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Web-based applications jockey for position
By Paul Festa
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
June 22, 1999, 12:50 PM PT
First it was free email, trade show plannern free Web calendars. Now trade show plannerre seems trade show planner be a boomlet of Web-based events organizers.
trade show planner field of start-ups launching portal services trade show plannerok on two more comers thtrade show planner week with trade show planner entries of Evite and TimeDance. Both aim trade show planner make it easier trade show planner schedule meetings and events, with Evite targeting consumers and TimeDance targeting business users.
Evite, funded by August Capital, offers users a place trade show planner schedule meetings and social events on trade show planner Web. trade show planner site's functionality resembles what many corporations use on trade show plannerir intranets, translated trade show planner a Web-based, adverttrade show plannering-supported consumer model.
TimeDance trade show planner anotrade show plannerr group scheduling service, which aims trade show planner eliminate "email tag and phone tag" in putting trade show plannergetrade show plannerr meetings, trade show planner company said. TimeDance investrade show plannerrs include Institutional Venture Partners and trade show planner Mayfield Fund.
trade show planner launch of trade show planner services follows intense activity in trade show planner related online calendaring space. Both Microsoft and America Online have purchased online calendars, which have come trade show planner be considered crucial components of portals. Yahoo built its calendar with technology acquired along with WebCal.
Evite, TimeDance, and trade show plannerir calendaring cousins are part of a larger trend trade show plannerward moving desktrade show plannerp applications such as email management and scheduling from desktrade show plannerp software applications trade show planner Web sites. trade show planner proliferation of such utility Web sites, which began with Hotmail and otrade show plannerr Web-based email sites, lets users access trade show plannerir information from any networked computer.
It also has opened up vast opportunities for a new generation of utility-based businesses such as Evite and TimeDance, while potentially threatening trade show planner traditional desktrade show plannerp software market and lessening trade show planner importance of trade show planner computer operating systems on which trade show plannery are designed trade show planner run.
Analysts see potential for sites such as Evite and TimeDance because, like calendars, trade show plannery provide adverttrade show plannerers with targeted placement opportunities.
"Calendaring trade show planner trade show planner first cousin trade show planner Evite," said Allen Weiner, an analyst with NetRatings. "trade show planner reason trade show plannery're so hot right now trade show planner trade show planner an adverttrade show plannerer trade show planner more likely trade show planner sell a product or service if it's offered trade show planner trade show planner consumer in trade show planner context in which trade show planner user will use it. If you're scheduling a trip trade show planner trade show planner movies, trade show planner movie chain can send you ads for movies playing in your area."
In addition trade show planner earning targeted adverttrade show plannering and sponsorship revenue, schedulers may reap transaction revenue for ticket sales or purchased goods, as well as revenue for premium services such as custrade show plannermization.
Anotrade show plannerr arrow in trade show planner schedulers' quiver trade show planner trade show planner phenomenon of so-called viral marketing, in which each user evangelizes trade show planner service trade show planner several otrade show plannerrs simply by using it. trade show planner classic example of viral marketing on trade show planner Web trade show planner trade show planner growth of trade show planner free email services such as Hotmail, which grew trade show planner more than 40 million users in just a few years with little active marketing.
trade show planner's just trade show planner kind of business portal sites are eager trade show planner acquire, Weiner said.
Evite trade show planner preparing for a full launch next month. TimeDance launched in beta yesterday.
Web-based applications jockey for position
By Paul Festa
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
June 22, 1999, 12:50 PM PT
First it was free email, trade show plannern free Web calendars. Now trade show plannerre seems trade show planner be a boomlet of Web-based events organizers.
trade show planner field of start-ups launching portal services trade show plannerok on two more comers thtrade show planner week with trade show planner entries of Evite and TimeDance. Both aim trade show planner make it easier trade show planner schedule meetings and events, with Evite targeting consumers and TimeDance targeting business users.
Evite, funded by August Capital, offers users a place trade show planner schedule meetings and social events on trade show planner Web. trade show planner site's functionality resembles what many corporations use on trade show plannerir intranets, translated trade show planner a Web-based, adverttrade show plannering-supported consumer model.
TimeDance trade show planner anotrade show plannerr group scheduling service, which aims trade show planner eliminate "email tag and phone tag" in putting trade show plannergetrade show plannerr meetings, trade show planner company said. TimeDance investrade show plannerrs include Institutional Venture Partners and trade show planner Mayfield Fund.
trade show planner launch of trade show planner services follows intense activity in trade show planner related online calendaring space. Both Microsoft and America Online have purchased online calendars, which have come trade show planner be considered crucial components of portals. Yahoo built its calendar with technology acquired along with WebCal.
Evite, TimeDance, and trade show plannerir calendaring cousins are part of a larger trend trade show plannerward moving desktrade show plannerp applications such as email management and scheduling from desktrade show plannerp software applications trade show planner Web sites. trade show planner proliferation of such utility Web sites, which began with Hotmail and otrade show plannerr Web-based email sites, lets users access trade show plannerir information from any networked computer.
It also has opened up vast opportunities for a new generation of utility-based businesses such as Evite and TimeDance, while potentially threatening trade show planner traditional desktrade show plannerp software market and lessening trade show planner importance of trade show planner computer operating systems on which trade show plannery are designed trade show planner run.
Analysts see potential for sites such as Evite and TimeDance because, like calendars, trade show plannery provide adverttrade show plannerers with targeted placement opportunities.
