Wednesday, April 07, 2004

---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Briefly: Electronics Arts president resigns. Plus: Sun updates Solaris chip support...IBM touts new notebooks' utilities...Michigan joins suit against Oracle...Union gives SBC notice of possible strike. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  AT&T Faces Bills for Calls Carried Over Internet (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - The Federal Communications Commission is prepared to rule against AT&T Corp.'s request that it be exempted from paying local telephone companies hundreds of millions of dollars in fees because the long-distance calls traveled partly over the Internet. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  Scuba-Doo Underwater Scooter ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  Judge stays Red Hat vs SCO. Pending other business By Andrew Orlowski . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  Microsoft Pushes Cybersecurity (PC World) 6.  8 Apr W32/Netsky-U 11:20:30 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Electronics Arts president resigns 2.  FCC to look at digital radio piracy?. Consumer groups say regulators are planning an unexpected focus on content protection for new radio services. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  Mich. Joins to Block Oracle on PeopleSoft (Reuters). Reuters - Oracle Corp.'s (ORCL.O) bid to acquire PeopleSoft Inc. (PSFT.O) faced a new hurdle on Wednesday when Michigan said it will join a lawsuit to block the deal, but that legal challenge also ran into a problem from shareholder advocates. 4.  Three Former CA Execs to Plead Guilty (Reuters). Reuters - Three former top finance executives at Computer Associates International Ltd. (CA.N), the software company facing federal probes of its accounting, will plead guilty to unspecified criminal charges on Thursday, court and prosecution officials said on Wednesday. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hack the Planet ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  Come on Wachowski brothers, where's my complete Matrix box set? 6.  Momentum's PowerPC 970 eval board FAQ has a surprisingly honest account of the adventure of bringup. Speaking from experience, doing bringup is the shittiest hardcore engineering job in the world. 7.  Sleepycat went and rewrote Berkely DB in Java so you can use it without the hassle of JNI. 8.  Dottocomu: Sony's car navigator/multimedia player with PC dock. I saw this earlier today on PC Watch, but thanks to Engadget for finding an English article about it. 9.  InfoWorld: Intel: Itanium, Xeon to be interchangeable. Once again we see HP out-innovating Intel at their own game, having already made the PA-RISC socket-compatible with Itanic. Could this be a subtle form of Intel cutting their losses on Itanic to make way for the inevitable market success of AMD64, er, EMT64? 10.  Topix.net Weblog: The Secret Source of Google's Power. This was well known to me, but probably not to everyone. 11.  Eno Thereska, Jiri Schindler, John Bucy, Brandon Salmon, Christopher R. Lumb, and Gregory R. Ganger: A Framework for Building Unobtrusive Disk Maintenance Applications. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 12.  Interview With CARP developer Ryan McBride 10:20:11 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ars Technica ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Hollywood's objections to digital content may have far-reaching consequences. Another, however, is to extend power and reach into your life in a way that simply was not possible in the days of VHS. Again, I would submit that this is as much about fair use as it was ever about piracy. By Ken "Caesar" Fisher. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New York Times: Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Cut-Rate Calling, by Way of the Net. Several small companies offer low-priced Internet-based telephone calling on conventional phones. And now, so does one big one: AT&T. By David Pogue. 3.  Circuit Benders Unlock the Long Riffs in Short-Circuits. In the art of circuit bending, electronic devices - usually toys - are manipulated so they can produce new and unusual sounds. By Matthew Mirapaul. 4.  Looking It Up, No Keyboard Required. The Internet is not where you look up everything. Dictionaries and thesauri and encyclopedias are where you look up everything. Is there overlap? By Michelle Slatalla. 5.  When the Cashier Is You. New Yorkers know how to swipe a MetroCard. Pretty soon they will want to transfer that skill to groceries. By William Grimes. 6.  Lottery Numbers and Books With a Voice. Telltaleweekly.com offers super-cheap audio books by MP3; Randomnumber.info generates random numbers; Studyresponse.com tries to centralize the recruitment of volunteers for online research. By Pamela Licalzi O'connell. 7.  Mini Video-to-Go Moves From Concept to Shelf. INEXPENSIVE ways to play video on hand-held devices have been promised for at least a couple of years, and there have been tantalizing glimpses of bright-screened, palm-size prototypes at electronics shows. By Michel Marriott. 8.  Fine-Tuning Broadcasts From Stations Online. I lose the Internet connection two or three times during a three-hour opera. Why does this happen? Is there anything I can do about it? By J.d. Biersdorfer. 9.  Dark Quests in Mansions and Dungeons. Different takes on the video game sequel -- from Final Fantasy and Fatal Frame -- plus a Disney ride in game form. By Charles Herold. 10.  Measure Twice, Cut Once, Change the Batteries. Tools for home improvement, from levels to stud finders, have gone digital. By Ian Austen. 11.  Block That Ringtone!. Ever wish you could silence all cellphones within earshot? That is the goal of a number of new products but wireless companies and regulators say it might not be legal. By Sam Lubell. 12.  In Google We Trust? When the Subject Is E-Mail, Maybe Not. Google, the search-engine leader, has announced plans to offer a free Web-based e-mail service. But many potential subscribers have reservations. By Katie Hafner. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 13.  As Tax Deadline Approaches, Web Beckons (PC World). PC World - Procrastinators can find a digital hand in online tax-filing options. 14.  New Technology to Help Drowsy Drivers (AP). AP - Volvo is trying to retain its image as a leader in safety with new technology designed to help drowsy drivers. Volvo and its owner, Ford Motor Co., released results of a study on the problem Wednesday at the New York Auto Show and announced plans for the technology to be included in Volvo cars and SUVs before the end of the decade. 15.  Intel to Reduce Chips' Lead Content (AP). AP - For environmental reasons, Intel Corp. plans to reduce the amount of lead in its microprocessors and chip sets by 95 percent starting this year. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 16.  FAA Grants Sub-Orbital License to SpaceShipOne ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoWorld: Top News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 17.  W3C signs off on Web scripting specs. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has completed work on a set of technical specifications that define how scripting programs interact with Web pages. The development marks an important step toward interoperability on the Web and is a sign of its growing maturity, one industry analyst said. 18.  Dell boosts first-quarter sales forecast. Citing growth in markets outside the U.S., Dell raised its first-quarter sales forecast Wednesday and said it would significantly increase its stock repurchases. 19.  Michigan AG joins DOJ case against Oracle. Michigan's attorney general said Wednesday his state will join the Department of Justice's case to block Oracle's proposed takeover of PeopleSoft. Michigan becomes the eighth state to join the case, which is expected to commence trial in June in a California district court. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20.  Yahoo! shows paid search pays. Record profits in Q1 By Ashlee Vance . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 21.  35 ëåò ïåðâîìó RFC 22.   õàëàòíîñòè ïîëèöåéñêîãî âèíîâàòûì îêàçàëñÿ âèðóñ 23.  Lindows âñå æå ñìåíèò èìÿ 24.  W32.Netsky.U@mm 25.  Gentoo: ClamAV Denial of service vulnerability 9:19:50 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ars Technica ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Big Brother's Stop Lights turn red on speeders. While stoplights have long since relied on sensors for turning green at opportune moments to aid traffic flow, they've not been used to punish speeders by preemptively turning red. Pleasanton California is out to change all of that. By Ken "Caesar" Fisher. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Nanotech health probe gets funding boost. The Department of Defense provides a grant to researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center to further probe the health risks of nanotechnology, a growing concern in the industry. 3.  W3C works out DOM kinks. The Web standards body recommends a third version of an application programming interface that lets scripts act on part of Web pages. 4.  Yahoo hints at social networking service. The portal giant predicts a future in which people can share their Web searches with friends. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  An Antitrust Antidote for Software Security (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - Congress should change U.S. antitrust laws to make it easier for businesses to pressure software vendors to improve the security of their products, according to a congressional advisory panel report released yesterday. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  Tracking Gaming Stats With Video Capture Devices ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBC News | Technology | UK Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  Judge rejects Enron plea bargain. The wife of ex-Enron executive Andrew Fastow faces trial in June after a judge rejects her plea bargain. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoWorld: Top News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  Oracle awaiting grid database upgrades. San Jose, Calif. - Oracle anticipates a spur in upgrades to its grid-enabled Oracle Database 10g this June, when the first patch set will be released for the new system, an Oracle official said Wednesday. 9.  SCO moves for delay in IBM trial. Citing delays in the discovery process of its $5 billion lawsuit with IBM, The SCO Group has asked a Utah court to move back the trial date in the case by five months, to mid-September 2005. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.  Dell ups Q1 forecast on overseas boom. Round Rock Express throws strikes By Ashlee Vance . