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November 2007
Monthly Archive
Fri 30 Nov 2007
Fri 30 Nov 2007
Dell, undergoing a transformation to reach consumers worldwide and a broader base of business customers, reported improved financial results that nevertheless disappointed Wall Street.
Fri 30 Nov 2007
Appeals Court Voids Agreement to Pay Freelancers for Work Published on the Web
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A federal appeals court yesterday threw out a hard-fought agreement between publishers and freelance writers to pay the writers for electronic reproduction of their work.
Fri 30 Nov 2007
Holes in client-side applications, including Web browsers, e-mail clients, productivity suites, and media players, have become particularly worrisome over the last year.
Fri 30 Nov 2007
The head of the F.C.C. has proposed quick adoption of a rule that would prevent Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company, from growing larger.
Fri 30 Nov 2007
NEW YORK — Leading news organizations and other publishers have proposed changing the rules that tell search engines what they can and can’t collect when scouring the Web, saying the revisions would give site owners greater control over their content.
Fri 30 Nov 2007
An electronic privacy group challenging President Bush’s domestic spying program scored a minor victory when a judge ordered the federal government to release information about lobbying efforts by telecommunications companies to protect them from prosecution.
Fri 30 Nov 2007
The genius of the Wii isn’t in the graphics; it’s the gameplay — and Electronic Arts’ Playground for the Wii is a good example. It’s innovative and family-friendly, with a fun setting and interesting challenges.
Fri 30 Nov 2007
sfjoe writes “Are spammers giving up the game? Google seems to think so. In an article at Wired, Google, ‘… says that spam attempts, as a percentage of e-mail that’s transmitted through its Gmail system, have waned over the last year’. They think their own filters are so good that spammers aren’t even trying anymore. ‘Other experts disagree with Google, pointing out that overall spam attempts continue to rise. By most estimates, tens of billions of spam messages are sent daily. Yet for most users, the amount of spam arriving in their inboxes has remained relatively flat, thanks to improved filtering.’”
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Fri 30 Nov 2007
coondoggie passed us another Network World link, this one discussing the FBI’s newest offensive against botnets. They’re calling it Operation Bot Roast II. Apparently it’s already been quite successful, leading to indictments, search warrants, and the uncovering of some ‘$20 million in economic loss. writes “Today, botnets are the weapon of choice of cyber criminals. They seek to conceal their criminal activities by using third party computers as vehicles for their crimes. In Bot Roast II, we see the diverse and complex nature of crimes that are being committed through the use of botnets,” said FBI Director Robert S. Mueller. “Despite this enormous challenge, we will continue to be aggressive in finding those responsible for attempting to exploit unknowing Internet users.” I can’t help but think, though: how many more of these things are out there that this ’sting’ didn’t touch?
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