping for gifts of food online has become as sophisticated as catalog shopping and much more convenient. By Marian Burros.
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5.	Amnesty accuses Vietnam of silencing online dissent (AFP). AFP - Amnesty International accused the Vietnamese government of using national security as a pretext to silence cyber-dissidents and stifle freedom of expression on the Internet.
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6.	Gamers Are Good People, Too

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1.	Server Market Grew 1.9% In 3Q For Second Qtr In A Row (Dow Jones). Dow Jones - PALO ALTO, Calif. (Dow Jones)--Worldwide server sales grew 1.9% in the third quarter to $10.8 billion as the market registered a gain for the second quarter in a row.
2.	Vodafone Australia to launch 3G services alone (FT.com). FT.com - Vodafone plans to deliver 3G services to its customers in Australia in 2005 despite its failure to find a local partner to share the cost of the new network.
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3.	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.
4.	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.
5.	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.
6.	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.
7.	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.
8.	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.
9.	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.	Server growth beats analyst forecast. The server market grew faster than expected in the third quarter, logging a 2 percent increase, to $10.8 billion, on sales of lower-end systems, research firm IDC is expected to announce Wednesday.
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2.	ARIA Threatens To Sue Internet Service Providers
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3.	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.
4.	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.
5.	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.
6.	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.
7.	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.
8.	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.
9.	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.
10.	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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