Thursday, April 22, 2004

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  AOL and Its Cable Sibling to Cross-Promote (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - More than two years after the AOL-Time Warner merger, America Online Inc. and Time Warner Cable yesterday took a small first step toward promoting each other's high-speed Internet services. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Exploit found for Net flaw, but risks remote 3.  5 Steps To Secure Windows XP Home 4.  Complete Guide to Wi-Fi Security 5.  Book Review: Beyond Fear 11:20:49 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Possum Fur Nipple Warmers. Sometimes, you blog things just because you can. In honor of Earth Day, I present to you eco-friendly possum-fur nipple warmers and g-strings from New Zealand. Introduced into New Zealand about 150 years ago from Australia, the brushtail possum has multiplied now to over 70,000,000. With no predators, this pest has decimated huge tracts of New Zealand native forests eating 21,000 tons of vegetation nightly. Both bird life (including the Kiwi) and many unique types of trees are threatened with extinction because of the brushtail possum. This marsupial is only very distantly related to the American Opossum. The brushtail possum has a fur similar in quality to mink and colours range from silver to red brown to dark brown. Preservation of New Zealand Native Forests requires control of the possum population. All controls used in the past have had minimum impact. Poisoning of possums is an environmentally unacceptable way of control. Only through world wide marketing of possum fur products ( Eco-Fur products ) can this pest be safely controlled. Our Eco-Fur products are all of the highest professional standards. Link (via Warren) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Linux backers foresee desktop gains. Linux may be entrenched in the data center, but it will need some sprucing up before the upstart operating system grabs a significant spot on desktop PCs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  Sanctimonious in Sacramento (Forbes.com). Forbes.com - Shocked. That's how the giant California Public Employees' Retirement System pension fund sounded last month in opposing renomination of some directors at 2,700 public companies. Among the sinners it wants out: Warren Buffett at Coca-Cola, for serving on a committee that let the firm's auditors also handle tax work; Steve Jobs, the savior of Apple Computer, because his board hasn't implemented an options accounting proposal; and Citigroup Chief Executive Charles Prince because, horrors, his wife works at a law firm Citi uses. 4.  Microsoft Net Dips on Legal Woes (Reuters). Reuters - Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, on Thursday posted a lower quarterly profit after charges to settle legal disputes, but revenue rose a better-than-expected 17 percent on stronger personal computer sales. 5.  What Would He Get Paid If the Stock Had Gone Up? (Forbes.com). Forbes.com - When John Zeglis took over AT&T Wireless (NYSE:AWE - News) in 1999, it was the country's premier cell phone company. Its record-setting public offering raised $10.6 billion. Four years later the company was so battered that in February it became a meal for Cingular, a competitor that didn't even exist back then. 6.  Panel Casts Vote Against Calif. Machines (AP). AP - California should ban the use of 15,000 touch-screen voting machines in the November election because the equipment malfunctioned in last month's primary, an advisory panel said Thursday. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  NetStumbler v0.4 Released ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hack the Planet ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  The Inquirer, August 9, 2003: Top chip designer jumps Newisys ship. 9.  Byte and Switch, April 14, 2004: iReady to Go. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBC News | Technology | UK Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.  Arena pushes Attheraces comeback. A re-modelling of the failed Attheraces satellite channel is still the best way forward for UK racecourses, says co-owner Arena Leisure. 11.  Amazon profits from sales surge. The global online retailer announces says rising sales - fuelled by aggressive pricing - pushed it into profit in the first three months of 2004. 12.  Cameras eye Shanghai web users. Shanghai installs video cameras in its internet cafes as part of a crackdown on web use. 13.  US leads internet piracy raids. Police in the US and 10 other countries seize computers in an attempt to tackle organised internet piracy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 14.  Microsoft's Q3 hurt by settlement costs. Sun puts small dent in golden egg By Ashlee Vance . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 15.  Network Associates Changing Name to McAfee (AP) 16.  Witty Traffic Request / Mailbag 10:20:30 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Briefly: Microsoft names new pricing chief. Plus: Amazon gets into jewelry business...AMD joins Linux lab...Tower settles with FTC over site security. 2.  Exploit found for Net flaw, but risks remote. Malicious code is unearthed that can exploit a widely reported flaw in a popular Net protocol and possibly disrupt data transmissions, but experts say the risk of real world problems remains low. 3.  MSN Messenger's got game. Microsoft launches a new games service for its instant messenger software, a move that comes on the heels of updated software from America Online's ICQ. 4.  Network Associates to change name. The security specialist is changing its name and selling one of its product lines in a move to boost profitability. 5.  GPL gains clout in German legal case. A German court has lent some weight to the important open-source license, the legal foundation of Linux but an agreement that hasn't been interpreted by courts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  PeopleSoft Profit Misses Estimates (AP). AP - PeopleSoft Inc.'s first-quarter profit fell 37 percent and missed analyst expectations, a development that may increase the pressure on the business software maker as it fights rival Oracle Corp.'s $9.4 billion hostile takeover bid. 7.  Network Associates Changing Name to McAfee (AP). AP - Computer security firm Network Associates Inc. will sell its network software division and rename itself McAfee Inc. to focus solely on security products and services, the company said Thursday. 8.  Philippine Co. Creates New Software (AP). AP - A Philippine-based company unveiled software Thursday that would allow Windows-based programs to run on computers using the rival Linux operating system. 9.  Amazon Swings to Profit But Shares Fall (Reuters). Reuters - Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN.O) on Thursday said it posted a quarterly profit, compared with a year-earlier loss, as sales jumped 41 percent on aggressive pricing, free shipping incentives and the impact of a weak dollar. 10.  GM Buys Supercomputer From IBM (AP). AP - General Motors Corp. has bought a supercomputer from IBM that the companies say is the fastest in the automotive industry and will more than halve the time it takes to get a vehicle on the market. 11.  Justice Dept. Cracks Down on Net Piracy (AP). AP - An international effort to dismantle major Internet piracy groups has identified more than 100 people in the United States and abroad involved in the theft of more than $50 million in music, movies, games and computer software, U.S. authorities said Thursday. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 12.  Slashback: Documentary, Directory, FUD ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hack the Planet ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 13.  NVIDIA Announces Acquisition of iReady. Very interesting. I don't see any market for TCP or iSCSI offload in desktop PCs, so maybe there's a server chipset coming. 14.  The UW Calendar project is building an open-source calendaring system for higher education. It's the only open source calendar server to support the standard Calendar Access Protocol. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoWorld: Top News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 15.  Network Associates to sell off products, change name. Network Associates plans to sell off its Sniffer family of network management products and change its name to McAfee, part of an effort to cut costs and boost profitability by focusing squarely on security products and services, the company announced Thursday. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 16.  NAI to Sell Sniffer, Change Name to McAfee 17.  Media Archive - New page added to site featuring hacking related audio / video for download, inc... 18.  Justice Dept. sweeps suspected 'warez' groups 19.  Arbitrary file overwriting in Unreal engine through UMOD 20.  Airlines OK Security Plan 21.  RFID Keeps Track of Seniors 22.  Privacy Maven Now Works for Feds 23.  gemitelv3.txt 24.  gvexpl.tgz 25.  SPK-chpasswd.tgz 26.  vsa0401.html 27.  waraxe-2004-SA019.tx..> 28.  Phorum347SQL.pl 29.  phpBB208a.txt 30.  samhain-1.8.6.tar.gz 31.  knock-0.2.tar.gz 32.  tumbler.tar.gz 33.  pam_usb-0.2.2.tar.gz 9:20:09 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ars Technica ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Microsoft critiques EC report on antirust ruling. Late last night before the European Commission report on their antirust ruling against Microsoft was made public, Microsoft looked to preempt the report with their own 7-page retort of the decision. By Ken "Caesar" Fisher. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  World's greatest Wi-Fi signal finder. Glenn Fleishman got his hands on a prototype of a new, tiny, Wi-Fi signal finder, and he likes it a lot. There's a video clip of it on his site. Chrysalis previews their WiFi Seeker, a keychain sized device for instant Wi-Fi signal finding: Chrysalis sent me a demo unit of its just-unveiled WiFi Seeker, which they designed to differentiate 80211b/g networks from other devices. Two previous Wi-Fi signal finders fell short in ways the Seeker does not. Link ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  Photos of coffins of dead US soldiers appear on Internet (AFP). AFP - Photos of flag-draped caskets bearing the remains of US soldiers killed in Iraq are being shown on the Internet against Pentagon protocol after they were published in the Seattle Times last weekend. 4.  Lemelson-MIT Recognizes Inventor of LED (AP). AP - When Nick Holonyak Jr. set out to create a new kind of visible lighting using semiconductor alloys, his colleagues thought he was "nuttier than hell." Today, his discovery of light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, are used in everything from DVDs to alarm clocks to the NASDAQ stock billboard in New York. Dozens of his students have continued his work, developing lighting used in traffic lights and other everyday technology. 5.  China Downplays Wireless Security Delay (AP). AP - The Chinese government downplayed Thursday a decision to delay adoption of new security standards for wireless communications as part of a key trade deal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  BIND 9.3 Released With Commercial Support ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoWorld: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  Microsoft executives face questions on XP SP2. Executives from Microsoft Corp.'s security group demonstrated some of the new security features planned for the next major Windows XP software update, known as Service Pack 2, and faced persistent questions Tuesday from customers about whether the new features will interfere with other security technology. 8.  Cisco warns of more critical software holes. Cisco Systems Inc. warned its customers about two critical security holes that affect almost every product the company makes. The vulnerabilities could be used by malicious hackers to create so-called "denial of service" (DoS) attacks, causing Cisco products to abruptly restart or drop active connections with other devices. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.  Bigmouth McBride turned us off SCO, says investor. BayStar boss breaks his silence By Andrew Orlowski . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.  'New' Internet vuln long ignored 11.  SB04-063: Summary of Security Items from February 18 through March 2, 2004 12.  TA04-070A: Microsoft Outlook mailto URL Handling Vulnerability 13.  SB04-077: Summary of Security Items from March 3 through March 16, 2004 14.  