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Tech execs: Hands off P2P - Tech News - CNET.com |
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6:05 pm EDT, Jul 15, 2002 |
"In a joint missive to studio chiefs, signed by Microsoft's Steve Ballmer, Intel's Craig Barrett, Dell Computer's Michael Dell and others, technology CEOs said they were ready to sit down with movie industry representatives to discuss anti-piracy issues--but only if the studios agree that technology can't solve all their problems. " Tech execs: Hands off P2P - Tech News - CNET.com |
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3:48 pm EDT, Jul 15, 2002 |
This is a fun paper that discusses the practical difficulties associated with building TCPA style devices without some sort of legislation that forces everyone to pretend that naked emperors are fully clothed. Lots of serious hardware hacking and crypto here. The Xbox hack.... |
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Hacker group targets Net censorship - Tech News - CNET.com |
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12:44 pm EDT, Jul 15, 2002 |
"Some of the world's best-known hackers unveiled a plan this weekend to offer free software to promote anonymous Web surfing in countries where the Internet is censored, especially China and Middle Eastern nations. " Over the coming weeks a number of eternity service oriented tools are going to be released by various hacker groups. If these tools work properly they will raise the bar in a number of sectors, including P2P file sharing. Hacker group targets Net censorship - Tech News - CNET.com |
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Wired 10.08: Stepford Child |
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5:17 pm EDT, Jul 14, 2002 |
"Loaded with a digital camera, microprocessor, and voice recognition software, Cindy is the first doll that can see, think, and do as she's told. That makes her both surprisingly precocious ... and a little creepy." Chucky..... Wired 10.08: Stepford Child |
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Knowledge Management on the Internet |
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1:32 pm EDT, Jul 13, 2002 |
It is estimated that there are over two billion Web pages, and thousands of newsgroups and forums, on the Internet - covering virtually every topic imaginable. However, many users find that searching the Internet can be a time consuming and tedious process. This has driven the development of improved search and information retrieval systems. However, we now need ... to present the user only with the information they need, rather than a large set of relevant documents to read. ... community Web sites could help ... just by adopting the current generation of knowledge management systems ... Metadata has useful role ... but it has limitations ... [XML is a] key opportunity ... good user-friendly, and "intelligent", tools will be critical ... The success of Internet based knowledge management, and the Semantic Web, will require the development and integration of various data standards, ontology definitions, and knowledge management and agent technologies. It will take a concerted and significant effort to get there. The likely longer-term benefits are much more effective Internet searches and smart information extraction services, which present the user with concise relevant extracts. In the meantime, perhaps we should also think about how authors represent knowledge and present information, and how users apply knowledge, in a more structured and meaningful way. Knowledge Management on the Internet |
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Forbes.com: Hackers put fake stories on USA Today Web site |
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1:18 pm EDT, Jul 12, 2002 |
"WASHINGTON, July 12 (Reuters) - Fake news stories appeared on the Web site of the USA Today newspaper after vandals apparently broke in late Thursday night, a USA Today spokesman said on Friday." Forbes.com: Hackers put fake stories on USA Today Web site |
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A War of Robots, All Chattering on the Western Front |
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11:38 am EDT, Jul 12, 2002 |
"Commanders are envisioning wars involving vast robotic fleets on the ground, in the air and on the seas - swarms of drones that will not just find their foes, but fight them, too." Well, that certainly sounds exciting, but this article is really about pushing the limits of ad-hoc routing... A War of Robots, All Chattering on the Western Front |
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Crying wolf: False alarms hide attacks |
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3:40 pm EDT, Jul 11, 2002 |
I still get people, regularly, telling me that IDSes are up to snuff and I still keep reading material like this showing that more rigorous analysis says that IDSes are sadly lacking. Crying wolf: False alarms hide attacks |
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Slashdot | Latest UDRP Stupidity: Unix.org, Canadian.biz |
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1:57 pm EDT, Jul 11, 2002 |
If you're on the fence about ICANN, not sure who to beleive. Well, here are a couple smoking guns. This could not happen in a fair system. Slashdot | Latest UDRP Stupidity: Unix.org, Canadian.biz |
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