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Help Net Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.  Microsoft takes security class on the road 12.  Gmail takes heat for privacy fears 13.  Microsoft on its security response 14.  Witty extinction 15.  Hacking Windows Server ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 16.  TROJ_DLOADER.DI 17.  An Hour with Kevin Mitnick, Part 2 18.  Microsoft Spruces Up Storage Management 19.  Advanced Information Assurance Handbook 20.  Vérifier la validité de ses 12000 signets ? Chez moi ça dure 2 secondes 21.  ISS to offer free security patch after being slammed for 'selling' security patches 22.  Ballmer: Have To Assume Code Will Be Attacked 23.  Kevin Mitnick Interview 24.  Experts offer Unix virus warnings 25.  Microsoft takes security class on the road 26.  Gmail takes heat for privacy fears 27.  Microsoft on its security response 28.  Witty extinction 29.  Hacking Windows Server 30.  Draft of 'Broadcast Flag' Treaty Now Available 31.  E-Voting Company Reveals Their Source Code 32.  E-voting firm opens up its code 33.  Passive E-Mail Monitoring Leads To Arrest 34.  Arrests key win for NSA hackers 35.  Limbaugh wants medical records back 36.  The Pure Software Act of 2006 37.  New technology may chip away at privacy 38.  Traveling Down the Memory Hole 39.  The Memory Hole [rescuing knowledge, freeing information] 40.  Release of Cisco Attack tool Asleap 41.  Re: SuSEs YaST Online Update - possible symlink attack 42.  REAL One Player R3T File Format Stack Overflow 43.  Cisco Security Advisory: A default Username and Password in WLSE and HSE devices 44.  CAN-2004-0155:The KAME IKE Daemon Racoon does not verify RSA Signatures during Phase 1, allows man-in-the-middle attacks and unauthorized connections 45.  [ GLSA 200404-06 ] Util-linux login may leak sensitive data 46.  Re: [waraxe-2004-SA#013 - Critical sql injection bug in PhpBB 2.0.8 and in older versions] 47.  Cisco Security Advisory: A default Username and Password in WLSE and HSE devices 48.  Mcafee FreeScan - Remote Buffer Overflow and Private Information Disclosure 49.  Re: IPv4 fragmentation --> The Rose Attack 50.  [ GLSA 200404-07 ] ClamAV RAR Archive Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability 51.  Symantec Virus Detection(Free ActiveX) - Remote Buffer Overflow 52.  Solaris vfs_getvfssw() local kernel exploit 53.  Re: GNU Sharutils buffer overflow vulnerability. 54.  [OpenPKG-SA-2004.010] OpenPKG Security Advisory (tcpdump) 55.  Metasploit Framework 2.0 Released! 56.  Re: GNU Sharutils buffer overflow vulnerability. 57.  Internet Explorer 6 -Crash 58.  [ GLSA 200404-04 ] Multiple vulnerabilities in sysstat 59.  RE: Kerio Personal Firewall 4 and IE 6 "Bug" 60.  RE: Kerio Personal Firewall 4 and IE 6 "Bug" 61.  [OpenPKG-SA-2004.011] OpenPKG Security Advisory (sharutils) 62.  Kerio Personal Firewall 4.0.13 - Remote DoS (Crash) 63.  Re: GNU Sharutils buffer overflow vulnerability 64.  McAfee Freescan ActiveX Information Disclosure [Additional Details & PoC] 8:19:10 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Ikea's a gas. Vann points us to this oddly-named Ikea work bench. Something is clearly lost gained in the translation of the Swedish word for "speed." Link Update: Andre Torrez chimed in with another Ikea product that's even more aptyly-named. Link ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Penny Arcade! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Twisp & Catsby in: The Crocotillian. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  IBM touts new notebooks' utilities. The company says three new notebooks feature the ThinkVantage System Migration Assistant; two of them also come with a "rescue and recovery" tool. 4.  Dell sees higher first-quarter revenue. The PC maker says revenue for its first quarter will be higher than previously expected, thanks to its expanding international sales. 5.  Carriers add SSL string to their bow. A browser-based VPN technology is gaining popularity among corporate buyers, and carriers are making a bid for their business. 6.  Briefly: IBM touts new notebooks' utilities. Plus: Michigan joins suit against Oracle...Union gives SBC notice of possible strike...Continental Airlines to cut paper tickets...AMD leaks notebook chip details. 7.  Sun updates Solaris chip support. The quarterly update of Sun's version of the Unix operating system runs faster on x86 chips. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New York Times: Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  Yahoo's First-Quarter Profit Doubles. Yahoo's first-quarter profit more than doubled, propelled by advertisers eager to have their products promoted on the site. By The Associated Press. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.  Dell raises its first quarter sales' estimate by 200 million dollars (AFP). AFP - Computer and software maker Dell Inc said it was revising up its sales forecast for its first quarter by 200 million dollars, partly due to increased demand for servers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.  Can Communications Be Learned From Chimps? 11.  No EZ Fix For The IRS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBC News | Technology | UK Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 12.  Yahoo nets $101m web profits. Internet company Yahoo's quarterly net profits are up $47m on the same period of last year. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoWorld: Top News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 13.  Smaller chips? Just add water. Researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) are refining a method that uses the current generation of chip-making tools to produce smaller chips than previously thought possible with those tools. The key ingredient happens to be one of the most commonly available substances on the planet. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulns ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 14.  BugTraq: McAfee Freescan ActiveX Information Disclosure [Additional Details & PoC]. Sender: S G Masood [sgmasood at yahoo dot com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 15.  Microsoft to boost fight against piracy (AFP) 16.  TROJ_SLIME.C 17.  WORM_BAGLE.X 18.  KAME IKE daemon Racoon vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks / unauthorized connections 19.  Ballmer Asks IT Pros For Security Help 20.  Joint Statement about GNU/Linux Security 21.  Networking improvements in the 2.6 kernel 7:18:31 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ars Technica ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Metroid, the Movie coming in 2006. The Hollywood Reporter is, you guessed it, reporting that John Woo has optioned Nintendo's classic Metroid game for a movie. By Ken "Caesar" Fisher. 2.  Hard drive may remain in Xbox 2 after all. A recent patent granted to Microsoft may mean that their next-generation Xbox may still be sporting an internal hard drive. One thing for sure — it won't be hitting the market anytime soon. By Eric Bangeman. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  Broadcast Treaty threatens the whole world with super-duper DMCA. Ernest sez, "If you like the broadcast flag, you're going to love this proposed new WIPO treaty that requires it. The draft treaty will be discussed June 7-9 in Geneva and gives broadcasters and cablecasters exclusive rights, such as the rights of reproduction, fixation, and distribution, even if the broadcaster doesn't have the copyright to the work broadcast. If the US gets its way, webcasting will also be covered. And don't try to get around the broadcast flag, either, the treaty has DMCA-like provisions for circumvention." One of my new gigs in Europe is fighting this thing. Expect to see lots more about it. Link (Thanks, Ernest) 4.  Little Green Footballs readers jihad investigative blogger for outing mercs in Iraq. Kathryn Cramer, the investigative blogger who tracked down a lot of the information on the use of hired mercenaries to fight in Iraq under the guise of "civilian contractors," has found herself under attack by the readers of Little Green Footballs, apparently at the behest of proprietor Charles Johnson (who took a cheap shot at Boing Boing yesterday -- thanks for the traffic, Charles), whom he calls his "lizardoid minions." One of the goons posting to Kathryn's blog is a member of the California Bar; Kathryn's doing what needs to be done to see to it that this breach of professional ethics is thoroughly documented and brought to the attention of the Bar's Ethics Committee. Link 5.  Ikea's a gas. Vann points us to this oddly-named Ikea work bench. Something is clearly lost gained in the translation of the Norwegian word for "speed." IKEA 6.  Training speeders to slow down, lab rat style. Dan Berkes sez: "This story from the online edition of the San Francisco Chronicle reports on the city of Pleasanton, CA and its test of a new traffic control system to curtail speeding drivers. A sensor 350 feet away from a stoplight measures traffic, and if that traffic is traveling at more than 10mph above the posted speed limit, the light turns red for that/those driver(s). It's a 10-second stop unless cross-traffic is waiting, at that point leadfoots can cool their heels for 30 seconds." Link ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  Apple Developer Profile Changing? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LinuxSecurity.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  Joint Statement about GNU/Linux Security 9.  Networking improvements in the 2.6 kernel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulns ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.  BugTraq: [OpenPKG-SA-2004.011] OpenPKG Security Advisory (sharutils). Sender: OpenPKG [openpkg at openpkg dot org] 11.  BugTraq: Metasploit Framework 2.0 Released!. Sender: H D Moore [sflist at digitaloffense dot net] 12.  BugTraq: Re: GNU Sharutils buffer overflow vulnerability.. Sender: Carlos Eduardo Pinheiro [cbc99 at bol dot com dot br] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 13.  US big biz loosens IT purse strings. Catching up on servers and infrastructure software By electricnews.net . 14.  Witty extinction. Evil new 'firsts' in the ever-changing world of worms and viruses By Kelly Martin, SecurityFocus . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 15.  Guide :: Linux Forensics Software 16.  Guide :: PC Forensics Software 17.  Guide :: PDA Forensics Tools and Techniques 18.  Journalist foils Toronto airport security 19.  