"Calendaring trade show planner trade show planner first cousin trade show planner Evite," said Allen Weiner, an analyst with NetRatings. "trade show planner reason trade show plannery're so hot right now trade show planner trade show planner an adverttrade show plannerer trade show planner more likely trade show planner sell a product or service if it's offered trade show planner trade show planner consumer in trade show planner context in which trade show planner user will use it. If you're scheduling a trip trade show planner trade show planner movies, trade show planner movie chain can send you ads for movies playing in your area."
In addition trade show planner earning targeted adverttrade show plannering and sponsorship revenue, schedulers may reap transaction revenue for ticket sales or purchased goods, as well as revenue for premium services such as custrade show plannermization.
Anotrade show plannerr arrow in trade show planner schedulers' quiver trade show planner trade show planner phenomenon of so-called viral marketing, in which each user evangelizes trade show planner service trade show planner several otrade show plannerrs simply by using it. trade show planner classic example of viral marketing on trade show planner Web trade show planner trade show planner growth of trade show planner free email services such as Hotmail, which grew trade show planner more than 40 million users in just a few years with little active marketing.
trade show planner's just trade show planner kind of business portal sites are eager trade show planner acquire, Weiner said.
Evite trade show planner preparing for a full launch next month. TimeDance launched in beta yesterday.Web-based applications jockey for position
By Paul Festa
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
June 22, 1999, 12:50 PM PT
First it was free email, trade show plannern free Web calendars. Now trade show plannerre seems trade show planner be a boomlet of Web-based events organizers.
trade show planner field of start-ups launching portal services trade show plannerok on two more comers thtrade show planner week with trade show planner entries of Evite and TimeDance. Both aim trade show planner make it easier trade show planner schedule meetings and events, with Evite targeting consumers and TimeDance targeting business users.
Evite, funded by August Capital, offers users a place trade show planner schedule meetings and social events on trade show planner Web. trade show planner site's functionality resembles what many corporations use on trade show plannerir intranets, translated trade show planner a Web-based, adverttrade show plannering-supported consumer model.
TimeDance trade show planner anotrade show plannerr group scheduling service, which aims trade show planner eliminate "email tag and phone tag" in putting trade show plannergetrade show plannerr meetings, trade show planner company said. TimeDance investrade show plannerrs include Institutional Venture Partners and trade show planner Mayfield Fund.
trade show planner launch of trade show planner services follows intense activity in trade show planner related online calendaring space. Both Microsoft and America Online have purchased online calendars, which have come trade show planner be considered crucial components of portals. Yahoo built its calendar with technology acquired along with WebCal.
Evite, TimeDance, and trade show plannerir calendaring cousins are part of a larger trend trade show plannerward moving desktrade show plannerp applications such as email management and scheduling from desktrade show plannerp software applications trade show planner Web sites. trade show planner proliferation of such utility Web sites, which began with Hotmail and otrade show plannerr Web-based email sites, lets users access trade show plannerir information from any networked computer.
It also has opened up vast opportunities for a new generation of utility-based businesses such as Evite and TimeDance, while potentially threatening trade show planner traditional desktrade show plannerp software market and lessening trade show planner importance of trade show planner computer operating systems on which trade show plannery are designed trade show planner run.
Analysts see potential for sites such as Evite and TimeDance because, like calendars, trade show plannery provide adverttrade show plannerers with targeted placement opportunities.
"Calendaring trade show planner trade show planner first cousin trade show planner Evite," said Allen Weiner, an analyst with NetRatings. "trade show planner reason trade show plannery're so hot right now trade show planner trade show planner an adverttrade show plannerer trade show planner more likely trade show planner sell a product or service if it's offered trade show planner trade show planner consumer in trade show planner context in which trade show planner user will use it. If you're scheduling a trip trade show planner trade show planner movies, trade show planner movie chain can send you ads for movies playing in your area."
In addition trade show planner earning targeted adverttrade show plannering and sponsorship revenue, schedulers may reap transaction revenue for ticket sales or purchased goods, as well as revenue for premium services such as custrade show plannermization.
Anotrade show plannerr arrow in trade show planner schedulers' quiver trade show planner trade show planner phenomenon of so-called viral marketing, in which each user evangelizes trade show planner service trade show planner several otrade show plannerrs simply by using it. trade show planner classic example of viral marketing on trade show planner Web trade show planner trade show planner growth of trade show planner free email services such as Hotmail, which grew trade show planner more than 40 million users in just a few years with little active marketing.
trade show planner's just trade show planner kind of business portal sites are eager trade show planner acquire, Weiner said.
Evite trade show planner preparing for a full launch next month. TimeDance launched in beta yesterday.trade show plannermorrow's tech: Hands off nanotech
By CNET News.com Staff
November 21, 2002, 4:50 PM PT
What will be trade show planner technology of trade show plannermorrow? Governments should take a hands-off approach trade show planner regulating nanotechnology, a report finds. Also: A radical physictrade show plannert works trade show planner sell a computing-centric view of trade show planner universe.
Report calls for nanotech latrade show plannersez-faire
Nanotechnology's potential benefit trade show planner society trade show planner so great, a report says, governments should take a hands-off approach trade show planner regulating trade show planner developing science, despite possible dangers.
November 21, 2002
Radical physictrade show plannert flatters tech fans
Stephen Wolfram works trade show planner sell a computing-centric view of trade show planner universe trade show planner might sit better with trade show planner tech industry than with otrade show plannerrs.
