alphajoker restore2: December 2004

Wednesday, December 29, 2004

These kids rock!!!

For all the billions of dollars being spent on the war in Iraq, 14-year-old Brittany Bergquist is surprised that the U.S. military doesn't do what she and her little brother are doing: helping soldiers phone home free.More.

Tuesday, December 28, 2004

CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Illicit drugs

Illicit drugs

Why Do Canadians Outlive Americans?

(November 2004) Over 250,000 Americans who died in 1998—roughly one of every ten U.S. deaths that year—would have survived had they been Canadian, according to a comparison of patterns of death between the two countries. PRB

Quake's power?= million atomic bombs?

Scientists describe Sunday's devastating earthquake off the island of Sumatra as a "megathrust" -- a grade reserved for the most powerful shifts in the Earth's crust. More.

High-tech phones bring virus potential

Japanese phone company NTT DoCoMo already sells phones with built-in antivirus software from McAfee Inc., and McAfee expects similar phones to be available in the United States and Europe in 2005. High-tech phones bring virus potential

Thursday, December 23, 2004

Heading Off Spam

Wednesday, December 22, 2004

Sports Software Catalog

MicroBrothers Software: Sports Software Catalog

Tuesday, December 21, 2004

Science in a spin over spider web

Israeli scientists have come up with a way to genetically engineer spiders' webs without the help of the eight-legged creatures. more.

Monday, December 20, 2004

Spammers ordered to pay $1 billion

A federal judge has awarded an Internet service provider more than $1 billion in what is believed to be the largest judgment ever against spammers. $1 billion.

Tuesday, December 14, 2004

New car buying guide

How To Buy New Cars & Avoid Car Dealer Scams

A car buying guide to help you get the lowest price when buying a car. Guide.

Monday, December 13, 2004

Feds Are No Help with Phishing

NEW YORK—The phishing epidemic that has overwhelmed the financial services industry is getting worse by the day, and security teams at banks and other financial institutions are in a daily battle to keep their customers' data safe from an increasingly sophisticated enemy that is constantly changing tactics and honing its craft, security experts say. Feds Are No Help with Phishing

Is P2P File Sharing Fading?

By Sebastian Rupley

Have recording industry lawsuits slowed down P2P file sharing? That's the consensus from many sources, but a new study from researchers at the University of California at Riverside and the Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis begs to differ.

In an extensively detailed paper entitled "Is P2P Dying or Just Hiding?" the researchers report that previous studies have focused only on slowdowns at high-profile file-sharing services like Kazaa and have ignored ways that P2P network traffic is being camouflaged. P2P file sharing has never declined, concludes the report.

Thursday, December 9, 2004

Concussions kept Tintin forever young

Comic book hero Tintin never aged during his 50-year career because the repeated blows he took to the head triggered a growth hormone deficiency, according to an analysis in the Christmas edition of a Canadian medical journal.more