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Friday, September 09, 2005

Googling Vint Cerf, theinternetnews.com, Sept 8 2005

Googling Vint Cerf, theinternetnews.com, Sept 8 2005

“Searching for Vint Cerf, one of the founding fathers of the Internet, became a little bit easier today. You just have to go to Google. The head office, that is. Google announced today that it hired Cerf as Chief Internet Evangelist. Cerf is widely recognized as one of the founding fathers of the Internet for the role he played in the development of the TCP/IP protocol that is the core underpinning of the Internet, and indeed all modern IP communications.”

Full Story at: http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3547281


EBay to Buy Skype?, theinternetnews.com, Sept 8 2005

“Internet auction giant eBay is reportedly in talks to acquire Internet telephony company Skype for $2 billion to $3 billion, according to a published report.

However, spokesmen from both companies declined to comment on the Wall Street Journal report, saying their respective companies do not comment on "rumors." The report cited as its source "people with knowledge" of the talks between the both sides.”

Full Story at: http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3547251


Emergency VoIP Gets a Private Line, theinternetnews.com, Sept 8 2005

“Voice over IP manufacturer VoIP, Inc., launched what it says is the industry's first private network 911 service for Internet-based telephony, officials said Thursday.

The service is available today on a trial basis, with general availability of the entire product in October, to be showcased at the CompTel/ASCENT Fall 2005 Convention and Expo in Orlando, Fla.”

Full Story at: http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3547266


Arguments End in Microsoft vs. Google, theinternetnews.com, Sept 7 2005

“The judge hearing preliminary arguments in Microsoft versus Google said he'd rule on Tuesday, September 13.

At issue is whether Kai-Fu Lee, the former Microsoft executive who was hired to head a new Google research lab in China, can go to work pending the verdict in the trial. “

Full Story at: http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3547051


Dell to protect e-mail, data for AMD v. Intel, Reuters, Sept 8 2005

“SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc. (DELL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) has agreed to retain e-mail and other documents that could be used against its close partner Intel Corp. (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research) in a private antitrust suit filed by Intel rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , court papers show.”

Full Story at: http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=9604354&src=rss/technologyNews


Symantec Plugs DoS Flaws in Brightmail, eweek.com, Sept 8 2005

“Internet security software vendor Symantec Corp. has shipped a patch for a pair of security flaws affecting users of its enterprise-facing Brightmail AntiSpam product.”

Full Story at: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1856717,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594


Skype Proves Anyone Can Sell Phone Service, forbes.com, Sept 8 2005

“NEW YORK - Why is Skype Technologies suddenly the hottest firm in the tech world, lusted after by giant companies like eBay and News Corp, and valued as high as $3 billion? In a nutshell, it's because Skype is helping to kill the telecom business, and proving that just about anyone can sell phone service.”

Full Story at: http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/09/08/skype-ebay-merger-cx_de_0908skype.html?partner=rss


Second Life' membership now free, Cnet news, Sept 8 2005

“Linden Lab, maker of the popular virtual world "Second Life," is making membership to its metaverse free.
The company said that because free membership will likely prompt a significant number of people to join Second Life, revenue from virtual land the new members buy will probably make up for the loss of subscription fees.”

Full Story at: http://news.com.com/Second+Life+membership+now+free/2100-1043_3-5855481.html?part=rss&tag=5855481&subj=news

Thursday, September 08, 2005

New Search Engines Help Users Find Blogs, Wall Street Journal, Sept 7 2005

New Search Engines Help Users Find Blogs, Wall Street Journal, Sept 7 2005

“The race is on to become the Google of blogs.
Web logs, online diaries written and published by everyone from college students to big media companies, are being created and updated at an astonishing rate -- and established search companies such as Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. don't always catch them fast enough. Now, a handful of closely held upstarts such as Technorati Inc., Feedster Inc. and IceRocket.com LLC see an opportunity: Build a search engine that can track the information zipping through blogs, nearly in real time.”

Full Story at: http://online.wsj.com/public/article/0,,SB112605609071333521-YJ_zDNeKEGDupVAyFZ96e1xw8tY_20060907,00.html?mod=rss_free


Adware maker seeks to thwart rogue installs, Cnet News, Sept 7 2005

” In a continuing effort to clean up its image, advertising software maker 180solutions has updated its products to thwart rogue distribution.

180solutions has long been in the crosshairs of anti-spyware groups. The Bellevue, Wash., company makes the 180search Assistant and Zango Search Assistant applications that deliver pop-up ads to users as they perform Web searches. While the company distributes Zango on its own, 180solutions relies on about 8,000 third parties to distribute 180search. Those parties get paid for each installation of the software.”