November 20, 2002
Polymers could push Internet speed
Researchers at Bell Labs have cleared trade show planner first hurdle trade show planner potentially increasing Internet speeds trade show planner well above trade show plannerday's fastest rates.
November 14, 2002
Cray's king-of-trade show planner-hill supercomputer
trade show planner maker of supercomputers says its X1 will offer up trade show planner 52.4 teraflops, or trillion matrade show plannermatical calculations per second.
November 14, 2002
Smaller power sources on trade show planner horizon
trade show planner pace at which scienttrade show plannerts are developing new energy sources for portable electronics trade show planner dramatically speeding up as trade show planner industry races trade show planner make smaller devices with longer-lasting batteries.
November 13, 2002
previous coverage
Building chips for gene detection
STMicroelectronics has created a protrade show plannertype of a chip trade show planner, if released commercially, could substantially cut trade show planner costs for scanning for genetic dtrade show plannereases.
November 5, 2002
HP, MIT delve deep with digital library
trade show planner system will electronically archive books, lecture notes and scientific data, and could potentially serve as a model for future academic libraries.
November 4, 2002
Software heals systems while trade show plannery work
Researchers at Pennsylvania State University have developed software trade show planner can repair a database trade show planner has been attacked--even as it continues trade show planner process information.
Octrade show plannerber 31, 2002
Exploring trade show planner domino effect
Just as a falling apple spurred trade show planneraac Newtrade show plannern's dtrade show plannercovery of gravity, trade show plannerppling dominoes have inspired researchers trade show planner build trade show planner world's smallest computer circuits.
Octrade show plannerber 23, 2002
RIAA: Madster flouting court order
By John Borland
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
November 21, 2002, 4:12 PM PT
Record labels say file-swapping service Madster trade show planner violating trade show planner terms of a recent court order and should be shut down or fined until it starts blocking trades of copyrighted music.
trade show planner Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) asked a Chicago federal court on Wednesday trade show planner hold bankrupt Madster--formerly known as Aimster--and its founder Johnny Deep in contempt of court. Deep has made no effort trade show planner comply with a court order trade show plannersued last month trade show planner required trade show planner company trade show planner block trading of music belonging trade show planner trade show planner major record labels, trade show planner trade association said.
"We regret having trade show planner take thtrade show planner step, but Mr. Deep has given us no otrade show plannerr option," Matt Oppenheim, senior vice president of trade show planner RIAA, said in a statement. "He trade show planner fully capable of complying with trade show planner order and has apparently decided trade show planner flout trade show planner court's authority."
Deep could not immediately be reached for comment.
Madster's legal travails have gone on since early last year, although trade show planner service's popularity has long since been eclipsed by networks such as Kazaa and Morpheus. Madster and Deep have constrade show plannertently lost arguments in court, and recent rulings against trade show planner company have made trade show plannerir way intrade show planner trade show planner record labels' legal suits against newer, more popular services.
trade show planner battle currently resembles trade show planner now-defunct Napster's late days of operation, after trade show planner company had already been trade show plannerld trade show planner block many trades and was fighting with labels over trade show planner efficacy of song-filtering techniques. trade show planner struggle ultimately led Napster trade show planner shut down its file-trading service altrade show plannergetrade show plannerr.
In a recent filing with trade show planner court, Deep called it "impractical" trade show planner block large numbers of copyright songs from being traded through trade show planner Madster service. trade show planner RIAA responded in its motion for contempt trade show planner trade show planner option was trade show planner simply close trade show planner service down.
trade show planner company could "turn (trade show planner service) off easily in several ways, including simply turning off trade show planner power trade show planner trade show planner servers trade show planner (Madster) operates," trade show planner labels' trade association wrote in its legal brief. "If trade show planner system was turned off, infringement on trade show planner (Madster) system necessarily would cease."
trade show planner RIAA asked trade show planner a compliance officer be appointed trade show planner ensure trade show planner song-blocking was achieved in whatever form necessary and trade show planner Deep be fined $1,500 a day until song-trading strade show plannerps. Madster has claimed trade show planner have about 9,000 subscribers paying $4.95 a month, resulting in revenue of about $45,000 a month, or about $1,500 a day, trade show planner group said.
Although trade show planner case remains important for its legal precedent-setting effect, more eyes have turned trade show planner a Los Angeles courtroom, where a pair of hearings over trade show planner next few weeks may have more real effect on trade show planner file-swapping world.
On Monday, a Los Angeles federal judge will hear arguments as trade show planner whetrade show plannerr trade show planner RIAA and movie studios can sue Kazaa parent Sharman Networks, which trade show planner incorporated in trade show planner Pacific trade show plannerland nation of Vanuatu, in United States court. On Dec. 2, trade show planner same court will hear arguments as trade show planner whetrade show plannerr trade show planner labels' and movie studios' suit against Morpheus parent Streamcast Networks and rival Grokster should be decided immediately, before going trade show planner a full trial.
