Two experts in a new technology which maps telephone numbers to the Internet are scheduled to address an Australian workshop as the United States government throws its considerable weight behind moves for its implementation
Access to a Windows 2000 CD is all that is needed to bypass most Windows XP security features. An attacker can boot up XP and start the Windows 2000 Recovery Console which allows them to operate as any user, even Administrator, without requiring them to enter a password. This method even allows someone to copy files to removable media, something which normally the Administrator can’t even do in the Recovery Console — via Slashdot
Two weeks ago it was revealed that Microsoft’s MSN portal targeted Opera users, by purposely providing them with a broken page. As a reply to MSN’s treatment of its users, Opera Software has released a very special Bork edition of its Opera 7 for Windows browser. The Bork edition behaves differently on one Web site: MSN. Users accessing the MSN site will see the page transformed into the language of the famous Swedish Chef from the Muppet Show: Bork, Bork, Bork — via Slashdot
A little altruism could go a long way in speeding up the Internet. That’s the conclusion two Cornell University computer scientists, Éva Tardos and Tim Roughgarden, came to after finding that computer networks tend to be ‘selfish’ when each tries to route traffic by the fastest pathway, causing that path to become congested and slow
The nine companies promoting Blu-ray Disc technology — a next-generation recordable DVD format using blue-violet lasers — announced Thursday that licensing will begin 17 February. Blu-ray Disc technology allows for 27GB storage capacities on a single-sided 12cm disc
Telstra has plans to upgrade technology at many exchanges around the country to enable people to have high-speed internet access. However, those who are eager to find out if their exchange is on the upgrade list will have to wait until the deed is done
Meganet has developed an encryption technology that appears to be unbreakable, enabling governments and corporations, to keep their data safely out of the hands of competitors, thieves and saboteurs
Karl Suleman has finally been forced to face fraud charges stemming from the AU$60 million investment scam based around KSE and the Froggy group of companies
Spheral Solar has created a flexible, power-generating material that looks like denim can be draped over almost any shape — via Slashdot
An internal memo from Sun strongly suggests that Java should not be used for Sun’s internal projects. More interesting still, they go on to state which other languages fulfil Java’s goals better than Java does itself. Finally, the memo states Sun’s own Solaris is the cause of many of Java’s woes — via Slashdot
The UK parliament is using the domain www.parliament.uk. It’s a top-level domain because it was registered before August 1996, before Nominet handled .uk domains. But since there is no registrar, they can’t prove that they own it
Net freedom fighter Lawrence Lessig has urged the UK Government to ensure that digital copyright laws are fair
The US Department of Commerce has quietly renewed ICANN’s contract to run the Internet — but other organisations are crying foul, saying ICANN is simply not up to the job
A start-up company, Neah Power Systems, says it has developed a way to make fuel cells out of silicon, a change that potentially could increase the performance of cells and make them easier to manufacture.
Mobile phone maker Nokia has warned that a growing number of its handsets are being damaged by badly made or counterfeit batteries from other companies
Michael Fey, a priest from Duisburg Germany, built a computer interface into his washing machine to let it run an automatic brewing program
Ageing television satellites in orbit could become part of a European digital radio service for drivers
The retarded monkey boy has signed a secret directive ordering the government to develop, for the first time, national-level guidance for determining when and how the United States would launch cyber-attacks against enemy computer networks
The retarded monkey boy‘s plan for a massive antiterrorism database centre, announced in his state of the union address last week, could be up and running within months, from a technology standpoint. But harder to overcome will be privacy concerns of a non-technical nature
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