'Asianux' Sets Sights on Asian Linux Market

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Sun Sets Sights on Low-End Market

Sun Sets Sights on Low-End Market 09/20/2004 07:05 PM
San Jose Mercury News Sep 20 2004 11:40PM GMT

Sun Sets Sights on Low-End Market (AP)

Sun Sets Sights on Low-End Market (AP) 09/20/2004 05:06 PM
AP - After years of battling Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc. has set its sights on Linux vendors, seeking to jump into a low-end but high-volume market it's been accused of ignoring.

SAP Sets Its Sights on SOAP

SAP Sets Its Sights on SOAP 05/10/2004 08:45 AM
SAP touts its service-oriented architecture to persuade R/3 users to upgrade.

Intel Sets Its Sights on Sonoma

Intel Sets Its Sights on Sonoma 04/16/2004 11:47 AM

Oracle Sets Sights on Microsoft

Oracle Sets Sights on Microsoft 01/29/2004 03:49 AM
With its Linux initiative a success, Oracle now plans on taking on Microsoft's SQL Server on the low end.

Micromuse sets sights on Quallaby

Micromuse sets sights on Quallaby 04/09/2005 05:09 AM
Micromuse, maker of fault management software, Friday announced it had entered into an agreement to acquire performance management software maker Quallaby for about $33 million in cash.

DoubleClick sets sights on Performics

DoubleClick sets sights on Performics 05/17/2004 07:33 PM
Crain's Chicago Business,IL-3 hours ago ... Inc., a Chicago Internet advertising agency that was among the first to capitalize on the burgeoning market for ads that run on search engines such as Google. ...

Microsoft sets sights on spyware

Microsoft sets sights on spyware 12/19/2004 02:53 PM
Windows users could soon be paying for Microsoft software that keeps their machine free of spyware.

Khan sets sights on gold

Khan sets sights on gold 08/29/2004 03:50 AM
Britain's Amir Khan will bid to become boxing's youngest Olympic gold medallist since 1952 on Sunday.

Microsoft sets sights on spam

Microsoft sets sights on spam 06/29/2004 04:25 AM
The man behind Microsoft's anti-spam program details the software giant's strategy.

IBM sets its sights on desktop services

IBM sets its sights on desktop services 11/05/2003 08:39 AM
Computer Weekly Nov 5 2003 7:51AM ET

TI Sets Sights on Single-Chip Phone

TI Sets Sights on Single-Chip Phone 03/20/2003 01:05 PM
Plans to deliver a single-chip mobile phone have been unveiled by Texas Instruments, which claimed that the new processor integrating voice and data applications would be available within two years. The company's silicon integration strategy could prove popular among handset makers looking to cut costs -- and boost lagging sales.

Gucci Sets Its Sights on Apple (PC
World)

Gucci Sets Its Sights on Apple (PC
World) 04/20/2004 10:01 AM
PC World - Designer carrying case will cost you almost as much as an IPod.

Sun Sets Sights on Solaris File System

Sun Sets Sights on Solaris File System 06/01/2004 12:55 AM
Offers a sneak peek at forthcoming dynamic file system—and its code.

Microsoft Sets Its Sights on
Productivity Measures

Microsoft Sets Its Sights on
Productivity Measures 02/12/2004 03:37 PM
Microsoft Group Vice President Jeff Raikes says it's time to move beyond the industry debate over whether IT offers companies a competitive advantage.

Electrovaya sets sights on final
frontier

Electrovaya sets sights on final
frontier 06/30/2004 10:50 PM
globetechnology.com Jul 1 2004 3:13AM GMT

Microsoft sets sights on small
businesses

Microsoft sets sights on small
businesses 06/13/2004 04:16 AM
Philadelphia Inquirer Jun 13 2004 8:09AM GMT

Take 2 at the Times: McMurtry sets
sights on Kakutani

Take 2 at the Times: McMurtry sets
sights on Kakutani 06/24/2004 11:46 AM

Open Source CRM Sets Sights on Siebel
(NewsFactor)

Open Source CRM Sets Sights on Siebel
(NewsFactor) 04/11/2005 03:29 PM
NewsFactor - Siebel (Nasdaq: SEBL), Microsoft and Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) may get serious competition from open-source enterprise software systems, say Linux advocates bNitro.com and SourceForge.net. They envision a highly adaptive software application that any business could download from the Internet for free.

