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TOP STORIES FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 04, 2004 IBM Donates Software to Open-Source Group HP Tests Demand for Linux Notebook PC National Archives Chooses Design Finalists Phishers Target Presidential Campaign Contributors 321 Studios Gives Up Singapore Plans Hacker Contest IBM DONATES SOFTWARE TO OPEN-SOURCE GROUP IBM will provide more than half a million lines of its software code for the Cloudscape database to open-source software group the Apache Software Foundation. The company's goal reportedly is to make it easier for software developers to write applications in the Java programming language. IBM is a leading supporter of Java, originally developed by Sun Microsystems. The IBM software platform WebSphere runs and manages such Java-based applications, competing with Microsoft's Net platform, written in C++. New York Times, 3 August 2004 (registration req'd) http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/03/technology/03java.html HP TESTS DEMAND FOR LINUX NOTEBOOK PC Hewlett-Packard announced the test launch of a Linux-based notebook computer to evaluate demand for products that come with the open-source operating system. Key functionality, such as wireless networking, is disabled on the notebooks. The same family of products also comes with Windows systems and a variety of CPUs. The machines will be sold only on HP's Web site and to North American buyers, although international customers may request them. Prices start around $1,140. The Register, 4 August 2004 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/04/hp_linux_laptop/ NATIONAL ARCHIVES CHOOSES DESIGN FINALISTS The National Archives and Records Administration has selected two teams of companies to design competing systems to preserve the federal government's electronic records despite changes in computer hardware and software. The teams are led by the Government Communications Systems Division of the Harris Corporation and the Transportation and Security Solutions Division of the Lockheed Martin Corporation. The archives will choose between the two resulting designs in 2005, with the winning system scheduled to become operational in 2011. Chronicle of Higher Education, 3 August 2004 (sub. req'd) http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2004/08/2004080402n.htm PHISHERS TARGET PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTORS Two mass e-mail campaigns launched by phishing scam artists ask recipients to contribute money to Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry's campaign, but direct the money to Web sites in India and Texas that are not connected to the campaign, according to security firm SurfControl, which makes Internet content filters. The Kerry campaign said it had asked the Justice Department to investigate. Washington Post, 3 August 2004 (registration req'd) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37490-2004Aug3.html 321 STUDIOS GIVES UP 321 Studios Inc. closed shop Tuesday in the face of piracy-related lawsuits brought under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and court orders against its DVD-copying software. The company's Web site announces that it will no longer sell, support, or promote its products. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, which had filed briefs in support of 321 Studios in some of the cases against it, still supports the concept that consumers should be able to make backup copies of DVDs and computer games. San Jose Mercury News, 4 August 2004 http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/9312457.htm SINGAPORE PLANS HACKER CONTEST Singapore announced plans to hold a contest August 20 to determine the best computer hacker. Six pairs will compete in "BlackOPS: HackAttack Challenge 2004," organized by the National Infocomm Competency Center. The goal is to penetrate, exploit, gain access to, and obtain privileged information from the other teams' servers for the purpose of corporate espionage, according to a center manager. The teams will also have to defend their own networks against attack from the other teams during the daylong event. The prize will be a DVD burner and free computer classes. Contest organizers reportedly hope the contest will shed light on ways to prevent actual computer attacks. 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