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Old 09-08-02, 06:09 PM   #1
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Say Wha? The Newspaper Shop -- LOTR edition

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AOL puts heat on media players
AOL Time Warner has updated its popular Winamp MP3 player, adding video capabilities that bring the program into direct competition with streaming media giants Apple Computer, Microsoft and RealNetworks. With the addition of video playback and streaming, Winamp graduates from being a mere audio player to a full-fledged media player. And with the ability to stream Microsoft's Windows Media formats, and the intention to add RealNetworks formats, Winamp could be in the position to let AOL Time Warner muscle its way up in the fight for media player dominance. Should a video-enabled Winamp start to cut into media player competitors' market share, that could spell trouble for a key alliance forged between AOL Time Warner and RealNetworks to thwart Microsoft's aggressive media ambitions.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-949195.html

Crypto scientists crack prime problem
Computer scientists in India have cracked an age-old mathematical problem by designing a method for computers to quickly prove whether a figure is a prime number -- a vital step in cryptography. RSA, a popular encryption algorithm used in securing Internet commerce, is built on the assumption that when prime numbers -- those evenly divisible only by themselves and the number one -- are large enough, they're nearly impossible to generate and determine. To create encryption keys, RSA uses two huge prime numbers and multiplies them together to produce an even bigger prime. Testing then confirms whether it is in fact a prime number. The current algorithms used in so-called primality tests are speedy but have a miniscule probability of producing a wrong answer.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-949170.html

The week in review: Microsoft's amends
Microsoft tried to reduce the heat from the Justice Department and federal regulators, but the company also has to light a fire of its own to get its most ambitious project off the ground. The software giant touted the ways it is complying with a November antitrust settlement during a conference call, but analysts say it is little more than Windows dressing. A Microsoft lawyer focused on four August milestones as part of Microsoft's compliance progress on the deal, which still awaits the approval of a federal judge. In general, the settlement seeks to force Microsoft to treat PC makers and developers evenhandedly and disclose more of the underlying technology behind its software. However, critics charge that the company is using the settlement to raise prices.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-949050.html

Wind River wins nerve gas software deal
Wind River Systems, a company that sells software for non-PC computing devices, has landed a deal to have its software used in thousands of chemical weapon detectors commissioned by the U.S. military. The military has ordered 270,000 of the systems, called the Joint Chemical Agent Detector ChemSentry, a spokesman said. The device is smaller than a laptop computer, and more are expected to be sold to civilian customers such as firefighters, the spokesman said. The device can detect chemical weapons including VX, Sarin and mustard gas. BAE Systems built the detector, which uses Wind River's VxWorks operating system and costs about $2,000. Wind River, which receives revenue from both programming tools and a per-unit royalty, will receive more than $1 million from the military deal.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-949159.html

Microsoft-FTC settle over Passport
Microsoft on Thursday agreed to make sweeping changes to its Passport authentication system as part of a settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission. The settlement addresses allegations that Passport collects too much information, uses unfair or deceptive practices, and fails to adequately protect the privacy or security of personal information, particularly of children. The FTC's investigation and settlement came in response to a series of complaints made against Passport last summer, said agency chairman Timothy Muris.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-948922.html

PC support sends a busy signal
While consumers are paying less for their computers, a new survey shows they are also increasingly unhappy with the level of customer support they are getting with those PCs. Consumer Reports magazine, which recently polled subscribers on its Web site, said this week that the results show customer satisfaction with technical support is down across the PC industry. "It's significantly down," said Mark Kotkin, assistant director of survey research for Consumer Reports. Consumers are particularly concerned with increased time spent on hold as well as dropped calls to technical support, Kotkin said.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-949018.html

Open source's new weapon: The law?
Open-source software advocates will unfurl a legislative proposal next week to prohibit the state of California from buying software from Microsoft or any other company that doesn't open its source code and licensing policies. Named the "Digital Software Security Act," the proposal essentially would make California the "Live Free or Die" state when it comes to software. If enacted as written, state agencies would be able to buy software only from companies that do not place restrictions on use or access to source code. The agencies would also be given the freedom to "make and distribute copies of the software." "The legislative intent is that for software to be acceptable to the state, it is not enough that it is technically capable of fulfilling a task, but that the contractual condition for purchase and/or licensing must satisfy a series of requirements regarding the license," the proposal states.
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-949241.html?tag=fd_top

