Gregg's Security News Aggregator

Wednesday, December 10, 2003

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1.	Spamware dissected. This is an amazing technical dissection of a piece of spamware that was implanted on a savvy user's webserver, a hunk of code that cleverly turned the machine into a piece of a distributed spamming cluster. After the identification, the client sends the report command, and sends a list of exactly 1000 items, each item composed by the e-mail identification number (as shown above), and two other arguments, the first one is an error code that determines if the e-mail has been sent (for instance, 6 means 'Timeout connecting to host', 11 that the e-mail has been sent, 9 means 'Timeout reading from socket', ...) and it will be clearly shown in the next paragraphs, and the third one that I haven't identified yet, but it could be a flag to know if the e-mail address has been treated. It seems that it is the report for telling which e-mail address is valid. Just to be sure, I executed the daemon with its configuration file slightly modified, changing the /dev/null to real files to watch its logs. As seen in the daemon's configuration file, there are three different logs: logfile, speedlog and out. The last one (out) is always empty, but the other two contain interesting things: As seen in the daemon's configuration file, there are three different logs: logfile, speedlog and out. The last one (out) is always empty, but the other two contain interesting things; following is the speedlog file: Link (via /.)
2.	Turning off your SSID is dumb. Good, short white-paper explains why turning off your WiFi access point's SSID broadcast is not only bad for security, it's also bad for performance. Contrary to a common belief that the SSID is a WLAN security feature and its exposure a security risk, the SSID is nothing more than a wireless-space group label. It cannot be successfully hidden. Attempts to hide it will not only fail, but will negatively impact WLAN performance, and may result in additional exposure of the SSID to passive scanning. The performance impact of this misguided effort will be felt in multiple WLAN scenarios, including simple operations like joining a WLAN, and in significantly longer roaming times. 129k PDF Link) (via WiFi Net News)
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3.	Hold It Right There, and Drop That Camera. Seeing a threat to privacy, several municipalities have restricted the use of cellphone-cameras. By Jo Napolitano.
4.	Conjuring a Superphone, With 3 Formulas to Choose. A new Microsoft operating system powers a Motorola phone designed to compete with models from Handspring and Sony. By David Pogue.
5.	Smart Plug May Banish Cable Clutter. A small HDMI cable can replace all the audio and video cables needed to display a high-definition image on a screen. By Eric A. Taub.
6.	For Hearing Aids, a Lesson From a Fly on the Wall. A fly with extraordinarily sharp hearing inspires an advance in the technology of hearing aids. By Anne Eisenberg.
7.	Everything the Adventurer Could Want, and Less. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time melds action and adventure in a single polished video game. By Charles Herold.
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8.	Early Days Of a Data-Sharing Revolution (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - A new version of Intuit Inc.'s "ItsDeductible" software, which hit retail stores last week, uses eBay's auction prices to estimate the value of charitable donations for tax write-offs.
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9.	SCO Group Web Site Attacked Again

