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Finding Glamour in the Gadget. Electronics have largely become a commodity, competing only on price. But for some people, gadgets are like fancy cars or fine wines symbols with an emotional appeal. By Seth Schiesel. |
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In a Sequel, File Making Made Easier. FileMaker Pro, long a database program of choice in small businesses and homes, has released its most sweeping overhaul in years. Is it worth $300? By David Pogue. |
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Google, Following Yahoo, Will Offer Regional Ads. In the battle to gain an edge in tailoring Internet searches, Google plans to give companies the option of local advertising to Internet users in select regions. By Gary Rivlin. |
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Standing in the Niche, Trying to Hold Your Own. Although the prospect of battling Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Gateway might intimidate some boutique computer makers, Velocity Micro says it welcomes the challenge. By Jane Levere. |
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Blow Away the Monster. No, Not the Map!. Youre actually supposed to shout at the console in Lifeline, a game that depends on voice recognition. By Charles Herold. |
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Friend or Foe? A Digital Dog Tag Beams the Answer. Despite precautions, soldiers continue to be killed by "friendly" fire. New technologies, however, may prevent such mistakes. By Noah Shachtman. |
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Switching Smoothly From PocketPC to Palm. I use a PocketPC organizer and would like to switch to a Palm. How can I get my data from one to the other without having to re-enter it? By J.d. Biersdorfer. |
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Reality TV Takes a Twist as a Kingdom Bares Its Secrets. In shooting a television series about the animal world, who has better access than the animals themselves suitably equipped? By Wilson Rothman. |
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@ Issue: Long Code for a Small Symbol. THE French say petit escargot; the Dutch call it a monkey's tail. On a qwerty keyboard, it's Shift-2. And next month, amateur radio enthusiasts will call it dit-dah-dah-dit-dah-dit. By Mark Glassman. |
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Call Me E-Mail: The Novel Unfolds Digitally. As the epistolary novel comes of digital age, a new literature captures the primal urge behind instant-message patter. By Adam Baer. |
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For a Fresh Start, a Ball With Bounce. There are better tennis players on the court, but how are they at unearthing bargains on the Net? By Michelle Slatalla. |
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A Man, a Plan, a Can: Boosting Wireless Signals. Specialized antennas, including some made with cans, add extra reach to wireless networks. By Peter Wayner. |
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FDA Approves Human Brain Implant Devices (AP). AP - For years, futurists have dreamed of machines that can read minds, then act on instructions as they are thought. Now, human trials are set to begin on a brain-computer interface involving implants. |
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15 Apr W32/Netsky-V |
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Debunking the E-Mail Virus Sending Scam (AP) |
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Hackers Targeting Research Institutions (AP) |
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SA04-104A: Summary of Windows Security Updates for April 2004 |
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News: War of words rages over Internet taps |
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Green Hills Sparks Embedded Linux Security Row |
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Fools think Bill Gates is reading about their pleas for money. Gadgetopia's Deane Barker sez: "Check out the comments on this thread. I posted this note about Bill Gates' philanthropy. There are dozens of comments from people who apparently think Bill Gates posted it and will give them money. It's fascinating to read -- what are these people thinking? I thought about shutting off the comments, but I have this perverse desire to read them. Every couple of comments I have someone leave their phone number and/or home address that I have to go edit out."
i was defrauded from my life savings, by a firm called financial asvisory consultants. the president of this firm had a ponzi scheme going for 20 years, and many investors lost thier life savings. its been all over the papers here in los angeles...if there is anything that you can do to help me out of this situation, i would be forever in your debt. please feel free to contact me if you have any questions, or need additional information in regards to this matter.
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iPod helps Apple earnings sing. Strong sales of the digital music player push second-quarter sales and earnings beyond analyst expectations. |
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State questions Microsoft search plans. Massachusetts investigates whether the company is unlawfully wielding its desktop dominance in its plans to enter the search engine market. |
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Cisco fixes latest WLAN snafu. A tool exploiting another flaw in Cisco's wireless LAN products has been released, but the company said it has everything under control. |
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Briefly: State questions Microsoft search plans. Plus: Financial-services outsourcing to rise...PeopleSoft extends 'poison pill' program...Linksys, Boingo aim hot spots at small businesses. |
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Apple Profit Up on iPod, Notebook Sales (Reuters). Reuters - Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL.O) on
Wednesday posted much stronger-than-expected quarterly
profit and revenue on heavy sales of its iPod digital music
players and notebook computers, pushing its shares up nearly 10
percent in after-hours trade. |
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Linksys, Boingo Boost Hotspots (PC World). PC World - New small business router eases setup to encourage spread of Wi-Fi networks. |
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Lindows Changes Name of Operating System (AP). AP - Lindows Inc. on Wednesday changed the name of its Lindows OS operating system to Linspire, responding to a federal judge's refusal to halt Microsoft Inc.'s trademark infringement lawsuits outside the United States. |
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Amazon's Search Engine Goes Live |
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InfoWorld: Top News
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OASIS backs reusable content spec for docs. OASIS this week said it has formed a technical committee to advance Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA), an XML-based document creation and management standard for authoring reusable content in documents. |
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Linksys, Boingo ease Wi-Fi hotspot setup. Small businesses can now turn on Wi-Fi hotspots to compete with better known rivals without the hassle of setting up the whole service themselves, according to Cisco Systems' Linksys division and Boingo Wireless, which on Wednesday announced what they call Hot Spot in a Box. |
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InfoWorld: Security
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E-mail fingerprinting attacks bounce storms. Total Protection 2.0 generates signature for outbound messages |
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Update: Microsoft to settle with InterTrust for $440M. Microsoft makes deal in long-running case over InterTrust's DRM software |
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RackSaver buys software company, changes name. Vendor becomes Verari Systems |
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IBM boosts autonomic computing resources. Self-managing systems is goal |
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AMD mocks the Street with bumper Q1. Modest little chipmaker sees flat Q2 By Ashlee Vance . |
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IIS Exploit released / Gagobot.XZ |
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You were owned by my 31ee7 ISO CD |
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Gso Call For Papers |
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Senators Probe Airline-Passenger Privacy Breaches |
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Debian: kernel Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Debian: mysql Insecure temporary file vulnerabilities |
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Columnists: Destructive Influence |
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Infocus: Basic Web Session Impersonation |
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Spammers 'using bugs' to find active email addresses |
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Stiff spam penalties urged in the US |
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Penny Arcade!
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Gabriel's Primary Concern.  |
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Amazon unveils search tool. The company's A9 subsidiary quietly launches a test version on the Web, hoping to challenge Yahoo and Google in the lucrative search market. |
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Apple's Second-Quarter Earnings Triple (AP). AP - Huge demand for iPod portable digital music players helped Apple Computer Inc. more than triple its second-quarter earnings and easily beat Wall Street expectations. |
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AMD Sales Jump 73 Pct on Broad Demand (Reuters). Reuters - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD.N),
the second-largest producer of personal computer
microprocessors, on Wednesday reported quarterly profit and
revenue that topped Wall Street analysts' expectations, citing
stronger sales of chips for computers and cell phones. |
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Disharmony Drives Digital Music Debate (PC World). PC World - Industry associations argue peer-to-peer policies before college audience. |
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Google may let users opt out of email advertising: report (AFP). AFP - Internet giant Google Inc. may allow users of its planned free email service -- Gmail -- to opt out of an advertising service, which has been panned by privacy advocates, it was reported. |
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Amazon-Owned Company Launches Search Tool (AP). AP - Online retailer Amazon.com quietly launched an Internet search service Wednesday, jumping into a marketplace already crowded with offerings from Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft Corp. |
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Port Knocking in Action |
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NASA Extends Rover Occupation of Mars |
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LinuxSecurity.com
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Green Hills Sparks Embedded Linux Security Row |
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SecurityFocus News
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Columnists: Destructive Influence. Everyone needs a good data destruction policy, and a lawyer standing by, to dispose of their sensitive media and devices. |
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SecurityFocus Vulns
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Vulns: Racoon IKE Daemon Unauthorized X.509 Certificate Connection Vulnerability. racoon is an IKE (Internet Key Exchange) daemon included in KAME's IPsec utilities and the Linux 2.6 Kernel port IPsec-Tools.
