Battle of the Waves Yahoo User Hit with e-mail scam
Users asked for passwords and credit info, most refused Yahoo administrators sent warning within 24 hours Similar to PayPal last month
Microsoft Profits Up
Market applauds news Increase due to new licensing scheme which is subscription based Forces companies that don?t upgrade frequently to now spend more
UUNet Router Meltdown
Half the worlds Internet traffic and seventy percent of all emails are carried by the UUNet backbone This backbone brought to its knees by a router software upgrade that included a corrupted routing table. Upgrade was apparently done without pretesting
Man and Computer Chess Match
Deep Fritz versus Vladimir Kramnik Deep Fritz, a German developed computer, can evaluation 3.5 million moves per second Kraminik practiced with the computer for two weeks prior to match Tied 3.5 to 3.5 after seven games Kramnik will get $1M for a win, $700,000 for a draw, and $500,000 for a loss. Kramnik and changed style to beat machine?by taking unliking shifts in strategy.
Hypersound Speakers — The next big audio event or next big flop?
Able to ?put sound in your head? at 100 yards Sends narrow beam of hypersound (non-linearities produce sounds you can hear) Applications include:Coke machines, Car radio, home audio systems, Military
Lastest Hacker Exploit: War Phoning
Bluetooth enabled phones and PDA with inadequate security are targets May wireless devices permit access without a "pairing code" May allow stealing of personal data or making phone calls Discovered by Magnus Nystrom, Technical Director of RSA Security, at a recent RSA Conference
Interesting Sites Feds Planning Early Warning System for Internet
Global Early Warning Information System (GEWIS) Will be developed by US National Communications System, which is co-managed by Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and the Whitehouse Will monitor performance of Internet Monitor 13 high-level Domain Name Servers Provides warnings of DDOS attacks Seems just like the Internet Storm Center, operated by the SANS Institute
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Wireless and Hacking Demonstrations Computer Clinic Live Tech Talk Broadcast from 11:45AM to 12:30PM