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1.	Mugging caught on audioblog entry. A LiveJournaller was phoning in an audioblog item when she and her friends were beaten and robbed. The thieves didn't think to turn off the phone, and were captured and audblogged to her journal. Link (Thanks, Paul!)
2.	Did Blaster cause the August blackout?. Bruce Schneier (author of Beyond Fear) speculates that the great August blackout on the East Coast may have been caused by the Blaster worm. Although the worm didn't have to perform any malicious actions on the computers it infected, its mere existence drained resources and often caused the host computer to crash. To remove the worm, a system administrator had to run a program that erased the malicious code; then, the administrator had to patch the vulnerability so that the computer would not get reinfected. The coincidence is too obvious to ignore. At 2:14 p.m. EDT, the MSBlast worm was dropping systems all across North America. The report doesn't explain why so many computers--both primary and backup systems--at FirstEnergy were failing at around the same time. But MSBlast is certainly a reasonable suspect. Link
3.	SCO sends IBM 1,000,000 pieces of paper. As part of a court order to provide IBM with evidence relating to SCO's frivolous anti-Linux lawsuit, SCO sent IBM one million sheets of paper on which were printed the source-code that SCO alleges is being infringed upon. Of course, this is just a tactic to sabotage IBM's defense, since it needs all that code in a machine-readable format. "Knowing full well that IBM would need its source code in electronic form so that proper analyses--such as those SCO itself claims to have performed--could be conducted, SCO instead produced the source code on one million sheets of paper," IBM said in the motion. "The only reason for SCO's production of code on paper was, we believe, to stall the progress of these proceedings while giving the (false) impression of being forthcoming in its discovery responses." In response to IBM's complaint, Stowell said, "If a company wants code, it's the other party's decision to provide that any way they feel like providing that." Link (via Dan Gillmor)
4.	Canadian courts to enforce Shari'a-based arbitration. The Canadian judicial system is admitting a new class of arbitrators who will rule on the basis of Shari'a law. If two parties want to settle a civil dispute according to Muslim law, they can seek out a Shari'a arbitrator, whose judgement will be enforced by the regular Canadian courts. Link (via Smartpatrol)
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5.	Sharp puts Word files on phones
6.	Cisco stays mum on 'huge fast router'. Cisco Systems introduces upgrades to its family of core routers at its annual analyst conference but sheds no light on plans for a next-generation product many say is close to completion.
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7.	AT&T Wireless Fixes Most Number-Switching Snags (Reuters). Reuters - AT&T Wireless Service Inc. (AWE.N) said on Wednesday it had cleared most of the backlog of customers trying to switch their telephone numbers to and from other carriers, which stemmed from weeks of computer havoc.
8.	Tech Group Aims at Profit-Friendly File-Sharing (Reuters). Reuters - The world's largest software and music companies, together with a broad alliance of companies, on Wednesday said they would work together in a bid to transform Internet file sharing from a haven for piracy into a potential profit center.
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9.	BargainPDA: Bluetooth PDA Keyboards To Be Released in March 2004. Every now and then I wish for this for my P800, but I wonder if it's small enough to carry around.
10.	Joshua Marinacci: Make Your Swing App Go Native, Part 1.
11.	The Register: WiMAX trials speed up.
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1.	HP shuffles more executives. Hewlett-Packard outlines plans to shift the responsibilities of several executives and hires a new human-resources chief.
2.	U.K. toys with R&D tax credits
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3.	MicroStrategy Sues Rival's Affiliate Over Patents (Reuters). Reuters - Business software maker MicroStrategy Inc. (MSTR.O) on Wednesday sued Crystal Decisions alleging that the company -- which is about to be bought by MicroStrategy rival Business Objects SA -- infringed on three of its key patents.
4.	Video Game Firm to Pull Haitian Dialogue (AP). AP - The manufacturer of a video game that has been harshly criticized for its portrayal of Haitians has agreed to remove dialogue that encouraged players to "kill all Haitians."
5.	Firm Asks Court to Clear Windows 'Pop-Up' Ads (Reuters). Reuters - A federal judge will consider on Monday whether a San Diego company may continue to take advantage of an obscure feature in Windows software to send "pop-up" messages promoting its own software to block such ads, a lawyer said on Wednesday.
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6.	CRF Reveals Draft of New DRM Technology
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7.	CNet: Group wants P2P files to pay. "The Content Reference Forum is hoping to create a kind of intelligent file that can be distributed through file-sharing networks like Kazaa, Web pages, e-mail or almost anywhere else online. Instead of containing a song or movie itself, the file would set up a process that automatically delivers files in the right format and potentially triggers an automatic payment system that could be changed moment to moment by the content distributor." The P2P aspect looks bogus; why would I share one of these reference files? Why would I try to download legitimate content through Kazaa? If I want legitimate content I'll go to the official source.
8.	Bruce Perens updated the UserLinux manifesto; now it's even worse than it appears. "It is not an attempt to produce a 'Linux for Grandma', but is usable by the millions of people with the technical skill to run GNU/Linux systems at home, many of whom do so to facilitate their business or employment. Of course we'll take advantage of improvements in user friendliness as they are developed, however it's not our intent to lead their development." As far as I can tell, they're not planning to develop anything.
9.	Progeny is going to be selling security patches for Red Hat 7.3, 8.0, and 9 for $5/month/computer. I'm sure someone will subscribe to this, recompile the SRPMs, and post them on an FTP site.
10.	The SMC2536W-AG is the first high-power 802.11a card I've seen.
11.	Small Net Builder: Atheros Super-G Need To Know - Part 1, Part 2.
12.	Mozilla.org is working hard on Mozilla 1.6, which they will then throw away and replace with Firebird. Sorry, but I just don't get it.
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13.	US on top in tech competitiveness. The US is using information technology to boost economic growth more than any other country in the world, according to a survey.
14.	Top UK sites 'fail privacy test'. Some of the top UK websites are flouting new EU legislation that aims to protect the privacy web users.
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1.	SEC rule may nudge Google toward IPO. The search giant appears to be in no hurry to become a publicly traded company, but a little-known securities regulation might force it to start behaving like one.
2.	Wi-Fi start-ups look to combo chips. Sychip and other Wi-Fi semiconductor manufacturers are trying to woo customers by integrating radio functions into a single chip or package.
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3.	Will Wi-Fi Travel the Friendly Skies? (PC World). PC World - FAA considers overturning the ban on using wireless devices during flights.
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4.	ICANN Troubles At UN Summit On Internet
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5.	HP picks leaders for new divisions. Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) named key leaders in its latest organizational restructure Wednesday, the day after it announced plans to consolidate its services and enterprise computing groups.
6.	UN's Annan views Net summit as "global opportunity". For a change, Kofi Annan, secretary-general of the United Nations (U.N.), didn't have to face an auditorium full of diplomats confronted with the threat of war when he took to the podium at the opening session of World Summit on the Information Society on Wednesday.
7.	SCO's Web site hit with DoS attack. The SCO Group Inc.'s Web site has been knocked out of service by a denial of service (DoS) attack, the company confirmed on Wednesday.
8.	Update: Intel reorganizes communications groups. BOSTON - Intel Corp. has decided to combine its communications businesses into a single unit, one week after expressing concern over the long-term growth prospects for that business.
9.	IE glitch gives spoofers powerful tool. A newly discovered vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser could be a powerful new tool for scammers, allowing them to convincingly mask the real origin of Web pages used to trick targets into revealing sensitive information.
10.	Microsoft starts enrollment for new partner program. Microsoft has opened enrollment for its Microsoft Partner Program, a program announced in October that will combine Microsoft's traditional partners with those it inherited when it bought Great Plains Software and Navision.
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11.	IE glitch gives spoofers powerful tool. A newly discovered vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser could be a powerful new tool for scammers, allowing them to convincingly mask the real origin of Web pages used to trick targets into revealing sensitive information.
12.	Delayed patch ends Microsoft's patch-free month early. A glitch in Microsoft's Windows Update automated patching service caused a security fix that was released last month to be delivered to computer users on Tuesday, the same day Microsoft proclaimed December would be a patch-free month.
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13.	Intelligence experts question maturity of biometrics technology
14.	Firms Alarmed Over Encryption Order
15.	SCO Site Downed By DDoS Attack
16.	Los Alamos National Lab Suffers Security Lapse
17.	TROJ_WINCAP.C
18.	WORM_CRACK.A
19.	TROJ_IRCUHIL.A
20.	Internet worms and critical infrastructure
21.	Infocus: A Comparison Study of Three Worm Families and Their Propagation in a Network

