Topic: COMPUTER - on October 3, 2003 at 10:26:28 PM CEST
Microsoft sued for security faults
Microsoft Corp. faces a proposed class-action lawsuit in California based on the claim that its market-dominant software is vulnerable to viruses capable of triggering "massive, cascading failures" in global computer networks.
The lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, also claims that Microsoft's security warnings are too complex to be understood by the general public and serve instead to tip off "fast-moving" hackers on how to exploit flaws in its operating system.
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Topic: NATURE - on October 3, 2003 at 10:15:05 PM CEST
It's raining frogs in Connecticut
Hurricane Isabel brought unholy high winds and lashing rain to the East Coast. It also dumped something almost biblical on Connecticut.
Primo D'Agata was startled by what he thought was hail smacking on his porch Sept. 19 as the remnants of Isabel moved through the state. But when he went outside to investigate, D'Agata discovered tiny, gelatinous eggs with dark spots in the middle.
It had apparently been raining frogs.
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Topic: POLITIK - on October 3, 2003 at 10:07:34 PM CEST
Hitler-Bewunderer
Arnold Schwarzenegger kommt kurz vor der Gouverneurswahl in Kalifornien gehörig unter Beschuss. Musste er sich zuerst für sexuelle Belästigung entschuldigen, wird er jetzt als angeblicher "Hitler-Bewunderer" angegriffen. Anlass war ein Bericht des Regisseurs eines seiner ersten Filme, laut dem "Arnie" in den 70er Jahren Bewunderung für Hitler geäußert haben soll. "Ich kann mich an keine dieser Bemerkungen erinnern", "verteidigt" sich nun der Gouverneursanwärter. Er habe immer alles verachtet, was Hitler verkörperte.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on October 3, 2003 at 9:10:57 PM CEST
Discovery may spur cheap solar power
A major European chip maker said this week it had discovered new ways to produce solar cells which will generate electricity twenty times cheaper than today's solar panels.
STMicroelectronics, Europe's largest semiconductor maker, said that, by the end of next year, it expected to have made the first stable prototypes of the new cells, which could then be put into production.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 3, 2003 at 9:07:15 PM CEST
Canadian PM Mulls Smoking Marijuana When He Retires
Now Canada can understand why Prime Minister Jean Chretien seems to be in such a hurry to push through a law decriminalizing marijuana.
Chretien, 69, said in an interview published on Friday that he might give pot a try once it is no longer a criminal offense -- presumably after he retires in February. Under the new law, pot users would only pay a fine if caught with small amounts.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on October 3, 2003 at 8:59:34 PM CEST
Copter-plane flies through tests
An aircraft capable of hovering like a helicopter and flying like a plane has passed initial testing, says its developer.
The Goldeneye 100 craft, developed by Aurora Flight Science, resembles a large drum with two pairs of wings and has successfully undergone flight tests at the Manassas Regional Airport in Virginia, US.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on October 3, 2003 at 8:52:24 PM CEST
Source code for popular game leaked on the net
Source code for the popular game Half-Life 2, made by Valve Corporation, has been leaked on the internet, a company official has confirmed.
It appears that the attackers gained entry to developers' computers at Valve by exploiting a vulnerability in the Windows mail client, Outlook.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 3, 2003 at 8:30:11 PM CEST
450 Kilo Kokain an Portugals Küste angeschwemmt
An der portugiesischen Küste sind mehrere hundert Kilogramm Kokain angeschwemmt worden, die in wasserdichten Säcken verpackt waren. Wie die Polizei mitteilte, wurden bis heute 450 Kilogramm des Suchtgifts im Schwarzmarktwert von geschätzten 180 Millionen Euro geborgen.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 3, 2003 at 8:26:31 PM CEST
Cocaine washes ashore in Portugal
Police have recovered hundreds of kilos of cocaine lying in watertight bags along beaches south of Lisbon.
The bags began washing ashore on Wednesday evening and more than 400 kilos of the drug have now been found by police and coast guards.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on October 3, 2003 at 8:06:37 PM CEST
Gefesseltes Schaf ruft die Polizei
Skurriles vermeldet die Polizei in Hamburg: Ein gefesseltes, in einen Kofferraum gesperrtes Schaf habe durch "Klopfgeräusche" auf sich aufmerksam gemacht. Zum Glück der Heidschnucke wurden Polizisten auf sie aufmerksam und leiteten eine Rettungsaktion ein.
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Topic: BOARD NEWS - on October 3, 2003 at 12:38:02 AM CEST
DURCHSICHTIGE FÜSSE
Das waren noch Zeiten: Ins Schuhgeschäft ging ich selbst als kleines Kind gern. Hinten gab es eine tolle Rutsche, und direkt davor stand der große Wunderkasten. Wenn ich lieb war, durfte ich mir darin meine Füße von innen ansehen. Im Ernst.
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Topic: SECURITY - on October 3, 2003 at 12:23:34 AM CEST
Japanische Stadt will Kinder überwachen
In Japan will eine ganze Stadt ihre Kinder satellitengestützt überwachen lassen. Die Stadt Murakami im Norden Japans plant alle 2.700 Volksschulkinder und Schüler der Mittelschul-Unterstufe mit Pager-ähnlichen Geräten auszustatten, mit deren Hilfe die Eltern dann den Aufenthaltsort ihrer Kinder online verfolgen können.
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