TA04-078A: Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL 15.  TA04-099A: Cross-Domain Vulnerability in Outlook Express MHTML Protocol Handler 16.  The Hackademy Journal 17.  Operation Fastlink 18.  Justice Dept. sweeps suspected 'warez' groups 8:19:52 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  PeopleSoft reports near-miss first quarter. The company's $62 million profit is just below the consensus estimate released by Thomson First Call. Investor scrutiny is inevitable in the face of Oracle's hostile tender offer. 2.  Earnings alert: PeopleSoft, SAP slightly disappoint. Plus: AT&T earnings fall...SBC profits drop...EarthLink sees narrow loss. 3.  Senator seeks to block Gmail. A California Democrat blasts Google's free e-mail service as an invasion of privacy and "a direct marketing opportunity" for the company. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  Legal Charges Hit Microsoft Profit (Reuters). Reuters - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O), the world's largest software maker, on Thursday posted a lower quarterly profit after legal charges more than offset revenue gains from stronger personal computer sales and sharply higher investment income. 5.  BayStar Says Its Investment Hinges on Changes at SCO (Ziff Davis). Ziff Davis - BayStar wants SCO to change its leadership and dump everything except its Unix intellectual properity litigation—but SCO's not budging. 6.  Pentagon Angered by Military Dead Photos (AP). AP - A Web site published dozens of photographs of American war dead arriving at the nation's largest military mortuary, prompting the Pentagon to order an information clampdown Thursday. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  VIA Announces Lead-Free Motherboard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoWorld: Top News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  PeopleSoft Q1 comes up slightly short.  PeopleSoft  on Thursday turned in first-quarter results topping its own guidance but falling slightly short of analyst expectations, as it reported revenue of $643.1 million and net income of $24.2 million. 9.  Microsoft beats street, but legal charges bite. Citing solid performance across its businesses, Microsoft  on Thursday reported earnings and revenue that beat analysts' forecasts, but its settlement with Sun Microsystems  and a fine by the European Union did take a bite out of the software giant's earnings. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulns ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.  BugTraq: Arbitrary file overwriting in Unreal engine through UMOD. Sender: Luigi Auriemma [aluigi at altervista dot org] 11.  Vulns: Qualcomm Eudora MIME Message Nesting Denial of Service Vulnerability. Eudora is a popular graphical e-mail client for Windows computers offered for free by Qualcomm. A denial of service vulnerability has been identified in Eudora that may ... 12.  Vulns: Qualcomm Eudora Long Attachment Filename Denial Of Service Vulnerability. Eudora is a graphical email client for Microsoft Windows and other platforms. Eudora may crash when handling messages which contain attachments with excessively long fil... 13.  Vulns: Linux Kernel 2.4 RTC Handling Routines Memory Disclosure Vulnerability. The Linux kernel 2.4 tree has been reported prone to a memory disclosure vulnerability. The issue is reported to present itself in kernel real time clock interface proced... 14.  Vulns: Linux Kernel do_mremap Function Boundary Condition Vulnerability. A vulnerability involving the do_mremap system function has been reported in the Linux kernel, allowing for local privilege escalation. The mremap(2) system call is used... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 15.  Three Brits arrested in global warez raids. Dragnet By John Leyden . 16.  Search drives US online ad sales. First growth since 2000 By electricnews.net . 17.  State senator drafts Google opt-out Bill. No Oogling, please By Andrew Orlowski . 18.  AMD looks to India for new chip skills. Bangalore bits By Ashlee Vance . 7:19:29 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Cell phone chip designer rides high in IPO. Shares of SiRF Technology, which designs global positioning chips for cell phones, jumped more than 25 percent on the first day of trading. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  PeopleSoft 1Q Profit Drops 37 Percent (AP). AP - PeopleSoft Inc.'s first-quarter profit fell 37 percent and missed analyst expectations, a development that may increase pressure on the business software maker as it fights rival Oracle Corp.'s $9.4 billion hostile takeover bid. 3.  Nextel's 1Q Profits Nearly Triple (AP). AP - Wireless provider Nextel Communications Inc. nearly tripled its profits in the first quarter, earning $591 million as the company continued to add high-value business customers at a healthy pace. 4.  Adobe Updates Digital Video Apps (PC World). PC World - New versions of Premiere Pro, After Effect, Encore DVD integrate video tools more tightly. 5.  Amazon.com 1Q Earnings Beat Expectations (AP). AP - Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. handily beat analysts' expectations for its first-quarter earnings Thursday, crediting the success to low prices and expanded selection. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  A DIMM Future for RAM Bundles 7.  Open Voting at OSCON ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulns ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  Vulns: PHPBB Common.php IP Address Spoofing Vulnerability. phpBB is an open-source web forum application that is written in PHP and supported by a number of database products. It will run on most Unix and Linux variants, as well ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.  Lindows preps $57m IPO. Hurdles to growth By Drew Cullen . 10.  'New' Internet vuln long ignored. Opinion It ain't broke unless we fix it By Thomas C Greene . 11.  Opera syncs its releases with 7.50 beta for Mac, Linux, Windows, etc. Hold hands and jump... By John Lettice . 6:19:09 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  International sweep on suspected "warez" groups. "Operation Fastlink" takes place in 27 states and 10 countries, netting about $50 million worth of copyrighted material. 2.  Microsoft beats forecasts, but legal costs hurt. The software behemoth posts fiscal third-quarter revenue that's above expectations, but earnings are dented by the cost of a fine by the European Union and a settlement with Sun. 3.  Cisco eyes small, medium businesses for growth. The networking giant launches a new program targeted at small to midsize companies in an effort to attract an untapped market. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  Jobs, Apple shareholders talk marketshare, Real, more (MacCentral). MacCentral - Apple Computer Inc. on Thursday held its annual shareholders meeting at the company's Cupertino, Calif. headquarters, which saw the nominees for the Board of Directors pass by a huge margin. Apple CEO Steve Jobs and members of the Executive Committee answered questions for almost 45 minutes ranging from overall company strategy to its plans on expanding its overall marketshare. 5.  Legal Charges Hit Microsoft Profit (Reuters). Reuters - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O), the world's largest software maker, said on Thursday that its quarterly profit shrank on legal charges while revenue grew on sustained strength in the personal computer sector. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulns ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  Vulns: SquirrelMail Change_Passwd Plug-in Buffer Overrun Vulnerability. SquirrelMail provides a plug-in to permit users to change system passwords. It is implemented as a C program. The SquirrelMail change_passwd plug-in is prone to a stac... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  Boffins make data go zoom. 6.25Gbps over 11,000km By Lucy Sherriff . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  Enterprise IT Toolkit for the Week of 4/22/04 9.  No Privacy for the Poor, Homeless 10.  Sun Solaris 9 Secure NIS Map Exposure 11.  More holes found in Symantec security software 12.  CVS Server and Client Vulnerabilities (CVSROOT) 13.  Linux kernel 2.x setsockopt MCAST_MSFILTER Exploit 14.  Cherokee Web Server version 0.4.16 Format String 15.  TCP Connection Reset Remote Windows 2K/XP Attack Tool 16.  Links up Windows API 17.  Bypassed Windows the Rootkit examination system 18.  Sun Solaris 9 Secure NIS Map Exposure 19.  XMicro.backdoor2.txt 20.  chpasswd.txt 21.  SCSA028.txt 22.  cfdos.txt 23.  04.15.04.txt 24.  billybastard.c 25.  ettercap-NG-0.7.0_pr..> 26.  mac.txt 27.  sa11367.txt 28.  sa11394.txt 29.  navNest.txt 5:18:49 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Major DoJ warez crackdown -- Operation Fastlink. Covert DoJ investigations into online swapping of copyrighted materials have identified over 100 people in the USA and other countries involved in the distribution of music, movies, and software valued at over $50 million. The initiative is called Operation Fastlink, and targeted warez groups like Fairlight, Kalisto, Echelon, Class and Project X. Excerpt from DoJ press release: Attorney General John Ashcroft announced today the most far-reaching and aggressive enforcement action ever undertaken against organizations involved in illegal intellectual property piracy over the Internet. Beginning yesterday morning, law enforcement from 10 countries and the United States conducted over 120 searches worldwide to dismantle some of the most well-known and prolific online piracy organizations. "Intellectual property theft is a global problem that hurts economies around the world. To be effective, we must respond globally," Attorney General Ashcroft said. "In the past 24 hours, working closely with our foreign law enforcement counterparts, we have moved aggressively to strike at the very core of the international online piracy world." Link to DoJ press release, Link to related coverage from AP. (Thanks, JP) 2.  Onion launches premium subscription site. The ever-funny Onion just launched a "premium" site with extra content, for subscribers, at a price. How is it different from the free Onion? It's like, a fancy French shallot from the farmer's market, versus a regular old supermarket yellow one. Sort of. Oh, here's the Link. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  Apple's Jobs says open iPod a no-go. Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs publicly dismisses an overture from RealNetworks to allow Apple's popular digital music player to work with music services other than iTunes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  Amazon Swings to Profit, But Shares Fall (Reuters). Reuters - Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN.O) on Thursday said it swung to a profit from a year-earlier loss as the online retailer's aggressive pricing and free shipping incentives fueled a 41 percent jump in sales, which also benefited from the impact of the weak dollar. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  100GB, 9.5mm thick HD from Toshiba ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoWorld: Top News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  Unveiling of Microsoft antitrust ruling reignites debate. Nearly a month after finding Microsoft Corp. guilty of monopoly abuse, the European Commission made public its 302-page ruling on Thursday, prompting a strenuous rebuttal from the company in a widely leaked internal memo. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulns ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  Vulns: Avaya Visual Vectors Server Default World Writable Script Vulnerability. Avaya Visual Vectors is an application that is designed to provide a graphical interface for developing and updating call vectoring preferences. It is implemented in Jav... 8.  Vulns: Mutt Menu Drawing Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. Mutt is a freely available, open source mail user agent (MUA). It is available for the Unix and Linux platforms. A problem in the handling of some types of input has be... 9.  Vulns: PHPBB album_portal.php Remote File Include Vulnerability. phpBB is an open-source web forum application that is written in PHP and supported by a number of database products. It will run on most Unix and Linux variants, as well ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.  Witchfinder General targets NSA in Warez sweep?. Keystone Piracy Cops By Andrew Orlowski . 