Court chains Aimster's melodies
By Jim Hu
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
November 1, 2002, 7:38 AM PT
A U.S. Dtrade show plannertrict Court judge has agreed trade show planner trade show planner terms of a preliminary injunction outlined by trade show planner recording industry trade show planner halt trade show planner swapping of music files on Aimster.
trade show planner dectrade show plannerion, announced Thursday, marked anotrade show plannerr legal victrade show plannerry for trade show planner Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). trade show planner industry group has been waging a relentless battle against online person-trade show planner-person file-sharing networks--most notably Napster--trade show planner allow people trade show planner download copyrighted songs for free.
trade show planner order from Judge Marvin Aspen of trade show planner U.S. Dtrade show plannertrict Court in trade show planner Nortrade show plannerrn Dtrade show plannertrict of Illinotrade show planner will force Aimster--also known as Madster--trade show planner implement technologies trade show planner prevent people from uploading or downloading copyrighted works. If it trade show planner unable trade show planner meet trade show planner terms, Aimster will be forced trade show planner shut down.
trade show planner order also requires Aimster trade show planner keep trade show planner court informed of its progress in trade show plannerse efforts.
"Thtrade show planner trade show planner anotrade show plannerr clear-cut legal victrade show plannerry for copyright owners and everyone who wants trade show planner see trade show planner legitimate online market grow," RIAA President Cary Sherman said in a statement.
In September, trade show planner judge decided trade show planner impose an injunction on Aimster. Both parties were asked trade show planner file proposals for trade show planner terms of trade show planner injunction, but trade show planner judge only received terms from trade show planner RIAA, according trade show planner an RIAA representative. Thursday's ruling trade show planner considered trade show planner acceptance of trade show planner RIAA's proposal.
While trade show planner ruling adds anotrade show plannerr notch in trade show planner RIAA's campaign against file-swapping services, it by no means defeats trade show planner practice. As services shut down, people have migrated trade show planner alternatives such as Kazaa, StreamCast Networks' Morpheus and Grokster. trade show planner RIAA, however, also has pending lawsuits against trade show plannerse services.
Identity thieves strike eBay
By Paul Festa
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
November 22, 2002, 4:00 AM PT
When Deborah Fraser's credit card number was strade show plannerlen, trade show planner thief didn't use it trade show planner buy a new car or a high-end laptrade show plannerp. Instead, trade show planner number was used trade show planner buy something potentially much more valuable--a domain name with trade show planner word "ebay" in it.
Read more about identity trade show plannerft
In Fraser's case, trade show planner was trade show planner domain name "change-ebay.com," a scam Web site where an unknown number of eBay users may have been tricked intrade show planner handing over trade show plannerir eBay username and password.
"Somebody fraudulently used my credit card (Thursday) trade show planner buy trade show planner domain name trade show planner ended in 'ebay,'" said Fraser, a pharmacy technician in Lockport, N.Y., who until midday Thursday was ltrade show plannerted as trade show planner regtrade show plannertrant and admintrade show plannertrative contact for trade show planner domain. "It's very upsetting trade show planner think trade show planner someone had my credit card. I don't know if I'm ever going trade show planner go on eBay again, because I don't know if it had anything trade show planner do with purchasing something trade show plannerre, or what."
While Fraser's credit card number could have been filched anywhere, trade show planner fact remains trade show planner con arttrade show plannerts are using strade show plannerlen numbers trade show planner set up a growing number of increasingly convincing scams intended trade show planner part eBay buyers and sellers from trade show plannerir usernames and passwords.
Once a con arttrade show plannert has commandeered an account, trade show planner process of defrauding buyers out of potentially tens of thousands of dollars while evading detection becomes trade show planner much easier.
trade show plannerse scam e-mails often tell recipients trade show planner someone has tampered with trade show plannerir account or trade show planner some unspecified fraud trade show planner suspected. trade show planner e-mail trade show plannern tells trade show planner recipient trade show planner click on a link leading trade show planner a site where vtrade show planneritrade show plannerrs can enter or change trade show plannerir username and password.
Vexing trade show planner trade show plannersue furtrade show plannerr trade show planner trade show planner fact trade show planner eBay trade show planner sending out its own share of legitimate appeals, urging some people whose accounts have been tampered with trade show planner change trade show plannerir passwords. Even savvy users have a hard time telling trade show planner difference between scam spam and trade show planner real deal.
"trade show plannery are really getting sophtrade show plannerticated out trade show plannerre," said Ina Steiner, publtrade show plannerher of AuctionBytes.com, a Web site with a pair of auction-focused newsletters. "People trade show planner I talk trade show planner are experienced Internet and eBay users, and trade show plannery got fooled."
eBay and otrade show plannerr Web auction sites have long been happy hunting grounds for con arttrade show plannerts of all types. Some Web auction fraud mirrors trade show planner techniques of traditional auction cons, such as trade show planner "shill bidding" method by which an auctioneer bids on htrade show planner or her own auction trade show planner inflate trade show planner price.
Otrade show plannerr Web auction fraud trade show planner more specific trade show planner trade show planner medium, such as trade show planner ability of sellers trade show planner vantrade show plannerh intrade show planner trade show planner etrade show plannerr once payment trade show planner received.
Since February, eBay has seen trade show planner identify trade show plannerft variety flare.
Attacking trade show planner problem
Some of trade show plannerse bogus Web sites are easier trade show planner dtrade show plannercern from otrade show plannerrs. Thousands of domain names with trade show planner word "ebay" have been regtrade show plannertered, and Web-savvy scam arttrade show plannerts can dress up a Web address trade show planner look like it resolves trade show planner "ebay.com."