Electronic Voting Machine Software Open For Examination 6:24:16 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Shave-ice website scofflaws beware!. You're undoubtedly aware of the growing number of cases of abuse against shave-ice websites. The cowards who perpetrate these crimes threaten the very fabric of our great nation. Finally, someone has risen from the crowd to shout, "Enough! Enough of the shave ice site abusers! Begone, dastardly minions of lawlessness!" Marvel at this carefully handcrafted weapon designed to squash shave-ice criminals like the insects they are: the 2500-word shave-ice website terms of service agreement. Link (Thanks, Gary!) 2.  Delicious beverage made of pig whipworm eggs is also good for you!. "Regular doses of worms really do rid people of inflammatory bowel disease. The first trials of the treatment have been a success, and a drinkable concoction containing thousands of pig whipworm eggs could soon be launched in Europe." Link (Thanks, Tom!) 3.  War against terrorism has been won - Ashcroft now focuses on porn. Good comment from the Harvard Republican Blog on Ashcroft's new folly, a war on pornography, The Baltimore Sun article quotes Attorney General John Ashcroft saying that porn "invades our homes persistently though the mail, phone, VCR, cable TV and the Internet." No, Mr. Ashcroft, that's incorrect; Americans persistently invite porn into our homes through the mail, phone, VCR, cable TV and the Internet. According to Eric Schlosser's Reefer Madness, Americans spend between $8 and $10 billion per year on adult entertainment, about as much as on first-run (non-porn) movies. Show me a videocassette that forces itself into an American's home at gunpoint, ties him to the couch, and plays itself, and I will concede that your claim makes sense; otherwise, you're wrong. Link ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  Cable broadband's political hand 5.  Will HDTV antipiracy plan unplug digital networks?. Hollywood wants to control the connections used in new high-definition TV sets. If it wins, home video recording may never be the same again, critics say. 6.  Yahoo beats Street, splits stock. The company's board of directors approves a two-for-one stock split, as it continues its momentum in paid search. 7.  RIM reports profit, to split stock. The BlackBerry device and service company reports its third straight quarter of profitability and announces a 2-for-1 stock split. 8.  Web services security spec locked down. The XML standards body OASIS ratified the Web Services Security as a standard, considered an important milestone in making Web services a viable alternative to proprietary security systems. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.  IBM Debuts Mid-Size Mainframe (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - IBM (NYSE: IBM) has introduced its eServer zSeries 890, a mainframe designed for mid-size enterprises that is built on technology introduced last year under the code name "T-Rex." 10.  Dell, Oracle Target SMBs (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - The partnership between Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) and Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) has already has enjoyed success in the large enterprise market. Now the server maker and the database software company will expand that alliance to target small and mid-size businesses. 11.  Lindows.com Announces Name Change (PC World). PC World - To avoid legal woes, company will use a different title outside of the U.S. 12.  Skype Launches Mobile VoIP (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - Voice over Internet calling is now available for PDA users from the same folks who also launched Kazaa, the widely distributed music file-sharing software. 13.  Microsoft to boost fight against piracy (AFP). AFP - Microsoft announced its aim to boost the fight against computer piracy, by reinforcing computer security systems. 14.  Intel to Reduce Chips' Lead Content (AP). AP - For environmental reasons, Intel Corp. plans to reduce the amount of lead in its microprocessors and chip sets by 95 percent starting this year. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 15.  2003 CD Sales Officially Down 7.6 Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hack the Planet ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 16.  Looks like the UserLand server maintenance went pretty smoothly. (Oops, I spoke too soon; looks like it's still going on.) 17.  Out of perverse curiosity, I tried to install Fedora Core 2 test 2. It now supports my Radeon 9800 (even though Mike Harris threatened to not support it out of spite), but it doesn't see my hard drive. 18.  The Inquirer: Nforce3 Pro 250 2 processor pics revealed. 19.  The Register: Sony talks up PS3. Not too surprising that Sony's planning a PS3X or a super-cheap PS2 after PS3 comes out. 20.  The Register: Why Sun threw in the towel in Mankind vs. Microsoft. 21.  I never really got into LaunchBar, so I didn't expect to have any use for Quicksilver. But its clipboard history window comes in handy for blogging: to get the title and URL of a story into a post I can copy-copy-switch-drag-drag instead of copy-switch-paste-switch-copy-switch-paste. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoWorld: Top News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 22.  Windows, Linux thin client launched. As industry talk swirls around Linux desktops versus Windows desktops, Neoware, a leading provider of thin clients, unveiled this week a $199 appliance that runs both. ADVERTISEMENT: Receive a FREE>SunTone Initiative is designed to help you optimize the delivery and management of mission critical IT services. Click here to learn more 23.  Judge delays Red Hat-SCO suit, pending IBM action. A U.S. District Court judge has stayed a lawsuit brought by Red Hat Inc. against The SCO Group Inc., saying that the key issues in the case are already being examined in a separate lawsuit brought by SCO against IBM Corp. in Utah. 24.  Ballmer: Everyone has stake in cybersecurity. WASHINGTON - Everyone, from computer users to software vendors to government agencies, is responsible for cybersecurity, Microsoft's chief executive officer (CEO) told a crowd in Washington, D.C., Wednesday. 25.  Lindows.com to change name outside the US. Lindows.com Inc. is raising the white flag and will change its name outside the U.S. instead of fighting Microsoft Corp. in international courts, the company said Tuesday. 26.  Cisco warns of wireless security hole. Networking equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc. is warning customers about a security hole in two products used to manage wireless LANs and e-business services in corporate data centers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LinuxSecurity.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 27.  Gentoo: ClamAV Denial of service vulnerability 28.  Gentoo: util-linux Information leak vulnerability ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulns ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 29.  BugTraq: [ GLSA 200404-07 ] ClamAV RAR Archive Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability. Sender: Kurt Lieber [klieber at gentoo dot org] 30.  BugTraq: [OpenPKG-SA-2004.010] OpenPKG Security Advisory (tcpdump). Sender: OpenPKG [openpkg at openpkg dot org] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 31.  Biometrics vendors face 'more lean years'. Homeland Security's prints found at scene of crime By John Lettice . 32.  V-TEC V-Drive Flash Pen. Reg Review It writes, it stores your files By Tony Smith . 33.  Draft ID card Bill valign="top">34.  KaZaA and eDonkey brace for NetSky-Q> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 35.  Security Alert: New BugBear Worm Exploits IE Vulnerability 36.  Security Alert: New BugBear Worm Discovered 37.  Spamhaus ICANN Proposal Aims To Stop Spam 38.  Network Intelligence Upgrades SEM Software 39.  RealPlayer Open To Remote Attack 40.  Progeny To Provide Security Patches For Discontinued Red Hat Software 41.  Arrêt du développement du logiciel de diagnostic Aida32 42.  Security Tracker: Adobe Photoshop Remote COM Scripting Objects Let Remote Users Deny Service "co... 43.  Security Focus: Witty Extinction "The Witty worm set a dangerous precedent on the Internet becau... 44.  eWeek: Researcher Claims Online Anti-virus Scanners Buggy "Online scanners from Symantec, McAfee... 45.  eWeek: Security Alert - New BugBear Worm Exploits IE Vulnerability 46.  VNU Net: Linux vendors attack analyst report "Linux vendors Debian, Mandrake, Red Hat, and SuSE ... 47.  FT: Security scare for business laptops "Business travellers are unwittingly making company secr... 48.  Kurz vor 12: Wurm Netsky-Q schlägt ab Mitternacht zu 49.  Bugwatch: Foiling phishers 50.  IBM's Mainframe for Mid-Sized Enterprises 51.  W32.Gaobot.WO 52.  GNU Sharutils Buffer Overflow in 'shar' Lets Users Execute Arbitrary Code 53.  Debian: tcpdump Denial of service vulnerability 54.  Mandrake: fileutils/coreutils Denial of service vulnerability 55.  Gentoo: sysstat Multiple vulnerabilities 56.  Gentoo: util-linux Information leak vulnerability 57.  Turbolinux: apache/httpd/libxml2/mod_python Multiple vulnerabilities 58.  Gentoo: ipsec-tools Key non-verification vulnerability 59.  7 Apr Troj/Bagle-X 5:24:02 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ars Technica ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Intel gives low-power laptop CPUs more love. Intel today released low-power Pentium M and Celeron M CPUs. The 1.1GHz Pentium M draws a mere 7 watts of power. By Eric Bangeman. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Red Hat's case against SCO put on hold. A federal judge denies SCO's motion to throw out a suit brought by the Linux seller but put the case on hold, awaiting an outcome in a related case. 3.  AMD leaks notebook chip details. Advanced Micro Devices inadvertently posts on its Web site the features of an upcoming chip for laptops, a market in which it still lags behind Intel. 4.  Canada leans toward regulating VoIP. Net phone service providers brace for regulation in Canada, where a telecom commission tentatively rules that traditional phone rules apply to VoIP in most cases. 5.  Microsoft takes security class on the road. The software giant kicks off its Security Summits,sending executives to 20 cities as part of its mission to train 500,000information technology professionals worldwide by the end of the year. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  SCO Should Win: Week Two (Ziff Davis). Ziff Davis - Here's the "why" that Rob Enderle left out of a recent column on why he thinks SCO will win against IBM. 7.  Lost Share at Nokia (The Motley Fool). The Motley Fool - On Tuesday, an earnings warning issued by cell phone giant Nokia (NYSE: NOK - News) prompted investors to punish the stock, pushing it down almost 19% to $17.21. 8.  IBM fetes 40th birthday of historic "dinosaur" -- the mainframe computer (AFP). AFP - Its power can now be harnessed on a desktop, but 40 years ago, IBM's first mainframe computer sparked a revolution that would help send man to the moon and transform global business. 