4:48:40 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Bill O'Reilly mistakes Globe and Mail for Socialist Worker. Bill O'Reilly called The Globe and Mail, a rock-ribbed, conservative Canadian newspaper "the far-left Toronto Globe and Mail," because a columnist in the paper descibed the Fox News Network (which is coming to Canada) as humorously exemplary of American foolishness. O'Reilly urged his listeners to write in to the columnist and give him what-for, and they did, calling him an "intellectual" and a "Canadian" and asking if he'd ever served in Vietnam. Reacting to my column, which cheerfully suggested that the proposal to bring the Fox News Channel to Canada should be acted upon promptly, so that we can all take a look, and get a laugh, O'Reilly gave us a Fox-style whacking. In his segment The Most Ridiculous Item of the Day, he quoted from my column (which called him "pompous"), dismissed The Globe as a lefty outfit and said, "Hey you pinheads up there, I may be pompous, but at least I'm honest." Link (via Electrolite) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Earnings alert: SAP profits, AT&T earnings fall. Plus: SBC profits drop...EarthLink sees narrow loss...Lexmark profit up 28 percent. 3.  EU report takes Microsoft to task. A 300-page report sheds new light on a corporate culture and business practices that led regulators to sanction the company last month for anticompetitive practices. 4.  China, U.S. hammer out trade concerns. A U.S. and China joint commerce and trade commission are taking steps to resolve several commercial concerns, including the development of a wireless networking security standard and enforcement of intellectual property rights. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  Product Review: 20-inch iMac (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) always has been known for its forward-thinking computer design, and the 20-inch iMac may be the most striking example yet of computer as style statement. 6.  HP Delivers 4-Processor Opteron Server (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - Hewlett-Packard is taking Opteron to the next level, unveiling a four-processor server powered by the chip from AMD (NYSE: AMD). HP (NYSE: HPQ) contends it can handle massive workloads in a more economical fashion. 7.  China Downplays Wireless Security Delay (AP). AP - The Chinese government downplayed Thursday a decision to delay adoption of new security standards for wireless communications as part of a key trade deal. 8.  EMI Sues Electronic Arts Over Video Game Music (Reuters). Reuters - EMI Group Plc, one of the world's largest music companies, has filed a federal lawsuit against Electronic Arts Inc., the world's largest video game publisher, over claims of copyright infringement in EA's highly successful sports games. 9.  Cisco's Rumored IOS Update Welcomed (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) is said to be readying its new network operating system called "Internetwork," or IOS. But the company so far is mum about what those upgrades will be. 10.  Calif. FBI Cracks Down on Illegal Dowloads (AP). AP - The San Diego FBI said Thursday that it served six search warrants as part of an international crackdown on groups trading illegally-downloaded music, movies and business and gaming software. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.  Berman Confirms Star Trek Prequel Film Project 12.  Operation Fastlink Cracks Down on Warez ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoWorld: Top News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 13.  SAP executives talk optimistically about 2004. DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY - Senior executives of German business software vendor SAP offered a relatively optimistic business outlook for software sales in 2004 despite difficult conditions in Asia and intensive pressure on pricing, in a conference call with analysts on Thursday. 14.  FCC rejects AT&T VOIP petition. WASHINGTON - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has rejected a petition from AT&T Corp. that would have allowed the company to avoid paying its telecommunications competitors access charges on telephone calls partly carried on IP (Internet Protocol) networks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wired News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 15.  Scientists Peg Data's Speed Limit. There's a theoretical maximum rate at which bits can be written onto disks, researchers find. Don't fret, though: The top speed is still 1,000 times faster than today's best data-storage devices. 16.  Who's Yer Daddy? Ain't Got One. Japanese researchers succeed in creating mice that have two mothers, but no father. These are the first mammals to be born without a natural father, but don't go dumping your boyfriend just yet. 17.  Fuel Cells Weigh Anchor. Hydrogen fuel cells for cars get a lot of attention, but those for use at sea are moving forward, including a technology that draws on water and the sun to make fuel. By David Snow. 18.  You Send It, You Recycle It. A California lawmaker introduces a bill that would require companies that make or sell disposable CD-ROMs and DVDs to include an envelope to recycle the waste. By Katie Dean. 19.  Playing Games With a Conscience. Groups bemoan the proliferation of 'hate' websites and games, but some first-person shooters foster cooperation, understanding and tolerance. By Daniel Terdiman. 20.  Racism Holds South Africa Back. A decade after apartheid fell in South Africa, the country still struggles with the consequences of racist laws. It could be an economic powerhouse -- if it didn't have to deal with its past. Second of three parts. Megan Lindow reports from Cape Town. 21.  Tech Stocks: What's Left to Buy?. With earnings rising sharply in recent quarters, investing in technology is pricey again. Wired News' Joanna Glasner chats with fund managers and financial advisers about which stocks remain good buys -- and which to avoid. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 22.  U.K. Banks will disclose Hacks 23.  School Raided for Piracy 24.  Session Hijacking Explained 25.  The importance of being stateful 26.  Consumer Grade *nix 27.  Flaw could shut down Internet traffic 28.  Moscow: hacker's soft is sold in the street 29.  The need for security will not go away 30.  Banks to keep IT security log 31.  Shanghai monitors Internet cafes 32.  Bugwatch: Managing your users 33.  More holes found in Symantec security software 34.  Tower Records Settles Hacker Attack Suit 35.  Who Should Keep Out The Hackers? 36.  The enemy within 37.  Elsewhere: EU report takes Microsoft to task 38.  News: Digital certificate regime wins UK gov plaudits 39.  THC: Microsoft IIS 5 SSL exploit (zip) 40.  AZ Central: Schools raided by FBI in pirating crackdown "Agents poured through data and records ... 41.  NZ Herald: Cyberwar games part of training for US armed forces "The NSA team, known as the "Red ... 42.  Network World Fusion: Cisco warns of hijack code for VPN gear "allows attackers to break into a ... 43.  mlive: Internet traffic cops battle hacker attacks "We had one student who had 14 different viru... 44.  Network Magazine: Securing the IP telephony perimeter "Can Application-layer firewalls deliver t... 4:18:29 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ars Technica ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  European Commission report on Microsoft targets API crutch, tying. The EC report on the Microsoft ruling looks to Linux, Windows' API, and the Windows Media player. But are the arguments really fair? By Ken "Caesar" Fisher. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Dirty Mechanical Paper Dolls. Paper pervert and Boingboing reader Sandrine Sheon points us to a gallery of adult-oriented "naughty automata": These are modern, gender-bending versions of old-fashioned wind-up toys, but all made of paper and very funny. They include a spanking duo, fucking skeletons, miss and mister masturbation, and a live paper sex act. You can also see animations of the toys in action. Link ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  AMD joins Linux lab. How about this: The chipmaker will work with two groups in the Open Source Development Labs, a consortium cofounded by rival Intel. 4.  California votes against Diebold. State election officials recommend decertifying some of the company's voting machines after an investigation confirms errors were made. 5.  Amazon gets into jewelry business. The company say it's selling gems and watches from its own inventory, allowing it to price the goods and offer lower prices than other retailers. 6.  Briefly: Amazon gets into jewelry business. Plus: AMD joins Linux lab...Tower settles with FTC over site security...Next Microsoft Tablet PC renamed. 7.  Jupiter: 1,000-song pocket about the right size. A consumer survey suggests digital music players should have capacities of about 1,000 tunes. Larger players go beyond not only the size most consumers want, "but also beyond the digital music that they own." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  US, 10 countries join in Internet piracy raids (AFP). AFP - Police in the United States and 10 other countries seized some 200 computers in a global crackdown on pirated films, software, music and games, US authorities said. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.  Running Mac OS X Panther ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.  Elsewhere: EU report takes Microsoft to task. update A record fine imposed on Microsoft in Europe last month arose from the longstanding nature of the software company's anticompetitive practices, according to a mass... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulns ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.  Vulns: Multiple BSD FTS Directory Traversal Race Condition Vulnerability. BSD is a freely available implementation of the UNIX Operating System, distributed and maintained by various project groups, and based off the original Berkeley Software ... 12.  Vulns: Multiple Vendor H.323 Protocol Implementation Vulnerabilities. The H.323 protocol is used in various telephony and multimedia products in IP networks. It may be used in hardware products supporting multimedia conferencing as well as... 13.  Vulns: Microsoft ASN.1 Library Length Integer Mishandling Memory Corruption Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows Abstract Syntax Notation 1 (ASN.1) handling Library (MSASN1.dll) is shipped as a part of the Microsoft Windows Operating System. The MSASN1 library prov... 14.  Vulns: Microsoft Windows ASN.1 Library Bit String Processing Integer Handling Vulnerability. Microsoft Windows Abstract Syntax Notation 1 (ASN.1) handling Library (MSASN1.dll) is shipped as a part of the Microsoft Windows Operating System. The MSASN1 library prov... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 15.  Veritas posts solid Q1 results. Investors back-up shares By Ashlee Vance . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wired News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 16.  No Chip in Arm, No Shot From Gun. A new chip that would be implanted into a gun owner's arm and matched up to a particular gun will make the gun inoperable for anyone else. The chipmaker says it will lead to greater gun safety, while the NRA and police departments are leery. 17.  Sharman Shuffles Legal Team. Under fire from record labels, the company responsible for the Kazaa file-sharing software adds a new firm to its pack of lawyers. Patrick Gray reports from Melbourne, Australia. 18.  Indy ISPs Fight for Survival. Recent FCC rulings and the growing crush of spam are putting the pressure on small Internet service providers, but they aren't packing it in yet. Michelle Delio reports from Washington. 19.  Senators Question TSA Denials. In the wake of American Airlines' admission that it shared passenger data with federal contractors, two senators ask Transporation Security Administration officials why they denied having acquired airline passenger records when in fact they had. By Ryan Singel. 20.  Clearing Up The Confusion. Paul Boutin talks with Snow Crash science-fiction writer Neal Stephenson about his latest book, The Confusion, the second part of his ambitious Baroque Cycle of novels. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 21.  Securing a fresh Linux install, part 3 22.  Ident-2 Buffer Overflow in child_service() May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code 23.  IT Security Pro Fears Stronger, Super Worms Coming 24.  Backdoor.Berbew.D ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About Internet/Network Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 25.  