22nd November 2003 Archive

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Telcos sue to block landline-to-cell switchers

11th hour move to scupper LNP

The United States Telecom Association has filed a suit to prevent people taking their landline numbers to cellphones. It's one of the least-noticed aspects of LNP, or local number portability, which the regulator, the FCC, has said must be introduced no later than Monday. LNP will allow cellphone users to take their numbers …

Mobile 22 Nov 2003, 00:09
DVD Jon unlocks iTunes' locked music

Exclusive Fair use, open source style

Jon Lech Johansen, better known as DVD Jon for his authorship of the DeCSS decryption software, has turned his attention to Apple's locked music format. While he hasn't decrypted the DRM that Apple uses, he has produced a simple Windows command line utility which will install a DLL which dumps the output of a QuickTime stream …

Software 22 Nov 2003, 02:22
California mandates e-voting paper trails

But not in time for 2004

The head of California's elections office Kevin Shelley has issued an order that requires touch screen voting machines to produce paper audit trails. Secretary of State Shelley is the man who certifies the States' election results. Shelley has demanded that the machines vendors must have a "voter verified paper audit trail" or …

Software 22 Nov 2003, 03:36
Archive.org to Vivendi: we'll host MP3.com's files

Save the music

MP3.com founder Robertson is in talks with Vivendi Universal to save the music collection at the site. CNET bought the domain name last week after a night on the tiles, and Vivendi said the archive will close in December. But Archive.org founder Brewster Kahle says he's only too happy to host the collection. "Our approach is …

Business 22 Nov 2003, 03:36
Michigan Wi-Fi hackers ‘try to steal credit card details’

Breaking and entering into shop network

Federal officials this week accused a third Michigan man of conspiring to steal credit card numbers from the Lowe's chain of home improvement stores by taking advantage of an unsecured wi-fi network at store in suburban Detroit. The new defendant, Brian Salcedo, 20, was named by the original suspects, Paul Timmins, 22, and Adam …

Wireless 22 Nov 2003, 14:17