Topic: BOARD NEWS - on November 5, 2003 at 10:37:37 PM CET
Mäuse greifen Parlamentsrechner an
Eine Katze soll im Parlament in Wien die Computer der Abgeordneten künftig vor Nagetieren schützen. Durch die zahlreichen Mäuse im Hohen Haus an der Ringstraße seien Kabel in Computern angenagt worden, sagt Parlamentspräsident Andreas Khol (ÖVP) in der aktuellen Ausgabe der Wiener Wochenzeitung "Falter".
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Topic: LOST - on November 5, 2003 at 6:03:41 PM CET
No shirt, no pants? No problem at new restaurant
Minutes after the bartender peeled off her top, Rodney Whiddon took off his shorts and underwear. Tearing a bite out of his chicken sandwich, the 56-year-old tourist from Destin, Fla., announced that he'd found paradise.
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Topic: POLITIK - on November 5, 2003 at 5:01:57 PM CET
Saudis 'fear sand shortage'
Saudi Arabia has reportedly imposed strict border checks to enforce a ban on the export of sand.
There are fears that the growing demands of the construction industry could lead to a shortage in the desert kingdom.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 5, 2003 at 4:54:11 PM CET
Fragrant bra bar to smokers
JAPAN's top lingerie manufacturer Triumph International yesterday announced it had developed a set of anti-smoking bras and panties as a part of a campaigning to help habitual puffers quit the habit.
The "Anti-Smoking Manifesto Bra" comes with capsules containing lavender and jasmine fragrances mounted in the cleavage.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on November 5, 2003 at 4:07:10 PM CET
Microsoft to offer $250,000 bounty on MSBlast worm and SoBig virus authors
Microsoft is offering two $250,000 rewards for information leading to the arrest of the individuals responsible for both the MSBlast worm and SoBig virus. The reward is being announced in conjunction with the FBI, but the money is apparently coming completely from Microsoft. Some analysts claim that this is the first time a technology company has posted such a public reward for information for relating to such hackers. Of course, there's a first time for everything, and to date law enforcement has had very limited success tracking down these folks. Perhaps money will get to the bottom of this.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 5, 2003 at 3:32:40 PM CET
Hello Sweden, you're on fire
The longstanding tradition of Norwegians telling Swedish jokes and vice versa, was recently refueled by a border story. A Norwegian man called Sweden on his mobile phone to tell them they had a forest fire. Not only did the firefighters not know about the blaze, they didn't recognize the name of the place on fire.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on November 5, 2003 at 3:04:57 PM CET
Spam fighters make a good killing
A rising tide of junk email is spawning a highly lucrative "antispam" industry as everyone tries to sell something on the Internet.
About half of all email is unsolicited junk mail or "spam," clogging up inboxes, and costing businesses billions of dollars in lost productivity.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on November 5, 2003 at 2:44:39 PM CET
Microsoft setzt Kopfgeld auf Wurm-Autoren aus
250.000 US-Dollar soll es Microsoft wert sein, wenn jemand Informationen liefert, die zur Verhaftung der Autoren der Würmer W32.Blaster und Sobig führen. Das berichtet der US-Newsdienst CNet unter Berufung auf nicht weiter genannte Quellen. Microsoft hat für den heutigen Mittwoch um 16 Uhr (deutscher Zeit) eine gemeinsame Pressekonferenz mit dem FBI, dem Secret Service und Interpol angesetzt, auf der die Initiative des Software-Konzerns wohl bekannt gegeben werden soll.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on November 5, 2003 at 2:17:59 PM CET
Baby alarm snares bungling burglar
Having unsuccessfully attempted to rob a bar, the 46-year-old burglar decided to share the unhappy news with his mates - via the unlikely medium of CB radio.
Sadly, this radio confession was transmitted to a nearby baby monitor, and the vigilant mother immediately alerted the authorities.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on November 5, 2003 at 2:02:55 PM CET
Google Crawling IRC?
Lately, we've had this bot on a private IRC network scanning the links:
[OV] MOTD requested by eddie52 (Eddie@xxx-xxx-xx-x.google.com) [irc.xxxxxxxxx.com] [OV] LINKS '' requested by eddie52 (Eddie@xxx-xxx-xx-x.google.com) [irc.xxxxxxxxx.com] [WI] eddie07!~Eddie@xxx-xxx-xx-x.google.com (walso)
IPs and hostnames changed to protect the innocent and shy. The IP the bot comes from is inside an IP block belonging to Google. Interesting.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on November 5, 2003 at 1:46:28 PM CET
Website updates jail occupants in real-time
Want to know who's in the Snohomish County Jail? Just go online. Authorities in the county north of Seattle have begun posting a list of everyone booked into custody over the past 24 hours, along with charges and bail amounts, with updates hourly between 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., jail director Steve Thompson said.
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Topic: SECURITY - on November 5, 2003 at 12:28:48 PM CET
How to bluejack
I have written an easy to follow, detailed guide on how you can bluejack someone. I'm assuming you know what bluejacking is, and/or you have read the 'What is bluejacking?' article.
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