9.  Online Consoles Soar While PCs Stumble (AP). AP - Only a few years ago, online games still lurked on the fringe of American culture. 10.  321's DVD Backup Software Lacks Teeth (AP). AP - When 321 Studios Inc. hit store shelves with software that could back up DVD movies onto blank disks, it seemed like a smart idea for households full of rambunctious children who play rough-and-tumble with their copies of "Finding Nemo." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.  Draft of 'Broadcast Flag' Treaty Now Available ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoWorld: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 12.  Ballmer: Everyone has stake in cybersecurity. Microsoft CEO says we need to 'anticipate and act against' cyber crimes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulns ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 13.  BugTraq: CAN-2004-0155: The KAME IKE Daemon Racoon does not verify RSASignatures during Phase 1, allows man-in-the-middle attacks andunauthorized connections. Sender: Ralf Spenneberg [ralf at spenneberg dot net] 14.  BugTraq: [ GLSA 200404-06 ] Util-linux login may leak sensitive data. Sender: Kurt Lieber [klieber at gentoo dot org] 4:23:36 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Onyx acquires $4 million design tool. CRM software maker Onyx has bought tech assets from Visuale in a deal for cash and stock that will make Onyx's programs easier to customize. 2.  Briefly: Onyx acquires $4 million design tool. Plus: Japan expands supercomputer cluster...SEC probing Mamma.com stock trading...Nokia trims sales forecast. 3.  Broadband makes inroads into U.S. households. More Net users are unplugging their dial-up service for a speedier connection. VoIP, online games and home networking boost broadband's growth. 4.  Patent offers clue in mystery of Xbox hard drive. Microsoft may not be planning to ditch the hard drive in its game console after all, judging from a new patent covering the way the Xbox saves game data. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  IBM Buys Indian Back-Office Service Firm (Reuters). Reuters - International Business Machines Corp. (IBM.N) said on Wednesday it would buy Daksh, India's third-largest technical and customer support services firm, in the biggest acquisition yet in the nation's booming $3.5 billion outsourcing sector. 6.  European technology stocks come down to earth (FT.com). FT.com - High-flying technology stocks came down to earth with a bump on Tuesday after Nokia, the world's leading maker of mobile phones, lowered its first-quarter sales guidance. 7.  Software to ID Financially Hit Farmers (AP). AP - More than 2,200 Farm Service Agency employees from around the country are being trained on computer software that will help them identify financially stressed farmers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  Lindows Agreeing to Change Name 9.  IBM Snags Leading Indian Outsourcing Firm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LinuxSecurity.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.  Could open source elections close out hanging chads? 11.  Linux vendors attack analyst report 12.  Introduction to Enterprise Linux 13.  Secret hackers to aid war on internet fraud 14.  Turbolinux: apache/httpd/libxml2/mod_python Multiple vulnerabilities 15.  Gentoo: ipsec-tools Key non-verification vulnerability 3:23:16 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ars Technica ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Flash memory market heating up. Flash memory is found in a variety of electronic devices including portable MP3 players, digital cameras, cell phones, and USB key drives. Memory makers are ramping up to make more and make it better. By Matt Woodward. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Real hits play on latest media software. The RealPlayer 10 release is aimed at winning back momentum in the multimedia business that had been slipping toward Microsoft and Apple Computer. 3.  Lindows plans name change overseas. The Linux company's CEO says that in light of ongoing legal battles with Microsoft, it will adopt a different name for business outside the United States. 4.  Study says execs remain bullish on IT. A new study by IDC says senior business executives plan to enhance their focus on information technology this year, in another signal of better times for the tech industry. 5.  Japan expands supercomputer cluster. The country's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology will add a Linux Networx system to its cluster. 6.  Chipmakers cutting back on use of lead. Intel and National Semiconductor say they're getting closer to the environmentally friendly goal of eliminating the use of lead in their products. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  IBM to take over top Indian back-office services company (AFP). AFP - Global computer-making giant IBM said it would take over a top Indian business process outsourcing company in a deal believed to be one of the largest foreign takeovers in the country. 8.  Xerox Unveils New Low-Cost Color Printers (Ziff Davis). Ziff Davis - Extending deeper into the low end of the printer market, Xerox Corp. on Monday rolled out a new color laser printer for small and medium-sized businesses. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.  Skype Releases PocketPC Version Of VoIP Software ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hack the Planet ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.  Come on Wachowski brothers, where's my complete Matrix box set? 11.  Momentum's PowerPC 970 eval board FAQ has a surprisingly honest account of the adventure of bringup. Speaking from experience, doing bringup is the shittiest hardcore engineering job in the world. 12.  Sleepycat went and rewrote Berkely DB in Java so you can use it without the hassle of JNI. 13.  Dottocomu: Sony's car navigator/multimedia player with PC dock. I saw this earlier today on PC Watch, but thanks to Engadget for finding an English article about it. 14.  InfoWorld: Intel: Itanium, Xeon to be interchangeable. Once again we see HP out-innovating Intel at their own game, having already made the PA-RISC socket-compatible with Itanic. Could this be a subtle form of Intel cutting their losses on Itanic to make way for the inevitable market success of AMD64, er, EMT64? 15.  Topix.net Weblog: The Secret Source of Google's Power. This was well known to me, but probably not to everyone. 16.  Eno Thereska, Jiri Schindler, John Bucy, Brandon Salmon, Christopher R. Lumb, and Gregory R. Ganger: A Framework for Building Unobtrusive Disk Maintenance Applications. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LinuxSecurity.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 17.  Kazaa and co 'not cause of music biz woes', say Profs 18.  AOL raffles spammer's seized Porsche 19.  Civil liberties groups unite for RFID protest 20.  Europe rebuffs US flight info data grab 21.  Arrests key win for NSA hackers ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 22.  The wrong stuff: what it takes to be a TSA terror suspect. ACLU files suit over no-fly list By John Lettice . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 23.  bugbear.E - scan your mail 24.  High alert Bugbear.e 25.  Sara Tells Viruses To Bug Off 26.  Microsoft has `patch' for latest hack flaw 27.  Groups Slam Google's New E-Mail Service 28.  Yahoo, Microsoft, AOL sue under new anti-spam law 29.  Researcher Claims Online Anti-virus Scanners Buggy (Ziff Davis) 30.  Security Alert: New BugBear Worm Discovered (Ziff Davis) 31.  Security Alert: New BugBear Worm Exploits IE Vulnerability (Ziff Davis) 32.  TROJ_WINTRIM.U 33.  BKDR_MOSUCKER.A 34.  Elsewhere: Spam fighting hurts legitimate business? 35.  Elsewhere: Iowa colleges take on computer viruses 36.  Columnists: Witty Extinction 37.  News: Habeas win $100k judgement against spammer 38.  Flaw in RealPlayer Client Could Allow Remote Attack 39.  Microsoft Brings Security Education to the Masses 2:22:55 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Briefly: SEC probing Mamma.com stock trading. Plus: Nokia trims sales forecast...Unisys CEO to step down...The pub's a hub for U.K. broadband...NYSE taps Fiorina for executive panel. 2.  Fujitsu sues Samsung over plasma TVs. Fujitsu files suit in U.S. and Japanese courts against Samsung, alleging that the rival display maker has violated patents for its plasma technology. 3.  Red Hat's case against SCO put on hold. A federal judge denies SCO's motion to throw out a suit brought by the Linux seller but put the case on hold awaiting an outcome in a related case. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  Happy 35th birthday, RFC 1! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoWorld: Top News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  Real CEO says EU-MS ruling 'right,' may help lawsuit. LONDON -- With the sting of the European Commission's antitrust ruling against Microsoft Corp. still fresh, RealNetworks Inc. head Rob Glaser appeared in London on Wednesday endorsing the Commission's decision as more solid than the U.S. settlement, and predicting that it would aid his company's private suit against the software giant. 6.  Motion Computing rolls out new Tablet PC. Motion Computing Inc. will unveil the third generation of its slate Tablet PC product at an event in San Francisco Wednesday, complete with a new processor from Intel Corp. and improved display and microphone technologies. 7.  Nokia subject of U.S. class action complaint. Nokia Corp. on Wednesday said it will fight a class-action complaint accusing the mobile phone maker of making false and misleading statements in violation of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934. 8.  Chip makers moving to reduce use of lead. Intel Corp. and National Semiconductor Corp. announced plans Wednesday to significantly reduce the amount of lead contained within their products, the companies said in separate press releases. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.  Columnists: Witty Extinction. The Witty worm set a dangerous precedent on the Internet because it introduced a number of evil new "firsts" in the ever-changing world of modern worms and viruses. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulns ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.  BugTraq: Cisco Security Advisory: A default Username and Password in WLSE and HSE devices. Sender: Cisco Systems Product Security Incident Response Team [psirt at cisco dot com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.  Eeeeshk! What have you done!. Letters Reg makeover shocker By Lester Haines . 12.  