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30th September 2000 Archive

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  • Washington Roundup

    Your tax dollars at work

    The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday took a halting step toward preventing law enforcement from reading e-mail messages with a mere administrative subpoena to an ISP as they often do, by approving the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which would require agents to obtain a real search warrant signed by an actual judge …

    Music and Media 30 Sep 2000, 17:52

  • German police swoop in child porn surf sting

    Who says PC Plod's got no imagination?

    Police are investigating hundreds of people across Germany, after conducting a "major sting" against child porn on the Internet, AP reports. The suspects are under scrutiny for browsing a Web site showing illegal pictures of children. In the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, police raided 13 homes, removing computers, floppy …

    Music and Media 30 Sep 2000, 19:45

  • Swap your fakes for genuwine software

    But MS UK resellers only need apply

    Microsoft UK is offering resellers the chance to replace counterfeit MS programs with a genuine copies. Under its latest anti-piracy campaign, dealers are invited to send any suspicious software in to Microsoft for assessment. This is a nice way of ensuring that honest dealers don't get their heads bitten off for buying dodgy …

    Business 30 Sep 2000, 19:50

  • BOFH gets Committed

    Episode 33 Descending the evolutionary ladder

    BOFH2000: Episode 33 So I get into work - very early for a change - and am swiping myself through the door, when... nothing happens. Retrying the swipe card isn't notably useful either. Around now I feel it's time to bring security into the game by tapping on the glass and waking them from their productive sleep. Having had …

    BOFH 30 Sep 2000, 20:26

  • Trust me, I'm a Bastard

    Episode 30 User configuration made easy

    BOFH 2000: Episode 30 So I'm working hard after a quiet several pints at lunchtime when the phone rings. Feeling magnanimous - and wanting the phone to stop ringing so I can get back to sleep - I pick up the receiver.. "Hello, is this the Systems guys?" "It certainly is!" I cry, full of the joyful spirit that denotes a post- …

    BOFH 30 Sep 2000, 20:27