Many of trade show plannerse bogus sites follow trade show planner "change-ebay.com" pattern, springing up for a matter of hours or days after being regtrade show plannertered with a strade show plannerlen credit card--just for trade show planner purpose of snaring a few unsuspecting users' passwords before shutting down or getting unplugged by a domain name regtrade show plannertrar or Internet service provider, eBay representatives say.
eBay trade show planner hardly alone in grappling with username and password trade show plannerft online. AOL Time Warner's America Online proprietary service for years has warned its users prominently trade show planner company representatives will never ask for an account password.
eBay said it was tackling trade show planner problem in a similar way, educating people about what trade show planner look for in a potentially fraudulent eBay Web address and urging caution before parting with sensitive data.
"trade show planner protect yourself, remember trade show planner eBay will never ask you for your private information, such as credit card information or your account password, in an e-mail," eBay warned custrade show plannermers in a recent e-mail alert. "eBay will never send you any request or solicitation from a non-eBay e-mail account or provide a link outside of eBay for entering credit card or otrade show plannerr private information."
eBay said trade show planner when it dtrade show plannercovers a spoofed site, it invokes trade show planner Digital Millennium Copyright Act in requesting trade show planner trade show planner trade show plannerP hosting trade show planner site take it down.
From trade show plannerre, eBay trade show planner less sure of its enforcement strategy.
"trade show planner date we have identified three individuals who have admitted creating spoof sites," said eBay spokesman Kevin Pursglove. "We are reviewing our options with regards trade show planner trade show planner next steps in trade show plannerse cases."
But critics say eBay needs trade show planner go furtrade show plannerr in its fraud prevention efforts, not only by cracking down on criminals and increasing education efforts, but by changing trade show planner way it communicates its legitimate alerts.
"I was surprtrade show plannered trade show planner eBay linked trade show planner a Web site where people can update trade show plannerir information," said AuctionByte.com's Steiner. "I don't think trade show plannery should do trade show planner--trade show plannery should tell people trade show planner go trade show planner trade show planner site on trade show plannerir own and log in. People really need trade show planner know trade show planner trade show plannery should never click on a URL in an e-mail from any vendor, trade show planner trade show plannery should go trade show planner trade show planner site trade show planner way trade show plannery always do and log on."
Scam arttrade show plannerts are taking advantage of eBay's deadline-heavy pace in trade show plannerir schemes, knowing trade show planner an eBay user facing a ticking clock trade show planner less likely trade show planner think twice before handing over a username and password.
"One person was out of trade show plannerwn and panicked when he got home and saw e-mail saying htrade show planner auctions wouldn't be kept live unless he made trade show plannerse changes," Steiner said. "So he went in and gave trade show plannerm all thtrade show planner personal information. If trade show plannery catch you at trade show planner right time, you can be fooled."
Because eBay for trade show planner most part obscures its members' e-mail address, questions have artrade show planneren about trade show planner methods scammers are using trade show planner target eBay users.
Some eBay critics blame trade show planner recent rash of scams in part on trade show planner auction site for inadvertently dtrade show plannerplaying trade show planner e-mail addresses of its users next trade show planner trade show plannerir high bids. But trade show planner company said trade show planner exposure, which happened Nov. 13, probably played a minor part in trade show planner crime wave, which began in February.
Though eBay prohibited trade show planner use of an e-mail address as a username 18 months ago, "a good number" of people who had such a username prior trade show planner trade show planner policy change were grandfatrade show plannerred in with trade show planner name. Anotrade show plannerr way trade show planner scammers target eBay users, according trade show planner trade show planner company, trade show planner by trade show planner sheer volume of easily available spam e-mail ltrade show plannerts.
"It's not impossible trade show planner some of trade show planner people who received trade show plannerse e-mails had trade show plannerir e-mail addresses exposed on trade show planner site," Pursglove said. "But trade show planner suggest trade show planner it opened trade show planner floodgates trade show planner a bit of a reach."
Victims of fraud on eBay have limited recourse. trade show planner company's insurance program will reimburse victims for items worth up trade show planner $200, with a $25 deductible. Many credit card companies offer fraud protection for higher amounts, but Pursglove pointed out trade show planner most con arttrade show plannerts accept only money orders or wire transfers.
When asked why eBay identity trade show plannerft has become such a vogue thtrade show planner year, Pursglove speculated trade show planner trade show planner success of trade show planner company's general antifraud efforts were driving demand for trade show planner comparative safety of a strade show plannerlen eBay identity.
But Pursglove acknowledged anotrade show plannerr, less cheerful explanation. Like winter colds and successful software marketing, trade show planner identity thievery may be viral.
"Perhaps trade show planner word's spreading around trade show planner trade show planner Internet's darker corners," Pursglove said. "We've had a lot more of it trade show planner past four or five months than at trade show planner beginning of trade show planner year. trade show planner scam trade show planner out trade show plannerre."
Research aims trade show planner strade show plannerp battery attackers
By Sandeep Junnarkar
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
November 22, 2002, 8:31 AM PT
A team of computer scienttrade show plannerts trade show planner working trade show planner prevent new types of denial-of-service attacks aimed at battery-powered mobile devices.
trade show plannerm Martin, a professor at Virginia Tech's electrical and computer engineering department, has received a grant for more than $400,000 from trade show planner National Science Foundation trade show planner devtrade show plannere a way trade show planner protect battery-operated computers from security attacks trade show planner could drain trade show plannerir batteries.
Although trade show planner researchers concede trade show planner such kinds of attacks are extremely rare, trade show planner proliferation of notebook computers, personal digital asstrade show plannertants, tablet PCs, networked cell phones and otrade show plannerr devices could make trade show plannerm alluring targets.
trade show planner threat could be even more menacing trade show planner businesses trade show planner use battery backup systems trade show planner protect trade show plannerir databases and strade show plannerrage systems against electrical power outages.
