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Cisco source code theft p2pnet.net News:- British police have arrested a man in connection with source code stolen from Cisco Systems. The Metro police computer crime unit, quot;searched residences in Manchester and Derbyshire, England, on Sept. | 3Sci/Tech
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Macromedia Software Helps eBay Sellers Build Stores Macromedia is offering a new version of its Contribute 3 software that will make it easier for eBay sellers to create custom eBay stores. | 3Sci/Tech
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Phishing is a problem for all Internet browsers Take heart, Internet Explorer users. Now it appears that virtually every Internet browser program - not just yours - poses a security risk. | 3Sci/Tech
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SearchGuy Partners for Paid Search, Updates Toolbar SearchGuy Partners for Paid Search, Updates Toolbar\\SearchGuy.com Inc., a creative provider of multi category search and advertising services announced it has partnered with Search123, a pay-per-click search engine that allows advertisers to list their sites, bid on keywords and receive targeted search traffic from hundreds of high quality content sites, ... | 3Sci/Tech
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Hollywood Asks Top U.S. Court to Weigh File Trading (Reuters) Reuters - Movie studios and record labels on\Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that\Internet "peer to peer" networks cannot be held liable when\their users copy music and movies without permission. | 3Sci/Tech
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App-Firewall Vendors Challenge Rivals to a Test Saying that they #39;re fed up with some security vendors claiming that their products protect against application-level attacks, a group of application-firewall vendors on Tuesday will issue a challenge to Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. | 3Sci/Tech
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Mars Science Laboratory As Spirit and Opportunity continue their treks through the Martian winter -- still on duty nearly a year after their arrivals, back down on Earth, NASA is already planning the robot rover that will follow them. | 3Sci/Tech
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New Technology Estimates Fast-Food Demand at Restaurants By CHARLES SHEEHAN PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Do you want fries with that? Never mind, we already know. A Pittsburgh startup, HyperActive Technologies Inc., is testing technology at area fast-food restaurants designed to give kitchen workers a good indication of what customers want before the hungry souls even get close enough to place an order... | 3Sci/Tech
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Disney Sides With The Blu-ray Disc Assocation The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) today announced that The Walt Disney Company will become a member of the Board of Directors of the BDA, and will begin releasing content non-exclusively in the Blu-ray Disc format when Blu-ray hardware launches in North | 3Sci/Tech
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Another Survey Says Mozilla Up, IE Down Another Web browser usage survey is showing a familiar trend: Mozilla #39;s share is rising at the expense of Internet Explorer. Global usage share numbers released Monday by OneStat. | 3Sci/Tech
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Fujitsu and Cisco Form Strategic Alliance Fujitsu Limited and Cisco Systems announced a strategic alliance focusing on routers and switches for the Japanese markets. Specifically, the companies agreed to jointly develop high-end routers and will collaborate | 3Sci/Tech
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Microsoft touts 'Sender ID' to fight spam, scams Proposed tech standard would verify senders' IP addresses to cut malicious phishing and annoying Viagra pitches. | 3Sci/Tech
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Which Candidates Do Tech Companies Support? In a down year for tech industry contributions to political groups, political action committees (PACs) and employees from computer and Internet companies have contributed just over \$1. | 3Sci/Tech
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NASA: Bush stifles global warming evidence The Bush administration is trying to stifle scientific evidence of the dangers of global warming in an effort to keep the public uninformed, a NASA scientist said Tuesday night. | 3Sci/Tech
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Trojan invades Russian mobiles A TROJAN HORSE with a name that takes over a PC so that it sends SMS spam to mobile phones has been spotted in Russia. The Delf-HA Trojan contacts a Web site for details on which spam campaign to run and then | 3Sci/Tech
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Google to Log Library Books (Article Central) Search giant Google announced on Tuesday that the libraries of five of the world #39;s most reputable academic institutions will be digitized by Google. | 3Sci/Tech
