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walktalker · 16-10-01, 02:10 PM

Consumers On Low Heat For Wireless Apps
Most consumers are still looking for security and convenience in wireless devices, but fewer people are turning up their noses at them when it comes to planning trips, checking stocks and other uses, an Andersen survey has found. Advanced applications are being held in a more positive light now than a year ago, said Chris Isaac, Anderson's North American managing partner for the wireless industry.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171177.html

Lawmakers Unveil Bill To Boost Math, Science Education
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the Senate and House of Representatives have unveiled companion bills that aim to boost math, science and high-tech education by providing grants to universities that offer undergraduate programs in those areas. "The best thing we can do for the future of this country is increase our investment in basic science," Ernie Blazar, a spokesman for Sen. Christopher Bond, R-Mo., said today. Bond is a co-sponsor of the Senate bill. Called the "Tech Talent Bill," the legislation would earmark $25 million for tech-education grants in 2002.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171176.html

Firm Hoisted By Own Misspelling Petard In Domain Dispute
A retailer who regularly misspells the name of its own product in order to squeeze it into an easy-to-remember telephone number has failed in a bid to unseat an alleged "typo squatter" from the Internet domain Matress.com. For Dial-A-Mattress Operating Corp., the decision under a dispute resolution procedure of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) extends a rocky record of attempts to secure its trademarks on and off the Internet.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171175.html

Microsoft Rallies Industry Against Bug Anarchy
Pushed to the brink by recent Internet worm outbreaks, Microsoft hopes to rally the computer industry against those who improperly publish information about security vulnerabilities. In an editorial at Microsoft's site, Scott Culp, head of the company's Security Response Center, announced the initiative against what he called "information anarchy." According to Culp, the damage caused by worms such as Code Red and Nimda can be blamed in part on computer security professionals who discovered the software flaws exploited by the malicious, self-propagating programs.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171173.html

Anna K. Virus Author Files Appeal Against Sentence
The author of the infamous Anna Kournikova worm has lodged an appeal against the court-imposed penalty of 150 hours of community service. The worm, which 20-year-old Jan de Wit coded using a simple virus creation kit, raced around the world earlier this year. The worm was delivered as an e-mail attachment identified as risque pictures of tennis star Anna Kournikova. De Wit turned himself in to authorities in February, just days after seeing his creation propagate wildly. He later told reporters he was amazed that the virus had spread so quickly.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171171.html

Salvaging Electronic Last Words Of Sept. 11
The e-mail to his buddies was sent from the 93rd floor of the World Trade Center. The subject line: "Tuxedo for wedding." The time stamp: 8:41 a.m., Sept. 11, 2001. In the brief note, Peter Christopher Frank reminds them to get their measurements taken for the upcoming event. "Tuxedos for my groomsmen will be supplied by Zeller Tuxedo. Zeller has locations all over the tri-state area. . . . The account's under my name. Thanks, Pete." That was the last time the outside world heard from the 29-year-old financial analyst before he disappeared into the rubble of his former office building.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171145.html

Red Tape Hurdles In Australian Net Gambling Ban
Australia's Internet Industry Association (IIA), an industry lobby group, has given an indication of how complicated the Australian government's ban on Internet gambling will be in practice in a posted notification of scheduled filters and procedures for Internet service providers (ISPs) to use to block gambling sites. It proposes that ISPs "will, as soon as reasonably practicable for each person who subscribes to an ISP's Internet carriage service," provide scheduled filters "at a charge determined by the ISP." The proposal also provides for a machinery of registration, either online or by disk.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171138.html

Anthrax fears close Senate offices
Authorities closed an entire wing of an eight-story Senate office building Tuesday and began testing and treating hundreds of people for possible anthrax exposure after tests confirmed the presence of the bacterium in a letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle. Word of the finding came as public health experts fanned out to test new sites for possible contamination after two new cases of anthrax infection were diagnosed. Fears of contamination continued to spark reports of suspicious pieces of mail or powder in unexpected places.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/638169.asp

