The Newspaper Shop -- Wednesday edition

[walktalker]

Ok boys... I finally found a computer
Thanks to TG for all wonderful work !!
Microsoft declares 'war on hostile code'
Can Microsoft beat the security bugs? That's the intent of a multi-pronged strategy that the software giant unveiled Tuesday at the RSA Data Security Conference. If successful, the strategy will allow users to have the customizability they crave, while eliminating the security holes that have been a chronic black eye, said representatives of the Redmond, Wash. company on Tuesday.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/ne...080982,00.html

Judge: Napster efforts 'disgraceful'
A federal judge was sharply critical Tuesday of Napster's attempts to block trades of copyrighted music, calling the company's existing filters "disgraceful." Presented with evidence from record companies and publishers that thousands of works ostensibly included in the file-swapping service's filters were still available, U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel said at a hearing in San Francisco that something needed to change.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/ne...080979,00.html

Chip-making machine to fuel next-gen computers
Chip makers such as Intel and AMD have long thrived under Moore's Law, the 1965 observation by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore that manufacturers keep doubling the power of transistors roughly every 18 months. Now some researchers are predicting that Moore's Law may run out of gas by around the year 2005.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/ne...706791,00.html

Forget about a Napster Armageddon
If you think the music industry has had its way in its battle against Los Angeles, i.e., the recording industry of America, then guess again. Consumers are not weeping into their Cheerios over the loss of free music. They are still listening to, downloading and even buying music.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/co...705945,00.html

Free the music
The music industry owes Napster a debt of thanks. The maverick pop-swapping service is largely responsible for the creation of the online music market; in just two years the company's user base has grown from zero to a staggering 64 million, giving rise to scores of other similar businesses.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/co...706790,00.html

Acquisitions spark return of DSL hell
Getting into the Internet via DSL—never a walk in the park—is poised to become an even greater struggle. Independent providers are losing ground to incumbent carriers, whose plans for—and commitment to—DSL remain unclear. What's worse, the poorer service is likely to be accompanied by higher prices as a result of decreased competition, industry insiders said.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/ne...705665,00.html

Intel's closing in on 2GHz
Intel will release a 1.7GHz Pentium 4 processor in a little over two weeks into a market that is awash in price cuts and discounts. The 1.7GHz Pentium 4, which will officially debut April 23, will appear in PCs from Dell Computer, among others, said sources. Additionally, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaker will release on Monday an 850MHz version of its budget Celeron processor.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/ne...080817,00.html

Linux gains corporate respectability
Has the Linux operating system, born in the computing underground, finally traded in its Birkenstocks for a pair of wing tips? Linux, the free operating system developed by Finland's Linus Torvalds, was organically grown by thousands of programmers around the globe and once seemed out of place in the orderly world of corporate computing.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/ne...705804,00.html

Open source to industry: It's payback time
The open-source community is planning to meet IBM, HP and others that are making fat profits from open-source software, and ask them to relinquish intellectual property in return. Leading open-source advocates will this summer meet some of the biggest software companies that have built up businesses on the back of open-source software, to negotiate terms for the companies to give something back to the community.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/ne...705612,00.html

Musicbank closes shop on sour note
Musicbank, a Net music company with ties to the five major recording companies, ceased operations Tuesday and dismissed its entire staff. "Against the landscape that the Internet’s in, it’s almost impossible to find funding," Musicbank spokeswoman Colleen Gallagher said. She said the company laid off about 40 staff members from its San Francisco headquarters.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200...html?tag=mn_hd

If home is where the network is, who pays?
Ever since the Internet entered the popular culture, futurists and technophiles have been telling the world that the new medium would transform homes into information-rich hubs of activity. Refrigerators, they predicted, would someday monitor the expiration dates on milk cartons. The family room would double as a videoconferencing theater. The toaster and the microwave would engage in endless Socratic debate.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1004-201...html?tag=bt_pr

Saving things up

[Dawn]

Thanks for the paper newsman!! Also, I'm kinda busy today in case you are wondering where I am.