8:19:21 PM

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1.	Scary article about the flu. There isn't enough flu vaccine medicine to go around this year, but that might not matter, because the vaccine might not be effective against the "Fujian" flu that's going around. Bad as they are, the difficulties in coping with this year's influenza epidemic are like the tiny tremors in California that remind you of the looming Big One. In the world of influenza, the Big One is a pandemicâ€”a strain of influenza so different from what has circulated before that people have no immunity. That's what happened in 1918 when the flu killed between 20 million and 40 million people worldwide. Pandemics that killed well over half a million also struck in both 1957 and 1968. Link(thanks, Scott!)
2.	Looney Tunes composer profiled in Slate. Nice article about Carl Stalling, composer of Looney Toons scores Link (thanks, Scott!)
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3.	The Wonderful World Of Words.
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4.	Spare a microdrive, Toshiba?. As the mini-mass-storage market marches on, Toshiba gets set to unveil a hard drive that's about the same size as a quarter. The debut will come at next month's Consumer Electronics Show.
5.	Data attack cripples SCO Web site. For the third time this year, unknown attackers deluge the SCO Group's site with enough data to make it inaccessible.
6.	IE bug lets fake sites look real. Microsoft says it is looking into reports of a potential bug in its Web browser that could help malicious hackers design convincing Web site spoofs.
7.	Ailing calling-card business hurts Net2Phone. The Internet telephone company's first-quarter revenue drops partly because of its quicker-than-expected exit from an unprofitable calling-card business.
8.	Pop-up purveyor fights FTC. A software start-up is fighting a court order that shut it down after it exploited a flaw in Windows Messenger service to send pop-up advertisements.
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9.	SCO Said Site Was Attacked, Brought Down (Reuters). Reuters - SCO Group Inc. (SCOX.O), the small software maker suing IBM over the use of software code used for the Linux operating system, said on Wednesday its home page was brought down by a hacker attack in the morning.
10.	SCO Group Web Site Hacked Again (AP). AP - For the third time this year, the SCO Group's Web site came under attack, apparently by hackers unhappy with the company's legal threats against users of the Linux operating system.
11.	Take-Two to Edit Haitian Remarks from Video Game (Reuters). Reuters - Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (TTWO.O) has decided to edit its smash-hit game "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" to remove a controversial line of dialogue in which a character is ordered to "kill the Haitians."
12.	FindWhat.com Raises Sales and Earnings Forecast (Reuters). Reuters - Internet marketing company FindWhat.com (FWHT.O) on Wednesday said fourth-quarter sales and earnings would top estimates because of strong seasonal demand.
13.	Computers Delay Number Transfers-AT&T Wireless (Reuters). Reuters - AT&T Wireless Service Inc. said on Wednesday it had cleared most of the backlog of customers trying to switch their telephone numbers to and from other carriers, which was stemmed from weeks of computer havoc.
14.	Game Publishers See Some Hope for Holidays (Reuters). Reuters - Three leading video game publishers said on Wednesday their top titles are selling well, brushing off gloomy Wall Street outlooks about the industry's performance during the crucial holiday shopping season.
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15.	Kermit Alive and Well on the Space Station
16.	Microsoft Wins HTML App Patent
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17.	BugTraq: [SCSA-023] Multiple vulnerabilities in Mambo Server. Sender: Security Corporation Security Advisory [advisory at security-corporation dot com]
18.	BugTraq: MDKSA-2003:112-1 - Updated cvs packages fix malformed module request vulnerability. Sender: Mandrake Linux Security Team [security at linux-mandrake dot com]
19.	BugTraq: MDKSA-2003:114 - Updated ethereal packages fix multiple remotely exploitable vulnerabilities. Sender: Mandrake Linux Security Team [security at linux-mandrake dot com]
20.	BugTraq: A new TCP/IP blind data injection technique?. Sender: Michal Zalewski [lcamtuf at ghettot dot org]
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21.	Sun sets Solaris x86 free. Back where we started
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22.	Nouvelle faille pour Internet Explorer 6, attention aux arnaques !
23.	Guardian Digital Security Suite Based on Open Source

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1.	HP Moves Executives in Restructuring (Reuters). Reuters - Computer and printer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ.N) on Wednesday detailed plans to restructure its business units that sell computer servers, software and services to corporate customers.
2.	Intel Plans Reorganization of Communications Groups (Dow Jones). Dow Jones - SAN FRANCISCO -- Intel Corp. (NasdaqNM:INTC - News) announced a major restructuring of its struggling communications efforts, less than a week after announcing an embarrassing $600 million write-off in the company's wireless chip business.
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3.	Building A Low-Budget TiVo Substitute?
4.	Microsoft: Patches, Patches Everywhere!
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5.	Mugabe slams 'global inequality'. Zimbabwe's president uses a UN meeting on internet technology to attack the general world order.
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6.	Infocus: Worm Propagation In Protected Networks. Many documents explore worm propagation methods across the global Internet. In contrast, this analysis focuses on the impact of three prominent worms (Blaster, Slammer, and Code Red I/II) inside protected networks, once the security perimeter has been breached.
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7.	U.S. agencies earn overall grade of D for computer security
8.	Most Federal Agencies Flunk Internet Security
9.	Kofi Annan: Keep Media Free!
10.	Company Fights for Pop-Up Rights

