Senators Eye Undersea Cable Sale Security (AP)

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Fed Panel Approves Tyco's Sale of
Undersea Cable To Tata

Fed Panel Approves Tyco's Sale of
Undersea Cable To Tata 04/13/2005 03:06 PM
TechWeb Apr 13 2005 6:24PM GMT

New Undersea Cable Projects Face Some
Old Problems

New Undersea Cable Projects Face Some
Old Problems 05/10/2004 01:30 AM
It has been several years since executives in the undersea cable industry had anything to cheer about, but a new cable project is under way.

Adelphia to Explore Sale of Cable
Company

Adelphia to Explore Sale of Cable
Company 04/22/2004 04:17 PM
The nation's fifth-largest cable television provider, Adelphia, may sell the company as part of its Chapter 11 reorganization, yielding to pressure from creditors.

Senators Press Wolfowitz on Duration of
U.S. Security Role

Senators Press Wolfowitz on Duration of
U.S. Security Role 05/18/2004 04:27 PM
A top Pentagon official answered that it was too soon to say how long a large U.S. military force might have to remain in Iraq.

Kensington Cable Locks Easily Defeated
Says Security.org

Kensington Cable Locks Easily Defeated
Says Security.org 08/09/2004 07:27 AM

Bearing in mind that Security.org usually wants to sell you a fix to the problems they talk about, they are warning users of some models of Kensington cable locks for notebook computers that the product can be easily defeated with a dollar's worth of common office supplies (the exact method isn't given). While that's sort of disappointing - and something Kensington should address, certainly - if you were leaving your laptop unattended in places where someone has even 30 seconds of time to try to fiddle with your locks, you're sort of asking for it anyway.

As many of the posters in the referring Slashdot thread say, notebook lock are like The Club. It's not that it secures your car; it's that it secures you car a little more than the next guy's.

Read - KENSINGTON COMPUTER CABLE LOCK [Security via /.]

U.S. May Restrict Sale of Social
Security Numbers (Reuters)

U.S. May Restrict Sale of Social
Security Numbers (Reuters) 03/17/2005 04:07 AM
Reuters - Seeking to combat rampant identity theft, U.S. lawmakers said on Thursday they may clamp new restrictions on companies that amass and sell social security numbers and other personal information.

Our glowing undersea friends.

Our glowing undersea friends. 05/13/2004 02:16 AM
Cut er than a fangtooth. Beautiful images of bioluminescent sea creatures. Learn the difference between fluorescence, phosphorescence, and bioluminescence, as well as the science behind the amazing chemical reaction. (I like the fl oppy-eared one the best--okay, the p lastic bag looking one is nifty too.)

Data theft fallout: US may ban sale of
Social Security numbers

Data theft fallout: US may ban sale of
Social Security numbers 03/17/2005 02:53 AM
At congressional hearings today, the companies involved in a spate of recent consumer data thefts were apologetic. Congress didn't appear impressed.

A Third of the Dead in Undersea Quake
Are Said to Be Children

A Third of the Dead in Undersea Quake
Are Said to Be Children 12/28/2004 11:27 AM
Survivors arranged for mass burials and searched for tens of thousands of the missing in countries thousands of miles apart.

Tyco to sell undersea network

Tyco to sell undersea network 11/05/2003 01:23 PM
CNET Nov 5 2003 12:22PM ET

Cable Operators To Assess Future
Opportunities And Challenges At Kagan
Cable MSO Summit, Nov. 9-10, NYC

Cable Operators To Assess Future
Opportunities And Challenges At Kagan
Cable MSO Summit, Nov. 9-10, NYC 09/23/2004 03:04 AM
What are the key future revenue drivers and most serious competitive threats for cable operators and how will they be addressed? Top executives from leading multichannel service operators will discuss their plans for taking the cable platform to the next level at the Kagan Cable MSO Summit, Nov. 9-10 in New York. [PRWEB Sep 23, 2004]

EUPEN Cable Inc. Revises Pricing on
Corrugated Copper Cable Line

EUPEN Cable Inc. Revises Pricing on
Corrugated Copper Cable Line 12/24/2004 12:47 PM
EUPEN Cable Inc. has announced a change in the pricing structure of its premiere line of cable, connectors and jumper assemblies. This increase in pricing is in response to sustained increases in material costs for the products used to produce cable [PRWEB Dec 23, 2004]

Undersea noise 'does harm whales'

Undersea noise 'does harm whales' 07/22/2004 01:28 PM
The International Whaling Commission says there is evidence that human noise threatens marine mammals.

