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Friday, July 02, 2004
 

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Yahoo! News - Technology
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1.  Microsoft Releases Update for Browser (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - Microsoft Corp. released a free software update yesterday to close vulnerabilities that left users of its Internet Explorer browser open to attacks by hackers.
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2.  Zinc Whiskers Cripple Colorado's Computers

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1.  Norton Virus Definitions June 30, 2004
2.  Norton Virus Definitions July 1, 2004
3.  VX2 Cleaner Plug-In for Ad-Aware. 1.01
4.  Ad-aware referencefile 01R326 01.07.2004
5.  Disable ADODB.Stream object from Internet Explorer

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1.  Apple Computer Shares Tumble on IMac Delay (AP). AP - Shares of Apple Computer Inc. fell nearly 4 percent Friday, a day after the company announced a delay in the release of the next-generation iMac.
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2.  Alpine to Release iPod Interface in Autumn 2004

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Boing Boing
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1.  Tour de France Tech. Philip says, "Today is the eve of the Tour de France, a month where we stop busting on the French as much and watch guys in spandex pedal a lot, over 500,000 times per rider. While a lot of the coverage will be on the riders and specifically Lance Armstrong we thought we'd cover some of the gadgets and technologies in this article used in and around the race- the on bike computer, the two-way radio, tv coverage and even getting updates on your phone." Link.

BoingBoing reader Jean-Luc adds, "The official Tour de France website will have a photoblog, an official newsblog -- le journal du tour, and also 4 blogs (called "les chroniques") that will inform people on the official website. There is a non-official blog about Tour de France there (in english)."

2.  The Humanoid Race. This month's issue of Wired Magazine includes a feature about robotics for which I was one of several contributors:
Consider the progress of just the past 15 years. There are now robots that can get around on two legs, participate in simple conversations, and manipulate objects in rudimentary ways. Of course, we don't yet have a bot that can navigate downtown Manhattan, tie its shoelaces, or even tell a chair from a desk. MIT's Cynthia Breazeal holds out hope that within five years, robots will cross a critical threshold, becoming partners rather than tools - in other words, we'll have friends, not appliances. And while there are a number of extremely complex problems to solve before we can make something as advanced as Sonny, the star of I, Robot, we're getting there, one piece at a time. To find out where the state of the art lies, Wired surveyed the projects that might one day add up to an android just like the rest of us.
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3.  Web Zen: Retro Video Game Zen. quest for the crown
X-NAS-Bayes: #0: 0; #1: 1 X-NAS-Classification: 0 X-NAS-MessageID: 2446 X-NAS-Validation: {E681C936-E9F0-4DDC-9901-74301AF33E67}

duckhunt

tron lightcycles

atari noise

cory arcangel

nes buckle

space invaders stickers

space invaders invasion

retrogames

Links to web zen home, web zen store, (Thanks, Frank).

4.  Fark: geek coredump or Islamic militant website?. BoingBoing reader Jeremy says, "Fark has been googlebombed, by their own members I'm sure, to reach #3 in searches for islamic militant website. Hopefully they can reach #1 and slip into John Ashcroft's radar." Link
5.  Designs on the White House -- update. Following up on this previous BoingBoing post, reader ME-L says, "The contest is over and the winners are on sale! Net proceeds go to the Kerry campaign. Winning shirts include: "I Was The Victim of a Vast Right Wing Conspiracy and All I Got Was This Lousy President," "Democracy is Not a Faith-Based Initiative" and "One Nation Under Surveillance." Link
6.  Security threat in a can. As we previously noted, Coke has launched a contest revolving around a small number of cans outfitted with cell phones and GPS receivers. Winners who discover the cans call a prize center to win big prizes. According to the AP though, military bases are paranoid that soldiers might bring the cans into classified meetings where they could inadvertently be used as an eavesdropping device. For example, Sue Murphy, a spokeswoman for Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, told the AP that her facility has "taken measures to make sure everyone's aware of this contest and to make sure devices are cleared before they're taken in." The special cans shouldn't be too hard to spot though--they have a big panel of buttons on the side.

Paul Saffo, research director at The Institute for the Future, a technology research firm, compared the concern about the Coke cans to when the Central Intelligence Agency banned Furbies, the stuffed toys that could repeat phrases.

