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FLASHBACK!!!
1557 New eBooks So Far in 2003
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That's the 24 WEEKS of 2003 as Compared to 27 YEARS!!!
Here Is A Sample Of What Books Were Being Done Around #1557
Dec 1998 The Life of Phineas T. Barnum, by Joel Benton [ptbnmxxx.xxx]1576
Dec 1998 The Foundations of Personality, by Abraham Myerson[prstyxxx.xxx]1575
Dec 1998 Historic Girls, by E. S. Brooks [hgrlsxxx.xxx]1574
Dec 1998 Frank's Campaign/Farm & Camp, Horatio Alger Jr. #9[frcmpxxx.xxx]1573
Dec 1998 Timaeus, by Plato, Benjamin Jowett, Tr. #3 [tmeusxxx.xxx]1572
Dec 1998 Critias, by Plato, Benjamin Jowett, Tr. #2 [critixxx.xxx]1571
Dec 1998 The Power of Concentration, By Theron Q. Dumont [prconxxx.xxx]1570
Dec 1998 The Lily of the Valley by Honore de Balzac[HdB#51][tlotvxxx.xxx]1569
Dec 1998 Poems, by William Ernest Henley[William Henley #2][pmwehxxx.xxx]1568
Dec 1998 Poems, by T. S. [Thomas Stearns] Eliot [Eliot #3][tsepmxxx.xxx]1567
Dec 1998 The Evolution of Modern Medicine, by William Osler[teommxxx.xxx]1566
Dec 1998 Last Days of Pompeii, Edward George Bulwer-Lytton [tldopxxx.xxx]1565
Dec 1998 Life of Johnson by [James] Boswell [ljnsnxxx.xxx]1564
Dec 1998 The Crystal Stopper, by Maurice LeBlanc [cstprxxx.xxx]1563
Dec 1998 Little Rivers, by Henry van Dyke [van Dyke #4][ltrvsxxx.xxx]1562
Dec 1998 Pagan & Christian Creeds, by Edward Carpenter [pchrcxxx.xxx]1561
Dec 1998 The San Francisco Calamity, Charles Morris, Ed. [sfclmxxx.xxx]1560
Dec 1998 A Distinguished Provincial at Paris, by Balzac #50[adpapxxx.xxx]1559
Dec 1998 The Profits of Religion, by Upton Sinclair [prfrlxxx.xxx]1558
Dec 1998 Men of Iron, by Ernie Howard Pyle [femenxxx.xxx]1557
Dec 1998 The Marriage Contract, by de Honore de Balzac[#49][mrgctxxx.xxx]1556
Dec 1998 A Passion in the Desert, by Honore de Balzac [#48][apitdxxx.xxx]1555
Dec 1998 Adieu, by Honore de Balzac [Honore de Balzac #47][adieuxxx.xxx]1554
Dec 1998 The Hidden Masterpiece by Honore de Balzac[HdB#46][hmstpxxx.xxx]1553
Dec 1998 Most Interesting Stories of All Nations, Hawthorne[misanxxx.xxx]1552
Dec 1998 A Cathedral Courtship, by Kate Douglas Wiggin [#9][cthrcxxx.xxx]1551
Dec 1998 A Lady of Quality, by Frances Hodgson Burnett [#8][ladyqxxx.xxx]1550
Dec 1998 Commentary on Galatians, Martin Luther [Luther #5][mlgltxxx.xxx]1549
Nov 1998 Locrine/Mucedorus, Shakespeare Apocrypha [1ws48xxx.xxx]1548
Nov 1998 Sir Thomas More, Shakespeare Apocrypha [1ws47xxx.xxx]1547
Nov 1998 Sonnets/Sundry Notes of Music, William Shakespeare[1ws46xxx.xxx]1546
Nov 1998 The Passionate Pilgrim, by William Shakespeare [3ws45xxx.xxx]1545
Nov 1998 The Passionate Pilgrim, by William Shakespeare [2ws45xxx.xxx]1544
Nov 1998 A Lover's Complaint, by William Shakespeare [2ws44xxx.xxx]1543
Nov 1998 The Two Noble Kinsmen, Shakespeare Apocrypha [2ws43xxx.xxx]1542
Nov 1998 King Henry VIII, by William Shakespeare [2ws42xxx.xxx]1541
Nov 1998 The Tempest, by William Shakespeare [2ws41xxx.xxx]1540
Nov 1998 The Winter's Tale, by William Shakespeare [2ws40xxx.xxx]1539
Nov 1998 Cymbeline, by William Shakespeare [2ws39xxx.xxx]1538
Nov 1998 Pericles, by William Shakespeare [2ws38xxx.xxx]1537
Nov 1998 Timon of Athens, by William Shakespeare [2ws37xxx.xxx]1536
Nov 1998 Coriolanus, by William Shakespeare [2ws36xxx.xxx]1535
Nov 1998 Antony and Cleopatra, by William Shakespeare [2ws35xxx.xxx]1534
Nov 1998 Macbeth, by William Shakespeare [2ws34xxx.xxx]1533
Nov 1998 King Lear, by William Shakespeare [2ws33xxx.xxx]1532
Nov 1998 Othello, by Shakespeare [2ws32xxx.xxx]1531
Nov 1998 Measure for Measure, by William Shakespeare [2ws31xxx.xxx]1530
Nov 1998 All's Well That Ends Well, by William Shakespeare [2ws30xxx.xxx]1529
