Microsoft News Yahoo! Goes Open Source
Base Technologies
mySQL (1996) FreeBSD running Apache Web Server (1996) PHP scripting language (2002)
Reasons: Costs and ease of use Yahoo! Presentation by Michael Radwin On other fronts: Linux seems to be beating Microsoft in Europe and Africa because of new licensing rules and frequent upgrade cycle
Mac OS Least Prone to Attack in 2002
Most Vulnerable: Microsoft Windows Second Most Vulnerable: Linux Data taken from Security Intelligence Products and Systems Database
Collects info from 6,000 hacker groups reaching back to 1995
1,162 vulnerabilities were discovered in 2002
Fewer than 25
Mac OS, Compaq Tru64, SCO UNIX
Microsoft Windows had 500 Linux had 200
Wi-Fi Getting New Security Standard
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (key management) User Authentication replace MAC address filtering with public-key encryption system Works with existing products and will be available by 2003
HP puts Vatican treasures on the Net
Vatican Library is scanning and digitizing assets for display on the InternetAncient bible texts, rare works of art, hand written letters from MichealAngelo and Martin Luther were chosen HP is donating servers, scanners, and consulting time
Open Secret?s of Saddam?s Inbox
Saddam’s e-mail address is press@uruklink.net Selected e-mails revealed
London company offers help to buy products China offered to sell a deadly colorless gas Las Vegas company offered to sell fire retardant for troops California wireless company offered rich technology improvement One sent a picture of an atom bomb explosion Austrian admirer offered to help fight
Smart Pool Table Improve Play
Laser mounted on ceiling traces path of best shot Computer provide audio encouragement
ICANN?s Shanghai Meeting Pass Reforms
Reduction in number of board members Shaking up advisory group structure Many TLD administrators still not happy
Business Software Alliance (BSA) Piracy Study
Middle Atlantic States and East North Central States have Lowest Rate (14%) East South Central has highest Rate (40%) Local Rates
Virginia (18.8%) DC (16.3%) Maryland (19.6%) Pennsylvania (17.4%) West Virginia (47.6%)
Overall reduction in rates over 2000 study
Instant Messaging Compatibility Closer to Reality
Internet Engineering Task Force has created a working group Hopes to bring together: ICQ, AIM, and MS Messenger IETF has tentatively approved SIMPLE (SIP for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions).? SIP stands for Session Initiation Protocol SIMPLE is being pushed by MS and IBM
Marty Cooper Declares 3G Dead at Berlin Conference
Speaking at Broadband DSL Forum in Berlin His numbers
Touted to give 2Mbps it only give 1.1 Mbps Because bandwidth must be shared, users will only get about 80kbps Not much greater than generation that gives 50 to 60kbps
Earlier in the month at the Paris Mobile Internet Conference
Stratford News
Next Start, November 18
Results of Open House last week Culinary Educators Forum being hosted this weekend at Stratford
Don’t forget to look at the Tech Talk page on the Stratford Website
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