Topic: - on October 23, 2002 at 2:32:55 PM CEST
Orange unveils first Microsoft smartphone
Orange on Tuesday unveiled the details of its upcoming smartphone, the SPV, which will be the first Microsoft-powered handset on the market when it arrives early next month. The handset aims to combine consumer-friendly features such as an attachable camera and multimedia messaging (MMS) with Windows software integration along the lines of Microsoft's Pocket PC handheld computers.
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Topic: - on October 23, 2002 at 2:11:56 PM CEST
Angriff auf die Internet-Infrastruktur
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Die 13 Root Server des Internet waren am Montag Abend die Ziele der Distributed-Denial-of-Service-Angriffe von bislang Unbekannten
Am Montag hat angeblich der größte Angriff auf die 13 Root Server stattgefunden, auf denen alle gültigen Top Level Domains und die Adressen der Registrierungsstellen verzeichnet sind. Die Root Server sind die zentralen Server im Internet, die an oberster Stelle des Domain Name Systems (DNS) befinden und auf globaler Ebene die Verknüpfung zwischen den Domainnamen und den numerischen Rechneradressen herstellen. Der Angriff sei zu kurz gewesen, um sich spürbar auf das Internet auszuwirken.
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Topic: - on October 23, 2002 at 2:05:30 PM CEST
"Wer Bohlen liest, wird auf eine einsame Insel verbannt"
Hellmuth Karasek ZITAT DES TAGES 23. Oktober 2002 Spiegel online
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Topic: - on October 23, 2002 at 1:56:32 PM CEST
Karasek sieht Bohlens Buch als "Todesstrafe"
Der Erfolg von Dieter Bohlens Autobiographie auf dem Büchermarkt hat nach Ansicht von Literaturkritiker Hellmuth Karasek zumindest ein Gutes: "Mit Bohlen kam der Hoffnungsschimmer: Bücher zu verkaufen geht also doch." Ansonsten aber gebe es nichts Positives zu sagen. Er könne auch die Frage nicht beantworten, was er von Bohlen halte: "Weil ich sonst eine Beleidigungsklage am Hals hätte."
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Topic: - on October 23, 2002 at 1:49:21 PM CEST
Steirischer Almauftrieb im Parlament
Nicht einmal der für markige Sprüche bekannte Wolfgang Lorenz, ORF-Stratege und Intendant im Nebenberuf, ließ sich etwas Neues einfallen: Graz 2003 sei ein gesellschaftspolitisches Projekt, es sei zwar auch ein populäres Programm, aber kein populistisches. Und es sei kein Ganzjahresfestival, man werde dem Bürger das Gefühl geben, dass er Teil des Programms ist.
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Topic: - on October 23, 2002 at 1:24:39 PM CEST
Communiques from past serial killers
Examples of communiques by serial killers, according to a study by Tomas Guillen, who teaches journalism at Seattle University:
LIPSTICK KILLER: "For heaven's sake, catch me before I kill more; I cannot control myself," said the message scrawled in lipstick on a wall in the home of one of the Chicago killer's victims in 1946. Another victim's family was sent a letter demanding $20,000 in ransom.
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Topic: - on October 23, 2002 at 1:16:44 PM CEST
Researchers blast Keiko project
"To me, it's incomprehensible that anyone can think that an animal that's been so influenced by humans can become wild again." Berntsen said.
A US-based Keiko-supporter group has spent at least NOK 140 million (around USD 20 million) trying to return Keiko to the wilds. Berntsen noted that orcas like Keiko are typical flock-oriented animals that are especially difficult to return to the nature.
Keiko will spend the winter in the idyllic
Taknes Bay, not far from Kristiansund.
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Topic: - on October 23, 2002 at 1:09:09 PM CEST
Angry Missive Complains of 'Ignored' Calls
An angry letter found tacked to a tree behind a restaurant where the sniper wounded a man last weekend complained of six failed attempts to reach police, and threatened more killings -- of children in particular -- if millions of dollars were not deposited in a bank account within two days, according to law enforcement sources.
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Topic: - on October 23, 2002 at 1:05:34 PM CEST
NSA
About the secretive U.S. eavesdropper
The National Security Agency intelligence agency monitors phone calls, radio and TV broadcasts and other ''signals'' around the world. Those communications make up the bulk of all the raw information U.S. intelligence experts sift through every day. Headquarters: Fort Meade, Md. Employees: 16,000 Annual budget: $4 billion; $3.5 billion more allotted for eavesdropping satellites. Surveillance equipment: Ground based listening posts: 15-20 Listening satellites in orbit: 7 Intercept posts on embassy rooftops: 40-50 Communications monitored every hour at average listening post: 2 million Amount actually processed by decrypters, translators and analysts: 1% Little known fact: In February 2000, the NSA's computer system crashed, a sign of overload. It was down for four days.
Sources: U.S. intelligence officials; James Bamford, author of Body of Secrets, a book about the NSA; and Jeffrey Richelson, author of The U.S. Intelligence Community
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Topic: - on October 23, 2002 at 1:02:15 PM CEST
e-bay Love Kylie Holeproof Billboard
Kylie Minogue Holeproof billboard skin. 18 metres by 4.5 metres. Collector's item, only 3 in existence. It is made of the same material as tarpaulins and folds to a small size. Weighs 54 Kgs.
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Topic: - on October 23, 2002 at 3:13:28 AM CEST
Who Is the Sniper? Blogs Tell All
The D.C. sniper's a lonely teenager. No wait, he's an al-Qaida operative. Check that, he's an Iraqi agent trying to draw Washington-area law enforcement away from the District. A psycho, pissed off over the price of gas. A deranged truck driver. A racist nut. A calculating, terrorist "market researcher," seeing how this brand of attack works in the Capitol before exporting it to other American cities.
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Topic: - on October 23, 2002 at 2:46:26 AM CEST
Powerful attack cripples majority of key Internet computers
An unusually powerful electronic attack briefly crippled nine of the 13 computer servers that manage global Internet traffic this week, officials disclosed Tuesday. But most Internet users didn't notice because the attack only lasted one hour.
The FBI and White House were investigating. One official described the attack Monday as the most sophisticated and large-scale assault against these crucial computers in the history of the Internet. The origin of the attack was not known.
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