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Cisco Looks into Source Leak
According to the Russian web site SecurityLab.ru, 800 MB of Cisco source code was stolen over the weekend. Cisco is investigating the reports.
Hardened-PHP Launches
The new Hardened-PHP project aims to protect servers against "problems in hastily written PHP scripts and…against potential unknown vulnerabilities within the engine itself."
Intel Hits a Wall
Intel is abandoing its Tejas and Jayhawk development projects after hitting a "thermal wall" with its latest chips—raising clock speeds further would generate too much heat for the chips to handle.
VoIP May Raise Security Threats
Researchers warn that increasing adoption of VoIP may lead to new security risks.
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Where We're Going • Jerry Pournelle
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Jerry looks into the future of processing technology at WinHEC. |
| LCD Displays Come of Age • David Em |
 HP's L2035 LCD is the first affordable flat panel David prefers to a CRT tube for both digital photography and video. |
| NAB 2004: Convergence Continues • Alex Pournelle, with Dan Spisak and David Em |
 At the world's largest video and movie production show, PC and Mac users interested in "making movies" saw a lot of excitement. |
| Ringing in the Spring • Ernest
Lilley |
 Ernest reviews new cell phones from Samsung and Sanyo, as well as handhelds from PalmOne and laptops from Sony. |
| A Supercomputer in Every Chip • Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols |
 Clusters based on commodity chips have revolutionized the supercomputer industry, but at the same time, traditional supercomputers based on powerful vector CPUs are making a comeback. Steven explains why and how these approaches work together. |
| Copyfright • Lincoln
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 Are you sure you don't belong to Time-Warner? |
| The Computing Landscape Has Changed • Bill
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 A series of surprise announcements from Intel, AMD, Sun, HP and IBM has changed the playing field in the computer industry. |
| VoIP and the End of Monopoly • Joseph L. Bast |
 The rules and regulations designed to shackle and harness a monopoly are now unfit to regulate a rapidly changing industry. |
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