"There's things generals should stay up late at night worrying about," he said. "A talking Coke can isn't one of them."

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7.  Sony's Librie e-book reader: great display, awful DRM. librieYuri Kageyama writes a glowing review of Sony's new ebook reader, which uses a new kind of display technology that rivals paper. I agree with Kageyama's assessment about the display technology. I played with a Librie when I was in Tokyo last month. The screen is remarkable. The display uses little balls that are painted black and white, containing the same pigments found in laser printer toner cartridges for black, and used in sunblock and paint for white. Once you turn on the display and a page of text or graphics appear, it doesn't need refreshing. The only time the batteries get used is when you load a new page. (The technology was developed by a U.S. company, E-Ink.) I did notice that sometimes you could see the ghost of the previous page, especially on model I tried that had a comic book loaded on it. I wonder if that's a general problem, or if the one I played with was a dud?

I didn't think Kageyama wasn't harsh enough about the hideous proprietary locked format the Librie uses for books. He wrote, "I'm not wild about buying books that self-destruct after 60 days." This self-destruct feature is sickening. Who would buy a Librie with this deadly defect built in? (Sony is making a similar mistake with its music players.) I hope somebody with a sensible DRM policy starts using these great display screens. Link

8.  F is for Photoshopped. baddayResearchers at Dartmouth University have developed an algorithm to automatically detect when a digital photo has been manipulated. Their statistical technique is based on the fact that altering an image messes with the hidden mathematics inside the photo.
"There is little doubt that counter-measures will be developed to foil our detection schemes," says Farid. "Our hope, however, is that as more authentication tools are developed it will become increasingly more difficult to create convincing digital forgeries."
Difficult, but not impossible, hopes the Weekly World News.

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9.  Pencil necked chic. Dweeb is the new black, according to this LA Times article about the transformed social status of geeks from outcasts to arbiters of cool. Why the author points to exposed underwear as an example of geek-originated style, I don't know -- that's a gangbanger thing, not a code warrior thing. Now, if they'd suggested pocket protectors as future haute couture accessories, yeah -- but until there are gold-encrusted ones in the Dior fall collection, I'm not totally buying the story's premise. Fun read, though. Article Link , hidden behind a dumbass site registration system that you can bypass with bugmenot.com. (Thanks, Mara!)
10.  One slightly used RealDoll for sale. On eBay, an owner parts with his RealDoll and offers details:

# Neck bolt!
# All 3 entries.
# Tanned skin, natural lips, brown eyes.
# I am the only owner
# Doll has no odors.
Link (Thanks, Alfie)
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Penny Arcade!
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11.  The Truth Comes Out.
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BBC News | Technology | UK Edition
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12.  Vodafone blocks access to porn. The mobile phone giant is barring its customers from logging onto adult websites until they prove they are 18.
13.  Boy's 'voice' stolen by thieves. The mother of a 12-year-old autistic boy from Devon says burglars who stole a computer have "taken away his voice".
14.  China to censor text messages. Mobile messages are to be policed raising fears of political censorship.
15.  Google bans GMail sales. Google is taking steps to stop people cashing in on the popularity of its GMail service.
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16.  Microsoft posts work-around for IE flaw. Pushes patch that turns off insecure ActiveX component, while continuing to investigate a more comprehensive fix.
17.  Phone battery flames injure teen. Malfunctioning battery in a Kyocera Wireless phone causes second-degree burns, raising new questions about cell phone safety.
18.  Sony, Panasonic, others stump for Linux. A consortium of companies releases software to advance use of Linux in consumer electronics devices.
19.  Drive maker Maxtor to ax hundreds of jobs. More hard times for a hard-drive maker as Maxtor sends out a second-quarter warning and says it will make job cuts.
20.  IBM plans July launch of Power5 Unix server. Big Blue is set to kick off the second phase of the debut of its Power5 processors July 13, sources say.
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21.  Apple Computer Shares Tumble on IMac Delay (AP). AP - Shares of Apple Computer Inc. fell nearly 4 percent Friday, a day after the company announced a delay in the release of the next-generation iMac.
22.  Commentary: Earth To Silicon Valley: You've Lost This Battle (BusinessWeek Online). BusinessWeek Online - If anyone thought tech executives might finally give up their long fight against counting employee stock options as an expense, a rally on June 24 quashed that notion. More than 700 employees bused to Palo Alto, Calif., by Cisco Systems (NasdaqNM:CSCO - News), Intel (NasdaqNM:INTC - News), Sun Microsystems (NasdaqNM:SUNW - News), and other Silicon Valley companies staged a protest near a hearing by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, which wants options expensed by yearend. ...
23.  Microsoft Issues Update To Fix IE Vulnerabilities (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - After a grueling seven days in which two viruses exploited vulnerabilities in the Internet Explorer browser, and the federal government, no less, warned users away from IE -- Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has responded with software updates.
24.  Microsoft IE Security Storm Builds (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - It has not been a good week for Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Internet Explorer browser. After last week's Download.JECT virus, which used IE as a vehicle for installing a worm, and a vulnerability report from the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, some industry experts have called for a switch to other browsers, such as Mozilla or Opera.
25.  Virgin Mobile IPO In U.K. Could Spark One In U.S., Too (Investor's Business Daily). Investor's Business Daily - Just how profitable are wireless resellers, companies that don't own spectrum or mobile phone networks but sell the service?
26.  Mexico Lays Ground for Digital TV Service Launch (Reuters). Reuters - Mexico made its first foray into digital television on Friday with the release of a plan to make the new technology, which offers movie-quality image and CD-like sound, available to the entire population by 2021.
27.  Microsoft Releases Security Update (AP). AP - Microsoft Corp. issued an interim security update Friday to protect users of its nearly ubiquitous Internet Explorer browsers from a new technique for spreading viruses.
28.  Implored to 'Offshore' More (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - A report by an influential consulting firm is exhorting U.S. companies to speed up "offshoring" operations to China and India, including high-powered functions such as research and development.
29.  IMac Computer Delay Drops Apple Shares (Reuters). Reuters - Shares of Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL.O) fell as much as 8 percent on Friday, a day after the maker of personal computers and music players delayed the introduction of its newest iMac computer until after the crucial back-to-school season.
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30.  Dept. of Homeland Security Says to Stop Using IE
31.  New Radar Sees Through Walls
32.  IE Download.Ject Exploit Fixed
33.  Comparing Internet Cafe Rates Worldwide
34.  Indian President Advises Open Source Approach
35.  Use an iPod Mini to Broadcast Pirate Radio
36.  Lysergically Yours
37.  Dial-Up Audio Public Listening Test Opened
38.  Educational Software To Donate With Laptop?
39.  Nintendo's Boss On Western Partnerships, Online
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40.  Microsoft pays the EU's €497 million fine. Microsoft Corp. has paid the €497 million fine levied against it by the European Commission for abusing its dominance in the operating systems market, a Commission spokeswoman confirmed Friday.
41.  Dell to replace portable power adapters. Dell Inc. is recalling about 38,000 power adapters sold worldwide that can cause an electrical shock if they are used with power cords from third-party manufacturers, a company spokesman said.
42.  Microsoft pushes OS updates to fight attacks. BOSTON - Microsoft Corp. is pushing out changes that will alter the configuration of its Windows 2000, XP and Windows Server 2003 operating systems to help customers fight off attacks, detected last week, that use Web pages running Internet Information Server (IIS) as launching pads for malicious computer code.
43.  McAfee: New Lovegate worm spreading. A new version of the Lovegate worm has begun infecting computers worldwide, including those belonging to several Fortune 500 companies, according to a statement from antivirus firm McAfee Inc.
44.  U.S., U.K, Australia join to fight international spam. In an organized effort to fight spammers who send millions of unsolicited e-mail messages daily to recipients around the world, the U.S. is being joined by agencies in the U.K. and Australia to better protect Internet users across international borders.
45.  Best practices for unified security. *Have a clear, strategic plan — including goals and expectations for deployment — developed with broad participation from multiple constituencies.

