Gregg's Security News Aggregator

Monday, February 09, 2004

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1.	Emerging From Hideous Cocoons.
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2.	HP upgrades Media Center desktops
3.	Intel unveils products for faster storage
4.	Briefly: HP upgrades Media Center desktops. Hewlett-Packard touches up the processors and prices on its HP Media Center m400 Photosmart PCs...Pronto Networks raises $11.3 million...Cablevision plays games with Real.
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5.	Juniper to Buy NetScreen for $3.5 Billion (AP). AP - Juniper Networks Inc., a rival of networking gear giant Cisco Systems Inc., is buying security technology company NetScreen Technologies Inc. for about $3.5 billion in stock.
6.	Starcom Streams Its Way to Nick.com (AdWeek.com). AdWeek.com - With broadband in more than 30 percent of U.S. homes and streaming video increasingly viewed as a viable ad medium, Starcom USA is set to run spots for Lego, Kellogg's and Nintendo on Nickelodeon's Nick.com.
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7.	Display Format Technologies Comparison
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8.	Wi-Fi Alliance Announces a List of WPA Certified Products
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9.	BugTraq: Re: clamav 0.65 remote DOS exploit. Sender: Mark Renouf [mark at tweakt dot net]
10.	BugTraq: Re: Samba 3.x + kernel 2.6.x local root vulnerability. Sender: Patrick J dot Volkerding [security at slackware dot com]
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11.	Nokia leads bid to control mobile DRM standards. The race against Microsoft
12.	Alcatel buys in wireless routing, shops around in Wi-Fi. Beyond the carrier base
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13.	Mydoom variants discovered in the wild - Doom.C, SyncZ , DoomJuice, Vesser or DeadHat ?
14.	Homeland Security launches trio of IT security organizations

7:21:46 PM

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1.	Juniper aims to secure Cisco rivalry. The telecom company's $3.4 billion purchase of NetScreen gives it much-needed security clout and the ability to go where it swore it wouldn't: the low-end corporate market.
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2.	PeopleSoft Rejects Oracle Takeover Bid (Reuters). Reuters - Software provider PeopleSoft Inc. (PSFT.O) on Monday rejected a sweetened $9.4 billion takeover offer from larger rival Oracle Corp. (ORCL.O), saying the hostile bid still undervalues the company.
3.	Disposable Camera Sales Grow Despite Film Decline (Reuters). Reuters - Sales of disposable cameras, the lone bright spot in a declining traditional film market, are seen growing by 5 percent this year, albeit a slower rate than previous years as digital camera demand swells.
4.	FindWhat.com Signs Deal to Acquire Espotting (Reuters). Reuters - Internet marketing company FindWhat.com (FWHT.O) on Monday said it has signed a long-delayed deal to acquire British search service Espotting Media Inc, in a transaction expected to add to earnings within one quarter of its closing.
5.	New 'Doomjuice' Worm Emerges, Targets Microsoft (Reuters). Reuters - A new worm dubbed "Doomjuice" targeting Microsoft Corp.'s Web site emerged on the Internet on Monday, which security experts said slowed parts of the software maker's home page.
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6.	Opera Browser Creators Planning IPO
7.	Outsourced Confidential Data On Children Posted
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8.	Linux Security Week - February 9th 2004
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9.	Top Networking Technologies for 2004
10.	Top Networking Technologies for 2004 - Part II
11.	2004:Online fraud, ID theft soars
12.	Computer Security Incident Handling Guide
13.	New Worm Spreading Rapidly
14.	DHS to issue e-mail alerts when cyber catastrophe strikes
15.	Microsoft offers $250,000 reward for arrest of author MyDoom.B virus
16.	Teen "hacker" triggered nuclear terrorism alert
17.	Cable modem hackers conquer the co-ax
18.	Microsoft botched yet another security patch
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19.	Columnists: The first fallout from Cybergate. Did Republican staffers commit a crime by clicking on the "My Network Places" icon to access Democratic memos?
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20.	BugTraq: Re: Samba 3.x + kernel 2.6.x local root vulnerability. Sender: Seth Arnold [sarnold at wirex dot com]
21.	BugTraq: Re: TrackMania Demo Denial of Service. Sender: Luigi Auriemma [aluigi at altervista dot org]
22.	BugTraq: Re: Samba 3.x + kernel 2.6.x local root vulnerability. Sender: Michael Kjorling [michael at kjorling dot com]
23.	BugTraq: RE: Round One: "DLL Proxy" Attack Easily Hijacks SSL from Internet Explorer. Sender: Oliver Lavery [olavery at pivx dot com]
24.	Vulnerabilities: Joe Lumbroso Jack's Formmail.php Unauthorized Remote File Upload Vulnerability. Jack's Formmail.php is a web based form to e-mail gateway. The application is written in PHP, however, a Perl version is available as well. A vulnerability has been rep...
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25.	EC probes mobile sports right sales. It's a game of two halves, Gary
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26.	Nokia admits multiple Bluetooth security holes
27.	Internet Industry Association funds anti-virus website
28.	E-voting systems face security questions
29.	The virus underground
30.	Juniper's $4B buy signals security push
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31.	New version of MyDoom appears
32.	Powergen sets legal attack dogs on security whistle-blower
33.	South Korean companies fined $55,000 for sending spam
34.	Nokia admits multiple Bluetooth security holes
35.	Internet Industry Association funds anti-virus website
36.	E-voting systems face security questions
37.	The virus underground
38.	Juniper's $4B buy signals security push
39.	W97M_BABLAS.BD
40.	Downtime for Stupidsecurity.com
41.	Big Airport $ecurity, Tight As A Sieve