An Undersea Fixture for 4 Decades Is
Headed to Pasture

An Undersea Fixture for 4 Decades Is
Headed to Pasture 08/07/2004 03:33 AM
Alvin, the small white transport that changed undersea science, will be replaced by a $21.6 million vehicle designed to go deeper faster.

Spain, Morocco To Build Undersea Rail
Tunnels

Spain, Morocco To Build Undersea Rail
Tunnels 12/15/2003 12:09 AM
DoraLives writes "The BBC reports that Spain and Morocco 'have agreed to build a 39-kilometre rail tunnel beneath the Mediterranean Sea, to link Europe and ...

Undersea Quake Kills Hundreds in
Indonesia (washingtonpost.com)

Undersea Quake Kills Hundreds in
Indonesia (washingtonpost.com) 03/28/2005 10:53 PM
washingtonpost.com - MEDAN, Indonesia, March 29 -- A major underwater earthquake struck Indonesia's Sumatran coast late Monday, killing hundreds of people and crushing buildings on a nearby resort island, according to Indonesian police.

Cable Modem Hackers unlock Cable Modem

Cable Modem Hackers unlock Cable Modem 02/10/2004 02:44 AM
A very amazing article on the Register on how a group of hackers have unlocked a certain brand of cable...

Senators Getting RSS!

Senators Getting RSS! 01/16/2004 11:28 AM

Senate Begins RSS Rollout

"Senator Joseph Biden (D-Del.) is the first Senator with a RSS news feed for press releases on his official site. Feeds for other senators will soon follow according to Jason Blum in Enterprise Systems Support of the office of the U.S. Senate Sergeant at Arms. Plans call for what Blum refers to as 'RSS relay agents.' These are local customized feeds for hometown constituents for NOAA weather alerts and state news." [RSS in Government]

Biden's feed is here. This is really thrilling news, and maybe it will even prompt legislators to post more substantial news more often to their sites!

In addition, if your library runs a community or news site, don't forget that you'll be able to re-post these feeds on that site. After all, they can't be copyrighted or licensed since they're funded by taxpayer money and they come from our government, right? (At least for the moment....)

Seriously, senators

Seriously, senators 01/06/2005 11:47 AM
Judge Gonzales to the Judiciary Committee: "I want to make very clear that I am deeply committed to the rule of law."

Senators don't want 1898 tax to hit Net

Senators don't want 1898 tax to hit Net 04/11/2005 03:27 PM
The Spanish-American War is over. Two senators say a "temporary" tax to pay for the conflict should not apply to the Internet.

The telecommunications Industry
Handbook: Covers Asymmetrical Digital
Subscriber Line (ADSL), Data Over Cable
System Interface Spectrum Standard
(DOCSIS) cable modems, Very High Data
Rate Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL) and
more

The telecommunications Industry
Handbook: Covers Asymmetrical Digital
Subscriber Line (ADSL), Data Over Cable
System Interface Spectrum Standard
(DOCSIS) cable modems, Very High Data
Rate Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL) and
more 07/08/2004 03:39 AM
Research and Markets are delighted to announce the addition of 2004 Technology - Infrastructure, Fixed Voice and Data Report to their offering. [PRWEB Jul 8, 2004]

Senators Move Toward Internet Tax Ban

Senators Move Toward Internet Tax Ban 04/29/2004 05:36 PM
AP via Baltimore Sun Apr 29 2004 9:44PM GMT

Senators want 2-year Internet tax ban

Senators want 2-year Internet tax ban 02/11/2004 05:34 PM
San Francisco Chronicle Feb 11 2004 9:47PM GMT

Senators Question TSA Denials

Senators Question TSA Denials 04/15/2004 04:59 AM
In the wake of American Airlines' admission that it shared passenger data with federal contractors, two senators ask Transporation Security Administration officials why they denied having acquired airline passenger records when in fact they had. By Ryan Singel.

Senators scrutinise 9/11 report

Senators scrutinise 9/11 report 07/30/2004 08:21 AM
The first of a series of committees consider sweeping proposed reforms to US intelligence.

U.S. Senate: Senators Home

U.S. Senate: Senators Home 01/06/2005 04:46 AM
Your Calls are Having an Impact! Call Your Senator Now And Tell Him/Her to Filibuster Until the Estrada Nomination is Withdrawn. Call Now! 2/13 .. contact your representatives .. take a moment and tell them .. yours

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Senators Force Game 7 With Double OT Win
(AP)

Senators Force Game 7 With Double OT Win
(AP) 04/18/2004 10:50 PM
AP - Mike Fisher scored 1:47 into double overtime to give Ottawa a 2-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday night and force a seventh and deciding game in the first-round playoff series.

