Monday, March 22, 2004

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  EU May Set Record With Microsoft Fine (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - BRUSSELS, March 22 -- European Union antitrust officials won backing Monday for what appears to be a record-setting fine against Microsoft Corp., the last hurdle before adopting a decision that could force far-reaching changes in how the U.S. company sells its Windows operating system software. 2.  Bringing Memory to Market (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - ATLANTA -- Hype of the Hollywood variety seems to have overtaken the cell phone industry's biggest annual trade show here this week. Featured events include "The World's Smallest Film Festival," showcasing two-minute music videos and animated shorts, and the "Mobile Music Awards," featuring music videos that have been formatted for high-definition screens on cell phones. 3.  Hollinger Int'l COO Expected to Resign - Report (Reuters). Reuters - Hollinger International Inc. Chief Operating Officer Daniel Colson is expected to resign this week following the ousting of Chief Executive Conrad Black, the Financial Times Web site said on Monday. 4.  Microsoft MSN Teams Up with Major League Baseball (Reuters). Reuters - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O), the world's largest software maker, said on Monday that it had teamed up with Major League Baseball (MLB) to offer live games, highlights and clips through its MSN Internet service portal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  Novell Makes More Open Source Moves ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  Microsoft faces 'one per cent' fine. €497m misdemeanor ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  BEA rolls out Java-based environment 8.  Oversight launches fraud prevention software 9.  Witty worm exploits hole in ISS security product 10.  Cisco buys security tech company Riverhead Networks 11:12:48 PM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  New Technorati beta. Technorati has launched a new public beta with a bunch of really exciting features, including: # Lots of UI fixes and tweaks. We listened hard to all of you who told us that our UI needed a lot of work. I hope that this is a step in the right direction. We tried to do what we could to humanize the language as well - using words like "conversations" and "references" and "sources" to help better describe what Technorati does, for example. I'm sure there's a long way to go, and lots more improvements we can make. Help us. # Keyword Search beyond just RSS. We improved our post detection capabilities, going beyond what pure RSS gives you - so that you can search the entire post, not just the summaries often found in RSS feeds. Link ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Next Net moves forward. The second phase of testing for the next generation of the Internet, known as IPv6, is complete--as it gets closer to a commercial launch in the United States. 3.  Microsoft, America Online to play MLB games. With RealNetworks out of the picture, Microsoft will this week sign a multimillion-dollar deal with the league for live game streaming, the software giant has confirmed. 4.  Novell sets sights on 'complete Linux desktop'. Taking a page from the Microsoft playbook, the software maker says the open-source operating system should be "widespread" on PCs within the next 12 months. 5.  EU planning massive fine against Microsoft. European regulators plan to levy a record fine of more than $600 million against Microsoft as part of a strongly worded rebuke of the company's business practices. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  Competitors Lining Up to Crash Google's Party (Reuters). Reuters - Is the Google bubble over before it even began? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  Game Wars 2 - Battle for the Living Room ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  W32.HLLW.Gaobot.RQ 9.  WORM_LOVGATE.R 10:12:28 PM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ars Technica ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Microsoft plans music store, potentially stepping on toes. Late last week Microsoft tipped its hat and let the media know that they, too, want to join the uncontrollable orgy of losing money in the on-line music biz. By Ken "Caesar" Fisher. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Shipping container houses. Dan Mushrush sez: "A company is selling homes made of shipping containers for $76k -the lot -the installation. Luxury appointments are available." Link 3.  That's not a mouth-shaped urinal, it's a *travesty*. Some people do not care for the big-fat-red-kiss-mouth-shaped pissoires recently installed in Virgin Atlantic's JFK clubhouse. Here is the National Organization of Women press release: Outrageous Interruptus / Sexist Urinals. I'm a pro-fempower woman, and I'm all for calling misogyny when we see it -- but I think NOW needs to unclench its collective sphincter. Link to article, Previous BB post (Thanks, Eric) 4.  Son of Bride of Robolympics Photos, part umptybillion. callum prentice says, "Our team entered a combat robot in the robolympics this weekend. I'm in the process of collecting images - more will appear here over the next few days - the heavyweight & super heavyweight battles were simply the most awe inspiring, violent mechanical event i've ever seen - these shots don't even come close to describing the screech of titanium armour being ripped off, the crash of a 6" spike smashing into steel plating or the staccato vibration of shrapnel crashing into the bullet proof windows of the arena." Link VonGuard says, "Robolympics pictures -- about 300 of them." Link Link to previous BB Robolympics photos post. Thanks, robogeeks! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  Calif. Man Accused of Trying to Extort Google (Reuters). Reuters - A California man has been charged with trying to extort money out of Internet search engine firm Google by threatening to release a software program that would allow spammers to defraud Google out of money if the company did not pay him $100,000, officials said. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  Is {pluto|sedna} A Planet? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoWorld: Top News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  BEA, Cape Clear tout service-oriented architectures. BEA Systems and Cape Clear Software are readying initiatives to boost SOAs (service-oriented architectures). 8.  Microsoft details Business Solutions' road map. Microsoft on Monday gave an overview of forthcoming product updates from its Business Solutions group and talked up an expansion of its Microsoft Business Network collaboration initiative. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.  Multiples vulnérabilités OpenSSL 9:12:10 PM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ars Technica ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Et Cetera: Monday, Monday. Another round up of bullets meant to quickly refresh your sense of zen of computer repair. By Ken "Caesar" Fisher. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  There's a party in my mouth.. Yoo-hooooo, burners -- blink tags for your chompers! "Oral Disco is a multi-coloured light cleverly concealed inside a plastic mould. This easily and comfortably slides onto your upper or lower teeth. When you switch it on, it makes your whole mouth glow in an array of colourful light! The light moves from tooth to tooth as if dancing, hence the 'disco' name." Link (via Warren) 3.  Underwood casemod. This is a hellasweet case-mod: an old Underwood Noiseless typewriter running Windows 2K. Link (Thanks, Manx) 4.  Dan Mushrush sez: "A company. Dan Mushrush sez: "A company is selling homes made of shipping containers for $76k -the lot -the installation. Luxury appointments are available." Link ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  HP, Dell Serve Up Small-Biz Storage (PC World). PC World - Servers offer improved capacity, expandability. 6.  EU Reps Back Fine Against Microsoft (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - BRUSSELS, Belgium -- European Union antitrust officials won backing Monday for a reportedly record-setting fine against Microsoft Corp., the last hurdle before adopting a decision that could also force far-reaching changes in how the U.S. software company sells Windows. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  AMD Papers Over Free Wi-Fi Network Builders ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  Vulnerabilities: Apache Error Log Escape Sequence Injection Vulnerability. Apache is a freely available Web server for Unix and Linux variants, as well as Microsoft operating systems. It has been reported that the Apache web server is prone to ... 9.  Vulnerabilities: Borland Interbase Database User Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. Borland Interbase is a commercial database for Linux, Solaris and Windows systems. By default, insecure permissions are set on the file storing the user database that is... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.  Le magazine "Pirate Mag" interdit 11.  