5:20:40 PM

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1.	Election Day 2004 newspaper parody. Excellent Fark.com Photoshop contest -- front pages on Election Day 2004. Link (thanks, rb!)
2.	More wonderful Woodring Weirdness. The fun loving freaks at STRANGEco comissioned Jim Woodring to design this lovely seven-inch Dorbel figurine. Link
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3.	Cisco chief says IT spending will rise. Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers gives an upbeat assessment of information technology spending next year, saying Cisco customers are "beginning to get their foot off the brake."
4.	AMD moves deeper into China. Advanced Micro Devices looks outside the PC to foster more growth in the technology market in China.
5.	Novell, NetApp pledge allegiance to Linux group. The software maker and the storage company join the influential Open Source Development Lab, one of the main groups promoting Linux for businesses.
6.	SAP, Microsoft draw battle lines. The companies are set to clash in the business software market, despite public attempts to downplay the budding rivalry.
7.	Group wants P2P files to pay. A new standards group, anchored by Microsoft and Universal Music, is developing a technology that members hope will let music, movies and other content be distributed more efficiently online.
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8.	The Long-Sought Definition of 'CRM' Revealed (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - To introduce this series on CRM best practices, it makes sense to remind those who know -- and enlighten those who just think they know -- as to what the definition of "customer relationship management" really is. To indulge in an apropos cliché, "You need to know where you are going if you have any hope of getting there."
9.	New Ways To Exploit Windows Flaws Give Hackers Ammo (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - A security firm has discovered new ways for hackers to exploit two known flaws in the Windows operating system -- both of which Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) recently has patched -- to propagate worms similar to the SQL Slammer or the MSBlast attacks that infected computers across the globe earlier this year.
10.	Lindows Posing Bigger Threat to Microsoft (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - Yes, open source on the desktop has suddenly gained a bit of traction that did not seem possible a year ago. But it is only traction, up to this point, and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has not lost any market share.
11.	Cisco Delivers New Router Technology (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) has unveiled its next-generation routing technology -- designed to boost the capacity of telecom operators' core networks and to support emerging broadband services at the networks' periphery without requiring major framework changes.
12.	Camera Phone Bans Seen as Aiding Privacy (Reuters). Reuters - Camera cell phones, one of the hottest items on this year's Christmas must-have list, is also a growing privacy issue for both consumers and organizations.
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13.	Bulding A Low-Budget TiVo Substitute?
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14.	Davis, Putnam Acknowledge Federal Computer Security Progress
15.	Solid Slate Of New Wares Debuts At InfoSecurity

4:20:20 PM

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1.	Dick Cheney shoots 70 pen-raised birds. Poor Dick Cheney. Those defered-salary payments he receives from Halliburton Oil (which has been importing oil into Iraq -- at taxpayer expense -- at twice the rate other companies have been trucking it in from Kuwait) must not be enough to pay for groceries. He has to go out and shoot his food. Read about his exciting bird hunting trip, where he shot 70 "pen-raised animals that cannot escape." He sure must be hungry. Link
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2.	Mystery patch blots Microsoft's fix-free month. The software giant scrambles to find out why a fix for FrontPage is making the rounds, when it had decided not to issue any patches in December.
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3.	Media 100 offers hardware-based Media 100 HD (MacCentral). MacCentral - Media 100 Inc. has supported the Mac with updated OS X-native versions of its Media 100 i software, but it's been eight years since the company produced any hardware for the Mac. Now that drought has ended with the introduction of the Media 100 HD, a new native High Definition (HD) and Standard Definition (SD) editing system that resides on a PCI-based expansion card.
4.	Firms Alarmed Over Encryption Order (AP). AP - U.S. officials and businesses expressed alarm Wednesday about newly issued regulations that appear to require equipment makers to deal with their Chinese competitors to get access to the encryption standards required for wireless networks.
5.	Student Finds Largest Known Prime Number (AP). AP - More than 200,000 computers spent years looking for the largest known prime number. It turned up on Michigan State University graduate student Michael Shafer's off-the-shelf PC. The number is 6,320,430 digits long and would need 1,400 to 1,500 pages to write out. It is more than 2 million digits larger than the previous largest known prime number.
6.	Political leaders trumpet need to bridge digital divide (AFP). AFP - Political leaders trumpeted the need to close the global technology gap at the world's first information summit, with Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe warning the north against using their technological might to further suppress the south.
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7.	The Definitive Episode 3 Spoiler Synopsis
8.	SCO Investor Changing the Deal
9.	Emachines 64-bit Athlons Now On Sale
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10.	Rev. Al Sharpton did not invent the Internet. Not sure he knows how to use it
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11.	TROJ_MSNMASMSG.A
12.	Les distributeurs américains de billets contaminés par un virus
13.	Head Of ATF To Direct RIAA Anti-Piracy
14.	FOXNews.com - Politics - ATF Director to Head Music Industry's Anti-Piracy Efforts
15.	China Releases Own WLAN Security Standard
16.	IEEE: Chinese security standard could fracture Wi-Fi
17.	China implements new Wi-Fi security standard
18.	U.S. Agencies Earn "D" For Computer Security
19.	Davis, Putnam Acknowledge Federal Computer Security Progress
20.	China implements new Wi-Fi security standard

3:20:00 PM

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1.	Yes, Virginia, storage is sexy. That's a message Quantum CEO Rick Belluzzo plans to promote--but first there's that nasty red ink to stanch.
2.	WS-I releases Web services application sample
3.	HP shuffles more executives. Hewlett-Packard outlines plans to shift the responsibilities of several executives and also says it has hired a new top human-resources executive.
4.	Briefly: WS-I releases Web services app model. Standards body makes available Web services sample guidelines...RIAA hires a U.S. Justice Department director to head its antipiracy operations...Patent office chief steps down.
5.	Microsoft wins HTML application patent. The patent awarded to the software giant covers a method of opening up a certain kind of HTML application within Windows.
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6.	Sungard to Buy SCT for $584 Million (Reuters). Reuters - Sungard Data Systems Inc. (SDS.N) said on Wednesday it agreed to buy Systems & Computer Technology Corp. (SCTC.O), a provider of technology services and software to U.S. universities, for about $584 million.
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7.	Vulnerabilities: SGI rpc.mountd Unauthorized Drive Mounting Vulnerability. rpc.mountd is an RPC server that handles NFS file system mount requests. SGI has announced the existence of a vulnerability in rpc.mountd that could lead to the unauthor...
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8.	Microsoft running on Microsoft again. Linux? What Linux?
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9.	Elsewhere: Flaw could unleash another Slammer
10.	PRJM_RAYMANTA.A
11.	Oracle Releases 10g App Server
12.	Firms fight 500 internet attacks a month
13.	Yahoo Plugs Security Hole In Web-Mail Service

