tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37405182011-12-17T23:02:44.994ZTecnosferaTecnologias e impactos sociais * Technology and social impactsPedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comBlogger9031100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-1057294034338293062003-07-04T04:47:00.000Z2003-07-04T04:47:14.210ZO Tecnosfera voltou a integrar o ContraFactos & Argumentos.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-1057080688177128882003-07-01T17:31:00.000Z2003-07-01T17:31:28.100ZNew web tool to improve multimedia surfing: Browser makes online audio and video searchable and linkablePedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-959901002003-06-24T19:04:00.000Z2003-06-24T19:04:49.020ZOne in five US firms have sacked workers for email abusePedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-959889562003-06-24T18:26:00.000Z2003-06-24T18:26:03.663ZAll US flights to have e-mail in 2004, executive saysPedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-959407952003-06-23T10:08:00.000Z2003-06-23T10:08:18.070ZMobile phones: we love them, we hate them, but are they about to transform our lives?Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-959406412003-06-23T09:57:00.000Z2003-06-23T09:57:45.523ZPixar's Unsung Hero: President Edwin Catmull isn't widely known, but he's the unwavering force behind the studio's successPedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-959386882003-06-23T07:52:00.000Z2003-06-23T07:52:38.513ZCongress Finds Rare Unity in Spam, to a Point: At a time when lawmakers are sharply divided on everything from Arctic oil drilling to Medicare drug benefits, spam has emerged as a powerful bipartisan issue. [...]
In this case, spam frustrates everyone - Republicans and Democrats, urban and rural residents alike. Lawmakers themselves are consumers with overflowing in-boxes. Crises also cut acrossPedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-958608002003-06-20T12:55:00.000Z2003-06-20T12:55:46.360ZHow do I know who you are?: If your eyes move too fast, or are damaged, forget it. If you've got an extra finger, forget it. And being bald could turn you invisible. People are the problem for the new biometrics that governments are under pressure to use as global security systems get tougher.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-958362302003-06-19T18:45:00.000Z2003-06-19T18:54:33.000ZMSNBOT - The Bot From Redmond
Anonymous Source on MSNBot: MSN Search is currently the #3 search engine by queries worldwide. It's also the most profitable unit at Microsoft by headcount (they have less than 50 people and did $150 million in profit last year).
MSNBOT - The MSN Search Prototype Web Crawler
MSN search bot a glimpse of ambitions: In preparation for unveiling its own algorithmic Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-957978552003-06-18T17:36:00.000Z2003-06-18T17:36:55.070ZRobots without a cause: Thanks to the newest wonders of technology we can get robots to do our vacuuming, transmit pictures on our mobile phones and unlock our cars (and adjust their seats) merely by touching them. In the face of this wizardry, Stuart Jeffries has only one question: why? [...]
"I like to call it a Faustian bargain," says Neil Postman, professor of media ecology at New York Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-957977542003-06-18T17:33:00.000Z2003-06-18T17:33:37.226ZEU Improves Software Patent, But Outlaws Amazon One Click: A European Parliament committee Tuesday moved toward setting the first pan-European standard for software patents, but outlawed the U.S. practice of patenting "business methods," such as Amazon.com Inc.'s one-click Internet shopping.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-957582142003-06-17T16:35:00.000Z2003-06-17T16:35:42.376ZPhilips Unveils Mirror TV: Pricey combo device lets you watch TV, data, or yourself.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-957581702003-06-17T16:34:00.000Z2003-06-17T16:34:32.196ZThe New Pet Craze: Robovacs: Just as owners of robot pets like Sony's Aibo develop emotional attachments to their mechanical companions, people are acquiring similar feelings for their robot vacuum cleaners.
The two leading robovac manufacturers - iRobot and Electrolux - report that owners treat their robovacs somewhat like pets.
More than half the owners of iRobot's Roomba name their device,Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-957352542003-06-17T00:40:00.000Z2003-06-17T00:40:51.590ZAt Last, the Web Hits 100 MPH: The spread of broadband may finally allow the Net to reach its full commercial potential - and change the way people livePedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-957286322003-06-16T20:26:00.000Z2003-06-16T20:26:39.173ZSpam Wars: The proliferation of junk e-mail is threatening to overwhelm the Internet. Software companies are rushing to build defenses - but will the new technologies do more harm than good?
