[infowarrior] - EC outlines anti-terror database measures

2005-11-28 Thread Richard Forno
Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/28/anti_terror_databases/ EC outlines anti-terror database measures By OUT-LAW.COM Published Monday 28th November 2005 11:46 GMT The European Commission last week adopted two measures designed to assist in the fight against terrorism and serious

[infowarrior] - Fuzzy logic behind Bush's cybercrime treaty

2005-11-28 Thread Richard Forno
Fuzzy logic behind Bush's cybercrime treaty By Declan McCullagh http://news.com.com/Fuzzy+logic+behind+Bushs+cybercrime+treaty/2010-1071_3-5 969719.html Story last modified Mon Nov 28 04:00:00 PST 2005 If you believe President Bush, a cybercrime treaty about to be voted on by the U.S. Senate is

[infowarrior] - Symantec refuses to sell audit tool outside the US

2005-11-28 Thread Richard Forno
Symantec refuses to sell audit tool outside the US By John Leyden Published Friday 25th November 2005 12:12 GMT http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/25/symantec_l0phtcrack_export_controver sy/print.html Exclusive Symantec has stopped selling a password auditing tool to customers outside the US

[infowarrior] - RIAA now targetting mash-ups

2005-11-28 Thread Richard Forno
MashupTown, a site that hosts and distributes mashups (two or more songs ingeniously mixed together to make a third) has taken down all of its files after complaints from the RIAA to its hosting partner. Mashups are a really dumb target for the RIAA. There's just no universe in which someone who

[infowarrior] - OT: Symantec musical

2005-11-28 Thread Richard Forno
(c/o WP) Here's a little musical biscuit you might want to choke down only once: Symantec Revolution [2.6MB MP3], a song promoting Symantec (the people behind Norton Antivirus) based on the 1991 hit Good Vibrations by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. The lyrics name-drop Symantec CEO John

[infowarrior] - For Some Technology Companies, 'Beta' Becomes a Long-Term Label

2005-11-28 Thread Richard Forno
For Some Technology Companies, 'Beta' Becomes a Long-Term Label By DAVID KESMODEL THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE November 28, 2005 http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB113268410649404315-CmlEYCMNLKztOfB8PW MfA0IiiXA_20061128.html?mod=blogs Few people would fly on an airline that advertised its