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Here Is A Sample Of What Books Were Being Done Around #3263
Jun 2002 Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith [Adam Smith #1] [wltntxxx.xxx] 3300
Jun 2002 Mr Honey's Banking Dictionary [English-German] [8bkedxxx.xxx] 3299
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Jun 2002 The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume I [1mlazxxx.xxx] 3295
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Jun 2002 John Marshall and the Constitution, by Corwin [jmatcxxx.xxx] 3291
Jun 2002 Valerius Terminus, by Francis Bacon [F. Bacon #3][vtrmxxxx.xxx] 3290
Jun 2002 The Valley of Fear, by Arthur Conan Doyle[Doyle28][vfearxxx.xxx] 3289
Jun 2002 The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land, by Ralph Connor 11[spnmlxxx.xxx] 3288
Jun 2002 The Man From Glengarry, by Ralph Connor[Connor#10][tmfgyxxx.xxx] 3287
Jun 2002 Selections, Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke [spwebxxx.xxx] 3286
Jun 2002 The Deerslayer, by James Fenimore Cooper [JFC #7][dslyrxxx.xxx] 3285
Jun 2002 The Discovery of the Source of the Nile, by Speke [disnlxxx.xxx] 3284
Jun 2002 The Upanishads, translated by Swami Paramananda [upanixxx.xxx] 3283
Jun 2002 The Brown Fairy Book, by Andrew Lang, Ed.[Lang#32][brfryxxx.xxx] 3282
Jun 2002 Cy Whittaker's Place, by J. C. Lincoln[Lincoln #9][cywhtxxx.xxx] 3281
Jun 2002 Cap'n Warren's Wards, by Joseph C. Lincoln[JCL #8][cpnwwxxx.xxx] 3280
Jun 2002 Canterbury Pieces, by Samuel Butler [S. Butler #8][cantpxxx.xxx] 3279
Jun 2002 Cambridge Pieces, by Samuel Butler [S. Butler #7][cambpxxx.xxx] 3278
Jun 2002 The Complete Works of Artemus Ward [Browne] Part 7[7wardxxx.xxx] 3277
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Jun 2002 The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford, Rutherford [mrkrtxxx.xxx] 3269
Jun 2002 The Mysteries of Udolpho, by Ann Radcliffe [udolfxxx.xxx] 3268
Jun 2002 Old Love Stories Retold, by Richard Le Gallienne [hnmtlxxx.xxx] 3267
Jun 2002 Miss Billy, by Eleanor H. Porter[Eleanor Porter#5][msblyxxx.xxx] 3266
Jun 2002 The Re-Creation of Brian Kent, Harold Bell Wright [trcbkxxx.xxx] 3265
Jun 2002 Dennison Grant, by Robert Stead [dnsngxxx.xxx] 3264
Jun 2002 The Portygee, by Joseph C. Lincoln[J.C. Lincoln#7][prtgexxx.xxx] 3263
Jun 2002 The Pilgrims of Hope, by William Morris[Morris #9][plghpxxx.xxx] 3262
Jun 2002 News from Nowhere, by William Morris[Wm Morris #8][nwsnwxxx.xxx] 3261
Jun 2002 Short History of Wales, by Owen M. Edwards [hstwlxxx.xxx] 3260
Jun 2002 Countess Kate, by Charlotte M. Yonge [CM Yonge #8][cntktxxx.xxx] 3259
Jun 2002 A Laodicean, by Thomas Hardy [Thomas Hardy #21][laodcxxx.xxx] 3258
Jun 2002 New Thought Pastels, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox[EWW#3][nwthpxxx.xxx] 3257
Jun 2002 Books and Bookmen, by Ian Maclaren[IanMaclaren #1][bkbmnxxx.xxx] 3256
Jun 2002 Moments of Vision, by Thomas Hardy[ThomasHardy#20][mntvsxxx.xxx] 3255
Jun 2002 Entire PG Galsworthy Files, by Galsworthy [GL#34][glentxxx.xxx] 3254
Jun 2002 The Entire Gutenberg Abraham Lincoln files [AL #8][lcentxxx.xxx] 3253
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May 2002 How Tell a Story and Others, by Mark Twain [MT#22][mthtsxxx.xxx] 3250
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From Newsscan:
MICROSOFT VOWS TO FIX WINDOWS SECURITY PROBLEMS
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has admitted the inadequacy the company's
current collection of security software patches for the Windows operating
system and says the company will modify them in the coming year. Customers
have complained that the company's system of frequently issuing new patches
is too time-consuming and difficult, so Microsoft is now designing
technology to shield Windows from malicious e-mail messages, viruses and
worms. The changes will include shipping Windows with an Internet firewall
turned on by default, which would have blocked the recent "Blaster" virus,
and will prevent attachments from executing commands -- a common method
network vandals use to hijack computers. (San Jose Mercury News 10 Oct 2003)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/local/6980382.htm
INTEL'S ANDY GROVE WORRIED ABOUT U.S. LEAD IN HIGH TECH
Telling the attendees at a global technology summit "I'm here to be the
skunk at your garden party," Andrew S. Grove, Intel co-founder and current
chairman, said that U.S. dominance in the software and technology service
businesses is under siege by countries like China and India that offer
cheap labor costs and strong incentives for new financial investment. Grove
noted that India's thriving software industry, which does a steadily
increasing proportion of the software and services work for U.S. companies,
could surpass the United States in software and tech-service jobs by 2010.
