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walktalker · 18-05-01, 07:48 PM

Parallels drawn between PC, biological viruses
Scientists studying how diseases spread believe there are many parallels between computer viruses and biological ones, enough so that when doctors want to know how AIDS engulfed a village in Africa, they may do well to look to their computers. Contrary to the idea that computer viruses immediately explode into a pandemic, the scientists found that the infection rate starts out very slowly among a small group of friends or a single company.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/t...us-biology.htm

Death of Web 'inevitable'
The World Wide Web's days are numbered, Forrester Research claims. The Internet may have taken off, mostly around the Web, but the next step of its evolution will see expansion beyond the browser, the company reckons. The Web's replacement is an executable Net with throwaway code downloaded as and when you want to use it as well as millions of every day devices connected to the Internet (the old more-Barbies-than-PCs linked to Net idea).
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/19042.html

Satellite radio is ready, but cars that can accommodate it aren’t
Satellite-radio technology was supposed to be delivering hundreds of channels of CD-quality music to as many as a million cars this year, revolutionizing radio the way cable did TV. It hasn’t worked out that way. Satellite-radio companies are finding it easier to launch satellites into space than to get their businesses off the ground.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/575111.asp

No recession for free software
My column Thursday, which used the collapse of open-source start-up Eazel as a launching point for exploring whether the current economic downturn could have a deleterious effect on the pace of free-software development, elicited numerous interesting responses. Just about everybody disagreed with me, from open-source luminaries to grass-roots hackers.
http://salon.com/tech/col/leon/2001/...ers/index.html

How to build a time machine
Mallett, a professor of theoretical physics at Connecticut University, believes he has found a route to the past that uses something much more down to earth: light. Mallett has worked out that a circulating beam of light, slowed to a snail's pace, just might be the vital ingredient for time travel. Not only is the technology within our grasp, Mallett has teamed up with other scientists at Connecticut to work towards building it. "With this device," he says, "time travel may become a practical possibility."
http://www.newscientist.com/newslett...jsp?id=ns22911

Mini-Napster nabbed for free Cantopop on the Net
A 14-year-old "computer wizard'' has been arrested for supplying free music - including hits by Cantopop kings - on the Internet. The alleged operator of the mini-Napster is the youngest copyright-infringement suspect arrested by Customs and Excise officers. The Secondary Two student was nabbed in a raid on his home in Mei Foo on Monday, in which computer equipment valued at $20,000 was also seized.
http://www.hk-imail.com/inews/public...225&intcatid=1

Student's Version Of 'Hot For Teacher' Gets An F
Rhode Island freshman suspended after recording graphic song about instructor, then uploading it to Napster. It all started with an inept cover of an Incubus song. After 14-year-old Derek Dubois' friends laughed at his solo acoustic version of "Pardon Me," he set out to convince them that he actually had some talent.
http://www.sonicnet.com/news/digital...443546&index=2

RealNetworks wants to deliver your streaming-media TV
If you want to watch an episode of the hit TV series "The Sopranos" at 2 a.m. on a weeknight, RealNetworks (RNWK) might be just the company to make it happen. RealNetworks has entered a pact with Sony (SNE) that could make streaming, on-demand video a part of everyday life for the first time.
http://www.upside.com/DigitalMedia/3b02f7ca1.html

Aimster must give up domain to AOL
The panel found that domain names such as aimster.com, a1mster.com, aimsertv.com and aimstertv.net violated the Internet provider’s trademarked "AIM" in a decision called American Online, Inc. v. John Deep. According to the NAF, which is the largest U.S.-based provider of domain name dispute resolution services and is one of the world’s largest neutral administration and mediation services, the dispute was one of hundreds heard each year. But this one, it said in a news release, "may have far-reaching consequences."
http://www.msnbc.com/news/575492.asp?0nm=C13M

Open-source browser aim: No Limits
A group of developers in Perth, Australia, calling themselves “The Four Horsemen” are working to ready a new open-source browser before the end of the year. The browser, which the group plans to release under the GNU General Public License, will be called No Limits.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/575306.asp?0nm=C15M