Nov 1998 Troilus and Cressida, by William Shakespeare [2ws29xxx.xxx]1528
Nov 1998 Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare [3ws28xxx.xxx]1527
Nov 1998 Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare [2ws28xxx.xxx]1526
Nov 1998 The Phoenix and the Turtle, by William Shakespeare[2ws27xxx.xxx]1525
Nov 1998 Hamlet, by William Shakespeare [2ws26xxx.xxx]1524
Nov 1998 As You Like It, by William Shakespeare [2ws25xxx.xxx]1523
Nov 1998 Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare [2ws24xxx.xxx]1522
Nov 1998 King Henry V, by William Shakespeare [2ws23xxx.xxx]1521
Nov 1998 Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare [3ws22xxx.xxx]1520
Nov 1998 Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare [2ws22xxx.xxx]1519
Nov 1998 King Henry IV, Part 2, by William Shakespeare [2ws21xxx.xxx]1518
Nov 1998 The Merry Wives of Windsor, by William Shakespeare[2ws20xxx.xxx]1517
Nov 1998 King Henry IV, Part 1, by William Shakespeare [2ws19xxx.xxx]1516
Nov 1998 The Merchant of Venice, by William Shakespeare [2ws18xxx.xxx]1515
Nov 1998 A Midsummer Night's Dream, by William Shakespeare [2ws17xxx.xxx]1514
Nov 1998 Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare [2ws16xxx.xxx]1513
Oct 1998 King Richard II, by William Shakespeare [2ws15xxx.xxx]1512
Oct 1998 King John, by William Shakespeare [2ws14xxx.xxx]1511
Oct 1998 Love's Labour's Lost, by William Shakespeare [2ws12xxx.xxx]1510
Oct 1998 Two Gentlemen of Verona, by William Shakespeare [2ws11xxx.xxx]1509
Oct 1998 The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare [2ws10xxx.xxx]1508
Oct 1998 The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus, by Wm Shakespeare[2ws09xxx.xxx]1507
Oct 1998 The Rape of Lucrece, by William Shakespeare [3ws08xxx.xxx]1506
Oct 1998 The Rape of Lucrece, by William Shakespeare [2ws08xxx.xxx]1505
Oct 1998 The Comedy of Errors, by William Shakespeare [2ws06xxx.xxx]1504
Oct 1998 King Richard III, by William Shakespeare [2ws04xxx.xxx]1503
Oct 1998 King Henry VI, Part 3, by William Shakespeare [2ws03xxx.xxx]1502
Oct 1998 King Henry VI, Part 2, by William Shakespeare [2ws02xxx.xxx]1501
Oct 1998 King Henry VI, Part 1, by William Shakespeare [2ws01xxx.xxx]1500
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***Headline News***
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From Newsscan
HOT UNIVERSITY
The University of Twente in the Netherlands may have the largest wireless
"hot spot" in Europe, with wireless network supporting more than 6,000
students and a staff of 2,500 distributed across a 346-acre campus. A
university official says, "First-year students have a laptop with fast
wireless connection and can run heavy CAD design software, send large
images, and so on... Students and staff are quick adopters of these nice
facilities. The flexible way of teaching that this allows also helps with
new students who have experienced new ways of learning at school. They're
not used to classical ways of knowledge transfer anymore." (Cnet 17 Jun
2003) http://news.com.com/2100-1039_3-1017988.html
COMPANIES WORRY MORE ABOUT SPAM THAN HACKERS
Businesses are far more concerned about the rising flood of spam that's
engulfing their networks than they are about run-of-the-mill hackers,
according to a survey of 2,800 silcon.com readers. But the biggest worry is
over virus attacks, with 71% of respondents citing viruses as the biggest
threat to their businesses. Symantec's Kevin Chapman says he's not
surprised by the results. "Spam has now gone way beyond the quick and easy
'hit the delete button and it's gone' solution. It's now a really big
problem. From the employees' point of view it is about productivity and the