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1.	EarthLink hooks onto Staples. The ISP is partnering with the office store chain to market its Internet services. Customers in certain stores can use kiosks to sign up for high-speed Web access.
2.	Qwest dials up VoIP. Qwest Communications International is selling Internet telephone service to a few hundred of its broadband customers in Minnesota.
3.	America Online proposes Love.com. America Online makes good on its intentions, launching a preview of its Web personals service, which aims to ride the company's IM success into the lucrative Internet dating sector.
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4.	Intel Combining Wireless, Communications (AP). AP - Less than a week after warning of a $600 million fourth-quarter charge, Intel Corp. said it is consolidating the unit that caused the problem into another of its businesses.
5.	U.N. Tech Summit Split on Press Freedom (AP). AP - Leaders from more than 50 countries Wednesday launched a summit to "bridge the digital divide" and expand use of the Internet to poor countries, but a split quickly emerged over whether news media should be free or restricted.
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6.	Linux Power Tools
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7.	Elsewhere: Flaw could unleash another Slammer. A research company warned Tuesday that an attacker could use a recently patched Microsoft flaw to create a fast-moving worm similar to SQL Slammer, which spread rapidly a...
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8.	BugTraq: Cisco Security Advisory: Unity Vulnerabilities on IBM-based Servers. Sender: Cisco Systems Product Security Incident Response Team [psirt at cisco dot com]
9.	BugTraq: Multiple Vulnerabilities Sybase Anywhere 9. Sender: Next Generation Insight Security Research (NGS Software) [mark at ngssoftware dot com]
10.	BugTraq: SGI Advanced Linux Environment security update #6. Sender: SGI Security Coordinator [agent99 at sgi dot com]
11.	BugTraq: Cisco Security Advisory: Vulnerability in Authentication Library for ACNS. Sender: Cisco Systems Product Security Incident Response Team [psirt at cisco dot com]
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12.	RIAA hires guns, alcohol and smokes expert to fight piracy. Getting at the seedy underbelly of the US
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13.	IBM Powers National Weather Service Linux Migration
14.	New industry group tries its hand at DRM

1:19:19 PM

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1.	Alien porn, hot space babes.. I don't usually post links to regular old XXX porn sites on BoingBoing, but this one -- well, it's not regular. The kitsch is so thick you'll need a shovel -- cracked me up too hard to pass up. Promises "hot space babes," "celebrity beauties exposed to intergalactic invaders... alien monsters, galactic sex training, and more" -- shot with the lowest production values this side of the twelve colonies. Don't miss the poster for the site's remake of It Came from Outer Space. Warning: gratuitous purple appendages, much spurting of green liquid; probably about the least worksafe thing ever linked to from this blog. Link (thanks, Invisible Cowgirl)
2.	String Cheese Incident takes on Ticketbastard. From this month's issue of Mother Jones: How the String Cheese Incident -- five barefoot, mandolin- plucking improvisers from Boulder -- is taking on the most hated corporation in music (...)What do you call a company that has preserved its near monopoly for more than a decade despite numerous antitrust lawsuits, that charges exorbitant fees to its captive customers, whose CEO is said to revel in the fact that he "crushed" one of America's most beloved rock and roll bands when it dared to take the company on, that (for these reasons and more) is near the top of most Americans' list of companies they love to hate? Well, some people call it Ticketbastard, but Ticketmaster doesn't mind, so long as people keep calling -- and logging on and walking up to its outlets, which they did enough times last year to buy 95 million tickets, worth $4 billion, on behalf of its parent, Barry Diller's InterActiveCorp. Link
3.	Jellybath: surely space aliens are responsible. This product looks like it could fit comfortably on that alien porn site below. Fancy getting naked in a tub full of warm, aromatherapeutic slime? Jellybath turns ordinary bath water into a soothing puddle of brightly-colored gel. Don't knock it 'til you've tried it. Site includes a how-to quicktime video. Link (thanks, Quin!)
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4.	For Oracle, it's ready, set, grid. As the industry continues to embrace grid computing, the software maker is set to ship its Application Server 10g on Thursday and a database update later this month.
5.	Emachines sneaks in Athlon 64 desktop. The computer maker releases a desktop based on Advanced Micro Devices' latest desktop PC processor.
6.	Intel to combine networking chip groups. The Intel Communications Group, which offers networking chips, will absorb the chipmaker's unit that creates chips for wireless networks and cellular phones.
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7.	HP combines services, enterprise divisions (SiliconValley.com). SiliconValley.com - Restructuring is just part of the routine at the new Hewlett-Packard.
8.	AOL lays off 375 in Mountain View (SiliconValley.com). SiliconValley.com - America Online laid off 375 Mountain View software developers Tuesday and will close two California development centers as part of an ongoing effort to cut costs.
9.	Four Horsemen of Internet see tough times (USATODAY.com). USATODAY.com - Before the Internet bubble burst, there were four companies that, in Wall Street's eyes, could do no wrong: Cisco (CSCO), EMC (EMC), Sun Microsystems (SUNW) and Oracle (ORCL).
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10.	China Releases Own WLAN Security Standard
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11.	Annan calls for web to widen. Most websites are irrelevant to the real needs of people says UN secretary general.
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12.	AMD eyes 45-nanometer transistors. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) researchers on Tuesday revealed details of how their company plans to build processors using the next-generation 45-nanometer process technology that AMD hopes to have in production by as early as 2007.
13.	New industry group tries its hand at DRM. In the latest effort to respond to the threat from online piracy, a group of large media and technology companies on Wednesday unveiled a new specification for a technology that will distribute digital content to consumers online while honoring complex contractual relationships that exist among media owners.
14.	Controversy over Chinese WLAN standard deepens. Licensing requirements at the heart of a Chinese standard for wireless LANs (WLANs) threaten to disrupt the ability of networking equipment vendors to do business in China, according to a U.S. technology trade group.
15.	Yahoo fixes e-mail service security flaw. Yahoo Inc. has fixed a flaw in its Web-based e-mail service that exposed Yahoo Mail users to serious attacks, including potential interception of personal data, security company Finjan Software Inc. said Wednesday.
16.	AmberPoint readies Java Web services tool - Infoworld Staff. Web services management software vendor AmberPoint on Wednesday is announcing Java versions of its AmberPoint Express developer tool for monitoring and debugging Web services.
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17.	New industry group tries its hand at DRM. In the latest effort to respond to the threat from online piracy, a group of large media and technology companies on Wednesday unveiled a new specification for a technology that will distribute digital content to consumers online while honoring complex contractual relationships that exist among media owners.
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18.	EMC ups Q4 target on acquisition optimism. Documentum in hand
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19.	IBM WebSphere XML Parsing Lets Remote Users Consume CPU Resources With SOAP Requests
20.	Microsoft ASP.NET Web Services XML Parsing Lets Remote Users Consume CPU Resources With SOAP Requests
21.	Macromedia ColdFusion XML Parsing Lets Remote Users Consume CPU Resources With SOAP Requests
22.	Macromedia JRun XML Parsing Lets Remote Users Consume CPU Resources With SOAP Requests
23.	10 Dec W32/Yaha-Y
24.	Gemplus et Bell ID signent un accord mondial de distribution pour la gestion des cartes à puce dans les applications de securite d entreprise
25.	Integralis choisit NetIQ MailMarshal pour contrôler son reseau et lutter contre le spam
26.	PowerQuest Acquired by Symantec
27.	Fiorina: Upbeat Economy Puts H-P On Track for 20% Growth

