News (5-24)

[Malk-a-mite]

Moved to Peer-to-Peer by Malk.


Download the Blues, and More
http://wired.com/news/mp3/0,1285,44046,00.html
"The House of Blues Digital began selling over 8,000 downloadable tracks on their website after striking a deal with Rioport, which recently finalized deals with all five major labels to provide digital music downloads to third-party retailers. "


Circut City to check ID....
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200...96.html?tag=lh
"CHICAGO--Electronics retailer Circuit City will stop selling mature-rated video games to customers under age 17, joining a growing list of companies that have instituted the policy amid pressure from politicians.

The new policy was outlined in a letter this week to Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan and confirmed Wednesday by Circuit City spokesman Jim Babb. "


Companies fight over CD listings, leaving the public behind
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-201...html?tag=tp_pr
"Earlier this month, when he decided to record a new compact disc, Joe Smith followed a procedure he's done hundreds of times: Insert the CD, access the online music database and select songs using titles supplied by the database.

Yet this time, instead of displaying the usual song information, the popular CD-burning software made by Roxio delivered a different message. Roxio products were no longer supported by Gracenote's CD information service, which housed the database Smith had been using to match song and album titles with a disc placed into his computer--a collection entered in large part by individuals on the Net. "


He-Mails, She-Mails: Where Sender Meets Gender
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/17/te...gy/17TALK.html
User Name and Password needed to view:
USer - bobbob
Passwd - bobbob

"Still, when it comes to public e- mail — message boards, mailing lists and chat rooms — Dr. Herring and other researchers have noted how typical speech patterns translate into online text. Her research shows that in online groups, "men tend to make strong assertions," disagree with others and use profanity, insults and sarcasm. By contrast, women tend to use mitigated assertions along with questions, offers, suggestions and polite expressions, she said. They are supportive and agreeable, peppering their messages with more emoticons and representations of laughter, like "haha," "heehee" and "lol," for "laughing out loud.""

Regulator challenges DVD zones
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_...55E421,00.html

"A REGIONAL zoning system that forces consumers to pay up to 20 per cent more for DVD movies is being challenged by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

The ACCC says major Hollywood studios have collaborated with the manufacturers of digital video disc players to prevent discs manufactured in the US, Europe or Asia from working in Australian machines."

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

Aparently they've been thinking about doing this since last year:
http://www.theage.com.au/entertainme...X8RYPAZGC.html


Malk-News... afriad of printing in color, just like the Wall Street Journal. :)

[Dawn]

Thanks for the news Malk.

[relic]

Originally posted by Malk-a-mite
Circut City to check ID....
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200...96.html?tag=lh
"[i]CHICAGO--Electronics retailer Circuit City will stop selling mature-rated video games to customers under age 17, joining a growing list of companies that have instituted the policy amid pressure from politicians.

good thing I don't buy my games at Circuit City . I don't buy that many M-rated games anyway, but when I do I don't want to be denied the privalege because of not being over 17 or having a parent with me.

Also from the article...

Target, Kmart and Wal-Mart announced similar policies last year. Montgomery Ward and Sears, Roebuck and Co. had earlier agreed to stop selling the games altogether.

I never knew Sears sold video games! Never heard of this Roebuck and Co. place

and since Montgomery Ward is now bankrupt and gone I guess I won't be getting games from them anyway

also concerning the australian dvd situation. jader will definately want to stay on top of the development of this news topic.

[Malk-a-mite]

Originally posted by aaacbada
I never knew Sears sold video games! Never heard of this Roebuck and Co. place

Sears, Roebuck and Co.
http://academic.emporia.edu/smithwil...a/pieschl.html

"Sears, Roebuck and Co. has been a dominate force in the retail industry for many years, actually over a century, and has continually shown a dominance in the way that their business is run. However, in 1992 Sears realized an extreme financial loss and was faced with the possibility of a deteriorating business if changes were not made in many areas of the large retailer. Some of these changes would include a new Chief Executive Officer, Arthur C. Martinez. Under his leadership Sears, Roebuck and Co. would see an extreme turn around not only financially but also internally throughout the stores. Gladly, Sears, Roebuck and Co. was able to prevail and once again is starting to show dominance in the retail industry, founded now to be number two in the retail industry. I would like to first address Sears remarkable history, then the reasons and path to their rapid decrease in profits, and finally their road to their once again success. "

[relic]

Originally posted by Malk-a-mite



Sears, Roebuck and Co.
http://academic.emporia.edu/smithwil...a/pieschl.html

"Sears, Roebuck and Co. has been a dominate force in the retail industry for many years, actually over a century, and has continually shown a dominance in the way that their business is run. However, in 1992 Sears realized an extreme financial loss and was faced with the possibility of a deteriorating business if changes were not made in many areas of the large retailer. Some of these changes would include a new Chief Executive Officer, Arthur C. Martinez. Under his leadership Sears, Roebuck and Co. would see an extreme turn around not only financially but also internally throughout the stores. Gladly, Sears, Roebuck and Co. was able to prevail and once again is starting to show dominance in the retail industry, founded now to be number two in the retail industry. I would like to first address Sears remarkable history, then the reasons and path to their rapid decrease in profits, and finally their road to their once again success. "

I was afraid of that...sears and roebuck being the same company

I enjoyed the read (never knew that Allstate Insurance is a subsidary of Sears)

[Malk-a-mite]

Iomega puts 20GB in your pocket
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/ne...764845,00.html

"Roy, Utah-based Iomega, known for its Zip and Jaz drives and disks, said that it was now shipping its Peerless system, a standalone, peripheral drive that comes in 10 gigabyte and 20 gigabyte capacities, greater than that of DVD- or CD-writeable disks.

The two-piece system includes a disk roughly the size of a handheld computer or PDA, which slips into a vertical docking station. The drive will sell for about $250 while the disks will retail at $160 for 10 gigabytes and $200 for 20 gigabytes. Combined packages will be discounted, Iomega said. "



Logitech Wireless Mice & Keyboards Can Be Sniffed
http://www.daten-treuhand.de/security-news/bugtraq.htm

"According to a recent security report about Logitech wireless mice and keyboards, an attacker can sit a hundred feet or more from your computer and 'sniff' the data from your keyboard and mouse."


Sequoia Hospital Offers Free Net Domain Name For Babies
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/166109.html

" It used to be that the only thing newborn babies had to worry about in the first few days after birth was how to open their eyes. Now they have to worry about Web traffic, and worse, whether someone already has dibs on their birth-name domain name. "

Windows Media Player hole surrenders your machine
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/19164.html

"The Windows Media Player ASX (Active Stream Redirector) processor contains an unchecked buffer susceptible to an overrun which could enable an attacker to run arbitrary code on a machine with the victim's level of permission, a Microsoft security bulletin warns. "

[TankGirl]

Thanks for the news Malk!

I think this:

Windows Media Player hole surrenders your machine
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/19164.html

"The Windows Media Player ASX (Active Stream Redirector) processor contains an unchecked buffer susceptible to an overrun which could enable an attacker to run arbitrary code on a machine with the victim's level of permission, a Microsoft security bulletin warns. " [/b]

could be important enough to post as a separate warning post on the Underground side?

- tg