6:21:26 PM

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1.	The DMCA goes Down Under. As part of a free trade pact with the U.S. signed over the weekend, Australia will be implementing DMCA-like controls on intellecutal property and media By Eric Bangeman.
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2.	PeopleSoft rejects revised Oracle bid. The business software maker's board of directors unanimously votes down the latest hostile offer of $26 a share, saying the deal undervalues the company.
3.	Ex-Intel worker sentenced in terrorism case. Former Intel engineer Maher "Mike" Mofeid Hawash, who pleaded guilty to trying to enter Afghanistan to fight against American military forces, gets seven years in prison.
4.	Nokia grabs Psion's Symbian stake. Psion's decision to sell its chunk of Symbian could damage the operating system's chances of dominating the smart phone market. Now analysts believe Symbian looks like it's just Nokia's baby.
5.	VeriSign says online fraud growing fast. A report by the company that maintains the Internet's .com and .net domain registry indicates that attempted site hacks, online fraud and identity theft are increasing rapidly as e-commerce proliferates.
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6.	PeopleSoft rejects Oracle's latest hostile bid (AFP). AFP - Software firm PeopleSoft urged shareholders to reject an improved 9.4-billion-dollar hostile takeover offer from rival Oracle Corp., saying the price was too low.
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7.	Good Online FPS Games/Servers For Beginners?
8.	What If Dark Matter Really Doesn't Exist?
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9.	Peoplesoft spurns Oracle's final final offer. On the curious grounds that it's undervalued
10.	EMC floods market with new hardware. Shock and storage
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11.	Top Port: mydoom 3127
12.	Elsewhere: SurfControl plans further channel expansion
13.	Elsewhere: The Virus Underground
14.	The Palace 3.x (Client) Stack Overflow Vulnerability
15.	Re: [ GLSA 200402-01 ] PHP setting leaks from .htaccess files on virtual hosts
16.	Eggrop bug
17.	TrackMania Demo Denial of Service
18.	PalmOS httpd accept() queue overflow DoS vulnerability.
19.	[SECURITY] [DSA 436-1] New mailman packages fix several vulnerabilities
20.	clamav 0.65 remote DOS exploit
21.	Outbreak warning: possibly Mydoom.C
22.	[waraxe-2004-SA#002] - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Php-Nuke 7.1.0
23.	Re: clamav 0.65 remote DOS exploit
24.	ptl-2004-01: Multiple vulnerabilities in Nokia phones
25.	Re: clamav 0.65 remote DOS exploit
26.	Re: Decompression Bombs
27.	Re: Outbreak warning: possibly Mydoom.C (Now Deadhat/Vesser)
28.	Apache Http Server Reveals Script Source Code to Remote Users And Any Users Can Access The Forbidden Directory ("/WEB-INF/")
29.	[waraxe-2004-SA#003] - SQL injection in Php-Nuke 7.1.0
30.	RE: Decompression Bombs
31.	Round One: "DLL Proxy" Attack Easily Hijacks SSL from Internet Explorer
32.	Re: Outbreak warning: possibly Mydoom.C (Now Deadhat/Vesser)
33.	Re: Outbreak warning: possibly Mydoom.C (Now Deadhat/Vesser)
34.	Re: Round One: "DLL Proxy" Attack Easily Hijacks SSL from Internet Explorer
35.	RE: Outbreak warning: possibly Mydoom.C
36.	Red-M Red-Alert Multiple Vulnerabilities
37.	[local problems] eTrust Virus Protection 6.0 InoculateIT for linux
38.	Re: BUG IN APACHE HTTPD SERVER 2.0.47/48 (to who replied me)
39.	Peer-To-Peer Kazaa's Offices Raided
40.	Internet Pioneer BBN Technologies Rises Again
41.	Microsoft Patches IE Patch
42.	Another MyDoom Worm Targets Already-Infected Machines
43.	States Balk at Joining Antiterrorism Database
44.	Avec sa nouvelle solution Firebox X, WatchGuard redefinit les appliances de securite pour mieux assister les PME
45.	MyDoom.C Slams Into Microsoft.com
46.	iRATE radio 0.3 released
47.	New Bitzi Bitcollider Released -- Adds Kazaa 2.6 Identifiers
48.	Judge to Rule on Consequences for Diebold's Misuse of Copyright Law

5:21:06 PM

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1.	TiVo snuggles up to Nielsen. TiVo records every action of TiVo owners. While many will point to the fact that TiVo has always been entirely open about this and even allows you to opt-out, some people are still uncomfortable with this. By Matt Woodward.
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2.	Nokia: Bluetooth flaw gnaws at phone security. Nokia has admitted that a number of its Bluetooth handsets are vulnerable to "bluesnarfing," in which data can be stolen from a phone without the owner's knowledge.
3.	Pronto Networks raises $11.3 million
4.	Briefly: Pronto Networks raises $11.3 million. The proceeds will go toward expanding the company's sales in Europe and Asia...Cablevision plays games with Real...Tower Records files for Chapter 11.
5.	Proxim hones Wi-Fi business product pitch. The wireless networking equipment maker is fine-tuning its access points as it sees the market for business adoption of Wi-Fi gear picking up this year.
6.	Covad to launch VoIP service. The DSL provider joins a bandwagon-load of broadband rivals in jumping into offering local and long-distance phone service, which it plans to kick off by the end of this year.
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7.	PeopleSoft Rejects Oracle's Latest Offer (AP). AP - Business software maker PeopleSoft Inc. rejected rival Oracle Corp.'s $26-per-share takeover bid Monday, maintaining a defiant stance likely to keep the bad blood boiling in a battle that started eight months ago.
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8.	Mobile companies team to prevent handset theft. Mobile phone operators and handset makers are working together in an international campaign to decrease mobile phone theft.
9.	HP refreshes Media Center PC lineup, cuts prices. Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) updated its lineup of Media Center PCs Friday with lower-priced models that feature Intel Corp.'s new Prescott Pentium 4 processors.
10.	AmberPoint upgrades Web services suite - Infoworld Staff. AmberPoint on Monday detailed updates to its Web services management platform.
11.	Seagate launches 2.5-inch storage drive. Seagate Technology LLC launched a family of SFF (small form factor) 2.5-inch enterprise disc drives on Monday, and said Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) is likely to be first to market with products using the new Savvio drives.
12.	Microsoft's Software Assurance on trial. Many of Microsoft Corp.'s customers will get to pass judgment on its software maintenance plan this year when their current contracts come up for renewal. Some analysts see it as the biggest challenge yet for the much-critiqued Software Assurance (SA) program.
13.	New version of MyDoom appears. Internet security companies said Monday that they discovered a new version of the MyDoom e-mail worm circulating on the Internet.
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14.	New version of MyDoom appears. Internet security companies said Monday that they discovered a new version of the MyDoom e-mail worm circulating on the Internet.
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15.	Vulnerabilities: Linux VServer Project CHRoot Breakout Vulnerability. The Linux VServer Project is implemented with a linux kernel patch and a group of tools that facilitate the partition of a single linux server into multiple virtual serve...
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16.	Checking on .eu names: want the job?. Oh, and does anyone fancy being the Maltese registrar?
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17.	WORM_DOOMJUICE.A
18.	Cable modem hackers conquer the co-ax

