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	Friday, October 29, 2004

Cisco buys network security company Perfigo. Latest Cisco news. [Network World on Routers and Switches] 1:01:07 PM    comment []

UK Gives Open Source The OK. A UK government report encourages public agencies to consider using Linux and other open-source alternatives to commercial software. [Linux Pipeline] 1:00:48 PM    comment []

Web-Based Tool Helps Voters Find Polls. With most states reporting massive new voter registrations and many political observers worrying about potential voter confusion and allegations of fraud on Nov.2, one organization has created a Web-based tool to answer questions and provide information. [InternetWeek] 1:00:34 PM    comment []

Secret Service busts online organized crime ring. In what it called an "Information Age undercover investigation," the U.S. Secret Service has arrested 28 people from eight U.S. states and six countries allegedly involved in a global cybercrime ring. [Computerworld Cybercrime News] 1:00:13 PM    comment []

Newsday columnist Ellis Hedican asks a good question: If we can trust banks to get millions of ATM transactions correct with a paper receipt every single time, why can't we trust the process of counting our votes? A big computer somewhere in the bowels of Citibank recorded my every twitch. I am sure of it. One hundred dollars is gone from my checking account. The date, time and place of my transaction are recorded for eternity. And when the monthly statement is mailed to my apartment, every last detail will be right there in black and white. I know this from experience. [Workbench] 12:59:54 PM    comment []

Lurking threats cast shadow on Net. The Bagle worm shifts shape to outsmart antivirus software. Plus: Media player patches and Feds' fraud crackdown. [CNET News.com] 12:59:34 PM    comment []

	Friday, October 22, 2004

IT pay to rise 10% to 15% through 2007, study says. As the economy improves and companies begin to invest more in IT projects, demand for senior IT workers will help drive double-digit salary increases for top techies through 2007, according to a new Meta Group report. [Computerworld News] 6:20:53 PM    comment []

Beat hackers and learn to spy at Italy's tech fair. Fingerprint sensors, gadgets to pry open doors and transmitters to spy on unsuspecting targets were among the wizardry on display at the opening of Italy's biggest technology fair. [Computerworld Cybercrime News] 6:20:38 PM    comment []

UK paper's anti-Bush ploy gets hacked, sacked. The Guardian's anti-Bush letter-writing campaign to America shuts down after hackers pillage its Web page. [CNET News.com] 6:20:05 PM    comment []

	Wednesday, October 20, 2004

Embracing Linux While Preserving Your Outlook. Are you as frustrated as your colleagues with your messaging environment? Don't be!--join hundreds who are leading their organization in a new, more productive direction by migrating their email and calendaring to Linux. Learn how in "Embracing Linux While Preserving Your Outlook." It's a new, on-demand webcast where Gregory Volan the CIO for Bloomington, Indiana, and Julie Hanna Farris, the Founder of Scalix, take you inside that city's successful and seamless migration of email and calendaring to Linux. [Networking Webcasts] 3:47:57 PM    comment []

Linksys springs wireless, voice gear. Latest Cisco news. [Network World on Routers and Switches] 3:47:36 PM    comment []

Red Hat Continues Desktop Push. Combined with its recent Netscape purchases, Red Hat moves closer to integrating desktops with network services. [Linux Pipeline] 3:47:10 PM    comment []

Radio Stations Spin Record Deal For Streaming Music. The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers signed a record $1.7-billion licensing deal Monday with U.S. commercial radio stations, giving them the right to play ASCAP music over-the-air and over Internet Web sites. [InternetWeek] 3:47:01 PM    comment []

Digital Agenda: Homeland security--Companies profiting from fear (page 3). Multibillion-dollar security initiatives have given rise to a new industry seemingly overnight. A News.com special report. [CNET News.com] 3:45:32 PM    comment []

	Monday, October 18, 2004

I Love Bees Game a Surprise Hit. An alternate-reality game conceived as a marketing ploy is gaining a huge and obsessive following. Fans of I Love Bees stalk pay phones, organize mass salutes and even use the presidential debate to connect with each other. By Daniel Terdiman. [Wired News] 5:00:33 PM    comment []

