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THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Beware of NetEuman:
You disbelieved what Martin Stachon said. Maybe it's not true, but the following
report is, I think, serious enough.
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Saturday, April 6, 2002
File swappers this week were alarmed to discover that a California
company has quietly attached its software to
millions of downloads of the popular Kazaa file-trading program and plans to
remotely "turn on" people's PCs, welding them
into a new network of its own.
Brilliant Digital Entertainment has been distributing its 3D ad
technology along with the Kazaa software since
late last fall, but the company has revealed it also has been installing more
ambitious technology that could turn every
computer running Kazaa into a node in a new network controlled by Brilliant
Digital.
The company plans to wake up the millions of computers that have
installed its software in as soon as four
weeks. It plans to use the machines--with their owners' permission--to host and
distribute other companies' content such as
advertising or music. Alternatively, it might borrow people's unused processing
power to help with other companies'
complicated computing tasks.
Brilliant Digital CEO Kevin Bermeister says he will be scrupulously
careful about notifying people of exactly
what is happening from now on. CNET News.com talked to Bermeister about his
plans for Altnet and the storm of criticism.
Should you be worried about Brilliant's software? Read more in
News.com's coverage of the controversy, complete
with instructions on how to uninstall the technology.
In the latest privacy debate, the delivery of "cookies" through
e-mail has raised concerns. Web sites have long
planted cookies on consumers' hard drives to tailor Internet pages for returning
visitors and better target ads. Now,
enhanced messages that share the look and feel of Web pages are delivering the
same bits of code through e-mail, in many
cases without regard for safeguards that have been developed to protect consumer
privacy on the Web.
In some cases, spammers may be able to link formerly anonymous
consumers with their e-mail addresses. For
example, a Web site specializing in horoscopes may know a consumer only by birth
date. But if that Web site rents a list of
e-mail addresses with that consumer's address on it, the company may be able to
link the address to the individual's birth
date and visits to the site.
No joke
Somewhere between the humorous and the ironic is a scheme worked up
by Microsoft and Unisys as a way to steer
big companies away from the Unix operating system. The punch line: The site
itself was powered by Unix software.
The site, dubbed "We have the way out," runs on Web servers powered
by FreeBSD, an open-source version of Unix,
along with the Unix-based Web server Apache, according to Netcraft, which tracks
Web site information. Both pieces of
software compete with Microsoft's Windows operating system. The Microsoft-Unisys
site solicits names and contact information
in exchange for research reports on data center trends.
To the glee of Unix and Linux programmers, the site experienced a
days-long outage, but was back online
Thursday. Netcraft, which tracks the software running on various sites, reports
that the site switched over to using
Microsoft Internet Information Server software on Tuesday, the same day as the
outage.
If reality is too weird, there were plenty of Web sites to keep the
gullible guessing this April Fools' Day,
from Napster buying Microsoft to Idealab buying F***edcompany.com.
Even Bill Gates, the world's richest man, was taken in by a couple
of Canadian radio show hosts who imitated
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien to dupe Gates for April Fools' Day.
Executive shuffles
Two of the biggest names in technology announced leadership moves
this week, some surprising and some not.
Microsoft announced that President and Chief Operating Officer Rick
Belluzzo will leave the software maker as
part of a reorganization. Microsoft did not name a replacement for the
executive, who managed many of the company's consumer
products and services at various times, including MSN, the Xbox game console,
and Microsoft's interactive TV projects.
He will leave his position May 1. His tenure was marked by the
lackluster performance of many of Microsoft's
consumer projects, such as the plan to convince customers to pay for software on
a subscription basis.
On the heels of a bitter merger proxy fight, Hewlett-Packard decided
not to renominate Walter Hewlett to its
board of directors. HP said that the decision of its board not to nominate
Hewlett is "based on his ongoing adversarial
relationship with the company, as evidenced by his recent litigation against HP,
as well as concerns about his lack of candor
and issues of trust."
HP's board said that it had planned to renominate Hewlett but
changed its mind after he launched a lawsuit
against the company that questioned the last-minute decision of institutional
shareholder Deutsche Asset Management to
support the deal.
Despite HP"s attempts to explain the exclusion to employees, the
move generated criticism but little surprise.
Corporate governance experts and others had urged HP to keep Hewlett on the
board even if the Compaq Computer deal was
ultimately approved.
Also of note
Dell Computer announced a new blade-server line, dubbed PowerEdge
1655MC, along with management software to go
with it...Seven major U.S. film studios have joined forces to promote standards
for digital cinema technology...In a move
that could limit companies' ability to show film clips online, a judge ordered a
movie-trailer distributor to stop selling
online previews of popular Walt Disney hits...A flurry of changes in Yahoo's
Web-based services has customers spinning in
confusion over the status of their accounts and preferences...Major League
Baseball's Web division experienced "minor
glitches" in some of its live online broadcasts Monday--the 2002 season's
opening day--causing some fans to be shut out of
games.
