Topic: COMPUTER - on March 13, 2003 at 3:23:35 PM CET
Yaha Virus Uses Netizens as Pawns
An e-mail worm that appears to be yet another salvo in a yearlong war between opposing groups of virus writers and hackers hit the Net Wednesday.
According to the Indian Snakes, authors of the worm known as Yaha, the latest worm was written to retaliate against Pakistani hackers who, the Snakes charge, are defacing websites based in India.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 13, 2003 at 12:56:32 PM CET
StarOffice druckt bald Briefmarken
Sun Microsystems und die Deutsche Post haben auf der CeBIT eine erweiterte Zusammenarbeit angekündigt. Die Post bindet ihre PC-Frankiersoftware Stampit in Sun StarOffice für Windows ein. Anwender, die mit der künftigen Version 6.1 der Büro-Software arbeiten, sollen so mit der Textverarbeitung und der Tabellenkalkulation gültige digitale Briefmarken in das Adressfeld ihrer Briefe drucken können, teilt Sun mit.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 13, 2003 at 11:09:38 AM CET
The "Bubbacomp"
Well, I'm Canadian. That means I sit in my igloo and drink beer. Recently our brewers have recognized the fact that many people pick up a 12 pack for a good time. Well, instead of having all those smaller servings... we were blessed with the BUBBA! 5 litres of pure beer enjoyment. I've seen all these GREAT mini-itx projects, and I wanted to do my own. I thought about using an old cd player, the briefcase idea. Then I wanted something original. The idea struck me one night to put one into a bubba. Thus, the idea was in motion.
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Topic: - on March 11, 2003 at 6:07:32 PM CET
Network worm uses weak Windows passwords
Say hello to a network worm which attempts to compromise and spread through Windows machines with weak, default passwords. Called Deloder, the worm also tries to drop a backdoor component.
And yes the worm is spreading through vulnerable machines - albeit modestly, according to Symantec.
The worm spreads by scanning random IP addresses, trying to connect on Port 445. Port 445 (Microsoft SMB over TCP/IP) allows outsiders to access Windows file shares.
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Topic: - on March 11, 2003 at 5:59:13 PM CET
McDonald's to Offer Wireless Internet
Would you like super-sized Internet access with that burger and fries? In a further sign of the spread of wireless Internet technology, McDonald's restaurants in three U.S. cities will offer one hour of free high-speed access to anyone who buys a combination meal. Ten McDonald's in Manhattan will begin offering wireless WiFi, or 802.11b, Internet access on Wednesday, McDonald's spokeswoman Lisa Howard said.
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Topic: - on March 10, 2003 at 9:37:46 PM CET
The Contiki Operating System and Desktop Environment
Contiki was originally written for the Commodore 64 system (1 MHz 8-bit 6510 CPU, 64 k RAM) but ports to a lot of systems are currently being developed by a bunch of developers: 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment system, PCEngine, Gameboy, Atari 8-bit, Atari Jaguar, Atari Lynx, Apple ][, VIC-20, CBM PET, Plus/4, Tandy CoCo, Sharp Wizard, Casio PocketViewer, Sega DreamCast and the Sony Playstation.
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Topic: - on March 9, 2003 at 10:28:45 AM CET
This Toaster is loaded!!!
It got: 800Mhz CPU (VIA C3). 128MB SDRAM. 40GB Harddrive. 16X DVD Drive. Built-in Video and sound.
The HD-light is wired to the Bagel LED :) You turn on the PC by pushing down the lever :)
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Topic: - on March 8, 2003 at 12:14:09 PM CET
Roogle the RSS search engine
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Topic: - on March 8, 2003 at 12:04:58 PM CET
Learn About JPEG2000
JPEG2000 offers several benefits that make it an ideal solution for creating digital archives. Collaboration is fundamental to the mission of most libraries. They may wish to transfer batches of image files and metadata to third parties in order to share responsibility for
long-term custody or to build union repositories for access. Many digitization projects have been based on digitization at individual institutions for contribution to a "union" site.
The ISO standard-compliant nature of JPEG2000 and its embedded support for multiple types of metadata helps to ensure that, when used to create digital archives, the content outlives the systems that created it.
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Topic: - on March 7, 2003 at 6:57:36 PM CET
Net speed record smashed
Scientists have set a new internet speed record by transferring 6.7 gigabytes of data across 10,978 kilometres (6,800 miles), from Sunnyvale in the US to Amsterdam in Holland, in less than one minute.
Using a quantity of data equivalent to two feature-length DVD-quality movies, the transfer was accomplished at an average speed of more than 923 megabits per second, or more than 3,500 times faster than a typical home broadband connection.
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Topic: - on March 7, 2003 at 1:31:39 PM CET
Angry Man Shoots Computer
How many times have you wanted to shoot your computer???? Well, George Doughty was plenty P.O.'d and blasted his PC.
Doughty says his laptop crashed once too often. So, he allegedly shot it four times as customers watched in his Sportsman's Bar and Restaurant in Lafayette, Colorado.
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Topic: - on March 5, 2003 at 12:43:57 PM CET
Sony Console May Deliver Power of 100 PCs
Sony Corp., the world's second- largest consumer electronics maker, plans a new video-game console that delivers the processing power of 100 personal computers on a single chip, the San Jose Mercury News reported, citing a patent granted in September.
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