UK gov computer misuse is 'rife'. Lib Dems call for tough sanctions By Tim Richardson . 13.  Intel to cut 95% of lead used in CPUs. But industry's eco cred limited by fab emissions By Tony Smith . 14.  Biometrics vendors face more lean years, says report. Homeland Security's prints found at scene of crime By John Lettice . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 15.  Industry suggests security improvements 16.  Last draft released for security guide 17.  HP Adds Hybrid Fibre Drive to Storage Diet 18.  Google's Gmail Gets An F From Consumer Watchdogs 19.  RealOne/RealPlayer Buffer Overflow in Processing R3T Files Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code 20.  blaxxun3D Scripting Object Buffer Overflow Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code 21.  Gentoo update for Portage 22.  Gentoo update for sysstat 23.  [ GLSA 200404-05 ] ipsec-tools contains an X.509 certificates vulnerability 24.  [SECURITY] [DSA 478-1] New tcpdump packages fix denial of service 25.  McAfee McFreeScan Module System Information Disclosure 26.  Intel Server Control and Server Management Insecure Firmware Setting 27.  WORM_BLUEWORM.B 28.  7 Apr W32/Sdbot-HB 29.  7 Apr Troj/Dloader-N ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About Internet/Network Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 30.  Nessus Vulnerability Scanner: Missing Bells and Whistles?. Nessus is a very powerful vulnerability scanner, but being open source it is missing some bells and whistles that management and administrators look for. Things like centralized management and slick reporting can make or break management's willingness to support or... 1:22:35 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ars Technica ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  SCO dealt another setback while IBM goes for the jugular. SCO suffered a defeat in a Delaware court as a judge denied their motion to dismiss Red Hat's lawsuit against them. Meanwhile, IBM has filed for a declaratory judgment in SCO's lawsuit against them. By Eric Bangeman. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Wired blog number two launches -- Cult of Mac. The next Wired blog, Cult of Mac, is off and running. Leander Kahney's journal on everything Apple has been in soft-launch mode for the last week and a half, but goes public today. Link to Cult of Mac, and link to that other Wired blog. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  Mainframe competitors aim at Big Blue target. As IBM tries to consolidate its grip on the mainframe market, competitors see an upcoming product transition as a chance to steal some bones from the top dog. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  IBM Buys Indian Back-Office Service Firm (Reuters). Reuters - International Business Machines Corp (IBM.N) said on Wednesday it would buy Daksh, India's third-largest back-office services firm, in the biggest acquisition yet in the nation's booming $3.5 billion sector. 5.  Nokia Defends Self Against Forecast Suit (AP). AP - Mobile phone maker Nokia on Wednesday defended itself against a lawsuit filed by investors in the United States that accused the company of making "material misrepresentations" about its financial outlook for the first quarter. 6.  Global music sales slide for fourth year (AFP). AFP - Global sales of recorded music fell in 2003 for the fourth year running, hit by piracy, illegal downloads from the Internet and competition from other entertainment products, an industry body revealed. 7.  Wal-Mart Drives RFID (Ziff Davis). Ziff Davis - The nation's largest retailer is at the forefront of RFID ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  Passive E-Mail Monitoring Leads To Arrest 9.  E-Voting Company Reveals Their Source Code ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hack the Planet ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.  Looks like the UserLand server maintenance went pretty smoothly. (Oops, I spoke too soon; looks like it's still going on.) 11.  Out of perverse curiosity, I tried to install Fedora Core 2 test 2. It now supports my Radeon 9800 (even though Mike Harris threatened to not support it out of spite), but it doesn't see my hard drive. 12.  The Inquirer: Nforce3 Pro 250 2 processor pics revealed. 13.  The Register: Sony talks up PS3. Not too surprising that Sony's planning a PS3X or a super-cheap PS2 after PS3 comes out. 14.  The Register: Why Sun threw in the towel in Mankind vs. Microsoft. 15.  I never really got into LaunchBar, so I didn't expect to have any use for Quicksilver. But its clipboard history window comes in handy for blogging: to get the title and URL of a story into a post I can copy-copy-switch-drag-drag instead of copy-switch-paste-switch-copy-switch-paste. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoWorld: Top News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 16.  IBM, Sun roll out new storage gear. Further evidence that customers are king in the storage world can be found this week at Storage Networking World in Phoenix. 17.  TPC prepares Web server benchmark revision. Benchmarks guide purchasing decisions for many IT customers while also instigating arguments among vendors and industry observers. However, they remain an important tool in the corporate IT world for comparing system performance from vendor to vendor, and one of the most influential benchmarking organizations in the industry is preparing to update its specifications to reflect current usage models. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoWorld: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 18.  TPC prepares Web server benchmark revision. Major revision slated to be released by year end ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 19.  Elsewhere: Spam fighting hurts legitimate business?. Australia's Spam Act, which will become law on April 11, may be designed to stop spammers but it is also likely to catch legitimate businesses selling their products and ... 20.  Elsewhere: Iowa colleges take on computer viruses. DES MOINES, Iowa ? Iowa colleges hit hard by computer viruses, spam and spyware are fighting back. Last fall, the viruses swarmed the state's three public universities, ... 21.  News: Habeas win $100k judgement against spammer. The Register By John Leyden [john dot leyden at theregister dot co dot uk] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulns ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 22.  BugTraq: Re: SuSEs YaST Online Update - possible symlink attack. Sender: Roman Drahtmueller [draht at suse dot de] 23.  BugTraq: Release of Cisco Attack tool Asleap. Sender: Joshua Wright [jwright at hasborg dot com] 24.  BugTraq: REAL One Player R3T File Format Stack Overflow. Sender: NGSSoftware Insight Security Research [mark at ngssoftware dot com] 25.  BugTraq: [ GLSA 200404-05 ] ipsec-tools contains an X.509 certificates vulnerability. Sender: Kurt Lieber [klieber at gentoo dot org] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 26.  Intel extends Pentium M, Celeron M lines. Rolls out new Xeons, too By Tony Smith . 27.  Linux vendors attack Forrester report. Some vulns more equal than others By John Leyden . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 28.  Secret hackers to aid war on internet fraud 29.  Netsky attaque le site de Kazaa le soir du 7 avril 30.  Financement de la R&D en Sécurité des Réseaux par le gouvernement 31.  Security Alert: New BugBear Worm Exploits IE Vulnerability 32.  Researcher Claims Online Anti-virus Scanners Buggy 33.  Syndicate HackWire News 34.  Former Insurance Company Employee Caught Snooping 35.  Dallas/Fort Worth Texas Crackdown 36.  Macrovision's "Hacker University" 37.  View passwords hidden under asterisks 38.  Digital Detroit Security Summit 2004 39.  Automate Wireless penetration against Win XP 40.  Worldwide WarDrive 4 41.  Eschelon is Alive 12:22:15 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Nanotech hazardous to health?. A recent study on nanomaterials and fish supports critics' arguments that nano could pose serious environmental hazards. To see what might happen if buckyballs got into the environment, Eva Oberdörster, an aquatic scientist at Southern Methodist University, put some into a fish tank at a concentration of 0.5 parts per million, along with nine largemouth bass. The buckyball-breathing fish experienced significant brain damage after 48 hours. Brain-cell membranes were disrupted, an affliction that has been linked to illnesses such as Alzheimer's disease in humans. Oberdörster's unpublished study, which was released last week, is one of the few completed studies looking at the potential risks of nanomaterials. There is some cause for concern. Two recent studies documented lung damage in animals after they inhaled a type of buckyball called a carbon nanotube. Another showed that nanoparticles can get into the brain if inhaled. Link to Wired News story ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Intel speeds low-power notebook chips. The chipmaker launches four new low-power chips for lightweight mobile computers known as mininotebooks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  IBM Marks 40th Anniversary Of Biggest Bet (Investor's Business Daily). Investor's Business Daily - Bob Evans knew something big was brewing that chilly Milwaukee day in December 1960. A senior-level IBM exec had told him to drop everything and fly to New York for an 8 p.m. meeting. 4.  New Software Detects Plagiarized Passages (AP). AP - White-collar copycats may be less inclined to pilfer the well-chosen words of others now that software designed to ferret out plagiarism is moving out of academia and into the business world. 5.  The Nokia Conundrum (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - So what are we to make of Nokia's announcement yesterday that its once bullish sales forecasts were failing to play out in the wireless handset marketplace? 6.  Kiss Drummer Criss Blasts Gene Simmons (AP). AP - Kiss drummer Peter Criss is blasting Gene Simmons for implying Criss is on drugs. Criss writes on his Web site, "Some people love hearing themselves talk. Gene Simmons is one of them." 7.  The Sound and the Fury (Ziff Davis). Ziff Davis - In the future, will we be using technology to track our lives? 8.  Boomers Are Just As Inclined to Go Online (AP). AP - When Barbara Sloan needs directions to a friend's house, she doesn't consult the Rand McNally map sitting in the car. She goes first to the Internet, just as she does when she needs to pay bills, stay on top of diet news or find patterns to knit mittens for her new grandson. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.  X.Org Foundation Releases X11R6.7 X Window System 10.  John Woo & Metroid the Movie? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LinuxSecurity.