Can E-Mail Be Saved? Barry Shein is founder, president and CEO of the company that launched the first commercial dial-up Internet service. Dave Crocker authored or contributed to most of the technical Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-955981632003-06-12T17:57:00.000Z2003-06-12T17:57:53.526ZCrank Dot Net: cranks, crackpots, kooks & loons on the netPedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-955977592003-06-12T17:46:00.000Z2003-06-12T17:46:14.270ZCode on 'spying' on staff emails: Employers must inform staff in advance if they plan to monitor their emails, phone calls and internet use, the information commissioner, Richard Thomas,
Employees must be told why the monitoring is being done, and employers must first do an audit to make sure the benefits outweigh the intrusion into privacy.
Only in rare cases, involving, for instance, Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-955964132003-06-12T17:06:00.000Z2003-06-12T17:06:26.260ZWho really owns Unix?Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-955684052003-06-11T23:30:00.000Z2003-06-11T23:30:17.200ZShould Web Be a Copyright-Free Zone?Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-955513382003-06-11T15:10:00.000Z2003-06-11T15:10:59.723ZThe Wired 40: Meet the masters of innovation, technology, and strategic vision - 40 companies that are reshaping the global economy.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-955512772003-06-11T15:09:00.000Z2003-06-11T15:09:04.863ZMobile spam: Is the next plague upon us?Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-955511582003-06-11T15:06:00.000Z2003-06-11T15:06:14.430ZMyths of Moore's Law: Moore's Law is only 11 words long, but its one of the most misunderstood statements in technology.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-954761932003-06-09T19:13:00.000Z2003-06-09T19:13:01.066ZU.S. extends its hegemony over the Net: In recent years, the world has begun to grapple with Internet policies that are established in one jurisdiction (typically, though not solely, the U.S.), but applied worldwide. That policy imbalance has left many countries resentful of foreign dominance of the Internet.
Internet governance and the domain name system effectively illustrate this phenomenon.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-953736132003-06-06T15:30:00.000Z2003-06-06T15:30:56.413ZThe Webby Awards: 2003 WinnersPedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-953729982003-06-06T15:15:00.000Z2003-06-06T15:15:04.256ZWired Magazine Story to Detail Slammer Web Attack: Wired magazine is planning to publish the underlying code for the Slammer worm that slowed Internet traffic to a crawl in January, raising questions over whether such articles inspire future hackers or educate potential victims.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-952939992003-06-04T18:15:00.000Z2003-06-04T18:15:55.220ZEU Squabble May Sink Planned Cybercrime Agency: Plans for a European agency to tackle cybercrime such as computer viruses and terror attacks may be scuppered by bureaucracy because governments want to monitor it too tightly, EU officials said on Wednesday.
The European Network and Information Security Agency, which would play a key advisory role to the 15 EU governments on how to combat Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-952933732003-06-04T18:01:00.000Z2003-06-04T18:01:15.013Z
Getting More From Google: Searching the Web can be a frustrating exercise. Here are some tips and tricks to help you find exactly what you want from the leading search engine.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-952925942003-06-04T17:41:00.000Z2003-06-04T17:41:18.960ZBig Brother and the next 50 years: Bruce Sterling calls himself an author, a journalist and an editor--and all that is true. But Sterling, who wrote "The Hacker Crackdown," is also a contrarian and a leading cultural critic of modern technology.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-952897652003-06-04T16:31:00.000Z2003-06-04T16:31:16.063ZGirls Teach Teen Cyber Gab to FBI Agents: For those investigative details, the FBI calls on Karen, Mary and Kristin -- Howard County eighth-graders and best friends.
During the past year, the three have been teaching agents across the country how to communicate just like teenage girls, complete with written quizzes on celebrity gossip and clothing trends and assigned reading in Teen People and Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-952457822003-06-03T17:40:00.000Z2003-06-03T17:40:19.793ZSoftware Piracy Said to Decline in 2002: Worldwide piracy of business software products like Microsoft Office declined slightly in 2002 because of better education and more aggressive tactics in stopping Internet piracy, software industry officials say.
The downturn follows two years of increases blamed in part on the rise of distributing illegal copies online, according to a study released Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-952344002003-06-03T12:56:00.000Z2003-06-03T12:56:45.650ZCounteracting the Internet Rumor: According to a 2001 study conducted at Wake Forest University, only 3 of 24 Fortune 500 companies that have recently been the subjects of Internet rumors or hoaxes handled the rumors in a responsible manner.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-952343492003-06-03T12:54:00.000Z2003-06-06T17:31:06.000ZMicrosoft Time Warner? Is the recent truce between Microsoft and AOL Time Warner really that meaningful?