Grove said that the U.S. had no public policy to deal with this situation,
nor had he found that any of the presidential candidates had recognized the
problem. He also said the U.S. lags dangerously behind in popular use of
high-speed Internet connections, as well as funding for science and
technology research and education. (Washington Post 9 Oct 2003)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6042-2003Oct9.html
TEXT-MESSAGING MARKET OPPORTUNITIES IN CHINA
Text-messaging services in China have become wildly popular, to the extent
that 200 billion text messages will be sent this year through cell phones
across China. Internet analyst Nathan Midler for the research firm IDC says
the explanation is rather simple: "It's cheaper than actually making a
phone call." Midler also suggests a simple answer to the question of why
the U.S. technology companies have missed a great marketing opportunity in
China: "Why have companies like AOL and Yahoo not succeeded in China? The
simple answer is that the barrier to entry is pretty significant." (Knight
Ridder/San Jose Mercury News 13 Oct 2003)
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MICROSOFT MODIFIES IE AFTER COURT RULING
Microsoft has opted to make changes to the way its Web browser
functions after a court ruled that the software company had violated a
patent held by Eolas Technologies. The patent covers how Web pages
automatically call applications such as Flash or QuickTime to run audio
or video. A court ruled the Microsoft's Internet Explorer uses the
patented technology to accomplish this and that the company must pay
Eolas $521 million for the technology. Eolas suggested that Microsoft
keep the technology in its browser and arrange licensing terms.
Instead, Microsoft, which said it will appeal the ruling, will make
changes to Internet Explorer to sidestep the patented technology. As a
result, some users will be presented with a pop-up screen alerting them
that the browser will start the necessary application to run the Web
page. Microsoft said it will offer tips to Web developers on how to
change their Web pages to avoid the pop-ups even with the modified
version of Internet Explorer, which is expected early next year.
CNET, 7 October 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-5087787.html
MICROSOFT ANNOUNCES REVISED PATCHING STRATEGY
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer this week announced major changes to the
company's strategy for software patches. Acknowledging that the
current schedule of weekly patches is onerous for many users and that
the patching systems are cumbersome, Ballmer said that Microsoft would
begin issuing patches no more frequently than once a month, except for
emergency situations. Ballmer noted that the company's current total
of 68 different patching systems was "a little extreme" and that future
patches would be of better quality than some previous patches. Users
will also have the ability to roll back future patches in the event of
incompatibility or other problems. Ballmer added that future patches
would be 30 to 80 percent smaller to help avoid problems for users on
slow connections.
Internet News, 9 October 2003
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3090001
[Could GM Sue For Saying You Can Exceed Speed Limits By Pushing Pedal Harder?]
COMPANY THREATENS TO SUE STUDENT
SunnComm Technologies said it will likely sue John "Alex" Halderman, a
graduate student at Princeton University, after Halderman published a
paper explaining how to defeat CD copy protections developed by
SunnComm. Halderman's paper pointed out SunnComm's copy protections
can be avoided simply by holding the "Shift" key when loading the
protected CD in a computer, which prevents the protection software from
installing. The paper also gave instructions for turning off the
software if it is installed. Peter Jacobs, CEO of SunnComm, said
Halderman had damaged the company's name and might be subject to
prosecution under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which
forbids circumventing copy-protection technologies. Some observers
believe that Halderman's actions fall outside the purview of the DMCA
because the paper was an academic publication, it uses features of all
Windows computers, and it was not distributed for profit.
CNET, 9 October 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-5089168.html
SUNNCOMM BACKS AWAY FROM LAWSUIT THREAT
One day after security firm SunnComm Technologies threatened to sue a
Princeton University graduate student for revealing how to defeat the
company's CD copy-protection technology, CEO Peter Jacobs withdrew the
threat. When Princeton student John Halderman published a paper earlier
in the week with details about sidestepping SunnComm's technology,
Jacobs accused Halderman of defaming the company and threatened him
with civil and criminal prosecution. Jacobs on Friday conceded that
filing lawsuits would have been a mistake, saying, "It wasn't our
intention to strike a blow against research."
BBC, 13 October 2003
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3186592.stm
WEB SITE ABOUT DIPLOMA MILLS CAUSES CONTROVERSY
A physics professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
has taken down a Web site with research on diploma mills after meeting
with university administrators. According to George Gollin, officials
from the university ordered him to remove the Web site from university
servers after some of the institutions profiled threatened to sue the
university. A spokesperson from the university denied that Gollin was
ordered to shut down the site, saying, "We were trying to help him find
a more appropriate place for his Web site." She noted that because
Gollin is a professor of physics, the issue of diploma mills and
accreditation falls outside his area of expertise and does not meet the
university's public-service requirement. Gollin's work will now be
available on the State of Oregon's Office of Degree Authorization
site. Alan Contreras, administrator of that site, called the research
"superb" and said it is "a very helpful consumer-protection tool."
Chronicle of Higher Education, 13 October 2003
http://chronicle.com/free/2003/10/2003101301t.htm
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Other Items Not Getting The Coverage They Should
Nobel Prize Committee Ignores Patent Holder In MRI Nobel Prize Awards
Dr. Raymond V. Damadian, president of the Fonar Corporation in Melville,
N.Y., who holds the basic patent on Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and who
was upheld by the Supreme Court in 1997, in which case General Electric
was ordered to pay $129 million for their patent infringment, has been
overlooked in this week's Nobel Prize's, which were instead offered to
Paul Lauterbur of the University of Illinois and Sir Peter Mansfield
of the University of Nottingham, England.
Damidian has received the other major awards for MRI, and no reason
has been given by the Nobel Committee for excluding Dr. Damidian.
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The launch should take place between Wednesday and Friday,
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The spacecraft is named Shenzhou 5. Shenzhou means Divine Vessel.
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