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2001
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"Got
hacked? Blame it on the software: There's only
one problem with software development these days, according to security
analyst and author Gary McGraw: It isn't any good."
-By Paul Festa -ZDNet>News
"A
Smarter Web: The Web is huge but not very smart.
Computer scientists are beginning to build a "Semantic Web" that understands
the meanings that underlie the tangle of information." ... "the ultimate
goal [dream;-] of the Semantic Web is to give users near omniscience over
the vast resources of the Internet, turning the millions of existing database
islands into a single gigantic database Pangea." (1,
2)
-By Mark Frauenfelder -TechnologyReview
"Hackers
access Playboy.com's credit card data:
Computer hackers broke into the Playboy Enterprises' Web site -- playboy.com
-- gaining access to the credit card numbers of several customers, a company
spokeswoman said Tuesday." -CNN
20011116
"The
Army's $1 Billion Video Game. War Games: The Military
Uses Its Combat Simulators for Afghanistan Training. It's the Big
Daddy of combat simulations: the Army's Simulation, Training and Instrumentation
Command, known as STRICOM." -ABCNEWS.com
20011115
Review: "Xbox
squared: Microsoft's game-box revolution takes
the path of mediocrity, while Sony's Playstation seizes the creative high
ground." (1, 2,
3,
4,
5)
-By Wagner James Au -Salon/-news
"Reading,
Writing and Robotics: An innovative science
project has fourth-graders building and programming small mobile machines."
-By Liz F. Kay-LAtimes
"A
Talk with the Brain behind Blue Gene: William
Pulleyblank on how IBM's ultraspeedy supercomputer will take on one of
biology's toughest problems -- and lots more." ... "With Blue Gene, IBM
is trying to set a new supercomputer speed limit -- a petaflop, or a thousand
trillion floating calculations per second."
-BusinessWeek
20011102
"Security
problems open Microsoft's Wallet: Software
flaws in the security of Microsoft's Passport authentication system left
consumers' financial data wide open, causing the software giant to remove
a key service from the Internet to protect people from having their data
stolen, a company representative acknowledged Friday."
-By Robert Lemos
-CNET
/News
"Computer
Worm Called More Potent Than Predecessors" ... "The
worm, called "Nimda" – "admin" spelled backward – is more potent than previous
worms and viruses, computer security experts said yesterday, because it
strings together the different attack methods of such earlier malignant
programs as the Anna Kournikova virus and the Code Red worm."
-By Mike Musgrove -Washtech
20010907
"New
Copyright Bill Heading to DC" The article reports
that "lobbyists ... hope to embed copy-protection controls in nearly all
consumer electronic devices and PCs. All types of digital content, including
music, video and e-books, are covered."-By Declan
McCullagh -Wired
Opinion "Stephen
Hawking: Humans will fall behind AI: Renowned
British scientist Stephen Hawking has claimed that humans should be genetically
engineered if they are to compete with the phenomenal growth of artificial
intelligence." -By Wendy McAuliffe
-ZDNet>News
"Dead
or alive, citizens write in for Microsoft" A humourous
reminder of the LA Times investigation that uncovered "a Microsoft-funded
industry group to produce bogus letters from "grassroots" citizens..."
to influence public officials. -By Joe Salkowski
-ChicagoTribune
"NEC
develops fuel cell for handhelds: The days of racing
to get work done before the notebook battery runs out of juice may soon
be over." ... "The cell makes use of carbon nanotubes" It's anticipated
that the "nanotube-based fuel cells" will be available in 3-5 years.
-By Martyn Williams -IDG
via CNN
20010831
"Virus
costs skyrocket: Coping with computer attacks tops
$10 billion." The article doesn't explain that all the viruses mentioned
are Microsoft products.
-CNN/fn
"Slap
on the wrist? Is the Justice Department's decision
not to pursue a breakup of Microsoft a big wet kiss from Bush, or just
smart strategy? The experts weigh in." -By Andrew
Leonard and the Salon Technology staff -Salon/-news
20010620
"End
of an affair? Hackers love their TiVos, and the company
is fond of its hackers. But as in any relationship, sometimes one party
goes a bit too far." (1, 2,
3,
4)
By Damien Cave -Salon/-news
- Computer Archive