An AOL-Microsoft Goliath? Don't Bet on It
Their pact doesn't oblige AOL to use Microsoft's wares, nor would such a move establish an online standard for delivering music and movies
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A big deal: A settlement between two old rivals may have great significance
How Much Will Microsoft Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-952342762003-06-03T12:52:00.000Z2003-06-03T12:52:30.893ZSoftware On-Demand, Pricing by the Byte? On-demand is the next progression from the client-server era of computing to a more distributed model of offering utility-like data center computing services to corporate customers.
The positioning for on-demand computing services, utility-style, also reflects the IT industry's profit margin shift to higher-value, value-added technology such as software Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-952342272003-06-03T12:50:00.000Z2003-06-03T12:50:55.533ZPolice concerned over teen game addiction: Police are determined to deal with an alarming trend towards children becoming addicted to a violent internet game.
An internet cafe has banned two 13-year-old "junkies", who, it was claimed, had broken into 40 taxis over six weeks to pay for habits which culminated in a four-day gaming binge.
The 24-hour Wellington cafe, E-Joy, told police the boys Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-952152112003-06-03T01:14:00.000Z2003-06-03T01:14:29.803ZA Brief History of the Future: the origins of the InternetPedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-952018062003-06-02T18:27:00.000Z2003-06-02T18:27:22.410ZSpamology: In 1937, an Austin, Minn.-based company called Hormel Foods held a contest. Hormel's Spiced Ham, it seems, needed a new name - something "as distinctive as the taste," the company's official history goes. The winner was one Kenneth Daigneau, a Broadway actor and, ahem, brother to a Hormel executive. He took home $100 and gave the world Spam.
Sixty years later, Hormel was trying to Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-950828102003-05-30T15:00:00.000Z2003-05-30T15:00:12.943ZSilicon Valley's top 100 paid among the largest companies based on their sales in 2002Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-950757962003-05-30T11:30:00.000Z2003-05-30T11:30:17.246ZPrime clicking time: At last, internet advertising that works but does not annoyPedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-950736882003-05-30T09:53:00.000Z2003-05-30T09:53:47.643ZAOL Time Warner and Microsoft End a Bitter RivalryMicrosoft agreed to pay AOL Time Warner $750 million in a legal settlement yesterday that ends one of the most bitter rivalries in modern corporate history and commits the two companies to a sweeping program of business cooperation.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-950418422003-05-29T17:21:00.000Z2003-05-29T17:21:40.193ZVideo games boost visual skills: Playing video games could be good for your vision. A new study suggests that action games might help to rehabilitate visually impaired patients or train military personnel.
Male undergraduates who played driving or shoot-em-up games such as Grand Theft Auto and Medal of Honor several times a week for at least six months beat non-gamers in lab vision tests, found Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-950363752003-05-29T15:14:00.000Z2003-05-29T15:14:08.206ZOnline communities get real: Weblogs, e-mail and instant messaging are enabling people to maintain relationships and pass information in unexpected ways, say researchers. [...]
New phenomena such as weblogs have allowed people to share their interest and passions with a wider audience but often provide a quite mundane and honest view of life.
"Increasingly technologies allow people to find outPedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-949818682003-05-28T09:49:00.000Z2003-05-28T09:49:09.163ZEnter the Matrix games sells a million: Atari is claiming that Enter The Matrix has already sold a million units in the USA and Europe after only a week on sale, representing 25 per cent of the four million units which the company shipped to retail so far.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-949810522003-05-28T09:05:00.000Z2003-05-28T09:05:58.296ZMost workers must remember six passwords or more: A recent SearchSecurity.com poll found that 77% of respondents had six or more passwords to remember for their jobs. About 23% had five or fewer passwords. But 20% had 15 or more passwords for their jobs. More than 200 took part in the online survey.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-949466102003-05-27T16:41:00.000Z2003-05-27T16:41:52.050ZSearch Privacy: An Issue? Relax. Yes, there are privacy issues when you do a search at Google. These are concerns at other search engines, too. Fear that you, personally, will be tracked isn't realistic for the vast majority of users.