Columnists: When Gaming is a Gamble 8:11:49 PM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ars Technica ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Win XP Service Pack 2 RC 1 availability, impressions. Microsoft has opened the download gates on RC1 of the much anticipated SP2. By Ken "Caesar" Fisher. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Penny Arcade! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Herbs And Spices. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  RIAA site disabled for five days. Internet watcher Netcraft attributes the outage to a variant of the MyDoom computer worm. 4.  PalmOne loss narrows on strong Treo sales. The handheld maker sees its revenue for the third quarter climb 23 percent, due in part to sales of its combination cell phone and organizer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Set For Summer Release (Ziff Davis). Ziff Davis - SuSE officials said the Enterprise Server 9.0 is on track for its summer deadline. The update is based on the Linux 2.6 kernel. 6.  AT&T, Verizon Hint at Wireless Broadband (AP). AP - The promise of high-speed wireless Internet service edged closer to reality for a larger swath of the nation Monday with a series of somewhat vague announcements at the annual cellular industry trade show. 7.  MSN to Promote Major League Baseball (AP). AP - Microsoft Corp. is taking online users to the ballgame this baseball season, in a deal with Major League Baseball's online arm that could hurt rival RealNetworks Inc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  The Zenith Angle ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBC News | Technology | UK Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.  'Microsoft faces record EU fine'. The EU is planning to fine Microsoft approximately 500m euros for anti-competitive behaviour, according to leaks circulating in Brussels. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoWorld: Top News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.  CTIA keynote speakers preach mobility. Atlanta -- The purported largest wireless show in the world got underway today with a trio of big name speakers riffing on mobility and the promise of wireless technologies as a means to deliver data. 11.  Sun, RIM partner to deliver enterprise apps. Atlanta -- Sun Microsystems and the creators of the BlackBerry, Research in Motion (RIM), will work together to extend enterprise applications and data to the one million users of the handheld device. 12.  Novell heralds Linux in the enterprise. Salt Lake City-- With the refrain of "Novell is back," the opening keynote address here at BrainShare on Monday made one thing clear: Novell is throwing its full weight behind Linux with the aim of driving the technology into the heart of the enterprise datacenter. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoWorld: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 13.  Oversight launches fraud prevention software. Technology uses AI to monitor financial systems and issue alerts 14.  Cisco buys security tech company Riverhead Networks. Company makes another move in secure networking ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 15.  Columnists: When Gaming is a Gamble. A new Justice Department policy threatens to jail security professionals who help lock down online gambling sites anywhere in the world. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 16.  BugTraq: Vulnerabilities in Member Management System 2.1. Sender: Manuel Lopez [mantra at gulo dot org] 17.  BugTraq: Vulnerabilities in News Manager Lite 2.5 & News Manager Lite administration. Sender: Manuel Lopez [mantra at gulo dot org] 18.  BugTraq: RE: Fw: phpBB profile.php Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability. Sender: micheal at michealcottingham dot com [micheal at michealcottingham dot com] 19.  Vulnerabilities: Symantec Norton AntiSpam SymSpamHelper Class Buffer Overrun Vulnerability. Symantec Norton AntiSpam is mail filtering software that comes bundled with Norton Internet Security 2004 but is also bundled as a standalone product. Symantec Norton An... 20.  Vulnerabilities: Symantec Norton Internet Security WrapNISUM Class Remote Command Execution Vulnerability. Symantec Norton Internet Security is prone to a vulnerability that may potentially allow for remote command execution. This vulnerability is exposed via the WrapNISUM ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 21.  Monitoring Network Integrity with Nmap 22.  Computer World: Vulnerable remote users - a hacker's delight "As many organizations have realize... 23.  VNU Net: Security spending grows "Identity management and regulatory compliance are key security... 24.  Business Times: Expect more hack attacks this year, says Trend Micro "There are now tool kits th... 25.  The Register: Close encounters of the viral kind "organizations are not making enough progress i... 26.  Secunia: Apache 2 mod_disk_cache Stores Credentials "allowing a malicious, administrative user t... 27.  Crime Research: Hackers - interview with a "Ghost" "former hacker" 28.  Symantec Launches Security Gateway For Small Biz 29.  FaceTime Ships IM Security Appliance 30.  Witty Worm Sneaks Through ISS Firewalls 31.  Netsky.p Reaches Medium Threat 32.  Seniors Are Spam Savvy 33.  Phishing attacks hook more and more victims 34.  Council of Europe ratifies cybercrime treaty 35.  Technology solution to slicing spam lags 7:11:28 PM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  BB reader attends "Wanna be a pyro?" workshop, blogs experience. Following up on this earlier BoingBoing post, reader nym writes: I've always been a fan of fire, the mistress of the night. She dances in a way that captures my eyes, and tugs at my soul. In my young years, I was delighted to read the childhood stories entitled "Diary of a Pyro" by John DuBois. I read it, and loved it, but when something blew up something in my face from careless meddling, I pulled back at my experimentation, and just admired the work of others. Aside from a few fireworks, I haven't really spent time learning pyro since that day. When Xeni blogged 'So you want to be a Pyro', I was all over it. A chance to actually learn safely the ropes with the people who know it the best. I couldn't go to the local seminar in LA, but knew it was going to be worth the five hours of driving to and back from San Diego. Link to entire blog entry. Thanks, nym! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Novell sets sights on 'complete Linux desktop'. Taking a page from the Microsoft playbook, the software maker says the open-source operating system should be "widespread" on PCs within the next 12 months. 3.  Apple releases iPhoto update. Version 4.0.1 is designed to offer faster importing of photos, smoother image viewing and easier sharing of photos via Rendezvous. 4.  Dell unveils new NAS server. The company is aiming the PowerVault 745N network-attached storage server at small businesses and branch offices of big companies. 5.  Hearing set for Lindows motion. A federal judge will hear the Linux seller's request to bar Microsoft from extending its trademark actions overseas. 6.  Briefly: DoubleClick licenses geo-targeting tech. A judge will hear the Linux seller's request to bar Microsoft from extending its trademark actions...Apple releases iPhoto update...DoubleClick licenses geo-targeting tech. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  New DVD Burners To Double Capacity ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoWorld: Top News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  Microsoft: EU fine too big. BRUSSELS - Microsoft. will be fined €497 million (US$610 million) by the European Commission on Wednesday for abusing its monopoly in computer operating systems, a person close to the company said Monday. 9.  Cisco buys security tech company Riverhead Networks. Networking equipment maker Cisco Systems is buying security technology developer Riverhead Networks of Cupertino, California, for $39 million in cash, the company said Monday. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.  Vulnerabilities: Tarantella Enterprise 3 TTAArchives.CGI Remote Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability. Tarantella Enterprise 3 is a collection of software that facilitates the sharing of data and applications over networks. The 'ttaarchives.cgi' script is just one of the ... 11.  Vulnerabilities: Tarantella Enterprise 3 TTACab.CGI Remote Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability. Tarantella Enterprise 3 is a collection of software that facilitates the sharing of data and applications over networks. The 'ttacab.cgi' script is just one of the numer... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 12.  Scripting flaws threaten Norton software. ActiveX components vulnerable 13.  BT engineer denies deflowering lesbian. Telco launches investigation into Internet auction suspect ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 14.  Scripting flaws threaten Norton software 15.  Security, Manageability Drive Cisco Upgrades 6:11:08 PM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Li'l Abner comic strip reruns. Visit this site each day for a new Li'L Abner strip. It's currently running strips from 1948. Link (via Irregular orbit) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  DoubleClick licenses geo-targeting tech. The Net advertising company licenses Digital Envoy's geography-targeting technology to better serve Web ads by surfers' physical location. 