sheer annoyance of dealing with all these e-mails. For the employer it is
about bandwidth and other network resources issues." But aside from
productivity and bandwidth concerns, there's another consequence that could
be lurking out there, says Martino Corbelli, marketing director for
SurfControl. "Some of these spam e-mails have completely inappropriate
content which can create serious problems for the employer on a legal
basis. There may be somebody who feels they should be protected from
p*rnographic content, for example, and in some cases they may be prepared
to sue their employer if they feel they are being exposed to offensive
material on the company's network." (Silicon.com 12 Jun 2003)
http://www.silicon.com/news/165-500001/1/4641.html
MICROSOFT SUES 15 SPAMMERS
Estimating that more than 80% of the 2.5 billion e-mail messages sent each
day to customers of its free Hotmail service are the work of spammers,
Microsoft has filed lawsuits against 15 groups of individuals and
corporations it claims are major spammers. Like many Internet companies,
Microsoft is also looking for technological solutions to the problem of
spam. It has already introduced anti-spam software filters on its MSN
Internet access service, and plans to include similar software at the next
release of its Outlook e-mail software. (New York Times 18 Jun 2003)
http://partners.nytimes.com/2003/06/18/technology/18SPAM.html
[Does Congress Think Intellectual Property Outweighs Physical Property?]
[Don't Forget, Intellectual Property Is The US' Largest Export]
["The Business Of America Is BUSINESS]
MACHINES OF COPYRIGHT VIOLATORS MAY NEED TO BE ZAPPED
Senator Orrin Hatch (R, UT) -- who, besides being Chairman of the Senate
Judiciary Committee, is a composer whose royalties were $18,000 last year
from songs he's written -- says that maybe people who keep abusing copyright
laws should get their computers destroyed. That kind of action "may be the
only way you can teach somebody about copyrights. If we can find some way to
do this without destroying their machines, we'd be interested in hearing
about that. If that's the only way, then I'm all for destroying their
machines... There's no excuse for anyone violating copyright laws."
(AP/San Jose Mercury News 18 Jun 2003)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/6113673.htm
S*X.COM RESTORED TO RIGHTFUL OWNER
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from cybersquatter Stephen
Cohen, who had hijacked the lucrative s*x.com domain name from its original
owner Gary Kremen, putting an end to six years of legal wrangling. The
ruling, which upheld a lower court's award of $65 million in damages to
Kremen, is viewed by legal experts as a landmark case because it holds
domain registrar VeriSign accountable for allowing the ownership transfer
to take place, based on a forged letter from Cohen. The case is also
expected to set a precedent for treating an Internet address as legal
property -- a designation disputed by VeriSign, which could face fines of
up to $200 million if found liable. Kremen now faces an uphill battle to
claim his award, because Cohen is now a fugitive in Mexico.
(BBC News 13 Jun 2003)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2987296.stm
SIGN OF THE TIMES: NO ELECTRONIC PINK SLIP
The new CEO of Vodafone has an unusual clause written into his contract --
if the board of directors decides it wants to sack chief executive Arun
Sarin, it will have to inform him by old-fashioned letter or fax. The
contract specifically prohibits firing Sarin via "electronic mail or any
other electronic messaging service." Just call it a sign of the times.