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PGP, Symantec Team Up To Provide Secure Messaging, Antivirus |
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Machine Shop |
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Knowledge Is Power |
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UPDATE: LCDproc Buffer Overflow and Format String Vulnerabilities |
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EEYE: Windows Local Security Authority Service Remote Buffer Overflow |
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EEYE: Windows Expand-Down Data Segment Local Privilege Escalation |
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[Full-Disclosure] iDEFENSE Security Advisory 04.13.04 - Microsoft Help and Support Center Argument Injection Vulnerability |
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RE: Microsoft Outlook Express EML file Crash vulnerability |
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[SECURITY] [DSA 483-1] New mysql packages fix insecure temporary file creation |
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SUSE Security Announcement: cvs (SuSE-SA:2004:008) |
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Re: BID 7482, bug in OpenSSH (Still in FreeBSD-STABLE) |
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4 new Microsoft patches to close 20 vulnerabilities |
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[SECURITY] [DSA 482-1] New Linux 2.4.17 packages fix local root exploit (source+powerpc/apus+s390) |
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[RHSA-2004:154-01] Updated CVS packages fix security issue |
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[SECURITY] [DSA 480-1] New Linux 2.4.17 and 2.4.18 packages fix local root exploit (hppa) |
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Raubkopierer in Zürich verurteilt |
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Check out Securitydocs.com |
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Unreal 3's amazing detail. Here's a 12 MG Windows Medis video clip of Unreal's fantastically detailed world. Link |
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AMD gallops past estimates. First-quarter earnings exceed expectations, as revenue manages to top the seasonally strong fourth quarter. |
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Earnings alert: iPod hits high note for Apple. Strong sales of the digital music player help Apple beat targets...Legal bills pinch earnings at chipmaker Intel...India's Infosys becomes a billion-dollar company. |
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Critics: Management, not IT money, is FBI problem. Experts are disputing Attorney General John Ashcroft's claims that deficient IT funding hurt the FBI's intelligence gathering before Sept. 11. A disregard for tech was really at fault, they say. |
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Stiff spam penalties urged. Spammers could face harsh sentences under newly finalized government guidelines for the Can-Spam Act. Civil libertarians protest. |
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Study: Financial services giants to outsource more. Research analysts with TowerGroup say the top 15 financial services firms will escalate outsourcing from $1.6 billion in spending this year to nearly $4 billion by 2008. |
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Apple Profit Up on iPod, Notebook Sales (Reuters). Reuters - Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL.O) on
Wednesday posted much stronger-than-expected profit and
revenues on heavy sales of its iPod digital music players and
notebook computers, pushing its shares up some 6 percent in
after-hours trade. |
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TI Profit Rises, Sees Broad Chip Strength (Reuters). Reuters - Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN.N) on
Wednesday reported a higher quarterly profit, as strong sales
of chips for products like televisions offset an expected
decline in revenue for wireless products. |
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Microsoft's Long-Playing Business Record |
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Mandrakelinux 10 Official Released |
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InfoWorld: Top News
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Apple revenue, profits steam ahead on iPod strength. The continued popularity of Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod music player helped the company to a rise in second-quarter revenue and profit, as compared to last year's second quarter, Apple announced Wednesday. |
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Infocus: Basic Web Session Impersonation. This article gives a basic introduction to common flaws in web applications that allow a malicious user to hijack a legitimate user's web session. Some practical countermeasures that reduce this threat are also discussed. |
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More to blame for virus epidemic |
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Security body supports biometrics |
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Keeping an Eye on Secure Access: Iridian Iris Scan |
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Browser-based Attacks 'Surging' |
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New Spec Released for SATA Devices |
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More to blame for virus epidemic |
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Security body supports biometrics |
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Zaep AntiSpam Input Validation Flaw Lets Remote Users Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks |
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Attacks at universities raise security concerns |
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Microsoft Warns of Dozens More Holes |
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Cisco Boosts Security Portfolio |
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EarthLink Offers Security by Subscription |
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EarthLink Offers Security by Subscription |
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Wi-Fi Security Still Poor |
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Computer Associates Offers Free Antivirus Protection |
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Firewall Market Expected To Soar |
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Top Networking Technologies for 2004 |
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Wi-Fi Security Still Poor |
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EarthLink Offers Security by Subscription |
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Microsoft Warns of Dozens More Holes |
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RAM prices on the rise, likely to stay high. The increasing popularity of flash RAM and lack of good luck with the transition to 110nm have the price of RAM jacked up. Will prices drop any time soon? By Eric Bangeman. |
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Nextel expands mobile broadband trial. Nextel announces an expansion of their mobile broadband trial. Pricing and speed makes this offering competitive to 3G, DSL and cable broadband services. By Fred "zAmboni" Locklear. |
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Apple reports $46 million profit (MacCentral). MacCentral - Apple Computer Inc. reported on Wednesday a net profit of $46 million for the company's second quarter ended March 27, 2004. In the quarter, Apple shipped 749 thousand Macintosh units and 807 thousand iPods, representing a 5 percent increase in CPU units and a 909 percent increase in iPods over the year-ago quarter. |
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Take-Two Says CEO Lapin Has Resigned (AP). AP - Video-game company Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., which is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission over its accounting practices, Wednesday said Jeffrey C. Lapin resigned as chief executive. |
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After Bell: Texas Instruments, Apple Rise (Reuters). Reuters - Shares of Texas Instruments Inc.
(TXN.N) rose after the bell on Wednesday as the world's largest
maker of chips for cell phones reported a higher first-quarter
profit, driven by sustained strength across its product lines. |
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Hackers Targeting Research Institutions (AP). AP - Hackers have broken into some of the world's most powerful computer clusters in recent weeks in an apparently coordinated cyberattack targeting research and academic institutions. |
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WatchGuard et IPVISTA organisent un Tour de France |
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Netegrity remporte le trophee de la securite de 01 Reseaux pour sa technologie de Federation des Identites |
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Message from Weird Al Yankovic. Comedian/musician "Weird Al" Yankovic lost both his mother and father this weekend in an accident involving carbon monoxide poisoning. He's posted a message on his website expressing thanks to fans for their kindness and support in his time of need, and he corrects errors in media coverage on the tragedy. Condolences, and much admiration and respect to Al and his family. Link |
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Dry water. "Sapphire" is a sythetic liquid that doesn't get stuff wet.
Pelton submerged several items into a tank of Sapphire that was on the Good Morning America set. Books did not get wet. Electronics were not be destroyed. Items that were submerged in the liquid were dried in a matter of seconds, and showed no ill effects according to Charles Gibson, Diane Sawyer and other members of the Good Morning America staff who saw items plunged into it.
