EDUPAGE> Edupage, October 17, 2003
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TOP STORIES FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2003
Apple Expands into Windows Music
VeriSign Sells Network Solutions, Retains Registry
Hacker's Acquittal Raises Concerns over Trojan Horse Defense
Compromise Reached on Database-Protection Bill
APPLE EXPANDS INTO WINDOWS MUSIC
Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs on Thursday unveiled his company's
expansion of its iTunes music service to include Windows computers.
Jobs also announced deals Apple has struck with America Online (AOL)
and PepsiCo. Under the first arrangement, AOL will direct users of its
music site to Apple's iTunes store, where they can purchase music with
their AOL memberships. Jobs and AOL CEO Jonathan Miller said the deal
was "exclusive." PepsiCo and Apple will launch a marketing campaign
that features 100 million free iTunes songs, given away through
special
caps on PepsiCo bottles. Apple's iTunes has been extremely successful
as a Macintosh-based service, and Jobs said the company has sold 1.4
million of its iPod music players. With the Windows-based version of
its service, Apple will compete with online music services including
RealNetworks, MusicNet, and BuyMusic.com.
New York Times, 17 October 2003 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/17/technology/17APPL.html
VERISIGN SELLS NETWORK SOLUTIONS, RETAINS REGISTRY
VeriSign has announced the sale of Network Solutions to a
venture-capital company for around $100 million, though it will retain
the registry for .com and .net addresses. VeriSign acquired both the
registrar and the registry when it bought Network Solutions three
years
ago. The Network Solutions registrar business is essentially a
marketplace for .com and .net names and, according to VeriSign, does
not fit well with the company's goal of focusing on infrastructure
services. The registry, which was recently renamed VeriSign Naming and
Directory Services, is the vast database that connects users who type
URLs into browsers to the appropriate locations on the Web.
CNET, 16 October 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1025-5092316.html
HACKER'S ACQUITTAL RAISES CONCERNS OVER TROJAN HORSE DEFENSE
Some security experts fear that a British teen's acquittal on charges
of hacking into the computer system of the port of Houston will weaken
future prosecutions of computer crimes. Aaron Caffrey was charged with
a 2001 attack that left the port's computer system crippled. Although
Caffrey acknowledged that the attack originated from his computer, he
argued in court that a trojan horse program had been installed on his
computer without his knowledge. That application, Caffrey insisted,
allowed someone to remotely launch the attack from his computer.
Although no evidence of such an application was found on Caffrey's
computer, the jury ruled in his favor. Graham Cluley, senior
technology
consultant for Sophos, said of the jury's decision that even without
evidence of a trojan horse application, defendants in similar cases
"might still be able to successfully claim that they were not
responsible for what their computer does."
BBC, 17 October 2003
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3202116.stm
COMPROMISE REACHED ON DATABASE-PROTECTION BILL
A House of Representatives subcommittee has passed a bill that would
extend strong intellectual-property protections to databases after
opposition from three academic groups was withdrawn. The Database and
Collections of Information Misappropriation Act, introduced last week
by Howard Coble (R-N.C.), had stirred objections from academic groups,
which saw it as a threat to researchers. The original version of the
bill included a vague exception for academics, but the version that
passed the subcommittee this week has a much stronger exception.
According to the revised bill, "no liability shall be imposed under
this act" on higher education and research institutions or their
employees. With that language, the Association of American
Universities, the American Council on Education, and the National
Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges have ended
their opposition to the bill and assumed a neutral position. Other
groups, including the National Academies, the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce,
and academic-library organizations, continue to oppose the bill.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 17 October 2003 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2003/10/2003101701t.htm
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