10. november 2005

Hackers use Sony anti-copy software to hide in PCs (Reuters). Reuters - A computer security firm said on Thursday it had discovered the first virus that uses music publisher Sony BMG's controversial CD copy-protection software to hide on PCs and wreak havoc. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 6:54:16 PM    comment [] Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 29 in Crowded Baghdad Restaurant. The bombing, one of the most deadly in the Iraqi capital in recent months, was claimed by Al Qaeda in Iraq. By KHALID AL-ANSARY and SABRINA TAVERNISE. [NYT > Home Page] 6:52:41 PM    comment [] Intel sets $25 billion stock buyback. Since starting to buy back its shares in 1990, the chipmaker has spent about $49 billion on some 2.5 billion shares. [CNET News.com] 6:51:01 PM    comment [] Singapore Telecom results beat forecasts (AFP). AFP - Southeast Asia's biggest telecom company, Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel), has beat forecasts as its second quarter net profit rose 5.7 percent on the back of strong contributions from mobile phone associates in India and Indonesia. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 6:49:59 PM    comment [] UK Muslims to fight extremism on the road and Web (Reuters). Reuters - Coming soon to fight extremism in Britain: the Imam Roadshow and Islam Online. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 6:48:54 PM    comment [] Jeremy Zawodny, who works at Yahoo, says that Google is Yahoo 2.0. Very clever, and there's a lot of truth to it, but watch out, that's not a very good place to be. That's how Microsoft came to dominate the PC software industry. By shipping (following the analogy) WordPerfect 2.0 (and WordStar, MacWrite and Multimate) and dBASE 2.0 (by acquiring FoxBase) and Lotus 2.0 (also known as Excel). It's much better to produce your own 2.0, as all of Microsoft's vanquished competitors would likely tell you now. [Scripting News] 6:45:59 PM    comment []

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