3.  Microsoft under the gun on antitrust. A top EU official says next week's antitrust ruling will demand concessions from Microsoft. And in Minnesota, a court looks into whether the software giant overcharged customers. 4.  'Witty' worm infects, dies quickly. A worm exploiting holes in one company's Internet security softwarequickly infected tens of thousands of servers this weekend. 5.  Cisco buffers defenses with security buy. The networking giant says it will pay $39 million for a maker of intrusion-prevention devices, its second security technology acquisition in less than a month. 6.  PalmOne loss narrows on strong Treo sales. The handheld maker sees its revenue for the third quarter climb 23 percent. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  How Secure Is OS X? (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - To many Mac users, the recent news report of an Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) OS X security vulnerability seemed like an anomaly. While Windows users are greeted almost weekly with a new virus or worm, OS X users tend to view their systems as impervious to such concerns. 8.  IBM To Bulk Up On-Demand Centers (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - IBM (NYSE: IBM) is set to make a major push in its drive to become the top provider of utility, or "on-demand," computing services. 9.  Near-Field Wireless Tech: Next New Thing? (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - Nokia (NYSE: NOK), Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG) Electronics and Sony (NYSE: SNE) are boosting efforts to drive an innovative, touch-based wireless technology with the establishment of a Near Field Communication forum. 10.  Product Review: The Palm Tungsten W (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - Measuring 5.4 (H) x 3.1 (W) x 0.7 (D) inches, the Palm (Nasdaq: PALM) Tungsten W handheld is designed to operate over the GSM/GPRS network of AT&T Wireless (NYSE: AWE). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.  Getting A Laptop With The Low U.S. Dollar 12.  Microsoft To Be Fined E500M By European Union? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoWorld: Top News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 13.  Oversight launches fraud prevention software. In the realm of enterprise security, preventing confidential data from leaving the company is one thing, but thwarting money loss is something else entirely. 14.  Wireless visions collide. NEW ORLEANS-- Wireless executives at a Tuesday morning keynote session here at the CTIA Wireless show looked toward ubiquitous high-speed services and new ways of using phones, but some disagreed as to how those services will be delivered. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 15.  Vulnerabilities: Computer Associates eTrust Antivirus Malicious Code Detection Bypass Vulnerability. eTrust Antivirus is antivirus software that is maintained and distributed by Computer Associates. A vulnerability has been reported to exist in the software that may all... 16.  Vulnerabilities: Apache Connection Blocking Denial Of Service Vulnerability. Apache is prone to an issue that may permit remote attackers to cause a denial of service issue via a listening socket on a rarely accessed port. The issue is caused by ... 17.  Vulnerabilities: Apache Mod_SSL HTTP Request Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability. mod_ssl is the implementation of SSL (Secure Socket Layer) for the Apache webserver. mod_ssl has been reported to be prone to a remote denial of service vulnerability. ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 18.  Mean Fiddler flogs music downloads. Following the piper who calls the iTune 19.  UK web hosts spurn illegal content. Just one per cent hosted here 20.  Cisco buys anti-DDoS firm. Adds belt to braces ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 21.  New Service Simplifies Wireless Surfing 22.  Nextel Tests Qualcomm Push-To-Talk Technology 23.  Infocus: Forensic Analysis of a Live Linux System, Pt. 1 5:10:56 PM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Digital Identity World ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Identinet - A Runaway Cluetrain 2.  XDI: Weaving the "Dataweb" 3.  The Great Enabler 4.  The Digital ID World Newsletter - February 12, 2004 Issue 5.  The Digital ID World Newsletter - February 19, 2004 Issue 6.  The Digital ID World Newsletter - February 26, 2004 Issue 7.  The Digital ID World Newsletter - March 4, 2004 Issue 8.  Identity Helps AXA Financial Insure Success 9.  The Digital ID World Newsletter - March 11, 2004 Issue 10.  The Digital ID World Newsletter - March 18, 2004 Issue ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.  RIM to move into Australia, Asia. Research In Motion continues its expansion into new countries as it announces its BlackBerry service will be available in Australia and Asia through partner Singapore Telecommunications. 12.  Making cents of wireless. roundup Data services take center stage at the U.S. cellular industry's largest annual trade show--CTIA Wireless 2004. Sun talks up VoIP, while Microsoft maps out location services. 13.  Google to find place for Orkut network in search. The search giant will integrate the Orkut valign="top">14.  Novell sets sights on 'complete Linux desktop'. Taking a page from the Microsoft playbook, the software maker says the open-source operating system should be "widespread" on PCs within the next 12 months. 15.  Microsoft updates business offerings. The software giant announces a slew of updates to its business applications and services at the start of its Convergence 2004 conference. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 16.  New Service Simplifies Wireless Surfing (PC World). PC World - Handmark Express delivers news, maps, and more, without annoying ads. 17.  Recording Industry Web Site Downed (AP). AP - The Web site for the recording industry's anti-piracy lobby has been inaccessible for several days, possibly the victim of a computer virus specifically targeting the site. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 18.  Debunking the Trillion-Dollar Space Myth ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoWorld: Top News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 19.  Europeans agree on Microsoft fine. BRUSSELS - The European Commission got solid backing for its plans to fine Microsoft Corp. from national competition regulators around the European Union Monday, said a person close to the Commission. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoWorld: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20.  Witty worm exploits hole in ISS security product. Some versions of BlackIce, RealSecure impacted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LinuxSecurity.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 21.  Monitoring Network Integrity with Nmap ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 22.  Vulnerabilities: NullSoft Winamp Malformed File Name Denial of Service Vulnerability. Winamp is a freely available media player from Nullsoft. It is available for the Microsoft Windows platform. A vulnerability has been identified in the application that... 23.  Vulnerabilities: Microsoft Windows XP Explorer.EXE Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows Explorer for Windows XP has been reported to be prone to a remote denial of service vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure of the application to... 24.  Vulnerabilities: FVWM fvwm_make_browse_menu.sh Scripts Command Execution Vulnerability. FVWM is a virtual desktop window manager for the X Window system. It is freely available under the GNU Public License. It has been reported that the FVWM fvwm_make_brow... 25.  Vulnerabilities: FVWM fvwm_make_directory_menu.sh Scripts Command Execution Vulnerability. FVWM is a virtual desktop window manager for the X Window system. It is freely available under the GNU Public License. It has been reported that the FVWM 'fvwm_make_dir... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 26.  Haretz: Youth cleared of trying to hack Mossad Web site "Avi Mizrahi had not attempted to break ... 27.  Un nouveau virus destructeur exploite les vulnérabilités des produits ISS 28.  Windows XP SP2 bientôt dans les bacs 29.  Phatbot Not So Phat (NewsFactor) 30.  Witty worm crawls through ISS firewalls 31.  Survey finds more "virus disasters," higher costs (AFP) 4:10:30 PM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Fark photoshoppers on low-carb products. Fark photoshop contest: odd places for "low-carb" labels. I swear, Fark is the new Mad Magazine. Link 2.  Awesome anime ferry. Kudos to the crafty operators of this Japanese ferry service, who commissioned manga legend Leiji Matsumoto to design it "to appeal to the younger generation." As Gizmodo's Joel Johnson put it, "It does this by being awesome." Link (via Gizmodo) 3.  Copyfight becomes an all-star group-blog. Donna Wentworth's excellent tech-and-copyright blog, Copyfight, is now an all-star Corante-hosted group-blog, with contributions from Elizabeth Rader, Ernest Miller, Jason Schultz, Aaron Swartz, and Wendy Seltzer. This is the Crooked Timber or Terra Nova or Many2Many of copyright blogs. Link 4.  