Sunday, September 21, 2003

ICANN asks VeriSign to pull redirect service. The agency that oversees Internet domain names has asks VeriSign to suspend a new service that redirects Web surfers to its own site when they seek to access unassigned Web addresses. [CNET News.com - Front Door] 10:49:37 PM    comment []

Andrew on Two Days 'til Quicksilver. Pursuing the 17th-Century Origins of the Hacker's Grail. Neal Stephenson's gargantuan 927-page historical novel, "Quicksilver," imagines a project to organize all of human knowledge. By Edward Rothstein. [New York Times: Technology] Quicksilver (Baroque Cycle, V. 1.) will be officially published Tuesday. I've ordered mine, and eagerly anticipate its arrival. [A blog doesn't need a clever name] I opted not to order it - I'm taking off Tuesday, driving up to Borders, buying myself a copy, and reading the whole damned thing in one sitting. I did that with Cryptonomicon when that came out a few years back, and I'd like to keep the tradition going. =) You're mad, man! I cannot begin to imagine doing that with Cryptonomicon -- well, I can a little. It's kind of a nice thought, now that I'm at it. This book is like half again as long, though. But sounds like you'll be done with it before I lay hands on my copy. Don't give unmarked SPOILERS, okay? 5:01:39 PM    comment []

W32.Mexer.D.Worm. On [NewsIsFree: Popular Items] 12:37:37 PM    comment []

System alert: You've got worms. Wharton experts weigh in on the possible motives behind the recent spate of Internet attacks and what businesses can do to protect themselves. [CNET News.com - Front Door] 10:32:14 AM    comment []

Will This Be on the Test?. The "classroom classic" is the kind of book that never shakes off the chalk dust. By Laura Miller. [New York Times: Education] 10:28:22 AM    comment []