12:19:02 PM

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1.	Freddie To Pay $125 Million Penalty In Settlement With OFHEO (Dow Jones). Dow Jones - WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight said Wednesday that Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE - News) has agreed to pay a civil money penalty of $125 million as part of a consent order with the regulator.
2.	Why DoCoMo endorsement of Linux is a big deal (Ziff Davis). Ziff Davis - Chris Preimesberger of IT Manager's Journal, thinks NTT DoCoMo, the giant Japanese telecom's embracing Linux isn't your run-of-the-mill Linux endorsement.
3.	Holiday Game Over? (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - Say it isn't so! The one segment of the electronics market that's supposed to do well each and every holiday season -- video games -- appears to be sagging this year.
4.	Delegates log on as first global information summit goes live (AFP). AFP - Political leaders gathered in Geneva for a UN-sponsored summit that aims to help close the technology gap between rich and poor countries and devise a new framework to govern the unruly Internet.
5.	AOL Looking for Love and Money in Love.com (Reuters). Reuters - America Online launched a new online dating service on Wednesday, banking on making a match in financial heaven from the millions of singles flirting in its bustling chat service.
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6.	U.S. Agencies Earn "D" For Computer Security
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7.	News: Mafia recruiting spammers, crackers, AV chief warns. The Register By John Leyden [john dot leyden at theregister dot co dot uk]
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8.	HP gets tough with grey market dealers. Takes UK reseller to court
9.	UK anti-spam law goes live. Analysis Will they work?
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10.	Developers take Linux attacks to heart
11.	@Mail Web Interface Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
12.	BNCweb File Disclosure Vulnerability
13.	Multiple Vendor SOAP Server (XML Parser) Attribute Blowup Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
14.	Mafia muscles in on spam and viruses
15.	Making the VPN connection
16.	Elsewhere: Yahoo Fixes Security Hole in Yahoo E-Mail
17.	Elsewhere: Bugwatch: Prove you believe in privacy
18.	News: Sobig-F blamed for massive increase in spam
19.	News: Mafia recruiting spammers, crackers, AV chief warns

11:18:40 AM

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1.	Annan: Internet Can Better People's Lives (AP). AP - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged government and business leaders Wednesday to expand the power of the Internet to improve the lives of people around the world.
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2.	AOL Lays Off 450 In California
3.	Portable MP3 Hardware Sales Up
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4.	Elsewhere: Yahoo Fixes Security Hole in Yahoo E-Mail. Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news) on Wednesday said it had fixed a security hole in its popular free Web-based e-mail service. The hole could have allowed an attacker to ...
5.	Elsewhere: Bugwatch: Prove you believe in privacy. Each week vnunet.com asks a different expert to give their views on recent virus and security issues, with advice, warnings and information on the latest threats. This w...
6.	News: Federal agencies flunk IT security audit. Again. The Register By John Leyden [john dot leyden at theregister dot co dot uk]
7.	News: Sobig-F blamed for massive increase in spam. The Register By John Leyden [john dot leyden at theregister dot co dot uk]
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8.	Developers take Linux attacks to heart
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9.	Yahoo! Messenger YAuto.DLL Open Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
10.	RSync Daemon Mode Undisclosed Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability

10:18:19 AM

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1.	Experimenting with topics. This is a test post about activeRenderer, webOutliner and k-collector to get a feel of how topics work on the local side. [read more]
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2.	Playing for keeps. Game boxes lead race for media 'uberdevice.'
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3.	Macworld Expo to feature gaming area (MacCentral). MacCentral - IDG World Expo on Wednesday announced that the Macintosh Gaming Area will return to Macworld Conference & Expo. The show runs from January 5 - 9, 2004 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, Calif.
4.	Third-generation mobile phones fail to connect in Austria (AFP). AFP - Third-generation (3G) mobile phones have left clients in Austria cold, seven months after the new technology was launched here with great fanfare.
5.	Germany hopes to save billions by moving government services online (AFP). AFP - Germany launched a fresh initiative to bring more government services online, aiming to slash red tape for its citizens and save billions in public spending.
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6.	TiVo Goes After Sites Hosting Image Backups
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7.	Mozilla 1.6 Beta Released
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8.	EDS rallies troops over tax credits fiasco. MemoWatch Down in the dumps
9.	DiY $5k cruise project shut down, missile goes into hiding. An original, as harmless hobbyists go...
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10.	Alternative methods for protecting your company from viruses
11.	The highs and lows of the CSO
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12.	Ben Barnett Guestbook Input Validation Flaw Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
13.	BNCweb Input Validation Flaw Discloses Files to Remote Users
14.	Keine Dezember-Patches von Microsoft
15.	Bestätigt: Wurm in Geldautomaten
16.	Most UK companies 'still vulnerable' to blended attacks
17.	Federal agencies flunk IT security audit. Again

