Topic: - on February 3, 2003 at 12:06:09 PM CET
WDR Computerclub wird eingestellt
Nach über 20 Jahren stellt der WDR die älteste noch bestehende Computersendung im deutschen Fernsehen, den ComputerClub, ein. Seit 1981 führen Wolfgang Rudolph und Wolfgang Back als zwei Urgesteine des populären Computerjournalismus in Deutschland durch die Sendung und genießen in Teilen der IT-Szene bereits Kultstatus. Im November 2001 feierte die Sendung mit der 3. Computerclub-Nacht im Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum ihr zwanzigjähriges Bestehen.
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Topic: - on February 2, 2003 at 7:28:11 PM CET
Apple - iLife
See what happens when you take four best-of-breed multimedia applications — iTunes for managing music, iPhoto for digital photography, iMovie for editing digital video and iDVD for creating your own DVDs — and integrate them so that they work together seamlessly.
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Topic: - on January 30, 2003 at 7:34:00 AM CET
AOL loses Ted Turner and $99 billion
Ted Turner is resigning as vice chairman of AOL Time Warner, capping a tumultuous year for the beleaguered media giant.
The announcement came just shortly after the company reported a net loss of $98.7 billion for 2002. Those results included a $45.5 billion fourth-quarter charge related primarily to depreciation in the value of its America Online unit, as well as a first-quarter charge of $54 billion in accordance with accounting rules changes that took effect last year.
¬> c|net ¬> washingtonpost ¬> Yahoo ¬> BBC
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Topic: - on January 30, 2003 at 6:58:03 AM CET
Damaging Worm Believed To Have Started With British Code
Many leading experts believe the programming for the weekend's damaging Internet worm was based on a bit of software code published on the Web by a British computer researcher and later modified by a virus author known in the Chinese hacker community as "Lion."
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Topic: - on January 30, 2003 at 6:46:46 AM CET
Your computer could be killing you
Sitting at a computer for long periods of time could kill you, according to a new study reported in the February 2003 edition of the European Respiratory Journal. It says there is a risk of developing life-threatening blood clots from sitting for long periods at a computer, similar to a problem that has injured or killed some airline passengers on long flights.
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Topic: - on January 30, 2003 at 5:28:29 AM CET
$150 for a plasma TV? A bad bet
A new Internet-era quick-money scheme has caught fire. Dozens of Web sites have popped up promising high-ticket electronic gadgets for pennies on the dollar. One promises a free laptop computer to anyone willing to pony up $50 for an electronic book. At another site, purchase of a $500 CD-ROM buys a chance to win $4,650 or a free plasma television. But there’s a catch: There may be only one winner for every 50 buyers. The sites claim they’re legitimate, but legal experts warn otherwise.
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Topic: - on January 30, 2003 at 5:04:52 AM CET
10.20GHz Intel Nehalem slated for 2005
Future Desktop Roadmaps Tejas to reach 9.20GHz, Prescott 5.20GHz.
The contents of the note appear to reveal future plans for future Intel desktop processors right up until 2005.
By then, according to the note, Intel will be able to deliver 10.20GHz desktop CPUs codenamed "Nehalem" and produced using 65 nanometer technology.
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Topic: - on January 28, 2003 at 2:36:56 PM CET
Microsoft hatte nicht alle eigenen Rechner auf den letzten Stand gebracht
Und selbst im Microsoft-Netzwerk waren eine Reihe von Rechnern nicht gepatcht und verursachten so zeitweilig einen Zusammenbruch ausgerechnet der Infrastruktur, auf die Kunden angewiesen waren, um ihre Systeme gegen weitere Attacken abzusichern.
Rick Devenuti, Microsofts Chief Information Officer, gab jetzt auch zu, dass sein Konzern immer noch nicht wisse, wie der Wurm ins Netzwerk gelangt sei. Es sei aber schwer, "immer 100-prozentig gepatcht" zu sein.
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Topic: - on January 28, 2003 at 2:06:52 PM CET
SQL Slammer: Auch MS SQL Server 7.0 gefährdet.
Die von dem am Wochenende aufgetauchten Wurm SQL Slammer genutzte Sicherheitslücke im Microsoft SQL Server 2000 existiert prinzipiell auch in anderen Microsoft-Datenbanken, so der Hersteller. Demnach sollten auch Nutzer des SQL Server 7.0, der Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) 1.0 und der Microsoft Desktop Engine (MSDE) 2000 ihre Systeme mit dem entsprechenden Patch absichern.
NAI bietet zur Erkennung und Bereinigung von infizierten Rechnern zudem eine aktualisierte Version des Stand-Alone Remover Utility "Stinger" an. Sie steht unter kostenlos zum Download zur Verfügung.
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Topic: - on January 28, 2003 at 12:21:34 PM CET
Is this 18th-century smiley the earliest one found to date?
In the back of tome second (book two) of Stanislas de Boufflers' Œuvres (Paris: Chez Pironnet, 1805 - possibly a reprint of the original 1786 edition) one finds a short collection of poetry written by the author's extended family, most of which are in a humourous vein. These may have been collected from salon recitations and private correspondence. One of these poetic send-ups is the "Chanson de l'abbé Porquet". Abbé Pierre-Charles-François Porquet (b. Jan. 12 1723 - d. Nov. 22 1796) was Boufflers' tutor and companion from c. 1749 to 1766 (?). Porquet wrote this piece for one of Boufflers' birthdays ("Célébrons l'heureuse naissance / De notre aimable chevalier").
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Topic: - on January 28, 2003 at 11:55:28 AM CET
Microsoft Was Vulnerable to Worm Virus
Microsoft Corp. itself was exposed to the virus-like attack that crippled global Internet activity last weekend because it failed to install crucial fixes to its own software on many Microsoft computer servers, according to internal e-mails obtained Monday by The Associated Press.
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Topic: - on January 27, 2003 at 6:12:54 PM CET
Das Versagen der Sicherheitsexperten
In Windeseile hat sich der Wurm "SQL Slammer" am Wochenende von Server zu Server weiterverbreitet. In den USA fielen Tausende von Geldautomaten aus. Da Microsoft schon vor einem halben Jahr adäquaten Schutz bereitgestellt hat, stehen diesmal die nachlässigen Systemadministratoren am Pranger.
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