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Nvidia fires up new graphics chips. The GeForce 6800 processors, developed with game enthusiasts in mind, are designed to deliver twice the 3D performance of current Nvidia chips. |
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PGP software gains antivirus defense. The company says it will bundle Symantec's AntiVirus Scan Engine with PGP encryption products to reduce the risk of unwanted payloads in e-mail. |
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Microsoft Warns of Dozens More Holes (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has issued a group of four updates for various version of its Windows operating system. The patches contain fixes for nearly 30 security problems, over 20 of them termed "critical" by the software maker. Versions of the operating system affected include Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition and Windows 98. |
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New Itanium Heralds Exciting Times for Server-Chip Market (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - To the average user, desktop computing may not appear to be much
different now than it was five years ago. But servers are another story, as
tectonic changes in the microprocessor landscape promise more powerful
computing at cheaper and cheaper prices. |
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Universities Targeted in Massive Hack Attack (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - Hackers have gained access to supercomputers and large computer networks at
numerous university and research organization facilities in the last
few weeks. The infiltrations, which are still under
investigation, temporarily gave the attackers sufficient computing
power to attack large portions of the Internet. |
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'Smart Gun' Technology Getting Closer (AP). AP - A new computer chip promises to keep police guns from firing if they fall into the wrong hands. |
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Voice Over IP On Wireless Mesh |
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InfoWorld: Top News
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Attacks at universities raise security concerns. Malicious hackers in recent weeks have infiltrated computer systems at universities in the U.S. and worldwide, leading to questions about the security of scientific research data, according to an official at the U.S. National Science Foundation. |
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Attacks at universities raise security concerns. High-performance computer centers targeted |
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Check out Securitydocs.com |
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Conectiva: apache Multiple vulnerabilities |
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BugTraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 480-1] New Linux 2.4.17 and 2.4.18 packages fix local root exploit (hppa). Sender: [joey at infodrom dot org (Martin Schulze)] |
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BugTraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 482-1] New Linux 2.4.17 packages fix local root exploit (source+powerpc/apus+s390). Sender: [joey at infodrom dot org (Martin Schulze)] |
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BugTraq: SUSE Security Announcement: cvs (SuSE-SA:2004:008). Sender: [krahmer at suse dot de (Sebastian Krahmer)] |
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Debunking the E-Mail Virus Sending Scam (AP) |
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Red Hat: mailman Denial of service vulnerability |
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Red Hat: cadaver Multiple format string vulnerabilities |
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Conectiva: apache Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Red Hat: cvs Chroot escape vulnerability |
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Suse: kernel Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Suse: cvs Chroot escape vulnerability |
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Mandrake: cvs Chroot escape vulnerability |
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Mandrake: kernel Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Fedora: kernel Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Red Hat: OpenOffice Multiple format string vulnerabilities |
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Universities Targeted in Massive Hack Attack |
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Bowl made from melted toy soldiers.  Neat looking bowl made from partially-melted plastic soldiers. Reminds me of the wonderful Mattel Strange Change machine from back in the days when toys that got hot enough to melt plastic were considered a good thing. Link
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A9: Amazon's new search engine. John Battelle breaks the news on Amazon.com's new search engine. A9, Amazon's much discussed skunk works search project goes live today, so I can finally write about it. I saw it last month (caveat: unbeknownst to me until recently, Amazon targeted me as their conduit to break this news - I think they wanted it to move from the blogosphere out, as opposed the WSJ in) and had to keep the damn thing to myself, it was hard, and here's why: On first blush it's a very, very good service, and an intriguing move by Amazon. It raises a clear question: How will Google - and more broadly, the entire search-driven world - react? Link |
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Message from Weird Al Yankovic. Comedian/musician Weird Al Yankovic lost both his mother and father this weekend in an accident involving carbon monoxide poisoning. He's posted a message on his website expressing thanks to fans for their kindness and support in his time of need, and he corrects errors in media coverage on the tragedy. Condolences, and much admiration and respect to Mr. Yankovic and his family. Link |
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Linksys, Boingo aim hot spots at small businesses. The Linksys Wireless-G VPN Broadband Router will come with Boingo's "Hot Spot in a Box" feature. |
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Chipmaker TSMC adds design services in up market. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., which makes chips for others, will increase participation in chip design to eliminate problems companies face in getting their products to market. |
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U.S. Digital Camera Ownership Seen Up 33 Pct in 2004 (Reuters). Reuters - Forty percent of U.S. households are
expected to own at least one digital camera by the end of 2004
and more consumers are printing their digital pictures at
retail shops, according to a recent study. |
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Md. Approves Tough Measure Against Spam (AP). AP - Maryland lawmakers approved a bill in the waning hours of the 2004 General Assembly session that one of the country's largest Internet service providers describes as a strong, comprehensive bill to prevent junk e-mail. |
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Debunking the E-Mail Virus Sending Scam (AP). AP - Q. Why do I keep getting e-mails telling me I've been sending e-mail viruses to other people — usually folks I've never even heard of — although I know my computer isn't infected? |
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Flatbed Scanners Capture Forgotten Slides (AP). AP - From the days of poodle skirts until tie-dyed T-shirts were the rage, the shutterbugs of my family favored slides over photographs to capture weddings, vacations, reunions and even my dad's Army tour of Vietnam. |
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Ethereal Packet Sniffing |
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Fedora: kernel Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Red Hat: OpenOffice Multiple format string vulnerabilities |
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BugTraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 483-1] New mysql packages fix insecure temporary file creation. Sender: [joey at infodrom dot org (Martin Schulze)] |
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Cisco Finds Security Problem, Beefs Up Protocol |
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Almost Half Of Spam Bugged |
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Security body supports biometrics |
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Pluie de correctifs de sécurité pour systèmes Windows |
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PeopleSoft extends 'poison pill' program. Still fighting off Oracle, the wolf at its gates, PeopleSoft renews a customer assurance program that could cost any acquiring firm more than $1 billion. |
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Briefly: PeopleSoft extends 'poison pill' program. Plus: Navini joins WiMax group...Microsoft links Outlook to Lotus...RIM extends license with Intellisync...Majority of Dell workers overseas. |
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Utopia in jeopardy. Salt Lake City rejects plans to participate in the large-scale fiber-optic network, casting doubt on the project's future. |
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Microsoft extends life of its Java Virtual Machine. In an early sign of teamwork between the software giant and Sun, Microsoft will extend support for its JVM to 2007. But distribution has been halted, along with all enhancements and bug fixes. |
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Commentary: An open-source plan. Smart developers can build applications quickly, using open-source components, but companies need to know how well supported and legally risky they are, Forrester says. |
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Nokia Picks HP as Partner for 'Visual Radio' (Reuters). Reuters - Nokia, the world's largest maker
of mobile phones, has chosen Hewlett-Packard Co. to help roll
out its FM-radio service on cell phones, the companies said on
Tuesday. |
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Lindows Changes Name to 'Linspire' |
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Sapphire: A Liquid That Won't Get Things Wet |
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Vulns: Apache Web Server Multiple Module Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. A vulnerability has been reported to exist in Apache that may allow a local attacker to gain unauthorized access by executing arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. The c... |
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9/11 'entrepreneur' on fraud rap |
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Widespread Exploitation of Common Linux Vulnerabilities Reported |
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How Symantec Addresses Microsoft Compromise |
