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walktalker · 06-12-01, 04:56 PM

Space Pajamas Fight Infant Death
Belgian researchers are hoping that pajamas based on space technology may prove to have a down-to-earth application that could help save the lives of babies. Experts at the University of Brussels (ULB) believe the innovation could provide a breakthrough in unlocking the mysteries of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), which in developed countries remains the single biggest killer of infants under one year of age.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology...,48188,00.html

Big Stink Over a Simple Link
KPMG, an international business consulting firm, prides itself on its "e-business" savvy, and it charges companies boatloads to improve their Web-based businesses. But this week several website owners were wondering whether KPMG's Internet acumen was really worth anything at all, as it announced a policy that seemed to breach the most basic freedom on the Web -- the freedom to link to any site you want to.
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,48874,00.html

Video-on-Demand to PCs Near You
While downloading music to PCs has been at the forefront of business development at Internet media companies, similar plans to deliver movies and television have been relatively quiet. So far, consumers can pay for movies on demand from independent companies -- such as DivXNetworks, Intertainer and In Demand -- but there isn't one place where people can pay for all their media entertainment. That is about to change.
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,48867,00.html

When Pro Forma Is Bad Form
You'd think unprofitable Internet companies have had enough to worry about this year, what with investors showing absolutely no interest in buying their stocks. But now, U.S. securities regulators are giving them something extra to fret about: getting hit with a fraud charge for trying to make dismal returns look better than they really are. As part of efforts to improve the clarity of information given to investors, the Securities and Exchange Commission warned this week that it will crack down on companies that use creative accounting methods to pump up poor earnings results.
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,48877,00.html

New Hands-Free Kit Not So Handy
The possibility of buying an off-the-shelf product to make a car talk like the one in the 1980s sitcom Knight Rider is just around the corner. By purchasing and installing MobileAria's "kit" -- not to be confused with Michael Knight's car "K.I.T.T." -- drivers could ask their cars to scan the news, read e-mail and make phone calls for them. The kit, which will cost around $200, is due in retail stores mid-December. But as a demonstration of the technology showed, voice recognition systems such as MobileAria's have a long way to go before they mimic natural conversation.
http://www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,47779,00.html

Device Can 'Mimic' Thumb
Singapore students have created a battery-free artificial thumb which may give renewed hopes of flexibility to people missing the digit because of accidents or birth defects. The device, called Mimic, is a small lightweight aluminium gadget that straps onto the back of the hand and wraps round the index finger to hold a moveable metal thumb in place.
http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,48881,00.html

Scientists Watch Mars Weather
It sounds dire -- polar ice caps disappearing, the sun's rays beating down and sending the ice right into the atmosphere. Up to a third of the ice caps -- tons and tons of ice -- are turning to gas in the atmosphere every summer. On Earth this would be devastating, but this just may be typical of the changing seasons on Mars, scientists said on Thursday. Two separate studies published in the journal Science show evidence of just how extensive this annual change is on Mars.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology...,48895,00.html

Where U.S., Kiwis Are Neighbors
Thursday nights at New Zealand's Scott Base are American nights. Since the New Zealand beer costs just 50 U.S. cents, the bar is always crowded. At McMurdo, 10 minutes from Scott over the hill by jeep, New Zealanders are always welcome; during the past weekend, Americans and Kiwis could dive into the pumpkin pie served up at McMurdo's Thanksgiving celebration. In this tiny corner of a vast, untamed continent, for the past 40-odd years, New Zealand and the United States of America have been neighbors.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,48617,00.html

Phone Call to Bottom of Sea
What to do 30 feet under the sea when you realize you've left the oven on? Call home of course, and without delay from France Telecom's underwater phone box. The telecoms giant has tested a prototype system that allows those above water to talk to divers in the deep. The kit is aimed at the military, archaeologists and oil rigs, but the long-term plan could be to net a new breed of clientele in competitive times for the mobile phone industry.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology...,48878,00.html

Does This Really Pose a Security Threat?
A new threat to the nation's safety arrives in stores this month, according to John Ashcroft, the attorney general of the United States. Anybody with 30 bucks soon will be able to buy a bit of technology that puts us all at risk, according to FBI Director Robert Mueller. Is it Cup-o'-Pox, which lets you create a new disease by adding hot water? Nukeman, the pocket-size atomic weapon? E-Z-Bake Nerve Gas, recommended for ages 8 and up? Nope. It's the disposable cell phone.
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la...s%2Dtechnology

Physicists: No sign of 'God particle'
After years of searching and months of sifting through data, scientists have still not found the elusive subatomic particle that could help to unravel the secrets of the universe, a science magazine reported Wednesday. The Higgs boson, the missing link that could explain why matter has mass and other fundamental laws of particle physics, is still missing -- and physicists fear it may not exist.
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/science...eut/index.html

