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walktalker · 02-04-02, 06:17 PM

P2P network hidden in Kazaa downloads
A California company has quietly attached its software to millions of downloads of the popular Kazaa file-trading program and plans to remotely "turn on" people's PCs, welding them into a new network of its own. Brilliant Digital Entertainment, a California-based digital advertising technology company, has been distributing its 3D ad technology along with the Kazaa software since late last fall. But in a federal securities filing Monday, the company revealed it also has been installing more ambitious technology that could turn every computer running Kazaa into a node in a new network controlled by Brilliant Digital.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-873416.html

Server software: MS sneaks up on Linux
Microsoft's Web server software gained significant market share on rivals during March, according to a new survey, after two large domain-name "parking" services switched to Windows systems. In a monthly survey of more than 38 million Internet-connected computers conducted by Netcraft, Microsoft market share rose nearly 2 million to 12.9 million computers. Microsoft racked up a market share of 34.02, a rise of 4.89 per cent. Apache servers running on Linux dropped a similar amount, to 53.76 percent. IPlanet software from Netscape and Sun Microsystems dropped by about 200,000 to 2.33 per cent.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-873776.html

Court: Internet ban 'unfair' to criminal
A federal appeals court panel has ruled that banning a man convicted of child porn charges from using computers is an unfair restriction on his liberties. In this case, George Sofsky pleaded guilty to receiving child porn over the Internet. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and was banned from using a computer and surfing the Internet without permission during the probationary period following his jail term. However, a panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the ban "inflicts a greater deprivation on Sofsky's liberty than is reasonably necessary."
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-874046.html

IBM to share chip intelligence
Sony and Toshiba are expanding an alliance with IBM that will give the companies access to Big Blue's chip breakthroughs while making the tech giant more of a player in the burgeoning market for consumer electronics. Under terms of the alliance, announced late Monday, Sony and Toshiba will be able to incorporate some of IBM's chipmaking advances, such as "silicon on insulator" technology, into future processors for consumer-electronic devices. As a result, IBM's chips and intellectual property could wind up in products such as camcorders and PlayStation gaming consoles.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-873383.html

Antivirus software plugs worm holes
Security company Network Associates unveiled on Monday new antivirus software designed around the principle "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." The new program, called ThreatScan, is intended to add a proactive tool to the defensive technology now used by system administrators to protect their networks. Current antivirus software scans for malicious code on potentially infected computers or in e-mail attachments, waiting until a virus or worm has already attacked a system to react to its presence.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-873411.html

Robots -- working for Japan's future ?
By the end of the decade, the people who disarm bombs and search for survivors after a disaster may no longer need to put their lives on the line. A machine, possibly made in Japan, may be able to handle the dangerous stuff. That is one goal of the Japanese government's $37.7 million Humanoid Robotics Project (HRP), which aims to market within a few years robots that can operate power shovels, assist construction workers and care for the elderly. In the process, a new multibillion-dollar Japanese industry could be born.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-873907.html

AskJeeves-owned site eyes Google's turf
AskJeeves launched a new search engine Monday, going toe-to-toe on quality claims with Web darling Google. AskJeeves' Teoma.com faces a mountain of competition from back-end technology providers. Competitors include Inktomi, giant Web portals such as Microsoft's MSN, Yahoo and a host of hungry start-ups, such as WiseNut, that hope to make a splash with search improvements. Still, analysts said, the service likely will be able to carve out a niche for itself.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-873583.html

Phone makers copy PCs
With the coming of 3G networks and wireless data services, cell phones aren't going to just function like PCs -- they're going to be built like PCs. Cell phone designers, chipmakers, software developers and others are in the midst of retrofitting the ubiquitous cell phone so handhelds can better handle stock quotes, e-mail traffic -- even applications for offtrack betting. And the engineers are lifting many of these concepts and designs straight out of the home computer.
http://news.com.com/2100-1033-873358.html

Anti-Unix Web site on the fritz?
When it comes to Unix, Microsoft and Unisys are suddenly silent. The two companies launched a Web site earlier this week seeking to persuade customers to switch from the Unix operating system to Microsoft software. But as of midday Tuesday, the "We have the way out" site displayed either an all-white screen or an "Error 403" authorization message. Unisys declined to comment on the development. A Microsoft representative, who also pulled up a blank screen when trying to access the site, said the company would look into the matter.
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-874132.html

Liberate testifies against Microsoft
Microsoft is making inroads into interactive television by requiring use of its software as a condition of major investments in cable TV companies, a tiny rival of the software giant complained in court on Tuesday. Liberate Technologies CEO Mitchell Kertzman said antitrust sanctions were needed to prevent Microsoft from entering contracts designed to eliminate other set-top interactive TV technologies.
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-874153.html