Lawmakers sic Ashcroft on file swappers
U.S. lawmakers have asked Attorney General John Ashcroft to go after Internet users who download unauthorized songs and other copyrighted material, raising the possibility of jail time for digital-music fans. In a July 25 letter released late Thursday, 19 lawmakers from both sides of the aisle asked Ashcroft to prosecute "peer-to-peer" networks like Kazaa and Morpheus and the users who swap digital songs, video clips and other files without permission from artists or their record labels. The Justice Department should also devote more resources to policing online copyrights, the lawmakers said in their letter.
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-949229.html?tag=fd_top

Traffic ascends at airline sites
Airlines saw an upsurge in traffic to their Web sites last week as consumers raced to find end-of-the-summer deals, according to a new report. The traffic to JetBlue Airways' Web site jumped 72 percent from the week ending July 28 to the week ending Aug. 4, according to a report from Nielsen NetRatings. JetBlue was one of five airlines that saw their Web site traffic rise by more than 15 percent last week, according to the report. "People are looking for deals," said Lisa Strand, director and chief e-commerce analyst for Nielsen NetRatings.
http://news.com.com/2100-1017-949238.html?tag=fd_top

Cybercafe ordinance put on hold
A California judge issued a temporary restraining order this week preventing the city of Garden Grove from enforcing a new ordinance that restricts cybercafes. Orange County Superior Court Judge Dennis S. Choate on Wednesday delayed implementation of the ordinance amid concerns it might violate free-speech rights and harm the cafes financially. He also set a hearing for Aug. 29 so both sides could try to arrive at a compromise. Garden Grove in January approved an ordinance that required minors to leave cybercafes by 8 p.m. and mandated the installation of extra security measures. The ordinance was prompted by the deaths of two teens who were killed in separate incidents after leaving cafes.
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-949190.html?tag=fd_top

A new biometric technology may soon lead to safer handguns
Researchers at Lumidigm may have discovered that identity, like beauty, is only skin deep. The Albuquerque, NM-based company claims that it can validate a person’s ID with fingerprint-like accuracy by shining an infrared light into a small section of skin and measuring the reflection — a finding that may add innovative security features to portable devices, including an accurate trigger lock for a new electronic gun. Human skin, with all of its dermal thickness and subcutaneous layers, has a unique signature from person to person, something that was virtually unknown until last decade when medical researchers began looking for non-invasive ways to monitor patients for factors like glucose levels and blood alcohol content.
http://www.technologyreview.com/arti...eron080802.asp

"Are you secure? How do you know?"
Welcome to the brave new world of high-tech security, where the unintelligible language of 21st-century computing fuses with the once-unimaginable threats that the country faces. Before September 11, corporate and government security experts worried primarily about online identity theft, credit-card fraud, and rogue hackers. Now they've put cyberterrorism at the top of the list of threats that keep them up at night. That's bad news for companies, but it's a business opportunity for organizations that are looking to train security professionals to defend their systems. One of the newest and savviest organizations to stake a claim in this space is Security University, an outfit that offers advanced information-security training for executives, network professionals, and systems administrators.
http://www.fastcompany.com/online/61/security.html

Computer science pioneer Dijkstra dies
Edsger Wybe Dijkstra, one of the creators of the art and science of computer programming, has died. He was 72. Born in Rotterdam in 1930, Dijkstra's career in Europe and the United States included some of the first computer simulations in aviation and architecture. A background in mathematics and science -- his mother was a mathematician, his father a chemist -- led to his applying similar disciplines of formal logic and methodology to computer programming. Dijkstra was on the committee that created Algol, the first block-structured programming language and one that introduced many ideas behind Pascal, Basic and C. His practical skills, especially in discerning and coding algorithms, were also remarkable -- he wrote the first Algol 60 compiler.
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-949023.html?tag=cd_mh

