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April 2005   VOLUME 6 ISSUE 4  
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BadBlue 2.71: Excel Hyperlinks (and more)
File Sharing: Apple vs. France, Bank Trojans
PHP Watch: Why I Like PHP, Yahoo UI Lib
Industrial-strength Spreadsheet Sharing
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File Sharing: Apple vs. France, Bank Trojans
Download-to-own... Wi-fi fight brewing... Network neutrality wars...

Apple Predicts Financial Ruin if French Bill Signed into Law

P2P and file-sharing networks will soon overtake authorized downloads, leaving the authorized music business in financial ruin. So predicts Apple Computers, whose iTunes music store was the main focus of a controversial new French copyright reform bill... Although the bill contains over 400 reforms, the most significant is the amendment which forces Apple to open its proprietary FairPlay DRM scheme...

http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1134

Trojan horses steal bank details, passwords

Two Trojan horses with distinctive traits have been flagged by security researchers: one that hijacks one-time-use passwords, and another that hides behind a rootkit. The unrelated malicious programs, reported this week by security companies, represent new twists thought up by hackers in their development of Trojan horses...

http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-6053849.html?part=rss&tag=6053849

Download-to-own the answer to online movie desires?

Universal Pictures is preparing to launch an online movie download program in the United Kingdom, with a twist that's becoming familiar. Partnering with Lovefilm, Universal will be offering "download-to-own" purchase options on select movies...

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060323-6443.html

Wi-fi fight brews in Big Easy

After Katrina ravaged the Big Easy six months ago, Greg Meffert, the city’s CIO, got downtown businesses back online by opening the city’s wireless mesh network... to anyone who needed it. For free... Now telecommunication lobbyists are trying to shut down the network, and Mr. Meffert says it looks like the state legislature will agree...

http://www.redherring.com/article.aspx?a=16232

Imagine a company that uses _only_ open-source

Doug's Discount Paint company uses only open-source software. Here's what happened when a traditional, closed-source vendor came calling.

http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2006/03/imagining-open-source-world-imagine.html

Intellectual Property Run Amok

IN 1982, Motion Picture Association of America head Jack Valenti told Congress that “the VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston Strangler is to the woman home alone.” A DAY AFTER Senator Orrin Hatch said “destroying their machines” might be the only way to stop illegal downloaders, unlicensed software was discovered on his website...

http://www.gnutella.com/news/19769

EMI repeats Sony's Mistakes

Some may remember Sony BMG's mistake of putting rootkit technology on people's computers without the users knowledge... Now another case has been brought into national light - the EMI's proprietary software being installed onto Brazilian consumer's computers whether or not they accept the EULA...

http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1137

The end of the Internet?

"Network Neutrality" refers to the concept that telephone companies, cable providers, and other carriers should not inspect, filter, delay or otherwise discriminate against different types of Internet traffic. That's how the Internet works today. But it may not be how the Internet works tomorrow, if the carriers get their way...

http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2006/02/end-of-internet-another-fantastic-deal.html

BT Targets Broadband Hogs

BT is pulling the plug on around 4,000 broadband hogs because of "excessive usage". The giant telco reckons these punters - who make up less than 0.2 per cent of the firm's 2.3m broadband users - are consistently hoovering up more 100 gig each a month...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/23/bt_hogs/

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