4:20:47 PM

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1.	PeopleSoft kicks Oracle to the curb. Oracle bids $9.4 million fo PeopleSoft. Whether Oracle acquires PeopleSoft or not, this could be bad for everyone. By Matt Woodward.
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2.	Blogging eTech. In addition to the slew of live-bloggers and wiki coverage already taking place at O'Reilly's Emerging Technology Conference in San Diego (Cory's a featured speaker, and I'm popping in to schmooze for a few hours later today!), Jason Calacanis just launched www.bloggingetech.com.
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3.	Spam's a different beast than snail
4.	HP brings new chips to servers. The computer maker announces new servers that use Intel's Itanium processor and HP's own PA-8800, the second-to-last chip in the company's Precision Architecture lineage.
5.	Former J.D. Edwards exec heads server upstart. Robert M. Dutkowsky, the chief executive of the software company until PeopleSoft bought it, is named CEO of server maker Egenera.
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6.	Juniper to Buy NetScreen for $3.5 Billion (AP). AP - Juniper Networks Inc., a rival of networking gear giant Cisco Systems Inc., is buying security technology company NetScreen Technologies Inc. for about $3.5 billion in stock.
7.	VeriSign Reconsiders Search Service (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - A company that plays a key role in managing the Internet's domain system is considering whether to restart a controversial search service that makes money off Web users' typos, a move that threatens to reignite a debate over who controls key segments of the Internet.
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8.	Nokia Takes Control of Symbian
9.	Learn How to Program Using Any Web Browser
10.	Modifying Employment Agreements?
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11.	Microsoft botched yet another security patch
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12.	Elsewhere: The Virus Underground. This is how easy it has become. Mario stubs out his cigarette and sits down at the desk in his bedroom. He pops into his laptop the CD of Iron Maiden's ''Number of the ...
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13.	BugTraq: Re: Outbreak warning: possibly Mydoom.C (Now Deadhat/Vesser). Sender: Gadi Evron [ge at linuxbox dot org]
14.	BugTraq: Re: Round One: "DLL Proxy" Attack Easily Hijacks SSL from Internet Explorer. Sender: Seth Arnold [sarnold at wirex dot com]
15.	BugTraq: Re: Outbreak warning: possibly Mydoom.C (Now Deadhat/Vesser). Sender: Nick FitzGerald [nick at virus-l dot demon dot co dot uk]
16.	BugTraq: RE: Outbreak warning: possibly Mydoom.C. Sender: Thor Larholm [thor at pivx dot com]
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17.	Nokia leads bid to control mobile DRM standards. The race against Microsoft
18.	Alcatel buys in wireless routing, shops around in Wi-Fi. Beyond the carrier base
19.	We want a Sony media server. Micro who? Dell what?
20.	Is the mood changing towards the legitimate use of P2P networks?. Analysis Smells like Teen Zeitgeist
21.	Powergen sets legal attack dogs on security whistle-blower. Breach of confidence claim
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22.	9 Feb Troj/Myss-C
23.	SurfControl plans further channel expansion
24.	NetScreen unveils Baseline products
25.	Unipalm adds Rainbow VPN

3:20:28 PM

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1.	Disney bans Segways in the parks. Disabled Segway users are outraged at Disney's decision to ban Segways from the theme parks. Disney World doesn't allow visitors, even those with disabilities like Exum, to use the self-balancing transportation machines in the parks. The policy angered some Segway owners with disabilities and surprised others since the Disney parks have a reputation for accommodating the disabled. They said even some Disney employees use Segways, which are becoming increasingly popular with people who otherwise would have to use wheelchairs. "I'm not prepared to let a corporate attorney dictate to me how I should be mobile," said Exum, who is technically quadriplegic from an injury as a teenager but functions as a paraplegic. Link (via Gizmodo)
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2.	Cablevision plays games with Real
3.	Guess again on e-mail tariffs
4.	Briefly: Cablevision plays games with Real. Its broadband Net service will offer the RealArcade video game service to subscribers...Tower Records files for Chapter 11...Corel sells XML division.
5.	Opera plans public offering. Norway-based Opera Software reports higher revenue and says it is preparing for an initial public offering on the Oslo Stock Exchange in March.
6.	Anti-piracy group targets Kazaa parent. Music Industry Piracy Investigations serves papers on Sharman Networks at its headquarters in Vanuatu, as the group searches several sites across Australia.
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7.	PeopleSoft Rejects Oracle's $9.4 Billion Takeover Offer. The announcement from PeopleSoft came a week after Oracle raised its bid to $26 a share, which Oracle said represented its best and final offer. By Kenneth N. Gilpin.
8.	Juniper Acquires NetScreen for $4 Billion. Juniper Networks said on Monday it signed an agreement to acquire NetScreen Technologies in a stock swap worth about $4 billion. By Reuters.
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9.	PeopleSoft Rejects Oracle Takeover Bid (Reuters). Reuters - Software provider PeopleSoft Inc. (PSFT.O) on Monday rejected a sweetened $9.4 billion takeover offer from larger rival Oracle Corp. (ORCL.O), saying the hostile bid still undervalues the company.
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10.	Cable modem hackers conquer the co-ax
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11.	Microsoft could be knocked offline by DOOM B if other Zombies help the attack Key hacking networking security Linux Microsoft virus worms wireless military advertisering government
12.	Doom.C worm returns to target Microsoft.com by using machines infected with the first Mydoom virus Key hacking networking security software Linux MS virus worms wireless military advertisering privacy
13.	Third Mydoom variant discovered in the wild - Doom.C, SyncZ or DoomJuice Key hacking networking security Linux Microsoft virus worms wireless broadband advertisers government
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14.	BugTraq: RE: Decompression Bombs. Sender: [SBNelson at thermeon dot com]
15.	BugTraq: Re: Outbreak warning: possibly Mydoom.C (Now Deadhat/Vesser). Sender: K-OTiK Security [Special-Alerts at k-otik dot com]
16.	BugTraq: Round One: "DLL Proxy" Attack Easily Hijacks SSL from Internet Explorer. Sender: Disclosure From OSSI [disclosure at ossecurity dot ca]
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17.	Information Security Zeitgeist
18.	Profile of the Mind of a Virus Writer
19.	Has telecom's 'next big thing' arrived?
20.	Why Sardonix Failed
21.	Produits sans-fil certifiés WPA
22.	Profiling d'auteurs de virus
23.	Internet Explorer File Identification Variant
24.	Third Mydoom variant discovered in the wild - Doom.C, SyncZ or DoomJuice