Senators plan shakeup of spy agencies

Senators plan shakeup of spy agencies 09/07/2004 07:41 PM
A new proposal would have the CIA's computers chatting with the National Security Agency's, and would create more links between government databases.

Senators Push for Quick CIA Nomination
(AP)

Senators Push for Quick CIA Nomination
(AP) 07/11/2004 10:08 PM
AP - A Senate report detailing serious flaws in U.S. intelligence-gathering highlights the urgent need for a permanent CIA director given the current terrorist threat, leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Sunday.

Senators propose two-year ban on Net
access tax

Senators propose two-year ban on Net
access tax 02/11/2004 06:59 PM
SiliconValley.com Feb 11 2004 10:42PM GMT

Senators Push Two-Year Internet Tax Ban

Senators Push Two-Year Internet Tax Ban 02/11/2004 08:18 PM
au.news.yahoo.com via Drudge Report Feb 12 2004 0:09AM GMT

Senators want to know more on 'ghost'
detainees (USATODAY.com)

Senators want to know more on 'ghost'
detainees (USATODAY.com) 07/16/2004 06:36 AM
USATODAY.com - The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee called Thursday for Congress to examine lingering questions about the abuse of detainees in Iraq and elsewhere by U.S. forces, including the practice of keeping secret the whereabouts and identities of some prisoners.

GOP Senators Reconsider Personal
Accounts (AP)

GOP Senators Reconsider Personal
Accounts (AP) 04/08/2005 11:58 AM
AP - Senate Republicans are considering temporarily sidetracking President Bush's plan for personal investment accounts under Social Security, hoping Democrats will then join compromise talks on legislation to restore the program's solvency.

Senators resume fight on Net taxes

Senators resume fight on Net taxes 04/27/2004 12:21 AM
Boston Globe Apr 27 2004 5:10AM GMT

Senators Propose 2-Year Internet Tax Ban

Senators Propose 2-Year Internet Tax Ban 02/11/2004 05:37 PM
AP via Los Angeles Times Feb 11 2004 9:18PM GMT

Senators to see more Iraqi abuse photos

Senators to see more Iraqi abuse photos 05/12/2004 11:24 AM

Senators back municipal broadband

Senators back municipal broadband 06/24/2005 03:32 PM
In the face of opposition from the telecom industry, some US senators are supporting municipal broadband.

Senators: Superiors Must Answer for
Abuse (AP)

Senators: Superiors Must Answer for
Abuse (AP) 05/09/2004 01:41 AM
AP - The Army investigation into the Iraq prison scandal should have repercussions for higher-ups, not just the military police accused of abusing detainees, lawmakers said Saturday.

Senators Ask Where $8.8 Bln in Iraq
Funds Went (Reuters)

Senators Ask Where $8.8 Bln in Iraq
Funds Went (Reuters) 08/19/2004 03:09 PM
Reuters - At least $8.8 billion in Iraqi funds that was given to Iraqi ministries by the former U.S.-led authority there cannot be accounted for, according to a draft U.S. audit set for release soon.
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Vernier Networks Locks Down Security at
the Network Edge with New EdgeWall
Security Appliance

Vernier Networks Locks Down Security at
the Network Edge with New EdgeWall
Security Appliance 02/01/2005 09:10 PM
Clientless Network Access Management solution stops internal threats at the network edge - not the defenseless desktop [PRWEB Feb 1, 2005]

Kensington security locks vulnerable?

Kensington security locks vulnerable? 08/09/2004 05:56 AM
According to Slashdot and Security.org, Kensington Locks are extremely vulnerable to very simple attack. With the most basic of tools costing less than $1, it's possible to unlock the device that offers 'security' to many thousands, if not millions, of laptop users worldwide.

Security.org report that using a bic pen and a pair of scissors, the protection from theft can be over come within 30 seconds. More worryingly, the procedure does not leave any damage to the cable / lock. As such, you would not be able to claim the $1500 that Kensington offer if a product is stolen whilst protected with one of its locks, due to the specifics of the guarantee.

So far, Kensington have not commented on the issue. One would suggest that you keep, as ever, a rather good eye on your laptop and any other products protected by their kit.

Screenshot: Kensington Lock
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View: Security.org Piece

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VeriSign locks in security acquisition

VeriSign locks in security acquisition 12/17/2003 12:17 AM
The company plans to announce that it has signed an agreement to acquire Guardent, a privately held provider of managed security services, for $140 million in stock and cash.