What exactly does Google know about you when you come to search? You needn't be worried - for the moment.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-949437702003-05-27T15:35:00.000Z2003-05-27T15:35:05.410ZAnacom lança consulta pública sobre transposição de leis europeias: A Anacom (Autoridade Nacional das Comunicações) vai lançar uma consulta pública antes do final do mês sobre a transposição para a legislação portuguesa das novas directivas comunitárias sobre concorrência electrónica incluídas na chamada "Revisão 99". A consulta, ontem anunciada pelo director Mário Freitas, irá decorrer durante Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-949256622003-05-27T04:34:00.000Z2003-05-27T04:34:10.526ZPGP Encryption Proves Powerful: Italian police have seized at least two Psion personal digital assistants from members of the Red Brigades terrorist organization. But the major investigative breakthrough they were hoping for as a result of the information contained on the devices has failed to materialize--thwarted by encryption software used by the left-wing revolutionaries.
Failure to crack Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-949254032003-05-27T04:27:00.000Z2003-05-27T04:27:00.540ZStrokeIt: an advanced mouse gesture recognition engine and command processorPedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-949237972003-05-27T03:46:00.000Z2003-05-27T03:46:36.686ZParents fear perils of media, poll shows: An overwhelming majority of parents believe that unsuitable TV, movies, video games and contemporary music lead to violent, anti-social behavior and sex at younger ages, according to a national survey released Wednesday.
The survey of 1,000 parents by Common Sense Media, a new San Francisco group, also found that those parents want more information aboutPedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-949151952003-05-26T23:48:00.000Z2003-05-26T23:48:13.813Z
Craig Crossman's Computer AmericaPedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-949146872003-05-26T23:31:00.000Z2003-05-26T23:46:06.000ZDo You Think The INTERNET Is Complex? According to recent surveys and projections by CyberAtlas, the averaged results of two different studies puts the 2002 worldwide Internet population at 618 million users, which is projected to rise to 827 million users in 2004 (up from 27.5 million users in 1994. According to the CIA World Fact Book, there are now approximately 12,000 ISPs (Internet Service Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-949105992003-05-26T21:17:00.000Z2003-05-26T21:17:07.776ZFrom PlayStation to Supercomputer for $50,000: As perhaps the clearest evidence yet of the computing power of sophisticated but inexpensive video-game consoles, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has assembled a supercomputer from an army of Sony PlayStation 2's.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-949102332003-05-26T21:05:00.000Z2003-05-26T21:05:42.926ZAIP acusa telemóveis de concertação de preços: A Associação Industrial Portuguesa (AIP) está preocupada com o aumento das tarifas no sector das telecomunicações, que considera uma acção concertada das três operadoras móveis. Na nota mensal da direcção da AIP sobre a conjuntura, a associação diz que vê "com preocupação a evolução no sector das telecomunicações, designadamente aquilo que parece serPedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-946975252003-05-21T18:33:00.000Z2003-05-21T18:33:46.326ZDisposable DVDs Go to the Dumps: Environmentalists are steamed about one movie studio's latest attempt to market home movies to the public.
On Friday, Flexplay and Buena Vista Home Entertainment, a division of Disney, announced they will sell DVDs of popular movies that, once opened, can be viewed for 48 hours, then tossed in the trash.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-946974792003-05-21T18:32:00.000Z2003-05-21T18:32:45.880ZSpinning around: Experts say information overload is a serious problem in many companies, adding to stress levels and resulting in a downturn in productivityPedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-946492732003-05-20T20:20:00.000Z2003-05-21T00:48:58.000ZE porque recebi hoje um igualzinho (não, não o abri...): Palyh Worm Continues Its Assault: Any e-mail arriving from an address like 'support@microsoft.com' containing an attachment should look like a huge billboard reading 'I am a virus' to every computer userPedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-945988062003-05-19T21:05:00.000Z2003-05-19T21:05:04.890ZItalia en alerta por "fraude celular": Las autoridades italianas advirtieron sobre el potencial uso fraudulento de los teléfonos celulares de tercera generación en las elecciones municipales y provinciales que se celebrarán el 25 de mayo.
Se teme que la mafia intente recurrir a lo último en tecnología de comunicación móvil para procurar influir en el resultado de la votación.
Los nuevos Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-945978892003-05-19T20:44:00.000Z2003-05-19T20:44:27.253ZBroadband Growth Seen Slowing: A new study shows the high-octane pace of broadband adoption in the United States could be shifting into a lower gear.