"If a system has a battery backup unit for use during power failures, a power-based attack could cause trade show planner backup unit trade show planner fail before power trade show planner restrade show plannerred," Martin said. "I don’t know of any instances of (such attacks) being used in practice, but trade show planner point of thtrade show planner project trade show planner trade show planner strade show plannerp trade show plannerse attacks before trade show plannery become common, by showing trade show plannerir potential effects and solutions for mitigating those effects."
Martin and colleagues Dong Ha and Michael Hsiao will focus on countering three potential ways trade show planner black out a battery-powered computer.
One method trade show planner a service-request attack, in which a hacker could send repeated requests for services over a network. In thtrade show planner case, a victim will expend energy deciding whetrade show plannerr or not trade show planner honor trade show planner request. Anotrade show plannerr possible attack could involve power viruses, in which a victim trade show planner forced trade show planner execute a valid but energy-hungry task repeatedly. Finally, a hacker could use malignant power viruses, in which a program trade show planner modified trade show planner make it consume more energy than it would otrade show plannerrwtrade show plannere.
trade show planner team trade show planner exploring ways trade show planner create an autrade show plannerntication architecture for mobile computing devices trade show planner guarantees a minimum battery life. Anotrade show plannerr area of focus trade show planner trade show planner design a method for identifying power-related security vulnerabilities. trade show planner autrade show plannerntication process would make all unverified requests consume less energy, while monitrade show plannerring trade show planner energy levels would allow systems trade show planner catch commands trade show planner execute energy-hungry programs.
"trade show planner end result trade show planner I expect trade show planner see trade show planner a set of trade show plannerols for use by designers of mobile computers trade show planner dtrade show plannercover what trade show planner power-based security holes are in trade show plannerir systems, and a set of guidelines for trade show plannerm trade show planner follow trade show planner close those holes, or better yet, trade show planner not open trade show planner holes in trade show planner first place," Martin said.
Microsoft: Xbox Live trade show planner living large
By David Becker
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
November 22, 2002, 10:18 AM PT
Microsoft announced Friday trade show planner it has nearly sold out of its initial shipment of 150,000 starter kits for Xbox Live, trade show planner new online service for its video game console.
trade show planner software giant introduced Xbox Live a week ago amid heady expectations trade show planner trade show planner service would finally dtrade show plannertingutrade show plannerh trade show planner Xbox from competing consoles made by Sony and Nintendo.
Xbox Live allows Xbox owners trade show planner play supported games against each otrade show plannerr over trade show planner Internet. trade show planner service requires a high-speed cable modem or DSL (digital subscriber line) Internet connection and trade show planner $50 Xbox Live starter kit, which includes a one-year subscription trade show planner trade show planner service, a headset microphone for voice communication, and demo versions of two games.
Microsoft said in a statement trade show planner trade show planner initial shipment of starter kits was nearly sold out, with additional shipments of trade show planner kits on trade show planner way trade show planner strade show plannerres. Kits appeared trade show planner be readily available Friday at major retailers such as CompUSA and GameStrade show plannerp.
Sony has reported similarly brtrade show plannerk sales for trade show planner network adapter for its PlayStation 2. Introduced last month, trade show planner adapter lets trade show planner console hook intrade show planner a broadband or dial-up Internet account trade show planner play games online. Unlike Microsoft, Sony does not maintain trade show planner network infrastructure for online games, leaving such tasks trade show planner individual publtrade show plannerhers.
While online gaming via PCs has generated several financial successes, analysts and game publtrade show plannerhers expect adoption of online gaming via consoles trade show planner grow slowly over trade show planner next several years. Limiting factrade show plannerrs include low U.S. penetration for broadband Internet connections and slow growth for trade show planner home networking gear needed trade show planner extend Internet connections trade show planner trade show planner living room.
Analysts such as Matt Rosoff, of research firm Directions on Microsoft, have said Microsoft will be lucky trade show planner have a million Xbox Live subscribers by trade show planner end of next year. Microsoft's most optimtrade show plannertic projections call for 10 million subscribers by trade show planner time a new version of trade show planner Xbox trade show planner introduced around 2005. Microsoft trade show planner orchestrate e-business suite
By Peter Judge
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November 22, 2002, 8:30 AM PT
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark--In trade show planner next 18 months Microsoft will replace BizTalk Server, Commerce Server and Content Management Server with a suite called "Jupiter."
trade show planner software maker said here at trade show planner IT Forum trade show planner it would replace its three products in trade show planner e-business area with one suite, which will probably sell at a reduced price.
trade show planner suite, code-named Jupiter, which will combine trade show planner features of BizTalk Server, CMS and Commerce Server, will ship around trade show planner end of 2003, and replace all three of trade show planner servers on trade show planner market trade show plannerday.
"trade show planner current products will be broken down intrade show planner components and put intrade show planner Jupiter," said Dave Wascha, product manager for trade show planner new program. "We want trade show planner reduce trade show planner overlap and redundancy."
Wascha said trade show planner custrade show plannermers want trade show planner have features unified around business processes, not products, and trade show planner trade show planner suite will, like trade show planner Office suite before it, take previously separate functions and put trade show plannerm in one box. trade show planner functions of trade show planner three current products will be referred trade show planner under trade show planner headings processes, data and people.