House Narrowly Approves President's Fast Track Authority
The House of Representatives today narrowly approved legislation that will give President Bush greater authority to negotiate trade deals with foreign leaders. In a vote that was every bit as close as observers had predicted, the House voted 215-214 to approve presidential trade promotion - or "fast-track" authority. If approved and passed by the full Congress, the measure would give White House negotiators the power to sign off on trade treaties with other countries without seeking input from Congress.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172758.html

How To Punch A Network Sniffer In The Nose
A powerful hacking tool that enables a user to "sniff" data on a local-area network (LAN), including encrypted traffic, contains a flaw that could allow the program to be turned against its operator. The developers of "Ettercap" confirmed today that the free networking monitoring software is vulnerable to an attack that could enable a third party to gain root or administrative control of the Ettercap user's system.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172757.html

Rappers' Songs As Ring Tones Before CD Releases
Rap groups Mobb Deep and Wu-Tang Clan say they are the first artists in the U.S. to premiere music as mobile telephone ring tones before album release, their label says. Two tracks from "Infamy" by Mobb Deep and three songs on Wu-Tang Clan's "Iron Flag" - as well as logos - are downloadable as free ring tones from entertainment portal Zingy.com. Mobb Deep's album is to be released on Dec. 11 and Wu-Tang Clan's is set for Dec. 18, by Loud Records.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172753.html

French Groups Appeal Yahoo's Nazi Lawsuit Victory
Two French humanitarian groups are appealing a U.S. federal court's recent decision in favor of Yahoo [NASDAQ:YHOO] regarding the sale of Nazi memorabilia on the portal's auction pages. The two French groups - Lique Internationale Contre le Racisme et l'Antisemitisme (The League Against Racism and Anti-Semitism) and The Union of Jewish Students - won an initial lawsuit, brought last year against Yahoo France, prohibiting the Web portal operator from allowing the sale of Nazi memorabilia on its pages.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172752.html

MCI Security Hole Put AOL, Others, In Hacker's Crosshairs
MCI WorldCom recently moved to secure several vulnerable portions of their network that allowed a researcher to obtain the keys to private network routers for dozens of Fortune 500 companies. AOL Time Warner, Bank of America, Citicorp, Fox News Corp., JP Morgan, McDonald’s, and Sun Microsystems - to name just a few - were among those firms whose internal systems information was vulnerable to compromise.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172720.html