Privacy advocates sue over national IDs
A privacy group said Tuesday that it has filed a lawsuit against the federal Office of Homeland Security in an attempt to gain access to information about a proposed national identification system. The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) said it filed its suit with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, seeking the expedited processing and the release of records by the Office of Homeland Security.
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-874044.html

Code free or die
Williams was in a jam. He had completed some preliminary work on a book about Stallman, including two lengthy in-person interviews. But the publisher of the book was balking at some of Stallman's requirements. Stallman wanted the book to be freely reproducible, just like the software that Stallman fights for with every breath. Stallman was threatening to withdraw his cooperation, and Williams was unsure whether he could morally use the material he had already gathered.
http://salon.com/tech/books/2002/04/...man/index.html

Baseball site benches some online fans
MLB.com can attest to the fact that batting a thousand on opening day is a rare feat. Major League Baseball's Web division confirmed Tuesday that it experienced "minor glitches" in some of its live online broadcasts Monday -- the 2002 season's opening day -- causing some fans to be shut out of games. An MLB.com representative said the glitches stemmed from an "enormous amount of traffic" as subscribers poured into the site and as many other baseball fans tried to subscribe.
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-873771.html?tag=cd_mh

Pranksters rig Web for April fools

File-swapping company Napster has purchased Microsoft for more than $328 billion and is planning to file a copyright infringement lawsuit against itself. F***edCompany.com, an irreverent Web site that documents the demise of dot-coms, has been bought by Internet incubator Idealab. Microsoft's MSN has launched the Gates Open Directory, otherwise known as GOD, which seeks to simplify copyright on the Web by purchasing all copyrighted material.
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-873177.html?tag=cd_mh

Microsoft considers raising MSN's price
Microsoft on Monday said it is evaluating new features and a possible price increase for a pending version of its MSN Internet Access service, due out later this year. "As we add value to the service, we're going to evaluate the price. But nothing has been decided," a Microsoft representative said. A price increase for MSN 8.0 would bring the service price closer to that of its biggest competitor. Microsoft currently charges $21.95 a month for standard dial-up service.
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-873154.html?tag=cd_mh