Full Story at: http://news.com.com/Adware+maker+seeks+to+thwart+rogue+installs/2100-1029_3-5853096.html?part=rss&tag=5853096&subj=news


AOL Closing in on Video VoIP Launch, internetnews.com, Sept 8 2005

“After years of endless speculation in the industry about plans for video over its vast Instant Messaging networks, AOL is closing in on its own splashy video Voice over IP calling service, internetnews.com has learned.”

Full story at: http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3546946


Cingular music phone ads take cue from iPod images, Yahoo! News, Sept 7 2005

“NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wireless carrier Cingular seeks to bend the ear of consumers with its entry into the market of music-playing cell phones ahead of U.S. rivals, launching a splashy campaign for the new device developed with Apple Inc.'s iPod and Motorola Inc.”

Full story at: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050908/tc_nm/telecoms_cingular_advertising_dc


Former Green Beret Stays Online in Katrina's Wake, eweek.com, Sept 8 2005

“A former Army Green Beret, and colleagues at a Web hosting service, are holed up in a commercial building in downtown New Orleans, with weeks of food and water and a diesel-powered electric generator, struggling to keep a segment of the Internet from going offline because of Hurricane Katrina, Ziff Davis Internet has learned.”

Full Story at: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1856446,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594


Web and text vote trials dropped, BBC News, Sept 6 2005

“Proposed trials of voting via internet or text message in next year's local council elections have been scrapped by the government.
Ministers had been considering holding more pilot schemes in all London boroughs in next year's polls.”

Full Story at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4219008.stm


Judge to rule Tuesday in Kai-Fu Lee case, Cnet News, Sept 7 2005

“SEATTLE--A Washington state court judge plans to issue a ruling Tuesday on whether former Microsoft executive Kai-Fu Lee will be allowed to immediately begin setting up a China development center for Google.
After hearing two days of testimony this week, Judge Steven Gonzalez said late Wednesday that he would review the evidence and issue his decision both in court and in writing on Tuesday morning.”

Full Story at: http://news.com.com/Judge+to+rule+Tuesday+in+Kai-Fu+Lee+case/2100-1030_3-5853356.html?part=rss&tag=5853356&subj=news


New Cisco flaw could pose threat to Net, Cnet News, Sept 7 2005

“A serious flaw in Cisco Systems software puts computer networks at risk of cyberattack and has prompted security vendor Symantec to raise its Internet threat level.
A vulnerability in Cisco's Internetwork Operating System could be exploited to crash or remotely run malicious code on devices that run IOS, the San Jose, Calif., networking giant warned Wednesday in a security advisory. IOS runs on Cisco's routers and switches, which make up a large portion of the Internet's infrastructure.”

Full Story at: http://news.com.com/New+Cisco+flaw+could+pose+threat+to+Net/2100-1002_3-5853330.html?part=rss&tag=5853330&subj=news

Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Sparks from Microsoft-Google Friction, Business Week Online, Sept 7 2005

Sparks from Microsoft-Google Friction, Business Week Online, Sept 7 2005

“Redmond's suit over its exec joining the search giant reveals the tension over staff defections -- and Gates & Co.'s alleged China missteps. To hear Kai-Fu Lee tell it, Microsoft's size has begun to slow the software giant overseas. The former Microsoft (MSFT ) vice-president departed for Google (GOOG ) in July, sparking a suit by Microsoft alleging that Lee violated the noncompete terms of his contract. Lee testified in court Sept. 6 that he grew increasingly frustrated by Microsoft's missteps in China and its unwillingness to address the problem.”

Full story at: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2005/tc2005097_5781_tc024.htm


Microsoft tries new tack with small firms, CNet News.com, Sept 6 2005

“Microsoft is expected to announce on Wednesday a renewed effort to target midsize companies with a specially tailored package of server software.

Code-named Centro, the midmarket server software will combine the Windows Server operating system, Exchange e-mail server as well as management tools. The package, based on the company's Longhorn version of Windows Server as well as the next release of its Exchange, code-named Exchange 12, isn't expected to arrive until 2007.”


Full Story at: http://news.com.com/Microsoft+tries+new+tack+with+small+firms/2100-1012_3-5851396.html?part=rss&tag=5851396&subj=news


Group says Yahoo helped jail Chinese journalist, CNet News.com, Sept 6 2005

“A French media watchdog group claimed on Tuesday that Yahoo provided information that helped Chinese officials convict a journalist accused of leaking state secrets.”

