Movies on Subway walls
15 to 20 second advertising clips produced by SubMedia
Target ran ad on Manhattan subway
Coca cola ran ads in Altanta
Microsoft Summer IE Patch Frenzy
New patch fixes six IE vulnerabilities, including more buffer overruns and cross platform permission problems
Gadget of the week
MiniTempFS, a non-contact IR thermometer for the kitchen
Provides temperature readings fro -25 F to 400 F
Seven second read time and LCD display
Students surf of roommates
? Webroomz.com allows college students to select roommates and reserve rooms
? Used by Kennesaw State University, Kansas State Univesity, University of Tennessee
? Well received by students
Linux Distribution Available for Xbox
Xbox Linux 0.1 Released by Xbox Linux Project
Includes ftp and file-server routines
No graphics available yet
Wireless Turf Battle
Starbucks wireless is transmitting on the same channel as a free AP
Community network called Personal Telco
Starbucks wireless carrier is T-Mobile
Location: Pioneeer Courthouse Square, Portland, Oregon
Result: both will share a crowded channel with less throughput
Music Industries Self Inflicted Wounds
by Mark Jenkins, MSN.com
Music controlled by the big five
AOL/Time Warner, Vivendi/Universal, BMG, EMI, Sony
Music innovation has been squelched
RIAA blames music swapping for drop off in sales
Maybe we are just tired of the Britney Spears and ?NSync formula
Last big slump occurred in 1978
RIAA blamed the cassette tape for encouraging piracy
But in fact we were just tired for the disco formula
What you computer says about you
Pyschologist say we are staking out our personal space
Cute toys say you spend a lot of time on the computer
Mouse pads with statements
Screen savers
Power utilities on desktop to show off
Password selection
48% select family category
32% fan category
11% fantasy category
9% cryptic category
New worm spreads through the KaZaA network
Duload is a VB executable
Creates subdirectory and make 30 copies of itself
Shares subdirectory with the Kazaa network
Download and installed a Trojan backdoor
Judge Throws Out Hyperlink Lawsuit
BT Claimed to own the hyperlink
Suit filed against Prodigy ISP
Logic prevailed
Mailbag
DeFragging Problem (Suebee Ransom, Russell Gustin)
Text messaging (Frank Graves)
Cleaning Hard Drives (Pete Eicher)
Stratford News
Next Start ? September 9th
Emphasis in Grad Program (telecommunications, security, e-business)
Emphasis in Undergrad Program (complex webdesign, wide area networks, security)