[walktalker]

Companies fight Bush on patent-fee plan
Saying the U.S. Patent Office is already functioning poorly, trade groups and companies such as Intel and Hewlett-Packard are fighting a Bush administration plan to divert about 15 percent of patent fees from the office to other government programs. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is funded entirely by fees companies pay when they apply for patents or trademarks.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200...html?tag=cd_mh

Open-source development drives innovation
One of the biggest developments in software during the past decade has been the growth of the open-source software movement. On the face of it, even the existence of such a movement seems bizarre: Why should large numbers of programmers around the world volunteer to spend hour after hour writing code or catching bugs without the hope of monetary gain?
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-201...html?tag=ch_mh

Intel tries open source for storage standard
Intel will share the source code for new storage technology in hopes that freely available technology will speed the adoption of new, less expensive storage networks. The chipmaker announced Monday that technology related to the Internet SCSI specification (iSCSI) is now available as open-source software.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200...html?tag=ch_mh

Online-ad industry group reinvents itself
With the online-advertising industry in disarray, its main representative body is doing some spring cleaning. The Internet Advertising Bureau unveiled a laundry list of changes to its outfit Tuesday, starting with a new name. The I in the IAB now stands for Interactive in an effort to "embrace all of the major digital interactive advertising platforms, including the Internet, wireless and interactive television," IAB Chairman Rich LeFurgy said in a statement.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200...html?tag=cd_mh

Germany quashes Nazi-song trades online
German police have swooped down on the homes of more than 100 computer buffs in a new crackdown on the illegal trade of Nazi songs over the Internet, officials said Tuesday. The federal crime agency said the prosecutor's office in Bonn had opened 120 cases against computer enthusiasts accused of trading illegal songs of far-right "skinhead bands."
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200...html?tag=cd_mh

College students would pay for Napster
About one in three students would be willing to pay for an online music subscription service such as the one proposed by file-swapping company Napster, according to a new report. The study, released Monday by Mercer Management Consulting and the National Association of Recording Merchandisers, polled 1,800 college students on music listening habits.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200...html?tag=cd_mh

P2P start-up finds market groove
Groove Networks, the peer-to-peer company headed by Lotus Notes creator Ray Ozzie, hit the market Monday with the first full release of its software and an early list of blue-chip customers. The company, which revealed itself at the height of last year's Napster-driven peer-to-peer furor, creates software that allows people to share files stored on their personal computers and work together on projects.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200...html?tag=ch_mh

NSA Takes the Open Source Route
On January 2, the super-secretive National Security Agency did something unusual: It issued a press release. Stranger still, the statement actually contained important news: The NSA had developed a prototype of a more secure kernel for Linux, dubbed SELinux. And, in the spirit of open-source development, the agency would release the code to the public.
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,42972,00.html

MP3.com Verdict Doesn't Add Up
A jury that awarded $300,000 in damages to TVT Records on Friday later informed the judge that they miscalculated their award. Jury members contacted the presiding judge over the weekend and informed him they intended to give an award closer to $3 million, and admitted a mathematical error. Just 24 hours later, that elation turned to confusion. Somewhere between the jury deliberations and its final verdict, a zero got lost. Jurors said they intended the award to be much higher.
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,42968,00.html

More news later on

[walktalker]

Cracks Happen; Protect Thyself
The various seminars and exhibits at the computer security show here occupy not only an entire wing of the Moscone Convention Center, but also the 15 movie theaters across the street at Sony's Metreon entertainment complex. The RSA Conference is huge; and its size is a testament to the fact that, given the increasing cost of computerized mischief, tech firms are starting to devote serious money to securing their data.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,42984,00.html