The 213 Things Skippy is No Longer Allowed to Do in the U.S. Army. I dunno if SPC Schwarz actually did all the things on the list of "The 213 Things Skippy is No Longer Allowed to Do in the U.S. Army," but reading the list is amusing enough to have evoked several louder-than-approriate laughs from me. # Must never ask anyone who outranks me if they've been smoking crack. # Must not tell any officer that I am smarter than they are, especially if it's true. # Never confuse a Dutch soldier for a French>Link (via AccordionGuy) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  VeriSign to acquire messaging business. The company plans to pay $5.25 million for Unimobile, a provider of mobile messaging products to telecommunications carriers and enterprises. 6.  Baseball league lands Microsoft, AOL deals. The multimillion-dollar deals for live streaming of Major League Baseball games> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  EU Reps Back Fine Against Microsoft (AP). AP - European Union antitrust officials won backing Monday for their proposed fine against Microsoft Corp., the last hurdle before adopting a decision that could force far-reaching changes on how the U.S. software giant sells Windows. 8.  Survey finds more "virus disasters," higher costs (AFP). AFP - Viruses and other computer attacks have worsened in the past year, and have become more costly for firms to deal with infections, according to a survey released. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.  Royal Linux PDA Finally Coming To Market ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.  Infocus: Forensic Analysis of a Live Linux System, Pt. 1. This article is the first of a two-part series that provides step-by-step instructions on forensics of a live Linux system that has been recently compromised. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.  CNet: RFID goes to war "Come 2005, radio frequency identification will no longer be an option fo... 12.  The Register: UK.biz leaves door open to hackers "One in three of UK corporates has suffered hac... 13.  Book Review: Beyond Fear 14.  Cisco Systems to Acquire Riverhead Networks 15.  Close encounters of the viral kind 16.  Tracing in a multithreaded, multiplatform environment 17.  Netsky.P Spreads Through Ancient Security Hole 3:10:09 PM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Still! More! Robolympics! Photos!. Scott Beale says: "Here are my photos from ROBOlympics (Saturday, March 20). David, Simone and their crew produced a truly amazing event (I'm a proud sponsor). [Note from Xeni: Scott Beale / Laughing Squid is the incredibly generous host of xeni.net; he makes all of the images I post on BoingBoing possible and he is a total mensch.] Link Chris Pederick Chris Pederick says: "I have posted a few photos from Sunday's ROBOlympics." Link Jeremy says: "I took pictures and short video this afternoon at the robolympics in SF where the weather was a bit grey. It is hosted on my little pc behing my SBC DSL connection. So it can be a bit slow. I'll move the content later this week on a faster server. Aslo, I also didn't spend time to make the album look great, it is directly from ACDSEE tool (after some quicktime and Photoshop work still)." Link Earlier BoingBoing posts with Robolympics photos: Link One, Link Two. Thanks, everyone! 2.  NPR's Day to Day on the "no papers" cowboy. Straight from the BoingBoing headlines! Today on NPR's Day to Day, a segment on the Nevada cattle rancher whose tale was blogged here on BB not long ago. NPR's Alex Chadwick has the story of Dudley Hiibel, a poor rancher in northern Nevada who continues to fight his arrest for refusing to show his identification to a sheriff's deputy. He's appealed his case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, and the way the justices rule could have major implications. Learn more about the case -- and view videos -- on Hiibel's official Web site. Audio here after 12PM PT today. 3.  Fark photoshoppers on low-carb products. Fark photoshop contest: odd places for "low-carb" labels. I swear, Fark is the new Mad Magazine. Link ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  Game grid backed by Cisco. Butterfly.net receives another $10 million in funding from backers including Cisco Systems. 5.  IBM unveils Web captioning service. The service provides automatic captioning of Web conferences and other valign="top">6.  Microsoft pitches sports for smart watches. Owners of smart watches will be able to get NBA and other basketball updates from ESPN with the launch of the first add-on information service from MSN Direct. 7.  Seven Networks files for IPO. The company is looking to raise $115 million. 8.  Yahoo takes a page from Google. The Web portal unveils new technology to find news articles and rank a Web page's popularity. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.  Nextel Tests Qualcomm Push-To-Talk Technology (Reuters). Reuters - Nextel Communications Inc. (NXTL.O) said on Monday it was testing new phones with "walkie-talkie" type service based on Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM.O) technology that could connect U.S. subscribers with foreign cellular customers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.  Brain Controlled Tightrope Video Game Shown 11.  Archos' Upgraded AV500 Jukebox Detailed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoWorld: Top News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 12.  Lycos offers tool for Web and desktop search. Terra Lycos SA is aiming to heat up the search market with its HotBot Desktop application, which allows users to search the Web and browser history, as well as their e-mail and files. 13.  Cypress' Rodgers sees WirelessUSB as standard. Cypress Semiconductor Corp.'s WirelessUSB technology is poised to become a standard, with a large number of equipment makers planning to announce products using it, according to T.J. Rodgers, the company's president and chief executive officer. 14.  Verizon Wireless talks high-speed data rollout. ATLANTA - Verizon Wireless Inc. plans to make its BroadbandAccess mobile data service available to> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LinuxSecurity.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 15.  Linux Security Week - March 22nd 2004 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 16.  BugTraq: Invision Gallery SQL Injection Vulnerabilities. Sender: JeiAr [security at gulftech dot org] 17.  BugTraq: Invision Power Top Site List SQL Injection Vulnerability. Sender: JeiAr [security at gulftech dot org] 18.  BugTraq: Mod_Survey security advisory: Script injection bug. Sender: Joel Palmius [joel dot palmius at mh dot se] 19.  BugTraq: directory traversal in xweb 1.0. Sender: Donato Ferrante [fdonato at autistici dot org] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20.  Close encounters of the viral kind. Virus infection and clean-up costs rise - again ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 21.  Scripting flaws threaten Symantec security packages 22.  YELLOW ALERT: WORM_NETSKY.P 23.  Vcard 2.8 Uninstall Script Vulnerability 24.  RealNetworks Helix Server 9 Administration Server Buffer Overflow Vulnerability 25.  Error Manager v2.1 for PhpNuke Multiple Vulnerabilities 26.  Chrome 1.2.0.0 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability 27.  Internet Security Systems PAM ICQ Server Response Processing Vulnerability 28.  Norton AntiSpam Remote Buffer Overrun Vulnerability 29.  Norton Internet Security Remote Command Execution Vulnerability 30.  22 Mar W32/Sdbot-GR 31.  Secure's distie shake-up 32.  Identity crisis hits UK companies 33.  Cisco upgrades IOS secure functionality 34.  Security spending grows 35.  Witty worm overwrites hard disks 36.  Firms urged to rethink spam strategy 37.  AntiOnline Spotlight: Wireless Security 38.  Bagle Proves Relentless 2:09:50 PM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Inventor of no-electricity refrigerator wins Rolex award. Mohammed Bah Abba of Nigeria won a Rolex award for his "pot-in-pot refrigerator. It consists of a smaller clay pot inside a larger clay pot. The gap is filled with damp sand. As the sand evaporates, the inner pot cools. Food that used to spoil in a few days now stays fresh for weeks. Second-order effects are already being noticed -- for one thing, girls who had to skip school to sell food at markets can now attend classes. Link (Thanks, juju!) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Setting the tone for vending machines. Ring tone vending machines destined for Best Buy, Radio Shack and gas stations are the latest example of how the entertainment industry has found a way cut out the carrier middleman. 3.  EarthLink adds voice to wireless service. The Internet service provider will partner with an e-mail device maker and a cellular provider to add voice calling to its wireless plan, which has focused on data services until now. 4.  Making cents of wireless. roundup Data services take center stage this week in Atlanta at the U.S. wireless industry's largest annual trade show--CTIA Wireless 2004. 5.  