Tivo sets sights on Net content, cuts
prices

Tivo sets sights on Net content, cuts
prices 06/09/2004 02:29 AM

IBM Sets Sights on Creating World's
Fastest Computer

IBM Sets Sights on Creating World's
Fastest Computer 11/15/2003 03:17 AM
Extreme Tech Nov 15 2003 1:40AM ET

Pagcor sets sights on Internet, text
gaming

Pagcor sets sights on Internet, text
gaming 07/07/2004 09:19 PM
Philippine Daily Inquirer Jul 8 2004 1:46AM GMT

Verari Sets Sights on 'Ultimate Blade
System'

Verari Sets Sights on 'Ultimate Blade
System' 04/12/2004 03:27 PM
The company formerly known as RackSaver addresses cooling and management issues of dense servers.

A retooled Acer sets its sights anew on
U.S. and China PC markets

A retooled Acer sets its sights anew on
U.S. and China PC markets 09/05/2004 06:35 PM
IHT Sep 5 2004 10:38PM GMT

Verari Sets Sights on 'Ultimate Blade
System' (Ziff Davis)

Verari Sets Sights on 'Ultimate Blade
System' (Ziff Davis) 04/12/2004 03:38 PM
Ziff Davis - The company formerly known as RackSaver addresses cooling and management issues of dense servers.

Spymac sets up Asian Disaster Relief
Fund

Spymac sets up Asian Disaster Relief
Fund 12/29/2004 02:21 PM
Monetary donations are now being accepted for Spymac’s Asian Disaster Relief Fund set up today to help the International Red Cross meet the needs of 11 countries affected by the devastating earthquake which struck the area two days ago. Spymac is an international community and many members have been affected by the tragedy. We extend our condolences to members in that region. Donations to the Spymac relief fund can be made using PayPal. Members making donations of $25 or more will receive ad-free status on their membership for a two-week period. Donations will be accepted until January 16, 2005. On that day, Spymac will celebrate its third birthday by turning the fund over to the Red Cross. Upon request, official tax-deductible receipts will be issued by the Red Cross. Food, medical supplies and water purification systems have started trickling into the devastated areas, as the United Nations warned this could be the biggest relief effort ever known. The body count has risen to more than 60,000 dead in 11 countries, with thousands still missing and more than a million left homeless. The UN estimates that nearly a third of the dead are children. The International Red Cross says more than one million people have been displaced and many have had to resort to looting to survive.

Microsoft sets sights on disk-to-disk
backup

Microsoft sets sights on disk-to-disk
backup 09/21/2004 04:17 PM
While some users applauded Microsoft's announcement of its Data Protection Server, others said proven storage backup vendors already have far more mature products.

Study: Asian IT market will soar in 2004

Study: Asian IT market will soar in 2004 12/16/2003 12:27 PM
ZDNet Dec 16 2003 12:02PM ET

Asian-Pacific PC market to grow 12.8% in
2005

Asian-Pacific PC market to grow 12.8% in
2005 03/25/2005 09:19 PM
ZDNet Mar 26 2005 1:33AM GMT

Sendo aims smartphone at Asian market

Sendo aims smartphone at Asian market 11/18/2003 08:11 AM
ZDNet UK Nov 18 2003 7:29AM ET

Nokia Launches Two Phones for Asian
Market (Reuters)

Nokia Launches Two Phones for Asian
Market (Reuters) 04/28/2004 05:57 AM
Reuters - The world's largest mobile telephone maker, Nokia (NOK1V.HE), launched on Wednesday two phones aimed at the booming Asia-Pacific markets and said it would set up a research and development facility in India.

Asian Linux gaining momentum

Asian Linux gaining momentum 07/21/2004 02:32 PM
CNET Jul 21 2004 6:29PM GMT

Asian Linux distro is ahead of schedule

Asian Linux distro is ahead of schedule 01/04/2005 01:08 PM
ZDNet UK Jan 4 2005 4:53PM GMT

Oracle backs Asian Linux project

Oracle backs Asian Linux project 07/20/2004 09:10 PM
The database powerhouse certifies its software to work on Asianux, a version of Linux made by Japan's Miracle Linux and China's Red Flag Software.