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46.  Sun does SOA dance. Sun Microsystems is developing SOA (service-oriented architecture) technology called Project Kitty Hawk, Sun officials said at the JavaOne Conference in San Francisco last week.
47.  KM tools put users in control. Two upstart software vendors are aiming to break ground in KM (knowledge management) by giving workgroups and end-users more control of how information is gathered and shared.
48.  Seagate takes Cornice patent complaint to ITC. TOKYO - Seagate Technology LLC is expanding its battle against fellow hard-disk drive maker Cornice Inc. by taking its patent infringement claims to the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), the company said Friday.
49.  Oracle merger case moves to next stage. SAN FRANCISCO - The final witnesses were called Thursday in the U.S. government's case to block Oracle Corp.'s hostile $7.7 billion bid for rival PeopleSoft Inc., ending a month-long trial that has revealed much about the mechanics of the enterprise software industry.
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50.  U.S., U.K, Australia join to fight international spam. In an organized effort to fight spammers who send millions of unsolicited e-mail messages daily to recipients around the world, the U.S. is being joined by agencies in the U.K. and Australia to better protect Internet users across international borders.
51.  The worm that wasn’t quite. As I began writing this last week, a new type of worm began to establish itself on the Internet. This worm was particularly insidious because it spread by ways that were initially unexpected. Just in case you haven’t already heard, this one spread by a piece of malware that was inserted on legitimate major Web sites. One allegedly attacked site was eBay; when a visitor loaded the Web page, he or she also loaded the malware.
52.  Merged security prompts privacy fears. In George Orwell’s classic novel, 1984, surveillance devices constantly monitor the citizens of Oceana, and Big Brother controls their movements. Orwell may have missed his target by about 20 years, but parts of his ominous vision are imminently more possible now that physical and IT security systems are merging. 
53.  Biometrics move into the mix. As physical and IT security converges, biometric devices, which measure human characteristics such as fingerprints or retinas, have so far failed to win a role as stand-alone authentication credentials due to their perceived vulnerabilities. They are, however, gaining traction as a supplement to smart cards and passwords, which thieves can steal or falsify to gain unauthorized access to physical facilities and IT systems.
54.  Shift toward unified security emerges. When Delaware State University took a hard look at its campuswide security systems in the late 1990s, it didn’t like what it saw. The school’s 1,800 students used multiple passwords for various campus IT systems. They carried a mish-mash of identity and access cards for the library, residence halls, bookstore, and cafeteria. According to CIO and Assistant Provost Dr. Charles D. Fletcher Jr., “We were experiencing difficulty with keys and significant theft.”
55.  Best practices for unified security. *Have a clear, strategic plan — including goals and expectations for deployment — developed with broad participation from multiple constituencies.

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56.  Swiss-army security camera. The mobotix M10 is the Rolls-Royce of IP surveillance cameras. From the high-quality stainless steel mounting brackets to its expansive internal software support, the M10 is a high-end surveillance junkie's dream. However, until third-party management console vendors support Mobotix cameras (On-Net Surveillance Systems plans to do so), the M10 will remain suitable only in scenarios that require a limited number of cameras.
57.  Digital eyes and ears. Leveraging your existing network to act as a security system is certainly cost-beneficial, from both the hardware and staffing perspective. But it's also a way to beef up security. IP video-surveillance systems offer features far more advanced than what you can get from standard analog CCTV (closed circuit TV). It's no wonder these systems are becoming increasingly popular in the enterprise.
58.  Well-run IT is like music to my ears. When I’m not wearing my CTO hat, I spend a lot of time thinking about music — listening to it, playing it, and reading about it — which causes me to see IT operations in distinctly musical terms. Managing IT often seems like managing the affairs of a rock band, with its curious mix of creative talent, volatile personalities, and lots of gear. When a sysadmin brags about the blazing throughput of the Linux server he just built, it feels a little like listening to Spinal Tap guitarist Nigel Tufnel proudly describing his amp that “goes to 11.”
59.  Needed: Rapid Internet response. Following last week’s akamai outage, the Internet’s survivability once again became a hot topic. Diego Rivera, CTO of Clevercactus, noted on his weblog that although the packet-switching fabric itself is highly decentralized, the services that breathe life into the Internet are not. “So today, Akamai sneezes and the rest of the world gets a cold,” Rivera wrote. “Tomorrow, it will be someone else.”
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60.  Linux Advisory Watch - July 2nd 2004
61.  Linux Security Week - June 28th 2004
62.  Fighting Network threats with a Network Analyzer
63.  Linux Advisory Watch - July 2nd 2004
64.  Usenix: Experts debate security through diversity
65.  Homeland Security Rapped On Wireless Security
66.  Fedora: 1: rsync Path escape vulnerability
67.  Fedora: 2,1: mailman Password leak vulnerability
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68.  News: Reports: China steps up surveillance, targeting mobile phone messaging. The Associated Press By Elaine Kurtenbach
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SecurityFocus Vulns
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69.  BugTraq: Announce: RSBAC v1.2.3 released. Sender: Amon Ott [ao at rsbac dot org]
70.  BugTraq: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Easy Chat Server 1.2. Sender: Donato Ferrante [fdonato at autistici dot org]
71.  BugTraq: XSS in SCI Photo Chat Server 3.4.9. Sender: Donato Ferrante [fdonato at autistici dot org]
72.  BugTraq: SUSE Security Announcement: kernel (SUSE-SA:2004:020). Sender: Roman Drahtmueller [draht at suse dot de]
73.  Vulns: Popclient Email Message Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. popclient is a Unix command line tool for downloading mail messages from POP@ and POP3 email servers. It is freely available for Unix and Unix variant operating systems....
74.  Vulns: MIT Kerberos 5 KRB5_AName_To_Localname Multiple Principal Name Buffer Overrun Vulnerabilities. Kerberos is a network authentication protocol. It is designed to provide strong authentication for client/server applications by using secret- key cryptography. Kerberos ...
75.  Vulns: Dr. Web Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. Dr. Web is a commercial, multiplatform, Russian virus scanner. It has support for Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, Windows, DOS, and OS/2.

