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The U.S. Congress has passed the most sweeping anti-spam legislation to date, authorizing creation of a do-not-e-mail list that allows consumers to opt out of all unwanted messages. President Bush has indicated he would sign the so-called CAN SPAM legislation, which could become law as soon as next week. The bill authorizes the Federal Trade Commi...
Smut distributed through peer-to-peer networks isn't inherently more dangerous than titillating matter found elsewhere on the Internet That was one of several findings by the research arm of the U.S. Congress, the General Accounting Office (GAO), in a letter responding to written inquiries by the Senate Judiciary Committee following the panel's hea...
Although dial-up is still the dominant method by which most U.S. residents access the Internet, DSL and cable are making inroads toward winning the hearts and dollars of broadband-hungry consumers However, not all high-speed Internet providers are created equal. Customers must choose a provider on the basis of availability, rates, customer service ...
Companies and developers hanging on to older releases of Microsoft software will no longer find downloads or support from the Redmond, Washington-based company as it complies with a nearly three-year-old settlement with Sun Microsystems over the use of Java Microsoft said that because of the settlement, the company will phase out software that incl...
Last week was looking relatively uneventful until I got a copy of SCO CEO Darl McBride's "Open Letter" in which he argues that the Linux GPL is unconstitutional. Now, for some of you, you red-lined the letter and spent the next several hours posting your pronounced disagreement with this position to online bulletin boards. I have to admit that my first response to the letter was that McBride's brain had taken a trip and left his body behind. But if you throw out the assumption that McBride has completely lost his mind and read between the letter's lines, another story comes out...
IBM claims it has found a way to apply nanotechnology -- a field of study in which researchers have manipulated materials at dimensions approaching the size of individual molecules -- to producing semiconductor components with existing chip-making tools Big Blue researchers, who will present their findings at the IEEE International Electron Devices...
With perhaps another 18 months before its case against IBM for copyright infringement goes on trial, SCO has chosen (perhaps ironically) to take its battle against open source out in the open. On Thursday, company CEO Darl McBride posted the first of what he said would be "a series of letters ... in the months ahead ... examin[ing] the many issues SCO has raised ... over violations of our UNIX intellectual property contract."
A federal judge in Utah has given The SCO Group 30 days to respond to demands that it reveal more information about the proprietary Unix source code it claims IBM infringed when Big Blue contributed Unix code to the Linux platform The judge ruled in favor of motions filed by IBM, which is seeking to force SCO to offer additional information about h...
Online learning has come a long way from its roots in simple how-to Web pages. Today, corporations hoping to enhance their employees' skill sets and individuals seeking to advance their careers can choose among a smorgasbord of online tutorials, courseware and classes After suffering as a result of the poor economy last year, the U.S. market for co...
Say "NASA" and most people immediately think "space exploration." But space also offers a unique vantage point for observations of Earth, and NASA devotes significant resources to scientific projects aimed at understanding our own planet and our impact on it. This is the first of three articles about NASA's Earth-centric efforts and the role of information technology in them...
Despite a healthy boom for WiFi wireless products among home users, issues of security and complexity are still holding back the technology on the enterprise side, experts at a wireless conference said this week While speakers at the WiFi Planet Conference in San Jose, California, talked about improvements in the technology and the incredible marke...
In a legal move that ultimately could affect the size of search engines' revenue stream, Google has asked a court to clarify whether or not its keyword-based advertising program is infringing on company trademarks. Google filed the request to be heard in U.S. District Court in San Jose, California, following complaints from American Blind & Wallpa...
The Web hosting industry is vast and growing -- but for potential customers, the array of choices can be mind-boggling. "We're looking at a market that was in the range of (US)$5.5 billion last year," Gartner principal analyst Lydia Leong told the E-Commerce Times. When the latest numbers are released, she added, "it'll probably grow about $1 bill...
U.S. Cyber Security Division director Amit Yoran, warmly embraced by the IT security community as head of the nation's cyber security when appointed in September, warned this week that more sophisticated and potentially disruptive cyber attacks could be looming against a system that remains vulnerable Speaking with U.S. Department of Homeland Secur...
The Recording Industry Association of America pushed forward with its campaign to sue illegal music file-traders this week, piling on another 41 suits in the third wave of legal action aimed at those who share music files over peer-to-peer (P2P) networks The industry group that represents the world's major recording labels touted the success of and...
In its latest attempt to stem the flood of membership losses that has besieged it for more than a year, giant Internet service provider America Online has partnered with Systemax, which markets PC systems from various hardware makers, to offer a complete personal computer for just US$299. The PC package, billed as the AOL Optimized PC, comes compl...
Some of the biggest retailers' Web sites reacted sluggishly during the post-Thanksgiving e-tail rush, with as many as one in five potential transactions failing at peak times, but overall the e-commerce sector held up under intense shopping activity, according to tracking data from two firms. Keynote Systems said poor performance by a small number...
Some folks find flattery in imitation, but spam fighters are finding it in denial-of-service attacks. The attacks are being generated by a nasty but undistinguished virus called Mimail-L, which, as part of its mischief, is commandeering its victims' computers to deluge with e-mail eight prominent antispam sites. The targeted sites include Spamhaus.org, SpamCop.net and SPEWS.org (Spam Prevention Early Warning System) as well as others, such as Disney's Go Web site...
Since its October 24th release, Apple's latest iteration of its BSD-based OS X software, version 10.3 or "Panther," has received more plaudits than pans throughout the high-tech community. Indeed, aside from a couple of initial glitches, including a hard drive-damaging flaw that has since been fixed, the launch has been seen as a highly positive d...
An international anticensorship group is calling on the biggest names in technology, including U.S. heavyweights Cisco, Microsoft, Intel, IBM and Sun Microsystems, to stand against the "repression of the Internet" by China's government. Despite commercial gains in what analysts describe as one of the most significant markets in the world -- the country contains an exploding market of nearly 50 million Internet users -- China remains an oppressive overseer of Internet use within its borders.
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