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walktalker · 07-01-02, 04:27 PM

Virus Writers Here to 'Help'
Although it may seem trite to fret about computer virus attacks when compared with larger global security concerns, a seemingly endless onslaught of virtual vermin plagued computer users in 2001. "In 1999, we were catching one virus per hour," said Alex Shipp, chief technology officer at Messagelabs, a security firm. "In 2000, it was one every three minutes and now in 2001 it is one every 30 seconds, and rising." Other antiviral companies have reported similar statistics.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology...,49483,00.html

Vaporware 2001: Empty Promises
Whatever you like to call it -- the New Economy, the Dot-Com Economy, the Clinton Years -- one thing is now clear about the period of prosperity that began in the mid-'90s and was snuffed out early last year. Some of the wealth was built on vaporware -- on promises of technology and profits that weren't all they were cracked up to be when they materialized, if they materialized. Wired News, like other tech publications, doesn't claim innocence in this matter: In covering the products of the future, it's an occupational hazard to play up some ideas that, for whatever reason, never quite make the leap from the drawing board to the living room.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology...,49326,00.html

GM Veers Towards Fuel Cells Cars
After 100 years of making gasoline-burning cars, General Motors sees a not-so-distant future when vehicles powered by hydrogen will revolutionize the industry and make transportation more affordable for the world's population. GM, the world's largest automaker, unveiled a fuel cell vehicle at the Detroit auto show on Monday. The company said the fuel cell could rewrite the rules of how automakers design cars and make them much cheaper to build.
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,49536,00.html

Electronics Show All Small Talk
Despite reductions in air travel and a sagging economy, coordinators of this year's Consumer Electronics Show expect to attract more people and boast more exhibitors and gadgets than ever before. The Consumer Electronics Association, the group that hosts CES, is expecting 100,000 guests to mill about the 1.2 million square feet of exhibit hall. That's almost twice the size of the computing tradeshow Comdex, said Lisa Fasold, spokeswoman for CEA.
http://www.wired.com/news/gizmos/0,1452,49435,00.html

The Battle of the Boxes: PC vs. TV
The rivalry between the PC and TV over which is destined to become the hearth of the home will take on new urgency on Monday when three prominent technology executives sketch out competing visions of their digital product lines. Steve Perlman, a former Apple Computer hardware designer and co-founder of WebTV, will introduce a digital television set-top box as part of an alliance with EchoStar Communications, the satellite broadcaster. The partnership, which is to be announced on the opening day of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, will be the debut for Moxi Digital, the company Mr. Perlman founded in January 2000. Moxi was until recently named Rearden Steel Technologies.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/te...ss/07GADG.html

High court OKs video surveillance suit
The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for employees of a trucking company to pursue an invasion-of-privacy suit against the company, which installed video surveillance cameras in bathrooms. The court refused to be drawn directly into the case involving employees of Consolidated Freightways, one of the country's largest trucking companies. The workers claimed the cameras violated their privacy and were illegal under a state law prohibiting secret videotaping.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/t...rt-cameras.htm

New European Centers to Monitor Asteroid Threat
To improve knowledge and raise public awareness about the threat of an asteroid smacking planet Earth, two separate facilities were announced recently in the UK. The Comet and Asteroid Information Network (CAIN) launched Jan. 1 and is managed by the International Spaceguard Information Center in Wales. CAIN will pool information and research efforts of at least 9 universities and institutions, including the Armagh Observatory.
http://www.space.com/scienceastronom..._020107-1.html

Euro coin accused of unfair flipping
The introduction of the Euro, the largest currency switch in history, has proceeded with few problems - until now. Polish statisticians say the one Euro coin, at least in Belgium, does not have an equal chance of landing "heads" or "tails". They allege that, when spun on a smooth surface, the coin comes up heads more often. The observation is not to be taken lightly on a sports-mad continent where important decisions can turn on the flip of a coin. But the accusation of bias has been countered by statistical analysis from, of all places, Euro-sceptic Britain. The UK is one of only three EU countries that have not adopted the common currency.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991748

Microsoft: Order Sends 'Clear Signal' To Competitors
Although Microsoft Corp. today lost its bid to postpone a pivotal hearing in its long-running antirust case, Microsoft officials applauded U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly for demanding that Microsoft's competitors cooperate in the matter with the software giant's legal team. "We applaud the court's insistence that third parties cooperate," Microsoft spokesman Jim Desler said today. "That clear signal we appreciate from the court."
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/173446.html

