FW: THE INFOWORLD SCOOP P.M. EDITION, Tuesday, October 31, 2000

Tue Oct 31 17:03:31 EST 2000

Although this is a little off topic, I know that this note will interest you
napster users.

Sorry to those of you that I have annoyed by posting a note off topic.

Stephen Dawes B.A. B.Sc.
Web Business Office, The City of Calgary
PHONE:  (403) 268-5527. FAX: (403) 268-6423
E-MAIL ADDRESS:  sdawes at gov.calgary.ab.ca

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Tuesday, October 31, 2000

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TOP NEWS STORIES

* Intel: We are Rambus 'advocates'

* AOL 6.0 wreaks havoc with some PCs

* Finjan builds defense against PDA attack

* Bertelsmann forms alliance with Napster

Scroll down for more on these articles

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INTEL: WE ARE RAMBUS 'ADVOCATES'

Posted at October 31, 2000 09:48 AM Pacific

OFFICIALS FOR CHIP mammoth Intel have said in the past
that Rambus memory technology "is the recipe for
performance" for the company's high-end processors,
and a company spokesperson on Tuesday said Intel's
position has not changed.

Intel restated its position after shares of Rambus
stock fell sharply Tuesday following rumors that Intel
was recalling its support for Rambus memory technology.

For the full story:
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/10/31/001031hnintram.xml?1031tup
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AOL 6.0 WREAKS HAVOC WITH SOME PCS

Posted at October 31, 2000 09:19 AM Pacific

AOL 5.0 WAS an unmitigated disaster for the online
giant. Soon after its release, users began complaining
about network settings getting blown away, key Windows
files being rewritten, and in some cases PCs becoming
utterly inoperable. Some of the same problems are
beginning to crop up with AOL 6.0, which launched last
week.

This is AOL's first client software designed to serve
all of its dial-up, cable modem and DSL customers.
Apparently the one-software-fits-all approach isn't
working out for all cable modem and DSL customers.

For the full story:
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/10/31/001031hnaol.xml?1031tupm

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FINJAN BUILDS DEFENSE AGAINST PDA ATTACK

Posted at October 31, 2000 08:45 AM Pacific

SECURITY SOFTWARE COMPANY Finjan Software announced the
release of an application on Tuesday to protect
computer systems from attacks launched from PDAs
(personal data assistants).

San Jose, Calif.-based Finjan's SurfinShield Corporate
monitors the behavior of executable programs
synchronized from Palm Pilots to corporate PCs,
according to a company release. The application looks
for active Web content, such as ActiveX, Java scripts,
and executable programs coming in over a
synchronization link to a PDA, and prevents content
that breaches security policies, such as attempting to
delete a file or open a network connection.

For the full story:
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/10/31/001031hnfinjan.xml?1031tup
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BERTELSMANN FORMS ALLIANCE WITH NAPSTER

Posted at October 31, 2000 08:06 AM Pacific

ONCE ENEMIES, BERTELSMANN and Napster will now form an
alliance to develop a peer-to-peer file sharing
service, the German company announced Tuesday.

Bertelsmann's newly formed eCommerce Group, BeCG, and
Napster have developed a membership-based service that
will provide file-sharing capabilities that "preserves
the Napster experience while at the same time
providing payments to the rightsholders," the company
said in a statement.

For the full story:
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/10/31/001031hnnapbert.xml?1031tu
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

"There is no way the hacker could access the whole crown
jewels, but they could have got access to some of the
gems that make up that crown."

--Simon Perry, vice president of security solutions at
Computer Associates International Inc., speaking of the
hacker attack against Microsoft.

http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/10/27/001027hndamage.xml?1031tup
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