Musical smoke and mirrors
Don’t be fooled by the flurry of public relations-fueled stories this week about the so-called “legal Napster” — RealNetwork’s MusicNet. Now that Napster has been legally pummeled into a shell of its former self, it’s time for the industry spin doctors to seize the momentum and to tout new ways of delivering music online to us starved fans — not to mention anxious stockholders.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/574944.asp?0nm=T18M

US fraudster sent to jail after refusing to give up the Net
A San Diego man has landed himself a one-year jail sentence after refusing to give up the Net. Manuchehr Riazati collected more than $2,500 through selling computers and electronic items via online auctions. But he failed to deliver the goods after receiving the cash. Yesterday he was found guilty of two misdemeanour counts of petty theft and two counts of violating California's law regarding selling online, KGTV reports.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/19066.html

NASA's Space Launch Initiative blasts off
NASA has awarded contracts for the development of a new generation of reusable space vehicles. The Space Launch Initiative (SLI) - which is aimed at improving safety and drastically reducing the cost of space operations - offers the possibility of a full-scale vehicle within five years. The initial contracts - totalling $767 million - were awarded to 22 companies. They are intended for development of alternative technologies which will lead on to development of a 'next-generation' vehicle.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/19061.html

Intel backs Linux everywhere
Intel has made its strongest commitment to developing Linux for the telecoms market to date, outlining what it sees as priorities for the development of the open source operating system. Howard Bubb, general manager of Intel's converged communications division, told delegates at Intel's Developers Forum in Amsterdam this week that developing Linux to become a robust operating system for telcos would be a key priority for the chip giant.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/5/19058.html

Microsoft co-opts Caldera, Torvalds in Shared Source offensive
We thought it was a slip of the tongue, but no - it's official! Microsoft today enshrined 'Shared Source' in pride of place on its website, and called on its lead punch-bag Craig Mundie to renew his assault on software libre. This time, Mundie used space offered by the CNet/ZDNet empire as a bully pulpit. There's little new to his latest diatribe, and Mundie's role seems to be falling into place: more of a Wheedler-in-Chief than Philosopher Prince.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/19032.html