Vivendi To Sell $2.97Bil In Shares To Reduce Debt
Vivendi Universal, Europe's largest media company, has announced plans to generate around 3.3 billion euros ($2.97 billion) by selling off a big block of shares. The move comes in the wake of several major investments by the company during 2001, including buying into Canal Plus, the digital broadcasting group. The company says it plans to reduce debts with the proceeds of the share issue.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/173443.html

Microsoft Breaks Netscape Rule In New Security Flaw
The failure of Microsoft to abide by a well-known browser security rule has resulted in a "severe" flaw in the company's Internet Explorer browser, according to security experts. The security bug, which affects all current versions of Internet Explorer for Windows, including IE 5.5 and IE 6, provides attackers with a grab-bag of techniques for stealing other users' browser cookies, reading some files on their hard disks, and "spoofing" the content of legitimate sites, according to ThePull, an independent security researcher who discovered the vulnerability.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/173439.html

AOL Looks To Buy Out Bertelsmann's AOL Europe Stake
AOL Time Warner [NYSE:AOL] is expected to announce a cash buyout of Bertelsmann from its AOL Europe joint venture later today. Matt Peacock, a spokesperson for AOL UK, told Newsbytes that details of the deal have not been fully revealed. He said the announcement will be Webcast at 5 p.m. EST tonight, adding that the announcement is being handled by AOL's U.S. operation. The Reuters newswire says that AOL Time Warner will spend $6.75 billion in cash to buy out Bertelsmann's 49.5 percent stake in the AOL Europe operation.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/173419.html

Internet Tip Leads To Kidnap Victim's Rescue
A 13-year-old girl who had been missing from her Pittsburgh home since New Year's Day was found Friday tied to a bed in a Herndon, Va., town house after federal officials received a tip generated from the Internet. FBI agents believe Alicia Kozakiewicz had an Internet correspondence with Scott Tyree, 38, who rented the town house in the 700 block of Hemlock Court.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/173409.html