Robot cat let out of the bag
Japan’s biggest toymaker pioneered the world’s first virtual pet, the Tamagotchi, and the nation’s most famous electronics maker rolled out the number-one robot dog, Aibo. Now one of its biggest makers of automated factory systems, Omron Corp, has weighed in with a robot cat: NeCoRo. Like most household cats, it doesn’t respond to commands or perform tricks. Nor can it walk, but Omron officials said it does what is most important: purring contentedly when stroked, and otherwise giving cuddly emotional feedback to its owner with feline sounds and movements.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/643554.asp?0dm=B12OT

News sites flourish after attacks
Reflecting the public's insatiable hunger for news following the Sept. 11 attacks in the U.S., the most-visited sites on the Web last month were news sites, according to a report released Monday by Jupiter Media Metrix Inc. News sites experienced a jump in activity last month as the public scrambled to keep abreast of breaking developments after terrorist attacks rocked New York and Washington, D.C. More than 50 million people visited news sites in September, spending significantly more time online than in the previous month, Jupiter reported.
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/interne...idg/index.html

Anthrax hoaxers very difficult to stop
Hoaxers around the world are exploiting public fears about anthrax attacks, but there is little that can be done to prevent them, say psychologists. Although there have been no confirmed anthrax attacks outside the US, discoveries of "suspicious white powder" have led to the evacuation of buildings around the globe. These include the offices of German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, government buildings in Australia and Canterbury Cathedral in England. The "ripple effect" of an incident like the first US anthrax attack on the American Media office in Florida can spread wide, says Gerard Bailes, a UK consultant forensic psychologist.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991436

Lieberman Urges Focus on Hussein
Sen. Joseph Lieberman urged the Bush administration to expand its war on terrorism by supporting democratic opponents to President Saddam Hussein of Iraq. The Connecticut Democrat said the White House should eventually turn its attention to Iraq as a state that is suspected of supporting and harboring terrorists, as "phase two" of the U.S. response to Sept. 11. "As long as Saddam is there, Iraq is not just going to be a thorn in our side, but a threat to our lives," Lieberman told reporters Monday outside a conference of the New Democratic Network, an organization that raises money for centrist Democratic candidates.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,36579,00.html

Man on Doomed Jet Said, 'Nobody Move,' Cockpit Transcript Shows
In the minutes before an airliner sliced through one of the Twin Towers of New York's World Trade Center, ground control heard a voice from the cockpit ordering passengers not to move because they were heading back to the airport. The voice apparently belonged to one of the hijackers who had taken control of American Airlines Flight 11. The announcement, published Tuesday by The New York Times, was caught on taped communications between pilots and air traffic controllers.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,36597,00.html

Madison School Board Removes Pledge of Allegiance Ban in Schools
In another example of the country's bustling wartime patriotism, the Madison School Board reversed on Tuesday the decision it made last week to ban the Pledge of Allegiance. Starting Wednesday, students in Madison schools will begin every morning with their hands over their hearts, facing the American flag and pledging their commitment to what it represents. The 6-1 vote was made to comply with a state law that requires a daily display of patriotism -- and to pacify furious Madison residents.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,36576,00.html

Feds Announce Indictment in One of Several Terror Hoaxes
If hoaxsters thought they could get away with exploiting the chaos spawned by the Sept. 11 terror attacks, then Attorney General John Ashcroft had a warning for them Tuesday. Calling faked anthrax attacks "grotesque transgressions of the public trust," Ashcroft said at a news conference that such hoaxes would be prosecuted as federal crimes. He also announced the first arrest, that of a Connecticut man who seemed to be playing an office joke.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,36614,00.html

How green is your PC (disposal policy)?
Another day, another survey proving how crap companies are in dealing with disposal of unwanted computer hardware. The results are mostly predictable: current disposal of obsolete corporate IT equipment is badly done; many companies are unaware of upcoming legislation targeted at this issue; and few use refurbished goods. The survey, undertaken by computer company Selway Moore, reveals that 34 per cent of companies currently scrap unused IT goods, a policy that raises environmental concerns (CRT monitors, for example, are especially poisonous, with high levels of cadmium and mercury).
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/22273.html

