CYBERZONE

HACKERS ATTACK HEART OF THE NET

Servers that managed global internet traffic have been subjected to a concerted attack by hackers.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/technology/6338261.stm

GOOGLE WARNS OF RISKS FROM WEB TV

New internet TV services such as Joost and YouTube may bring the global network to its knees, internet companies said today, adding they are already investing heavily just to keep data flowing.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-02-07-google-web-tv_x.htm

http://www.stuff.co.nz/hlc/1,,104084~3954898a28~,00.html

STEVE JOBS PRESSURES MUSIC LABELS TO DROP DRM Apple indicated it would open its iTunes store to other portable players besides its ubiquitous iPod if the world's major record labels abandoned antipiracy technology.

http://www.moneyweb.co.za/mw/view/mw/en/page94?oid=67686&sn=Detail

http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=013001H44RQ5&nl=2

MICROSOFT PRIVACY DEFENCE DELAYS POLICE

Computer giant Microsoft refused police requests for information on a suspected burglary ring, claiming as a United States-based company that it was not subject to New Zealand laws.

>>  http://www.stuff.co.nz/hlc/1,,104084~3954263a28~,00.html

TIME WARNER TELECOM 4Q LOSS GROWS

Time Warner Telecom Inc., a provider of voice and data networking services to businesses, said its fourth-quarter loss widened from last year, as operating costs increased due to stock-based compensation and debt-extinguishment expenses. Net loss for the quarter was $24.8 million, or 18 cents per share, compared with a loss of $22.3 million, or 19 cents per share, in the year-ago period. The 2005 quarter included 5 cents per share in charges for debt extinguishment. Excluding stock-based compensation and debt-extinguishment costs, the company lost 7 cents per share in the recent quarter. Revenue for the quarter was $238.8 million, up 29 percent from $184.5 million.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4531700.html

SCIENCE ZONE

IF LEONARDO HAD MADE TOYS

of toys extraordinary capabilities to fly, float, walk and roll in ways unimaginable just a few years ago.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/08/technology/08toys.html?8cir&emc=cir

FIBER CABLE PROPOSED FOR SAMOA

The U.S. Interior Department is proposing a $3 million appropriation to help this U.S. territory develop an undersea fiber-optic cable link touted by Gov. Togiola Tulafono. Tulafono has been pushing to have American Samoa linked to the Southern Cross-owned fiber-optic cable that runs from the U.S. West Coast through Hawaii and Fiji to Australia. American Samoa would hook up in Fiji, and the governor has already conducted a site visit of the area. Tulafono said a call center in Pago Pago would open once the fiber-optic cable is installed. The operation would initially create 200 to 300 jobs with the potential to expand to more than 1,000 workers, he added.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4533437.html

CHINESE MAKER OFFERS $129 PC

Tian En GX-2 uses a TV instead of a monitor A Chinese PC maker  introduced a low-cost PC designed for customers in rural China that can be used with a TV as a display.__Sichuan Sinomanic Technology LLC in Chengdu developed the $129 Tian En GX-2, which is being pitched as a low-cost system that can help narrow the "digital divide" between China's rural and urban areas.__The GX-2 is based on a 400MHz MIPS processor from Raza Microelectronics Inc. It runs either a version of the Linux operating system or FutureAlpha, a Chinese-developed operating system. The GX-2 has 128MB of DDR (double data rate) DRAM, one USB 2.0 port, a 10/100Mbit/sec. Ethernet adapter and a 1GB Secure Digital memory card to store data.__The PC, which does not include a monitor, has a VGA output for computer monitors as well as a TV output. This capability could help some users save money as TVs are found in most homes across China.

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9010422&source=NLT_PM&nlid=8

XI'AN TO GO WiFi

The city of Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi province, China, will get 1,000 Wi-Fi hotspots: Although the press release describes provider Along as turning Xi'an into a "Wi-Fi city," it's not a city-wide Wi-Fi network so much as an extensive network of hotspots. The city covers nearly 900 square miles, and 1,000 access points doesn't provide enough density for residential use, of course. The release says 7m people live there;  Encyclopedia Britannica cites a 2003 estimate of city population at 2.7m. The company will add a number of hotspots at universities and "tertiary institutions," by which I have no idea what's meant.

  http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070206/cntu015.html?.v=17

WIRELESS ZONE

DMCA EXEMPTION COULD UNLOCK CELL PHONES

Last November, the Librarian of Congress adopted half a dozen exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, among them one that might give cell phone phone users greater freedom to move between carriers with their mobile devices. That exemption allows users to legally unlock their cell phones, according to two attorneys with Banner & Witcoff in Chicago.

http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/55590.html

CELLPHONES TO USE BIOFUELS

Mobile firms turn to biodiesel to generate power for their  networks in unconnected, rural India.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/technology/6341607.stm

JAPAN CELLPHONE SUBSCRIPTIONS TOP 100 MILLION The number of mobile phone subscriptions in Japan tops 100 million for the first time, a telecoms association says.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/business/6342001.stm

WIPING OUT CELL PHONE ZOMBIES, CHICAGO-STYLE

About a year ago, Joe Shields got an unwanted text message on his cell phone promoting an astrology Web site, and on Wednesday Shields learned he'll get up to $150 for his trouble. Shields was among several cell phone customers participating in a class-action lawsuit intended to strangle mobile phone spam before it can spread as it has on the Internet.

http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/55543.html

SITE CITE

GOOD SEX IS NOT A RACE RACE

Experiments in rats find that females who make their mates wait for the magic moment, she'll be rewarded with his loyalty.

http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe2e15717d650d78741073-fdfb15737467027b72147874-ff3310707762-fef61c7471640d-fe2615717c670174701272