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07-01-02, 04:27 PM	#2
walktalker The local newspaper man Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Montreal Posts: 2,036	Virus Writers Here to 'Help' Although it may seem trite to fret about computer virus attacks when compared with larger global security concerns, a seemingly endless onslaught of virtual vermin plagued computer users in 2001. "In 1999, we were catching one virus per hour," said Alex Shipp, chief technology officer at Messagelabs, a security firm. "In 2000, it was one every three minutes and now in 2001 it is one every 30 seconds, and rising." Other antiviral companies have reported similar statistics. http://www.wired.com/news/technology...,49483,00.html Vaporware 2001: Empty Promises Whatever you like to call it -- the New Economy, the Dot-Com Economy, the Clinton Years -- one thing is now clear about the period of prosperity that began in the mid-'90s and was snuffed out early last year. Some of the wealth was built on vaporware -- on promises of technology and profits that weren't all they were cracked up to be when they materialized, if they materialized. Wired News, like other tech publications, doesn't claim innocence in this matter: In covering the products of the future, it's an occupational hazard to play up some ideas that, for whatever reason, never quite make the leap from the drawing board to the living room. http://www.wired.com/news/technology...,49326,00.html GM Veers Towards Fuel Cells Cars After 100 years of making gasoline-burning cars, General Motors sees a not-so-distant future when vehicles powered by hydrogen will revolutionize the industry and make transportation more affordable for the world's population. GM, the world's largest automaker, unveiled a fuel cell vehicle at the Detroit auto show on Monday. The company said the fuel cell could rewrite the rules of how automakers design cars and make them much cheaper to build. http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,49536,00.html Electronics Show All Small Talk Despite reductions in air travel and a sagging economy, coordinators of this year's Consumer Electronics Show expect to attract more people and boast more exhibitors and gadgets than ever before. The Consumer Electronics Association, the group that hosts CES, is expecting 100,000 guests to mill about the 1.2 million square feet of exhibit hall. That's almost twice the size of the computing tradeshow Comdex, said Lisa Fasold, spokeswoman for CEA. http://www.wired.com/news/gizmos/0,1452,49435,00.html The Battle of the Boxes: PC vs. TV The rivalry between the PC and TV over which is destined to become the hearth of the home will take on new urgency on Monday when three prominent technology executives sketch out competing visions of their digital product lines. Steve Perlman, a former Apple Computer hardware designer and co-founder of WebTV, will introduce a digital television set-top box as part of an alliance with EchoStar Communications, the satellite broadcaster. The partnership, which is to be announced on the opening day of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, will be the debut for Moxi Digital, the company Mr. Perlman founded in January 2000. Moxi was until recently named Rearden Steel Technologies. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/te...ss/07GADG.html High court OKs video surveillance suit The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for employees of a trucking company to pursue an invasion-of-privacy suit against the company, which installed video surveillance cameras in bathrooms. The court refused to be drawn directly into the case involving employees of Consolidated Freightways, one of the country's largest trucking companies. The workers claimed the cameras violated their privacy and were illegal under a state law prohibiting secret videotaping. http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/t...rt-cameras.htm New European Centers to Monitor Asteroid Threat To improve knowledge and raise public awareness about the threat of an asteroid smacking planet Earth, two separate facilities were announced recently in the UK. The Comet and Asteroid Information Network (CAIN) launched Jan. 1 and is managed by the International Spaceguard Information Center in Wales. CAIN will pool information and research efforts of at least 9 universities and institutions, including the Armagh Observatory. http://www.space.com/scienceastronom..._020107-1.html Euro coin accused of unfair flipping The introduction of the Euro, the largest currency switch in history, has proceeded with few problems - until now. Polish statisticians say the one Euro coin, at least in Belgium, does not have an equal chance of landing "heads" or "tails". They allege that, when spun on a smooth surface, the coin comes up heads more often. The observation is not to be taken lightly on a sports-mad continent where important decisions can turn on the flip of a coin. But the accusation of bias has been countered by statistical analysis from, of all places, Euro-sceptic Britain. The UK is one of only three EU countries that have not adopted the common currency. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991748 Microsoft: Order Sends 'Clear Signal' To Competitors Although Microsoft Corp. today lost its bid to postpone a pivotal hearing in its long-running antirust case, Microsoft officials applauded U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly for demanding that Microsoft's competitors cooperate in the matter with the software giant's legal team. "We applaud the court's insistence that third parties cooperate," Microsoft spokesman Jim Desler said today. "That clear signal we appreciate from the court." http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/173446.html Vivendi To Sell $2.97Bil In Shares To Reduce Debt Vivendi Universal, Europe's largest media company, has announced plans to generate around 3.3 billion euros ($2.97 billion) by selling off a big block of shares. The move comes in the wake of several major investments by the company during 2001, including buying into Canal Plus, the digital broadcasting group. The company says it plans to reduce debts with the proceeds of the share issue. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/173443.html Microsoft Breaks Netscape Rule In New Security Flaw The failure of Microsoft to abide by a well-known browser security rule has resulted in a "severe" flaw in the company's Internet Explorer browser, according to security experts. The security bug, which affects all current versions of Internet Explorer for Windows, including IE 5.5 and IE 6, provides attackers with a grab-bag of techniques for stealing other users' browser cookies, reading some files on their hard disks, and "spoofing" the content of legitimate sites, according to ThePull, an independent security researcher who discovered the vulnerability. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/173439.html AOL Looks To Buy Out Bertelsmann's AOL Europe Stake AOL Time Warner [NYSE:AOL] is expected to announce a cash buyout of Bertelsmann from its AOL Europe joint venture later today. Matt Peacock, a spokesperson for AOL UK, told Newsbytes that details of the deal have not been fully revealed. He said the announcement will be Webcast at 5 p.m. EST tonight, adding that the announcement is being handled by AOL's U.S. operation. The Reuters newswire says that AOL Time Warner will spend $6.75 billion in cash to buy out Bertelsmann's 49.5 percent stake in the AOL Europe operation. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/173419.html Internet Tip Leads To Kidnap Victim's Rescue A 13-year-old girl who had been missing from her Pittsburgh home since New Year's Day was found Friday tied to a bed in a Herndon, Va., town house after federal officials received a tip generated from the Internet. FBI agents believe Alicia Kozakiewicz had an Internet correspondence with Scott Tyree, 38, who rented the town house in the 700 block of Hemlock Court. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/173409.html More news later on __________________ This post was sponsored by Netcoco, who wants cookies, cookies, cookies and, you guessed it, more cookies