5 Steps To Secure Windows XP Home. Windows XP Home is more secure than previous home operating systems from Microsoft such as Windows 98 or Windows Me, but it still has a long way to go. Microsoft has still sacrificed a number of features and options for... 3:18:10 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Academic essay on ShitBegone toilet paper and postmodernism. Surprisingly readable academic paper with more information about ShitBegone toilet paper (which I blogged previously). [Jed] Ela did the reverse of DuChamp: he exhibited a single role of a toilet paper he had thought of as a joke, called ‘Shitbegone’.  The exhibit was a great success, and Ela realised he could actually make money by mass-producing Shitbegone and selling it in stores.  What differentiates this from the sale of other artistic reproductions is that Ela markets Shitbegone as toilet paper, not as art: he sells it by the case (“96 double rolls for $44.99. That's 47 cents per roll!”).  What started as something like Warhol’s soup cases turns into an idiosyncratic case of the product development and marketing of a basic essential commodity. Link ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  EU digs into Microsoft. The European Union reveals a detailed look at the reasoning behind its antitrust case against the software giant, including how regulators calculated their record fine. 3.  Grids girded for growth. Researcher IDC says the grid computing market will rake in revenues exceeding $12 billion by 2007, up from a little more than $1 billion last year. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  IBM Supports Linux Lab At UMass Amherst (TechWeb). TechWeb - The University of Massachusetts at Amherst has announced plans to establish a Linux Lab to offer a curriculum on open source software. 5.  EU to Step Up Internet Safety for Children (Reuters). Reuters - European Union communications ministers unveiled a new 50 million euro ($59.4 million) plan on Thursday to make the Internet safer for children. 6.  GPS chip maker Sirf will go public today (SiliconValley.com). SiliconValley.com - Sirf Technology, a San Jose developer of chips embedded in devices that pinpoint their location anywhere in the world, is positioned to make a strong start when it goes public today after a fumbled effort at the beginning of the technology bust 3 1/2 years ago. 7.  Justice Dept. Cracks Down on Net Piracy (AP). AP - Undercover investigations into Internet piracy identified more than 100 people in the United States and abroad involved in the theft of more than $50 million worth of music, movies and software, U.S. authorities said Thursday. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  California Grills Diebold Over E-Voting Foul-Ups 9.  The Myth Of The 100-Year CD-Rom ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LinuxSecurity.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.  Securing a fresh Linux install, part 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulns ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.  Vulns: UUDeview MIME Archive Buffer Overrun Vulnerability. UUDeview is a utility that assists in the transmission and reception of binary files over the Internet. A buffer overrun vulnerability has been reported in UUDeview. Th... 12.  Vulns: Phorum Phorum_URIAuth SQL Injection Vulnerability. Phorum is a freely available web based content management system. It is implemented in PHP using an SQL database back-end and will run on Unix and Unix variants as well ... 13.  Vulns: Microsoft Windows 2000 Install Unprotected ADMIN$ Share Vulnerability. During the install procedure for Windows 2000, the ADMIN$ share is created. However, the Administrator password, although entered, is not activated until after the next r... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Help Net Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 14.  Training will turn receptionists into security gurus 15.  Five signs your enterprise needs distributed security 16.  Worst security problem: attachments 17.  Military cadets play cybercops ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 18.  22 Apr Troj/StartPa-AE 19.  Tower Records settles charges over hack attacks 20.  Anti-spam tsunami hits SMEs 21.  UK public wants ID cards, and thinks we'll screw up the IT 22.  Training will turn receptionists into security gurus 23.  Five signs your enterprise needs distributed security 24.  Worst security problem: attachments 25.  Military cadets play cybercops 26.  [slackware-security]xine security update (SSA:2004-111-01) 27.  Journalness Lets Remote Users Create and Edit Posts 28.  NewsTraXer Discloses Database to Remote Users 29.  Red Hat: kernel Buffer overflow vulnerability 30.  Red Hat: IA64 kernel Multiple vulnerabilities 31.  Trustix: kernel Integer overflow vulnerability 32.  Red Hat: XFree86 Denial of service vulnerability 33.  Debian: ident2 Buffer overflow vulnerability 34.  Mandrake: utempter Update to patch MDKSA-2004:031 35.  Mandrake: xchat Improper execution vulnerability 2:17:50 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Octopus Robot. Boingboing reader LVX23 says: Check out this cool "autonomous wheeled climbing robot" from the French Autonomous Systems Lab. They call it the "octopus". Now if only they could hack a humvee body on top... Link Correction: BoingBoing reader Carrick says, "the octopus robot is not from the "French" Autonomous Systems Lab, rather it's from a lab of L'Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland. 2.  Prison system responds on Silver PEN winner. John wrote to the Connecticut prison system about the imprisoned Silver PEN Award winner whose work was erased after her win was announced. He heard back: My name is Brian Garnett. I am the Director of External Affairs for the Connecticut Department of Correction and I am responding to an e-mail which Governor Rowland's Office has referred to me. You had expressed concerns regarding the status of the writing program which is led by Wally Lamb at the York Correctional Institution. Let me make clear, that this program, which has been conducted for the past five years, is continuing at the prison. The Department of Correction is extremely proud of this unique and innovative program just as we are proud of the accomplishments of the women who have participated. The introspection and self-examination offered through the writing experience provides positive rehabilitative benefits. The program was temporarily on hold for about a month, as concerns were addressed about the dissemination of news within the prison, of the $25,000 PEN America prize, awarded to one of the inmate authors. The Department of Correction had been given no prior notice of the nomination or the awarding of the prize. There is a very real concern regarding safety and security for the inmate and the prison, with her being identified as having access to that amount of money. Based on a recent productive and positive meeting of all parties, including Mr. Lamb, the issues have been resolved. Media reports also charged that writing materials were destroyed. There was never any malicious intent on the part of the Department, nor was any destruction ordered at any time. Our only intention was requiring that the writings be committed to computer disks to fully preserve those materials and ensure they would be in place when the program started up again. We have now learned those initial reports of destruction were erroneous and little if any material was lost. Thank you for your time and concern. (Thanks, John!) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  AOL, Road Runner team up for broadband. The corporate cousins agree to a co-marketing deal in a bid to sign up new broadband users. 4.  AMD to open engineering center in India. The chipmaker has joined the increasing number of American companies setting up engineering design plants in India's technology hub, Bangalore. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  Justice Dept. Raids Online Piracy Networks (Reuters). Reuters - U.S. investigators have conducted 120 searches across the globe to break up online piracy networks that distribute copyrighted music, movies and software, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday. 6.  Breaking away from frustrating career in tech, hobbyist turns entrepreneur (SiliconValley.com). SiliconValley.com - Steve Mortensen has seen the future of Silicon Valley and it is comic books. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  UK Releases Global Warming Report ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulns ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  Vulns: SSMTP Mail Transfer Agent Symbolic Link Vulnerability. ssmtp is a freely available mail transfer agent designed for the Linux platform. It has been reported that ssmtp is prone to a symbolic link vulnerability. This issue i... 9.  Vulns: KAME Racoon Malformed ISAKMP Packet Denial of Service Vulnerability. racoon is an IKE (Internet Key Exchange) daemon included in KAME's IPsec utilities and the Linux 2.6 Kernel port IPsec-Tools. A vulnerability has been identified in the... 10.  Vulns: GV Malformed File Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. gv is a freely available, open source Portable Document Format (PDF) and PostScript (PS) viewing utility. It is available for Unix and Linux operating systems. A proble... 11.  Vulns: Blackboard Learning System Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities. Blackboard Learning System is web-based educational software. Blackboard has been reported prone to multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. These issues are due ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 12.  The smart road that spies on you - but it doesn't really.... Humble solar catseye triggers speedcam panic By John Lettice . 13.  Supercomputer accelerates car design at GM. IBM p655 horsepower By John Leyden . 14.  Morrissey detained in LAX terror swoop. Heaven knows he's miserable now By John Lettice . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 15.  SGI Advanced Linux Environment security update #18 16.  MDKSA-2004:031-1 - Updated utempter packages fix several vulnerabilities 17.  Vulnerability in TCP/IP Exposed 18.  Did Diebold Know of Software Risks? 19.  Spyware, Spyware Everywhere 20.  Dean Anderson of AV8 Comments on Privacy Issues and VoIP taps 21.  WAPI Controversy Over? 22.  Anderson / Kuhn Patent on Software-Only Tempest Defenses 23.  Privacy Concerns in Shanghai Internet Cafes 24.  pisg IRC Statistics Generator Input Validation Flaw in 'nick' Lets Remote Users Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks 25.  Blog :: NetStumbler .4 is out! 26.  Cisco Introduces SMB Class Solutions Initiative Delivering Products, Services Tailored for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses 27.  Reader Review: How I Use Open-Source Tools To Stunt Spam 28.  Open-Source Software Accurately Sorts Your Mail 29.  Safe and Sound 30.  WebInspect Detects Site Defects 31.  Always-On WLAN Monitor 32.  CoreStreet's Real Time Credentials Validation Authority 33.  Eye on the Servers 34.  Security Appliances: Little Boxes, Big Bite 35.  Watch Out For Pop-Up Spams Selling Pop-Up Spam Blockers (Strom) 36.  Security Best Practices Should Come Top Down 37.  Dealing With MyDoom 38.  Metrics for CSOs, by CSOs 39.  W32.Randex.UG 40.  Fundamentals: Wanted: Integrated Security 41.  All The Rage: Linux: The Hacker's New Target 42.  All The Rage: Don't Count On Microsoft 43.  All The Rage: Look Who's Lobbying 44.  Links To Anti-Spam Resources 45.  Legal Measures Hard-Pressed To Defeat Spam 46.  Anti-Spam Techniques 47.  Inside The Network Intrusion-Prevention Hype 48.  China's Wi-Fi Security Stance Ruffling Feathers 49.  How To Think Like a Hacker 50.  Security Threats Won't Let Up 51.  Fighting Spam, Fueling Growth 52.  Protected From Prying Eyes 53.  Identity Management Takes Hold 54.  Patriot Act Compliance Isn't Easy 55.  The Need For Identity Management 56.  Phishing E-mails Jump 800-fold In Six Months 57.  Cisco Reveals Significant Security Flaw 58.  Tower Records Settles FTC Site-Security Charges 1:17:30 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ars Technica ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  FBI raids school district, other targets in piracy crackdown. The FBI yesterday carried out raids on a number of targets, including an Arizona school district. The Department of Justice is apparently following through on threats to clamp down on copyright infringement. By Eric Bangeman. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down. There are many reasons I love the Internet, but the fact that weblogs like Louise Garston's exist would have to be one of them. "Nice cup of tea and a sit down" is the Internet hub for cake, tea, and biscuits. That's it. Period. Simple. It's totally sincere and sweet, and full of breaking news about which flavor of jam is most popular for discriminating toast aficionados, newly resurrected teas, and so on. Sometimes, Louise posts tea-and-biscuit related art, like a portrait of "Two little old space-alien ladies having a nice sit down." At present, Louise is pretty worked up about the fact that the "iconic" biscuit known as Tim Tams have recently become available to UK consumers, after a long and ardurous struggle. "Tescos sell them now," says Louise. "Hooray, you have to tell everyone, they're fantastic! Enjoy!" Link 3.  Back to the Future Car for sale on Ebay. For sale on ebay: 'You never will again in this accurate recreation of the DeLorean Time Machine made famous in the Back to the Future movie series. This recreation was painstakingly researched for nearly 5 years before construction. Dozens of original photographs, details, and interviews with the original vehicle builders and collectors were compiled to make sure no detail was left un-accounted for. All of the interior and exterior Time Machine components were made to last, but at the same time not damage the integrity of the original vehicle. (...) Motion picture parts replicated through archival photos and extensive research; working interior and exterior lighting system including the "Flux Capacitor", "Time Circuits" and exterior "Flux Dispersion Banding.' Link (Thanks, Dave) 4.  Time Magazine launches a blog. "Techno File" is a new big-media-blog authored by TIME Magazine writer Eric Roston, described as "a daily commentary on the technology that will carry us through tomorrow -- and the stuff that keeps us stuck in yesterday." Here it is, on TypePad. Link (Thanks, Jean-Luc ) 5.  Porn star privacy and the adult industry's HIV scare. Fleshbot asks: do porn stars have the same right to medical privacy as the rest of us? It's a tough call, especially since the difference between public and private personas tend to get conflated for adult performers more than they do for other types of celebrities. In a new article at LA Voice, Mack Read says that AIM "may have done a wrong thing for all the right reasons, but without considering all the legal and ethical consequences," while Gay Porn Blog noted the issues at stake in a post last week. Both entries are open to comments if you want to have your say. "Does HIV List Invade L.A. Porn Stars' Privacy?" (lavoice.org) "Str8 Star with AIDS - Partners Named" (gaypornblog.com) See also: "Four Women That Worked With James Have Negative HIV Test Results" (AVN) Link 6.  Help the Kerry campaign design better t-shirts. Designs on the White House is a collaborative project to design t-shirts for the John Kerry campaign -- not authorised by Kerry -- with winners picked by Atrios and others. Designs On The White House is a grassroots fund-raising organization in support of the John Kerry 2004 Presidential campaign. We aim to mobilize the creative community through an online design contest, judged by designers, celebrities, and activists. Winning designs will be available for resale on T-shirts and other products, and all proceeds after expenses will benefit the John Kerry Presidential campaign. Designs on the White House Organization (DOTWHO) is an independent political committee and is not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. Link (Thanks, Kerim) 7.  Business 2.0 feature on Creative Commons. Andy Raskin has turned in a very good, long feature on Creative Commons -- including some quotes from me -- that does a terrrific job of explaining the project and why it's important. The "sharing economy" is built on a supply-and-demand equation wholly alien to traditional media companies -- the record labels, Hollywood studios, and publishing houses that support strict copyright enforcement. It's powered instead by the Allan Vilhans of the world, digital artists who promote sharing as a means to obtain everything from 15 minutes of Internet fame to licensing deals, job offers, and mainstream publishing contracts. For these artists, rampant Internet file swapping isn't a threat, but a blessing: the cheapest way to move from unknown to known. The sharing economy is already worth billions of dollars, but its direct beneficiaries aren't mainstream entertainment companies. Instead, they're the likes of Apple (AAPL), Adobe (ADBE), and EarthLink (ELNK) -- firms that sell the hardware, software, and bandwidth required to produce and distribute, say, a Howard Dean howl remix. But for the sharing economy to expand its scope and realize its full potential, it needs a signpost: a branded icon participants can use to tell each other, "Download my work. Modify it. Send it to a friend. Please." Creative Commons aims to play that role. Link (Thanks, Todd!) 8.  Silmarillion in 1,000 words. The Silmarillion is a dense book chronicling the minutest minutae of Tolkien's Middle Earth. Reading it is something of an accomplishment in itself -- but now you can fake it, thanks to The Silmarillion in 1,000 Words. VALAQUENTA: MANWE: I'm in charge! VARDA: I'm Manwe's spouse. And the queen of the stars! NAMO: I do death and fate. They call me Mandos. VAIRE: I'm Namo's spouse. I weave things. IRMO: I have gardens. They call me Lorien. ESTE: I'm Irmo's spouse. I take care of the gardens. YAVANNA: I make things grow. NIENNA: I'm sad. ULMO: I live in the ocean. AULE: I'm Yavanna's spouse. I've got a great big hammer! I made dwarves. NESSA: I dance. OROME: I hunt! VANA: I'm Orome's spouse. I make living things happy. TULKAS: I'm strong. I'm Nessa's spouse. I got here last. MELKOR: I'm bad, momma, I'm ONE BAD MUTHA- TULKAS: Grar. MELKOR: Um. Yeah. Hiding now. Link (via Making Light) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.  Toshiba spins 100GB drive for laptops. The new hard drive will offer more 20GB more capacity for notebook owners interested in heavy-duty video editing or game playing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.  India's Satyam clocks 81 percent rise in net profit (AFP). AFP - India's fourth largest software exporter Satyam said its year to March net profit shot up 80.7 percent from a year earlier to 5.5 billion rupees (129 million dollars) as outsourcing business surged. 11.  Sun's Desktop Linux Draws Interest (PC World). PC World - Java Desktop System, StarOffice suite are exceeding the company's expectations. 12.  EBay Nearly Doubles Its Quarterly Earnings (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - SAN JOSE, April 21 -- EBay Inc.'s first-quarter earnings nearly doubled and easily exceeded Wall Street's expectations as the online auction giant reported another hefty gain in sales and promised to expand "aggressively" in China. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 13.  BayStar Interviewed Regarding SCO Investment 14.  DOD Kicks Up Cybersecurity Efforts ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 15.  Elsewhere: More holes found in Symantec security software. FOUR MORE critical bugs have been found in three of Symantec?s security products. The four vulnerabilities affect Norton Internet Security 2004, Norton Internet Security ... 16.  Elsewhere: New tool designed to block song swaps. Network security company Palisade Systems this week will launch software designed to identify and block copyrighted songs as they are being traded online. Created by so... 17.  News: Digital certificate regime wins UK gov plaudits. The Register By John Leyden [john dot leyden at theregister dot co dot uk] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulns ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 18.  BugTraq: SGI Advanced Linux Environment security update #18. Sender: SGI Security Coordinator [agent99 at sgi dot com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 19.  Boffins discover upper limit of HD write speed. Magnetic pulse ceiling By Lucy Sherriff . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Help Net Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20.  The need for security will not go away 21.  Cisco warns of more critical software holes 22.  Securing the IP telephony perimeter 23.  Consumer grade *nix ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 24.  22 Apr Troj/Legmir-K 25.  Misbruik e-mail verkeer bij sociale dienst 26.  Hitachi Security System Involves Four Authentication Stages 27.  People Issue in Security Breaches 28.  MasterCard Addresses Security Challenges 29.  Who Should Keep Out The Hackers? 30.  Mac users take note: Intego flags security flaw 31.  Network Associates Warns of New Stealth Viruses 32.  Web glitch case settled by Tower 33.  Cisco veröffentlicht Sicherheitshinweise für drei Lücken 34.  1ère Rencontres Sécurité: Place aux certifications avec Hervé Schauer 35.  Core Flaw Could Cause Internet Traffic Jam (NewsFactor) 36.  The need for security will not go away 37.  Cisco warns of more critical software holes 38.  Securing the IP telephony perimeter 39.  Consumer grade *nix 40.  China Backs Off WAPI Proposal 12:17:13 PM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Steal this remix. BoingBoing reader fluffy says: Forget about underground remixes of mainstream music - this site (inspired by the wonderful songfight.org) is an ongoing collaborative remix project where independent musicians remix each other. It's great! link 2.  Nice Cup of Tea and Sit Down. There are many reasons I love the Internet, but weblogs like Louise Garston's are one of them. "Nice cup of tea and sit down" is a blog all about tea and cookies. That's it. It's totally sincere and sweet, and full of breaking news about which flavor of jam is most popular for discriminating toast aficionados, newly resurrected teas, and so on. Right now, Louise is pretty worked up about the fact that a cookie known as "Tim Tams" have been launched in the UK after a long and ardurous struggle. "Tescos sell them now," says Louise. "Hooray, you have to tell everyone, they're fantastic! Enjoy!" Link 3.  Octopus Robot. Boingboing reader LVX23 says: Check out this cool "autonomous wheeled climbing robot" from the French Autonomous Systems Lab. They call it the "octopus". Now if only they could hack a humvee body on top... Link 4.  State of the Artists. My latest article for TheFeature.com is now online. It's about art that incorporates, and sometimes critiques, mobile technology: "Research laboratories are the avant-garde art galleries of the 21st century. That shouldn't come as a surprise though. Art is a lens through which engineers can raise tough questions about the science fictions that they create, and we inhabit." Link 5.  Talking Trash. BoingBoing reader ben peek says: Talking garbage bins, how's that not futuristic coolness? but how long until they get irritating? (and will they update the poptune bins monthly?) from the article: "In a uniquely German mix of hi-tech gadgetry and environmental awareness, Berlin authorities are installing talking trash cans in some of the German capital's most popular squares. Pop your litter into one of the bins and it's liable to say thank you. Or welcome you to Berlin in English, French or Japanese. Or even sing. After a successful trial period, 20 of the bins have been installed in the Zoologischer Garten area of western Berlin's biggest shopping district and at the bustling business and entertainment hub of Potsdamer Platz." Link ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  Wireless Provider Nextel Triples Profits (AP). AP - Wireless provider Nextel Communications Inc. nearly tripled its profits in the first quarter, earning $591 million as the company continued to add high-value business customers at a healthy pace. 7.  Rap Star Eminem Wins Cybersquatting Case at U.N. (Reuters). Reuters - Eminem won a cybersquatting case against a British firm found to be misusing the rap star's trademark on an Internet site selling mobile phone ring tones and picture messages, a United Nations agency said Thursday. 8.  EBay Hops the Fast Boat To China (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - Auction giant eBay is going tete-a-tete with search engine powerhouse Yahoo in a race to tap China's growing appetite for online auctions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.  Highest Human Elevation Using a Rocketbelt 10.  Alan Kay Receives ACM Turing Award ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoWorld: Top News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.  