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06-12-01, 04:56 PM	#3
walktalker The local newspaper man Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Montreal Posts: 2,036	Space Pajamas Fight Infant Death Belgian researchers are hoping that pajamas based on space technology may prove to have a down-to-earth application that could help save the lives of babies. Experts at the University of Brussels (ULB) believe the innovation could provide a breakthrough in unlocking the mysteries of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), which in developed countries remains the single biggest killer of infants under one year of age. http://www.wired.com/news/technology...,48188,00.html Big Stink Over a Simple Link KPMG, an international business consulting firm, prides itself on its "e-business" savvy, and it charges companies boatloads to improve their Web-based businesses. But this week several website owners were wondering whether KPMG's Internet acumen was really worth anything at all, as it announced a policy that seemed to breach the most basic freedom on the Web -- the freedom to link to any site you want to. http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,48874,00.html Video-on-Demand to PCs Near You While downloading music to PCs has been at the forefront of business development at Internet media companies, similar plans to deliver movies and television have been relatively quiet. So far, consumers can pay for movies on demand from independent companies -- such as DivXNetworks, Intertainer and In Demand -- but there isn't one place where people can pay for all their media entertainment. That is about to change. http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,48867,00.html When Pro Forma Is Bad Form You'd think unprofitable Internet companies have had enough to worry about this year, what with investors showing absolutely no interest in buying their stocks. But now, U.S. securities regulators are giving them something extra to fret about: getting hit with a fraud charge for trying to make dismal returns look better than they really are. As part of efforts to improve the clarity of information given to investors, the Securities and Exchange Commission warned this week that it will crack down on companies that use creative accounting methods to pump up poor earnings results. http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,48877,00.html New Hands-Free Kit Not So Handy The possibility of buying an off-the-shelf product to make a car talk like the one in the 1980s sitcom Knight Rider is just around the corner. By purchasing and installing MobileAria's "kit" -- not to be confused with Michael Knight's car "K.I.T.T." -- drivers could ask their cars to scan the news, read e-mail and make phone calls for them. The kit, which will cost around $200, is due in retail stores mid-December. But as a demonstration of the technology showed, voice recognition systems such as MobileAria's have a long way to go before they mimic natural conversation. http://www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,47779,00.html Device Can 'Mimic' Thumb Singapore students have created a battery-free artificial thumb which may give renewed hopes of flexibility to people missing the digit because of accidents or birth defects. The device, called Mimic, is a small lightweight aluminium gadget that straps onto the back of the hand and wraps round the index finger to hold a moveable metal thumb in place. http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,48881,00.html Scientists Watch Mars Weather It sounds dire -- polar ice caps disappearing, the sun's rays beating down and sending the ice right into the atmosphere. Up to a third of the ice caps -- tons and tons of ice -- are turning to gas in the atmosphere every summer. On Earth this would be devastating, but this just may be typical of the changing seasons on Mars, scientists said on Thursday. Two separate studies published in the journal Science show evidence of just how extensive this annual change is on Mars. http://www.wired.com/news/technology...,48895,00.html Where U.S., Kiwis Are Neighbors Thursday nights at New Zealand's Scott Base are American nights. Since the New Zealand beer costs just 50 U.S. cents, the bar is always crowded. At McMurdo, 10 minutes from Scott over the hill by jeep, New Zealanders are always welcome; during the past weekend, Americans and Kiwis could dive into the pumpkin pie served up at McMurdo's Thanksgiving celebration. In this tiny corner of a vast, untamed continent, for the past 40-odd years, New Zealand and the United States of America have been neighbors. http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,48617,00.html Phone Call to Bottom of Sea What to do 30 feet under the sea when you realize you've left the oven on? Call home of course, and without delay from France Telecom's underwater phone box. The telecoms giant has tested a prototype system that allows those above water to talk to divers in the deep. The kit is aimed at the military, archaeologists and oil rigs, but the long-term plan could be to net a new breed of clientele in competitive times for the mobile phone industry. http://www.wired.com/news/technology...,48878,00.html Does This Really Pose a Security Threat? A new threat to the nation's safety arrives in stores this month, according to John Ashcroft, the attorney general of the United States. Anybody with 30 bucks soon will be able to buy a bit of technology that puts us all at risk, according to FBI Director Robert Mueller. Is it Cup-o'-Pox, which lets you create a new disease by adding hot water? Nukeman, the pocket-size atomic weapon? E-Z-Bake Nerve Gas, recommended for ages 8 and up? Nope. It's the disposable cell phone. http://www.latimes.com/technology/la...s%2Dtechnology Physicists: No sign of 'God particle' After years of searching and months of sifting through data, scientists have still not found the elusive subatomic particle that could help to unravel the secrets of the universe, a science magazine reported Wednesday. The Higgs boson, the missing link that could explain why matter has mass and other fundamental laws of particle physics, is still missing -- and physicists fear it may not exist. http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/science...eut/index.html House Narrowly Approves President's Fast Track Authority The House of Representatives today narrowly approved legislation that will give President Bush greater authority to negotiate trade deals with foreign leaders. In a vote that was every bit as close as observers had predicted, the House voted 215-214 to approve presidential trade promotion - or "fast-track" authority. If approved and passed by the full Congress, the measure would give White House negotiators the power to sign off on trade treaties with other countries without seeking input from Congress. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172758.html How To Punch A Network Sniffer In The Nose A powerful hacking tool that enables a user to "sniff" data on a local-area network (LAN), including encrypted traffic, contains a flaw that could allow the program to be turned against its operator. The developers of "Ettercap" confirmed today that the free networking monitoring software is vulnerable to an attack that could enable a third party to gain root or administrative control of the Ettercap user's system. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172757.html Rappers' Songs As Ring Tones Before CD Releases Rap groups Mobb Deep and Wu-Tang Clan say they are the first artists in the U.S. to premiere music as mobile telephone ring tones before album release, their label says. Two tracks from "Infamy" by Mobb Deep and three songs on Wu-Tang Clan's "Iron Flag" - as well as logos - are downloadable as free ring tones from entertainment portal Zingy.com. Mobb Deep's album is to be released on Dec. 11 and Wu-Tang Clan's is set for Dec. 18, by Loud Records. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172753.html French Groups Appeal Yahoo's Nazi Lawsuit Victory Two French humanitarian groups are appealing a U.S. federal court's recent decision in favor of Yahoo [NASDAQ:YHOO] regarding the sale of Nazi memorabilia on the portal's auction pages. The two French groups - Lique Internationale Contre le Racisme et l'Antisemitisme (The League Against Racism and Anti-Semitism) and The Union of Jewish Students - won an initial lawsuit, brought last year against Yahoo France, prohibiting the Web portal operator from allowing the sale of Nazi memorabilia on its pages. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172752.html MCI Security Hole Put AOL, Others, In Hacker's Crosshairs MCI WorldCom recently moved to secure several vulnerable portions of their network that allowed a researcher to obtain the keys to private network routers for dozens of Fortune 500 companies. AOL Time Warner, Bank of America, Citicorp, Fox News Corp., JP Morgan, McDonald’s, and Sun Microsystems - to name just a few - were among those firms whose internal systems information was vulnerable to compromise. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172720.html More news later on __________________ This post was sponsored by Netcoco, who wants cookies, cookies, cookies and, you guessed it, more cookies