Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Muslims gather for climax of annual pilgrimage The hajj pilgrimage, the biggest annual mass movement of people on the planet, approached its climax today as two million Muslims from around the world gathered in the tent city of Mina, Saudi Arabia - the last staging post for the holy city of Mecca.
Friday, January 30, 2004
Economist.com | Saddam's elusive arsenal With weapons of mass destruction seemingly absent from Iraq, Tony Blair and George Bush face calls from opposition leaders for independent inquiries into pre-war intelligence—and how politicians used it
Thursday, January 29, 2004
ITBusiness.ca: "annual Wynford Group report sees alternative compensation packages and more emphasis on balancing home and work life. Also: hot job categories and getting used to uncertainty"
Monday, January 26, 2004
Experts: Mydoom worm spreading faster than last year's Sobig-F - Computerworld The worm is being called several names by antivirus software vendors, including W32/Mydoom, Shimg, Novarg and Mimail.R.
The worm arrives as an e-mail with an attachment that can have various names and extensions.
worm scans the system for e-mail addresses and starts forwarding itself to those addresses. it will also drop several files in the shared files folder of Kazaa.
The worm will install a "key logger" that can capture anything that is entered, including passwords and credit card numbers...
The worm arrives as an e-mail with an attachment that can have various names and extensions.
worm scans the system for e-mail addresses and starts forwarding itself to those addresses. it will also drop several files in the shared files folder of Kazaa.
The worm will install a "key logger" that can capture anything that is entered, including passwords and credit card numbers...
Sunday, January 25, 2004
Wired News: Linux Takes on the Windows Look ... Now anyone who is capable of dealing with a Windows system can easily work with Linux. The open-source operating system appears poised to at least begin to move onto desktops in a big way over the next year.
Governments vote against Microsoft - News & Technology - CNETAsia Microsoft has had its share of bad courtroom experiences, but lately the software giant has been taking some of its hardest knocks in city council and legislative chambers.
HoustonChronicle.com - NASA hits a `jackpot' on Mars with Opportunity A second Mars rover, Opportunity, bounded safely onto the planet's surface late Saturday, joining the twin spacecraft Spirit in an $820 million mission to determine whether a now-arid Mars was once wet and warm enough to harbor some form of life....Scientists were stunned and amazed at what they witnessed Sunday in the first images of Mars transmitted
Saturday, January 24, 2004
FOXNews.com - Top Stories - NASA Upgrades Mars Rover to Serious Condition: "Scientists said they managed to reset Spirit's computer and put the rover into what's called 'cripple' mode to bypass software problems. "
Scientists said they managed to reset Spirit's computer and put the rover into what's called "cripple" mode to bypass software problems.
The Spirit's refusal to switch off at night, when temperatures on Mars plunge to 100 degrees below zero Fahrenheit, had raised engineers' concerns. Staying awake can draw down its rechargeable batteries and create further problems.
Scientists said they managed to reset Spirit's computer and put the rover into what's called "cripple" mode to bypass software problems.
The Spirit's refusal to switch off at night, when temperatures on Mars plunge to 100 degrees below zero Fahrenheit, had raised engineers' concerns. Staying awake can draw down its rechargeable batteries and create further problems.
Aljazeera.Net - The right of return
The question of Palestinian refugees has been one of the core issues facing negotiators in the Middle East peace process...
The question of Palestinian refugees has been one of the core issues facing negotiators in the Middle East peace process...
Yahoo! News - Spirit Relays Self-Examination Data Back to Earth
Spirit sent 73 megabits at a rate of 128 kilobits per second. That unexpected transmission included power subsystem engineering data -- extremely helpful to software and hardware teams trying to grapple with Spirit's onboard woes.
... Spirit does not have a huge track record of testing, a source said, for fear of damaging the robot and not meeting an unforgiving launch window.
Spirit sent 73 megabits at a rate of 128 kilobits per second. That unexpected transmission included power subsystem engineering data -- extremely helpful to software and hardware teams trying to grapple with Spirit's onboard woes.
... Spirit does not have a huge track record of testing, a source said, for fear of damaging the robot and not meeting an unforgiving launch window.
Home Business Magazine HBM Newsstand--In-House Tech Support
According to a recent survey conducted by a small business marketing firm by the name of Working Solo, Inc., and sponsored by Ontrack Data International, a data recovery company, 40 percent of SOHO business owners attempt to solve computer glitches themselves and 20 percent turn to friends before calling on the assistance of consultants, manufacturers, or computer resellers.
