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diff --git a/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.05.06/Wed/else b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.05.06/Wed/else new file mode 100644 index 0000000..90eee08 --- /dev/null +++ b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.05.06/Wed/else @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +<img width="200" height="135" border="0" src="http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/images/pans.jpg" title="Pans" alt="Pans" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; float: right;" />Elsewhere on Wired: + +* Cult of Mac's Leander Kahney [asks][1]: EMusic Sells DRM-Free Music, Why Doesn't Steve Jobs? Indeed. + +[1]: http://blog.wired.com/cultofmac/2007/02/emusic_sells_dr.html "EMusic Sells DRM-Free Music, Why Doesn't Steve Jobs?" + +* Listening Post also has some follow up on Jobs' anti-DRM rant with some tasty quotes from the RIAA, who apparently [think Jobs wants to license Fairplay][2]. The thing is, Jobs writes the exact opposite in his letter. It just goes to show you that even the fabled reality distortion field of Steve Jobs is no match for the reality distortion field of the RIAA. All your rights are belong to us. + +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/02/riaa_response_t.html "RIAA Response to Steve Jobs' Thoughts on Music?" + +* 27B Stroke 6's Ryan Singel is at the RSA security conference where [Javascript vulnerabilities are all the rage][3]. Isn't that why everyone stopped using Javascript the first time around -- because it was too easy to exploit? Just because it got a shiny new acronym doesn't mean it's easier to write secure code. + +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/02/web_20_as_a_sto.html "Web 2.0 As A Story To Be Destroyed by Hackers" + +* If you haven't seen Guillermo del Toro's amazing movie *Pan's Labyrinth*, don't follow this link, it gives away the ending (and much more), but Table of Malcontent's Annalee Newitz has an [interesting analysis][4] of the film. More importantly, if you haven't seen it yet hurry up and do so before it disappears from theaters. + +[4]: http://blog.wired.com/tableofmalcontents/2007/02/pans_labyrinth_.html "Pan's Labyrinth – Can Fantasies Rescue Us from Fascism?"
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Google says the bandwidth strain of movie download services like Joost will bring the network to its knees. The Internet was not designed for TV Google claims. Good. Let's not put TV on the internet. + +[1]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyID=2007-02-07T182929Z_01_L0767087_RTRUKOC_0_US-CABLE-WEBTV.xml&pageNumber=1&imageid=&cap=&sz=13&WTModLoc=NewsArt-C1-ArticlePage1 "Google and cable firms warn of risks from Web TV" + + +* Two significant flaws have been found in Firefox. The first is a [flaw in the pop up blocker][5] that shipped with Firefox 1.5 which allows remote sources to read local files. The second vulnerability is more serious and [allows phishing sites to fool Firefox][6] into thinking that the site is secure. The phishing attack appears to work on newer versions of Firefox including the most recent v2.0.0.1. + +[5]: http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5JP051FKKE.html "Firefox Popup Blocker Allows Reading Arbitrary Local Files " +[6]: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=367538 "Firefox 2.0.0.1 Phishing Protection bypass" + +* [FuturePhone][2] has [gone the way of the Dodo][3]. Well sort of, the dodo wasn't sued for 2 million dollars that I know of, but they are both gone. + +[2]: http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/10/19/19pogue-email/ "The Final Word on Futurephone" +[3]: http://gigaom.com/2007/02/07/atts-free-call-bill-2-million/ "AT&T’s Free Call Bill: $2 Million" diff --git a/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.05.06/Wed/reboot.txt b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.05.06/Wed/reboot.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..74004b8 --- /dev/null +++ b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/02.05.06/Wed/reboot.txt @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +<img alt="Any_key_3" title="Any_key_3" src="http://blog.wired.com/photos/uncategorized/any_key_2.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" />The Morning Reboot: + +* Amazon and TiVo [have announced a new video download service][1]. However, unlike competing offerings (such as Walmart's disastrous launch yesterday), the new partners will download movies and TV shows directly to customers' televisions via their TiVos. So far officials refused to give a target date for the service's launch. + +[1]: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2007-02-07T053842Z_01_N06308517_RTRUKOC_0_US-TIVO-AMAZON-DOWNLOAD.xml&src=rss "Amazon, TiVo to test movie downloads direct to TVs" + +* The RIAA [received a huge setback][2] yesterday when a judge ordered the music lobby group must pay the attorney fees for a woman wrongfully accused of illegal downloading. The judge, echoing sentiments of just about everyone but the RIAA, called the suit "frivolous and unreasonable." Listening Post [has more details][3]. + +[2]: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005114.php "Big Win for Innocent RIAA Defendant" +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/02/scoop_label_mus.html "Label Must Pay P2P Defendant's Legal Fees" + +* Hackers [attacked][4] the DNS servers that form the backbone of the internet yesterday. Several key DNS servers saw a traffic spike yesterday morning experts say, which is usually a sure sign of an attack. The good news is the servers stood up to the attack. + +[4]: http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-6156944.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news "Internet backbone at center of suspected attack" + +* It appears one the home-planet's (Condé Nast) auxiliary tentacles (CondeNet) has [acquired][6] [flip.com][7], a social networking site for teen girls. + +[6]: http://sev.prnewswire.com/computer-electronics/20070206/AQTU04206022007-1.html "CondeNet Launches Flip, New Online Outlet for Teen Girls' Creativity" +[7]: http://www.flip.com/ "Flip.com" + + +* TSIA: [World's Oldest Paper Ditches Newsprint][5] + +[5]: http://blog.wired.com/furthermore/2007/02/worlds_oldest_p.html "World's Oldest Paper Ditches Newsprint"
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