Asian first-timers prefer Linux to
Windows

Asian first-timers prefer Linux to
Windows 11/13/2003 08:54 AM
Cost and community: we're all hippies now

Oracle puts weight behind Asian Linux

Oracle puts weight behind Asian Linux 07/20/2004 04:23 PM
Business software maker takes open-source route in race to beat rivals in China.

Briefly: Oracle backs Asian Linux
project

Briefly: Oracle backs Asian Linux
project 07/20/2004 09:10 PM
roundup Plus: CipherTrust adds policy compliance to e-mail...Seagate reports loss...IBM sets 'Atlantic' for open-source shore...CA joins the Liberty Alliance.

Microsoft sets up hopes for more market
gains

Microsoft sets up hopes for more market
gains 04/23/2004 08:09 AM
Investors Business Daily Apr 23 2004 12:44PM GMT

LG.Philips Sets Records in Global
Display Market

LG.Philips Sets Records in Global
Display Market 12/23/2003 11:46 AM
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Catchall Email Addresses

Catchall Email Addresses 08/17/2004 03:18 PM

Is there a point to "catchall" email addresses anymore? You know, those addresses where misaddessed email to your domain gets routed? Let me explain —

I was having some email trouble this morning. POP3 response from the server was sporadic, and when I got a command line on the box, things were very slow. I poked around a bit and found the problem.

I had not been checking and clearing the catchall account. It had been accumulating mail for about three weeks. It contained — are you sitting down? — 582,384 emails. Yep, just over half a million. I had to delete the entire account and bounce the Qmail process to get things running smoothly again. (The mere fact that it was running at all is a credit to RedHat 7.2 — a 1.1 GHz Athlon only goes so far...)

If 90% of email is spam (as it is in our office), then 99.9999999% of the email in a catchall account is going to be spam because 99% of inbound spam has an invalid address. This was proven to me when I created a script to empty the account once per hour. Here was the log file 15 minutes after I recreated the account:

8/17/2004 12:12:54 PM: Start Processing
8/17/2004 12:13:37 PM: 276 message(s) found
8/17/2004 12:13:37 PM: Deleting...
8/17/2004 12:13:38 PM: 0 message(s) found
8/17/2004 12:13:38 PM: End Processing

Almost 300 messages in 15 minutes. One hour later:

8/17/2004 1:11:00 PM: Start Processing
8/17/2004 1:13:29 PM: 1030 message(s) found
8/17/2004 1:13:29 PM: Deleting...
8/17/2004 1:13:30 PM: 0 message(s) found
8/17/2004 1:13:30 PM: End Processing

That's right — a thousand messages an hour are coming in misaddressed. That's one every four seconds.

Now, of those thousand, how many are legitimately misaddressed emails? I'd say a fraction — I think we probably get one legitimate misaddressed email every couple days, so one of every 75,000 or so messages is misaddressed. I don't care how good your spam filter is, you just can't process that much volume with any reasonably quality.

Why not just bounce them all, you say? Because we get bounces from our bounces. Some people have their mail servers configured to bounce Message Failure messages. So a spam comes in, can't find a mailbox, and bounces to the Reply-To on the message...which is — not surprisingly — fake, so about 10% of the time the message bounces back to the server administrator email account on our box. So, once again we have a bunch of bad emails accumulating somewhere.

I'd like to bounce them so that a legitimate sender at least knows that they misaddressed the email, however, I'd have to be able to change the Reply-To on the bounce so that the bounced bounces go somewhere we don't care about. Sadly, the server management software we're working with doesn't allow that.

I've abandoned the idea of a catchall account. There's just no way we can manage it effectively. Too bad.

I hate spammers.

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Where Do Dummy Email Addresses Go?

Where Do Dummy Email Addresses Go? 07/11/2004 10:58 AM

HTML entities for email addresses: don't
bother

HTML entities for email addresses: don't
bother 12/02/2003 12:41 AM

I've suspected this for a long time, and now here's the empirical evidence: Popular Spam Protection Technique Doesn't Work. If you're relying on HTML entities to protect your email address from spam harvesters - for example username@example.com - your email address may as well be in plain text. Chip Rosenthal downloaded a tool called "Web Data Extractor v4.0" and tried it on some test data to prove once and for all that the technique doesn't work.

