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TOP STORIES FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2003 Internet Unaffected by Power Failure Movie Studios, Malaysian Government Fight DVD Piracy AND Hewlett-Packard Wins in Education-Discount Scam Case Teen Hacker Chooses Education over Employment INTERNET UNAFFECTED BY POWER FAILURE According to Keynote Systems, which tracks performance of the Internet, the power outage affecting parts of the northeastern United States and Canada has not affected the Internet. A statement from Keynote Systems noted that as of Thursday afternoon the Internet and all major U.S. Web sites were performing normally. Cell phone call volume was extremely high, however, causing congestion on networks that have been able to keep operating on back-up power from generators. Sprint and Verizon advised customers to be patient and indicated that some calls to the east coast might be blocked to ensure availability for emergency calls. New York Times, 14 August 2003 (registration req'd) http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/14/technology/14POWE-NET.html MOVIE STUDIOS, MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT FIGHT DVD PIRACY A series of raids conducted by the Motion Picture Association (MPA) and Malaysian law-enforcement officials has resulted in the arrests of nine individuals accused of selling pirated movies over the Internet. In addition to the arrests, the raids led to the seizure of more than 30,000 copies of pirated movies. According to Ken Jacobsen of the MPA, a significant portion of pirated discs worldwide come from a small number of organizations in Malaysia and Russia. Jacobsen said his group's efforts are focused on Internet sales, where most of the market has gone since crackdowns on illegal discs sold on the streets or in malls. The MPA uses a program called Ranger to locate Web sites that are selling illegal copies of movies on the Internet. Jacobsen said the seizure in Malaysia is the MPA's largest single seizure of pirated movies. ZDNet, 15 August 2003 http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-5064197.html AND ***************************************************** HEWLETT-PACKARD WINS IN EDUCATION-DISCOUNT SCAM CASE Hewlett-Packard has won a civil judgment of $1.8 million against a company called S-Systems that tried to resell equipment bought under an educational discount. Hewlett-Packard said that Leroy Anthony Sallee, owner of S-Systems, used educational discounts to buy $5.7 million of hardware from Compaq Computer for $3.1, saying that the equipment was going to Case Western Reserve University. Sallee then attempted to resell the equipment. (Hewlett-Packard purchased Compaq Computer in May 2002.) Sallee has pleaded guilty to criminal mail fraud for his part in the transaction. CNET, 14 August 2003 http://news.com.com/2100-1003_3-5063797.html TEEN HACKER CHOOSES EDUCATION OVER EMPLOYMENT Eighteen-year-old Ankit Fadia, author of "The Unofficial Guide to Ethical Hacking," has decided to attend Stanford University in the fall rather than accept any of numerous offers for employment. Fadia wrote his book on hacking two years ago and quickly became something of a celebrity among computer security professionals. Total sales for the book are estimated at close to 100,000, and Fadia has since written two more books. Fadia is regarded as a prodigy with computers and systems, and material for his book came from long hours of "ethical hacking," in which he would break into Web sites and then tell the "victims" about their sites' weaknesses. Fadia said he would like to start his own network security company after he completes his education. Reuters, 14 August 2003 http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=3276419 ***************************************************** EDUPAGE INFORMATION To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change your settings, visit http://www.educause.edu/pub/edupage/edupage.html Or, you can subscribe or unsubscribe by sending e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To SUBSCRIBE, in the body of the message type: SUBSCRIBE Edupage YourFirstName YourLastName To UNSUBSCRIBE, in the body of the message type: SIGNOFF Edupage If you have subscription problems, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For past issues of Edupage or information about translations of Edupage into other languages, visit http://www.educause.edu/pub/edupage/edupage.html ***************************************************** OTHER EDUCAUSE PUBLICATIONS EDUCAUSE publishes periodicals, including "EQ" and "EDUCAUSE Review," books, and other materials dealing with the impacts and implications of information technology in higher education. For information on EDUCAUSE publications see http://www.educause.edu/pub/ ***************************************************** CONFERENCES For information on all EDUCAUSE learning and networking opportunities, see http://www.educause.edu/conference/ ***************************************************** COPYRIGHT Edupage copyright (c) 2003, EDUCAUSE
