30th July 2002 Archive
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Wi-Fi honeypots a new hacker trap
War drivers beware
Hackers searching for wireless access points in the nation's capital may soon war drive right into a trap. Last month researchers at the government contractor Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) launched what might be the first organized wireless honeypot, designed to tempt unwary Wi-Fi hackers and bandwidth …
Security 30 Jul 2002, 05:16
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Intel owns Inside (true)
And don't you forget it
Intel's fearless intellectual property lawyers have wrested the word 'inside' from a rival US firm, after an epic battle. The heroes in suits successfully completed a dawn raid on Town Graphics, a small mapmaker based in Woodinville, Washington state. No casualties are reported. It's a different story at Town Graphics. The …
Channel 30 Jul 2002, 09:45
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Qwest rewrites accounts, fights for survival
Another telco scandal
Qwest Communications International Inc is now fighting for survival after admitting that it incorrectly recognized optical-capacity revenue amounting to $1.16bn in the years 1999, 2000 and 2001. Other secrets could still be lurking in its accounts, and the new management team at the debt-laden company faces a battle to …
Business 30 Jul 2002, 10:20
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IBM, HP quibble over Xeon MPs in midrange servers
Wouldn't you?
IBM Corp yesterday announced benchmarks for its eight-way xSeries 440 "Vigil" server. The results, it said, demonstrate to naysayers that servers based on the "Foster" Xeon MP processors from Intel Corp can, with the right chipsets, show good scalability on commercial processing workloads, Timothy Prickett Morgan writes. …
Servers 30 Jul 2002, 10:22
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Macromedia, Adobe settle patent squabble
Which is nice
Adobe Systems Inc and Macromedia Inc have settled all their outstanding patent infringement lawsuits, the firms announced yesterday, hopefully bringing to an end two years of litigation and badmouthing. "The terms of the settlement are confidential," the companies said in a joint statement released after the market closed …
Mac Channel 30 Jul 2002, 10:23
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Vodafone Q1 subs show modest growth
But down in the UK, Netherlands
Vodafone Group Plc, the world's second largest mobile phone operator, yesterday published key performance indicators for the quarter ended June 30, featuring slightly higher average revenue per user in its core markets, increased revenue contribution from data services, and modest overall growth of subscriber numbers. In …
Mac Channel 30 Jul 2002, 10:26
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Symantec guards against blended security threats
Integrated product
Symantec Corp is stepping up its attempts to tackle "blended" security threats, such as Code Red, with a new combined security product. Due for release next month, Symantec Client Security combines anti-virus, firewall and intrusion-detection technologies to prevent against hybrid security attacks. Security software …
Security 30 Jul 2002, 10:28
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Mobile operators seek to convert pre-paid masses
The Great Unwashed
European mobile operators facing massive debt and market saturation are now examining the value of their less profitable pre-paid customers, Ciaran Buckley writes. The finding is included in a new IDC bulletin, entitled "Customer Retention Strategies in the Western European Mobile Market, 2002." According to the research …
Mobile 30 Jul 2002, 10:58
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What do Boy Scouts have in common with hot gay sex videos?
Don't ask us, Ask Jeeves
Type in "Boy Scout" in the query box of the UK web site of Ask Jeeves and up pops an ad for "hot gay sex videos". Hit the refresh button and you get another ad promoting a hardcore gay pornography website and another and another. We clicked on the ads and some of the pictures on the front pages of the web sites were very …
Music and Media 30 Jul 2002, 11:46
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B3ta.com – good pics, great jokes
Site of the Day Photoshop Madness
The Net is awash with comedy-stroke-satire, some very good, but most resolutely text-based. The outstanding exception is B3ta.com, the home of Photoshopper terrorism. This very fine web site recently ambushed Monday:, the absurdly remonikered PwC Consulting, with introducingmonday.co.uk. Rightly, the 'we got your name' site …
Bootnotes 30 Jul 2002, 12:04
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ICANN director to see accounts
Josef K Auerbach prevails
ICANN board member Karl Auerbach has won the right to inspect ICANN's books. In any other corporation, a director encumbered with duties to his shareholders wouldn't have to go to court to inspect his company's accounts. But it's a mark of ICANN's secrecy that Karl Auerbach - who has the same responsibilities even though ICANN …
Music and Media 30 Jul 2002, 12:13
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Apple Jaguar promo doesn't apply to Jaguar
Dept of Misprunts
A promotion that promises to sweeten the pain of the $129 update to Apple's OS X 10.2 Jaguar release doesn't apply to Jaguar, leaving Register readers perplexed. One reader in New York discovered the promotion on Apple's US web site after following the link from the Jaguar lead-in on Apple's front page. "Purchase an iMac, iBook …
Mac Channel 30 Jul 2002, 12:16
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Tougher penalties for UK copyright thieves
Up to 10 years in jail
A Bill which increases the maximum penalty for copyright theft in the UK from two years to 10 years has become law. The Private Member's Bill, introduced by Liberal Democrat MP Dr Vincent Cable, also gives the authorities increased provision to obtain search warrants and powers to seize goods. The Copyright etc and Trade Marks …
Music and Media 30 Jul 2002, 12:23
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NTL claims 300K home broadband subs
And UK market lead
NTL today issued UK residential broadband subscriber figures - more than 300,000 punters. This accounts for 37 per cent of the entire UK fast-Internet access market, enough to make NTL overall broadband leader, the cable company says. BT and BT resellers can only catch up - but not without a struggle. NTL is promoting its …
Telecoms 30 Jul 2002, 15:00
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V21 pays for The Free Internet
Undisclosed terms
V21, or V Two One as it insists on calling itself, has swooped on stricken ISP, The Free Internet, buying its user base of thefreeinternet.net and business ops in an agreed deal. Terms are undisclosed. TFI subscribers gain access to a faster Internet connection and retain their email addys, according to V Two One. …
Music and Media 30 Jul 2002, 15:40
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Domain name disputes taken into national courts
NAF decisions appealed
Disquiet over the domain registration dispute process involving .biz domains has led to court action on both sides of the Atlantic. UK domain name registrar Internetters has launched High Court proceedings to halt the transfer of 'domainregistry.biz' to US company, DomainRegistry.com Inc. Internetters is going to the High …
Music and Media 30 Jul 2002, 15:41
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Pay up, or you're blocked: Indian ISPs tell US megasites
A Passage to India
America's biggest content providers could face a toll to enter India cyberspace, if plans mooted by the Indian ISP trade association bear fruit. Although the Internet Service Providers Association of India is split on the issue, several of the larger ISPs want to block access to eBay, MSN or Yahoo! unless the prociders pay a …
Music and Media 30 Jul 2002, 16:50