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A Melting Glacier in Tibet Serves as an Example and a Warning Compelling evidence from a remote glacier suggests "drastic climate change," according to scientists. | 3Sci/Tech
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Calif. passes cell phone recycling bill Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger makes recycling of discarded mobile phones mandatory for handset makers. | 3Sci/Tech
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Police Confirm Pipe Bomb Blast at Stem-Cell Lab An explosion that blew out a number of windows at a Boston-area laboratory specializing in stem-cell research was caused by a pipe bomb, local police said on Friday. | 3Sci/Tech
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PeopleSoft trial ends with whimper (TheDeal.com) TheDeal.com - A fourth independent director for the software company took the stand Friday. | 3Sci/Tech
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Taiwan, Singapore Lead Gov't Online By ELIZABETH ZUCKERMAN PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) -- A university study has found Taiwan and Singapore now lead the United States and Canada in providing government services online. The Brown University survey, in its fourth year, measures the online performance of government in 198 countries... | 3Sci/Tech
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Will Amazon #39;s A9 Search Engine Give Google Search Pains? Amazon.com has officially entered into the search engine market with the launch of A9.com, a search engine that Amazon claims will make organizing and managing search results easier. | 3Sci/Tech
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Colin McRae Rally 2005 October 12, 2004 - More of a simulation game than Asphalt, Colin McRae Rally 2005 lets the player race through eight different countries -- Australia, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Kenya, Sweden and the UK. | 3Sci/Tech
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Racially Offensive Search Terms To Be Banned By EBay Internet auction house eBay has announced that they will be taking preventative action against users searching for racially sensitive items. | 3Sci/Tech
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Kazaa Faces Piracy Charges in Trial Australia #39;s record company lawyers are attempting to have Kazaa #39;s owners, Sharman Networks, declared liable for copyright breach and loss of earnings in the civil case now underway. | 3Sci/Tech
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Free iPod - Help us Hire Engineers! \\Rojo is trying to hire a few Engineers . Rojo is an amazing company to\work for. We're working with some really impressive technologies and doing some\really cool work. If you're interested in RSS/Atom, Social Networking, Open\Source, Java, Linux, etc then I'd highly recommend that you come and work with\us.\\If you suggest someone to Rojo, and we hire them, we'll give you a free iPod.\At the very minimum its a nice gesture for your help.\\Also if you want a free invite to Rojo please let me know. We'd love to have\more feedback.\\ | 3Sci/Tech
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Cassini Close-Up on Titan NASA #39;S Cassini space-probe has sent back some stunning images from its close encounter with Titan, one of the moon #39;s of the giant ringed planet Saturn. | 3Sci/Tech
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Intel Seen Readying New Wi-Fi Chips (Reuters) Reuters - Intel Corp. (INTC.O) this week is\expected to introduce a chip that adds support for a relatively\obscure version of Wi-Fi, analysts said on Monday, in a move\that could help ease congestion on wireless networks. | 3Sci/Tech
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Macromedia Delivers Flex Builder Macromedia promises to speed development of Internet applications with a new tool for its Flex platform. With Flex, enterprises can add interfaces to strategic applications, including visual | 3Sci/Tech
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New Rainbow Six targets next spring Next chapter in Ubisoft #39;s Tom Clancy anti-terrorism FPS to feature darker storyline, optimized graphics for PS2, new gear, and more. | 3Sci/Tech
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Philip Morris lab discovered passive smoking risk in 1982: Lancet PARIS (AFP) - A lab owned by US tobacco giant Philip Morris uncovered evidence in the early 1980s about potential risks from passive smoking but its findings were never made public, a study charges. | 3Sci/Tech
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Sit back and watch the Earth die Richard Branson plans to fly the first commercial passengers into space. Let #39;s hope we experience delays. This week Sir Richard Branson announced his plans to fly the first commercial passengers into space. | 3Sci/Tech