Kasparov, computer to square off
After five years of licking his Deep Blue wounds, Garry Kasparov will face a widely admired -- and feared -- computer chess master. The match, to be held Oct. 1-13 in Jerusalem, will pit Kasparov against Deep Junior, the work of Tel Aviv programmers Amir Ban and Shay Bushinsky. The program, winner of the 7th Computer Chess Olympiad in Maastricht, Netherlands in July, hasn't lost a game to a human opponent in two years. Titled "Man vs. Machine The Sequel," the Jerusalem match will consist of six games. The winner will walk away with $300,000, the loser $200,000. A tie will result in an even split of the prize money. Regardless of the outcome, Kasparov will get an "appearance fee" of $500,000 just for showing up. Kasparov's matches with IBM's Deep Blue computer gained widespread attention in 1996, when he won, and then again in 1997, when he lost.
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-948930.html?tag=cd_mh

Playboy to phone in content
Adding new meaning to "phone sex," Playboy on Thursday said that it agreed to a three-year licensing deal that could put Playboy's nude Playmates on mobile phones and handheld computers. Chicago-based Playboy, with its flagship Playboy magazine, signed the deal with brand marketing specialist Legend Mobile, which has worked with the likes of rapper Nelly and NASCAR driver Rusty Wallace on similar products. Financial details were undisclosed, but the deal underscores recent moves by many media companies to license their content to be shown on the display panels of mobile phones and other handheld devices.
http://news.com.com/2100-1033-949028.html?tag=cd_mh

Webcasters, labels appeal Net radio fees
Webcasters and record labels Wednesday each said they would ask a federal court to overturn a controversial new set of fees, setting off yet another round of squabbling over Internet radio. The new royalties were imposed in June by the Librarian of Congress, overturning a previous recommendation by a federal arbitration panel. The fees split the difference between rates suggested by labels and Webcasters, but both sides have continued to cry foul. The new rates underpay artists who are providing the raw materials for Webcasters' businesses, say the record labels, which will get about 50 percent of the new royalties. Webcasters say they fees are still too high, and will drive small businesses and hobbyists off the digital air.
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-948834.html?tag=cd_mh

A legal hack? Only in America
Could record and music executives who take advantage of the hacking provisions of a proposed U.S. bill face stiff penalties if they travel to countries that outlaw computer break-ins? Possibly. Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., has pushed a measure that would allow intellectual property owners to use technical measures to prevent copyright infringement. These measures include spoofing--the seeding of file-swapping networks with false versions of songs -- and hacking into sharing systems. The proposal has already come under fire from critics, who fear it would encourage corporate vigilantism. It may also put some entertainment industry folks squarely in the crosshairs of a complex web of inconsistent international and local laws that has already entangled executives, including former Yahoo CEO Tim Koogle.
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-948597.html?tag=cd_mh

New spec adds speed to DVD race
One of the two DVD industry groups jockeying over competing standards is trying to give added speed to its spin with a new specification that will cut recording times on DVD+R discs. The DVD+RW Alliance, a group of companies advocating the DVD+RW format for recording and rewriting files onto DVD discs, announced on Thursday its new 4X DVD+R specification. The technology is designed to allow devices to record a full-capacity DVD+R disc in less than 15 minutes. Support for DVD+R is a feature of the DVD+RW format. Another specification, for 4X DVD+RW, is also in the works from the consortium and should be available before the end of the year.
http://news.com.com/2100-1040-948963.html?tag=cd_mh

FCC wades into digital TV, piracy debate
The Federal Communications Commission is about to step into an increasingly bitter spat over digital television and Internet piracy. At a meeting on Thursday morning, the FCC's commissioners are expected to approve a set of proposed regulations that eventually would implant anti-copying technology into the next generation of digital TV receivers. The FCC's draft rules, according to a government official who has seen them, cover a range of proposed regulations, including a way to mark transmissions with a "broadcast flag" to designate shows that should not be copied freely. Full details about the proposal aren't expected to be released until a few days after the FCC's meeting, probably next week. But consumer groups are already girding themselves for the bureaucratic equivalent of trench warfare against the entertainment industry.
http://news.com.com/2100-1040-948854.html?tag=cd_mh

Bug Finders: Should They Be Paid?
A security company's offer to pay for information on bugs discovered in software has once again stirred discussions over a long-simmering issue -- whether independent researchers should receive compensation for the flaws they find and how information about security vulnerabilities should be disclosed. Donors to security information firm iDefense's new Vulnerability Contributor Program will receive cash awards of up to $400 for each report of a software vulnerability. Additional bonuses will be paid if the discoverer agrees to grant iDefense exclusive rights to the information.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology...,54450,00.html