Another survey finding was that SOHO businesses highly value their data.
According to a recent survey conducted by a small business marketing firm by the name of Working Solo, Inc., and sponsored by Ontrack Data International, a data recovery company, 40 percent of SOHO business owners attempt to solve computer glitches themselves and 20 percent turn to friends before calling on the assistance of consultants, manufacturers, or computer resellers.
Another survey finding was that SOHO businesses highly value their data.
Home Business Magazine on Improving One’s Self and Home Business: For The Home-Based Entrepreneur, Business Problems May Also Sometimes Be a Hidden Opportunity
By Steven D. Strauss
By Steven D. Strauss
Home Business MagazineBiz-To-Biz Business Profits ~Start A Service Business That Serves Other Businesses, By Priscilla Y. Huff
Here are just fifteen business-to-business services of the many that exist that might just entice you to become the “CEO” of your own successful, business to business (B2B) venture
Here are just fifteen business-to-business services of the many that exist that might just entice you to become the “CEO” of your own successful, business to business (B2B) venture
Friday, January 23, 2004
Reading Data from the Internet (SYS-CON)
This article shows that working with the streams over the Internet may be as simple as dealing with files on your local disk, in the sixth installment of Java Basics.
This article shows that working with the streams over the Internet may be as simple as dealing with files on your local disk, in the sixth installment of Java Basics.
PCWorld.com - WinZip, PKWare Call Truce in Format War
The venerable .zip file format may survive, after competing companies that market compression products have reached an agreement to support each other's improvements--sort of.
The venerable .zip file format may survive, after competing companies that market compression products have reached an agreement to support each other's improvements--sort of.
Wednesday, January 21, 2004
More than 750,000 Developers Utilize Enhanced Sun Developer Network Program and Web Site (SYS-CON): "Sun Microsystems, Inc. has announced the next generation of its on-line developer workspace, Sun Developer Network (sun.com/developers). The enhanced program and integrated Web site features sophisticated network computing, Web services and Java technology-based tools."
JDJ Exclusive: Scott McNealy's 2004 Predictions (SYS-CON)
Scott McNealy on network computing, virus attacks, and software licensing in 2004
Scott McNealy on network computing, virus attacks, and software licensing in 2004
Java Runs NASA Mars Rovers (SYS-CON)
When the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's (JPL) Mars Exploration Rover, Spirit, successfully landed on Mars on January 3, 2004, Java was there too. The Mars Rovers devices, developed by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) development team in conjunction with Wind River, use the Java platform as a low-cost, easy-to-use option for the program controlling the Rovers' operating system.
When the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's (JPL) Mars Exploration Rover, Spirit, successfully landed on Mars on January 3, 2004, Java was there too. The Mars Rovers devices, developed by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) development team in conjunction with Wind River, use the Java platform as a low-cost, easy-to-use option for the program controlling the Rovers' operating system.
Spirit Fingerprints the Nature of Mars
Scientists continue to make step-by-step progress in utilizing the talents of a robot field geologist on the surface of Mars. Early findings from science instruments on the Spirit Mars rover have yielded a blend of old news and fresh outlooks about the physical makeup of Mars in evidence at the Gusev Crater landing site.
Scientists continue to make step-by-step progress in utilizing the talents of a robot field geologist on the surface of Mars. Early findings from science instruments on the Spirit Mars rover have yielded a blend of old news and fresh outlooks about the physical makeup of Mars in evidence at the Gusev Crater landing site.
Tuesday, January 20, 2004
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/001296.html
Microsoft's effort to make a Canadian teenager named Mike Rowe stop using the domain name "mikerowesoft.com" for his small business has garnered widespread coverage, even earning a mention on NBC's "Today Show" yesterday morning. A sampling of the reaction:
National Post: Langford student battles tech giant:
"Victoria intellectual property lawyer Dawn Wattie said Rowe's chances against the Microsoft legal machine probably 'aren't very good.' Mostly, the little guys lose, she said."
ZDNet Commentary: Microsoft stuck with MikeRoweSoft mess:
"Let's be clear: Microsoft is not only within its rights but is pretty well compelled to defend its name. Under U.S. law, if you let one potential infringement slide you lose the ability to defend against any. Where the company went wrong was in treating a teenager like a con artist: it may be backing down now, but the damage has been done."