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Vitamins Don't Cut Stomach Cancer Risk-Study (Reuters) Reuters - Millions of people take them to stay\healthy but scientists said on Friday that vitamin supplements\do not protect against stomach and other cancers -- and may\even make them worse. | 3Sci/Tech
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Google Launches Google Print Rescate writes quot;As reported by Reuters,Google is launching Google Print, which will show book excerpts next to regular Google search results. | 3Sci/Tech
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Virus targets 64-bit Windows Digital pest prototype infects files only found in early Windows code for AMD 64-bit Opteron processors. | 3Sci/Tech
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Sony readies high-definition camcorder The electronics giant is betting that consumers are ready to spend a couple grand to up the quality of their home movies. | 3Sci/Tech
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Wireless network smashes world speed record A new world record has been set for transmitting data across a wireless network, claim researchers in Germany. A team at Siemens Communications research laboratory in Munich, have transmitted one gigabit (one | 3Sci/Tech
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EBay closes in on South Korean auction house EBay looks set to complete the purchase of an online auction business in South Korea. On Thursday it filed a tender offer to acquire the remaining shares of Internet Auction (IAC) that it does not already own, in a deal valued at about \$4m (2. | 3Sci/Tech
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Intel pushes desktops with more spunk, lower prices A new chipset offers high-end features for less cash, an effort to spark PC makers to update their low-price offerings. | 3Sci/Tech
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Music Companies Embrace P2P File-Sharing Even as the RIAA continues to sue downloaders of illegal music over file-sharing networks, some music companies are finally finding ways to use P2P to their advantage. | 3Sci/Tech
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Red Flag Warning Issued For LA County LOS ANGELES -- A Red Flag Warning signifying a high risk of fire will be in effect Tuesday in the mountains and valleys of Los Angeles County because of a combination of Santa Ana winds and very low humidity. | 3Sci/Tech
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Anti-Spyware Legislation Could Pass This Year (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - Measures to curb the use of "spyware" -- the computer programs that surreptitiously track people's online movements -- are steamrolling their way through Congress and a combined proposal could reach the President's desk before lawmakers break for the November election. | 3Sci/Tech
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Air Pollution Hits Record Levels in Hong Kong (Reuters) Reuters - Air pollution in Hong Kong has hit\record levels, the government said on Wednesday, and it warned\people with heart or respiratory problems to stay indoors. | 3Sci/Tech
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NASA Extends Mars Rovers #39; Journey quot;Spirit and Opportunity appear ready to continue their remarkable adventures, quot; said Andrew Dantzler, solar system division director at NASA Headquarters in Washington. | 3Sci/Tech
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Sasser author hired by AV firm According to reports, Sven Jaschan, who was arrested in May and charged with creating some of the most potent viruses to hit the internet, has been offered a job with Lueneburg, Germany-based Securepoint. | 3Sci/Tech
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It can #39;t fly and sounds like a trumpet, but new bird delights ornithologists The mystery bird was certainly distinctive: dark brown, red bill, red legs, call like a trumpet, pretty hopeless at flying. You couldn #39;t miss it if you knew it was there. | 3Sci/Tech
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Frequent Starbursts Sterilize Center of Milky Way Life near the center of our galaxy never had a chance. Every 20 million years on average, gas pours into the galactic center and slams together, creating millions of new stars. The more massive stars soon go supernova, exploding violently and blasting the surrounding space. | 3Sci/Tech
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Nortel delays financial report--again Accounting scandal continues to drag out as company once again delays reporting results for first half of 2004 and all of 2003. | 3Sci/Tech
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New Comet Now Visible to Naked Eye (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - A comet discovered earlier this year has now moved close enough to be visible without binoculars or telescopes by experienced observers under dark skies. It is expected to put on a modest show this month and into January. | 3Sci/Tech