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April 6, 2002
<P><B>File swappers this week were alarmed to discover that a
California company has quietly attached its software to millions of
downloads of the popular Kazaa file-trading program and plans to
remotely "turn on" people's PCs, welding them into a new network of
its own. </B>
<P>Brilliant Digital Entertainment has been <A
href="http://clickthru.online.com/Click?q=8e-Ve8cQCnbnX_rMyQPDu1pD6VtWdRR">distributing</A>
its 3D ad technology along with the Kazaa software since late last
fall, but the company has revealed it also has been installing more
ambitious technology that could turn every computer running Kazaa
into a node in a new network controlled by Brilliant Digital.
<P>The company plans to wake up the millions of computers that have
installed its software in as soon as four weeks. It plans to use the
machines--with their owners' permission--to host and distribute
other companies' content such as advertising or music.
Alternatively, it might borrow people's unused processing power to
help with other companies' complicated computing tasks.
<P>Brilliant Digital CEO Kevin Bermeister says he will be
scrupulously careful about notifying people of exactly what is
happening from now on. CNET News.com <A
href="http://clickthru.online.com/Click?q=a3-qXh6QYU3RSBoGrSfQf0r5P59sRRR">talked
to Bermeister</A> about his plans for Altnet and the storm of
criticism.
<P>Should you be worried about Brilliant's software? Read more in
News.com's <A
href="http://clickthru.online.com/Click?q=b8-smc2QQUyXVgAxIolq98ApLqxE9RR">coverage</A>
of the controversy, complete with instructions on how to <A
href="http://clickthru.online.com/Click?q=cd-VHfSQzszFTB29iDFjAlAT5lrf9RR">uninstall</A>
the technology.
<P>In the latest privacy debate, the delivery of "cookies" through
e-mail has raised concerns. Web sites have long planted cookies on
consumers' hard drives to tailor Internet pages for returning
visitors and better target ads. Now, enhanced messages that share
the look and feel of Web pages are <A
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the same bits of code</A> through e-mail, in many cases without
regard for safeguards that have been developed to protect consumer
privacy on the Web.
<P>In some cases, spammers may be able to link formerly anonymous
consumers with their e-mail addresses. For example, a Web site
specializing in horoscopes may know a consumer only by birth date.
But if that Web site rents a list of e-mail addresses with that
consumer's address on it, the company may be able to link the
address to the individual's birth date and visits to the site.
<P><B><FONT color=#cc0000>No joke</FONT></B><BR>Somewhere between
the humorous and the ironic is a scheme worked up by Microsoft and
Unisys as a way to steer big companies away from the Unix operating
system. The punch line: The site itself was <A
href="http://clickthru.online.com/Click?q=f7-N0XnQLgKmYf28fjlrZH9id6EmdRR">powered
by Unix software</A>.
<P>The site, dubbed "We have the way out," runs on Web servers
powered by FreeBSD, an open-source version of Unix, along with the
Unix-based Web server Apache, according to Netcraft, which tracks
Web site information. Both pieces of software compete with
Microsoft's Windows operating system. The Microsoft-Unisys site
solicits names and contact information in exchange for research
reports on data center trends.
<P>To the glee of Unix and Linux programmers, the site experienced a
<A
href="http://clickthru.online.com/Click?q=0c-_Y2DIc8mF7JNKahWDjyFqY1GbRRR">days-long
outage</A>, but was back online Thursday. Netcraft, which tracks the
software running on various sites, reports that the site switched
over to using Microsoft Internet Information Server software on
Tuesday, the same day as the outage.
<P>If reality is too weird, there were plenty of Web sites to <A
href="http://clickthru.online.com/Click?q=21-UPiOIjdgyulyGf-oQq1ujmcaQRRR">keep
the gullible guessing</A> this April Fools' Day, from Napster buying
Microsoft to Idealab buying F***edcompany.com.
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href="http://clickthru.online.com/Click?q=36-wgY-IiItmXB-fEtMxvIlQViZX9RR">was
taken in</A> by a couple of Canadian radio show hosts who imitated
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien to dupe Gates for April Fools'
Day.
<P><B><FONT color=#cc0000>Executive shuffles</FONT></B><BR>Two of
the biggest names in technology announced leadership moves this
week, some surprising and some not.
<P>Microsoft announced that President and Chief Operating Officer
Rick Belluzzo <A
href="http://clickthru.online.com/Click?q=4c-jxR2IZpJiJapDdsAu7MVv22SKdRR">will
leave</A> the software maker as part of a reorganization. Microsoft
did not name a replacement for the executive, who managed many of
the company's consumer products and services at various times,
including MSN, the Xbox game console, and Microsoft's interactive TV
projects.
<P>He will leave his position May 1. His tenure was marked by the
lackluster performance of many of Microsoft's consumer projects,
such as the plan to convince customers to pay for software on a
subscription basis.
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decided <A
href="http://clickthru.online.com/Click?q=61-x9HAIoL-tQWaYFq4JYeKFb-SWRRR">not
to renominate</A> Walter Hewlett to its board of directors. HP said
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his ongoing adversarial relationship with the company, as evidenced
by his recent litigation against HP, as well as concerns about his
lack of candor and issues of trust."