Nuke Reactor: Show Me Your Face
A University of Missouri campus has chosen a face recognition system to secure a nuclear reactor despite the technology's well-publicized shortcomings in commercial and government tests. The University of Missouri-Rolla reactor is a 200-kilowatt research facility that uses low-enriched uranium to train nuclear engineers. Although the fuel isn't potent enough to make a nuclear weapon, it could be used to create a "dirty bomb," experts say. Facility director Akira Tokuhiro said he chose the face-scanning system because he was familiar with the manufacturer, Omron Corporation, based in his native Japan. The multinational company specializes in automated systems such as cash dispensers and ticket machines, and is planning to launch its face recognition product in the United States next year.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology...,54423,00.html

'Terrorist School' Head Aquitted
A chef who promoted "The Ultimate Jihad Challenge" on an Internet site, inviting people to take weapons training in the United States, was found innocent of terrorist charges Friday. A jury at London's Old Bailey criminal court found Sulayman Balal Zainulabidin, 44, innocent of violating the Terrorism Act. Zainulabidin, a convert to Islam, was arrested three weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center, and two weeks after going to a London police station to complain that he did not feel safe after a newspaper article published details of his website. It has since been dismantled by British authorities.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,54440,00.html

Pluto: Too Hip to Be Out There
Pluto, that most distant and strange of planets, is suddenly hot -- or hot as an object 3.7 billion miles from the sun can get, anyway. Astronomers long frustrated by a dearth of information about Pluto and its planetary partner Charon lucked out this summer when Pluto passed in front of a star on July 20 -- the first such eclipse, or occultation, since 1988. This event provided a prime opportunity to gather information about Pluto's atmosphere. Another occultation will take place Aug. 20, offering a potential bonanza. As important as the two events are scientifically, their main importance might be political.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology...,54375,00.html

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Old 09-08-02, 06:21 PM   #2
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AUGUST 4, 2002

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In June, after the British musical group the Planets introduced a 60-second piece of complete silence on its latest album, representatives of the estate of composer John Cage, who once wrote "4'33"" (273 seconds of silence), threatened to sue the group for ripping Cage off (but failed, said the group, to specify which 60 of the 273 seconds it thought had been pilfered). Said Mike Batt of the Planets: "Mine is a much better silent piece. I (am) able to say in one minute what (took Cage) four minutes and 33 seconds." [The Independent (London), 6-21-02]


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Welcome back Mr. Newsman!

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I've bought the tape of that movie to my sister as an overdue birthday gift... She is now a happy girl
There you go.... isn't it easy to make girls happy!

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Crypto scientists crack prime problem
Computer scientists in India have cracked an age-old mathematical problem by designing a method for computers to quickly prove whether a figure is a prime number -- a vital step in cryptography. RSA, a popular encryption algorithm used in securing Internet commerce, is built on the assumption that when prime numbers -- those evenly divisible only by themselves and the number one -- are large enough, they're nearly impossible to generate and determine. To create encryption keys, RSA uses two huge prime numbers and multiplies them together to produce an even bigger prime. Testing then confirms whether it is in fact a prime number. The current algorithms used in so-called primality tests are speedy but have a miniscule probability of producing a wrong answer.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-949170.html
This was a very interesting piece of news. A more efficient primality test does not break any encryption technologies but rather enhances them. Factorization of large numbers (to their prime components) is the computationally tough challenge that keeps protecting RSA security.

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News of the Weird (.756)

AUGUST 4, 2002

LEAD STORIES

In June, after the British musical group the Planets introduced a 60-second piece of complete silence on its latest album, representatives of the estate of composer John Cage, who once wrote "4'33"" (273 seconds of silence), threatened to sue the group for ripping Cage off (but failed, said the group, to specify which 60 of the 273 seconds it thought had been pilfered). Said Mike Batt of the Planets: "Mine is a much better silent piece. I (am) able to say in one minute what (took Cage) four minutes and 33 seconds." [The Independent (London), 6-21-02]


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LOL..more news more news
great
i know of that bit by john cage
it was some geat experimental stuff i heard of his once
(if any body knows where it can be found)
think it was with william s burrows?

yay news of the weird....
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