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Ramen WORM propagation methods are detected by Symantec security products |
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Lotus Domino Denial of Service Malformed HTML Email |
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Symantec security products address BIND vulnerabilities. |
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Fraudulent Digital Certificate (Verisign) |
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Lion worm and its propagation methods are detected and prevented by Symantec products |
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Incorrect Mime Header Vulnerability (MSIE) |
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Increased Risk in China/US Hacking Activity |
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Symantec Enterprise Security Solutions protect against Microsoft Windows 2000 IIS 5.0 system-level remote access buffer overflow |
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Symantec Enterprise Security Solutions protect against the sadmind/IIS worm and associated exploits |
| 22. |
Symantec Enterprise Security Solutions protect against the Microsoft Windows IIS Index Server ISAPI System-level Remote Access Buffer Overflow |
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Update: Symantec Customer Security Advisory for the CodeRed Worm |
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Multi-vendor Unicode IDS bypass |
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Malformed Microsoft Excel or PowerPoint documents bypass Microsoft macro security features |
| 26. |
Buffer Overflow in System V Derived Login |
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Symantec Enterprise Security Solutions check for susceptibility to the Microsoft UPnP Buffer Overflow and DoS vulnerabilities |
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Linux rsync I/O errors allow DoS or root access |
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CDE dtspcd Buffer Overflow |
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ISS BlackICE ping flood buffer overflow allows code execution |
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Multiple SNMP vulnerabilities in multiple products |
| 32. |
Microsoft Commerce Server 2000 Unchecked Buffer in AuthFilter |
| 33. |
Multiple Buffer Overflows in PHP allow remote access to server |
| 34. |
Microsoft Virtual Machine multiple flaws allow malicious control |
| 35. |
Zlib compression library double free bug could allow arbitrary code |
| 36. |
Microsoft SQL Server Extended Procedure Function Buffer Overflow |
| 37. |
CiscoSecure ACS flaw allows arbitrary code execution |
| 38. |
Multiple Vulnerabilities Discovered In Microsoft Internet Information Services |
| 39. |
Sun Solaris admintool buffer overflow in PRODVERS argument allows root access |
| 40. |
MSN Chat Control buffer overflow allows remote code execution |
| 41. |
RedHat sharutils package uudecode flaw allows elevated privileges |
| 42. |
Digispid.B.Worm |
| 43. |
Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 Store Service allows DoS |
| 44. |
Sun Solaris SNMP components allows remote execution of code with root access |
| 45. |
ISC Bind 9.x vulnerability allows Domain Name Server Denial-of-Service |
| 46. |
Microsoft Windows RAS phonebook buffer overflow allows code execution |
| 47. |
Microsoft IIS HTR Chunked Encoding heap overflow allows arbitrary code |
| 48. |
Apache HTTP Server chunk encoding stack overflow |
| 49. |
OpenSSH daemon challenge-response allows DoS or remote compromise |
| 50. |
Sun ONE (iPlanet) Web Server search buffer overflow allows arbitrary code |
| 51. |
PHP multipart/form-data POST parsing error allows arbitrary code |
| 52. |
Microsoft SQL Server Resolution Service buffer overflows allow arbitrary code execution |
| 53. |
Microsoft SQL Server MDAC Buffer Overflow Compromise |
| 54. |
Microsoft Content Management Server flaws allow system compromise |
| 55. |
Microsoft File Transfer Manager ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow |
| 56. |
Microsoft Terminal Services Advanced Client buffer overflow allows malicious code execution |
| 57. |
Multiple Cisco VPN 3000 Vulnerabilities |
| 58. |
Apache_mod_ssl Worm Alert |
| 59. |
Microsoft Virtual Machine Multiple JDBC Vulnerabilities |
| 60. |
Multiple OpenVMS WASD HTTP Server Vulnerabilities |
| 61. |
Multiple Microsoft SQL Server Vulnerabilities |
| 62. |
Sendmail Trojan Horse Vulnerability |
| 63. |
Linux-HA Heartbeat Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
| 64. |
Multiple Vendor kadmind Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
| 65. |
Multiple Microsoft IIS Vulnerabilities |
| 66. |
Macromedia JRun Oversized URI Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
| 67. |
TCPDump / LIBPCap Trojan Horse Vulnerability |
| 68. |
Microsoft Data Access Components RDS Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
| 69. |
Lib CGI Include Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
| 70. |
Cobalt RaQ4 Administrative Interface Command Execution Vulnerability |
| 71. |
Microsoft Internet Explorer PNG Deflate Heap Corruption Vulnerability |
| 72. |
Perl-HTTPd File Disclosure Vulnerability |
| 73. |
Longshine Wireless Access Point Devices Information Disclosure Vulnerability |
| 74. |
Half-Life Client Server Message Format String Vulnerability |
| 75. |
ISC DHCPD NSUPDATE MiniRes Library Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities |
| 76. |
Microsoft Windows Locator Service Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
| 77. |
Opera Cross Domain Scripting Vulnerability |
| 78. |
IBM Lotus Domino HTTP Redirect Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
| 79. |
Cisco IOS OSPF Neighbor Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
| 80. |
Sendmail Header Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
| 81. |
Samba SMB/CIFS Packet Assembling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
| 82. |
Microsoft Windows 2000 WebDAV / ntdll.dll Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
| 83. |
Sun XDR Library xdrmem_getbytes() Integer Overflow Vulnerability |
| 84. |
Sendmail Address Prescan Memory Corruption Vulnerability |
| 85. |
Samba Multiple Unspecified Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities |
| 86. |
Oracle E-Business Suite RRA/FNDFS Arbitrary File Disclosure Vulnerability |
| 87. |
Snort TCP Packet Reassembly Integer Overflow Vulnerability |
| 88. |
Cisco CatOS Authentication Bypass Vulnerability |
| 89. |
Apache Mod_Auth_Any Remote Command Execution Vulnerability |
| 90. |
Internet Explorer file:// Request Zone Bypass Vulnerability |
| 91. |
IBM AIX Multiple Unspecified Security Vulnerabilities |
| 92. |
FastTrack P2P Supernode Packet Handler Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
| 93. |
Sun Management Center Change Manager PamVerifier Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
| 94. |
PMachine Lib.Inc.PHP Remote Include Command Execution Vulnerability |
| 95. |
Multiple Sun Database Functions Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities |
| 96. |
Symantec Security Check ActiveX Buffer Overflow |
| 97. |
Microsoft Windows Media Services NSIISlog.DLL Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
| 98. |
InterSystems Cache Insecure Default Permissions Vulnerability |
| 99. |
CCBill WhereAmI.CGI Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability |
| 100. |
University of Minnesota Gopherd GSisText Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
| 101. |
Cisco IOS Malicious IPV4 Packet Sequence Denial Of Service Vulnerability |
| 102. |
Microsoft Windows DCOM RPC Interface Buffer Overrun Vulnerability |
| 103. |
Multiple Oracle XDB FTP / HTTP Services Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities |
| 104. |
Microsoft Data Access Components ODBC Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
| 105. |
Pam_SMB Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
| 106. |
Multiple Microsoft RPC DCOM Subsystem Vulnerabilities |
| 107. |
Sun Solaris SAdmin Client Credentials Remote Administrative Access |
| 108. |
OpenSSL ASN.1 Parsing Vulnerabilities |
| 109. |
Microsoft Windows RPCSS Multi-thread Race Condition Vulnerability |
| 110. |
Microsoft Exchange Server Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
| 111. |
Microsoft Messenger Service Buffer Overrun Vulnerability |
| 112. |
Atrium Software Mercur Mailserver POP3 AUTH Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
| 113. |
Microsoft Internet Explorer Self Executing HTML Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability |
| 114. |
Microsoft Windows Workstation Service Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
| 115. |
Yahoo! Messenger YAuto.DLL Open Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
| 116. |
RSync Daemon Mode Undisclosed Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability |
| 117. |
Openwares.org Internet Explorer Patch Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
| 118. |
Linux Kernel do_mremap Function Boundary Condition Vulnerability |
| 119. |
Microsoft MDAC Function Broadcast Response Buffer Overrun Vulnerability |
| 120. |
Microsoft ISA Server 2000 H.323 Filter Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
| 121. |
Microsoft MSN Messenger Information Disclosure Vulnerability |
| 122. |
Microsoft Windows Internet Naming Service Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
| 123. |
Microsoft Windows ASN.1 Library Integer Handling Vulnerability |
| 124. |
Microsoft Windows Media Services Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability |
| 125. |
Microsoft Outlook Mailto Parameter Quoting Zone Bypass Vulnerability |
| 126. |
MS score card: four patches, 20 vulns, heaps of trouble |
| 127. |
Microsoft SSL Remote Denial of Service (MS04-011) |
| 128. |
The Interactive Nightmare |
| 129. |
What Do the Mob, eBay and Winona Ryder Have in Common? |
| 130. |
Machine Shop |
| 131. |
Knowledge Is Power |
| 132. |
You Can't Hack It |
| 133. |
Elsewhere: Microsoft warns of a score of security holes |
| 134. |
Elsewhere: Symantec launches EarthLink security subscriptions |
| 135. |
News: SEXUALLY-EXPLICIT: FTC labels porno spam |
| 136. |
News: MS score card: four patches, 20 vulns, heaps of trouble |
| 137. |
Universities Targeted in Massive Hack Attack |
| 138. |
Universities Targeted in Massive Hack Attack |
| 139. |
Microsoft Warns of Dozens More Holes |
| 140. |
Universities Targeted in Massive Hack Attack |
| 141. |
Universities Targeted in Massive Hack Attack |
| 142. |
Hacker greifen Supercomputer an |
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NVIDIA GeForce 6800 (NV40) unleashed. Nvidia's NV40 (GeForce 6800) has launched and the benchmarks show that this new chip has amazing potential. By Matt Woodward. |
| 2. |
Nokia gives the N-Gage a makeover. Nokia today introduced the N-Gage QD, the successor to the ill-fated N-Gage phone/gaming console. The QD features a lower price and a slot on the bottom for games. By Eric Bangeman. |
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| 3. |
Chicketecture? Chicken Chic? iCluck?. 