For the most part, America's most experienced Internet users already have signed up for home broadband service. And among the remaining Web junkies who haven't, the chief reason isn't a lack of interest, but the lack of availability in their Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-945978262003-05-19T20:42:00.000Z2003-05-19T20:42:42.113ZExtent of UK snooping revealed: Officials in the UK are routinely demanding huge quantities of information about what people do online and who they call, say privacy experts.
Police and other officials are making around a million requests for access to data held by net and telephone companies each year, according to figures compiled from the government, legal experts and the internet industry. [Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-945977312003-05-19T20:40:00.000Z2003-05-19T20:40:40.630ZU.S. Agency Cracks Down on Internet Crime: More than 130 people and $17 million have been seized nationwide in operations by the FBI and other agencies to stop cybercrime.
The Justice Department dubbed the effort "Operation E-con," a collection of separate investigations over the past five months targeting investment scams, sales of stolen software, online banking fraud -- even a purported Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-945976422003-05-19T20:38:00.000Z2003-05-19T20:38:45.500ZMatrix Sequel Has Hacker Cred: The average American moviegoer taking in the Matrix Reloaded this weekend will likely be wowed by the elaborate action sequences and dazzling special effects. But hackers who've seen the blockbuster are crediting it with a more subtle cinematic milestone: it's the first major motion picture to accurately portray a hack.
That's right: Trinity uses a 'sploit.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-944546302003-05-16T15:42:00.000Z2003-05-16T15:42:51.553ZInternet is dying: What's dying is the idea that the Internet would be a tool of universal liberation, and the argument that "freedom" in itself is a justification for this information pollution. It's probably reached a tipping point: the signal to noise ratio is now too low.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-944533272003-05-16T15:19:00.000Z2003-05-16T15:19:02.030ZVerisign granted DNS lookup patent: The patent protects the act of performing several look-ups at once, or "performing a multitude of searches simultaneously, transparent to the user.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-944472032003-05-16T13:20:00.000Z2003-05-16T13:20:30.123ZSocial Scientist Sherry Turkle: A Psychologist in Cyberspace [& robotics with emotion]Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-944462592003-05-16T12:57:00.000Z2003-05-16T12:57:49.473ZPrivacy Laws: Not the Answer? Surfers need to take charge of their own security, experts say.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-943884732003-05-15T13:38:00.000Z2003-05-15T13:38:18.553ZThe Other Kind of Tracks: Every time you use your computer, especially if you are on the Internet, you are creating numerous records of your activities that can be tapped by another person without much technical skill. For innocent reasons, both the Windows and Mac operating systems, as well as their core applications, create all sorts of logs, trails and lists of activities you might consider Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-943882962003-05-15T13:34:00.000Z2003-05-15T13:34:58.290ZSelf-Repairing Computers: By embracing the inevitability of system failures, recovery-oriented computing returns service fasterPedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-943869892003-05-15T13:07:00.000Z2003-05-15T13:07:30.546ZFraud Bust for 'Buffalo Spammer': The man known as the "Buffalo Spammer," who allegedly has sent 825 million unwanted e-mails, has been arrested and arraignedPedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-943867762003-05-15T13:02:00.000Z2003-05-15T13:02:10.030ZWhat can Fizzer teach us? The fact Fizzer targeted KaZaA bears out the fears of the anti-virus community who have identified file-sharing services and instant messaging as two areas where viruses look set to boom as virus writers attempt to get back in touch with end users.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-943850242003-05-15T12:16:00.000Z2003-05-15T12:16:10.063ZHow Microsoft Warded Off Rival: The Microsoft campaign against Linux raises questions about how much its aggressive, take-no-prisoners corporate culture has changed, despite having gone through a lengthy, reputation-tarnishing court battle in the United States that resulted in Microsoft's being found to have repeatedly violated antitrust laws.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-943347122003-05-14T16:03:00.000Z2003-05-14T16:03:37.746ZSearch engines make us dumb: They may add huge value in facilitating rapid and effective retrieval of known information, but to put our faith in search engines ultimately disempowers us.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-943335772003-05-14T15:40:00.000Z2003-05-14T15:40:09.303ZParents Support Kids Playing Video Games: new research showed most parents view their children's game playing as positive and nearly all monitor what they buy.
