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Charity hoax emails spread

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Author: JT Smith

Reuters says Internet users are being
bombarded with sympathy e-mails full of tearful
tales of youngsters in need who ask for help.

Spiderman coming to mobile phones

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Author: JT Smith

A Finnish high-tech firm is
teaming up with U.S. toy maker and cartoon
publisher Marvel Enterprises to bring Spiderman
and other superheros to mobile phones. From Reuters.

Researchers are building tiny robots

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Author: JT Smith

Researchers are convinced that these small devices, particularly nanostructures, will
open new frontiers in medicine, sensor technology and computing and even change how
we control matter. From a report at LATimes.com.

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  • Linux

Roundup: surfing on death’s door

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Author: JT Smith

By using the Internet, you can explore the grave–before and beyond, according to LATimes.com staff writer Michelle Maltais.

Presidential hopefuls and the Internet

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Author: JT Smith

For a guy who supposedly invented the Internet, it sure took Al Gore a long time to
come up with a decent Web site. From LATimes.com.

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  • Linux

Colleges buying student email addresses

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Author: JT Smith

The College Board is selling students’ e-mail addresses to colleges and universities this
summer for the first time. From Associated Press.

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  • Open Source

2600 Australia finds a hole in Woolies

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Author: JT Smith

This international security and decryption group has sent warnings to two major Australian business-to-consumer e-commerce players of gaping loopholes in their online security via its security advisory service, Wiretapped. From PCWorld.com Australia.
Wiretapped.net has the
full (redacted) analysis.

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  • Linux

E-textbooks: the next campus trend?

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Author: JT Smith

Most people think of Stephen King’s entry into online publishing when they think of
e-books, says this Associated Press report, but many publishers and professors believe college texts are the more promising
market.

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  • Linux

Online firm looking for a few good fund managers

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Author: JT Smith

The company is Marketocracy, led by fund manager Ken Kam. The firm has set up a web site (www.marketocracy.com)
designed to let anyone set up a fictitious mutual fund starting with a million dollars. From Reuters.

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  • Open Source

Ex-Oracle president to sell $41 million in stock

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Author: JT Smith

Raymond Lane, who resigned as the No. 2 executive at
Oracle Corp. (ORCL.O) behind Chairman Larry Ellison, plans to sell 500,000 common
shares, according to Reuters.

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  • Open Source
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