Toshiba develops 100GB hard disk for notebooks. Toshiba Corp. has developed a hard disk drive for notebook computers that can hold 100GB of data. The company expects to begin selling it later this year, it said Thursday. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 12.  Elsewhere: The need for security will not go away. Company management will always believe that security is a temporary problem which given time will subside. They believe the risk will reduce or a 'silver bullet' is just... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulns ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 13.  BugTraq: MDKSA-2004:031-1 - Updated utempter packages fix several vulnerabilities. Sender: Mandrake Linux Security Team [security at linux-mandrake dot com] 14.  Vulns: Fastream NetFile FTP/Web Server Denial Of Service Vulnerability. Fastream NetFILE FTP/Web Server is an FTP and HTTP server implementation for Microsoft Windows operating systems. A vulnerability has been reported in Fastream NetFILE F... 15.  Vulns: Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2002 Nested File Manual Scan Bypass Vulnerability. A vulnerability has been reported in Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2002 that may potentially cause deeply nested files to bypass manual scanning. The issue is reported to ca... 16.  Vulns: Norton AntiVirus 2002 Nested File AutoProtect Bypass Vulnerability. A vulnerability has been alleged in Norton AntiVirus 2002 that may potentially permit a deeply nested executable file to bypass the AutoProtect feature when it is execute... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 17.  Evesham integrated GPS PocketPC. Reg Review Mitac Mio + CoPilot Live 4 By Tony Smith . 18.  EU ministers in broadband powwow. Jolly well done By Tim Richardson . 19.  eBay profits soar. Busy, busy By Drew Cullen . 20.  Anti-spam tsunami hits SMEs. World + dog on the vend By John Leyden . 21.  UK public wants ID cards, and thinks we'll screw up the IT. Non-contiguous brain compartments R US By John Lettice . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 22.  HNS Learning Session: Session Hijacking Explained 23.  TCP Net threat overstated, says security researcher 24.  WORM_AGOBOT.GD 25.  JS_CIDEXPLOIT.D 26.  NetBSD update for OpenSSL 27.  NetBSD update for OpenSSL 11:16:50 AM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Boing Boing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  London: The (Magnificent) Biography. I've just finished Peter Ackroyd's magnificent London: The Biography, an 800-page history of London spanning 2,000 years of history. I read it mostly on the tube, in London, while travelling to one place or another, on airplanes, while flying into or out of the city. The book is a triumph in that it manages to convey the unknowable vastness of London's environs and dwellers and history without ever having the hubris to imply that is has captured it or contained it. The prose is glorious and even drunken in places: clearly this is a labour of love, years-long opus penned by someone who loves and is intimate with London -- even if the city is, as he says, so large that no person could hope to walk its every street in a lifetime. I can't remember the last time I smiled so much while reading a book, nor when I made so many notes of things to look up and do later. The thing I liked best about Ackroyd's vision is the idea of continuity, which speaks directly to an idea I've been having lately: that books are a practice, not a product. Here's what I mean: the Bible was a book even before it was bound between covers; the fact that it was scroll-shaped didn't make it any less bookish. By the same token, one of my novels, represented as a text-file, is also a book -- even if it doesn't look anything like a bound volume -- even if it doesn't look like anything, period. A scroll, a bound volume, a CD of audio, a text-file: they're all "books" even if they're all different. What a book is, is a collection of literary, manufacturing, commercial, and technological practices. And what all these different kinds of books have in common with one another is that their practices are continuous with one another. A Torah in scroll is related to a bound edition because the latter couldn't exist without the former: the latter rises up from the former, perhaps inevitably. The "book" is the continuous practice of writing, reading, marketing, distributing and publishing that dates back thousands of years. We're continuous, too. The "me" who wrote my most recent novel -- which I'm very happy with, indeed! -- is not the "me" who wrote the one before that. The new one is informed with the lessons from the last one, and the intervening living. The me who wrote the last book could not have written the next one -- but the me I became could. And those two mes are continuous with one another: one gave rise to the next. London is continuous. It's not a place -- its borders have shifted and shifted again over thousands of years. It's not a race of people -- its inhabitants have changed in individual identity and culture so many times that the culture and ethnicity of London 2004 is nearly completely different from London 0000. It's not a collection of architecture, or a map of roads, or a political system, for all of these have changed and changed and changed. London isn't even its name: London's had many names over the years. London is a practice: London is what Londoners are doing right now, which is informed by, midwifed by, descended from what Londoners were doing yesterday. London is what Londoners do. I'd suspected this, and Ackroyd nailed it up and down for me. He shows how the currents of London are fraught with eddies, whirlpools of continuity, so the 1960s movement to wipe London clean of its Victorian fooforaw and build modern high-rises echoes the 1860s destruction of 14 churches under the Union of Benefices Act, which, in turn, echoes the 1760s demolition of the gates to the city walls because they "obstructed the free current of air." I've been buttonholing Londoners all month with intelligences gleaned from Ackroyd's book -- a triumph nearly on the scale of Trafalgar Square or the discovery of the physics of the arch or the rebuilding after the Fire. I'll be chewing it over for years. Peter's Hill and Upper Thames Street were laid out in the twelfth century. Other street-surfaces and frontages have a similar history, with property divisions remaining intact for many hundreds of years. Even the devastation of the Great Fire could not erase the ancient lanes and boundaries. In a similar pattern of continuity those streets which were newly laid out after the Fire showed tenacity of purpose. Ironmonger Lane, for instance, ahs had the same width for almost 355 years. That width was and is 14 feet, originally sufficient to allow two carts to pass each other without hindrance or blockage. It is another aspect of this continuous London history that its structure can accommodate itself to quite different modes of transport. Link ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Earnings alert: AT&T, SBC profits drop. Plus: EarthLink sees narrow loss...Lexmark profit up 28 percent...Big Blue earnings meet expectations. 3.  Tibco to acquire U.K.-based Staffware. Integration software company Tibco spends $217 million to buy Staffware, which deals in workplace software. The two plan to push further into business process management, a category analysts say is poised for growth. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  Sun's Second Java Desktop System Slated for May Release (Ziff Davis). Ziff Davis - The second version of the company's JDS will be generally available in the first week of May, a vice president says, and will include management capabilities that allow enterprises to fine-grain and remotely set up the desktop. 5.  Belaris Wireless Launches New E-Commerce Site - Targets Consumer Wireless and Digital Market and Creates Incremental Revenue for Property Owners (featureXpress). featureXpress - Belaris Wireless announced today the launch of their revamped e-commerce website. The website is part the company's strategy to target retail consumers by merging contemporary living and wireless and digital technology and to generate incremental revenue for property owners. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  FBI Raids Arizona School District Over Copyright Infringement ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoWorld: Top News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  Opteron customers show AMD in new light. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) has gone from an after thought among server customers to the darling of the enterprise world in just a year. The company’s Opteron chip has opened doors of corporate server rooms for AMD, and many enterprises are flirting with the new kid on the block. 8.  AMD exec looks back on year that was. Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s (AMD's) Dirk Meyer has presided over many chip development teams, including two of Digital Equipment Corp.'s Alpha processors and AMD's seventh-generation Athlon XP processors. But as senior vice president of AMD's Computation Products Group, lately his job has meant more time spent in front of airport security screeners than processor designers as he travels around evangelizing AMD's eighth-generation Opteron and Athlon 64 processors. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LinuxSecurity.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.  AMD Joins Open Source Development Labs and Recognizes Community Support for AMD64 10.  Cyberwar games part of training for US armed forces 11.  TCP Net threat overstated, says security researcher ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 12.  Digital certificate regime wins UK gov plaudits. tScheme better than we could have done By John Leyden . 13.  Tower Records settles charges over hack attacks. Must improve security By Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus . 14.  Evesham integrated GPS PocketPC. Reg Review Mitac Mio + CoPilot Live 4 = best value GPS rig yet? By Tony Smith . 15.  Mobile giants deny cartel slur. Putting pressure on vendors? Us? By Datamonitor . 16.  Sun's Java Desktop gets tooled up. Faces retail challenge By Datamonitor . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 17.  Digital certificate regime wins UK gov plaudits 18.  BKDR_POWERSPI.C 19.  TROJ_HARNIG.D 20.  ident2 "child_service()" Function Buffer Overflow Vulnerability 21.  Debian update for ident2 22.  lftp Password Leakage Security Issue 23.  wget Password Leakage Security Issue 24.  NetBSD TCP Connection Reset Denial of Service Vulnerability 25.  ident2 "child_service()" Function Buffer Overflow Vulnerability 26.  Debian update for ident2 27.  lftp Password Leakage Security Issue 28.  wget Password Leakage Security Issue 29.  NetBSD TCP Connection Reset Denial of Service Vulnerability 30.  Bugwatch: Managing your users 31.  22 Apr Troj/Legmir-K 10:16:29 AM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  EU report details Microsoft's thinking. A 300-page report sheds new light on a corporate culture and business practices that led regulators to sanction the company last month for anticompetitive practices. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  A Mouse With Two Mothers ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBC News | Technology | UK Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  Channel 4 'could be privatised'. The broadcaster's chief executive says it may have to ditch its public status to enable it to battle increasing competition. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoWorld: Top News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  AMD to open Bangalore chip development center. Microprocessor maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) is planning to establish an engineering and design center in the Indian city of Bangalore, the company said Thursday. 5.  Sun desktop wares lure OEMs. Sun Microsystems Inc. has exceeded its own expectations by signing 21 original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for several products the company offers as alternatives to Microsoft Corp. desktop software, Sun announced Thursday at the Desktop Linux Summit in San Diego. 6.  Despite shelving WAPI, China stands firm on chip tax. The fuss over China's plans to implement a national standard for wireless LANs (WLANs) came to a quiet end Wednesday during bilateral trade talks between U.S. and Chinese officials in Washington, D.C. But the outcome of the talks was far from being a complete victory for the U.S. side, which had raised several areas of concern. 