TI sets out for 65 nanometers. Texas Instruments takes its first few steps toward a new generation of chip manufacturing technology and plans to start to producing processors with it in 2005. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  Microsoft, Lindows Head Back to Court (PC World). PC World - International legal battle heads back to the U.S. this week. 7.  Lucent, Nortel Win Verizon Wireless Deals (Reuters). Reuters - Telecommunications equipment makers Lucent Technologies Inc. (LU.N) and Nortel Networks Corp. (NT.TO) on Monday announced deals worth $692 million to provide Verizon Wireless with equipment to support its new high-speed wireless Internet service. 8.  New DVD Burners Double Capacity (AP). AP - If you just bought a DVD-burning drive for your computer and think that for once you're current with the latest and greatest, it's disappointment time. Manufacturers are soon launching drives that can store double the amount of data on a disc. 9.  EarthLink to market PDA for wireless voice, Internet (AFP). AFP - Internet service provider EarthLink said it would begin selling its own brand of wireless data and voice devices, starting with a personal digital assistant. 10.  Hewlett-Packard to Add Intuit Software to Servers (Reuters). Reuters - Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ.N) plans to sell server computers that are loaded with a beefed-up version of Intuit Inc.'s (INTU.O) accounting software in an effort to increase the number of its small and medium size customers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.  Social Networking in the Digital Age 12.  AAC Chosen For DVD-ROM Section Of DVD Audio Discs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBC News | Technology | UK Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 13.  Porn net watchdog touts triumphs. The amount of illegal content hosted in the UK has fallen sharply, an internet watchdog has said. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoWorld: Top News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 14.  TI to sample 65-nanometer chips in early 2005. Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) plans to sample a wireless product built with its 65-nanometer semiconductor manufacturing process technology in the first quarter of next year, the Dallas-based company said Monday. 15.  Witty worm exploits hole in ISS security product. A new worm that exploited a hole in some of Internet Security Systems Inc.'s (ISS') intrusion protection products seems to be dying down after affecting thousands of IP (Internet Protocol) addresses since Saturday. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 16.  BugTraq: phpBB profile.php Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability. Sender: Cheng Peng Su [apple_soup at msn dot com] 17.  BugTraq: DSL Modem Ericsson HM220dp Exploit. Sender: Roberto Dapino [roberto at xdesign dot it] 18.  Vulnerabilities: Phorum Multiple Module Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability. Phorum is a PHP based web forums package. A cross-site scripting vulnerability has been identified in the application that may allow remote attackers to execute arbitra... 19.  Vulnerabilities: SquidGaurd NULL URL Character Unauthorized Access Vulnerability. SquidGuard is an application that acts as a filter, redirector and access controller for Squid. It is freely available under the GNU Public License and can be run on Uni... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20.  UK successful in tackling illegal Web content. Just one per cent hosted here 21.  Scripting flaws threaten Symantec security packages. ActiveX components vulnerable 22.  BT engineer denies deflowering virgin. Telco launches investigation into Internet auction suspect ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 23.  VoIP - Vulnerability over Internet Protocol 24.  Linux Netwosix 1.1 Released 25.  Watch out: It's virus season again 26.  Retooling e-authentication 27.  Computer security 101 28.  Are biometrics coming to a PC near you? 29.  HNS Newsletter issue 205 has been released 30.  VoIP - Vulnerability over Internet Protocol 31.  Security spending grows 32.  Monitoring and managing Linux software RAID 33.  Your own people may be the problem 34.  The joke of federal cybersecurity oversight 35.  NEC demos Big Brother biometric phonebooth 36.  Elsewhere: Hackers go straight Down Under 37.  Elsewhere: Stopping the enemy at the gate 38.  News: The farce of federal cybersecurity 39.  News: UK.biz leaves door open to hackers 40.  Net Security: VoIP - Vulnerability over Internet Protocol "Like many IP devices Cisco's VoIP pho... 41.  Info Warrier: The Joke of Federal Cybersecurity Oversight "Perhaps before spending more to fix r... 42.  Twin Cities: State Revenue Department - Agency's computer security too lax "An 18-page report re... 43.  Net-Security: The Ultimate Windows Server 2003 System Administrator's Guide "Windows Server 2003... 1:09:28 PM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Man arrested for extorting Google. A California man has been charged with extortion after allegedly making demands for $100,000 from the search giant. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  InterDigital's Patents Provide Pay, Problems (Investor's Business Daily). Investor's Business Daily - InterDigital Communications Corp. (NasdaqNM:IDCC - News) isn't a household name in the wireless business. It doesn't make phones, and it doesn't own networks. 3.  Google, Yahoo Mount Challenge to Microsoft (AP). AP - For the first time since Web browser pioneer Netscape Communications Corp. hit the market in the mid-1990s, Microsoft's stranglehold on computer desktops is being threatened. 4.  FOSE Reaches Past Cool Technology (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - FOSE, the big annual government technology bazaar at the Washington Convention Center that begins tomorrow, may be a trade show paid for by companies trying to sell technology to the government. But what goes on there is more or less a crash course in how blindingly complex government technology procurement has become. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  Brain Controlled Video Game 6.  RMS to Move Into Bill Gates Building Today ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBC News | Technology | UK Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  Festival firm plans download site. Reading festival promoter Mean Fiddler announces plans for a music download service. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoWorld: Top News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  Samsung pushes OneNAND memory. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will increase its stake in the mobile memory market with multichip packaging technology as well as a new chip design known as OneNAND, the company is expected to announce Monday at the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA) Wireless trade show in Atlanta. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoWorld: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.  BEA rolls out Java-based environment. WebLogic Workshop debuts ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LinuxSecurity.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.  Linux Netwosix 1.1 Released ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityNewsPortal.com HomelandSecurity.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.  World largest series of raids against movie and entertainment software pirates and hackers 12.  Google Ads hacked by blackmailing hacker scamster. Easy to cheat Google for quick profits ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 13.  Elsewhere: Hackers go straight Down Under. Australian training course teaches teaches ethical hacking Computer hacking will join the ranks of legitimate qualifications on offer to Australian IT professionals... 14.  Elsewhere: Stopping the enemy at the gate. Over the past few years, security vulnerabilities have spiralled, writes Bloor Research analyst Fran Howarth. The CERT Co-ordination Centre, a federally-funded R&D centre... 15.  News: The farce of federal cybersecurity. The Register By Richard Forno [rforno at infowarrior dot org] 16.  News: UK.biz leaves door open to hackers. The Register By John Leyden [john dot leyden at theregister dot co dot uk] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 17.  Vulnerabilities: Sun Solaris SAdmin Client Credentials Remote Administrative Access Vulnerability. Solaris is the Unix operating system variant maintained and distributed by Sun Microsystems. A problem has been discovered in the Sun Solaris sadmin service. Because of... 18.  Vulnerabilities: Jetty Unspecified Denial Of Service Vulnerability. Jetty is an HTTP server and servlet container that is implemented in Java. An unspecified denial of service vulnerability has been reported in Jetty Java HTTP Servlet Se... 19.  Vulnerabilities: WS_FTP Pro Client Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. Ipswitch WS_FTP Server is an FTP implementation that is available for Microsoft Windows operating systems. WS_FTP Pro is an FTP client application. A vulnerability has ... 20.  