It has been reported that an ...

76.  Vulns: HP-UX ObAM WebAdmin Unspecified Unauthorized Access Vulnerability. HP-UX ObAM WebAdmin is reported prone to an unspecified vulnerability. This issue may allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to a vulnerable computer.

It i...

77.  Vulns: HP-UX Undisclosed ARPA Transport Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability. HP-UX is reported vulnerable to an undisclosed local denial of service vulnerability.

Reportedly, there exists a flaw in HP-UX's ARPA transport which could be leveraged ...

78.  Vulns: Linux Kernel Sbus PROM Driver Multiple Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities. The Linux kernel contains a driver for the Sbus OpenPROM device. This device is present on Sun hardware, and is used to read and set hardware parameters.

It is reported ...

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79.  Boots deploys digital print kiosks. Colour snaps 'in seconds' By Lester Haines .
80.  British geeks fly the flag at cup final. Don't worry: there is no sport involved By Lucy Sherriff .
81.  Phantom phone scam hits another village. BT's roadside boxes fingered By Tim Richardson .
82.  Qualcomm claims victory in TI suit. TI's claims dismissed By Tony Smith .
83.  Enforcement is key to fighting cybercrime. Analysis Leave law alone and feel more collars, MPs' report concludes By John Leyden .
84.  Megapixel camera phones will kill MMS. It's a matter of quality, you see By Guy Kewney, Newswireless.net .
85.  Daleks boycott Dr Who. Failure to NE-GO-TI-ATE! By Lester Haines .
86.  Patents and the threat to open source. Submarine attack on Linux, Apache, Tomcat et al? By IT-Analysis .
87.  US, UK and Australia sign anti-spam act. Think global, act global By Drew Cullen .
88.  Aussie judge sets Kazaa trial date. If parties can agree on access to crucial evidence By Tony Smith .
89.  Microsoft half fixes serious IE vuln. Download.Ject patches pending By John Leyden .
90.  Sun slips 'workstations that must not be named' on Web. Becky Boxes due December By Ashlee Vance .
91.  HP issues apocalyptic Netscape HP-UX warning. Get to Mozilla fast By Ashlee Vance .
92.  Wireless cola gives USAF target practice. Marketing people - Incoming! By Andrew Orlowski .
93.  Google sued over Orkut bug replication feature. Your bugs are our IP By Andrew Orlowski .
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94.  Canada Nixes Internet Royalties. ISPs merely disseminate music and cannot be held responsible for paying royalties to the industry for pirated music, Canada's Supreme Court rules.
95.  Cassini Slips Into Saturn Orbit. The $3.3 billion space probe completes a risky maneuver through Saturn's rings, becoming the first spacecraft to ever orbit the planet. Let the discoveries begin. Amit Asaravala reports from Pasadena, California.
96.  Movie Lobby Group in New Hands. Jack Valenti steps down as the head of Hollywood's most powerful lobbying group. His successor is a former congressman from Kansas. The industry wonders what it means for balance between copyright and technology. By Katie Dean.
97.  The Road to Tech Mecca. Open markets and oil, satellite nets and Islam. Welcome to the city-state of Dubai, the new media capital of the Middle East. By Lee Smith from Wired magazine.
98.  Searching for the Perfect OS. Putting digital files into folders on your hard drive is old hat, Apple CEO Steve Jobs declares this week. The future is search, not sort. By Leander Kahney.
99.  Mozilla Feeds on Rival's Woes. Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser has had a rough go with hackers lately, and Mozilla has been picking up battle-weary users. By Michelle Delio.
100.  Florida Told to Open Voter List. A judge rules Florida officials must let the public and the media copy its database of felons who may not be eligible to vote. The state has prevented the media from copying the list to verify its accuracy. Jacob Ogles reports from Orlando.