A Chinese Call to Hack U.S.
Chinese crackers are being encouraged to "hack the USA" in retaliation for the mid-air collision between a U.S. spy plane and a Chinese fighter jet which claimed the life of a Chinese pilot. Websites such as KillUSA.com and Sohu are filled with messages pointing to proposed cracking targets such as the United States' Defense Technical Information Center and the Defense Department's news site, along with encouragement to "Hack it Great Chinese!!!"
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,42982,00.html

Transferring Files? Be Careful
A newly discovered security hole in the software that moves files between computers and over the Internet is a virtual open door that allows an attacker to take over and completely control vulnerable networks. PGP Security has identified a hole in File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server systems from many major vendors, including Sun Microsystems, Silicon Graphics and Hewlett Packard.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology...,42955,00.html

Need Stem Cells? It's in the Fat
Scientists say human fat may be a potential source of stem cells, a breakthrough that could lead to a cure for numerous illnesses. Researchers at UCLA and the University of Pittsburgh used fat collected by liposuction to isolate the stem cells, which they said were then converted into bone, cartilage and muscle, depending on the conditions in which they were grown.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology...,42957,00.html

Consortium Sets Sights on a 'New Internet'
As the PC industry falters and attention shifts to new mobile computing devices such as hand-held computers and Internet-enabled phones, a new Southern California research consortium is setting up to ride the next wave of the Internet economy.
http://www.latimes.com/business/cutt...000029089.html

Five patents to watch
Growing human organs to ease the deadly shortages facing patients desperate for transplants. Deploying organic molecules to store a million times more data than silicon can. Harnessing the unused processing power on your desktop to attack gigantic computational problems, from genetic analysis to spotting hidden customer trends. Massively expanding the data capacity of optical networks to turbocharge the information superhighway. Modifying plants to grow cheap, lifesaving vaccines.
http://www.techreview.com/magazine/may01/patents.asp

ACLU Ads Warn Of 'Massive' Government Cyber-Snooping
Ratcheting up its attack on government cyber-surveillance efforts, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is launching a print and Internet advertising campaign that warns of "massive" government monitoring efforts.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/164373.html

Napster Acquires Gigabeat File ID Technology
Napster, desperate to sharpen its ineffective song-filtering system, now has the technology and talent of music search engine and song indexer Gigabeat. Today - the same day of Napster's federal court date to be assessed on its efforts to block files of copyrighted music - announced it has acquired the assets of Palo Alto, Calif.-based Gigabeat.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/164348.html

Can Music Survive Without the Music Business?
More and more musicians have discovered a way to get there music heard without relying on anyone but themselves. The future is bright for music - listeners can find and hear new music by more new artists than ever before (most of whom give you mp3s for free) and are far more likely to find something that they actually like. Artists can only benefit from their audience being better informed.
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/news.php3?id=04112001a

A Word With Chuck D
A week after the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on digital music, the Public Enemy frontman and outspoken file-trading advocate says his patience with the major-label record industry has worn thin.
http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,23617,00.html

The Garfield comic strip of the day !
The Dilbert strip of the day !
The Boondocks strip of the day !

[TankGirl]

Whooaaaa WT! Nice to see your shop opened again! And you have more than a few goodies on the counter!

Reading time...

- tg

[Dawn]

Hey newsman, I LOVE the Dilbert today!! It's a must see everyone!!

[Maze]

Ok boys...

...and girls! (including TG) You overlooked that walkietalkie! I would really like to use your wizeass for a couple of things in the near future... available? Bring TG with ya? I very much enjoy the way you assimilate links... ok, I can't spell... but ya catch my drift...

[TankGirl]

LOL Maze, you have a way with us women... always such a gentleman and charmer!

- tg

[Maze]

Thank you my girl so tanked... I know women well... that's why I have a way with them... know where I learned it from? ...women ...just between you & me... they're a few cards short of a full deck ...but so are men ...I love us all!

PS: I'm a little tanked myself right now... lol ...I do love what you & walktalker are doing lately...

PPS: Wanna talk about tanked? I have only one word... Floop.

[relic]

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