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18-05-01, 07:48 PM	#8
walktalker The local newspaper man Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Montreal Posts: 2,036	Parallels drawn between PC, biological viruses Scientists studying how diseases spread believe there are many parallels between computer viruses and biological ones, enough so that when doctors want to know how AIDS engulfed a village in Africa, they may do well to look to their computers. Contrary to the idea that computer viruses immediately explode into a pandemic, the scientists found that the infection rate starts out very slowly among a small group of friends or a single company. http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/t...us-biology.htm Death of Web 'inevitable' The World Wide Web's days are numbered, Forrester Research claims. The Internet may have taken off, mostly around the Web, but the next step of its evolution will see expansion beyond the browser, the company reckons. The Web's replacement is an executable Net with throwaway code downloaded as and when you want to use it as well as millions of every day devices connected to the Internet (the old more-Barbies-than-PCs linked to Net idea). http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/19042.html Satellite radio is ready, but cars that can accommodate it aren’t Satellite-radio technology was supposed to be delivering hundreds of channels of CD-quality music to as many as a million cars this year, revolutionizing radio the way cable did TV. It hasn’t worked out that way. Satellite-radio companies are finding it easier to launch satellites into space than to get their businesses off the ground. http://www.msnbc.com/news/575111.asp No recession for free software My column Thursday, which used the collapse of open-source start-up Eazel as a launching point for exploring whether the current economic downturn could have a deleterious effect on the pace of free-software development, elicited numerous interesting responses. Just about everybody disagreed with me, from open-source luminaries to grass-roots hackers. http://salon.com/tech/col/leon/2001/...ers/index.html How to build a time machine Mallett, a professor of theoretical physics at Connecticut University, believes he has found a route to the past that uses something much more down to earth: light. Mallett has worked out that a circulating beam of light, slowed to a snail's pace, just might be the vital ingredient for time travel. Not only is the technology within our grasp, Mallett has teamed up with other scientists at Connecticut to work towards building it. "With this device," he says, "time travel may become a practical possibility." http://www.newscientist.com/newslett...jsp?id=ns22911 Mini-Napster nabbed for free Cantopop on the Net A 14-year-old "computer wizard'' has been arrested for supplying free music - including hits by Cantopop kings - on the Internet. The alleged operator of the mini-Napster is the youngest copyright-infringement suspect arrested by Customs and Excise officers. The Secondary Two student was nabbed in a raid on his home in Mei Foo on Monday, in which computer equipment valued at $20,000 was also seized. http://www.hk-imail.com/inews/public...225&intcatid=1 Student's Version Of 'Hot For Teacher' Gets An F Rhode Island freshman suspended after recording graphic song about instructor, then uploading it to Napster. It all started with an inept cover of an Incubus song. After 14-year-old Derek Dubois' friends laughed at his solo acoustic version of "Pardon Me," he set out to convince them that he actually had some talent. http://www.sonicnet.com/news/digital...443546&index=2 RealNetworks wants to deliver your streaming-media TV If you want to watch an episode of the hit TV series "The Sopranos" at 2 a.m. on a weeknight, RealNetworks (RNWK) might be just the company to make it happen. RealNetworks has entered a pact with Sony (SNE) that could make streaming, on-demand video a part of everyday life for the first time. http://www.upside.com/DigitalMedia/3b02f7ca1.html Aimster must give up domain to AOL The panel found that domain names such as aimster.com, a1mster.com, aimsertv.com and aimstertv.net violated the Internet provider’s trademarked "AIM" in a decision called American Online, Inc. v. John Deep. According to the NAF, which is the largest U.S.-based provider of domain name dispute resolution services and is one of the world’s largest neutral administration and mediation services, the dispute was one of hundreds heard each year. But this one, it said in a news release, "may have far-reaching consequences." http://www.msnbc.com/news/575492.asp?0nm=C13M Open-source browser aim: No Limits A group of developers in Perth, Australia, calling themselves “The Four Horsemen” are working to ready a new open-source browser before the end of the year. The browser, which the group plans to release under the GNU General Public License, will be called No Limits. http://www.msnbc.com/news/575306.asp?0nm=C15M Musical smoke and mirrors Don’t be fooled by the flurry of public relations-fueled stories this week about the so-called “legal Napster” — RealNetwork’s MusicNet. Now that Napster has been legally pummeled into a shell of its former self, it’s time for the industry spin doctors to seize the momentum and to tout new ways of delivering music online to us starved fans — not to mention anxious stockholders. http://www.msnbc.com/news/574944.asp?0nm=T18M US fraudster sent to jail after refusing to give up the Net A San Diego man has landed himself a one-year jail sentence after refusing to give up the Net. Manuchehr Riazati collected more than $2,500 through selling computers and electronic items via online auctions. But he failed to deliver the goods after receiving the cash. Yesterday he was found guilty of two misdemeanour counts of petty theft and two counts of violating California's law regarding selling online, KGTV reports. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/19066.html NASA's Space Launch Initiative blasts off NASA has awarded contracts for the development of a new generation of reusable space vehicles. The Space Launch Initiative (SLI) - which is aimed at improving safety and drastically reducing the cost of space operations - offers the possibility of a full-scale vehicle within five years. The initial contracts - totalling $767 million - were awarded to 22 companies. They are intended for development of alternative technologies which will lead on to development of a 'next-generation' vehicle. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/19061.html Intel backs Linux everywhere Intel has made its strongest commitment to developing Linux for the telecoms market to date, outlining what it sees as priorities for the development of the open source operating system. Howard Bubb, general manager of Intel's converged communications division, told delegates at Intel's Developers Forum in Amsterdam this week that developing Linux to become a robust operating system for telcos would be a key priority for the chip giant. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/5/19058.html Microsoft co-opts Caldera, Torvalds in Shared Source offensive We thought it was a slip of the tongue, but no - it's official! Microsoft today enshrined 'Shared Source' in pride of place on its website, and called on its lead punch-bag Craig Mundie to renew his assault on software libre. This time, Mundie used space offered by the CNet/ZDNet empire as a bully pulpit. There's little new to his latest diatribe, and Mundie's role seems to be falling into place: more of a Wheedler-in-Chief than Philosopher Prince. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/19032.html The Garfield comic strip of the day ! The Dilbert strip of the day ! The Boondocks strip of the day !