Hehehe, time to unrust myself and type a brand new paper
Intel transistor paves way to 20GHz chips
Intel, the world's largest semiconductor maker, has developed what it says is the fastest and smallest transistor ever. The breakthrough means that Moore's Law, which stipulates that the number of transistors on a chip doubles every two years, will remain on the books until at least 2007. Intel was scheduled to announce the development on Sunday at the Silicon Nanoelectronics Workshop in Kyoto, Japan.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/ne...kpt=zdhpnews01
Battle brews over Linux server share
A major disagreement is brewing about exactly what share of the server market Linux actually holds, and Microsoft is again an active player in the debate. A recently released Gartner Dataquest report, sponsored by several companies including Microsoft, found that just 8.6 percent of server shipments in the U.S. during the third quarter of 2000 were Linux-based. The report, authored by Gartner Dataquest principle analyst Jeff Hewitt, also found that 93 percent of those server systems shipped were Red Hat Linux, with the remaining 7 percent consisting of "other Linux flavors."
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/ne...chkpt=zdnn_tp_
Strife and success in the land of open source
For something that so many people claim to have an understanding of, open source sure appears to be misunderstood a lot lately. Not only do we have Microsoft's efforts to divide and conquer from the outside, but there's even sedition from within, with mud-slinging and accusation where neither is in any way necessary. But even as various storm clouds formed, thundered, emitted rain, and then blew away, a much quieter success became apparent for the open source community, one which recalcitrant hardware vendors would do well to learn from.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/co...772049,00.html
TiVo forum cracks down on hacking discussion
The operator of a Web forum devoted to and sponsored by digital video recorder maker TiVo has asked people to stop posting information about how to copy video off the device onto another machine, fearing he could be held liable for violating a controversial digital copyright law. David Bott, administrator of the TiVo section of AVSforum.com, said he worries discussion of so-called TiVo video extraction may run afoul of copyright laws and threaten the site.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200...html?tag=mn_hd
Colombia to challenge .com dominance
A South American nation could pose the greatest challenge yet to the .com Web address if a Colombian university successfully turns the country's Internet code, .co, into a global domain. La Universidad de Los Andes, which has managed Colombia's .co country code since 1991, is inviting bids from companies that would market the domain name internationally as a convenient alternative to .com, .net and other domains. The university's plan, which would help it raise money for scholarships and for investments, is part of a new rush for Web names now that good names in the popular .com domain are increasingly difficult to find.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/ne...092498,00.html
WinXP security row: Expert hits back
Microsoft's assurances that Windows XP will not make it easier for hackers to launch damaging Denial of Service (DoS) attacks across the Internet have been dismissed by the security expert who first alerted the company to the issue. The US software giant released a statement last week in which it said Steve Gibson, president of Gibson Research Group, was incorrect to claim that the implementation of "raw sockets" in its Windows XP operating system was a serious mistake.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/ne...772090,00.html
Second Coming: The Internet Gets Reborn
The Internet got boring real fast. Forget about all the frittered-away cash, the hype, and the failed business models online. The Internet just got plain old dull: The browser became old hat, the thrill of hitting a hyperlink vanished, and Web ads -- well, 'nuff said. But Web technology could become intriguing once again -- and if you listen carefully, you might even hear the faint chortling of engineers unable to contain their enthusiasm within the confines of their own cubicles. That's because the industry may be on the cusp of taking another technological leap forward.
http://www.ecompany.com/articles/web...,12229,00.html
Memory standards fight for the future
The Computex computer show in Taiwan last week became a battleground between two competing formats for next-generation memory, one supported by semiconductor giant Intel, the other a less-expensive open standard. Hynix Semiconductor and Infineon were among the companies promoting Double Data Rate (DDR) SDRAM, a relatively inexpensive open standard arrived at by the semiconductor industry body, the JEDEC Solid State Technology Association. Hynix, formerly Hyundai Electronics Industries, said it was set to ramp up its DDR production as demand surges.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200...html?tag=cd_mh
HP pulls TV ad after icy response
Hewlett-Packard pulled a TV commercial showing children coordinating a snowball attack on a streetcar using mobile phones after allegations that it led to copycat attacks, Britain's TV watchdog said on Friday.The U.S. computer and printer maker, which also develops mobile software, withdrew the ad from British television after claims that attacks on streetcars, buses and trains had risen in some areas after it aired, the Independent Television Commission said.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-200...html?tag=ch_mh
EU to investigate DVD prices
The European Union is opening an investigation into whether major U.S. distributors of movies on DVDs are overpricing their discs for European consumers. The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, started the investigation of major distributors following complaints filed by consumer groups, EU spokesman Michael Tscherny said Monday. The inquiry is focusing on whether a U.S. system of regional coding for copyrights is being used to artificially charge higher prices in Europe
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200...html?tag=cd_mh
Hackers Lay Off Death Video
After a four-minute glitch preparing the video link between Indiana and Oklahoma, the families of the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing viewed an encrypted signal of Timothy McVeigh's execution Monday morning. The FBI said it had no reports of attempts to pirate the signal. As of Monday afternoon, hacker groups and several online militia websites were silent on the execution.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,44450,00.html
My Shoe Size? It'll Cost You 
Tired of giving away all your personal information to marketers? Why not sell it instead? Companies are willing to pay big money to learn the juicy tidbits of your life, including your preferred brand of toilet paper or whether you smear your bagels with butter or cream cheese. The problem is, they're not paying you. A new website hopes to remedy this situation by allowing consumers to sell their personal data directly to advertisers.
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,44278,00.html
Farewell Free Downloads
An audible sigh of relief can be heard from the folks at Napster. With major label deals that will keep its trademark access to popular music intact and new technologies that limit the number of songs available on the service, Napster is slowly but decidedly morphing into a commercially viable enterprise. Of course, the consumer experience is going to be radically different than it was a year ago, as filtering technologies and tracking software prevent users from getting to all the music they want.
http://www.wired.com/news/mp3/0,1285,44412,00.html
The sequel is underway