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Study: Firefox still gaining on Internet Explorer Alternative Web browsers Mozilla and Firefox experienced another month of growth at the expense of Microsoft #39;s dominant Internet Explorer, according to an online study. | 3Sci/Tech
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Intel unveils latest mobile chip Intel today launched its latest mobile Pentium chip designed for use in high-end desktop replacement laptops. The Pentium 4M 548 runs at 3.33GHz with 1MB Level 2 cache, and is built around Intel #39;s latest 90nanometre technology. | 3Sci/Tech
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A Phone Number For Life Competition in the market for voice services is prompting telecom providers to find new ways to attract and keep customers. RNKVoIP, a division of RNK Telecom, unveiled on Monday a plan to offer | 3Sci/Tech
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Robot Future Hinges on Software (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Robot sales to consumers and enterprises are on the verge of exploding, according to a new study. | 3Sci/Tech
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IDC Raises '04 PC Outlook, Trims Forecast FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Market research firm IDC has raised its 2004 forecast for global personal computer sales growth to 14.2 percent from 13.5 percent, driven by high commercial demand, it said on Monday. | 3Sci/Tech
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Microsoft desktop search by end of year It looks to be all out war. Microsoft has announced the launch date for a test version of desktop search software to rival Google #39;s beta search application released earlier this month. | 3Sci/Tech
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HP decries Itanium, SAP issues and bad English <strong>HP World</strong> Execs try to respond | 3Sci/Tech
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Top Count Is Withdrawn in Tyco Retrial (AP) AP - Prosecutors have decided to abandon the charge of enterprise corruption, the top count against former Tyco International Ltd. executives L. Dennis Kozlowski and Mark H. Swartz, when the two are retried in January. | 3Sci/Tech
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Study: VoIP costs all over the map Companies trying to deploy Internet phone calling face varied costs depending on the technology provider, according to a report. | 3Sci/Tech
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Digestion troubles get more attention By Michael Lasalandra, Globe Correspondent August 24, 2004. Brynna Mathews began having intestinal problems in her early 20s. The onset was gradual, but eventually the bloating, cramping, intestinal pain | 3Sci/Tech
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New game from Wideload, Alex Seropian named, dated Stubbs the Zombie being built on top of the Halo engine; Aspyr pegs summer #39;05 as day the bloody demon arrives. Exclusive screens, developer video inside. | 3Sci/Tech
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Ad campaign touts multimedia cards com September 22, 2004, 5:04 PM PT. With the economy slowly turning up, upgrading hardware has been on businesses radar in the past 12 months as their number two priority. | 3Sci/Tech
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Microsoft extends life of XP SP2 download blocker Microsoft is giving customers a little more time to test Windows XP Service Pack 2 by extending the time that a download-blocking mechanism will be in effect. | 3Sci/Tech
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Intel's Dual-Core Chips Debut Company outlines plans for Yonah notebook processor, demonstrates desktop chip. | 3Sci/Tech
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Sun Micro Agrees to Buy Closely Held SevenSpace Sun Microsystems Inc. SUNW.O has agreed to acquire closely held SevenSpace Inc., adding to Sun #39;s managed services offerings, the network computer maker said on Monday. | 3Sci/Tech
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HP to stop using Intel Itanium chip: WSJ New York, September 27: Printer and PC maker Hewlett-Packard Co will stop offering desktop workstations based on Intel Corp #39;s Itanium microprocessor, The Wall Street Journal reported on its online edition. | 3Sci/Tech
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Time Warner Cable mulling wireless Company's looking at ways to offer wireless phone service, executives say. The move is targeted at the Baby Bells. | 3Sci/Tech
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Intel Invests in Mobile Wireless Broadband Intel is planning to invest heavily in Clearwire, a wireless broadband service provider. The technology at the heart of Clearwire #39;s service comes from its subsidiary NextNet, which makes a plug | 3Sci/Tech