Full Story at: http://news.com.com/Group+says+Yahoo+helped+jail+Chinese+journalist/2100-1028_3-5851705.html?part=rss&tag=5851705&subj=news


IMlogic Tackles Zero-Day Chat Threats, internetnews.com, Sept 6 2005

“Officials at instant messaging (IM) management vendor IMlogic launched a new service Tuesday to stop zero-day viruses and worms before they cripple the enterprise network.”

Full Story at: http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3532256


Fraud concerns dent interest in online banking (AFP), Yahoo! News, Sept 6 2005

“WASHINGTON (AFP) - Worries about online fraud and identity theft have curbed Americans' interest in Internet banking.
A survey by research firm Ipsos Insight indicated that after years of dramatic growth, the percentage of Americans who conduct personal banking online remained unchanged during the 12-month period ended August 2005.”

Full Story at: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050906/tc_afp/usinternetbankingfraud


In Brief: Adomo introduces voice messaging for Microsoft Exchange, Yahoo! News, Sept 6 2005

“San Francisco (InfoWorld) - Startup company Adomo has announced the availability of Adomo Voice Messaging for Exchange, an appliance that integrates voice messaging into Microsoft Exchange and Active Direcotory. The appliance supports multiple telephony components, including legacy PBXs, VoIP, smartphones, and PDAs. It allows users to access voice messages from their Outlook Inbox, allowing them to be scanned, prioritized, forwarded, or filed”

Full Story at: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/infoworld/20050906/tc_infoworld/58326


Good Technology links voice to wireless e-mail, Yahoo! News, Sept 6 2005

“San Francisco (InfoWorld) - Treo owners are about to get another bragging right. Good Technology will make available on Tuesday a download that allows GoodLink subscribers to access corporate voice mail from their Palm Treo 600 or 650 inbox, thereby eliminating the need to dial in for voice mail.”

Full Story at: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/infoworld/20050906/tc_infoworld/67681


Blogs Provide Storm Evacuees With Neighborhood-Specific News, washingtonpost.com, Sept 7 2005

“As the world's news media show the big picture of the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina, some Web sites are finding ways to provide specific information to those hungry for details about their homes and local landmarks.”

Full Story at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/06/AR2005090601995.html?nav=rss_technology

Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Skype signs VoIP JV in China, theregister.co.uk, Sept 5 2005

Skype signs VoIP JV in China, theregister.co.uk, Sept 5 2005

“Skype is looking to make inroads into the potentially lucrative Chinese market after inking a joint venture (JV) agreement with wireless internet operator TOM Online.
The two companies are already buddies having forged an agreement to develop a simplified Chinese version of Skype's internet telephony software. Ten months on and the software has attracted 3.4m registered users and Skype reckons now is the right time to plug the service to TOM's 70m punters.”

Full story at: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/05/skype_tom/


'Islamic Trojan' disrupts smut surfing, theregister.co.uk, Sept 5 2005

“Virus writers have created a Trojan horse which tries to disrupt visits the pornographic websites by displaying messages from the Koran.

The low-risk Yusufali-A Trojan horse monitors the websites Windows users are visiting. If the malware sees one of a set of trigger words (such as "teen", "sex" or "penis") in the url it minimises the window so the user cannot see its content and displays a message from the Koran instead. The message, partly written in Arabic, contains the following English text:

Yusufali: Know, therefore, that there is no god but Allah, and ask forgiveness for they fault, and for the men and women who believe: for Allah knows how ye move about and how ye dwell in your homes.”

Full Story at: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/05/smut_censoring_trojan/


Big bucks back next mobile frontier: Broadcast TV, Yahoo! News, Sept 5 2005

“SAN FRANCISCO (Billboard) - Want to watch TV on your mobile phone? The wireless industry is betting billions that you do. And they're not talking about just downloading or streaming on-demand videoclips to your phone. Efforts are afoot to broadcast TV programming nationwide to a new generation of mobile phones that can tune in, just like an at-home TV.”

Full Story at: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050905/tc_nm/mobile_dc


Skype and Tom Online create Chinese joint venture (Reuters), Yahoo! News, Sept 5 2005

“PARIS (Reuters) - Free Internet telephone software provider Skype has formed a joint venture with China-focused Internet portal Tom Online, in a bid to boost its subscriber base in the fast-growing Asian market.”

Full Story at: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050905/wr_nm/telecoms_skype_dc
Cisco's new IOS brings true process modularity to the core (InfoWorld), Yahoo! News, Sept 5 2005

“San Francisco (InfoWorld) - Cisco Systems' upgrade of its IOS (Internetwork Operating System) software for the Catalyst 6500 core switch is a major step in core-switching redundancy. The new IOS can separate core processes to reside within their own memory space, permitting traffic to flow through the switch even when certain subsystems are offline. If successful, this release will be a watershed event in the core-switching industry.”