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02-04-02, 06:17 PM	#1
walktalker The local newspaper man Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Montreal Posts: 2,036	The Newspaper Shop -- Tuesday edition P2P network hidden in Kazaa downloads A California company has quietly attached its software to millions of downloads of the popular Kazaa file-trading program and plans to remotely "turn on" people's PCs, welding them into a new network of its own. Brilliant Digital Entertainment, a California-based digital advertising technology company, has been distributing its 3D ad technology along with the Kazaa software since late last fall. But in a federal securities filing Monday, the company revealed it also has been installing more ambitious technology that could turn every computer running Kazaa into a node in a new network controlled by Brilliant Digital. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-873416.html Server software: MS sneaks up on Linux Microsoft's Web server software gained significant market share on rivals during March, according to a new survey, after two large domain-name "parking" services switched to Windows systems. In a monthly survey of more than 38 million Internet-connected computers conducted by Netcraft, Microsoft market share rose nearly 2 million to 12.9 million computers. Microsoft racked up a market share of 34.02, a rise of 4.89 per cent. Apache servers running on Linux dropped a similar amount, to 53.76 percent. IPlanet software from Netscape and Sun Microsystems dropped by about 200,000 to 2.33 per cent. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-873776.html Court: Internet ban 'unfair' to criminal A federal appeals court panel has ruled that banning a man convicted of child porn charges from using computers is an unfair restriction on his liberties. In this case, George Sofsky pleaded guilty to receiving child porn over the Internet. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and was banned from using a computer and surfing the Internet without permission during the probationary period following his jail term. However, a panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the ban "inflicts a greater deprivation on Sofsky's liberty than is reasonably necessary." http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-874046.html IBM to share chip intelligence Sony and Toshiba are expanding an alliance with IBM that will give the companies access to Big Blue's chip breakthroughs while making the tech giant more of a player in the burgeoning market for consumer electronics. Under terms of the alliance, announced late Monday, Sony and Toshiba will be able to incorporate some of IBM's chipmaking advances, such as "silicon on insulator" technology, into future processors for consumer-electronic devices. As a result, IBM's chips and intellectual property could wind up in products such as camcorders and PlayStation gaming consoles. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-873383.html Antivirus software plugs worm holes Security company Network Associates unveiled on Monday new antivirus software designed around the principle "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." The new program, called ThreatScan, is intended to add a proactive tool to the defensive technology now used by system administrators to protect their networks. Current antivirus software scans for malicious code on potentially infected computers or in e-mail attachments, waiting until a virus or worm has already attacked a system to react to its presence. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-873411.html Robots -- working for Japan's future ? By the end of the decade, the people who disarm bombs and search for survivors after a disaster may no longer need to put their lives on the line. A machine, possibly made in Japan, may be able to handle the dangerous stuff. That is one goal of the Japanese government's $37.7 million Humanoid Robotics Project (HRP), which aims to market within a few years robots that can operate power shovels, assist construction workers and care for the elderly. In the process, a new multibillion-dollar Japanese industry could be born. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-873907.html AskJeeves-owned site eyes Google's turf AskJeeves launched a new search engine Monday, going toe-to-toe on quality claims with Web darling Google. AskJeeves' Teoma.com faces a mountain of competition from back-end technology providers. Competitors include Inktomi, giant Web portals such as Microsoft's MSN, Yahoo and a host of hungry start-ups, such as WiseNut, that hope to make a splash with search improvements. Still, analysts said, the service likely will be able to carve out a niche for itself. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-873583.html Phone makers copy PCs With the coming of 3G networks and wireless data services, cell phones aren't going to just function like PCs -- they're going to be built like PCs. Cell phone designers, chipmakers, software developers and others are in the midst of retrofitting the ubiquitous cell phone so handhelds can better handle stock quotes, e-mail traffic -- even applications for offtrack betting. And the engineers are lifting many of these concepts and designs straight out of the home computer. http://news.com.com/2100-1033-873358.html Anti-Unix Web site on the fritz? When it comes to Unix, Microsoft and Unisys are suddenly silent. The two companies launched a Web site earlier this week seeking to persuade customers to switch from the Unix operating system to Microsoft software. But as of midday Tuesday, the "We have the way out" site displayed either an all-white screen or an "Error 403" authorization message. Unisys declined to comment on the development. A Microsoft representative, who also pulled up a blank screen when trying to access the site, said the company would look into the matter. http://news.com.com/2100-1001-874132.html Liberate testifies against Microsoft Microsoft is making inroads into interactive television by requiring use of its software as a condition of major investments in cable TV companies, a tiny rival of the software giant complained in court on Tuesday. Liberate Technologies CEO Mitchell Kertzman said antitrust sanctions were needed to prevent Microsoft from entering contracts designed to eliminate other set-top interactive TV technologies. http://news.com.com/2100-1001-874153.html Privacy advocates sue over national IDs A privacy group said Tuesday that it has filed a lawsuit against the federal Office of Homeland Security in an attempt to gain access to information about a proposed national identification system. The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) said it filed its suit with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, seeking the expedited processing and the release of records by the Office of Homeland Security. http://news.com.com/2100-1023-874044.html Code free or die Williams was in a jam. He had completed some preliminary work on a book about Stallman, including two lengthy in-person interviews. But the publisher of the book was balking at some of Stallman's requirements. Stallman wanted the book to be freely reproducible, just like the software that Stallman fights for with every breath. Stallman was threatening to withdraw his cooperation, and Williams was unsure whether he could morally use the material he had already gathered. http://salon.com/tech/books/2002/04/...man/index.html Baseball site benches some online fans MLB.com can attest to the fact that batting a thousand on opening day is a rare feat. Major League Baseball's Web division confirmed Tuesday that it experienced "minor glitches" in some of its live online broadcasts Monday -- the 2002 season's opening day -- causing some fans to be shut out of games. An MLB.com representative said the glitches stemmed from an "enormous amount of traffic" as subscribers poured into the site and as many other baseball fans tried to subscribe. http://news.com.com/2100-1023-873771.html?tag=cd_mh Pranksters rig Web for April fools File-swapping company Napster has purchased Microsoft for more than $328 billion and is planning to file a copyright infringement lawsuit against itself. F*edCompany.com, an irreverent Web site that documents the demise of dot-coms, has been bought by Internet incubator Idealab. Microsoft's MSN has launched the Gates Open Directory, otherwise known as GOD, which seeks to simplify copyright on the Web by purchasing all copyrighted material. http://news.com.com/2100-1023-873177.html?tag=cd_mh Microsoft considers raising MSN's price** Microsoft on Monday said it is evaluating new features and a possible price increase for a pending version of its MSN Internet Access service, due out later this year. "As we add value to the service, we're going to evaluate the price. But nothing has been decided," a Microsoft representative said. A price increase for MSN 8.0 would bring the service price closer to that of its biggest competitor. Microsoft currently charges $21.95 a month for standard dial-up service. http://news.com.com/2100-1023-873154.html?tag=cd_mh More news later on __________________ This post was sponsored by Netcoco, who wants cookies, cookies, cookies and, you guessed it, more cookies