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Fujitsu, Cisco join to sell high-end routers Fujitsu, Japan #39;s biggest computer manufacturer, have joined hands with Cisco to produce high-end routers and switches for the Japanese market. | 3Sci/Tech
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Windows NT 4 support to come at price in #39;05 com December 3, 2004, 4:08 PM PT. This priority jumped up two spots into second place as CRM returns into the spotlight among top software initiatives alongside directory services and open source. | 3Sci/Tech
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IBM Unveils Midmarket Servers With starting hardware prices of \$3,993 and \$7,050 respectively, the IBM eServer(TM) p5-520 and p5-550 Express models are among the most cost-effective in the industry. | 3Sci/Tech
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OQO pocket-size Windows XP PC clever but could be better (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - I'm guessing the founders of a San Francisco start-up called OQO are bummed that Microsoft long ago snagged the name Pocket PC for its personal digital assistants. Because Pocket PC might be the ideal moniker for OQO's new model 01 "ultrapersonal computer"- uPC for short. | 3Sci/Tech
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Rocket Plane to Attempt Space Flight (AP) AP - A test pilot in a stubby rocket plane will try to climb more than 60 miles over the Mojave Desert and punch through the atmosphere Wednesday in the first stage of a quest to win a #36;10 million prize meant to encourage space tourism. | 3Sci/Tech
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Steel yourself for #39;Grand Theft Auto #39; quot;Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas quot; revved into stores last week, promising its millions of fans another round of electronic mayhem. | 3Sci/Tech
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Group Targets Medical Industry's Influence By DIEDTRA HENDERSON WASHINGTON (AP) -- Doctors who receive drug company funding would be limited in what they could teach other physicians under new rules being proposed by accreditors. The Chicago-based Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, which gives its stamp of approval for such classes, was to announce sweeping changes Tuesday to limit the influence of doctors with financial connections to the pharmaceutical industry... | 3Sci/Tech
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Smartphone Users Offered Free Antivirus The software package from Trend Micro, which will be free through July 2005, protects against viruses and spam and needs regular updates. | 3Sci/Tech
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Copernic Desktop Search for Mozilla Firefox Copernic Desktop Search for Mozilla Firefox \\Copernic today announced the availability of a new version (1.2) of its Copernic Desktop Search (CDS) product that fully supports the Mozilla Firefox Web browser. Copernic claims to be the first desktop search tool which works with Mozilla Firefox.CDS 1.2 also features up to ... | 3Sci/Tech
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Nvidia to make Chipsets for Intel Intel Corporation signed a cross-licensing agreement with Nvidia Corporation, which allows Nvidia to make and sell chipsets for Intel Processor powered computers. | 3Sci/Tech
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Lucent partners with Riverstone Lucent hopes Riverstone's Ethernet switches and routers will help it round out its product lineup. | 3Sci/Tech
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Recording Companies Sue 761 More Computer Users LOS ANGELES -- The recording industry filed copyright infringement lawsuits against 761 computer users in the latest round of litigation in the record companies #39; effort to stamp out unauthorized trading of music online. | 3Sci/Tech
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Game Ratings: U Is for Unheeded When it comes to rating video games, "teen" vs. "mature" can be a fine line. But either way, it leads to the cash register. | 3Sci/Tech
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eBay Buys 25 of CraigList eBay Buys 25 of craiglist\\eBay Inc. today purchased a 25 percent pre-existing minority stake in San Francisco-based craigslist, a popular online network of classified ads and forums. The 25 stake was purchased from a former craigslist employee who first contacted eBay with the proposed sale, according to craigslist officials.\\With dedicated ... | 3Sci/Tech
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New Microsoft spam lawsuit takes different tack In addition to its recent failed attempts at making its Sender ID framework a standard, #39;Net-wide solution to the problem of spam, Microsoft has also filed over 100 lawsuits against the spammers themselves. | 3Sci/Tech
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Q amp;A: Red Hat exec talks of challenges to open-source OCTOBER 18, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - The biggest challenge for the open-source community is that there are too few open-source developers, according to Michael Tiemann, vice president of open-source affairs at Red Hat Inc. | 3Sci/Tech