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2. Re: Fw: THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Beware of Net
On 6 Apr 2002, at 18:49, rforno at tutopia.com wrote:
>
> THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Beware of NetEuman:
> You disbelieved what Martin Stachon said. Maybe it's not true, but the
> following
> report is, I think, serious enough. Best regards.
<snip>
> CNET | NEWS.COM WEEK IN REVIEW
> The Entire Tech Week in a Single Email
> Saturday, April 6, 2002
> File swappers this week were alarmed to discover that a California
> company has quietly attached its software to
> millions of downloads of the popular Kazaa file-trading program and plans to
> remotely "turn on" people's PCs, welding them into a new network of its own.
>From an older url:
To continue using the FastTrack network, you need either KaZaA or
Grokster. However, both programs are notorious for installing "spyware"
which monitors your Internet activity and reports this to advertising
companies.
> In the latest privacy debate, the delivery of "cookies" through
> e-mail has raised concerns. Web sites have long
> planted cookies on consumers' hard drives to tailor Internet pages for
> returning
> visitors and better target ads. Now, enhanced messages that share the look and
> feel of Web pages are delivering the same bits of code through e-mail, in many
> cases without regard for safeguards that have been developed to protect
> consumer
> privacy on the Web.
Yeas, well, those of us who pointed this out years ago were called "paranoid
alarmists". What are we called now?
<snip>
> Microsoft announced that President and Chief Operating Officer
> Rick
> Belluzzo will leave the software maker as
> part of a reorganization. Microsoft did not name a replacement for the
> executive, who managed many of the company's consumer products and services at
> various times, including MSN, the Xbox game console, and Microsoft's
> interactive
> TV projects.
Oddly, he wants to start a new business, in competition with MS, and is
already in legal trouble with MS.
Kat
3. Re: Fw: THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Beware of Net
- Posted by euman at bellsouth.net
Apr 06, 2002
THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Beware of NetEuman
I like that "NetEuman" someone stuck in there, thats cute. 
Im just trying to learn what you all take for granted...
Euman
euman at bellsouth.net
4. Re: Fw: THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Beware of Net
On Sat, 6 Apr 2002 19:14:36 -0600, Kat <gertie at PELL.NET> wrote:
>those of us who pointed this out years ago were called "paranoid
>alarmists". What are we called now?
Smug paranoid alarmists.
5. Re: Fw: THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Beware of Net
On 7 Apr 2002, at 10:06, petelomax at blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
>
> On Sat, 6 Apr 2002 19:14:36 -0600, Kat <gertie at PELL.NET> wrote:
>
> >those of us who pointed this out years ago were called "paranoid
> >alarmists". What are we called now?
>
> Smug paranoid alarmists.
Good answer, lol.
Kat,
petting her Cassandra Complex
6. Re: Fw: THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Beware of Net
- Posted by rforno at tutopia.com
Apr 07, 2002
Well, Kat, I was referring only to the fight Linux vs. Windoze, but you
always find something related to security 
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kat" <gertie at PELL.NET>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: Re: Fw: THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Beware of Net
>
> On 6 Apr 2002, at 18:49, rforno at tutopia.com wrote:
>
> >
> > THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Beware of NetEuman:
> > You disbelieved what Martin Stachon said. Maybe it's not true, but the
following
> > report is, I think, serious enough. Best regards.
>
> <snip>
>
> > CNET | NEWS.COM WEEK IN REVIEW
> > The Entire Tech Week in a Single Email
> > Saturday, April 6, 2002
> > File swappers this week were alarmed to discover that a
California
> > company has quietly attached its software to
> > millions of downloads of the popular Kazaa file-trading program and
plans to
> > remotely "turn on" people's PCs, welding them into a new network of its
own.
>
> >From an older url:
> To continue using the FastTrack network, you need either KaZaA or
> Grokster. However, both programs are notorious for installing "spyware"
> which monitors your Internet activity and reports this to advertising
> companies.
>
>
> > In the latest privacy debate, the delivery of "cookies"
through
> > e-mail has raised concerns. Web sites have long
> > planted cookies on consumers' hard drives to tailor Internet pages for
returning
> > visitors and better target ads. Now, enhanced messages that share the
look and
> > feel of Web pages are delivering the same bits of code through e-mail,
in many
> > cases without regard for safeguards that have been developed to protect
consumer
> > privacy on the Web.
>
> Yeas, well, those of us who pointed this out years ago were called
"paranoid
> alarmists". What are we called now?
>
> <snip>
>
> > Microsoft announced that President and Chief Operating
Officer Rick
> > Belluzzo will leave the software maker as
> > part of a reorganization. Microsoft did not name a replacement for the
> > executive, who managed many of the company's consumer products and
services at
> > various times, including MSN, the Xbox game console, and Microsoft's
interactive
> > TV projects.
>
> Oddly, he wants to start a new business, in competition with MS, and is
> already in legal trouble with MS.
>
> Kat
>
>
>
>