More news later on

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walktalker The local newspaper man Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Montreal Posts: 2,036	Consumers On Low Heat For Wireless Apps Most consumers are still looking for security and convenience in wireless devices, but fewer people are turning up their noses at them when it comes to planning trips, checking stocks and other uses, an Andersen survey has found. Advanced applications are being held in a more positive light now than a year ago, said Chris Isaac, Anderson's North American managing partner for the wireless industry. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171177.html Lawmakers Unveil Bill To Boost Math, Science Education A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the Senate and House of Representatives have unveiled companion bills that aim to boost math, science and high-tech education by providing grants to universities that offer undergraduate programs in those areas. "The best thing we can do for the future of this country is increase our investment in basic science," Ernie Blazar, a spokesman for Sen. Christopher Bond, R-Mo., said today. Bond is a co-sponsor of the Senate bill. Called the "Tech Talent Bill," the legislation would earmark $25 million for tech-education grants in 2002. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171176.html Firm Hoisted By Own Misspelling Petard In Domain Dispute A retailer who regularly misspells the name of its own product in order to squeeze it into an easy-to-remember telephone number has failed in a bid to unseat an alleged "typo squatter" from the Internet domain Matress.com. For Dial-A-Mattress Operating Corp., the decision under a dispute resolution procedure of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) extends a rocky record of attempts to secure its trademarks on and off the Internet. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171175.html Microsoft Rallies Industry Against Bug Anarchy Pushed to the brink by recent Internet worm outbreaks, Microsoft hopes to rally the computer industry against those who improperly publish information about security vulnerabilities. In an editorial at Microsoft's site, Scott Culp, head of the company's Security Response Center, announced the initiative against what he called "information anarchy." According to Culp, the damage caused by worms such as Code Red and Nimda can be blamed in part on computer security professionals who discovered the software flaws exploited by the malicious, self-propagating programs. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171173.html Anna K. Virus Author Files Appeal Against Sentence The author of the infamous Anna Kournikova worm has lodged an appeal against the court-imposed penalty of 150 hours of community service. The worm, which 20-year-old Jan de Wit coded using a simple virus creation kit, raced around the world earlier this year. The worm was delivered as an e-mail attachment identified as risque pictures of tennis star Anna Kournikova. De Wit turned himself in to authorities in February, just days after seeing his creation propagate wildly. He later told reporters he was amazed that the virus had spread so quickly. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171171.html Salvaging Electronic Last Words Of Sept. 11 The e-mail to his buddies was sent from the 93rd floor of the World Trade Center. The subject line: "Tuxedo for wedding." The time stamp: 8:41 a.m., Sept. 11, 2001. In the brief note, Peter Christopher Frank reminds them to get their measurements taken for the upcoming event. "Tuxedos for my groomsmen will be supplied by Zeller Tuxedo. Zeller has locations all over the tri-state area. . . . The account's under my name. Thanks, Pete." That was the last time the outside world heard from the 29-year-old financial analyst before he disappeared into the rubble of his former office building. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171145.html Red Tape Hurdles In Australian Net Gambling Ban Australia's Internet Industry Association (IIA), an industry lobby group, has given an indication of how complicated the Australian government's ban on Internet gambling will be in practice in a posted notification of scheduled filters and procedures for Internet service providers (ISPs) to use to block gambling sites. It proposes that ISPs "will, as soon as reasonably practicable for each person who subscribes to an ISP's Internet carriage service," provide scheduled filters "at a charge determined by the ISP." The proposal also provides for a machinery of registration, either online or by disk. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171138.html Anthrax fears close Senate offices Authorities closed an entire wing of an eight-story Senate office building Tuesday and began testing and treating hundreds of people for possible anthrax exposure after tests confirmed the presence of the bacterium in a letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle. Word of the finding came as public health experts fanned out to test new sites for possible contamination after two new cases of anthrax infection were diagnosed. Fears of contamination continued to spark reports of suspicious pieces of mail or powder in unexpected places. http://www.msnbc.com/news/638169.asp Robot cat let out of the bag Japan’s biggest toymaker pioneered the world’s first virtual pet, the Tamagotchi, and the nation’s most famous electronics maker rolled out the number-one robot dog, Aibo. Now one of its biggest makers of automated factory systems, Omron Corp, has weighed in with a robot cat: NeCoRo. Like most household cats, it doesn’t respond to commands or perform tricks. Nor can it walk, but Omron officials said it does what is most important: purring contentedly when stroked, and otherwise giving cuddly emotional feedback to its owner with feline sounds and movements. http://www.msnbc.com/news/643554.asp?0dm=B12OT News sites flourish after attacks Reflecting the public's insatiable hunger for news following the Sept. 11 attacks in the U.S., the most-visited sites on the Web last month were news sites, according to a report released Monday by Jupiter Media Metrix Inc. News sites experienced a jump in activity last month as the public scrambled to keep abreast of breaking developments after terrorist attacks rocked New York and Washington, D.C. More than 50 million people visited news sites in September, spending significantly more time online than in the previous month, Jupiter reported. http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/interne...idg/index.html Anthrax hoaxers very difficult to stop Hoaxers around the world are exploiting public fears about anthrax attacks, but there is little that can be done to prevent them, say psychologists. Although there have been no confirmed anthrax attacks outside the US, discoveries of "suspicious white powder" have led to the evacuation of buildings around the globe. These include the offices of German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, government buildings in Australia and Canterbury Cathedral in England. The "ripple effect" of an incident like the first US anthrax attack on the American Media office in Florida can spread wide, says Gerard Bailes, a UK consultant forensic psychologist. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991436 Lieberman Urges Focus on Hussein Sen. Joseph Lieberman urged the Bush administration to expand its war on terrorism by supporting democratic opponents to President Saddam Hussein of Iraq. The Connecticut Democrat said the White House should eventually turn its attention to Iraq as a state that is suspected of supporting and harboring terrorists, as "phase two" of the U.S. response to Sept. 11. "As long as Saddam is there, Iraq is not just going to be a thorn in our side, but a threat to our lives," Lieberman told reporters Monday outside a conference of the New Democratic Network, an organization that raises money for centrist Democratic candidates. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,36579,00.html Man on Doomed Jet Said, 'Nobody Move,' Cockpit Transcript Shows In the minutes before an airliner sliced through one of the Twin Towers of New York's World Trade Center, ground control heard a voice from the cockpit ordering passengers not to move because they were heading back to the airport. The voice apparently belonged to one of the hijackers who had taken control of American Airlines Flight 11. The announcement, published Tuesday by The New York Times, was caught on taped communications between pilots and air traffic controllers. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,36597,00.html Madison School Board Removes Pledge of Allegiance Ban in Schools In another example of the country's bustling wartime patriotism, the Madison School Board reversed on Tuesday the decision it made last week to ban the Pledge of Allegiance. Starting Wednesday, students in Madison schools will begin every morning with their hands over their hearts, facing the American flag and pledging their commitment to what it represents. The 6-1 vote was made to comply with a state law that requires a daily display of patriotism -- and to pacify furious Madison residents. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,36576,00.html Feds Announce Indictment in One of Several Terror Hoaxes If hoaxsters thought they could get away with exploiting the chaos spawned by the Sept. 11 terror attacks, then Attorney General John Ashcroft had a warning for them Tuesday. Calling faked anthrax attacks "grotesque transgressions of the public trust," Ashcroft said at a news conference that such hoaxes would be prosecuted as federal crimes. He also announced the first arrest, that of a Connecticut man who seemed to be playing an office joke. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,36614,00.html How green is your PC (disposal policy)? Another day, another survey proving how crap companies are in dealing with disposal of unwanted computer hardware. The results are mostly predictable: current disposal of obsolete corporate IT equipment is badly done; many companies are unaware of upcoming legislation targeted at this issue; and few use refurbished goods. The survey, undertaken by computer company Selway Moore, reveals that 34 per cent of companies currently scrap unused IT goods, a policy that raises environmental concerns (CRT monitors, for example, are especially poisonous, with high levels of cadmium and mercury). http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/22273.html More news later on __________________ This post was sponsored by Netcoco, who wants cookies, cookies, cookies and, you guessed it, more cookies