Vulnerabilities: Clever's Games Terminator 3: War of the Machines Remote Client Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. Terminator 3: War of the Machines is a multiplayer game developed by Clever's Games. A buffer overflow vulnerability has been identified in the game client that may allo... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Help Net Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 21.  VoIP - Vulnerability over Internet Protocol 22.  Security spending grows 23.  Monitoring and managing Linux software RAID 24.  The joke of federal cybersecurity oversight 25.  Your own people may be the problem ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 26.  Fast-Moving Worm Crashes Computers (Ziff Davis) 27.  La divulgation du code de Windows ouvre la porte aux pirates 28.  Witty Worm Wrap-up 29.  Biometrie moet identiteitsdiefstal tegengaan 30.  Bedrijven besteden meer aan security 31.  VoIP - Vulnerability over Internet Protocol 32.  Mensen vormen probleem bij IT-beheer 33.  Netsky.P krijgt medium dreiging rating 34.  4D WebSTAR update for OpenSSL 35.  4D WebSTAR update for OpenSSL 36.  Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines Broadcast Buffer Overflow 37.  Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines Broadcast Buffer Overflow 12:09:09 PM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ars Technica ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  At the very least, Pentium 4 3.4 GHz generates impressive yawns/sec. It's a Monday, and the scores of Pentium 4 3.4 GHz reviews which have just come out mean that the NDA taskmasters have lifted their ban on Intel's latest, the 3.2GHz + 200MHz fortified Prescott Pentium 4 3.4GHz. By Ken "Caesar" Fisher. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  The battle over triple 'x'. CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh explains the gathering storm over a proposed .xxx Internet registry. 3.  BEA brews Java tool bundle. The software maker launches a lower cost version of its development tools intended to lure programmers to the company's server software lineup 4.  Microsoft maps out wireless offering. The software giant partners with Sprint and Bell Mobility to sell services, mainly to businesses, that exploit a mobile phone's ability to broadcast its exact location ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  Texas Instruments to Move to Smaller Chip Process (Reuters). Reuters - Texas Instruments Inc.(TXN.N), the world's largest maker of chips for cell phones, on Monday said it plans to move to a new manufacturing process for chips next year that will shrink current advanced designs by half while also boosting performance. 6.  Yahoo Relaunches Yahoo Autos, Targets Advertisers (Reuters). Reuters - Yahoo Inc. (YHOO.O), the Internet media company, on Monday will relaunch its Autos site, seeking to make it more helpful to car buyers and more effective for advertisers who are selling, the company said on Sunday. 7.  TiVo Will Die (Ziff Davis). Ziff Davis - Three trends that will doom the popular and pioneering personal video recorder company. 8.  Nokia to Launch High-Speed CDMA Camera Phone (Reuters). Reuters - The world's leading mobile phone maker Nokia (NOK1V.HE) will launch a new clam-shell high-speed camera phone, the Finnish firm said on Monday. 9.  Sun Micro Shows Off New System for Gaming Servers (Reuters). Reuters - Sun Microsystems Inc. (SUNW.O) on Sunday said it would demonstrate a prototype system to allow video game publishers to use a single computer server to run online games for both PCs and consoles, cutting the ongoing cost of supporting those games. 10.  EarthLink Plans Wireless Voice Service (Reuters). Reuters - EarthLink Inc. (ELNK.O) plans to enter the wireless voice communications market this spring, expanding beyond sales of personal digital assistants that carry only data, the No. 3 U.S. Internet service provider said on Monday. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.  Microsoft's Online Music Store ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LinuxSecurity.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 12.  VoIP - Vulnerability over Internet Protocol ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 13.  Elsewhere: Cisco upgrades IOS secure functionality. Cisco is strengthening its security play with the launch of new features for its internet operating system (IOS), and the acquisition of a security vendor. The networking... 14.  Elsewhere: Technology solution to slicing spam lags. Lawsuits filed by some of the Web's biggest players against junk e-mailers have portrayed an industry united in the war against spam--but there are few signs of collabora... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 15.  Vulnerabilities: Apple Mac OS X Server Administration Service Undisclosed Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. The Apple Mac OS X Server Administration service provides a remote GUI administration interface for Apple Mac OS X server. An undisclosed buffer overflow vulnerability h... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 16.  UK successful in tackling illegal Web content. Just 1 per cent hosted here 17.  Macclesfield centre of universe: official. UK to host scale model of solar system 18.  NEC demos Big Brother biometric phonebooth. CeBIT 3D facial recognition algorithm 95.5 per cent accurate ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 19.  Apache 2 mod_disk_cache Stores Credentials 20.  News Manager Lite Multiple Vulnerabilities 21.  'Witty' Worm Wrecks Computers 22.  New domains '.mobi' and '.xxx' under consideration 23.  Cyber terrorism suspects will be detained for 30 days in Russia 24.  New Bagle worms crawl through old MS hole 25.  Microsoft urges users to protect themselves better from viruses 26.  AMD to cut Opteron prices in early May 27.  RFID goes to war 11:38:58 AM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  As AMS CEO Exits, Reflections of What Might Have Been (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - Alfred T. Mockett, the departing chief executive of American Management Systems Inc., arrived at the software and consulting firm in late 2001 with a five-point game plan. But he can sum it up in one line: 2.  Novell Partners Embrace Its Linux Move (Ziff Davis). Ziff Davis - Novell's BrainShare tradeshow opened with both the company and its customers and partners praising its recent Linux moves. 3.  Cell Phones Get More Computer Functions (AP). AP - Of the half billion or so cell phones produced in 2003, fewer than 10 million were so-called "smart phones" with the type of operating system, calendar, e-mail and other software found on computers and handheld organizers. 4.  Video-game work moves offshore (SiliconValley.com). SiliconValley.com - Mark Vange is in the vanguard of globalizing the video-game industry. He employs 30 game developers in St. Petersburg, Russia, who have worked on everything from flight simulators to dragon-fighting games. 5.  Possible New Net Domain Names Include '.xxx' (Reuters). Reuters - Nine new Internet domain names, including ".xxx" for adult content and ".mail" for spam-free communications, could join the more familiar ".com" and ".net" Web site suffixes later this year. 6.  Text Messages Shape Politics in Philippines (Reuters). Reuters - Maricar Quiambao's fingers hover over the computer keyboard as she prepares to compose a message to Filipino voters. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  Xiph Releases Ogg Theora Alpha-3 8.  Andreesssen: Why Open Source Will Boom - in 103 Words 9.  Man Accused of Attempting to Extort Google ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBC News | Technology | UK Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.  BBC launches interactive quiz. An interactive quiz show that enables viewers to compete with studio contestants is to launch on BBC One. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoWorld: Top News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.  Faster Xscale chip makes appearance at Cebit. HANOVER, GERMANY - Intel Corp.'s line of Xscale processors appears set to get a big speed boost in the coming months. 12.  HP Dell, target SMBs with storage offerings. Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Inc. on Monday will announce new storage products aimed at making network-centric storage more attractive to the small and medium-sized business (SMB) marketplace. 13.  Ten groups pitch new top level domains. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has received applications for 10 new sponsored top-level domains (sTLDs), helping to expand the Internet's pool of Web site addresses by catering to narrower online communities. 14.  Nextel keeps moving on push-to-talk. ATLANTA - Nextel Communications Inc. isn't waiting for more mobile operators to roll out would-be competitors to Direct Connect, the pioneering "push-to-talk" service that lets subscribers talk instantly to friends and associates. It's charging ahead to extend that service and its capabilities. 15.  Ericsson moves against Nokia control of Symbian. Swedish telecoms equipment manufacturer LM Ericsson has become the first of several shareholders in Symbian Ltd. to announce plans to stop rival Nokia Corp. from gaining control of the mobile phone operating system developer. 16.  