101.  Kerry Net Strategy Now on Voters. Like George Bush, John Kerry's campaign is flush with cash from donors, thanks to the Internet. Now, Kerry's campaign is focusing on a tougher task: to get voters to cast their ballots on election day. By Louise Witt.
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102.  A holistic approach to securing the enterprise
103.  Spammers face tri-nation crackdown
104.  Wiretap ruling could signal end of e-mail privacy
105.  Microsoft IE security storm builds
106.  Enforcement is key to fighting cybercrime
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108.  Wiretap ruling could signal end of e-mail privacy
109.  Microsoft IE security storm builds
110.  Enforcement is key to fighting cybercrime
111.  U.S. Steers Consumers Away From IE
112.  Microsoft pays EU fine after months of waiting
113.  Gmailers banned from selling addresses
114.  THE TECHWEB SPIN: What If All Spam Were True
115.  2004 Global Information Security Survey
116.  E-Mail Decision Raises Privacy Concerns
117.  Russian Hacker Team Behind Last Week's Web Attack
118.  Microsoft Releases Security Updates
119.  HP issues apocalyptic Netscape HP-UX warning
120.  Microsoft half fixes serious IE vuln
121.  News: Reports: China steps up surveillance, targeting mobile phone messaging
122.  Homeland Security Rapped On Wireless Security
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123.  The Grass Is Always Greener.... You know the old phrase: "the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence"? It applies to computer security as well. In this case it applies to web browsers in particular. With significant unpatched security holes found...

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1.  Dilbert for 02 Jul 2004.
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2.  Microsoft revamps its web search. Microsoft dumps "paid-for" results in its new-look search tool.
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3.  Microsoft Ponies Up in Minnesota Settlement (PC World). PC World - Software giant will pay cash as well as vouchers to consumers.

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1.  No clear-cut winner in Oracle antitrust trial. Barely hidden agendas, dense economic analysis and emotional customer testimony make case tough to call.
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2.  India's Digital Village

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1.  Free Certificate Authority Unveiled by Aussies
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2.  Network Associates changes name back to McAfee
3.  Usenix: Experts debate security through diversity

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1.  Apple says no iMacs until September. With inventories of flat panel iMacs dwindling, Apple has announced that there will be no more iMacs until September. Details on the new iMacs remain a mystery. By Eric Bangeman.
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2.  Shag beach towels at Bed Bath & Beyond. shagtowelsBeatnik / tiki / swinger artist Shag has designed some beach towels for Bed Bath & Beyond. Link
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3.  Microsoft to Pay to Settle Minn. Lawsuit (AP). AP - Microsoft Corp. will pay up to $241.4 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by Minnesota computer users who claimed the software company overcharged them.
4.  China begins policing of mobile text messages (AFP). AFP - China has issued new regulations on the filtering of mobile phone short text messages in a move that expands its censorship controls over wireless technologies and the Internet, state press said.
5.  Sony Debuts 20 Gigabyte Walkman to Silence IPod (Reuters). Reuters - Sony Corp. said on Thursday it is launching a Walkman digital music player capable of storing far more songs than Apple Computer Inc.'s market-leading iPod, while also undercutting iPod's price.
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6.  ISS Gyro Fixed Via Spacewalk

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