My advice is to use your common sense when analysing a potential spam protection technique. If you were a spammer, would you be able to outwit the method? Spammers aren't always very smart, but the people who write spamming tools (and get paid big bucks for them) are. Also remember to think about the payoff - unencoding a bunch of entities is a cheap operation. Embedding a Javascript interpreter to decipher email addresses that are glued together using Javascript at the last possible moment is a lot harder and could slow down a tool, so it may not be worth the effort.

I'm still pretty confident in my own anti-spam harvester technique of hiding my email address behind a POST form, but even that could eventually be outsmarted by a really dedicated harvesting tool.

AOL Employee Arrested For Selling Email
Addresses To Spammers

AOL Employee Arrested For Selling Email
Addresses To Spammers 06/23/2004 07:00 PM
People have always claimed that AOL often gave out their email addresses to spammers, though many have questioned whether or not that was true. One that that's clear is they make it way too easy for employees of the company to access customer information. A few months ago we wrote about an AOL customer service rep who used the info she had access to in order to insinuate herself into the lives of celebrities who used AOL. The latest is that a 24-year-old engineer at the company has been arrested for selling a database of 92 million AOL user email addresses along with their phone numbers and zip codes. He sold this database to some spammers for about $50,000. How long until a class action suit is filed by AOL customers because the company didn't protect their info?

Send Mail to each of a user's unique
email addresses

Send Mail to each of a user's unique
email addresses 05/25/2004 10:14 AM
I use Address Book group a lot when sending out emails. One thing that I found frustrating was that I could not send to multiple email addresses for a single user when using groups, so that they would receive the email at bo...

MyDoom uses search engines to find email
addresses for propagation

MyDoom uses search engines to find email
addresses for propagation 07/26/2004 01:52 PM
The new MyDoom variant scans your HDD for domains (e.g. craphound.com), then hammers on search engines looking for valid email addresses at that domain (e.g., "GET /default.asp?lpv=1&loc=searchhp&tab=web&query=e-mail+examp le.com"). The traffic got so bad that it actually took Google down for a while. Link (via /.)

Schwarzenegger signs bill requiring
email addresses for filesharing

Schwarzenegger signs bill requiring
email addresses for filesharing 09/23/2004 11:15 AM
Xeni Jardin: California governor Arnold Schwarzenneger -- a man who found considerable fame and fortune in Hollywood -- signed an MPAA-backed bill into law Tuesday that requires anyone sharing a file that goes to more than 10 people outside their immediate family to provide a valid email address and title of the work.

California file sharers who trade songs or films without providing an e- mail address will be guilty of a misdemeanor, under the first-in-the-nation measure that could make it easier for law enforcement to track down people who illegally download copyrighted material. The bill is the latest attempt by film and music trade associations to combat the hard-to-police use of file-sharing software.

The signing was hailed by the bill's sponsor, the Motion Picture Association of America, whose president, Dan Glickman, noted in a statement that Schwarzenegger had "a unique understanding of the powerful impact of piracy.'' The governor remains a member of the Screen Actors Guild, which supported the bill.

Link to SF Chronicle story, link to SB 1506 bill text. (thanks Michael Parenti, Matthew Mills, Andy, and others)

US Treasury to Post Previously Private
Email Addresses Online

US Treasury to Post Previously Private
Email Addresses Online 01/09/2004 09:50 PM

We will watch the watchers

We will watch the watchers 08/04/2004 08:04 AM
The all-surveillance society is nothing to be afraid of, when each and every one of us is an omniscient spy.

Mailqube to Support Sender ID. Leader in
enterprise email security supports new
email sender authentication standard in
its Mailqube 2003 secure email gateway

Mailqube to Support Sender ID. Leader in
enterprise email security supports new
email sender authentication standard in
its Mailqube 2003 secure email gateway 09/05/2004 02:37 AM
Atlantic Sky has announced its support to the Sender ID standard for email sender authentication. Atlantic Sky's support will make Sender ID available to global enterprises through its Mailqube 2003 E-mail gateway. [PRWEB Sep 5, 2004]

Waiting for Weight Watchers

Waiting for Weight Watchers 07/29/2004 11:35 AM
After tackling the fatty five, Tim Beyers looks at another low-carb outcast heavy with potential.