Parents say they are with their children when games are purchased nearly 90 percent of the time, according to the survey conducted on behalf of the Interactive Digital Software Association.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-943216172003-05-14T11:06:00.000Z2003-05-14T11:06:26.483ZBanda larga chumbada no Parlamento: O projecto de lei do Bloco de Esquerda (BE) sobre acesso à Internet em banda larga (cabo ou ADSL) em todo o país a um preço baixo deverá ser chumbado hoje na votação na especialidade no Parlamento. O porta-voz do BE, Daniel Oliveira, disse à Lusa que lamenta que o Governo encare a questão da banda larga apenas como um "acesso à Internet". "Algumas indústrias dePedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-942865972003-05-13T20:47:00.000Z2003-05-15T13:48:09.000Z[act.:] Microsoft Reverses Position: Internet Toilet No Hoax After All
Microsoft: Internet potty just a hoax: "This iLoo release came out of the U.K. office and was not a Microsoft-sanctioned communication, and we apologize for any confusion or offense it may have caused," Microsoft spokeswoman Bridgitt Arnold said late last night.
Did Microsoft "borrow" the iLoo concept?: Andrew Cubitt claims Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-942845502003-05-13T20:09:00.000Z2003-05-13T20:09:01.320ZBanks suffer increased hack attacks: Hack attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated, with over a third of banks and financial services companies reporting a security breach in the last year, according to a new survey.
Hacking 2003: The new agenda: today we're seeing a far more dangerous hacker attack--the targeted attack. Targeted attacks are carried out by highly skilled hackers motivatedPedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-942844152003-05-13T20:06:00.000Z2003-05-13T20:06:34.296ZSony to release handheld game player: The PSP will have a screen capable of showing 3D images, stereo sound, USB 2.0 connectivity and a custom processor built on cutting-edge 90-nanometer chipmaking technology.
The device will also use a new media format. The UMD disc is an optical disc about half the size of a DVD or CD and capable of holding 1.8GB of data.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-942141972003-05-12T17:36:00.000Z2003-05-12T17:36:29.186ZPortugal smart enough to attract Microsoft phone software: Portugal has become the second European market to introduce so-called ‘smart phones’, a clever marketing appellation that describes mobiles using Microsoft’s Windows CE 3.0 software.
The project with Microsoft is a joint initiative by state energy company Galpenergia and TMN, Portugal Telecom’s mobile subsidiary. It follows Orange Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-942135642003-05-12T17:23:00.000Z2003-05-12T17:23:45.433Z
Apple Tweaks Microsoft Over a New Computer: A computer designed by Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard that has features similar to those used in Apple models.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-942117722003-05-12T16:50:00.000Z2003-05-12T17:07:04.000ZLog on and enter the Matrix: With the push of a button, the computer game Enter The Matrix was launched in Sydney last night, marking the final marketing frenzy for one of this year's most anticipated films.
The game is the first of its kind to be completely integrated with a film. It was written by Matrix creators Andy and Larry Wachowski, features the film's stars and was made in Sydney while Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-940489502003-05-09T13:05:00.000Z2003-05-09T13:05:58.430ZIrish schools stop truants with text messages: Two Irish schools are testing a new scheme using modern mobile-phone technology to take the temptation out of playing truant.
Under the scheme, a database records the names of absent students each day and automatically sends out a text message to parents notifying them if their child missed roll-call.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-940488642003-05-09T13:04:00.000Z2003-05-09T13:04:04.100ZBalancing Data Needs And PrivacyPedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-940084372003-05-08T19:54:00.000Z2003-05-08T19:54:24.536ZError 404Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-940059322003-05-08T19:06:00.000Z2003-05-08T19:06:49.290ZAt 102, she's addicted to e-mailPedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-940049382003-05-08T18:39:00.000Z2003-05-08T18:39:20.076ZXbox Live update at E3: Rumours abound that Microsoft is set to announce a major update to its Xbox Live kit at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). Microsoft is keeping mum, but has admitted to a few "groundbreaking announcements" at the most important games show of the year.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-940042692003-05-08T18:25:00.000Z2003-05-08T18:25:21.270ZMicrosoft learned from open source: Microsoft’s global director of product security, George Stathakopoulos, has told ZDNet Australia that the software giant has learned security lessons from the wider software community.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-940042172003-05-08T18:24:00.000Z2003-05-08T18:24:19.636ZTelco TV (Take 2): Cable television companies are offering phone service. Can the phone companies finally fight back with video?Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-939394262003-05-07T17:51:00.000Z2003-05-07T17:51:07.920ZA dotcom revival? A few surviving internet stocks are even enjoying a second boom [...]
