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Tuesday, February 24, 2004 |
EC may force Microsoft to sell two Windows versions. BRUSSELS - European Commissioner for competition Mario Monti may demand that Microsoft Corp. sell two versions of its ubiquitous operating system, Windows, in Europe: one with Media Player inside as it does at present, and another with the music and video playing software stripped out and sold separately, people close to the case said on Tuesday. [InfoWorld: Top News]
10:39:45 PM 
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InfoWorld: Crypto stars sound off on e-voting, DRM. Speaking at the annual Cryptographers Panel on Tuesday, Ronald Rivest, co-creator of the RSA encryption algorithm, backed calls for paper ballots to supplement insecure electronic voting technology, while fellow luminaries Paul Kocher and Whitfield Diffie predicted heated battles between privacy advocates and intellectual property owners over the issue of digital rights management. [Tomalak's Realm]
10:24:43 PM
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Fatal explosion rips through India Space Center,
By K.S. Jayaraman, SPACE.com.
In the worst accident in the history of the Indian Space
Research Organisation (ISRO), an explosion ripped through the Solid
Propellant Rocket Booster Plant in Satish Dhawan Space Center in
Sriharikota today.
The Press Trust of India reported that six workers were charred to
death. S. K. Dar, additional secretary of ISRO, told Space News in a
telephone interview three persons who escaped from the building with
burns were admitted to the hospital in Chennai (formerly Madras) while
operations are on to rescue the others whose number is not
known.
Human error cannot be ruled out in ISRO explosion: Expert (Press
Trust of India)
2:21:44 PM
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Kevin T. points at
RURAL LANDS OF OPPORTUNITY: BROADBAND
DEPLOYMENT IN AMERICA'S HEARTLAND, a speech (in pdf at the linked page)
by FCC Chairman Micael Powell at the Kansas Rural Broadband and
Telemedicine Summit. Kevin summarizes:
Fifty million Americans now access the Internet from home using high speed
connections. But as the pace of broadband deployment continues to
accelerate, FCC Chairman Micael Powell told the Kansas Rural Broadband and
Telemedicine Summit, "we must work together to ensure that individuals
living in rural America are not left behind in the digital migration."
Rural America has the most to gain from broadband deployment. Chairman
Powell highlighted the economic development potential of broadband
deployment and the community development potential of broadband to address
health, education and homeland security needs. He also outlined The Rural
Action Plan he announced last August: 1) Create Licensed Wireless Policies
that Encourage Rural Deployment, 2) Rural "Wireless Internet Service
Providers", 3) Advanced Services Through Satellite and 4) Comprehensive
Outreach Program.
[SOURCE: FCC]
10:20:33 AM
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Singapore polar bears turn green (AP)
The usually white coats of Sheba and her 13-year-old son Inuka,
Singapore Zoo's two polar bears, turned green a few weeks ago from algae
growing in their hollow hair shafts, said Vincent Tan, a spokesman for the
zoo.
The harmless algae is the result of Singapore's warm and humid tropical
conditions, Tan said.
Polar bears have clear hair shafts which appear white because they reflect
light.
9:20:22 AM
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321 Studios Forges Ahead. The maker of DVD-duplication software was ordered to stop selling its copying products in one week. Still, 321 Studios vows to continue selling the software sans descrambler, and begin directing customers to other sources for similar tools. [Wired News]
7:12:57 AM
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Grey Album Fans Protest Clampdown. Critics of the music industry's copyright rules stage an online protest. About 200 websites will post DJ Danger Mouse's popular remix that combines The Beatles' White Album and Jay-Z's Black Album. By Katie Dean. [Wired News]
7:03:05 AM
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