Mobile world looks beyond phone calls. SAN FRANCISCO - For about 72 hours this week, the U.S. cell phone industry will stop talking about minutes. ADVERTISEMENT: Need a MS Exchange Spam Filter? - Spam Sucks! Your life shouldn't. iHateSpam for Exchange was built to the exact specs Exchange Admins asked for. It's now the Best-Selling, Award Winning anti-spam solution for Exchange 5.5, 2000 and 2... 17.  PeopleSoft announces financial applications. PeopleSoft Inc. announced three applications targeting specific industry verticals on Monday. 18.  BEA rolls out Java-based environment. BEA Systems bolstered its Java-based development strategy Monday, rolling out new software that allows corporate and third-party developers to create and deploy any Java or service-based application for its WebLogic server. 19.  BrainShare showcases Linux-loaded Novell. With its $210 million acquisition of SuSE Linux behind it, Novell may be the largest Linux distribution vendor in the world. But do not tell that to Novell Vice Chairman Chris Stone. 20.  Microsoft, Lindows.com head to court Wednesday. Lindows.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are set to argue their sides in the latest twist of a prolonged, international trademark battle before a Seattle judge Wednesday. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [O.S.S.R] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 21.  New O'Reilly book: BSD Hacks ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 22.  Mean Fiddler to launch music download service in April. Following the piper who calls the iTune 23.  Poweroid 1204 silent PC. Review Hear that pin drop? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 24.  UK.biz leaves door open to hackers 25.  Your own people may be the problem 26.  Retooling e-authentication 27.  Nuke agency shines bright in security 28.  Security law no cause for carping 29.  Failles critiques chez Symantec 10:08:29 AM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Ericsson Tries New Tactic on Nokia (Reuters). Reuters - Swedish telecoms equipment maker Ericsson plans to stop rival Nokia from gaining control of mobile phone software maker Symbian by raising its own stake in the company, Ericsson said on Monday. 2.  Cell Phones Equipped With GPS Technology (AP). AP - Getting around the complex streets of Tokyo is no sweat with new cell phones equipped with global positioning system technology. 3.  AOL Subscribers Can Pay Bills Online (AP). AP - America Online Inc. subscribers can now use the Internet to pay some 2,500 utilities, credit card companies and other billers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  MP3...in Surround Sound ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBC News | Technology | UK Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  Banks offer mobile top-ups. Customers of one of the UK's biggest banking groups will be able to top-up their pre-pay mobile phones at cash machines. 6.  20m UK shoppers 'going online'. Growth in UK internet shopping continue apace, and revenue may hit £17bn this year, a study forecasts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  TW, MS deny AOL buyout dialogue. 'Entirely inaccurate', apparently 8.  UK.biz leaves door open to hackers. Fourfold increase in Web security breaches 9.  Mean Fiddler to launch music d'load service in April. Following the piper who calls the iTune ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.  Stopping the enemy at the gate 11.  The farce of federal cybersecurity 12.  Linux Security Week - March 22nd 2004 13.  MS clarifies open-source stance 14.  VoIP - Vulnerability over Internet Protocol ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About Internet/Network Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 15.  Book Review: Beyond Fear. In Beyond Fear, Schneier states "In America, automobiles cause 40,000 deaths every year; that's the equivalent of a full 727 crashing every day and a half-225 total in a year." Yet, Americans generally take driving for granted and many more... 9:08:08 AM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  IBM sharpens utility computing edge. The company plans to upgrade its data centers with new management software and tools in an effort to stake out a dominant position in the software-on-demand world. 2.  Technology solution to slicing spam lags. A coalition aiming to erase junk e-mail unites behind law but stumbles over technology. 3.  RFID goes to war. The U.S. Department of Defense's Alan Estevez explains why the Pentagon has placed a $100 million bet on the technology and how RFID may impact the face of battle. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  Cell Phones Get More Computer Functions (AP). AP - Of the half billion or so cell phones produced in 2003, fewer than 10 million were so-called "smart phones" with the type of operating system, calendar, e-mail and other software found on computers and handheld organizers. 5.  EarthLink brings cell phone service to BlackBerry (USATODAY.com). USATODAY.com - Internet service provider EarthLink (ELNK) in May will begin selling cell phone service on BlackBerry e-mail devices, the company is expected to announce Monday. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  Intel's Pentium 4 3.4GHz Processors Reviewed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LinuxSecurity.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  MS clarifies open-source stance ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  IBM ships 'mandatory' ThinkPad HDD patch. Fixes Hitachi Travelstar 'reliability issues' 9.  AOL attacks spamvertisers. Sites punted in junk emails blocked 10.  Why infrastructure is not a dirty word. Back in the IT lexicon 11.  Major labels' CD e-tail partner preps download service. Recordstore.co.uk to offer MP3 and WMA tracks 12.  Axe falls on Ebookers jobs. 'Significant' restructuring programme ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 13.  The Ultimate Windows Server 2003 System Administrator's Guide 14.  22 Mar W32/Netsky-P 15.  Worm treft 50.000 computers via BlackICE lek 16.  Preview Windows XP Service Pack 2 te downloaden 17.  Chinese hackers defacen Taiwanese overheidssite 18.  Algemene security tips voor kleine bedrijven 19.  Mannen behulpzamer bij ID-fraude dan vrouwen 20.  Lek in Clam AntiVirus zorgt voor DoS 21.  Tips en tools om spyware te verwijderen 22.  Duitse minister waarschuwt voor draadloos internet 23.  RFID tags moeten senioren in de gaten houden 24.  Bugtraq: Concerning The Recent Invision power Board Issues 8:07:49 AM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  HP to announce small-business server for $499 (SiliconValley.com). SiliconValley.com - Hewlett-Packard is expected to announce today a small-business initiative that includes a computer server priced at $499. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Carphone Warehouse in free call offer. Fixed-line punters to benefit 3.  Eco-friendly mice and granite PCs. CeBIT Top kit for tree-huggers 4.  Nintendo UK launches £10m voucher promo. Buy stuff over Easter, get more stuff free 5.  Hynix, STMicro plot Chinese DRAM JV. Tackling China's chip tax? 6.  MS co-founder funds hunt for ET. Paul Allen gives SETI a cool $13.5m 7.  The farce of federal cybersecurity. Flawed technology management to blame ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wired News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  USB Ports Just Ducky. The universal serial bus, developed as a faster, easier way to connect printers and other computing peripherals, has become the choice to power all kinds of gadgets -- blankets, noodle cookers and even a duck. 9.  Exxon Taps Tech to Fuel Growth. Energy companies hope to recover oil and gas that was overlooked or once deemed unrecoverable by using tools like 3-D seismic exploration and horizontal drilling to get more energy out of aging fields. 10.  Tech Fair Hawkers Woo Non-Geeks. Companies at this year's CeBIT technology fair in Hannover Germany are staying away from tech jargon, aiming pitches at people who don't care about the tech but like the gadgets. 11.  Better Bombing Through Technology. The Pentagon already has smart bombs. Now it wants to do a better job of identifying the targets those munitions are meant to destroy. By Elliot Borin. 12.  Multiplayer Games: Shards Unite!. Segregation is a big problem in massively multiplayer role-playing games, leaving some players adrift in almost deserted worlds while others cavort with dragons. Attendees at the Game Developers Conference hope to solve that dilemma and others. By Michelle Delio. 13.  IPods Beat in Heart of the City. New York and iPods go together like bagels and cream cheese. Just search for the word 'iPod' in New York personal ads, and you get a unique insight into the mentality of the city. By Leander Kahney. 14.  Brits Going at It Tooth and Nail. Hot on the heels of the dogging craze, there's another way to hook up for some anonymous sex -- use Bluetooth-enabled phones to find willing partners nearby. By Daniel Terdiman. 15.  Satellite Struggles to Find Niche. In a sure sign of success, satellite radio providers XM and Sirius attract direct attacks from their earthbound competitors. But uncertainties still cloud the companies' financial futures. By Randy Dotinga. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 16.  