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.  Debian: tcpdump Denial of service vulnerability 12.  Mandrake: fileutils/coreutils Denial of service vulnerability ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 13.  Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'. But not 100% compatible with AMD64, says analyst By Tony Smith . 14.  Linux vendors attack Forrester security report. Some vulns more equal than others By John Leyden . 15.  Open source: expensive trend?. What does 'free' fashion really cost? By IT-Analysis . 16.  Offshore IT jobs = higher employment. In the US, at least By IT-Analysis . 17.  London Wi-Fi plan hits lamppost. Westminster repeater beater By Guy Kewney, Newswireless.net . 18.  Lucent fires 'corrupt' gang of four. Ongoing investigation into China execs By Tim Richardson . 19.  Japanese finger virus for police document leak. Bug in Japan By John Leyden . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20.  Fastest Rising: 21.  Introduction to Enterprise Linux 22.  RealPlayer/RealOne R3T File Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability 23.  Macromedia Flash Null Pointer Assignment in LoadMovie() Lets Remote Users Deny Service 24.  Adobe Photoshop Remote COM Scripting Objects Let Remote Users Deny Service 25.  F-Secure BackWeb (for AntiVirus) Lets Local Users Gain SYSTEM Privileges 26.  Apple Mac OS X CUPS Configuration Flaw Has Unspecified Impact 27.  Apple Mac OS X Mail Has Unspecified Flaw in Processing HTML E-mail 11:21:55 AM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Wireless Game Boy Advance. Nintendo will shortly be selling its Game Boy Advance wireless adapter outside of Japan. The adapter allows for head-to-head play without a tethering cable -- 2,000,000 have been sold in Japan so far. Link (via Engadget) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  IBM Buys Indian Back Office Service Firm (Reuters). Reuters - International Business Machines Corp (IBM.N) said on Wednesday it would acquire Daksh, India's third-largest back-office services firm, in the biggest acquisition yet in the nation's booming $3.5 billion sector. 3.  Do We Need a Lightweight Linux? (PC World). PC World - Alternative OS can be too complex, industry insiders say. 4.  Faulty Nokia strategy to plague it this year: analysts (AFP). AFP - Nokia is unlikely to get back on track as the world's largest maker of mobile phones before the end of 2004 analysts said, a day after the firm said its market share had slipped because of a poor product mix. 5.  Motion Tablet Boasts New Pentium M, Leading-Edge Features (Ziff Davis). Ziff Davis - Motion Computing's 3-pound tablet offers fingerprint scanning for quick authentication, an ambient light sensor and a Speak Anywhere audio system. 6.  Google's Gmail Headache Grows with Trademark Claim (Reuters). Reuters - First, it was privacy advocates who vowed to fight Google's proposed e-mail service, Gmail. Now, a small-cap independent investment research firm said it owns the trademark to "Gmail" and it intends to battle to keep it. 7.  Surgeons Who Play Video Games Err Less (AP). AP - All those years on the couch playing Nintendo and PlayStation appear to be paying off for surgeons. Researchers found that doctors who spent at least three hours a week playing video games made about 37 percent fewer mistakes in laparoscopic surgery and performed the task 27 percent faster than their counterparts who did not play video games. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  Playing Video Games Makes For Better Surgeons 9.  SCO's Motion to dismiss Red Hat's Complaint Denied ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoWorld: Top News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.  Intel to introduce four new mobile processors. Intel Corp. will introduce four new mobile processors for ultraportable systems at the Intel Developer Forum in Tokyo Wednesday, the company said in a news release. 11.  Lucent fires top Chinese executives for bribery. Lucent Technologies Inc. fired four executives at its Chinese operations, including the president and chief operating officer (COO), for violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the company said in a filing Tuesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). 12.  The mainframe also rises. IBM celebrated the 40th anniversary of its first mainframe on Wednesday with the unveiling of a lower cost version of its flagship e-Server zSeries z990 mainframe that it will target at mid-size companies. 13.  IBM acquires Indian BPO company. IBM Corp. plans to acquire Daksh eServices Pvt. Ltd., a business process outsourcing (BPO) company in Gurgaon, near Delhi, IBM announced Wednesday. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LinuxSecurity.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 14.  Introduction to Enterprise Linux 15.  Secret hackers to aid war on internet fraud ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [O.S.S.R] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 16.  Windows to remain security risk for years to come ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 17.  From the Computer Trade Show Floor. Channel Roundup Bits and bobs By John Oates . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 18.  Panda ActiveScan Control "Internacional" Property Heap Overflow Vulnerability 19.  WORM_AGOBOT.MC 20.  Alex Kovach (Lycos Europe) : « Nous croyons toujours à la publicité comme modèle économique » 10:21:36 AM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Nokia: Class-Action Suit Has No Merit (Reuters). Reuters - Nokia (NOK1V.HE), the world's largest mobile phone maker, said on Wednesday a class-action suit filed against it in New York alleging securities fraud was without merit and added it would defend itself vigorously. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Forget Mars. Should We Go To The Moon? 3.  Linux Based HD DDR used on Starship Troopers 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoWorld: Top News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  Minor 64-bit differences show 'frosty' Intel-AMD ties. The 64-bit extensions used by Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) and Intel Corp. are virtually identical and should not present any major software incompatibility problems, according to a report from market research firm In-Stat/MDR released Monday. But one small difference between the two architectures provides a glimpse of how the two companies manage to produce compatible products without formal interaction. 5.  ICANN asks judge to dismiss claims in VeriSign suit. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on Monday asked a federal judge to dismiss most claims brought against it in a lawsuit by VeriSign Inc. 6.  Panelists call for lightweight Linux. SAN JOSE, CALIF. -- Linux users and distributors were divided on the question of whether Linux distributions should become simpler or more complex during a panel discussion on the future of Linux cluster distributions that took place here at the ClusterWorld Conference & Expo here Tuesday. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  Cable TV ruled comms medium. US court rejects FCC bit-carrier claim By Faultline . 8.  Intel cribbed x86-64 tech 'from AMD documents'. Which is why it's not 100% compatible with AMD64, says analyst By Tony Smith . 9.  HP offers $50-125 for your old PDA. And not so old ones too By Tony Smith . 10.  Linux vendors attack Forrester security report. Some vulnerabilities are more equal than others By John Leyden . 9:21:15 AM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Tokyo nabe issues Astro Boy currency. Takadanobaba, the neighbourhood where Astro Boy was invented in the classic comic/anime, is issuing a local currency bearing the likeness of Tetsuwan Atom, which will be issued in exchange for good deeds and can be redeemed for ¥. Community members said Tuesday that the currency will be measured in horsepower, the unit of measure of Astro Boy's strength. One horsepower of the currency will be equivalent to 1 yen. The bills will come in denominations of 10, 100 and 200 horsepower. Link (Thanks, Steve!) 2.  Arborsculpture: furniture made from living trees. Arborsculptor Richard Reames creates "extreme trees" by encouraging life trees to grow into the shape of furniture and other household objects. Link 3.  Classic Gamer Magazine. Classic Gamer Magazine is a downloadable PDF zine (6MB compressed) devoted to news and reviews of obsolete arcade games. I love the graphics, especially the repros of vintage video-game ads. Link (Thanks, Cav!) 4.  AbiWord goes Mac native. AbiWord is a cross-platform, open-source word-processor that reads and writes Word, OpenOffice, Word Perfect, RTF, Palm and HTML documents. The project has just shipped an OSX-native version that runs without X-Windows, meaning that all you need to do to run it is double-click and launch. Link (via Forwarding Address: OS X) 5.  Librarians' struggle with Open Access publishing. Jason Griffey has released an excellent paper on the tension within the library system between the endorsement on one hand of the Open Access model of scholarly publishing (in which scholarly materials are published gratis under permissive, Creative Commons licenses, and authors pay for for peer review; as opposed to the reigning model in which scholarly publications cost research institutes small fortunes) as being good for librarians and researchers; and on the other hand of the American Library Association's own journals, which are contracted-for and published under restrictive regimes that limit copying and sharing. The paper's very good and sharply argued, but what's even cooler is the references cited: this is the first scholarly paper I've ever read with a cite to Wikipedia in its bibliography. Also in there are videos of speeches licensed under CC regimes, blogs, and other netinalia of note. Link 6.  Beat off to beat cancer. Flushing out the prostate with regular ejaculation may prevent cancer. In the US study, the group with the highest lifetime average of ejaculation - 21 times per month - were a third less likely to develop the cancer than the reference group, who ejaculated four to seven times a month. Link ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  Ballmer the undaunted. Never at a loss for words and always passionate about his company, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is excited and ready to continue adding new features into Windows. 8.  Making customers miserable the Microsoft way. ITM Associates CEO Ian Altman writes that Microsoft's Software Assurance program is putting a squeeze on customers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.  Vodafone subscribers top 15 million in Japan (AFP). AFP - Vodafone K.K., the Japanese unit of British mobile phone operator Vodafone, said its subscribers had topped 15 million by the end of March. