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Frenzy Is Fizzling
- National
Security Issues Hamper Customer Care
- First
content exchange goes live
- Teen-Ager
At Center Of Internet Terrorism Probe
- As
the Porn Peril Turns
- Pong Game
Bounces Back Wireless Biofeedback Technology to Be Incorporated
- Ice
Storms Freeze Systems
- Groups
Clash Over Hotmail Spam Filters
- Verizon
Sued Over Slow Net Access Installations
- Organization
unveils portal for disabled users
- New
Melissa Virus Starting to Spread
- Miramax
To Distribute Film Online
- Net
Worm Attacks Linux Servers
- Library
of Congress Goes Digital
- Drugs
In the new Economy
- Pink-slip
payoff
- X-Tracurricular Activities
- Real-life
bug the germ of ill will in antivirus industry
- Ralph
Nader, E-Commerce Savior?
- IT
Projects Get Closer Scrutiny
- Pushing
the Bounds of Net Film
- Hackers'
video technology goes open source
- Former
Hacker Saves Strapped E-tailer
- Travelocity
Confirms Web Site Exposed User Data
Online
News Frenzy Is Fizzling
It's raining pink slips in the online media world,
creating new doubts as to whether content is really king on the Internet.
National
Security Issues Hamper Customer Care
Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd. (IAI)
takes security seriously. Its headquarters, set behind high chain-link fences
topped with razor wire, is patrolled by a private army of Uzi-toting guards.
First
content exchange goes live
Content peering has become a reality today
as the new owner of the first content exchange flipped the on switch. Teen-Ager
At Center Of Internet Terrorism Probe
A teen-ager in the suburbs north
of Seattle is at the center of a probe into what an FBI agent says was an attempt
to ``take down the Internet'' on New Year's Eve. As
the Porn Peril Turns
The peril of online porn is why John Ashcroft should
be the next attorney general, conservative organizations said . Pong
Game Bounces Back Wireless Biofeedback Technology to Be Incorporated
Richmond-based
East3 Ltd. and game developer Hasbro Interactive today will announce a licensing
agreement to incorporate East3's wireless biofeedback technology into Pong and
other Hasbro video games. Ice
Storms Freeze Systems
Recent ice storms that snapped power lines in the
Midwest and plunged whole towns into perpetual midnight also jolted businesses
and governments into a new awareness of business vulnerability in the Information
Age. Groups
Clash Over Hotmail Spam Filters
Anti-spam activists Friday came to the
defense of MSN Hotmail, after Microsoft's Web-based e-mail service was criticized
for the unauthorized blocking of some outgoing as well as incoming messages in
its fight against junk email. Verizon
Sued Over Slow Net Access Installations
Verizon Communications is being
sued by customers frustrated when the company took weeks or months to get their
high-speed Internet access installed. The class-action effort is an attempt to
stop Verizon from signing new subscribers as well as to force compensation of
existing customers. Organization
unveils portal for disabled users
THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION for the Blind
on Wednesday debuted its new Web site, designed to be a portal for the 10 million
visually impaired Americans largely shut out of Internet use. New
Melissa Virus Starting to Spread
The first major widespread virus of the
new millennium may bear a familiar name: Melissa. Miramax
To Distribute Film Online
A major Hollywood studio will begin an experiment
next week offering full-length feature films available for download over the Internet.
Net
Worm Attacks Linux Servers
An Internet worm cobbled together from generally
available hacking tools has compromised hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Linux
servers. Library
of Congress Goes Digital
The Library of Congress meets its goal of digitizing
over 5 million items. But the world's largest library still has a way to go to
keep up with the digital age. Drugs
In the new Economy
Abuse of alcohol, cocaine, and other drugs of choice
is soaring among high-tech and Internet IT workers. Pink-slip
payoff
While the Internet industry continues to downsize, job-search Web
sites are reaping some rewards. X-Tracurricular
Activities
What's a company to do when an employee posts controversial-even
pornographic-material on a personal Website? The courts are starting to take on
that question. Real-life
bug the germ of ill will in antivirus industry
Spanish antivirus company
Panda Software announced that five of its customers had been attacked by a new
virus, known as HTML/LittleDavina, which deleted data on hard drives after dialing
out to a site on the Web. Ralph
Nader, E-Commerce Savior?
Legendary activist Ralph Nader has now targeted
the entire e-commerce industry, a movement he believes needs a Big Brother. According
to Nader, the Internet is simply the next vehicle for consumer fraud, a runaway
train with no conductor. IT
Projects Get Closer Scrutiny
Concerns about an economic slowdown will
make companies a lot more selective than usual about where and how they spend
their IT budgets this year. Pushing
the Bounds of Net Film
Long the goal of indie filmmakers, this year's
Sundance Film Festival opens its pipes to the Internet. Movies on your computer
aren't going to look the same. Hackers'
video technology goes open source
The developers of hacker video technology
DivX are going public, opening up much of their work to the open-source community.
Former
Hacker Saves Strapped E-tailer
The white knight who pulled European e-tailer
from the brink of bankruptcy at the last minute this week is a convicted hacker
turned venture capitalist. Travelocity
Confirms Web Site Exposed User Data
Online travel agency Travelocity.com
acknowledged that a file containing the names and e-mail addresses of about 44,000
people was inadvertently posted on its live Web site.
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