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...like fiction are pushed unmarked to the side, the library does highlight certain specialized categories of books in "centers" with their own stacks and reading rooms. Most are devoted to identity groups, a reward for heavy fundraising efforts in minority communities: the African American Center, the Chinese Center, the Filipino American Center, the Gay and Lesbian Center. The library's Rainbow Coalition feel is rounded out by a large international center with foreign-language books, and even an Environmental Center with books about conservation. The San Francisco Public Library may be the first in the country to be organized around...
Upon hearing about the love bug virus, I said to myself, "What a jerk that hacker must be." But to my surprise, my perspective changed when I learned that the creators of the virus were Filipino--it gave many Filipinos like me a morale boost. Contrary to the West's view of the Philippines as "left behind" when it comes to technology, these Filipino hackers turned the tables in a radical way and taught the cyberworld a lesson: expect more bugs to come. JOSE ANTONIO D. GONCERO JR. Fairview, the Philippines...
...somebody!" That certainly seems to be a widespread response in the Philippines. De Guzman's fellow students at AMA expressed quiet pride in his alleged international cybersabotage last week. The Manila Standard saluted him as "The country's first world-class hacker." "Yes," the paper exclaimed, "the Filipino...
...possible culprit in the Philippines, in part because the virus' eight pages of computer code contained a tantalizing word: Barok. A search of virus registries quickly revealed that it was the name of a so-called Trojan horse, a stealthy software program that filches passwords, written by a Filipino hacker last year. Still, the transparency of this clue suggested that the word might have been inserted as a deliberate smoke screen to fool the computer sleuths. By week's end, the work of investigators was further complicated by the appearance of a number of copycat viruses, created either by others...
Even after having to temporarily release the Manila man they had in custody for insuffucient evidence, Filipino investigators and their FBI buddies say they've got a list of 10 suspects in their hunt for the progenitor of the Love Bug, all connected to a Manila computer school - including the man, his girlfriend and her sister. But the problem with police action is that it's all cure and no prevention. And the sad fact, says TIME technology writer Lev Grossman, is that there will always be another Love Bug, another Michelangelo, another Melissa. And there's not much anybody...