Full story at: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/infoworld/20050905/tc_infoworld/67695


BBC may introduce internet rating, BBC News, Sept 5 2005

“The BBC could bring in an internet TV rating system to help people decide what to watch online. The internet labelling system will let viewers know if BBC programmes available over the internet contain sex, strong language or violence.”

Full Story at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4214100.stm


Microsoft-Google battle heats up, BBC News, Sept 4 2005

“Microsoft's chief executive vowed to "kill Google" in an expletive-laden tirade against the firm, according to US court documents filed by Google.
The claim was made in a sworn statement by Mark Lucovsky, a former Microsoft employee who quit for Google in 2004.”

Full Story at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4213466.stm


RSS Feeds, Secured For Enterprise, theinternetnews.com, Sept 5 2005

“Reactivity is kicking off what could be a snowballing trend in the next year, configuring its XML servers to accommodate the burgeoning market for Really Simple Syndication (RSS) (define) content feeds.”

Full Story at: http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3532051

Monday, September 05, 2005

Meru, Juniper Tackle VOIP Networking, eWeek.com, 5 Sept 2005

Meru, Juniper Tackle VOIP Networking, eWeek.com, 5 Sept 2005
“Meru Networks Inc. has announced a partnership with Juniper Networks Inc. that is largely focused on implementations of voice over wireless LAN. The partnership includes interoperability testing and joint sales engagements, according to Meru officials. "This ties the wireless voice-over-IP focus that we have with the enterprise security focus that they have," said Ihab Abu-Hakima, CEO of Meru, in Sunnyvale, Calif.”
Full story at:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1855154,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594


FCC Names VoIP 911 Panel, internetnews.com, 2 Sept 2005

“Microsoft has been working on a number of anti-spam projects, including SmartScreen technology in Microsoft mail servers and the Sender ID program. In addition, the company has set up more than 100,000 MSN Hotmail "trap" accounts. These are accounts that the company monitors to draw in spam and follow the possible links to phishing scams.”

Full Story at:
http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3531966


Motorola-built iPod Phone next week? Not worth looking at, say pundits, theregister,co.uk,
3 Sept 2005

“It's been an open secret for a while now that Apple wasn't going to let Sony Ericsson's "Walkman phone" become a market leader in the new market for a combined music/comms toy. Word on the street says that the new phone/player will be announced next week, Sept 7th.”

Full Story at:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/03/ipod_phone_analysis/


For Victims, News About Home Can Come From Strangers Online, The New York Times,
5 Sept 2005

“SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4 - On Friday afternoon, Leonard Sprague, a general contractor in Gainesville, Fla., saw the electronic plea. "I hope someone can help," someone using the name ZuluOne wrote to an online bulletin board. "I am trying to get a current overlay for the area around 2203 Curcor Court in Gulfport, Miss." Mr. Sprague knew that "current overlay" meant a bird's-eye view. And an altruistic impulse combined with an urge to play with a new technology propelled him into action. Using his PC, he superimposed a freshly available posthurricane aerial photograph over a prehurricane image of the same neighborhood. After 15 minutes, he had an answer.”

Full Story at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/05/technology/05google.html?ex=1283572800&en=e092019eb18b6b94&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss


Legal loss for Kazaa file-sharers, BBC news, 5 Sept 2005

“An Australian court has ruled that people using the popular file-swapping program Kazaa are infringing copyright.
The Federal Court ordered Kazaa's owners, Sharman Networks, to modify the software to prevent further piracy.”

Full Story at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4214810.stm


Flickr fans have Yahoo fear eased, BBC News, 2 Sept 2005
“The team behind the successful online photo sharing community site, Flickr, has moved to soothe fears over changes to member accounts. A protest group was set up within the community after it was announced that that from sometime in 2006, users will need a Yahoo account to login”

Full Story at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4201438.stm


Trinity Mirror boosts online unit, BBC News, 2 Sept 2005

“Trinity Mirror has stepped up efforts to strengthen its position in online classified adverts by purchasing Workthing.com operator Hotgroup.
The Daily Mirror group paid £50.5m for the firm, a month after snapping up Financial Jobs Online for £10.45m.”

Full Story at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4208236.stm


Online Advertisers Turning to Pay-Per-Call, Yahoo! News, 4 Sept 2005

“DALLAS - Personal-injury lawyer Frank Frasier wants the world to know about his business but didn't think much of the search-based Internet advertising that's all the rage these days. Potential clients wouldn't learn much about him through it, he figured, and he really can't tell if they have a case without speaking with them directly.”
Full story at:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050904/ap_on_hi_te/click_to_call