You won't find any subservient chickens in these poultry housing units, which were thought by some to have been an elaborate April Fool's joke -- but were printed as the real deal in the Times of London, The Register, and elsewhere. Designed so that city-dwelling humans can add a little bokbok to their daily lives, the iMac-like eglu may just be "the world's most stylish and innovative chicken house and [a] perfect way to keep chickens as pets."
Link (Thanks, Giordano!) UPDATE:
Erin says, "A fresh-egg-lovin' pal of mine showed me the Eglu last week. It's no hoax, but it isn't designed for "city-dwellers" as such - most cities prohibit keeping poultry for health reasons, but there are a lot of little hamlets (omelettes?) in England where it would be perfect. Apparently their design was inspired by the iMac. Perhaps this heralds a new era in chicken coop fashions? :D" |
| 4. |
FTC: Pr0n spam must be labeled. Spam containing pornographic text or images will be required to bear a warning in the subject line for easy filtering, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said yesterday. This is gonna solve the problem? I'm not holding my breath.
Starting May 19, sexually explicit e-mail will have to bear a label reading " Sexually-Explicit:" and the messages themselves will not be allowed to contain graphic material, the FTC said. Outrage over unsolicited pornography and other forms of junk e-mail spurred Congress to pass the first nationwide antispam law last year, which required the FTC to develop labels for smut.
Link to Reuters coverage, Link to AVN coverage. |
| 5. |
Xeni on NPR: Larry Flynt and Online Porn Crackdown. 
Today on the NPR program "Day to Day," a report on the debate over government regulation of online pornography and how veterans of such debates -- like publisher and Hustler magazine founder Larry Flynt -- plan to weather the storm.
Link for today's show, scroll down for archived online audio of "Online Porn Crackdown" after 12PM PT today. Read a related interview with Larry Flynt on Wired News. |
| 6. |
Every night, five mysterious thuds wake up neighborhood. It's been six months since the residents of Manor Green Road in London have had an uninterrupted night's sleep. "[T]hey have been hearing five repeated thuds in the middle of the night and cannot trace the source. Double-glazed windows and ear plugs have been no match for the tumult." Link (Via Fark) |
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| 7. |
Looking for Lindows? Try Linspire. Following European court rulings in its trademark battle with Microsoft, the software maker renames its open-source operating system. |
| 8. |
Verizon readies national broadband network. The telecommunications giant says construction of its national broadband network is complete and that it plans to begin offering new data and voice services later this month. |
| 9. |
Cisco makes inroads into India. The networking giant is making strides in the country just as the market is set to take off. |
| 10. |
Apple to halt N. California production. It's closing manufacturing operations in the Sacramento area, a move that's likely to lead to the loss of more than 200 jobs. |
| 11. |
Oracle delivers simplified Java tools. The company releases JDeveloper 10g with a "framework" to simplify services-oriented Java development, part of Oracle's ongoing drive to take share in the Java server software market from IBM and BEA. |
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| 12. |
Readers: The European Union's Anti-Microsoft Decision Irrelevant To Linux (TechWeb). TechWeb - Most respondents to our Voting Booth reader poll said the European Union's anti-Microsoft decision will be irrelevant to Linux adoption. |
| 13. |
Nextel Launches Wireless Broadband Service (Reuters). Reuters - Nextel Communications Inc. (NXTL.O)
on Wednesday said it had begun selling an advanced wireless
broadband service in North Carolina, offering download speeds
comparable to home broadband lines. |
| 14. |
Intel Finds a Tough Crowd on the Street (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - Tech bellwether Intel reported solid earnings yesterday, but the company still couldn't please Wall Street. |
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Positive Reviews For Nvidia' GeForce 6800 Ultra |
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Websites 'failing' disabled users. A survey by the Disability Rights Commission shows that more than 80% of websites are difficult for disabled people to use |
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| 17. |
Universities Targeted in Massive Hack Attack |
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News: SEXUALLY-EXPLICIT: FTC labels porno spam. The Register By John Leyden [john dot leyden at theregister dot co dot uk] |
| 19. |
News: MS score card: four patches, 20 vulns, heaps of trouble. The Register By John Leyden [john dot leyden at theregister dot co dot uk] |
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| 20. |
9/11 'entrepreneur' on fraud rap. Bogus face recognition system By John Leyden . |
| 21. |
Microsoft: May expectations for Longhorn. Alpha code for WinHEC? By Datamonitor . |
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| 22. |
Freedom to Read Protection Act" (HR. 1157) |
| 23. |
Symantec And EarthLink Team for Security Offering |
| 24. |
US Bank Deploys Data Security Solution from Ingrian |
| 25. |
Wi-Fi security still poor |
| 26. |
Microsoft Patches Ward Off Hackers |
| 27. |
Hackers hit university supercomputers |
| 28. |
Sober.D: Wurm tarnt sich mal wieder als Windows-Update |
| 29. |
Microsofts Gratis-Sicherheits-CD mit interessanten Bonus-Programmen |
| 30. |
Wurmjagd und Virenabwehr: "Jede Minute kratzt es an der Tür" |
| 31. |
Neue Patches für Microsoft-Produkte |
| 32. |
Gute Würmer gibt es nicht: "Netsky"-Autor gibt auf |
| 33. |
IE 6: Bug lässt Drucker ungefragt drucken |
| 34. |
Tiki CMS/Groupware Multiple Vulnerabilities |
| 35. |
Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF File Denial of Service Vulnerability |
| 36. |
Microsoft Internet Explorer BMP File Memory Denial of Service Vulnerability |
| 37. |
LindowsOS -> Linspire |
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| 1. |
Eisner Award noms announced. Nominations for the 16th annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards have been announced. BoingBoing pal Warren Ellis received no fewer than three. Link (Thanks, Susannah!) |
| 2. |
Chicketecture? Hoax?.
You won't find any subservient chickens in these poultry housing units, which may have been an elaborate April Fool's joke -- but were printed as the real deal in the Times of London, The Register, and elsewhere. Fact, or chicken fiction? Purportedly designed so that city-dwelling humans can add a little bokbok to their daily lives, the iMac-like eglu may just be "the world's most stylish and innovative chicken house and [a] perfect way to keep chickens as pets." If they're fake, too bad. I'd buy 'em.