2:20:07 PM

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1.	Nokia buys controlling stake in Symbian. The cell phone wars are heating up, but this time we're talking about operating systems, not handsets. Nokia has acquired a controlling stake in the maker of Symbian OS. By Eric Bangeman.
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2.	Macromedia updates Web conferencing product. The applications maker adds new collaboration features to its Breeze software, as the Web conferencing market gains renewed attention.
3.	BT signs network deal with drug maker. British Telecom plans to manage AstraZeneca's global IP network using multiprotocol label switching.
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4.	Nokia to Become Major Symbian Shareholder (AP). AP - Nokia will become majority owner of Symbian Ltd. as Psion becomes the second co-founder to cash out of the mobile device software consortium only months after boosting its investment by acquiring part of Motorola's stake.
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5.	Ask Indian Techies About 'Onshore Insourcing'
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6.	BugTraq: Re: clamav 0.65 remote DOS exploit. Sender: Oliver Eikemeier [eikemeier at fillmore-labs dot com]
7.	BugTraq: Outbreak warning: possibly Mydoom.C. Sender: Gadi Evron [ge at egotistical dot reprehensible dot net]
8.	BugTraq: Re: Decompression Bombs. Sender: Brian Dessent [brian at dessent dot net]
9.	Vulnerabilities: Apache-SSL Client Certificate Forging Vulnerability. Apache-SSL is an implementation of SSL (Secure Socket Layer) for the Apache webserver. Apache-SSL has been reported to be prone to a vulnerability. The issue exists when...
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10.	'Crackpot' VAT laws aid offshoring - Tories. Unions launch jobs-to-India enquiry
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11.	Packet Storm is OFF-LINE, temporarily.
12.	.zip files putting the zap on antivirus products
13.	Project details for Legion of the Bouncy Castle Java Cryptography API 1.22 (Default)
14.	bouncycastle.org
15.	Australia To Adopt U.S.-Style Copyright Laws
16.	E-Vote Machines Drop More Ballots
17.	Foiling Laptop Data Thieves
18.	One More Slap at a Prying Eye
19.	TiVo watchers uneasy after post-Super Bowl reports

