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Archive for July, 2004

MyDoomO Mutates

Posted by Sam Churchill on July 27th, 2004

E-Week says the MyDoom.O virus which attacked search engines, has a second, related attack which began in earnest Tuesday with a new piece of code using the back door installed by MyDoom.O to spread itself and launch a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack against Microsoft.com. [...]

The Battle Over Unix

Posted by Sam Churchill on July 27th, 2004

The battle over UNIX/Linux has generated lots of litigation and anxiety but very little light. It’s hard to keep track of what’s going on and what’s at stake. Michael Faulkner and Eric Goldman explain the situation. The “original” version of UNIX was developed by Bell Labs in 1969. It spawned [...]

Motorola + HP + Apple

Posted by Sam Churchill on July 27th, 2004

The Feature says the iPod will create a new version of the iTunes music player that will be installed on some Motorola phones. HP’s own-brand iPod is expected to ship in September, but Motorola’s handsets may become the first devices not produced by Apple to support the Mac maker’s [...]

Security Glitches

Posted by Sam Churchill on July 26th, 2004

WiFi “switch” vendor Aruba, says a recently discovered flaw enables relatively easy interception of encrypted keys between a wireless access point and a RADIUS server, according to David Callisch, communications director for Aruba Wireless Networks. The recently-ratified 802.11i wireless security standard doesn’t solve the problem, he added. While this [...]

SensorNets: The Truth is Out There

Posted by Sam Churchill on July 26th, 2004

Hans Mulder, associate director for research at Intel, says wireless chatter among sensors and machines “will be pervasive in 20 years.” “The range of potential market applications is a function of how many beers you’ve had,” adds Tom Reidel, co-founder and senior vice president for business development at Millennial [...]

Open Source Conference in Portland

Posted by Sam Churchill on July 26th, 2004

O’Reilly’s Opens Source Conference runs July 26th-July 30th here in Portland, Oregon with more than a hundred Sessions, Tutorials, Events, Exhibitors, Keynotes, Speakers and Parties. This year’s OSCON explores everything from the latest innovations in Perl, PHP, and Python to the great Linux debate and [...]

T-Mobile Does 3-Way

Posted by Sam Churchill on July 26th, 2004

T-Mobile USA, announced the iPAQ h6315, with three wireless connectivity options; Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and cellular. It will only be available from T-Mobile USA, and goes on sale in August for $499. HP has a variety of new Pocket PCs but only the h6315 has an integrated T-Mobile cell phone. [...]

Tiger Woods on Yahoo

Posted by Sam Churchill on July 26th, 2004

Yahoo! Sports will power the official website of the world’s top golfer, Tiger Woods, and in return will receive editorial and promotional content, including exclusive elements produced by Woods. The two sites will exchange a variety of marketing and promotional assets and share the revenue. In addition to text-based [...]

iPod Gets Real

Posted by Sam Churchill on July 26th, 2004

Traditionally, CDs and DVDs have worked on any player, but music downloads have been tied to specific brands of devices. Roxio’s new Napster download service uses Microsoft technology that doesn’t work with the iPod, for example. Now all that is changing. RealNetwork’s Harmony player, introduced today, plays on most anything. SlashDot, BBC and [...]

Wi-Fi Alliance Interview

Posted by Sam Churchill on July 25th, 2004

DigiTimes interviewed Frank Hanzlik, managing director of the Wi-Fi Alliance. Here’s an excert:
Q: How do you see the Wi-Fi Alliance s certification and testing procedures helping the WLAN market? A: Currently, more than 1,400 products support Wi-Fi standards, but only one-third of the products [...]