The Register: Witty attacks your firewall and destroys your data "The worm generates a random IP... 17.  Biz Journals: Colleges can teach firms thing or two about security "his college and others have ... 18.  Silicon: Norton Internet Security flaw lets in hackers [NGSSoftware] "The flaw occurs in an Acti... 7:37:38 AM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Aspiring writer's novel under Creative Commons license. Kevin Christley, an aspiring sf writer, has put his novel, "Rieger Mortis," online under a Creative Commons license. Link (Thanks, Kevin!) 2.  New Technorati beta. Technorati has launched a new public beta with a bunch of really exciting features, including: # Lots of UI fixes and tweaks. We listened hard to all of you who told us that our UI needed a lot of work. I hope that this is a step in the right direction. We tried to do what we could to humanize the language as well - using words like "conversations" and "references" and "sources" to help better describe what Technorati does, for example. I'm sure there's a long way to go, and lots more improvements we can make. Help us. # Keyword Search beyond just RSS. We improved our post detection capabilities, going beyond what pure RSS gives you - so that you can search the entire post, not just the summaries often found in RSS feeds. Link ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  India's Bharti unveils 20-billion-rupee expansion plan (AFP). AFP - Indian cellphone giant Bharti Tele-Ventures announced a 20-billion-rupee (435-million-dollar) expansion plan to provide services in six new states including revolt-hit Indian-administered Kashmir. 4.  Possible New Net Domain Names Include '.xxx' (Reuters). Reuters - Nine new Internet domain names, including ".xxx" for adult content and ".mail" for spam-free communications, could join the more familiar ".com" and ".net" Web site suffixes later this year. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  Pluto's Discoverer's Backyard Telescope For Sale ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  Baltimore fights attempted coup. Major shareholder seeks to oust board 7.  Sony, Ericsson plan move to block Nokia majority at Symbian. Pre-emptive pre-emption announcement... 8.  Internet virgin faces police probe. Hasn't she been through enough? 9.  Stopping the enemy at the gate. Intrusion prevention systems 10.  Intel confirms Pentium model numbers. Update 300, 500 and 700-series chips 6:37:18 AM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  The rise and rise of the corporate learning officer (FT.com). FT.com - The expanding definition of corporate learning and development - which at many organisations now includes knowledge management, performance support and change management consulting - dominates new research into the strategies of corporate universities. 2.  Ericsson to raise stake in Symbian to block Nokia (AFP). AFP - Mobile phone maker Ericsson said it intends to raise its stake in Symbian, a producer of smartphone software, in an effort to block Finnish rival Nokia from taking control of the company. 3.  Onfolio Organizes Your Web Searches (PC World). PC World - New software helps you manage and share information you find online. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  EC - MS talks failed 'over Longhorn fears'. Monti launches pre-emptive strike 5.  Oi! Yob! Blunkett wants your mobile. Mad, bad and dangerous to know (and that's just the Home Secretary) 6.  Blunkett ready to force through compulsory ID for UK. National security, the 'last refuge of a scoundrel' de nos jours... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  Model hacker behavior 5:36:57 AM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dilbert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Dilbert for 22 Mar 2004. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBC News | Technology | UK Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Online sales up 70% at Ebookers. The internet-based holiday company says it has overcome the effects of the Iraq war and Sars, with online bookings on the increase. 3.  Banks offer pre-pay mobile top-up. Customers of one of the UK's biggest banking groups can top-up their pre-pay mobile phones at cash machines. 4.  MP3 surround sound system debuts. The creators of the MP3 format have found an equally frugal way to recreate surround sound. 4:36:38 AM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Rent A Bit Of Weta Digital ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LinuxSecurity.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Linux Security Week - March 22nd 2004 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  Sex, drugs and cans of spam 4.  Cisco VoIP kit open to 'snooping attacks' 5.  Enterprise security spend to hit $6bn 6.  Traces of Guilt: computer crime from the front line 7.  AOL and Earthlink chase spammers through the courts 8.  Exel trials RFID in House of Fraser 3:36:17 AM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- New York Times: Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Electronics That Enhance an Image (Yours). According to industry analysts, more consumers are willing to spend between $25,000 and $200,000 to watch television. By Eric A. Taub. 2.  In Florida Groves, Cheap Labor Means Machines. Facing increased competition, alarmed Florida orange growers have been turning to labor-saving technology. By Eduardo Porter. 3.  For Speed in Swimsuits, Add Bumps. A new swimsuit technology increases, rather than decreases, drag to create a "tunnel" the wearer swims through. By Teresa Riordan. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  Un déni de service pour OpenSSL frappe les produits Cisco 2:35:57 AM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ars Technica ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Science Sunday. This week: 10 or 8 planets in our solar system? Obesity and diet, Mars update, antibacterial soaps, and Hubble By Eric Bangeman. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Apple VP Ron Okamoto on Worldwide Developer Conference (MacCentral). MacCentral - Apple Computer Inc. is preparing for the company's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) being held in San Francisco this coming June. While company officials declined to comment on exactly what developers will see at this year's conference, recent shows have seen the introduction of Mac OS X Jaguar, Mac OS X Panther, the iSight camera, Xcode developer tools, and most notably last year, the Power Mac G5. Analysts feel WWDC 2004 presents a unique opportunity for Apple in the Mac and Windows developer communities. 1:35:37 AM    comment []

---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  HP targets small and midsize businesses. Continuing its effort to reach smaller businesses, Hewlett-Packard plans to announce on Monday a slew of new offerings including PCs, data storage gear, printers, support services and finance products. 2.  From wireless gear makers, a positive spin. As consolidation threatens to whittle down the number of U.S. carriers, those supplying them with network equipment are trying to look on the bright side. 3.  U.S. carriers pick up the 3G pace. At the CTIA show in Atlanta, wireless carriers will introduce broadband innovations they say will help them catch up to the global cell phone market. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New York Times: Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  Nortel Faces Credibility Questions in New Audit. Under Frank Dunn, Nortel survived the telecom meltdown by emphasizing sound management. What happens now that its accounting has been thrown into question? By Ian Austen. 5.  More Troubles Await Microsoft in Europe. The company's legal problems in Europe are far from over and appear to be accelerating, antitrust lawyers and officials said. By Paul Meller. 6.  Web Radio Said to Be Ready for Ads. Proponents say that the time has come for online radio, and now they hope mainstream advertisers come along. By Bob Tedeschi. 7.  Game Wars 2: Battle for the Living Room. Sony and Microsoft are preparing for the next round of the game wars: who will control the home entertainment computer of the future? By John Markoff. 8.  Starting Small, Israeli Company Enters the Handset Market. A company called Emblaze will launch what it is touting as the most advanced mobile phone on the market. By Joshua Mitnick. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.  As AMS CEO Exits, Reflections of What Might Have Been (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - Alfred T. Mockett, the departing chief executive of American Management Systems Inc., arrived at the software and consulting firm in late 2001 with a five-point game plan. But he can sum it up in one line: 10.  Cell Phones Get More Computer Functions (AP). AP - Of the half billion or so cell phones produced in 2003, fewer than 10 million were so-called "smart phones" with the type of operating system, calendar, e-mail and other software found on computers and handheld organizers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.  Nasty New Virus Variants ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 12.  22 Mar W32/Netsky-P 12:24:38 AM    comment []

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