1:19:46 PM

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1.	Disney and Microsoft team up on digital content, DRM. Disney and Microsoft have announced a partnership in which they will work together on digital media ventures using Disney content and Microsoft technology By Eric Bangeman.
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2.	HyperTransport group ups data transfer speeds. A new version of the HyperTransport specification, which debuted Monday, is expected to boost performance in PCs and communications equipment over the next year.
3.	Microsoft rings up retail software deal. The company signs agreements with resellers ScanSource and Tech Data to distribute its software geared for high-tech cash registers.
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4.	PeopleSoft rejects Oracle's latest hostile bid (AFP). AFP - Software firm PeopleSoft urged shareholders to reject a new 9.4-billion-dollar hostile takeover offer from rival Oracle Corp., saying the price was too cheap.
5.	Makers of Web Browser Opera to Go Public (AP). AP - Opera Software ASA, makers of a popular Web browser, on Monday announced that it plans to sell shares publicly for the first time and list its stock next month on the Oslo stock exchange.
6.	Vodafone Confirms AT&T Wireless Interest (AP). AP - Vodafone Group PLC confirmed Monday it may bid to acquire AT&T Wireless Services Inc., a move that would require the British cell phone company to sell its 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless.
7.	Online Search Engines Help Lift Cover of Privacy (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - Sitting at his laptop, Chris O'Ferrell types a few words into the Google search engine and up pops a link to what appears to be a military document listing suspected Taliban and al Qaeda members, date of birth, place of birth, passport numbers and national identification numbers.
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8.	Apollo 11 Launch Tower Rescue Effort
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9.	N-Gage takes to Europe's slopes. Catch up with the latest news from the world of video gaming.
10.	Oracle increases Peoplesoft bid. Oracle raises its offer for rival Peoplesoft to $9.4bn as it tries to win over shareholders of the software firm.
11.	Unstoppable rise of the home PC. Computers pervade every aspect of our culture, but only 50 years ago they were seen as futuristic devices.
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12.	Macromedia kicks off Web conferencing push. Macromedia Inc. is expanding its Breeze online presentation offering into a full-fledged Web conferencing product, going head-to-head with vendors including WebEx Communications Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc.
13.	Nokia to acquire Psion's stake in Symbian. Nokia Corp. is to acquire Psion PLC's stake in operating system developer Symbian Ltd. and become the majority shareholder, the company said Monday.
14.	Siemens to show protoype PenPhone. Tired of pushing tiny buttons to key in text messages on your mobile phone? Siemens AG has developed a prototype phone in the shape of a pen that allows you to write letters and numbers on any surface and enter the data directly.
15.	Compuware boosts Web services security in modeling tool - Infoworld Staff. Compuware on Monday is unveiling OptimalJ 3.1, a model-driven Java development tool featuring support for the Web Services-Security specification as well as integration with application servers, modeling tools, and messaging middleware.
16.	MAID technology challenges tape - Infoworld Staff. Although tape has reigned supreme in storage archiving for some time, the exaggerated reports of tapeâ��s death keep on coming. The latest affront to the ageless media comes from technologies designed to power down disk drives when not in use.
17.	Microsoft Software Assurance on trial - Infoworld Staff. With contracts coming up for renewal this year, many Microsoft customers will have the opportunity to pass judgment on the companyâ��s software maintenance plan. Some analysts see the looming contract expirations as the biggest challenge yet for the much-critiqued SA (Software Assurance) program.
18.	Peoplesoft board urges rejection of Oracle's $9.4B bid. Get lost. That is the message, once again, PeopleSoft Inc.'s board of directors is sending to persistent suitor Oracle Corp.
19.	Update: Juniper to buy Netscreen for $4 billion in stock. Network equipment maker Juniper Networks Inc. is acquiring NetScreen Technologies Inc. in an all-stock deal worth approximately $4 billion, Juniper said Monday.
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20.	Elsewhere: SurfControl plans further channel expansion. Security vendor SurfControl is planning to continue recruiting resellers this year, after the channel helped it to a bumper 2003. The vendor, which has 650 partners worl...
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21.	BugTraq: The Palace 3.x (Client) Stack Overflow Vulnerability. Sender: Peter Winter-Smith [peter4020 at hotmail dot com]
22.	BugTraq: Re: [ GLSA 200402-01 ] PHP setting leaks from .htaccess files on virtual hosts. Sender: Alexander GQ Gerasiov [bugtaq at gq dot pp dot ru]
23.	BugTraq: Eggrop bug. Sender: cyborgirl at libero dot it [cyborgirl at libero dot it]
24.	BugTraq: RE: Hacking USB Thumbdrives, Thumprint authentication. Sender: David Brodbeck [DavidB at mail dot interclean dot com]
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25.	Public sector has IT companies 'over a barrel'. Contracts ask too much of suppliers, says trade association
26.	Linksys touts for Euro resellers. Eyes bigger slice of SME networking pie
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27.	Gentoo: PHP Leaking globals vulnerability
28.	Apache-SSL Client Certificate Forging Vulnerability
29.	ZyXEL ZyNOS Frame Padding Information Disclosure Vulnerability
30.	PHP Configuration Leakage Vulnerability
31.	Gentoo update for PHP
32.	Check Point prêt à contrer les attaques internes
33.	K-H Streibich (Software AG)�: «�L'intégration des processus sera la prochaine grande vague de l'informatique�»
34.	Spam et virus en janvier, le duo infernal
35.	Afpersers treffen goksites met Denial of Service aanval
36.	DoS-aanvallen: Voorkomen is beter dan genezen
37.	Website Microsoft tijdelijk niet bereikbaar -update-
38.	Amerikaanse anti-spam wet faalt
39.	EU privacygroep kraakt akkoord passagiers gegevens

12:19:28 PM

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1.	2003: The First "Big Year" for Digital Identity
2.	Predictions for Digital Identity in 2004
3.	Why the Identity Paradigm Matters
4.	What is Going On?
5.	Digital ID World Print Magazine Online
6.	RFID and the Internet of Things
7.	Identity Integrates ProBusiness
8.	Financial Services Discover Identity
9.	Biometrics and Financial Services -- Show me the money!
10.	When the walls come tumbling down
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11.	Pecksniff: The word of the day. From this Electrolite post, my vocabulary word for the day: Pecksniff. Damned if I know what it means (no, don't tell me, I prefer to guess), but I sure like the sound of it. Denied a visa to attend the Grammy Awards, in which he's a nominee: Buena Vista Social Club musician Ibrahim Ferrer. And five colleagues... Tell me again how John Kerry, with all his drawbacks, would be "barely any improvement" on this crowd of censorious, vengeful, authoritarian pecksniffs. Link
12.	Marvin the Martian secretly etched on Mars Lander chips. Trademark-infringing images of Marvin the Martian were secretly etched into the Mars rovers' image-sensor chips. We managed to capture a photograph of what are now perhaps the tiniest Martians on Mars. Appearing as an opposed duet of helmeted gladiators, these angry silicon soldiers were discovered on the surface of an image sensor used by the Spirit and Opportunity rovers sent to probe the Red planet. Maybe these are the ONLY Martians on Mars? Probably not. In any event, the chip was loaned to us by designer Mark Wadsworth who is a fan of the Silicon Zoo. Mark informs us that he decided to try his hand at silicon artwork after visiting the Zoo on several occasions. The title of his artwork is the "Dueling Marvin the Martians". Mark designed the image sensor for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory along with Tom Elliot, who actually did the testing of the flight candidate imagers to select the 20 or so that actually made it on the two missions. Tom and Mark tended to butt heads quite a bit, which was the inspiration for the doodle. Link (via Fark)
13.	Technorati adds text search. Dave Sifry has added keyword search to Technorati: now you can run structured queries agains tthe full text of over a million blogs that ping blo.gs, Technorati or weblogs.com, and get up-to-the-minute accurate results. Link (Thanks, Dave!)
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14.	EMC upgrade boosts storage hardware. The company rolls out new storage systems with increased capacity and faster data access, along with better network connections.
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15.	Juniper to Buy NetScreen for $3.5 Billion (AP). AP - Juniper Networks Inc. said Monday it has agreed to acquire network-security software maker NetScreen Technologies Inc. for about $3.5 billion in stock.
16.	Microsoft, Disney Team for Digital Media (PC World). PC World - Deal designed to boost security, availability of online video content.
17.	La. College Students Taking Courses Online (AP). AP - Up to 30,000 Louisiana college students are expected to take online courses this academic year.
18.	Zipped Files Can Zap Antivirus Apps (PC World). PC World - Compressed folders can hide worms, viruses, and more, experts warn.
19.	Disney to Use Microsoft Software for Web Movies (Reuters). Reuters - Walt Disney Co. (DIS.N) has agreed to license copy-protection technology from Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O) for distributing movies over the Internet, the companies said on Sunday.
20.	EMC Upgrades Data Storage Systems Across the Board (Reuters). Reuters - EMC Corp. (EMC.N) on Monday introduced upgraded versions of its low-priced and high-priced data storage systems as it tries to fight stiff competition from such companies as IBM.
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21.	Disney Licenses MS Windows Media DRM
22.	New Microscope Shows Nano-Fibre Formation
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23.	Packet Storm is OFF-LINE, temporarily.
24.	.zip files putting the zap on antivirus products
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25.	Elsewhere: Wesfarmers trusts security to specialists. PAUL Jeffreys, information security manager of Wesfarmers, is sleeping much easier now he has a night watchman guarding his network perimeter - even if the sentry is stat...
26.	Elsewhere: Compuware boosts Web services security in modeling tool. Compuware on Monday is unveiling OptimalJ 3.1, a model-driven Java development tool featuring support for the Web Services-Security specification as well as integration w...
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27.	Vulnerabilities: Cactusoft CactuShop Lite Remote Arbitrary File Deletion Backdoor Vulnerability. Cactusoft CactuShop Lite is a web based e-commerce shopping cart system written in ASP. Cactusoft CactuShop Lite is demo software and not intended by the vendor for comm...
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28.	Free Software 2004. A call for papers
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29.	More Woes For Wavesys
30.	Ïðîêóðîð äîáàâèò çà DNS
31.	2.0 íå óìåð
32.	"Ïðàâèëüíîå" æåëåçî äëÿ WiFi
33.	Red Hat: NetPBM Temporary file vulnerabilities
34.	Debian: mailman Multiple vulnerabilities
35.	OpenBSD: kernel Protected memory violation
36.	OpenBSD: IPv6 Denial of service vulnerability
37.	Pourquoi le libre ne concerne pas que les informaticiens

