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From MSNBC:
The key to unlocking a cure for cancer might be sitting in your den or home office.
Modeled after the groundbreaking and wildly popular SETI@home project, scientists have conceived Rosetta@home to harness the power of PCs to solve basic problems in medicine.
Rosetta@home plans to use the extensive number-crunching power of computer time donated by tens of thousands of individuals to hopefully unravel basic mysteries of proteins, the building blocks of life.
Within the last week, Microsoft started offering their Virtual Server 2005 R2 software for free. This allows you to run multiple operating systems at the same time on one computer using virtualization. This is the same sort of technology that VMware uses.
You can “Download or Order Virtual Server 2005 R2 Enterprise Edition for Free” from the Microsoft site.
From InternetNews:
Landline telephones may soon need a lifeline as more people cut the cord in favor of Voice over IP (VoIP) and wireless phone alternatives.
VoIP subscribers in the U.S. are expected to hit the 32.6 million mark by 2010, which means that roughly 40 percent of all broadband households in the country will be using VoIP systems from Vonage, AT&T and others in the field.
This compares with about 5.2 million VoIP subscribers with an expected 9.6 million by the end of this year, according to a report just released by eMarketer.
Sitting in the line of fire is the $190 billion fixed-line telephony industry, which is expected to lose users and revenues as cable companies, ISPs and others take a piece of the pie.
From CNN:
Some 300,000 Europeans rushed to register their new “.eu” Internet domain names in the first hour of being able to sign up to the new Web site addresses, European Union officials said Friday.
Registrations for the new domain name opened up to those who reside in the 25-nation EU on a first-come, first served basis, the European Commission said.
EU Commissioner Viviane Reding said the Commission hopes the new “.eu” name will one day rival the “.com” name.
From InternetNews:
Snoops no longer need much technical savvy to steal personal information from computers and mobile phones. The reason? Easy-to-use spyware (define) is increasingly becoming available online.
Recently released offerings include a kit that allows purchasers to infect their Web sites with malicious software code that can automatically install itself on computers that happen to visit the booby trapped site, and software that can be installed on mobile phones to track all incoming and outgoing calls and text messages…
“This type of behavior is inviting the return of what we call script-kiddies,” said Carole Theriault, senior security consultant at Sophos, in a statement. “The more common cyber attacks become, the more of these types of sites offering kits, databases of email addresses and [custom-built] Trojans and spyware we will see. So as long as the money continues to flow, there will be interested parties.”
From the Globe and Mail:
A showdown may be looming over a free wireless Internet network that New Orleans set up to boost recovery after Hurricane Katrina pummeled the city.
Calling the network vital to the city’s economic comeback, New Orleans technology chief Greg Meffert is vowing to keep the system running as is, even if it means breaking a state law that permits its full operation only during emergencies.
He says he’s ready to go to court, if necessary.
“If you can get to the Net, you can do business,” Meffert said.
The system, established with $1-million (U.S.) in donated equipment, made its debut last fall in the wake of the hurricane disaster. It’s the first free wireless Internet network owned and run by a major city.
From MSNBC:
Maureen Silliman felt her empty pocket and gulped: Her new $300 iPod must have bounced out as she ran to catch a train. While she sobbed, her boyfriend suggested a message on the lost-and-found section of Craigslist, an online bazaar of classified ads.
“No,” the 24-year-old Silliman said. “Nobody would ever turn in an iPod.”
Her boyfriend posted the message anyway. Within 24 hours, Silliman’s iPod was back.
In an increasingly cynical world, there are still places where people try to do the right thing.
I received this press release the other day:
CyberMatrix Corporation has released version 2.00 of VirusCop. VirusCop is a freeware Windows program for reporting e-mail virus spam, Usenet spam, erroneous e-mail bounces and other spam. This latest release contains several important new features. There is now an automatic bulk reporting feature. This feature allows you to save many spam messages to a folder. The program will then automatically send complaint reports to the Internet Service Providers of the spam senders. VirusCop works in conjunction with SpamAssassin, automatically removing SpamAssassin headers before reporting. Spam that cannot be reported can be automatically forwarded to another spam reporting service such as SpamCop.
VirusCop allows you to paste in the headers from spam and the relevant ISP e-mail contacts. If you prefer, VirusCop can even automatically find the email complaint contacts for you. The included complaint messages can be edited to suit your particular tastes. Multiple SpamCop reporting links can be conveniently launched from the VirusCop reporting window.
Check it out on the CyberMatrix web site…
I received this press release recently:
We are glad to announce the release of our new product:
Ads Filter - the powerful content/banner filter designed for MS Internet Explorer. It allows user to block unwanted adverts and other annoying content while browsing with IE. The Ads Filter prevents downloading tons of ads, saves your internet bandwidth and improves the page load time. Ads Filter shrinks wasted space earlier used by adverts for more informative page look and less scrolling.Our program keeps pages always clean, small and more informative.
See more information at
http://www.adsfilter.com/en
Medcyclopaedia.com is a text, media and feature rich web site addressing the information needs of medical professionals around the globe. Here, among other high quality pieces of content, you will find the complete on-line edition of the Encyclopaedia of Medical Imaging, the complete on-line edition of A Global Textbook of Radiology, as well as several hundred carefully chosen chapters from the ESNR CD-ROM series.
It’s kind of technical, but interesting. Check it out…
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