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBC News | Technology | UK Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.  Music sales decline again in 2003. Recorded music sales around the world fell by more than 7% in 2003, according to latest figures. 11.  Microsoft wins round in name case. Lindows, which markets a user-friendly version of the Linux operating system, bows to Microsoft in a long-running dispute over its name. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LinuxSecurity.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 12.  Linux vendors attack analyst report ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 13.  Intel extends Pentium M, Celeron M lines. Rolls out new Xeons, too By Tony Smith . 14.  Fujitsu files plasma display patent suits against Samsung. Alleges IP infringement By Tony Smith . 15.  ISO applauded for MPEG 21 DRM blessing. Rights Expression Language By Faultline . 16.  Habeas win $100k judgement against spammer. Poetic justice By John Leyden . 17.  Cable TV ruled comms medium. US court rejects FCC bit-carrier claim By Lester Haines . 18.  419ers muscle in on merchandising. Cash'n'Carrion Get-clothed-quick solicitation By CashnCarrion . 19.  ATI 'to ship R420 as Radeon X800'. Debuts on 26 April, apparently By Tony Smith . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20.  Van Ping Pong en Cookie tot Gibe en Deadhat 21.  Ontwikkelaar stemsoftware publiceert broncode 22.  Windows blijft komende jaren een security risico 23.  Gebruik van spyware illegaal en strafbaar 24.  Het gebruik van een Joe Job als DoS-aanval 25.  Microsoft gaat open source met publiceren WiX code 26.  Sara tells viruses to bug off (USATODAY.com) 27.  Solaris 2.x local root exploit released 28.  WORM_AGOBOT.JN 29.  WORM_AGOBOT.SX 8:20:57 AM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Bunny-Exorcist. The Exorcist as a 30-second Flash-toon, reenacted by bunnies. Happy Easter. Link (Thanks, Caines!) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  IBM mainframes still chugging after all these years. Forty years after Big Blue introduced the S/360, the zaftig systems are still going strong and finding a way to fit into 21st-century computing. 3.  Mainframe competitors aim at Big Blue target. As IBM tries to consolidate its grip on the mainframe market, competitors see an upcoming product transition as a chance to steal some bones from the top dog. 4.  Mad about mainframes. As IBM celebrates the 40th anniversary of the S/360, some competitors are looking to profit from a major mainframe transition later this year. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  What price friendship? Sun and Microsoft said $2 billion (USATODAY.com). USATODAY.com - They are classic, all-consuming rivalries. For 15 years, the tech industry had one like that. It was Microsoft and Sun Microsystems. 6.  Positive earnings predicted (USATODAY.com). USATODAY.com - The revenue warning from cell phone giant Nokia might have rattled tech stock investors Tuesday, but it didn't disconnect Wall Street's high expectations for upcoming first-quarter results. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  Air Canada Sues Over Misuse Of Employee Password ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBC News | Technology | UK Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  Cable firm NTL to cut 1,500 staff. The UK's biggest cable TV firm says it is closing 10 of its 13 British call centres - shedding 1,500 staff. 9.  Microsoft wins round in name case. Lindows, which adapts Windows applications for the Linux operating system, bows to Microsoft in a long-running dispute over its name. 10.  Let the train take the net strain. GNER is to equip its new trains with high-speed wireless internet allowing passengers to surf as they travel. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.  Q2 DRAM prices to rise. Strong PC OEM demand fuels shortage By Tony Smith . 12.  MS pronounces TSMC an 'Xbox 2' partner. Redmond-designed chipset? By Tony Smith . 13.  US set for massive broadband growth.... ...if it becomes simpler to use By Tim Richardson . 14.  NTL axes 1500 jobs. Call centre cull By Tim Richardson . 15.  Your Perl and PHP problems solved. Site Offer Save 30% on these essential titles By Team Register . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 16.  Debian update for heimdal 17.  Gentoo update for tcpdump 18.  Van Ping Pong en Cookie tot Gibe en Deadhat 19.  Ontwikkelaar stemsoftware publiceert broncode 20.  panda active scan kan gecrashed worden 21.  WORM_AGOBOT.HK 22.  Linux vendors attack analyst report 7:20:36 AM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  iPCS provides Sprint pact details (TheDeal.com). TheDeal.com - The wireless carrier says its roaming rate for voice and some data traffic will rise 40% as part of its settlement. 2.  BT Enters Software Business to Protect Film, Music (Reuters). Reuters - British telecoms giant BT Group (BT.L) launched a new software business on Tuesday to protect music, movies and photographs from digital piracy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBC News | Technology | UK Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  Gunplay still popular with gamers. Catch up with the latest news from the world of video gaming. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  Strong PC OEM demand to drive up Q2 DRAM prices. Memory makers can't meet buyers' needs By Tony Smith . 5.  Real Player 10 arrives. Pesterware gets upgraded... By John Oates . 6.  3i prescribes DocMorris sale. Europe in Brief Internet pharmacy up for grabs By Jan Libbenga . 7.  Google's Gmail hits trademark problem. Who's got the trademark? By John Oates . 8.  MS pronounces TSMC an 'Xbox 2' partner. Fabbing a Redmond-designed chipset? By Tony Smith . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wired News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.  Lindows Shopping for New Name. Lindows founder Michael Robertson bows to pressure from Microsoft to change the Linux operating system's name. 10.  ACLU Says No Go to No-Fly List. The American Civil Liberties Union plans to file a lawsuit Tuesday to challenge a list maintained by the feds that prohibits certain travelers from flying. The group says some people are wrongfully identified as threats. 11.  When Play Money Becomes Real. Traders in goods from massively multiplayer games are thriving, but such transactions are blurring the line between real and virtual economies. By Daniel Terdiman. 12.  Putting Blogs in Their Place. This chief of New York Times Digital once famously planned to spin off the online division and take it public. Didn't happen. Now that his operation is turning a tidy profit, Martin Nisenholtz is back to making declarations. Wired magazine's Josh McHugh investigates. 13.  States Rethinking Virtual School. Government officials in three states are squabbling about money being paid to a privately held company to operate online public schools. By John Gartner. 14.  Using Capitalism to Clean the Sky. A handful of environmentalists have found a way to keep sulfur dioxide from turning into acid rain -- they're buying up the pollution allowances that were meant for power companies. By Amit Asaravala. 15.  Big Concern for Very Small Things. A recent study on buckyballs and fish adds fuel to critics' arguments that nanomaterials might be an environmental hazard. Some seek special regulations, but others aren't concerned. By Stephen Leahy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Help Net Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 16.  Security scare for business laptops 17.  A mysterious solution to your security? 18.  Better living through mod security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 19.  New Netsky Worms Change Their Stripes 20.  New Netsky worms change their stripes 21.  Aftappen e-mail leidt tot arrestatie terroristen 22.  Vroegtijdig testen kan lekke software voorkomen 23.  Internetrijbewijs maakt het Internet veilig 24.  Klanten Zwitserse bank getroffen door fraude e-mail 25.  Security scare for business laptops 26.  A mysterious solution to your security? 27.  Better living through mod security 28.  Fastest Rising: 2745 urbisnet 29.  Top Port: www 80 6:20:15 AM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  European Shares Edge Up on Results Hope (Reuters). Reuters - European shares edged up on Wednesday, underpinned by gains in defensive healthcare and drink groups, but the world's top cellphone maker Nokia fell for a second day amid a flood of downgrades. 2.  RealNetworks Talks to PC Makers After EU Ruling (Reuters). Reuters - RealNetworks said on Wednesday it had held exploratory talks with computer makers about the impact of a landmark ruling by the European Commission that could help boost the adoption of its media player. 3.  Tech.gov: Your Right to X-Rated Sites (PC World). PC World - The ACLU and the government butt heads over privacy, free speech, and protecting kids online--again. 4.  Fujitsu Files PDP Patent Suits Against Samsung SDI (Reuters). Reuters - Japan's Fujitsu Ltd said on Wednesday it had filed a countersuit against South Korea's Samsung SDI Co in a California court, claiming patent infringements on plasma display panel (PDP) technology. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulns ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  Vulns: Multiple Vendor Network Device Driver Frame Padding Information Disclosure Vulnerability. Network device drivers for several vendors have been reported to disclose potentially sensitive information to attackers. Frames that are smaller than the minimum frame ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  Xansa wins £75m Census contract. ONS shells out for integration By John Oates . 7.  Telstra dials up Kaz for $250m. Tier two Aussie services firms unite By Ashlee Vance . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Help Net Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  Outlawing spyware? 9.  Disaster and disaster recovery 10.  I fought the scammer... and I won 11.  The Joe Job DoS attack 12.  Joint statement about GNU/Linux security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 13.  Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities 14.  NGSSoftware: Macromedia Dreamweaver Remote Database Scripts "attacker can compromise the backend... 15.  Techzoom: Mail Non Delivery Message DDoS Attacks [pdf] 16.  WTOL: Police Take Over Hacker Investigation "Several students at Rogers High School are accused ... 17.  The Standard: National Cyber Security Day is a well-kept secret 18.  Linux World: Forrester questions Linux security "Linux operating system is not necessarily more ... 19.  