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Many engineers lack a four-year degree More than one-fifth of US science and engineering workers do not have a bachelor #39;s degree, according to a new report from the National Science Foundation. | 3Sci/Tech
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Computer Maker in an Alien World A company that makes odd-looking computers for gamers wants to expand its market. But Alienware execs wonder how many customers will appreciate the glowing alien eyes and other flourishes that have become its signature. By Michelle Delio. | 3Sci/Tech
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Amazon offers discount to A9 search users Online retailer Amazon.com Inc is offering a 1.57 per cent shopping discount to registered users of its new A9 Web search service as a way to increase A9 use and promote buying on Amazon, the company #39;s Web site showed on Friday. | 3Sci/Tech
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TI Working on Television Chip for Phones for 2007 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Texas Instruments Inc. has begun developing a chip that could bring television shows to mobile phone screens in three years. | 3Sci/Tech
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HP profit tops lowered forecast Hewlett-Packard Co. today reported net income for its fiscal fourth quarter of \$1.09 billion, compared with \$862 million during the same quarter a year earlier. | 3Sci/Tech
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Mesh cage in shoulder blade used to grow new jaw bone A German whose lower jaw was cut out because of cancer has enjoyed his first meal in nine years - bratwurst sandwich -er surgeons grew a new jaw bone in his back muscle and | 3Sci/Tech
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Briefly: Alvarion expands wireless broadband in China roundup Plus: .Mac customers suffer e-mail glitches...IBM launches business research group...Verbatim to make discs with HP labeling feature. | 3Sci/Tech
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Australian City Agency Switches to Sun's StarOffice (Ziff Davis) Ziff Davis - In another blow to Microsoft, a government agency in New South Wales, Australia, signs a deal with Sun to migrate 1,500 users to the company's StarOffice productivity suite and Messaging products. | 3Sci/Tech
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Talking About Linux Technology journalist Robin "Roblimo" Miller will be online to discuss his new book, "Point and Click Linux: Your Guide to Hassle-Free Computing." | 3Sci/Tech
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Colleges Rally Against Music Piracy (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - Colleges and universities across the country are taking new steps to fight rampant Internet music piracy by beefing up their education efforts, offering legal music downloading options and stiffening penalties for illegal file sharing, according to a report released today. | 3Sci/Tech
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School net search throws up porn Sixth formers ask Jeeves for information on the heart and get links to hardcore porn. | 3Sci/Tech
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Microsoft search: Not yet ready for prime time Microsoft #39;s latest step into the enormously profitable search sector is unlikely to win any first-stop commitments from users, but the signs are promising. | 3Sci/Tech
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Firefox 1.0 Makes Flashy Debut Mozilla's new web browser is smart, fast and user-friendly while offering a slew of advanced, customizable functions. By Michelle Delio. | 3Sci/Tech
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Price at Issue With New PlayStation Portable Sony Corp. (SNE)'s PlayStation Portable, which goes on sale in Japan later this year and overseas next spring, boasts the superb image quality of its home-console counterpart. But the big question on everyone's minds is: How much will the handheld gaming machine cost? | 3Sci/Tech
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Eskimos Seek to Recast Global Warming as a Rights Issue Experts say the move could lead to suits against the U.S. or private companies. | 3Sci/Tech
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Another strong quarter for eBay (SiliconValley.com) SiliconValley.com - Aided by strong international growth and better-than-expected back-to-school sales, eBay reported robust third-quarter earnings Wednesday as profit surged 77 percent over last year. | 3Sci/Tech
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Virgin CEO says thousands are signing up to take flight into space LONDON Ever since two successful flights into space were made from the Mojave Desert, thousands of people are signing up to take the same trip. | 3Sci/Tech
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