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1.	Random advice for composition. Here's a procedure that I almost always find useful for improving almost any kind of written composition -- a speech, an essay, an op-ed or a story. As a first pass, try cutting the first 10 percent (the "throat clearing") then making the last 30 percent (the payoff) to the beginning of the talk (don't bury your lede!). About 90 percent of the time when someone gives me a paper for review, I find that it can be improved through this algorithm. Weirdly, I almost always need someone else to point this out to me. I circulated a draft paper for comment this week, and it took Grad to remind me that I'd buried my lede and spent too much time throat-clearing. It turned out that he was completely right, but I didn't see it until it was pointed out to me. Just a bit of random foo for the day.
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2.	Juniper to buy NetScreen for $4 billion. The router maker says it has agreed to buy NetScreen Technologies, a network security provider, as it gears up for battle with heavyweight Cisco.
3.	Microsoft offers cut-rate Windows. The company has offered a low-cost version of Windows XP to the Thai government and may make the software available to other governments.
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4.	Juniper Networks Buy NetScreen for $4 Bln (Reuters). Reuters - Juniper Networks Inc. (JNPR.O), the No. 2 maker of networking gear, said on Monday it signed an agreement to acquire NetScreen Technologies Inc. (NSCN.O) to extend its product offering in a stock swap worth about $4 billion.
5.	Nokia to take control of mobile software firm Symbian (AFP). AFP - Finnish mobile telephone maker Nokia is to take control of Symbian, the British cellphone software developer, by buying out minority shareholder Psion, the companies announced.
6.	Vodafone eyes takeover bid for AT and T Wireless (AFP). AFP - British mobile telephone giant Vodafone said it was considering a takeover bid for AT and T Wireless, the third-biggest US cellphone operator, as it looks to fill a gap in its global jigsaw.
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7.	The Useless Meeting Wack Jobs
8.	The Internet, Media and Politics
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9.	OpenBSD: kernel Protected memory violation
10.	Red Hat: NetPBM Temporary file vulnerabilities
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11.	Vulnerabilities: Linux Kernel do_brk Function Boundary Condition Vulnerability. do_brk() is a function called indirectly by a number of kernel procedures, including the brk() system call and the ELF and a.out loading mechanisms. The do_brk() function...
12.	Vulnerabilities: Linux Kernel do_mremap Function Boundary Condition Vulnerability. A vulnerability involving the do_mremap system function has been reported in the Linux kernel, allowing for local privilege escalation. The mremap(2) system call is used...
13.	Vulnerabilities: Mambo Open Source Itemid Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability. Mambo Open Source is a web based content management system. A vulnerability has been reported to exist in the server that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitra...
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14.	Vodafone leans towards AT&T Wireless bid. All of me. Why don't you take all of me?
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15.	Web-Applikationen mit unzähligen Schwachstellen
16.	Lücken in Sicherheits-Software bedrohen Firmennetzwerke

