Microsoft to fight Free software with free software for small business startups. Your first hit is free...:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212000669
Google's Android phone OS gets root access via "circuitous route":
http://android-dls.com/forum/index.php?f=15&t=151&rb_v=viewtopic
Vulnerability discovered in Adobe Reader 8. Patch and exploit details here. Uses an overflow in the JavaScript engine:
http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=6715
British music download sites band together to create a distinctive logo indicating that legit MP3s are available and are DRM free:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7708268.stm
In Memoriam. Michael Crichton, author of "The Andromeda Strain," "Jurassic Park" and "ER" dies after a battle with cancer at 66:
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE4A49B420081105
Laptop accelerometers can be networked to form a large seismic monitoring system for earthquakes. Geonet@home?:
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE4A49B420081105
And finally. Taiwanese firefighters feeding a live rodent to a viper had a big surprise when they ended up with a well-fed mouse:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/10/09/eamouse109.xml
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