7.  Microsoft to argue EC ruling is off mark. Microsoft Corp. has sought to stake out its position on the European Commission's decision that it broke European antitrust laws with the release late Wednesday of a paper accusing the regulator of creating "new law" that could have far reaching negative consequences. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LinuxSecurity.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  Will Trade Passwords For Chocolate 9.  Vulnerability Issues in TCP 10.  Flaw Leaves Internet Open to Attacks 11.  HNS Learning Session: Session Hijacking Explained 12.  Mandrake: utempter Update to patch MDKSA-2004:031 13.  Mandrake: xchat Improper execution vulnerability ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 14.  Online ads draw record complaints. ASA has its hands full By Tim Richardson . 15.  Killer cyberloo kidnaps kiddie. Plymouth lad shaken by terror ordeal By Lester Haines . 16.  Boffins make data go zoom. 6.25Gbps over 11,000km By Lucy Sherriff . 17.  Digital certificate regime wins UK gov plaudits. tScheme is better than anything we could have done By John Leyden . 18.  Tower Records settles charges over hack attacks. Ordered to spruce up security By Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 19.  BKDR_SDBOT.JC 20.  WORM_SPYBOT.RB 21.  WORM_AGOBOT.OT 22.  Guide :: Kerberos Implementation 23.  Grappling with computer security incidents (USATODAY.com) 24.  OpenSSL Session Reuse Bypass of Client Certificate Access Control 25.  Faille de type Integer Overflow dans l'appel système setsockopt du noyau Linux 9:16:10 AM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Microsoft Ruling Cites 'Pattern of Conduct' (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - Microsoft Corp. engaged in a "general pattern of conduct" to deny competitors critical information to allow their products to work properly with the software giant's Windows systems, according to a final ruling by European antitrust enforcers. 2.  IDT uses Wi-Fi to offer cheaper cell service (USATODAY.com). USATODAY.com - Believe it or not, 43% of U.S. consumers still don't have a cell phone - many for budget reasons. 3.  DVDs can push big-money films into profitability (USATODAY.com). USATODAY.com - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World's arrival on DVD this week has producers hoping that home viewing sales will buoy last November's seafaring epic into profitable waters. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoWorld: Top News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  Study: U.S. slips in e-business 'readiness'. The U.S. has slipped to sixth place in a worldwide ranking of e-business readiness, the worst showing since 2000, when the study was first conducted. 5.  China agrees to drop WAPI standard. The government of China has agreed to suspend indefinitely its proposed proprietary national standard for wireless LANs after objections from the U.S. government and IT vendors, U.S. and Chinese officials announced Wednesday. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  Former Symbian, Psion boss answers all your questions. Exclusive £1 a pop By Andrew Orlowski . 7.  EC threatens court action over Intel-only contracts. Demands open tenders By Tony Smith . 8.  IT voices drowned in corporate governance rush. Ignore techies at your peril By Lucy Sherriff . 9.  Hitachi preps Pentium M desktop PC. In Japan, that is By Tony Smith . 10.  Intel pours VC cash into Digital Home. Look mum, no wires By Jan Libbenga . 11.  Union moots strike over Swansea e-gov plan. Early days yet By Tim Richardson . 12.  Danes love Internet - true. Europe in Brief 80% penetration By Jan Libbenga . 13.  Java to dominate consumer electronics?. Yes, if it's lean and mean By Wireless Watch . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 14.  WORM_AGOBOT.OT 15.  NcFTP Client Password Leakage Security Issue 16.  NcFTP Client Password Leakage Security Issue 17.  Trend Micro ScanMail for Microsoft Exchange Administrative Credential Disclosure 18.  Premiers échanges bancaires par de la crypto quantique 19.  Les TPE françaises mauvaises élèves pour la mise à jour des antivirus 20.  22 Apr W32/Agobot-EV 8:15:50 AM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  One-year-old Opteron serves notice. A year after launching its 64-bit Opteron server chip, AMD is riding higher with quarterly profits and backing from a number of brand-name manufacturers. 2.  Portal envy strikes AOL. America Online is readying to go on the offensive with a new plan to retain customers and expand its business on the Web--a strategy it has tried before with little success. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  Report: Shanghai Will Monitor Internet (AP). AP - SHANGHAI, China — Authorities are installing video cameras and high-tech software in Shanghai's Internet cafes and bars to make sure customers don't look at forbidden Web sites, a state-run newspaper reported Thursday. 4.  AT&T 1st-Quarter Earnings Fall (Reuters). Reuters - AT&T Corp. (T.N), the largest U.S. long-distance phone company, said on Thursday its first-quarter earnings fell as the company lost long-distance customers to rival local and wireless phone companies. 5.  Sony calls MGM studios acquisition report speculation (AFP). AFP - Japanese consumer electronics giant Sony Corp. said a report that it and a group of investors are negotiating to buy Hollywood's MGM studios is speculation only. 6.  Juniper profit jumps (SiliconValley.com). SiliconValley.com - Juniper Networks, which sells networking gear, reported Wednesday that first-quarter profit jumped ninefold from a year earlier, a sign telephone companies are spending more to build Internet-based networks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  Delorean Time Machine Replica Up For Auction ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBC News | Technology | UK Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  Chip maker shifts design to India. The world's second largest chip maker AMD is to set up a design centre in Bangalore in India. 9.  Sales rebound in sight at Marconi. The fallen electronics giant is continuing with its efforts to turn itself around, reporting a 1% increase in quarterly sales. 10.  Shanghai cameras spy on web users. Shanghai installs video cameras in its internet cafes as part of a crackdown on web use. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.  Hitachi preps Pentium M desktop PC. Bizarre legacy technology support By Tony Smith . 12.  Creative bath ad shocker. Letters Readers dead angry By Lucy Sherriff . 13.  Wayport wins McDonald's hotspot gig. WLAN, burger and fries By Wireless Watch . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Help Net Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 14.  Tower Records settles hacker attack suit 15.  Cyber crime is right under your nose ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 16.  Xine Playlists can Overwrite Arbitrary Files 17.  Slackware update for xine 18.  Xine Playlists can Overwrite Arbitrary Files 19.  Slackware update for xine 20.  Record d'infections virales pour mars : Trend Micro détecte 1200 codes malveillants au cours du mois 21.  Ook kleine bedrijven slachtoffer DDoS maffia 22.  Microsoft moet patches laten testen 7:15:30 AM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ars Technica ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  BayStar seeks a SCO regime change. Baystar speaks out on SCO's legal tactics and business model. They want management changes that focus on legal strategy instead of Unix licensing. By Fred "zAmboni" Locklear. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBC News | Technology | UK Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Curiosity fuels mobile chat anger. The reason we find mobile conversations irritating could be down to human curiosity, say researchers. 3.  Fingertips 'read' text messages. A way to read text messages by just using your fingertips has been developed by researchers in Germany. 4.  Hard drive speed limit is reached. Scientists say they have discovered just how fast data can be written on disks and then retrieved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityFocus Vulns ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  Vulns: Multiple Monit Administration Interface Remote Vulnerabilities. Monit is a utility for Linux and Unix operating systems that is designed to monitor processes, devices, files, and directories. The application makes use of an HTTP/HTTPS... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  IT voices drowned in corporate governance rush. Ignore the techies at your peril By Lucy Sherriff . 7.  China agrees to drop WAPI wireless sec spec. First fruit of trade talks By Tony Smith . 8.  Infineon shortlists two CEO candidates. Reports sales, income gains, too By Tony Smith . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wired News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.  Scientists Peg Data's Speed Limit. There's a theoretical maximum rate at which bits can be written onto disks, researchers find. Don't fret, though: The top speed is still 1,000 times faster than today's best data-storage devices. 10.  Who's Yer Daddy? Ain't Got One. Japanese researchers succeed in creating mice that have two mothers, but no father. These are the first mammals to be born without a natural father, but don't go dumping your boyfriend just yet. 11.  Fuel Cells Weigh Anchor. Hydrogen fuel cells for cars get a lot of attention, but those for use at sea are moving forward, including a technology that draws on water and the sun to make fuel. By David Snow. 12.  You Send It, You Recycle It. A California lawmaker introduces a bill that would require companies that make or sell disposable CD-ROMs and DVDs to include an envelope to recycle the waste. By Katie Dean. 13.  Playing Games With a Conscience. Groups bemoan the proliferation of 'hate' websites and games, but some first-person shooters foster cooperation, understanding and tolerance. By Daniel Terdiman. 14.  Racism Holds South Africa Back. A decade after apartheid fell in South Africa, the country still struggles with the consequences of racist laws. It could be an economic powerhouse -- if it didn't have to deal with its past. Second of three parts. Megan Lindow reports from Cape Town. 15.  Tech Stocks: What's Left to Buy?. With earnings rising sharply in recent quarters, investing in technology is pricey again. Wired News' Joanna Glasner chats with fund managers and financial advisers about which stocks remain good buys -- and which to avoid. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 16.  Kinesphere eXchange POP3 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability 17.  Red Hat update for kernel 18.  SA04-104A: Summary of Windows Security Updates for April 2004 19.  ST04-007: Reducing Spam 20.  Google Gmail maakt e-mail veiliger 21.  Is het illegaal om gehackt te worden? 22.  "Wij zijn gehackt" wet kost banken miljoenen 23.  Bedrijven weten weinig over spam 6:15:09 AM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Intel Welcomes China's Halt to New Wi-Fi Standard (Reuters). Reuters - Intel Corp (INTC.O) on Thursday dropped a plan to stop selling wireless Internet chips in China after the government suspended a move to introduce its own "wi-fi" wireless standard. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  Army Discusses MMO Troop Training Sim ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBC News | Technology | UK Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  China-US talks reach wi-fi deal. Beijing pledges to tackle piracy and shelve a controversial new wireless internet standard at trade talks in Washington. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  Former Symbian, Psion boss answers your questions. All of them. Exclusive £1 a time, and nothing is too metaphysical By Andrew Orlowski . 5.  EC threatens court action over 'unfair' Intel-only tenders. Euro governments must open contracts to other chip makers By Tony Smith . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  Symantec Client Firewall Products Denial of Service Vulnerability 7.  Red Hat update for XFree86 8.  Fedora update for utempter 9.  Mandrake update for xchat 10.  Cryptome: NSA Patent for Third Party Access to Crypto Key 11.  Security Focus: Fedora Update Notification "An updated utempter package that fixes a potential s... 12.  ZDNet: Cisco fixes critical protocol flaw "Cisco has released a fix to a flaw in a popular commu... 13.  Globe Technology: Rogers woos signal thieves "shutting down the data authorization stream to tho... 14.  