10:18:46 AM

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1.	Business Spending Seen Likely to Rise (AP). AP - Cisco Systems' cautious comments on future demand for its networking products may have temporarily tanked technology stocks, but that doesn't mean companies won't splurge on capital improvements this year.
2.	PeopleSoft: Say 'No' to Oracle's Bid (Reuters). Reuters - Software provider PeopleSoft Inc. (PSFT.O) on Monday advised its shareholders to reject a sweetened $9.4 billion takeover offer from rival Oracle Corp. (ORCL.O), setting the stage for a contentious board battle at PeopleSoft's shareholder's meeting next month.
3.	Wireless Finds a Welcome in Hospitality (BusinessWeek Online). BusinessWeek Online - It's not quite Star Trek, where food can be made to materialize just by talking into a machine. But restaurant guests at a new Holiday Inn in Duluth, Ga., can now place their meal orders electronically. The so-called Emenu -- really a tablet PC connected wirelessly to a computer in the hotel -- provides photos and nutritional info on menu items. Customers can tally the calories, carbs, and price of their meals before they order, then zap the request to the kitchen. The Emenu also translates that data into Spanish and into euros.
4.	Online Search Engines Help Lift Cover of Privacy (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - Sitting at his laptop, Chris O'Ferrell types a few words into the Google search engine and up pops a link to what appears to be a military document listing suspected Taliban and al Qaeda members, date of birth, place of birth, passport numbers and national identification numbers.
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5.	Mozilla Firebird gets .8 Release, and New Name
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6.	DTI's £50m bet on Nanotech. UK firms will not miss the boat
7.	Public offering for Opera, Mozilla renames browser. Who says the browser is dead
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8.	Denying denial of services
9.	IT planning evolves ? again
10.	Dream FTP Server Server Log Format String Vulnerability
11.	OpenJournal Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
12.	Jacks FormMail.php Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability
13.	Linux VServer Chroot Escape Vulnerability
14.	CactuSoft CactuShop 5.0 Lite Shopping Cart Backdoor Vulnerability
15.	DotNetNuke Multiple Vulnberabilities
16.	Open Journal Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
17.	Linux Security Week - February 9th 2004
18.	Red Hat to support SE Linux in Enterprise Linux 4.0

9:18:27 AM

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1.	Could AT&T Wireless be gussying up for suitors? (USATODAY.com). USATODAY.com - With Friday's bidding deadline looming for potential buyers of AT&T Wireless, the No. 3 U.S. cell phone carrier is trying to let the world know it's not stuck in neutral or hanging in limbo.
2.	AppleScript helps you take a load off (USATODAY.com). USATODAY.com - Think about it: We have all these oh-so-powerful computers. Those Power Macs with G5 CPUs are said to be the fastest on the planet. Even PC boxes can crunch positively huge numbers per second. Yet most of you no doubt still perform many of your regular computing tasks manually. You tell the computer what to do every step of the way, usually with a keyboard or mouse movement.
3.	Corporate travel accounts go online (USATODAY.com). USATODAY.com - The Internet's Big Three travel agencies - powerhouses in vacation-travel bookings - are rapidly signing business clients and spurring competition in the corporate travel market.
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4.	Profile of the Mind of a Virus Writer
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5.	Rail booking firms set to merge. Qjump and Trainline.com are to merge their businesses, creating the UK's largest rail retailer with annual sales of around £300m.
6.	Nokia seizes control of Symbian. The Finnish mobile giant is buying out Psion to take overall control of the phone software firm it helped found in 1998.
7.	Microsoft to protect Disney films. Disney has signed up to use Microsoft software to protect its animated movies when they go online.
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8.	Good Technology upgrades messaging - Infoworld Staff. Promising laptop functionality on a handheld, Good Technology is unveiling GoodLink Version 3.0 for wireless messaging and corporate data access.
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9.	Red Hat to support SE Linux in Enterprise Linux 4.0
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10.	Fewer children become regular chat users. Internet safety messages not getting through
11.	NHS pulls plug on ailing £30m IT system. 2 years late, and staff can't make it work
12.	Rockall Times back with a bang and a new shirt. Cash'n'Carrion More solid advice on smoking from UK satire outfit
13.	Californian sues penis pill spammers for fraud. But will it stand up in court?
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14.	Gevolgen MyDoom overdreven en gehypt
15.	Hoe begeleid je als ouder je kind op Internet?
16.	Kunnen de Amerikaanse verkiezingen gehackt worden?
17.	Lage straffen leidt tot meer crackers
18.	Nieuwe wapens in strijd tegen DoS-aanvallen
19.	Spammers maken gretig gebruik van Janet Jackson
20.	Bereid uzelf voor op de eerste superworm
21.	IPv6 kwetsbaar voor denial-of-service aanvallen
22.	Klanten Internet providers nieuw doelwit oplichters
23.	Gigantische DoS-aanval velt hostingbedrijf

8:18:07 AM

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1.	Has telecom's 'next big thing' arrived?. Hyped for years, technology known as multiprotocol label switching is finally hitting the mainstream amid growing demand for services that marry voice, video and data on a single network.
2.	Privacy reduction's next act. The Fraudulent Online Identity Sanctions Act is misdirected in its effort to crack down on domain registrations, says CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh.
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3.	Servers Add to The Menu (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - Internet subscribers are starting to find a few more freebies in their subscriptions these days.
4.	Nokia Buys Control of Symbian Software (Reuters). Reuters - Top mobile phone maker Nokia moved to take control of the world's leading cell phone software group, Symbian, on Monday, drawing a line in the sand between the Finnish firm and rival Microsoft.
5.	Vodafone says mulling takeover bid for AT and T (AFP). AFP - Mobile telephone giant Vodafone said it was considering a takeover bid for AT and T Wireless, the third largest mobile operator in the United States.
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6.	California Man Sues Penis-Enlargment Firms
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7.	4.8m UK BB users by year-end - report. That's it
8.	Nokia wins mobile network deal in Iraq. Phone battles