US gov't secrecy wastes money, erodes
security, and locks up nonsensitive info

US gov't secrecy wastes money, erodes
security, and locks up nonsensitive info 08/27/2004 01:45 PM
Cory Doctorow: The OpenTheGovernment.org report on US government secrecy has just been published, and boy are its conclusions harsh: the US government is $6.5 billion/year keeping stuff secret (not counting the CIA budget, which is another secret), 90% of those documents don't contain anything particularily secret, and the result is that government agenciies and the public have their effective operations hamstrung because critical parts of the information needed to get by have been classified.

Compounding the problems is the fact that the government can't seem to let go of secrets that just aren't valuable any more. It took the CIA 20 years to declassify the fact that Augusto Pinochet, Chile's dictator, had a taste for distilled wine. Overall CIA budgets from decades back are still kept under wraps. And the pace of declassification has slowed since 9/11: 43 million pages in fiscal year 2003, as opposed to 100 million in 2001, according to the ISOO. Not surprisingly, the amount of money spent on releasing information has also slipped, from $231 million in 2001 to $54 million last year.

At the same time, the public thirst for government information seems to have risen. More than 3.2 million requests for federal documents were made under the Freedom of Information Act last year. That's about 1 million more than in 2001.

The cost of keeping secrets, according to OpenTheGovernment coordinator Rick Blum, comes largely from maintaining the patchwork of databases and networks that hold the government's sensitive information. Physical security of classified information has also been a major cost -- and a major concern. The repeated misplacement of secret disks at Los Alamos National Laboratory has shut down the nuclear weapons center for the last six weeks. That means a big chunk of the lab's annual budget of $2.2 billion has been devoted to the security lapses, so far. Those figures weren't included in the OpenTheGovernment report card.

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FCC locks down US TV

FCC locks down US TV 11/05/2003 10:34 PM
Broadcast flag approved

BerkeleyDB-Locks-0_4

BerkeleyDB-Locks-0_4 07/10/2004 05:50 PM

DRM locks onto your desktop

DRM locks onto your desktop 04/20/2004 07:11 AM
ZDNet Apr 20 2004 11:49AM GMT

BerkeleyDB-Locks-0_3

BerkeleyDB-Locks-0_3 07/10/2004 05:50 PM

Microsoft Locks Up XML Patent

Microsoft Locks Up XML Patent 02/12/2004 12:52 PM
The software giant lands another XML patent, which will bolster its .NET development scheme.

DRM Locks Out Library Patrons?

DRM Locks Out Library Patrons? 12/26/2004 11:03 PM

DRM at Its Worst? Here's a Prime Example

"DRM is actually a part of Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system and has been for a while, but it wasn’t until I picked up a DVD recently that I witnessed the ugly and very user unfriendly side of DRM in person. The DVD in question, T2: Extreme DVD, produced by Artisan Home Entertainment Inc., is a two-dvd disk set, which holds a digitally optimized version of the T2 movie on one disk, and a high definition version of the same movie on the second disk, encoded in WMV9 format....

Unfortunately, after trying to play the DVD back with Windows Media Player 9, I couldn’t get it to work. For some reason I needed to install a 3rd party application, InterActual Player, that was required to play back the content. I was a bit surprised as to why I needed to install InterActual Player as it clearly says Windows Media Player 9 on the cover. Why can’t I simply play the content back without having to install yet another application? But then it became quickly apparent that I did not only have to install and download an update for the InterActual Player over the internet in order to facilitate playback, but would also need to acquire a license. So obviously the WMV9 content on the DVD was protected by DRM and could only be unlocked after connecting to the license server to obtain a license, which it failed to do. I was surprised to find that it failed to give me a license as it had determined that my physical location was not in the US or Canada. Apparently the content was only to be played back in either one of these countries and nowhere else. After routing my IP address through an anonymous proxy server in the US I however managed to unlock the content just as well and was presented with a license agreement I had to agree to prior to being able to play the content back.

That agreement, amongst other things, stated that I could only play back the content for a period of five days, on the computer I installed the InterActual Player application onto, after which I had to re-acquire a license. To be honest that really pissed me off, I spent about an hour trying to play back a disc I legitimately bought and went as far as installing and updating a 3rd party application to my system that would allow me to do so, and now I’m only being given a temporary license, where’s my rights as a consumer?... Shame on you Artisan Home Entertainment Inc. and may this serve as a prime example of DRM at its worst." [Hardware Analysis, via Slashdot]

I wonder if any libraries bought this title. Unfortunately, looking in just my local catalog, SWAN, some did. I wonder how their patrons are faring trying to access these features. Would you go through all of that to watch a movie? I sure wouldn't.