The Mac Observer: "In today's corporate-dominated environment, companies have far too much power when it comes to such things as domains. From J.K. Rowlings management coming down on kids with Harry Potter-related domains, to Miller Brewing going after the Miller family, if you have a domain that is covered by a corporate trademark, beware."
A range of reaction from seattlepi.com readers on Brian Chin's Buzzworthy weblog: Writes one, "How silly from Microsoft to generate so much negative publicity over a trivial domain name dispute. They must protect their trademark, but could have done so in a more discreet manner." Counters another, "This is not big corp vs little kid. This is a matter of a little kid, with the help of the press costing a big corporation a lot of money on legal fees for no good reason. You are on the wrong side of this one kid."
Posted by Todd Bishop at January 20, 2004 10:00 AM
Microsoft's effort to make a Canadian teenager named Mike Rowe stop using the domain name "mikerowesoft.com" for his small business has garnered widespread coverage, even earning a mention on NBC's "Today Show" yesterday morning. A sampling of the reaction:
National Post: Langford student battles tech giant:
"Victoria intellectual property lawyer Dawn Wattie said Rowe's chances against the Microsoft legal machine probably 'aren't very good.' Mostly, the little guys lose, she said."
ZDNet Commentary: Microsoft stuck with MikeRoweSoft mess:
"Let's be clear: Microsoft is not only within its rights but is pretty well compelled to defend its name. Under U.S. law, if you let one potential infringement slide you lose the ability to defend against any. Where the company went wrong was in treating a teenager like a con artist: it may be backing down now, but the damage has been done."
The Mac Observer: "In today's corporate-dominated environment, companies have far too much power when it comes to such things as domains. From J.K. Rowlings management coming down on kids with Harry Potter-related domains, to Miller Brewing going after the Miller family, if you have a domain that is covered by a corporate trademark, beware."
A range of reaction from seattlepi.com readers on Brian Chin's Buzzworthy weblog: Writes one, "How silly from Microsoft to generate so much negative publicity over a trivial domain name dispute. They must protect their trademark, but could have done so in a more discreet manner." Counters another, "This is not big corp vs little kid. This is a matter of a little kid, with the help of the press costing a big corporation a lot of money on legal fees for no good reason. You are on the wrong side of this one kid."
Posted by Todd Bishop at January 20, 2004 10:00 AM
Friday, January 16, 2004
Rovers arrayed with machines to digest Mars / Instruments will help scientists measure its chemistry, geology: "Each of the 384-pound rovers is equipped with nine cameras: four hazard avoidance cameras, located close to the ground, two fore and two aft, to watch out for rocks or chasms that might trip up the precious vehicle. "
InfoWorld: Microsoft plans Windows 2000 Server retirement: December 17, 2003: By : Platforms
Microsoft Corp. will gradually phase out its Windows 2000 Server family, the company said Wednesday. Effective April 1, 2006, the products will no longer be available.
The retirement announcement comes eight months after the introduction of Windows Server 2003, the successor to Windows 2000 Server, and almost four years after the Windows 2000 Server launch on Feb. 17, 2000.
Retirement of Windows 2000 Server will be spread out over a two-year period starting on April 1, 2004. From that date, Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Advanced Server will no longer be available through the retail channel or through Microsoft's volume licensing programs, the Redmond, Washington-based software maker said in a posting on its Web site.
Microsoft Corp. will gradually phase out its Windows 2000 Server family, the company said Wednesday. Effective April 1, 2006, the products will no longer be available.
The retirement announcement comes eight months after the introduction of Windows Server 2003, the successor to Windows 2000 Server, and almost four years after the Windows 2000 Server launch on Feb. 17, 2000.
Retirement of Windows 2000 Server will be spread out over a two-year period starting on April 1, 2004. From that date, Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Advanced Server will no longer be available through the retail channel or through Microsoft's volume licensing programs, the Redmond, Washington-based software maker said in a posting on its Web site.
sunspot.net - health & science: "At 3:40 a.m. EST yesterday NASA's Spirit rover rumbled down a cloth-covered ramp and dug its wheels into the Martian soil for the first time since touchdown two weeks ago.
The 10-foot journey took all of 78 seconds, but ended days of engineering angst over how to deal with an errant air bag that blocked the rover's primary exit. "
The 10-foot journey took all of 78 seconds, but ended days of engineering angst over how to deal with an errant air bag that blocked the rover's primary exit. "