(AP/SiliconValley.com 12 Jun 2003)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/6073729.htm
BEST BUY DECIDES MUSICLAND WOULD BE BEST SOLD
Best Buy, the nation's largest electronics retailer, is getting rid of its
Musicland unit, which it purchased in 2001 for $696 million. Industry
observer George Rosenbaum says, "Best Buy recognizes they made a huge
mistake. They've finally conceded they lost over $600 million." Bernie
Hackett, the owner of an independent music store, sums up the situation this
way: "The music industry is being destroyed by the Internet. Die-hard
customers don't shop here anymore because they get everything they need
online. To be honest, if I didn't own a record store, I'd probably do the
same thing." (Washington Post 17 Jun 2003)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2522-2003Jun16.html
RECONFIGURABLE CHIP DESIGN
A coming trend in chip design will be the use of software that can, in an
instant, reconfigure a microchip's circuitry. Paul Master of QuickSilver,
which has created a prototype the chip, says: "Until now, the hardware had
to match the problem. Now we can change that." Possible uses of
reconfigurable chips will include: cell phones that can work anywhere in the
world; portable computers that can wirelessly and automatically connect to
the Internet using the most suitable radio frequency; and consumer
electronics devices that can easily adjust to every new technical standard
in digital sights and sounds. (New York Times 16 Jun 2003)
http://partners.nytimes.com/2003/06/16/technology/16CHIP.html
BIG BROTHER AT THE OFFICE
More than three out of four of the nation's largest companies monitor
employee e-mails, Internet connections and computer files, because bosses
are worried that their employees, instead of working, will use the Internet
for pornography, online shopping, or Internet gambling. George Walls, a
union president in Milwaukee, says that companies "are far more aggressive
than they ever have been in the past. Virtually every minute of every day
they can tell what you are doing. With all the monitoring, it is turning
into an electronic sweatshop." Lisa Ellington, a call center worker, finds
the situation "kind of insulting," and explains: "I am a good employee and
don't have any reason to be stressed out by this. But it is human nature.
You tense up. I pay bills, buy children's school clothes or order flowers. I
know a lot of people did Christmas shopping. It gives you time to multitask
and take care of things." (Milwaukee Journal Sentinenal/SJMN 17 Jun 2003)
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From Edupage
MICROSOFT SETTLES IN NORTH CAROLINA
Microsoft has agreed to the terms of a settlement agreement in the
state of North Carolina over alleged anticompetitive practices. Under
the terms of the deal, consumers who bought Microsoft products between
1995 and 2002 can apply for vouchers of between $5 and $10. The
vouchers can be used toward purchases of software, hardware, or
accessories from any vendor. The vouchers could total significant
amounts of money for some larger customers, including companies and
hospitals. The settlement does not apply to state government purchases.
The settlement requires Microsoft to set up an $89 million fund to
cover the vouchers, and half of any unclaimed funds will be given to
disadvantaged public schools.
ABC News, 14 June 2003
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20030614_236.html
SUPREME COURT ENDS LENGTHY DISPUTE OVER DOMAIN NAME
The U.S. Supreme Court has finally brought to a close the six-year-old
case surrounding ownership of the sex.com domain name, which was
originally registered to Gary Kremen but was illegally hijacked by
Stephen Michael Cohen. Cohen allegedly sent a forged letter to Network
Solutions (now owned by VeriSign), the registrar for the domain name,
requesting that it be transferred to him. In ruling for Kremen, the
court established that domain names are in fact property and therefore
deserving of the same safeguards against theft as any other property.
Cohen had appealed a lower court ruling that he should pay Kremen $65
million, but the Supreme Court's decision brings those appeals to an
end. As one of Kremen's attorneys said, "There is nowhere else for him
to try to appeal; the judgment is final."
Internet News, 12 June 2003
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/2221341
MICROSOFT CUTS OFF IE FOR MACS
Microsoft has announced it will no longer develop new versions of
Internet Explorer for the Macintosh operating system. Microsoft's
Jessica Sommer said that Mac users will be better served by Apple's
Web browser Safari because Microsoft does not have access to the code
for the Macintosh operating system. A final version of Safari is not
yet available, though several beta versions are. Sommer said Microsoft
might continue to offer security and performance upgrades, but "No IE 6
is planned." Microsoft also said it will end development of Internet
Explorer as a stand-alone product.
CNET, 13 June 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1045_3-1017126.html
SPAM NEW VEHICLE FOR COMPUTER VIRUSES
British spam-filtering company MessageLabs said it has detected the
first case of a virus sent by spam. Rather than sending itself to every
address in the victim's address book, however, this virus allows
spammers to use the affected computer to send more spam. Finding the
source of the resulting spam messages would be virtually impossible,
giving spammers a leg up on authorities trying to crack down on the
problem of unsolicited e-mail. Users whose computers have been
compromised by a spam virus would likely not have any idea that their
machines were being used to send spam. "The only thing they might
notice is that their Internet connection slows down a bit," said Matt
Sergeant of MessageLabs.
BBC, 13 June 2003
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2987558.stm
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