Link (Thanks, Giordano!) |
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| 3. |
Apple closes Sacramento manufacturing facility (MacCentral). MacCentral - Apple Computer Inc. confirmed on Wednesday that the company would be closing its Sacramento manufacturing facility and moving operations to another part of California. |
| 4. |
CEO Puts Positive Spin On Tech Firm's Future (Investor's Business Daily). Investor's Business Daily - An instant PC you don't have to boot up. A cell phone the size of a wristwatch. |
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| 5. |
iPod Mini Custom Installation In A Ford Explorer |
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| 6. |
HP servers holed twice. Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) has been hit by two security holes -- one in its Internet Express, used with Tru64 servers, and a second in its authentication system OpenView. |
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| 7. |
Elsewhere: Microsoft warns of a score of security holes. Microsoft released on Tuesday fixes that cover at least 20 Windows flaws, several of which could make versions of the operating system vulnerable to new worms or viruses.... |
| 8. |
Elsewhere: Symantec launches EarthLink security subscriptions. Security giant Symantec and Internet service provider EarthLink announced on Tuesday that they are offering an antivirus and firewall subscription bundled with the ISP's ... |
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| 9. |
Nvidia rolls out GeForce 6800. Ultra version too By Tony Smith . |
| 10. |
SEXUALLY-EXPLICIT: FTC labels porno spam. e-brown paper bag By John Leyden . |
| 11. |
Nvidia GeForce 6800 Ultra. Review The most impressive graphics chip yet? By Trusted Reviews . |
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| 12. |
Cisco Acknowledges Security Problem, Releases Stronger Protocol |
| 13. |
BEA WebLogic SSL Impersonation Vulnerability |
| 14. |
IBM rachète la filiale SBCS de Schlumberger |
| 15. |
3 ex managers de Computer Associates accusés de falsification de compte |
| 16. |
Hackers Attack Linux Supercomputers |
| 17. |
Auditors working on cyber-risk standard |
| 18. |
BEA WebLogic SSL Impersonation Vulnerability |
| 19. |
Linux Speak: Separating Facts From Fiction |
| 20. |
BEA WebLogic SSL Impersonation Vulnerability |
| 21. |
14 Apr W32/Sdbot-HL |
| 22. |
SEXUALLY-EXPLICIT: FTC labels porno spam |
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What's up with DoubleClick's Google AdWords-like ads?. Rupert Scammell tells BoingBoing:
On Gawker tonight, I noticed that DoubleClick now uses banners which look like Google AdWords ads. In a similar manner to their infamous fake Windows error dialog banners, DC seems to be capitalizing upon the now familiar look of Gooogle's advertising to up their click rate. I wrote a quick weblog entry up about it, which features a screenshot of the advertising in action.
Link
Jon Gales tells BoingBoing: "That's not quite true. They are teamed up with Google. They take a bet that they will be able to beat the CPM they pay (which is quite low). Check this Webmaster World forum for more discussion on the topic." (NOTE: forum appears to be for paid members only. --XJ) |
| 2. |
Creative Commons-licensed phonecam blogging service. Alfie Dennen of the phonecam blogging service Moblog UK says:
We operate the site code on a copyright commons basis, and with users like Warren Ellis (who want to retain control of their images/video/audio), we urge people using the site to do the same. The fact that Textamerica and mblog etc own your content once it hits their servers got us so angry we felt we had to make an alternative.
We carry no advertising, and are donation supported. In terms of the code itself, we support multiple image posts, multiple audio and image posts, in pretty much every format that phones can produce. The site is very malleable, if you can make a css style sheet, you can make the site entirely your own look, still hosting it with us. We are a community that consists partly of a lot of artists who want to make sure they keep some ownership of their work.
Link |
| 3. |
Rave for the Deaf. BoingBoing reader Charles Vestal
says:
A East London dance club held an all-deaf rave, featuring signing-karaoke, deaf rap, a standup comdian, and all the pumping basslines they could handle. Problem was, the lights were flashing so much, no one could chat with each other at the bar. Perhaps they should hook up with this guy to get a more moving experience.
Link |
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| 4. |
Former Sun exec jumps to Cassatt. Rich Green, Sun's former development tools vice president, is joining a utility computing start-up created by Bill Coleman, the founder of BEA Systems. |
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| 5. |
Australian state traffic authority switches to Macs (MacCentral). MacCentral - In what may well be Apple Computer Inc.'s largest coup in the Australian enterprise space, the New South Wales (NSW), Australia state Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) will deploy 1,200 Apple iMacs across 140 registry offices. |
| 6. |
Tax cuts boost Singapore's MobileOne net profit (AFP). AFP - Singapore's second largest mobile phone company MobileOne (M1) said net profit in the three months to March rose 25.7 percent from the previous year due to a cut in corporate tax rates. |
| 7. |
Calif. Video Game Bills Fail in Committee (Reuters). Reuters - Two bills designed to restrict the
access of minors to violent video games on Tuesday failed to
clear a committee of California's state Assembly, killing them
for 2004 unless the committee changes its mind. |
| 8. |
Pirates of the Box Office (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - "Pirates of the Caribbean" may have been a big hit last year, but don't bet on Hollywood casting Johnny Depp or any other heartthrob when it inevitably begins filming "Terminator 4: Pirates of the Internet." |
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| 9. |
AmEx vs. rec.humor.funny |
| 10. |
Paid To Spam |
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Linux Speak: Separating Facts From Fiction |
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Microsoft issues new patches to secure against at least 20 Windows vulnerabilities |
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Lindows throws in the tow - l. Changes name to end MS legal action... By John Oates . |
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| 14. |
BEA WebLogic Group Membership Security Issue |
| 15. |
Microsoft warnt vor 20 Sicherheitslücken |
| 16. |
Supercomputer in USA attackiert |
| 17. |
BEA WebLogic Group Membership Security Issue |
| 18. |
BEA WebLogic Group Membership Security Issue |
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Windows updates moeten voor iedereen beschikbaar blijven |
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Music industry smears file-sharing research. Koleman Strumpf, the co-author of the first-ever empirical study on the impact of file-sharing on record sales, has found himself on the receiving end of a withering attack from the music industry who argue that their bought-and-paid-for, non-empirical "research" trumps his analysis, attacking his conclusions.
Two years ago, Strumpf and Oberholzer-Gee set out to research the matter. Strumpf's interest was piqued by the Napster trial, where the recording industry alleged copyright violations that led to the demise of the pioneering Web site in 2001. In the testimony, experts argued that music downloads had to be the cause of slumping sales.
Strumpf read the studies they cited. They were horrible, he said.
"I was like, 'Boy, this is pretty amazing,' " said Strumpf, a Philadelphia native. "Nobody has done a serious study."
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Take-Two Forecasts a Loss, CEO Resigns (Reuters). Reuters - Video game publisher Take-Two
Interactive Software Inc. (TTWO.O) on Wednesday forecast a
second-quarter loss and said Chief Executive Jeffrey Lapin was
resigning, sending its shares down sharply in pre-market
trading. |
| 3. |
LindowsOS Becomes Linspire (PC World). PC World - Company announces name change in hopes of ending legal woes. |
| 4. |
Nvidia launches GeForce 6 series graphics chip (MacCentral). MacCentral - In a special event on Tuesday night in San Francisco, Calif., graphics chip maker Nvidia Corp. launched the GeForce 6800 series, its newest flagship graphics chip aimed at high-performance desktop computers. The new chips promise better performance and newer capabilities for gamers and others looking for the smoothest, most realistic 3D graphics. |
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VIA Releases Source To Custom WASTE Client |
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Ilkka Raiskinen on N-Gage, and more. Interview Nokia's games supremo tells all By gamesindustry.biz . |
| 7. |
IT vendors talk rubbish: official. UK SMEs confounded by jargon By Lester Haines . |
| 8. |
102 UK kids saved from paedos. Operation Ore claims success By John Leyden . |
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| 9. |
Microsoft warns of a score of security holes |
| 10. |
USDA to certify security |
| 11. |
Wi-Fi security still poor |
| 12. |
UK firms failing security challenge |
| 13. |
Linux 2.6: compiling and installing |
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| 14. |
Microsoft Windows WMF/EMF Image Formats Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
| 15. |
Microsoft Windows Private Communications Transport Protocol Buffer Overrun Vulnerability |
| 16. |
Outlook Express MHTML Forced File Execution Vulnerability |
| 17. |
Microsoft Windows LSASS Buffer Overrun Vulnerability |
| 18. |
TUTOS Cross Site Scripting and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities |
| 19. |
Blackboard Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities |
| 20. |
TA04-104A: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Products |
| 21. |
SA04-104A: Summary of Windows Security Updates for April 2004 |
| 22. |
Eudora Can Be Crashed By E-mail With Deeply Nested MIME Content |
| 23. |
Rootkit Hunter, un indispensable anti rootkit, ver et exploit sur Unix/Linux |
| 24. |
Attackers infiltrating supercomputer networks |
| 25. |
Microsoft warns of a score of security holes |
| 26. |
USDA to certify security |
| 27. |
Wi-Fi security still poor |
| 28. |
UK firms failing security challenge |
| 29. |
Linux 2.6: compiling and installing |
| 30. |
TUTOS Cross Site Scripting and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities |
| 31. |
TUTOS Cross Site Scripting and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities |
| 32. |
Blackboard Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities |
| 33. |
Blackboard Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities |
| 34. |
MS score card: four patches, 20 vulns, heaps of trouble |
| 35. |
Microsoft Patches Ward Off Hackers (AP) |
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| 36. |
Second Tuesday Blues- Four New Bulletins From Microsoft. Microsoft released four new security bulletins this month: MS04-011, MS04-012 and MS04-013 are all rated as Critical while MS04-014 is ranked Important. These flaws affect a broad range of Windows components commonly used by most people so you should definitely... |
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McDonald's Chooses Wayport for New Wi-Fi (AP). AP - McDonald's Corp. has chosen Wayport Inc. to provide wireless Internet service in dining rooms and drive-through windows at several thousand of its U.S. restaurants. |
| 2. |
It's Geek-Meets-Grape As Wine Gets Wired (AP). AP - Once, wine meant horse-drawn plows and barefoot workers stomping in a tub. These days, winemakers are more likely to depend on the juice running through their personal computers as they turn grapes into premium vintages. |
| 3. |
Hackers Strike Advanced Computing Networks (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - Hackers infiltrated powerful supercomputers at colleges, universities and research institutions in recent weeks, disrupting one of the nation's largest online research networks for several days and raising concerns among computer security experts that the compromised machines could be used to attack specific Web sites or parts of the Internet. |
| 4. |