Google Envy Is Fomenting Search Wars. Propelled by Google envy, new players and Internet industry giants are rushing into the online search market. By By JOHN MARKOFF. [The New York Times > Technology] 5:00:10 PM    comment []

Route Analysis: The Foundation of IP Management. Fifty percent of all application performance problems happen where you can't see them - within the "cloud" of the IP network. Join Network World and Ipsum Networks for the audiocast "Route Analysis: The Foundation of IP Management" to find out how you can see into the brains of your IP network and manage it more effectively. [Networking Webcasts] 4:59:56 PM    comment []

StorageTek CEO: 'We're not just a tape company'. StorageTek, a Louisville, Colo., vendor of storage products, has steadily been improving its financial results and evolving its product line since former Xerox executive Pat Martin took over as chairman and CEO four-and-a-half years ago. He talked with N [Network World on Storage] 4:59:41 PM    comment []

SANS Institute names Top 20 vulnerabilities. The Unix kernel and databases that run on that operating system, along with security sub-systems and instant messaging that run on Windows, are the newest additions to the SANS Institute's annual list of Top 20 vulnerabilities most exploited by hackers. [Network World on SANs] 4:59:29 PM    comment []

Linksys springs wireless, voice gear. Latest Cisco news. [Network World on Routers and Switches] 4:59:19 PM    comment []

Demand Rises For E-Mail Archiving. Archiving software hits on compliance issues as well as better operational efficiencies. [InternetWeek] 4:58:40 PM    comment []

IBM unveils new Shark and midrange array. IBM presented two new enterprise-class storage arrays that feature compatible software that allows the boxes to be managed through a single interface and data to be replicated between them. [Computerworld Networking News] 4:58:11 PM    comment []

TVs, cameras top holiday plans. The Consumer Electronics Association predicts solid growth in gadget sales this year. [CNET News.com] 4:57:12 PM    comment []

	Wednesday, October 06, 2004

New Company Launches Google Challenge. Vivisimo has entered the crowded Internet-search market with a new site called "Clusty." [InternetWeek] 3:09:17 PM    comment []

New security products "adapting" to threats. As networks increase in size and complexity, security products are growing in sophistication and security threats are becoming more ingenious. [InfoWorld: Top News] 3:08:58 PM    comment []

Linksys goes dual-band on Wi-Fi. A router and clients for both notebooks and desktops can provide Wi-Fi connectivity over either of two unlicensed radio bands. [Computerworld News] 3:08:44 PM    comment []

Quantum cryptography gets practical. Quantum cryptography has been talked about for years but now is ready for commercial use, says Bob Gelfond, CEO of MagiQ Technologies Inc. He explains how the technology works and how it can be applied to businesses. [Computerworld Networking News] 3:08:19 PM    comment []

TiVo, Netflix sign movies-on-demand deal. And Mike Ramsay, TiVo's CEO, resigns from his board position at Netflix to avoid conflicts of interest. [CNET News.com] 3:08:03 PM    comment []

	Friday, October 01, 2004

WLAN Security Still A Stumbling Block . Enterprise WLANs are finally growing at a steady pace, but security issues remain the biggest factor inhibiting even faster growth. [Networking Pipeline] 12:04:53 AM    comment []

NSF Awards $13 Million For Anti-Worm Research. National Science Foundation gives $13 million to university researchers looking into ways to quash future worm and virus attacks. [InternetWeek] 12:04:38 AM    comment []

E-business sites hit with attacks, extortion threats. A distributed denial-of-service attack that disrupted Web-based systems at credit card payment processing firm Authorize.Net earlier this week is indicative of a sharp increase in the number of cyberattacks being targeted at specific companies and driven by profit motives on the part of the hackers who launch them. [InfoWorld: Top News] 12:04:29 AM    comment []

Four Los Alamos lab workers fired over security, safety lapses. Four laboratory workers were fired from their jobs at the Los Alamos National Laboratory because of their roles in several recent security and safety incidents in the facility. [Computerworld News] 12:04:18 AM    comment []

Via brings PCI Express to AMD-based computers. Via Technologies announces new product that brings PCI Express input-output to computers running AMD chips. [CNET News.com] 12:03:59 AM    comment []

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