HITB: Reducing "Human Factor" Mistakes | Better Living Through Mod Security | Guide to ARP Spoof... 20.  NetSky.S krijgt medium dreiging rating 21.  Start-up takes a crack at blocking hackers 22.  Firm invites experts to punch holes in ballot software 23.  Outlawing spyware? 24.  Disaster and disaster recovery 25.  I fought the scammer... and I won 26.  The Joe Job DoS attack 27.  Joint statement about GNU/Linux security 5:19:55 AM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dilbert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Dilbert for 07 Apr 2004. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Fortify Launches Security Tool For Software Developers (TechWeb). TechWeb - Fortify Source Code Analysis suite lets developers scan for security problems as they work. 3.  Oracle And Dell Take Aim At Midsize Businesses (TechWeb). TechWeb - Through year's end, Oracle has given Dell the exclusive right to deliver pre-installed versions of Oracle Standard Edition One on Dell's PowerEdge 2600 or 2650 servers running either Red Hat Linux or Windows. 4.  Motion Refreshes Tablet PC (PC World). PC World - Slate-style M1400 runs Intel's new 1.1-GHz Ultra Low Voltage Pentium M. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  Legal Arcade ROM Vendor Talks Business ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBC News | Technology | UK Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  Plasma panel firms in patent war. Fujitsu sues Samsung over patents for plasma display panels, triggering battle between the two. 7.  School dinners paid for online. Parents worried about lost or stolen dinner money can now pay for their children's meals online. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  Big Brother nominated for Google Award. Total Information Awareness By Andrew Orlowski . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.  No compromise on WAPI as Intel's Barrett heads to China 10.  MCI adds SSL VPN, boosts secure remote access 11.  New Netsky worms change their stripes 4:19:35 AM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  IBM Acquires Indian Firm Daksh - Source (Reuters). Reuters - International Business Machines Corp (IBM.N) has signed a deal to acquire Daksh e-services Pvt Ltd, India's third-largest business outsourcing firm, a source in the Indian company said on Wednesday. "The deal was signed late last night. Daksh will now become a fully owned subsidiary of IBM," the source who did not wish to be identified, told Reuters. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulns ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Vulns: FTE Multiple Local Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities. fte is a freely available text editor featuring multiple program code syntax highlighting functions. It is available for Unix and Unix variants as well as OS/2 and Micro... 3.  Vulns: OFTPD Port Argument Denial Of Service Vulnerability. oftpd is an FTP server implementation for Unix/Linux variants. oftpd is prone to a denial of service vulnerability that may be exploited by remote, unauthenticated attac... 4.  Vulns: Sysstat Isag Temporary File Creation Vulnerability. Sysstat is a system monitoring utility for Linux. Sysstat includes a command (Isag) for representing system information graphically. The Sysstat Isag command is prone t... 5.  Vulns: Squid Proxy NULL URL Character Unauthorized Access Vulnerability. Squid is a freely available, open source web proxy software package. It is designed for use on the Unix and Linux platforms. A vulnerability has been identified in the a... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  Gaobot Trojans 7.  Netsky.q 8.  Bagle.U 9.  Netsky ddos aanvallen 10.  Lovegate.u en V 11.  sober.f komt eraan 12.  HIGH ALERT sober.f is in Belgium 13.  men zou zo kunnen antivirussen omzeilen 14.  netsky.t verklaart heuristische analyse dood 15.  How to bypass Australia's Spam Act 3:19:15 AM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  I, Robata. Vancouver-based artists Kenn Brown and Chris Wren share this freshly minted image of robot cuisine with BoingBoing, and write, " Some say that here in Vancouver, we have a Starbucks on just about every corner. There are easily two or three Japanese restaurants for every Starbucks. The concept for this weeks illustration evolved over dinner at our favorite Japanese Restaurant." Link 2.  100 websites you didn't know you couldn't live without. PC Magazine just published their annual roundup of 100 essential but not universally known websites. There's some good stuff in here *I* didn't know I couldn't live without. And there's a very kind nod to BoingBoing, for which we're most grateful. The review dings us for pokey load time-- yeah, we know. We're working on that already, stay tuned for the warp-speed edition. Link to overview, or hit the downloadable "favorites" installer. (thanks, Mike!) 3.  How to opt-out of Plaxo emails. Dan Gillmor points to this page on the Plaxo website, where you can permanently opt out receiving "Hey, I'm updating my contact information..." emails from the service. Link 4.  The Story of E-Girl. In today's New York Observer, "You've Got Chutzpah!": the tale of an AOL customer-service rep who reportedly mined AOL's database for e-mail addies of celebrities, then used the pilfered data to chase fame and fortune in Hollywood. The tale is lifted from the recently-released book Hollywood, Interrupted by Andrew Breitbart and Mark Ebner . [Heather] Robinson admittedly used the information to contact, befriend and, in some cases, achieve a creepy intimacy with these famous and influential targets. And now she's working to parlay that proximity into her second movie deal of the past year. It's a picture based on Ms. Robinson's experiences. She's calling it E-Girl. "It's going to be more a take on how these celebrities and politicians helped me. Mark [Ebner]'s chapter was more of a darker version," said the 25-year-old Ms. Robinson with a staccato laugh. "This one is going to be more lighthearted," she added, "showing how I went from a customer-service rep at AOL to selling a screenplay and now producing my first screenplay." According to Ms. Robinson, for the period of roughly a year and a half in 1997 and 1998, she used her position at AOL to gain access to private information regarding celebrities, then sought them out. Ms. Robinson said she approached her famous subjects as if she didn't know who they were, then baited them with information she had gathered on them. "At first, I didn't have a reason--I just was doing it to talk to them." Link to "You've Got Chutzpah!"; Link to a townhall.com column also lifted from Hollywood, Interrupted, this one on Scientology and the IRS -- "L. Ron Hubbard has better lobbyists than God." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New York Times: Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  In a Surprise, Nokia Warns That Its Sales Will Be Down. Nokia, the worlds largest mobile phone maker, warned investors that its first-quarter sales had fallen. By Barnaby J. Feder and Heather Timmons. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  Falling technology stocks pull Nikkei lower (FT.com). FT.com - Falling technology stocks pulled the Tokyo market lower on Wednesday morning following disappointing earnings from mobile phone giant Nokia. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  Installing Linux on a Dead Badger ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  Air Fiorina takes flight on Big Board. Proxy Cleopatra By Ashlee Vance . 2:18:46 AM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ars Technica ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  A second Moore's Law? Try my meta-law, instead. There's a Wired article making the rounds which tries to make the case for a second "Moore's Law," but one dealing with "system efficiency" and not "performance." By Hannibal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Panda ActiveScan 5.0 - Remote Buffer Overflow and A Crash(D.O.S) 1:18:24 AM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ars Technica ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  When keeping it Real goes wrong. Battered by years of complaints and some high-profile defections (i.e., NPR's Car Talk), Real makes some changes in RealPlayer 10. Are they just cosmetic? By Fred "zAmboni" Locklear. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  IBM speeds Java on mainframes. The new zSeries processor serves as a dedicated processor for Java applications, and debuts in time for the 40th anniversary of Big Blue's--and the world's--first mainframe. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  Japan Sees High-Tech Toilets, Robots in Future Home (Reuters). Reuters - Imagine getting home from work to be greeted by the family robot, which recognizes your voice and reminds you that you've forgotten your spouse's birthday before alerting you that the hospital has just called. You go to the study and use a touch panel to activate your video messages on a display that takes up half the wall. A doctor appears: "I've been monitoring your urine on the Internet. You're too fat, your sugar level is high and you drink too much beer." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  Interview with Eugene Spafford ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hack the Planet ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  Come on Wachowski brothers, where's my complete Matrix box set? 6.  Momentum's PowerPC 970 eval board FAQ has a surprisingly honest account of the adventure of bringup. Speaking from experience, doing bringup is the shittiest hardcore engineering job in the world. 7.  Sleepycat went and rewrote Berkely DB in Java so you can use it without the hassle of JNI. 8.  Dottocomu: Sony's car navigator/multimedia player with PC dock. I saw this earlier today on PC Watch, but thanks to Engadget for finding an English article about it. 9.  InfoWorld: Intel: Itanium, Xeon to be interchangeable. Once again we see HP out-innovating Intel at their own game, having already made the PA-RISC socket-compatible with Itanic. Could this be a subtle form of Intel cutting their losses on Itanic to make way for the inevitable market success of AMD64, er, EMT64? 10.  Topix.net Weblog: The Secret Source of Google's Power. This was well known to me, but probably not to everyone. 11.  Eno Thereska, Jiri Schindler, John Bucy, Brandon Salmon, Christopher R. Lumb, and Gregory R. Ganger: A Framework for Building Unobtrusive Disk Maintenance Applications. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 12.  Experts dissect Aust Spam Act 13.  AusCERT: AFP looks to French connection to arrest phishing scam 14.  Óÿçâèìîñòü â Winamp 15.  Papers: The Invisible Catalog 12:18:06 AM    comment []

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