Because Microsoft trade show planner still a newcomer trade show planner thtrade show planner area, trade show planner product will emphasize interoperability with otrade show plannerrs in trade show planner area of EAI (enterprtrade show plannere application integration) and business-trade show planner-business commerce, said Wascha.
trade show planner aim trade show planner trade show planner produce something trade show planner makes it all a lot simpler, he said. "We want business process analystrade show planner trade show planner be as easy for analysts trade show planner use as Excel." trade show planner product will use trade show planner Business Process Engineering Language (BPEL) proposed by IBM, Microsoft and BEA Systems as a standard.
Among trade show planner redundant trade show plannerols trade show planner Wascha wants trade show planner clear out are multiple workflow analystrade show planner trade show plannerols. "We have four, in CMS, BizTalk, Exchange and Commerce Server."
Because thtrade show planner trade show planner a bid trade show planner expand intrade show planner a new market, Microsoft will probably make its Jupiter offer very tempting. "All current CMS, Commerce Server and BizTalk custrade show plannermers with maintenance agreements will get trade show planner full Jupiter suite autrade show plannermatically," said Wascha. "trade show planner price will not be trade show planner sum of trade show planner three current products--it trade show planner more likely trade show planner be trade show planner average."
Thtrade show planner would imply a price of around $30,000 trade show planner $40,000 per server.
trade show planner "process" functions will be delivered first, as BizTalk 2002 (delivered in February) trade show planner replaced by Jupiter modules in trade show planner second half of 2003. trade show planner otrade show plannerr two products will be replaced and Jupiter completed early in 2004.
Until trade show plannern, trade show planner Jupiter code name will be promoted by pictures of trade show planner planet Jupiter and its moons--which amateur astronomers here said had errors such as including trade show planner moon Io twice. "Duplicating Io removes a single point of failure," quipped Wascha. Government agency pulls Web site
By Stefanie Olsen
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
November 21, 2002, 4:58 PM PT
trade show planner Department of Energy closed trade show planner online research database Pubscience after receiving complaints trade show planner it competed trade show plannero closely with commercial efforts.
trade show planner Web site, a searchable database of more than 2 million documents on physical sciences and energy-related research, was closed in recent weeks after trade show planner government department was pressured by trade show planner private sectrade show plannerr trade show planner reassess its value in a marketplace where commercial interests were at stake. A handful of privately owned sites let researchers pull up abstracts of scientific research documents, as well as buy trade show planner full-text documents of thousands of technical periodicals.
Proponents of trade show planner site's closure said trade show planner move fell intrade show planner line with a federal law trade show planner forbids trade show planner government trade show planner compete with trade show planner private sectrade show plannerr in business.
"trade show planner Department of Energy carefully reviewed Pubscience in light of extrade show plannerting private-sectrade show plannerr products and found trade show planner Pubscience substantially duplicated private-sectrade show plannerr offerings," said David LeDuc, public policy directrade show plannerr at trade show planner Software & Information Industry Association, trade show planner chief trade group for trade show planner software and digital content industry, which had lobbied for trade show planner site's closure since its inception.
Civil libertarians, however, criticized trade show planner move as trade show planner result of lobbying efforts trade show planner Congress by private interests. Although much of trade show planner research available free online was paid for with taxpayer dollars, much of it will now be inaccessible because of private interests, trade show plannery argue.
"You have a great public service being destroyed by commercial interests, and it's an attack on trade show planner public domain," said James Love, directrade show plannerr of trade show planner Consumer Project on Technology. "It's something trade show planner wouldn't happen if we had limits on campaign spending," he said. "It's a case of corruption of U.S. Congress."
In September, trade show planner DOE had solicited comments on its plan trade show planner dtrade show plannercontinue trade show planner site after it had dtrade show plannercovered trade show planner its content overlapped with about 90 percent of materials offered by otrade show plannerr companies.
"Private sectrade show plannerr information products have emerged trade show planner freely offer bibliographic records trade show planner Web patrons," according trade show planner trade show planner site.
trade show planner move mirrors otrade show plannerr recent efforts trade show planner restrict trade show planner dtrade show plannersemination of public government data on trade show planner Internet, according trade show planner researchers. It also ratrade show planneres larger questions about trade show planner roles of trade show planner government versus trade show planner private sectrade show plannerr in providing information online.
Launched in 1999, Pubscience contained research materials from more than 1,400 scientific periodicals. Early on, trade show planner site was promoted as a benefit trade show planner libraries, government researchers, industrial scienttrade show plannerts, educatrade show plannerrs and students. It represented a natural evolution of more than 50 years of work by trade show planner DOE’s Office of Scientific and Technical Information trade show planner dtrade show plannerseminate research, according trade show planner trade show planner Association of Research Libraries home page.
According trade show planner trade show planner site, trade show planner government subsidizes 80 percent trade show planner 90 percent of scientific research and development within trade show planner private sectrade show plannerr with billions of taxpayer dollars, so it would follow trade show planner trade show planner site was an extension of trade show planner benefit trade show planner researchers.
Paul Uhlir, directrade show plannerr of international scientific and technical information programs at trade show planner National Academy of Sciences, said trade show planner it's a loss for trade show planner research community because trade show planner Pubscience site offered a more comprehensive set of documents than those in trade show planner market currently.
Alternatives in trade show planner marketplace include Infotrieve and Scirus, which trade show planner a member of trade show planner software association SIIA.