Have investors finally found the internet’s real pot of gold? Perhaps, but they would do well to remember what happened after the railway fever of the 19th century: the industry had to endure three busts before investors made any serious money.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-939343762003-05-07T16:16:00.000Z2003-05-07T16:16:34.053ZHackers and PaintersPedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-939321822003-05-07T15:36:00.000Z2003-05-07T15:36:36.186ZAtari Rises From Infogrames: Franco-American video game publisher Infogrames Inc., reaching back into gaming history, said on Wednesday it would change its name to Atari Inc. in an effort to boost its profile with consumers.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-938717532003-05-06T16:53:00.000Z2003-05-06T16:53:42.100ZSouth Korean Group Sues Microsoft Over Slammer: In a sign of users' increasing frustration with the security shortcomings of many software applications, a civic group in South Korea has made good on their threat to file a lawsuit against Microsoft Corp.'s Korean subsidiary, a Korean ISP and the country's Information Ministry.
The suit is the direct result of the havoc caused by the SQL Slammer Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-938704952003-05-06T16:31:00.000Z2003-05-06T16:31:49.453ZMicrosoft Opens Hardware, Software Portal: Microsoft has grouped all its online resources for hardware and driver software makers in a new portal sitePedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-938701092003-05-06T16:24:00.000Z2003-05-06T16:24:49.563ZRadio ID chips to come with kill switch: Manufacturers and a key industry group expect to introduce a kill switch for controversial radio frequency identification tags before the inventory-tracking chips are shipped in products to retail shelves.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-938105432003-05-05T17:26:00.000Z2003-05-05T17:26:46.296ZExcited by 3G? Wait for 4G: Third-generation mobile technology has arrived, duly accompanied by a barrage of hype. But the industry is already casting its eyes forward to the next big thing - 4G.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-938046492003-05-05T15:32:00.000Z2003-05-05T15:32:22.616ZMeet the man who invented video games: Long before the days of PlayStation and Xbox, there was the Odyssey. In 1972, Sanders Associates (and, by default, [Ralph] Baer) were working with Maganavox to create the first in-home gaming console. The Odyssey sold 100,000 units at $100 each that year.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-936646692003-05-02T18:23:00.000Z2003-05-02T18:23:05.910Z'Rent-a-hacker' debate gets heated: UK businesses are divided over whether to open their offices to hackers. Would you 'hire a thief to catch a thief'?Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-936645762003-05-02T18:21:00.000Z2003-05-02T18:21:29.366ZImpress friends, buy diamond cell phonePedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-936336462003-05-02T03:38:00.000Z2003-05-02T03:38:57.906ZGoogle indicateur: Google' WorldPedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-935404862003-04-30T16:53:00.000Z2003-04-30T17:15:37.000Z
Ruddock fury over Woomera computer game: It's a dose of virtual reality that the Immigration Minister could probably do without: a computer game in which players try to escape from Australian detention centres has received $25,000 in federal funding.Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-935385762003-04-30T16:17:00.000Z2003-04-30T16:17:35.873ZVideo-Game Merchants Under Fire: In an effort to protect kids from violent imagery and the rest of us from violent kids, the state of Washington is prepared to make it illegal for stores to give youngsters access to interactive images of mayhem.
A bill that restricts the sale or rental of some violent video and computer games to adults-only customers passed unanimously in both the state House Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-935371872003-04-30T15:52:00.000Z2003-04-30T15:52:04.020ZBlindsided by Bandwidth Fees, Online Barkers Think Twice: Giving things away, even digitally, can cost a lot. I hadn't realized just how much until I turned on my computer one day last month and discovered that I might owe $15,000 to an Internet company.
Two days earlier, I had started giving away the electronic edition of Real World Adobe GoLive 6, a book I wrote in March 2002 with Jeff Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740518.post-935346202003-04-30T15:10:00.000Z2003-04-30T15:10:17.920ZMoore's law 'is biggest threat to privacy': Phil Zimmermann, the man who created the PGP encryption product, believes that Moore's Law and surveillance cameras make for a particularly dangerous cocktail
"The human population does not double every 18 months but its ability to use computers to keep track of us does," he said, referring to what he sees as the threat to privacy from the increased Pedro Fhttps://profiles.google.com/106699479729187206297noreply@blogger.com