Microsoft patents body power | CNET News.com: "Microsoft patents body power
Last modified: June 23, 2004, 6:50 AM PDT
By Matt Loney
Special to CNET News.com


Microsoft has been awarded a patent for using human skin as a power conduit and data bus.
Patent no. 6,754,472, which was published Tuesday, describes a method for transmitting power and data to devices worn on the body and for communication of data between those devices.
In its filing, Microsoft cites the proliferation of wearable electronic devices, such as wristwatches, pagers, PDAs (worn on people's belts) and small displays that can now be mounted on headgear. "

Wallpaper designed to protect Wi-Fi networks | CNET News.com: "Wallpaper designed to protect Wi-Fi networks
Last modified: June 21, 2004, 8:03 AM PDT
By Ron Coates
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British defense contractor BAE Systems has developed a stealth wallpaper designed to stop electronic eavesdropping on Wi-Fi networks.
The company has produced panels designed to prevent outsiders from listening in on companies' Wi-Fi traffic but let other traffic through, including radio and mobile phone signals."

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NY Times: Google AdSense is Important
By Brad Hill
James Fallows writes a long, vacuous, largely irrelevant six-paragraph lead before getting around to AdSense, which Fallows thinks is quite fine and important. Nothing much new in this article, but there is the usual inspiring (or envy-producing) roundup of Webmasters earning ?thousands? per month as AdSense publishers."

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Google Buys Chinese Presence
By Brad Hill
Industry Watch


As Google faces overseas challenges, one method of expansion is to purchase a toehold in foreign markets. Google has acquired a minority shareholder position in Baidu, a leading Chinese search engine."

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Google Buys Chinese Presence
By Brad Hill
Industry Watch


As Google faces overseas challenges, one method of expansion is to purchase a toehold in foreign markets. Google has acquired a minority shareholder position in Baidu, a leading Chinese search engine."

Wired News: A Contest to Outwit Google: "
A Contest to Outwit Google

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02:00 AM Jun. 08, 2004 PT
The owner of an online forum won the first round of a worldwide search-engine optimization competition Monday, by using a backlinking strategy that scored his site as the top Google result for a made-up term, 'nigritude ultramarine.'
The contest, called the SEO Challenge, tasked webmasters and site owners with using any optimization method to try to claim the top spot on Google for the odd term, which loosely means 'dark blue' in Latin. DarkBlue, an Australian affiliate-marketing company, and SearchGuild.com were the sponsors of the competition. "

Wired News: Wi-Fi: If Not Free, Then How?: "Wi-Fi: If Not Free, Then How?

By Joanna Glasner | Also by this reporter Page 1 of 1

02:00 AM Jun. 08, 2004 PT
From fancy hotels to fast-food joints, the number of venues offering high-speed wireless Internet access is expected to grow at a heady clip this year. But industry analysts aren't expecting laptop users and their credit cards to follow.
In the wake of the demise of several large builders of Wi-Fi networks, including last month's closure of Intel-backed Cometa Networks, analysts say one lesson the industry has learned the hard way is that laptop owners remain reluctant to pay by the hour for online access."

Wired News: College Facebook Mugs Go Online: "College Facebook Mugs Go Online

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02:00 AM Jun. 09, 2004 PT
Maya Chard-Yaron, 19, was poked about 10 times last week. But rather than getting annoyed at the unsolicited jabs, Chard-Yaron kind of enjoyed it -- especially since friends and acquaintances were doing the poking through a social-networking website, Thefacebook.
On Thefacebook, poking is a way of saying 'hi' to would-be contacts, a method to strike up a conversation without adding the person as a friend. "

This is awesome! Wireless Backpack Repeater: "Wireless Backpack Repeater
This Saturday (5th June 2004), Bristol Wireless are doing a demonstration of wireless technologies. One of these demonstrations is a live webcast from the streets of Bristol back to Easton Community Centre, where the event is staged. Rigging up a DV camcorder to a laptop for webcasting was easy. We hit a snag when we realised that the signal dipped out at street level because of the wireless card's antenna. The solution to this was to hold a more powerful antenna up at around 10 feet. Seeing as none of us wanted arm-ache, Matt Leonard built this fantastic backpack!"

News: New virus reads keys you type: "'News: New virus reads keys you type'
Posted: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 10:52:39 GMT
Author: LinuXProX

A new virus is on the prowl that can infect your Windows XP/2K system and record every key you hit on your keyboard. The keys are then sent back to the virus creator where he/she can steal your passwords and credit card information. The virus named, Korgo, started showing up in the last week of May but it now has at least six different variants. To protect yourself from this nasty virus, Microsoft is urging all users to download the KB835732 Security Update. "

CNN.com - Three?caught recording 'Tomorrow' - Jun 4, 2004: "LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Three moviegoers were caught recording the recently released disaster flick 'The Day After Tomorrow' with handheld video cameras in U.S. and Canadian theaters, the Motion Picture Association of America said Thursday."

This is sooo funny...Web surfers look for porn, not searches - Jun. 4, 2004: "Porn 3X more popular than searches

Tracking firm finds that 18.8% of U.S. Web visits were to 'adult' sites, 5.5% to top search engines.
June 4, 2004: 4:18 PM EDT



SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Online porn sites get about three times more visits than the top Web search engines, including market leader Google Inc., a research firm said Thursday. "

Wi-Fi popularity opens security holes


CNN: SAN JOSE, California (AP) -- With a laptop perched in the passenger seat of his Toyota 4Runner and a special antenna on the roof, Mike Outmesguine ventured off to sniff out wireless networks between Los Angeles and San Francisco. He got a big whiff of insecurity.