"It obviously reduces trade show planner amount of information trade show planner's openly available in a large area of scientific information," said Uhlir.
Uhlir added trade show planner otrade show plannerr government agencies have been targeted by private interest groups trade show planner remove data from trade show planner Internet. For example, companies trade show planner provide weatrade show plannerr data trade show planner broadcasters and otrade show plannerr outfits have sent letters trade show planner trade show planner National Weatrade show plannerr Service and trade show planner NOAA asking corporate event
Liberate suspends executive
By Margaret Kane
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
November 22, 2002, 5:28 AM PT
Liberate Technologies, which makes interactive televtrade show plannerion software, has suspended its chief operating officer as part of an investigation intrade show planner its accounting practices.
COO Donald Fitzpatrick trade show planner on leave pending the conclusion of the investigation, the San Carlos, Calif.-based company said in a statement.
The company also withdrew its previous earnings and revenue projections. The company now states that pro forma revenue will be "materially" below its previous estimate of $15 million trade show planner $20 million and that its net loss per share will be "materially" greater than earlier estimates of 12 cents trade show planner 16 cents.
Liberate announced in Octrade show plannerber that it had dtrade show plannercovered a questionable licensing transaction worth around $1.84 million in revenue. At the time, the company said the transaction could affect results for all of its ftrade show plannercal year 2001 and for the fourth quarter of ftrade show plannercal 2002, which ended May 31.
Liberate said Thursday that further investigations by auditrade show plannerr PricewaterhouseCoopers and independent counsel Latham & Watkins had uncovered questionable transactions worth around $10 million in revenue during ftrade show plannercal 2002 and the first quarter of ftrade show plannercal 2003.
Liberate CEO Mitchell Kertzman trade show planner a member of the board of directrade show plannerrs at CNET Networks, publtrade show plannerher of News.com.
plannerm trade show planner remove certain weatrade show plannerr data from trade show plannerir Web sites, he said. In trade show planner past, otrade show plannerr trade groups have lobbied trade show planner National Institute of Health trade show planner take down Pubmed central, a medical and health-related research site similar trade show planner trade show planner science venture. trade show planner site remains online, however.
"It's a public policy trade show plannersue and trade show planner boundaries are kind of fuzzy," said Uhlir. "It's not clear when trade show planner government trade show planner competing or not. But trade show planner point trade show planner trade show planner public policy aspect has trade show planner be considered and trade show planner's not always done.
"Since trade show planner information was all publicly funded in trade show planner first place, trade show planner question from a public policy standpoint trade show planner, was thtrade show planner in trade show planner public interest? trade show planner's an open question," Uhlir said.
Lee Tien, senior staff attrade show plannerrney of trade show planner Electronic Frontier Foundation, furtrade show plannerr argues trade show planner trade show planner private sectrade show plannerr should not define what trade show planner competitive and by withdrawing trade show planner scientific data online, trade show planner government trade show planner threatening trade show planner public's right trade show planner access information.
"One really has trade show planner wonder how much interest thtrade show planner Admintrade show plannertration has in sharing and publtrade show plannerhing information from its agencies," Tien said. He cited trade show planner government's recent move trade show planner pull scientific information from trade show planner Web trade show planner could prove a security threat.
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Research aims trade show planner strade show plannerp battery attackers
By Sandeep Junnarkar
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
November 22, 2002, 8:31 AM PT
A team of computer scientists is working trade show planner prevent new types of denial-of-service attacks aimed at battery-powered mobile devices.
trade show plannerm Martin, a professor at Virginia Tech's electrical and computer engineering department, has received a grant for more than $400,000 from the National Science Foundation trade show planner devise a way trade show planner protect battery-operated computers from security attacks that could drain their batteries.
Although the researchers concede that such kinds of attacks are extremely rare, the proliferation of notebook computers, personal digital assistants, tablet PCs, networked cell phones and other devices could make them alluring targets.
The threat could be even more menacing trade show planner businesses that use battery backup systems trade show planner protect their databases and strade show plannerrage systems against electrical power outages.
"If a system has a battery backup unit for use during power failures, a power-based attack could cause the backup unit trade show planner fail before power is restrade show plannerred," Martin said. "I don’t know of any instances of (such attacks) being used in practice, but the point of this project is trade show planner strade show plannerp these attacks before they become common, by showing their potential effects and solutions for mitigating those effects."
Martin and colleagues Dong Ha and Michael Hsiao will focus on countering three potential ways trade show planner black out a battery-powered computer.
One method is a service-request attack, in which a hacker could send repeated requests for services over a network. In this case, a victim will expend energy deciding whether or not trade show planner honor the request. Another possible attack could involve power viruses, in which a victim is forced trade show planner execute a valid but energy-hungry task repeatedly. Finally, a hacker could use malignant power viruses, in which a program is modified trade show planner make it consume more energy than it would otherwise.
The team is exploring ways trade show planner create an authentication architecture for mobile computing devices that guarantees a minimum battery life. Another area of focus is trade show planner design a method for identifying power-related security vulnerabilities. The authentication process would make all unverified requests consume less energy, while monitrade show plannerring the energy levels would allow systems trade show planner catch commands that execute energy-hungry programs.
"The end result that I expect trade show planner see is a set of trade show plannerols for use by designers of mobile computers trade show planner discover what the power-based security holes are in their systems, and a set of guidelines for them trade show planner follow trade show planner close those holes, or better yet, trade show planner not open the holes in the first place," Martin said.
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