Microsoft Patches Ward Off Hackers (AP). AP - Microsoft Corp. released three critical patches Tuesday to fix Windows security flaws that could allow an attacker to take over another person's computer. |
| 5. |
FDA Approves Human Brain Implant Devices (AP). AP - For years, futurists have dreamed of machines that can read minds, then act on instructions as they are thought. Now, human trials are set to begin on a brain-computer interface involving implants. |
| 6. |
Apple Probes Reports of IPod Mini Static (AP). AP - Apple Computer Inc. is investigating complaints that its popular iPod mini is prone to static and other sound distortions when playing back music. |
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RFID Coming To A Cell Phone Near You |
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Toshiba, Sandisk begin building $2.6B chip plant. Toshiba Corp. and Sandisk Corp. have begun construction of a new factory in Japan that is destined to become a major source of flash memory chips to both companies over the coming years. |
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Microsoft Java software gets a reprieve until 2007. Users of Microsoft Corp.'s Java Virtual Machine (JVM) have an extra three years to drop the software and migrate to Microsoft's .Net or a competing Java product following the company's broad deal with Sun Microsystems Inc. early this month. ADVERTISEMENT:   Receive a FREE>SunTone Initiative is designed to help you optimize the delivery and management of mission critical IT services.
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Lindows changes OS name to Linspire. Embattled Linux-based software vendor Lindows.com Inc. formally changed the name of its desktop operating system from LindowsOS to "Linspire" on Wednesday, after a two-year trademark dispute with Microsoft Corp. |
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Intel tries to keep its cool. Steve Pawlowski, the director of Intel Corp.'s Microprocessor Technology Lab, knows Intel has a heat problem. |
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Oracle touts grids, SOAs with developer tool. Oracle on Wednesday will ship Oracle JDeveloper 10g, which is a version of its Java and Web services development environment that the company says features grid enablement and support for SOAs (service-oriented architectures). |
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MySQL readies preview of clustered database. Looking to boost its presence in enterprise applications, MySQL on Wednesday will make the clustered version of its open source database available in a preview version, with the production version set for release in the third quarter of 2004. |
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Auditors working on cyber-risk standard |
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Conectiva: apache Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Wi-Fi security still poor |
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Hackers hit university supercomputers |
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Microsoft issues critical security updates |
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Microsoft SSL Library Input Validation Error Lets Remote Users Crash the Service |
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Microsoft H.323 Buffer Overflow Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code |
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Sovereign Bank Deploys and Manages Wireless while Safeguarding Customer Information with Cisco Solution |
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Intel Unveils DRM-Enabled Cell Phone Processors |
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Eliot Spitzer Calls for VoIP Taps |
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Concerted Attack on Higher Education Unix Systems |
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Mail scanning met Exim en Exiscan ACL |
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Hackers lurk through holes in hot spots (USATODAY.com) |
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Onion stories reported as fact. The Onion's deadpan satricial news-stories, musch-forwarded and chuckled over, have frequently been reported as fact by variou snews agencies, law-enforcement departments, and pressure groups.
[T]he Branch County sheriff's department in Coldwater, Michigan, which had been investigating telemarketing scams targeting the elderly, issued an urgent press release.
"In the course of this investigation, it was learned that this is going on throughout the United States, and some of these telemarketing programs are believed to be operated by al-Qaida," the release stated. "The CIA has announced that they acquired a videotape showing al-Qaida members making phone solicitations for vacation home rentals, long-distance telephone service, magazine subscriptions and other products."
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MySQL takes cue from the master. Microsoft made its massive inroads into the database market by being low-priced and easy to use. Now MySQL is following the same path with its open-source product. |
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The rise of Sun services. Despite CEO Scott McNealy's disdain for big services groups, Sun's own unit has quietly become important to the company's bottom line. But can it overcome potential partner conflicts and the loss of key figures? |
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Unwitting pawns or partly to blame?. ICSA Labs' Bruce Hughes says companies that keep doing the same old thing can't honestly complain about new security breaches--not when they're playing deaf, dumb and blind. |
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Broadband for the masses?. Attorney Jim Baller is battling the Baby Bells and the cable companies for the right to let municipalities run their own telecommunications networks. |
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Singapore Telecom withdraws from bidding for Pakistan mobile license (AFP). AFP - Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel) said it has decided against bidding for a mobile telecommunications license in Pakistan. |
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Hackers Attack Linux Supercomputers |
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Sony preps slimline 5mp digicam. Reg Kit Watch April/May camerafest planned By Tony Smith . |
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Nokia launches N-Gage QD. More a bug fix than a second-generation console By Tony Smith . |
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Disabled web access is 'being ignored'. Websites risk legal action - DRC By OUT-LAW.COM . |
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RM wins £20m Newham gig. And Oracle does it for the kids... By John Oates . |
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Germans top World text league. Europe in Brief SMS a-go-go By Jan Libbenga . |
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Conectiva update for apache |
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Eudora Nested MIME Message Denial of Service Vulnerability |
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Security updates Exchange 5.0 & NT4 Option Pack |
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Hoe spammers van CSS in HTML gebruikmaken |
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Veilig Internetten via security abonnement ISP |
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Cisco komt met patch voor WLAN hacking tool |
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Tienduizenden Nederlandse webservers lek |
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Gratis viruswaarschuwingsdienst via WAP |
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5 oplossingen voor ID diefstal en virussen |
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Applied Micro lands IBM chip assets (TheDeal.com). TheDeal.com - The communications chipmaker buys IBM's 'building block' products for $227 million in cash. |
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UK Police Say 100 Children Rescued from Net Abuse (Reuters). Reuters - More than 100 children have been rescued
from sexual abuse in Britain during a two-year probe into
Internet pedophiles, police said on Wednesday. |
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Unix fiends attack universities. Have Solaris or Linux - will hack By Ashlee Vance . |
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UK gov's IT CIO is dumb idea, says likely appointee. There goes the pay rise By John Oates . |
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Sony preps slimline 5mp digicam. Reg Kit Watch April/May camerafest planned By Tony Smith . |
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Offshore analysts speak with forked tongue. Rightshore, anyshore... By Datamonitor . |
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IBM sells off low-end PowerPC chips. ARM-style licensing scheme takes shape By Tony Smith . |
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Winemakers Get Juiced About Tech. Vintners are increasingly turning to high-tech tools to help with their old-world techniques, using satellite imagery and grape-tracking software for ever-more-precise viticulture. But some things are still out of their control. |
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Your Wish Is Its Command. The FDA gives Cyberkinetics the green light to begin clinical trials on a brain-computer interface involving implants. Chips placed beneath paralyzed patients' skulls could allow them to command a computer to act -- merely by thinking. |
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A Move to Block Gmail Service. Legislation is being drafted in California to prevent Google from releasing Gmail because of concerns that the e-mail service violates privacy rights by searching incoming e-mail for keywords, which it then turns into advertising. |
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Attack of the Movie Clones. The Godsend Institute has the technology to clone your lost loved one, its website says. Really? By Kristen Philipkoski. |
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Old Stones Reveal Their Age. With radiocarbon and potassium-argon dating, archaeologists have a hard time determining the age of artifacts that are 50,000 to 100,000 years old. A new technique could change all that. By Amit Asaravala. |
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Porno Hen Hawks for Burger King. Give Burger King credit. Its attempt to advertise chicken sandwiches on the Web by setting up an ersatz webcam porn studio could have been a cheesy flop. Instead, its Subservient Chicken website is a hit. By Chris Ulbrich. |
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Onion Taken Seriously, Film at 11. People continue to mistake The Onion's stories as real news -- partly because the stories are so deadpan, partly because people are desperate to validate their twisted beliefs. Whatever the reason, the folks at The Onion just laugh and laugh. By Daniel Terdiman. |
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Diesels Rolling Back Into U.S.. Soaring gas prices and demand for fuel-efficient hybrid cars have paved the way for diesel vehicles to make a U.S. comeback. Mercedes, Jeep and Volkswagen are on the bandwagon. John Gartner reports from the 2004 New York International Automobile Show. |
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Backdoor.Graybird.I |
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USDA to certify security |
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CEOs urged to take control of cybersecurity |
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E-mail fingerprinting attacks bounce storms |
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Microsoft bolsters executive ranks at security unit |
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Cisco releases WLAN security protocol |
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FBI returns fire in 9/11 inquiry |
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Microsoft releases patches to fix 20 flaws |
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Stock footage film-fest. Great Wired News piece on the Stockstock film-festival, where footage from the Prelinger Archive of ephemeral films is used as the raw material for a festival's worth of short movies.
