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Where's A power outage when you really need one? Last Friday computer cops and the FBI were racing against time to shut down 20 computers--in a world of millions--before a restless piece of software code called Sobig.F reached them first. Sobig.F was already ripping through home PCs and business networks like Godzilla on a Tokyo rampage. If you logged on to the Internet last week, chances are you received an email from Sobig.F. Whatever instructions the worm might have got from those 20 Internet servers, investigators knew, had the potential to make Sobig.F so much bigger...
...both relied on the same security loophole that was found in Windows in July. There was a fix available--the one Welchia tried to download--but it was among dozens the company puts out every month. Windows XP made its debut in 2001 with some 45 million lines of code and a lot of mistakes, many of which have yet to be uncovered. Because of its complexity, "no other product could potentially be so flawed," says Jerry Ungerman, president of Silicon Valley's Check Point Software. No consumer movement has sprung up demanding a Windows recall just...
...lesser extent, Mac OS are open source, which means they're subject to constant peer review by engineers and software writers all over the world. The energy that goes into finding fault with Windows exists in the Linux world too, but it's focused on making the code better. To help stave off the competitive threat from Linux, Microsoft recently allowed several governments across the world to take a peek at the precious Windows source code but is unlikely to go fully open source anytime soon...
...goes into extensive detail on the steps necessary to restore Israeli security, it grows distinctly fuzzy when addressing issues of occupation. The first phase requires that the Palestinians renounce armed struggle, dismantle all organizations wielding arms outside of the formal security services of the PA, and reform Palestinian institutions (code, in U.S. and Israeli parlance, for sidelining Yasser Arafat). The requirements of Israel in the same first phase are limited to easing the humanitarian plight of the Palestinians, withdrawing from towns reoccupied by the Israeli Defense Force and dismantling settlements built in the course of the current intifada...
...room packed to fire code with rich, beautiful women bending over in 5-in. heels in front of me. They are asking me for my opinion. I don't know why I ever dreamed of playing for the Yankees. I want to be a shoe salesman...