Tribune Star: ISU computer server hacked "hacking incident was discovered last week, and the FBI... 15.  Computer World: Spyware in the office "Whether viewed as a nuisance or a threat, spyware is a gr... 16.  Computer World: The enemy within "company was indicted on federal wiretapping charges for allege... 17.  Security Focus: RedHat Updated kernel packages resolve security vulnerabilities "An attacker cou... 18.  Netsky.y Sparks High Threat Level (TechWeb) 19.  Securing The IP Telephony Perimeter 20.  PostNuke Downloads, Web_Links, 'openwindow.php' Input Validation Holes Let Remote Users Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks 21.  Vier kritieke lekken in Symantec produkten 22.  TCP lek is oud nieuws en vormt geen groot gevaar 23.  Microsoft komt met anti-spyware strategie 24.  Cisco komt met revisie van netwerk OS 25.  Cybersecurity Education Urged 26.  Kinesphere eXchange POP3 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability 27.  Kinesphere eXchange POP3 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability 28.  Red Hat update for kernel 29.  Red Hat update for kernel 30.  Red Hat update for XFree86 31.  Red Hat update for XFree86 32.  Mandrake update for xchat 33.  Mandrake update for xchat 5:14:50 AM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dilbert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Dilbert for 22 Apr 2004. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  US Sales Drive Up SAP's License Revenues (Reuters). Reuters - Germany's SAP reported its first quarterly rise in license revenues in almost three years on Thursday, driven by strong sales in the United States as corporate software spending increased. 3.  IBM Supports Linux Lab At UMass Amherst (TechWeb). TechWeb - The University of Massachusetts at Amherst has announced plans to establish a Linux Lab to offer a curriculum on open source software. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBC News | Technology | UK Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  Profits soar ahead 92% at eBay. The online auctioneer posts a huge surge in profits as buyers won in the Christmas sales season keep shopping. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LinuxSecurity.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  Securing The IP Telephony Perimeter ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  China, U.S. strike trade accord 7.  TCP vulnerability could lead to bigger gateway protocol problems. 8.  Net threat overstated, says security researcher 9.  AMD Joins Open Source Development Labs and Recognizes Community Support for AMD64 10.  Cyberwar games part of training for US armed forces 11.  BGP expert over TCP lek 12.  phProfession Input Validation Holes Let Remote Users Inject SQL Commands and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks 13.  Symantec Client Firewall Products Denial of Service Vulnerability 14.  Symantec Client Firewall Products Denial of Service Vulnerability 15.  Fedora update for utempter 16.  Fedora update for utempter 17.  WORM_SDBOT.SJ 18.  WORM_RANDEX.EM 4:14:30 AM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Data Transfer Has A Speed Limit ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LinuxSecurity.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  AMD Joins Open Source Development Labs and Recognizes Community Support for AMD64 3.  Cyberwar games part of training for US armed forces ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  vBulletin memberlist.php what Variable XSS 5.  vBulletin showthread.php page Variable XSS 6.  vBulletin private.php forward Variable XSS 7.  vBulletin forumdisplay.php order Variable XSS 8.  4nAlbum modules.php gid Variable SQL Injection 9.  4nAlbum nmimage.php z Variable XSS 10.  4nAlbum displaycategory.php Path Disclosure 11.  4nAlbum displaycategory.php Remote File Inclusion 12.  YaBB glow and shadow Tag XSS 3:14:10 AM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New York Times: Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Software Executive, Under U.S. Inquiry, Resigns Top Posts. Sanjay Kumar resigned as chairman and chief executive of Computer Associates International as an investigation into fraud reached the highest level of the company. By Alex Berenson. 2.  China Agrees to Postpone Wireless Plan. China agreed on Wednesday to give up a plan to impose its own standard for wireless technology. By Elizabeth Becker. 3.  Add a Cordless Phone, but Not Interference. Are there cordless phones that use a frequency that will not interfere with the wireless network? By J.d. Biersdorfer. 4.  For $45, a Digital Camera With Frills. Up to now, inexpensive digital cameras have generally been stripped of special features like display screens, meaning the photographer had no way to see what sort of image had been captured until the picture was downloaded to a PC. Now the cost-conscious user can point, shoot and review with the Argus DC-1730, the first under-$50 digital camera with a liquid crystal display. By Chris Larson. 5.  To Outsmart Intruders, Enlist a Counterspy. How to stay a step ahead of outsiders who try to keep tabs on your PC. By Thomas J. Fitzgerald. 6.  Sorry, I Can't Talk Now. They're Ready for My Root Canal.. Gone are the days when sound effects for your phone calls had to be homemade, like holding your nose when you called in sick. Now owners of selected Nokia and Sony Ericsson cellphones can use a utility called Soundercover to add recorded background sounds to their phoned-in alibis. If you are lingering over a latte but want to say that a traffic jam is holding you up, for example, Soundercover can add the sounds of honking horns and screeching tires to your call. By Howard Millman. 7.  Foraging for the Right Goop and Goggles. A shakedown trip over spring break can help you prepare for the real vacation, a two-week summer trip to Maui. By Michelle Slatalla. 8.  Beep! I'm Under the Couch, Says the All-in-One Remote. For owners of Radio Shack's new 6-in-1 Kameleon remote, the answer to By Roy Furchgott. 9.  Web Sites for Music Playlists and Baby Blogs. Webjay.org lets people create music playlists; Microsoft has a site that lets lurkers follow the hottest newsgroups; Trixie Update, a `baby blog' with detailed charts. By Pamela Licalzi O'connell. 10.  Used Cellphones Find a Market Among Bare-Bones Users. Common elsewhere, used handsets start to catch on in the United States. By Marcia Biederman. 11.  Even in Bright Light, an E-Book That's Easy on the Eyes. While hand-held electronic books have been around for years, such gadgets have never really taken off. One reason is that their small display screens are simply not as easy to read as an ordinary paperback. By Todd Zaun. 12.  At Fujitsu's Request, Japan Bars Samsung Screens. Responding to a request by Fujitsu, Japanese customs authorities on Wednesday began blocking imports of plasma display panels made by a Samsung Group affiliate. By Todd Zaun. 13.  'You've Got Spyware!' AOL Update Will Scan for Sneaky Programs. America Online is fighting fire with fire. By Saul Hansell. 14.  Keep the Sounds to Yourself With Game Boy Headphones. Now there are headphones available for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance SP, the popular hand-held game console that looks like a laptop for Tom Thumb. Millions of the portable game players, which were introduced in North America in January 2003, have been sold. Until now, anyone using one in public had to pay for an adapter to plug standard headphones into the little $100 boxes, or impose their noises and tunes on everyone within earshot. By Michel Marriott. 15.  With a Tweak Here and There, a Custom Machine. WANT a bigger hard drive, more memory, a different monitor or a more robust video card in that new rig you're ordering? Most major computer makers offer a variety of components and configurations. You can also find special deals and promotions that change from time to time and extended technical support plans. By J.d. Biersdorfer. 16.  Earnings Rose 92% for EBay in Quarter. EBay Inc., the world's largest Internet auction company, said first-quarter earnings surged 92 percent, the most in a year. By Bloomberg News. 17.  Microsoft Agrees to Extend Time Limit in Licensing Deal. Microsoft extended a provision of its antitrust settlement, responding to concerns that the company was taking too long in putting the agreement into effect. By Laurie J. Flynn. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 18.  Tickle and Ask Jeeves Team Up for People Search (Reuters). Reuters - Online dating site Tickle Inc. on Wednesday said it launched a new People Search service that marries Web search results from Ask Jeeves Inc. (ASKJ.O) with search results from Tickle's own social networking service. 19.  China steps up Internet control with video surveillance in public places (AFP). AFP - China has stepped control of the Internet in its largest city Shanghai with the installation of video surveillance equipment and software in public places. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20.  On The Privacy Subtleties Of GMail, Other Webmail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hack the Planet ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 21.  The Register: Intel close to clearing Austin 'eyesore'. 22.  Think Secret: Two former Omni Group employees found new Mac company. Hopefully this OmniFork will lead to twice twice the Cocoa goodness. 23.  EE Times: China backs off of WAPI proposal. I doubt WAPI has any technical advantage over 802.11i, so why standardize it? 24.  Ben Galbraith: Is an avalanche coming? It has been pointed out that if a few large companies got together, it would be cheaper to pay for certain software to be written than to license the existing commercial software. I guess we're about to see a test of that. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBC News | Technology | UK Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 25.  Profits soar ahead 92% at eBay. The online auctioneer posts a huge surge in profits as buyers won in the Christmas sales season keep shopping online. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Register ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 26.  Former Symbian, Psion boss answers your questions. All of them.. Exclusive £1 a time, and nothing is too metaphysical By Andrew Orlowski . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 27.  JS_LAMEDON.B 28.  Experts warn of TCP vulnerability 29.  Spyware in the office 30.  New Cisco switch flaw could lead to DoS attacks 31.  The enemy within 32.  Experts warn of TCP vulnerability 33.  ST04-007: Reducing Spam 34.  VBS_SORACI.A 35.  Possible new wave of worms, TCP reset tool for Windows released, New IIS 5 SSL Remote Root Exploit - patch now. 36.  Who Should Keep Out The Hackers? (washingtonpost.com) 2:13:50 AM    comment [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ars Technica ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  Et Cetera: Far Cry makes PC scream. Recent news tidbits that cover MS's antitrust settlements, AMD's progress, a magnetic storage speed limit, and more. By Fred "zAmboni" Locklear. 2.  China backs off on WAPI standard. China's controversial WiFi protocol ruffled U.S. tech company feathers because of onerous restrictions. China has now backed off implementation of the restrictions after high-level U.S.-China trade meetings. By Fred "zAmboni" Locklear. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CNET News.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  BayStar: SCO needs new management. BayStar Capital says its move to retrieve a $20 million investment in the SCO Group was part of an effort to induce major changes at the Linux litigator--including new senior management and a withdrawal from the Unix product business. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! News - Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  PluggedIn: Speakers to Snowboards, IPod Owners Accessorize (Reuters). Reuters - Apple Computer Inc.'s (AAPL.O) iPod has inspired a thriving aftermarket for obsessive owners who want to add features to their digital-music player, or simply show it off in a pretty case. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Slashdot ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  The Lyrids Are Coming! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NewsIsFree: Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  Une faille dans le webmail de Yahoo! 7.  NEW 'OFF THE HOOK' ONLINE 12:26:18 AM    comment []

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