Whatever did happen to fair use and the right of first sale in the digital world? I miss them.

IBM locks in VMware through 2007

IBM locks in VMware through 2007 05/19/2004 09:01 AM
Embrace and extend with EMC

Apple Changes The iPod Locks

Apple Changes The iPod Locks 12/17/2004 06:27 PM

There's a bigger question at stake here, and eventually Apple is going to have to address it. The music industry wants a unified digital standard. By Arik Hesseldahl, Forbes

Microsoft Locks Up OEM Support for NAS

Microsoft Locks Up OEM Support for NAS 05/24/2004 09:17 AM
Buoyed by support from key partners, Microsoft (Quote, Chart) said Monday it has taken its feature pack for consolidating data from Exchange Server 2003 on network attached storage (NAS) (define) devices running Windows Storage Server 2003 to general availability. Original equipment manufacturers EMC (Quote, Chart), Dell and HP (Quote, Chart) will be offering the feature pack on their NAS devices. The goal is to help customers boost return on investment by consolidating files and data stored on Exchange Server 2003.

China Locks Up Net Dissident

China Locks Up Net Dissident 11/01/2003 06:22 AM
Chinese security agents have detained civil servant Du Daobin, whose essays are banned by Beijing on the Internet, for 'subverting state power.' It's all part of China's intensified crackdown on online dissent.

VMWare locks down Windows

VMWare locks down Windows 09/20/2004 04:34 AM
ZDNet UK Sep 20 2004 7:26AM GMT

U.S. Government Sometimes Jams Keyless
Car Locks?

U.S. Government Sometimes Jams Keyless
Car Locks? 07/05/2004 03:44 PM

China Locks Up VoIP Provider

China Locks Up VoIP Provider 07/08/2004 12:33 PM
If you thought that US VoIP providers were having trouble because everyone wants to regulate them, just look at the situation in China. A man who was accused of the crime of offering VoIP in China now faces five years in jail. The government is pissed off because they believe he "stole" approximately $1 million in phone call fees that would have gone straight to the government controlled phone monopolies. See how much easier it is to run an inefficient business when you're the government and you can just throw the best competitors in jail?

Glitch Locks Out Money Users

Glitch Locks Out Money Users 07/29/2004 11:58 PM
It's the end of the month--bill-paying time--and some Money 2004 users are wishing they'd kept their cash in an old mattress instead of relying on Microsoft's financial software. A snafu with a couple of Microsoft servers has frozen users' access to their own financial data, even though the encrypted files are on the hard drives of their own PCs.

Microsoft officials acknowledge the ongoing problem, which began Monday, and say they hope to have it fixed by midday Friday. Meanwhile, unable to view their budgets or pay their bills, many affected users are livid.

Angry Customers

"Clearly they screwed this up and have cost all of us time, and money!" says one user's post on Microsoft's Money Community Newsgroup.

Kenneth T. Van Wie, II, a computer consultant in Atlanta, agrees. "It is unacceptable that this could happen," he says. "While I have been inconvenienced by not being able to access my financial records, what about the small business that use this program for their day-to-day financial operations?"

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News source: PCWorld

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NHL Locks Out Players; Season in
Jeopardy (AP)

NHL Locks Out Players; Season in
Jeopardy (AP) 09/15/2004 11:54 PM
AP - The National Hockey League locked out its players Thursday, threatening to keep the sport off the ice for the entire 2004-05 season and perhaps beyond in an effort by management to gain massive economic change.

Kensington Laptop Locks Not So Secure

Kensington Laptop Locks Not So Secure 08/08/2004 10:33 PM

more on the easy-to-pick kryptonite
locks

more on the easy-to-pick kryptonite
locks 09/16/2004 04:54 PM
every biker at our office is astounded and amazed by this

Unreal update locks on target

Unreal update locks on target 04/09/2004 03:55 PM
Unreal Tournament 2004 establishes its credentials as one of the premier FPS games.

Addition of IPSec locks down 2.6 kernel

Addition of IPSec locks down 2.6 kernel 01/17/2004 10:45 PM

Aladdin locks down smart cards

Aladdin locks down smart cards 02/10/2004 02:35 AM

When death locks words in computers

When death locks words in computers 06/04/2004 08:38 PM
IHT Jun 5 2004 0:03AM GMT

Tech, studio giants team on new DVD
locks

Tech, studio giants team on new DVD
locks 07/14/2004 01:28 PM
New technology would let high-definition videos be copied, moved into home networks.

Senators Eye Undersea Cable Sale Security (AP)

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