[ECP] Educational CyberPlayGround NetHappenings News and Resources

Greetings All,

More for today, Happy Reading.

best,
<Karen>



1)
We Love Our Libraries - 2 Views
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Internet/INTERESTINGSITES/Interesting_Web_Sites2.html
"Ten years after some experts predicted the demise of the nation's system of libraries as a result of the Internet explosion, the most current national data on library use shows that the exact opposite has happened..." People are still coming to the libraries for books, now we just offer them a whole lot more services than we used to. That's the prudent thing to do and that's how anyone stays in "business." 
Yes, people are coming to the libraries, but not for reading materials,
they are coming for movies more than anything else, and other electronic
items, including free Internet access. . .but the traditional libraries,
and their services, are definitely on the decline.
The report stressed patrons' internet use, attendance at programs, and
other library services  - i.e. "more than print books."  The library is
becoming less like what a library used to be and more like a
non-profit video/audio store.

2)
QuickTime, not Safari, to blame for MacBook problems
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/25/quicktime_vuln_fells_mac/
Dino Dai Zovi set the record straight in a blog posting yesterday. It
adds that Mac users browsing with Firefox are also vulnerable if
QuickTime is installed and that QuickTime may put Java-enabled browsers
on Windows machines at risk as well.

3)
150 extremist websites exposed this year - Russian police
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11465521

4)
Neiman Marcus: Information on 160,000 people stolen
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/04/25/business/news/42_55_364_24_07.txt
A computer stolen from a Neiman Marcus consultant contained
personal information on nearly 160,000 current and former employees, the
luxury retailer said Tuesday.

5)
White House 'ignored security breaches'
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/152f3264-f200-11db-b5b6-000b5df10621.html
The White House was yesterday accused by a senior Democratic congressman
of systematically ignoring security breaches and violations involving
classified material, including leaving "sensitive" classified
information unattended in a hotel room.
Mr Waxman said security officers told the House committee they were
prohibited from conducting unannounced inspections of the White House's
West Wing. The unnamed officials told Mr Waxman that, while security
specialists had access to the West Wing during the Clinton
administration, access was revoked by the Bush administration.

6)
RFID virus buster builds wireless firewall
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39170
"SPYCHIPS," some privacy campaigners call RFID. Two years ago, when
Melanie Rieback in 2005 was hunting for a research topic for her PhD,
she settled on RFID security because "It was obvious there was a lot of
work to be done."
Based at the department of computer science at Vrije Universiteit in the
Netherlands, Rieback, an American, caused a storm last year when she
published a paper on RFID viruses. "I wrote a completely scientifically
and factually neutral paper about how to use RFID to perpetuate common
exploits like the ones on the Internet today," she says.

7)
'Evil twin' Wi-Fi access points proliferate
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyId=12&articleId=9017825
The next time you splurge on a double latte and sip it while browsing
the Internet via the local cafe's Wi-Fi, beware of the "evi

8)
Bank Group Sues TJX over Data Breach
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2122057,00.asp
In another in a lengthy line of lawsuits against The TJX Companies
involving the massive data breach that the company announced in January,
the Massachusetts Bankers Association said on April 24 that it will sue
the retail chain, accusing it of "negligent misrepresentation." The MBA
claims that TJX's assertion that it had been "safeguarding and disposing
of cardholder data" was false at the time it was made.

9)
Hackers debut malware loaded USB ruse
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/25/usb_malware/

10)
Major Anti-Spam Lawsuit to Be Filed in Virginia
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/25/AR2007042503098.html
A company representing Internet users in more than 100 countries is
expected to file a lawsuit in Virginia on Thursday seeking the identity
of individuals responsible for harvesting millions of e-mail addresses
on behalf of spammers.
The suit will be filed in U.S. District Court in Alexandria on behalf of
Project Honey Pot, a service of Unspam Technologies LLC, a Utah-based
anti-spam company that consults with private companies and government
agencies.

11)
Researchers Break Internet Speed Records
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Internet/INTERNETII/NEWS_ARTICLE_ON_INTERNET_1.html

12)
Ohio University announces changes in file-sharing policies
http://www.ohio.edu/students/filesharing.cfm
Beginning at 12:01 a.m. Friday, April 27, the university will begin
monitoring its network for P2P file sharing activity and disabling
Internet access for computers found in violation of the new policy.
Today's announcement follows the recent crackdown by the Recording
Industry Association of America on illegal music downloading.

It would be interesting to know whether Ohio University, an agency of
the state, is inspecting the content of packets being sent between
ordinary citizens in its enforcement activities in this regard.
While employers have a precedent regarding inspecting *employees*
network data transfers, there is little precedent for inspection of
packets of citizen-customers (i.e. students who pay tuition and room
and board, which includes payment for Internet services).

13)
Processor frequency may mess up your GPS navigation system
<http://www.navigadget.com/index.php/2007/04/25/processor-frequency-may-mess-up-your-gps-navigation-system/>http://www.navigadget.com/index.php/2007/04/25/processor-frequency-may-mess-up-your-gps-navigation-system/

14)
US Falls to 25th in Broadband Penetration Worldwide
http://www.websiteoptimization.com/bw/0704/
Top 25 Countries in Household Broadband Penetration - Q32006 - Q42006
US Broadband Growth Below OECD Average - April 2007 Bandwidth Report

15)
$50 usd will buy a standard looking 4G Kingston DataTraveler
This will hold 10,000 one million character eBooks in .zip format,
and is perhaps half a cubic inch, weight 0.3 ounces = nothing!
The 64G version, which will hold 100,000 eBooks.
Then the 400G version will hold a million books!!! <Karen>

16)
Top Ten Ways to Protect Your Privacy Online
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Internet/e-mail/Anonymity_At_Any_Cost.html

17)
The Hidden Net - Where all the other specialized Search Engines Are Found
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Internet/search.html

18)
Get the facts about copyright law
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Internet/1copyright.html
Copyright Topics Include: music copyright law,
us copyright law, definition of copyright law, plagiarism,
digital rights management, fair use, public domain,
copyleft, open source, photography and publishing.

19)
Coyright Law and Music
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Music/musiclaw.html

20)
Internet Tutorial For Beginners
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Read_This_First.html

21)
Open Source Content
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/OpenSource.html

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