Thursday, October 16, 2003

Feds admit error in hacking conviction. Federal prosecutors ask an appeals court to reverse a computer-crime conviction that punished a California man for notifying a company's customers of a flaw in its e-mail service. [CNET News.com - Front Door] 11:11:55 PM    comment []

The Nobel Peace Prize Always Comes With a Message. But Is It Heard?. Shirin Ebadi, this year's Nobel Peace Prize laureate, needs help to bring changes to the Muslim world. By Ethan Bronner. [T]he history of the prizes does not offer much consolation. It can seem to be more a story of failure than success. . . . For Ms. Ebadi's prize to have impact, she will need help, not only from the reformers of Iran, but also from across the Muslim world. The Nobel committee can do only so much. Will women in Cairo and Baghdad and Riyadh speak of Ms. Ebadi, help her, invite her to their countries? If they demonstrate to the Iranian leaders -- and their own -- that Ms. Ebadi's work in human and women's rights is not a tool of Western imperialism but central to all societies that seek justice, then the Nobel will have done its work. [New York Times: Opinion] 11:10:26 PM    comment []

InfoWorld: VeriSign sells Network Solutions. VeriSign gained Network Solutions' registrar and registry businesses when it purchased the company in 2000. The registrar business, which offers services such as business e-mail, Web sites, hosting and Web presence, will go to Pivotal Private Equity... [Tomalak's Realm] 4:57:02 PM    comment []

Apple Reports $44 Million Profit for the Quarter. The results were driven by a surge in sales of the iPod music player and Apple's newest generation of desktop computers. By John Markoff. [New York Times: Business] 6:30:35 AM    comment []