9:18:00 AM

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1.	Inherent insecurity. Droplets founder Philip Brittan says blaming Microsoft is a poor substitute for explaining what's really behind the cybersecurity mess.
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2.	Yahoo Fixes Security Hole in Yahoo E-Mail (Reuters). Reuters - Yahoo Inc. (YHOO.O) on Wednesday said it had fixed a security hole in its popular free Web-based e-mail service.
3.	Western Leaders Under Fire at Information Summit (Reuters). Reuters - Top U.N. officials upbraided Western leaders Wednesday for cold shouldering the world's first summit on the information society as critics hit out at press repression under many governments taking part.
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4.	Web pioneer opens digital divide summit. Web pioneer Tim Berners-Lee helped to kick off the Geneva summit on the information society.
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5.	Sony Vaio PCG-Z1RMP notebook. Review Nice looks, but what about the battery life?
6.	Federal agencies flunk IT security audit. Again. Outstandingly mediocre
7.	118 services getting better. 'Marked improvement'
8.	UK govt pitches Sun as OSS challenger for 500k desktops. MS UK could have a real war on its hands
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9.	Chinese security standard could fracture Wi-Fi, says IEEE
10.	War games online
11.	Feds get a 'D' in computer security
12.	E-voting group unites on security concerns
13.	Camera phones are a security risk

8:17:38 AM

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1.	Four Horsemen of Internet see tough times (USATODAY.com). USATODAY.com - Before the Internet bubble burst, there were four companies that, in Wall Street's eyes, could do no wrong: Cisco (CSCO), EMC (EMC), Sun Microsystems (SUNW) and Oracle (ORCL).
2.	Video Game Co. Agrees to Remove Dialogue (AP). AP - The manufacturer of a video game that has been harshly criticized for its portrayal of Haitians has agreed to remove dialogue that encouraged players to "kill all Haitians."
3.	Global Crossing Back From Bankruptcy (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - Global Crossing Ltd., an international telecommunications company that was once an icon of Internet-fueled growth, emerged from bankruptcy yesterday.
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4.	Camera phone shipments jump 29%. Q3 shipments almost as many as Q1 and Q2 combined
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5.	Land Down Under SQL Injection Vulnerability
6.	@mail WebMail System Multiple Vulnerabilities
7.	Multiple Vendor SOAP Server XML Parser Denial of Service
8.	SCO vs Linux - Le juge impose à SCO de publier les preuves de ses accusations
9.	SCO vs Linux - Reponse de Linus Torvalds

7:17:18 AM

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1.	Linux To Power NWS's Storm Prediction System
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2.	NatWest targeted by e-mail scam. NatWest's internet banking facility is working again after bogus emails forced it to shut the site down as a security precaution.
3.	Mobile network users hit by fault. Mobile phone users were affected on Tuesday night after the Orange network was hit by a fault.
4.	Africa urges more computer funds. African countries to push for help to spread the benefits of computer technology at a UN summit in Geneva.
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5.	MS takes small.biz financing to Europe. Lend a hand
6.	AMD dismisses Intel 'high-k' transistor tech. But strained silicon and metal gates are OK
7.	Reg seeks poetic JenniCam memorial. Competition Lament site's passing and win t-shirt
8.	UK has 3 million broadband punters. Kinda...
9.	Linux users play the waiting game. Time is on your side
10.	EDS rallies troops over tax credits fiasco. Down in the dumps
11.	Delayed tablet Mac to launch next month?. Finally arrives to celebrate Mac's 20th birthday
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12.	Wright Brothers the Wrong Guys?. It's the centennial of the famous flight at Kitty Hawk -- but was it the first airplane flight in history? A lot of Brazilians will give you an argument that it was their man who went airborne first.
13.	Rift Over Global Info Control. Developing countries resent what they see as American dominance over information technology. They'd like to see the Internet placed under U.N. control. The United States and its industrialized allies disagree.
14.	Company Fights for Pop-Up Rights. D-Squared claims its intrusive ads, which exploit new Windows technology to bombard PC users with unwanted messages, are protected free speech. The FTC calls the practice 'high-tech extortion.'
15.	Kofi Annan: Keep Media Free!. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan urges World Summit on the Information Society participants to affirm media freedoms and protect the public's right to stay informed.
16.	U.N. Balks at Cloning Ban. The United Nations postpones a decision on cloning for a year instead of banning the procedure outright. Stem-cell researchers, who believe the science will lead to medical treatments, hope the year will be fruitful. By Kristen Philipkoski.
17.	Games, Movies Tie the Knot. It was a marriage that seemed inevitable: Movies and video games. Where there's money, there will be agents, and it's the Hollywood agents that finally got the two together. By John Gaudiosi.
18.	These Squirrels Are Super Cool. The arctic ground squirrel can lower its body temperature to that of a popsicle. If scientists can figure out how, hibernating space flight and longer shelf life for transplant organs may be possible. By Louise Knapp.
19.	Whimsy for Your Special Nerd. Looking for an alternative to ubiquitous mall stores that all carry the same crap? Check out the Wired News anti-mall gift guide. By Kristen Philipkoski.
20.	Apple Store: Chain of Devotion. Gary Allen is nuts about Apple Stores. So if you've memorized the blueprints and know the surveillance features like the back of your hand, a flight to Tokyo just to walk into the newest store doesn't seem abnormal. By Leander Kahney.
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21.	psad-1.3.tar.gz
22.	oinkmaster-0.9.tar.g..>
23.	MIDAS-2.1a.tar.gz
24.	gentoo.200312-01.txt
25.	ezphotoshare.txt
26.	xboard.txt
27.	yauto.txt
28.	rpc_wks_bo.c
29.	linux_kernel_do_brk...>
30.	Création de l'agence européenne pour la sécurité des réseaux et de l'information (ENISA)