7:17:46 AM

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1.	AT&T Wireless sale would ripple (TheDeal.com). TheDeal.com - More deals could follow as other carriers merge to solidify their position against a large new competitor.
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2.	Unstoppable rise of the home computer. Computers pervade every aspect of our culture, but only 50 years ago they were seen as futuristic devices.
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3.	Nokia bags Psion's Symbian stake. Psion shares slump in early morning trading
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4.	Foiling Laptop Data Thieves. A mobile computer loaded with valuable data is an attractive target for those who want the data stored there. More and more tech is designed to help protect those files and even to locate a stolen computer.
5.	Spirit Back on Track. Recovered from its disabling computer problems, the Mars rover Spirit drills a tiny hole in a rock to learn more about the geologic history of the red planet.
6.	Antipiracy Ad Debuts on Grammys. People who download tunes from the Web are the targets of guilt-instilling ads to appear on the Grammys. The ad campaign's sponsor, the Recording Academy, says the spots will be run by stations as public service announcements.
7.	The Dark Side of Drug Patents. Want costly pharmaceuticals to reach developing nations? You'll pay the price. A commentary by Lawrence Lessig from Wired magazine.
8.	Lawmakers Game the System. Although they are a favorite target of legislators, video-game developers play a key role in designing a federal feedback portal. By Daniel Terdiman.
9.	Anti-Piracy Campaign Gets a Laugh. A website launched by a pair of independent filmmakers pokes fun at efforts by the Motion Picture Association of America to prevent the illegal copying of Hollywood films. By Jason Silverman.
10.	GarageBand Kicks Out the Jams. Apple's latest technology for the rest of us has inspired legions of amateurs to create music. That's good and bad. By Leander Kahney.
11.	E-Vote Machines Drop More Ballots. Election officials discover another set of electronic voting machines that lost votes, this time in North Carolina. Still, makers of election machines resist calls for mechanisms to produce audit trails. By Kim Zetter.
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12.	Sambar Server 'results.stm' POST Request Buffer Overflow May Permit Remote Code Execution

6:17:26 AM

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1.	Ross to Move Atlanta Design Jobs to China (Reuters). Reuters - Atlanta-based Ross Systems, the business software maker being acquired by chinadotcom Corp, aims to move about half of its design jobs to China after the merger, the company's chairman said on Monday.
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2.	Preempting Hailstone Formation To Protect Cars
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3.	Palace Client Connection Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
4.	Debian update for mpg123
5.	Fedora update for NetPBM
6.	Debian update for mailman
7.	Crossday Discuz! Board Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

5:17:06 AM

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1.	Dilbert for 09 Feb 2004.
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2.	Vodafone Eyes $30 Bln AT&T Wireless Bid (Reuters). Reuters - Britain's Vodafone Plc, the world's biggest mobile phone company, indicated on Monday that it was weighing a possible bid for AT&T Wireless, the third-biggest U.S. wireless firm, which is up for auction.
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3.	Nemo wins at animation awards. Disney's Finding Nemo wins nine Annie awards, handed out by the International Animated Film Society.
4.	US anti-spam law fails to bite. US legislation designed to stop junk e-mails has had little impact on the amount of spam, say experts.
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5.	Adobe to add grid features to desktop app - Infoworld Staff. Adobe Systems is preparing an update to its After Effects Professional software that will be able to run across a group of computers to boost performance, bringing the concept of grid computing to a commercial desktop application perhaps for the first time.
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6.	Linux Security Week - February 9th 2004
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7.	Fastest Rising: 1026 nterm

4:16:46 AM

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1.	New anti-download campaign debuts during Grammys. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), the organization behind the Grammys, debuted a TV and radio PSA campaign against digital filesharing during tonight's awards show. One TV ad premiered during the awards show observes a young woman downloading a 3MB file called "music" to her PC, while a club full of hipsters dances to the music somewhere else. When her download completes, lights and music in that somewhere else shut off. The spot urges viewers to visit the dorkily-domained whatsthedownload.com, where they'll find statements from pop stars about the dire consequences of downloading (causes regional blackouts?), and pleas to purchase tunes from a list of approved online services. I understand there's already a deadpool going for how long until haxxors shut off the lights. The site also includes a message board. Will be interesting to see how that portion of the site fleshes out. One thing that visitors won't find, unless they're looking really really hard, is the fact that NARAS is behind the site. Regardless of whether you're for or against filesharing, lack of transparency makes people suspicious -- particularly the web-savvy, younger crowd they're probably hoping this site will reach. At least one flamewar about that issue is already under way in this area of the site's message board. Link to press release about whatsthedownload.com launch. And in other news, what the hell was up with that Outkast finale number? I mean, what was that? The Lucky Charms cereal guy meets every horrible Native American stereotype ever plastered on a football helmet meets a set of macrame curtains? Where are the Fab 5 when you need 'em?
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2.	Vodafone considers $37bn US buy. Vodafone's board is weighing up whether to enter the race to buy AT&T Wireless ahead of this week's deadline.

3:16:26 AM

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1.	TLP and power consumption. I've covered thread-level parallelism (TLP) here on Ars previously, but I aside from some comments in news posts I haven't really addressed the connection between power consumption and designing processors for increased TLP. By Hannibal.
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2.	Social Networks: Will Users Pay to Get Friends?. Despite impressive recent growth, social networking Web sites like Friendster face a challenge: how to make money. By Bob Tedeschi.
3.	High-Tech Mummy Ride Aims to Combine the Fright Factor With Roller Coaster Thrills. In the latest battle of the Florida theme parks, Universal Studios is completing construction of a technically advanced ride, Revenge of the Mummy. By Susan Stellin.
4.	Layers of Bedrock Intrigue Scientists as Rover Snaps Pictures. NASA's rover Opportunity took more than 100 photographs over the weekend and gathered readings on the minerals in the rock, mission managers said. By Kenneth Chang.
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5.	Philips to Team with China's Neusoft - WSJ (Reuters). Reuters - Philips Electronics is teaming up with Chinese software and medical systems company Neusoft Group Ltd. in a medical-imaging equipment venture requiring an initial investment of $80 million from Philips, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing unnamed sources.
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6.	Australia To Adopt U.S.-Style Copyright Laws
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7.	1990 EDITIONS OF "BRAIN DAMAGE" NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE
8.	Ïîâûøåíèå ïðèâèëåãèé â BSD-ñèñòåìàõ

2:16:06 AM

1:15:46 AM

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1.	HyperTransport group ups data transfer speeds. A new version of the HyperTransport specification comes out Monday that will, ideally, boost performance in PCs and communications equipment over the next year.
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2.	Port 39999; Possible Vesser/W32.HLLW.Deadhat activity

12:15:26 AM