Festival operators pore over films in the online Prelinger Archives and choose a mishmash of films that are then combined and pared down to a 40-minute tape. Entrants must create a short film, limited to three minutes, using the footage provided. They can manipulate the films however they like and add dialogue, titles and music. All that's required is a computer with video-editing software and the $20 entry fee.
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Dell Employs More Overseas Than in U.S.. ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) -- Computer maker Dell Inc. has more workers overseas than it does in the United States, reversing the makeup of its work force of just a year ago. By The Associated Press. |
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Readers: The European Union's Anti-Microsoft Decision Irrelevant To Linux (TechWeb). TechWeb - Most respondents to our Voting Booth reader poll said the European Union's anti-Microsoft decision will be irrelevant to Linux adoption. |
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Apple speeds budget Mac. While Europeans pay hefty mark-up By Andrew Orlowski . |
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SA04-104A: Summary of Windows Security Updates for April 2004 |
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eEye - Multiple microsoft vulnerabilities: Microsoft DCOM RPC Memory Leak | Microsoft DCOM RPC R... |
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Source: Sophos |
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DoubleClick spoofing Google AdWords?. Rupert Scammell tells BoingBoing:
On Gawker tonight, I noticed that DoubleClick now uses banners which look like Google AdWords ads. In a similar manner to their infamous fake Windows error dialog banners, DC seems to be capitalizing upon the now familiar look of Gooogle's advertising to up their click rate. I wrote a quick weblog entry up about it, which features a screenshot of the advertising in action.
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Ecto for Windows launches, BoingBoing now a 100% Ecto blog!. The popular blogging-aid software Ecto -- once only offered for Mac -- is now available for Windows users. With today's launch of Ecto for Windows, BoingBoing officially becomes an all-ecto blog! My BoingBoing co-editors all use it to make blogging with Movable Type more friendly and efficient. I'm the only PC-afflicted blogger in the bunch. TypePad, MovableType, Nucleus, and Blogger users: rejoice. Ecto co-creator Adriaan Tijsseling
says:
Joi and me are very happy to announce the release of a beta of a Windows port of ecto, thanks to a unique collaboration with Alex Hung. It is our hope that with this collaboration the ease of use and features of ecto will now be available to the Windows users.
The beta trial will last one month, during which we hope to find bugs and improve on the product with the help of user feedback. Any information about this beta will be on the ecto for Windows webpage as Alex will be the main responsible person for this Windows version.
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For Chip Rivals, a Slugfest Worthy of a Video Game. Until last year Nvidia was the overwhelming leader in making the graphics chips that portray complex three-dimensional images. Can it recapture its clear advantage? By John Markoff. |
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Verizon to Add Internet Surcharge. Verizon Communications announced plans to add a $2 to $3 monthly surcharge to the cost of its high-speed Internet connections. By Matt Richtel. |
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Strong Demand for PC's Spurs Intel's Profit in 1st Quarter. Intel's first-quarter profits jumped 89 percent and revenues grew 20 percent as demand for the silicon chips remained steady. By Laurie J. Flynn. |
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Nokia Picks HP as Partner for 'Visual Radio' (Reuters). Reuters - Nokia (NOK1V.HE) (NOK.N), the
world's largest maker of mobile phones, has chosen
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ.N) to help roll out its FM-radio
service on cell phones, the companies said. |
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Google May Change E-Mail Service - WSJ (Reuters). Reuters - Internet search company Google Inc. is
considering changes to its Gmail e-mail service amid criticism
over privacy concerns, the company's president said, the Wall
Street Journal said in its online edition. |
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Nokia Offers Leaner New N-Gage (AP). AP - Nokia Corp. unveils a stripped-down, cheaper version of its N-Gage on Wednesday that eschews value-added features in favor of basic functions — gaming and telephony. |
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Happy Spamiversary! |
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N-Gage QD - Nokia's Answer To The Critics? |
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Microsoft Finds New Windows Security Flaws (washingtonpost.com) |
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TA04-104A: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Products |
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Microsoft Security Bulletins Released for April |
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Source: Sophos |
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Îáâàë ïàò÷åé îò MS |
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javascript exploits in banners |
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Elsewhere: Federal agencies must set security benchmark, says US workgroup |
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Elsewhere: Task force puts security responsibility on CEOs |
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News: Browser-based attacks on the up |
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News: Microsoft releases new patches for Windows flaws |
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The mainframe also rises |
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Grids at forefront of cluster show |
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Devices get smart |
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Cisco releases WLAN security protocol |
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Microsoft releases patches to fix 20 flaws |
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Microsoft issues flood of critical patches |
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/etc/init.d/linux.ars start. Ever wanted to know how to automatically detect which network interface to use in Linux? This week's edition of Linux.Ars has the lowdown on how to do it with Debian. By Eric Bangeman. |
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Nokia updates N-Gage game player. The mobile phone giant announces the N-Gage QD, which corrects some of the most widely criticized design flaws in the original version of the high-priced game machine. |
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Microsoft Warns of 3 'Critical' Flaws (Reuters). Reuters - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O), the world's
largest software maker, warned on Tuesday that three
"critical"-rated flaws in the Windows operating system and
other programs could allow hackers to sneak into personal
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Element Computer: ION Linux on Linux Hardware |
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The mainframe also rises. IBM, Sun mark 40th anniversary of mainframe with competing strategies |
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Grids at forefront of cluster show. Globus, Oracle officials stress new trend |
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Devices get smart. Windows and Linux bring enterprise IQ to embedded systems |
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Foreign workers dominate Dell. Next Dell dude has Slovak twang By Ashlee Vance . |
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Microsoft Identifies Serious New Security Flaws (washingtonpost.com) |
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Trotz fehlender Datensicherung kein Schadenersatz |
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