6:16:59 AM

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1.	Origami help for tech design. Scientists and engineers are employing origami techniques to help them design better telescopes and cars.
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2.	Sobig-F blamed for massive increase in spam. 'Spam engine' goes into overdrive
3.	AOL axes 450 jobs. On the bright side, sponsors Super Bowl
4.	Motorola touts chip tech to would-be licensees. Everything must go, including SOI
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5.	Fed security site offers Linux download
6.	Patching: Process matters
7.	Des distributeurs de billets plantés à cause d'un virus
8.	Le spammer examiné à la loupe
9.	Le standard d'un commissariat HS après un spam

5:16:38 AM

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1.	Calvin and Hobbes for 09 Dec 1992.
2.	Calvin and Hobbes for 10 Dec 1992.
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3.	Dilbert for 10 Dec 2003.
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4.	Non Sequitur for 10 Dec 2003.
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5.	User Friendly for 10 Dec 2003.
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6.	Small Co. to Defend Pop-Up Internet Ads (AP). AP - A small California company targeted by regulators for delivering unwanted pop-up Internet advertisements is mounting an aggressive defense against the Federal Trade Commission in court.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBC News \| Technology \| UK Edition ----------------------------------------------------------------------
7.	Siemens gains sales from Nokia. A new report says Siemens has seen a strong increase in mobile phone sales, at the expense of Nokia which has lost market share.
8.	Monster trucks transform mining. Satellite-controlled monster trucks are being harnessed for the safe transport of ore from Botswana's diamond mines.

4:16:18 AM

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1.	BellSouth to Sell Sonofon Interest (Reuters). Reuters - U.S. telephone company BellSouth Corp. (BLS.N) on Wednesday said it agreed to sell its interest in Danish wireless provider Sonofon to Telenor ASA (TEL.OL) for $600 million.
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2.	Mozilla 1.6 Beta Released

3:15:29 AM

2:15:09 AM

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1.	AOL Launches Message-Based Dating Service (AP). AP - Delivering instant gratification to Internet pairing, America Online is launching a dating service that will make finding a mate as easy as flashing a message.
2.	AOL Launches Video Game Ranking, Competition Service (Reuters). Reuters - America Online on Wednesday said it would launch a service allowing video game players to enter tournaments to compete for bragging rights and prizes.
3.	Cisco to Offer New, Upgradeable Routers for Telcos (Reuters). Reuters - Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO.O) on Wednesday said it would offer a new version of its high-end routers, devices that direct data on networks, that customers could upgrade instead of replace.
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4.	Nuclear Powered Mission to Jovian Moons
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5.	BugTraq: Re: Hot fix for do_brk bug. Sender: [canon at nersc dot gov]
6.	BugTraq: Re: Dell BIOS DoS. Sender: Craig Paterson [craigp at tippett dot com]
7.	BugTraq: Re: ebola 0.1.4 remote exploit. Sender: Paul L Daniels [pldaniels at pldaniels dot com]

1:14:48 AM

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1.	Video Game Maker to Drop `Kill Haitians' Line. A New York-based video game company announced yesterday that it would make changes to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, a game that had provoked angry protests from Haitian immigrants and city officials. By Sabrina Tavernise.
2.	U.N. Delays Debate on Cloning Of Human Beings for One Year. The General Assembly ducked a debate over human cloning that has set the Bush administration against some allies. By Warren Hoge.
3.	Scientist Links Man to Climate Over the Ages. A scientist contends that humans have altered the world's climate by generating heat-trapping gases since almost the beginning of civilization. By Kenneth Chang.
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4.	Gric launches Universal Remote Control - Infoworld Staff. Gric Communications announced this week Universal Remote Control (URC), a Web-based portal to monitor, configure, troubleshoot, and manage remote users over wireless or wired connections.
5.	WS-I releasing use cases for Web services - Infoworld Staff. The Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) on Wednesday plans to release its WS-I Sample Application 1.0 documents, providing use cases for interoperable Web services.
6.	AOL eliminates 450 California jobs. America Online Inc. (AOL) is significantly reducing its software development operations in California by closing its offices in San Francisco and San Diego and eliminating 375 positions at its Mountain View campus, the company revealed Tuesday.
7.	CA subsidiary iCan SP delivers IT management software. ICan SP Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Computer Associates International Inc. (CA), on Tuesday released its iCan Service Management Suite (iSMS), an enterprise IT management product.
8.	HP merges enterprise unit with services group. Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) said Tuesday it is tweaking its organizational structure, merging its enterprise hardware and software unit with its services group to form one new division called the Technology Solutions Group.
9.	Oracle to release 10g application server. Oracle Corp. on Wednesday plans to announce the availability of a major upgrade to its application server, called Application Server 10g, which includes features that let companies take the plunge with grid computing.
10.	No Christmas patches from Microsoft. Microsoft Corp. has an early holiday gift for systems administrators: no monthly security patch release in December.
11.	First test of IPv6 network goes well. An early test of a multi-site, next-generation Internet, powered by IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6) went well, and the coalition of groups working on the so-called Moonv6 project will conduct more comprehensive tests starting in February, said two people involved in the project Tuesday.
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12.	BugTraq: Re: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability. Sender: Eric MightyE Stevens [trash at mightye dot org]
13.	BugTraq: Re: Dell BIOS DoS. Sender: Alexandros Papadopoulos [apapadop at cmu dot edu]
14.	BugTraq: Dell BIOS DoS. Sender: Ross Draper [Ross dot Draper at musicradio dot com]

12:14:30 AM