Web cam watchers help woman kicked by
horse

Web cam watchers help woman kicked by
horse 01/17/2004 11:08 PM

Weight Watchers Losing Points

Weight Watchers Losing Points 08/13/2004 12:29 PM
The leading weight-loss service provider is experiencing an attendance shortage.

Sousveillance in Seattle - Watching the
Watchers

Sousveillance in Seattle - Watching the
Watchers 04/14/2005 04:24 PM

Web Cam Watchers Help Injured Iowa Woman

Web Cam Watchers Help Injured Iowa Woman 01/17/2004 10:53 PM
People around the world watching live on a Web cam as a horse gave birth called for help when the mare—in pain and confused—kicked her owner after delivering her foal.

Sky-Watchers Await Solar Eclipse

Sky-Watchers Await Solar Eclipse 04/07/2005 05:24 AM
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Weight Watchers Recipe Cards

Weight Watchers Recipe Cards 03/13/2003 06:16 PM
Weight Watchers Recipe Cards, circa 1974. For fans of The Gallery of Regrettable Food, another selection of hideous food choices. I laughed so hard my throat cramped. I recommend the complete slide show.

Oil prices may hit $50 per barrel, says
market watchers

Oil prices may hit $50 per barrel, says
market watchers 08/15/2004 07:44 AM
Maekyung Internet Aug 15 2004 11:02AM GMT

Net watchers wary of Sasser fallout

Net watchers wary of Sasser fallout 05/06/2004 05:36 PM
A researcher warns that a hybrid worm could be spun off Sasser, as companies are told to include the money spent cleaning up of such attacks in the cost of owning technology.

Industry Watchers: Don't Think Microsoft
Is Down for the Count

Industry Watchers: Don't Think Microsoft
Is Down for the Count 12/24/2004 12:26 PM
Software developers and market watchers caution that there are still lots of loopholes and questions regarding Microsoft's compliance with the EU antitrust remedies.

Web Cam Watchers Help Injured Iowa Woman
(AP)

Web Cam Watchers Help Injured Iowa Woman
(AP) 01/18/2004 11:32 PM
AP - People around the world watching live on a Web cam as a horse gave birth called for help when the mare — in pain and confused — kicked her owner after delivering her foal.

PVRs Turning Casual TV Watchers Into
Prisoners?

PVRs Turning Casual TV Watchers Into
Prisoners? 11/11/2003 05:40 PM
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NewburyOpen.net to offer Boston Marathon
watchers Wi-Fi

NewburyOpen.net to offer Boston Marathon
watchers Wi-Fi 04/13/2004 11:16 AM
NewburyOpen.net is Boston, Mass.-area Mac consultant Tech Superpowers Inc.'s effort to create a free, public wireless network in and around the area of Newbury Street, a popular shopping area in Boston's Back Bay. That location happens to be close to the route of the world-famous Boston Marathon, which takes place on Patriot's Day: Monday, April 19, 2004. NewburyOpen.net will once again offer spectators close to the Marathon's final stretch free network access.

Movie watchers can swap camera angles

Movie watchers can swap camera angles 04/04/2005 08:26 AM
San Jose Mercury News Apr 4 2005 12:28PM GMT

collection of Weight Watchers recipe
cards

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Wash. Scientists Study Whale Watchers

Wash. Scientists Study Whale Watchers 09/21/2004 02:33 AM
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Holiday e-tail watchers sing 'ka-ching'

Holiday e-tail watchers sing 'ka-ching' 12/26/2003 01:50 PM
Two research firms and Amazon.com confirm earlier numbers suggesting another record year for online holiday sales.

Ciena Watchers Fret Over Faltering Core

Ciena Watchers Fret Over Faltering Core 05/20/2004 04:14 PM
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eDiets traffic up 126%, Weight Watchers
up 77% in January 2005

eDiets traffic up 126%, Weight Watchers
up 77% in January 2005 03/14/2005 06:24 PM
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Apple Watchers Dubious But Abuzz Over
Intel Rumor

Apple Watchers Dubious But Abuzz Over
Intel Rumor 06/05/2005 10:58 PM
CNet claims that Apple will finally spring the long-rumored IBM-to-Intel chip switch at WWDC on Monday, but analysts remain skeptical.

'Asianux' Sets Sights on Asian Linux Market

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