Editorial
Once more...
Sorry... following a night of email outages and numerous other problems --
priorities have slipped again!
Which reminds me -- I'm always interested in receiving "guest commentaries"
from interested parties.
If you think you've got something to say which may be of interest and value
to Aardvark's audience, please send it to me ASAP. No money involved but
you'll likely become famous beyond your wildest dreams -- or something.
Before I get back to what I should be doing this a.m., here's a quote from
John Sculley (ex CEO of Apple, Pepsi, etc), someone who knows a lot about hi-tech companies and how to foster
the kind of environment that sees them start and grow:
"It looks like there is tactical talent in New Zealand. But
you do not have tax incentives that others do."
This is a sentiment that I, and many of others have been echoing for nearly
a year now. Isn't it a shame that our Prime Minister is too busy hunting
witches at TVNZ to actually care about the future economic wellbeing of this
country by responding to such an overwhelming and consistent call for action
on this front.
I will endeavour to get an editorial out later today but in the meantime
enjoy the headlines (again)...
As always, your comments are gladly received.
General News & Current Events:
TODAY'S KEY NET-NEWS HEADLINES
Hacker tapped into accounts, police claim
Police claim an Auckland software whiz hacked into at
least 19 personal computers to glean their secret
account details and threatened to damage one machine
unless the owner stopped using Telecom's Xtra Internet
service...
NZ Herald
Ihug hit by hackers
Internet hackers have tried to shut down one of New
Zealand's most popular Internet companies, Ihug...
NZ Herald
Olympic hack attack threat
AUSTRALIA may become electronically isolated from the
rest of the world during the Olympic Games unless critical
Internet links are protected against denial-of-service (DoS)
attacks, authorities have been warned...
Australian IT
Net Regs? A Little Dobbs'll Do Ya
Space.com CEO Lou Dobbs is miffed with those using last week's
hacking attacks as a rationale for Net regulation. The real
threat, he says, is in restricting freedom on the Net...
Wired
A Patchy Start; Apache's Strong
Had enough Linux mania? It's time to give
another freeware, open-source application
its due: the long-lived and mighty Apache
server. It just might finally catch on, too...
Wired
FBI hunts German hacker 'Mixter'
As FBI tracks the author of a program linked
to last week's attack, the wanted hacker
posts fix-it guidelines to ward off future Web
takedowns...
ZDNN
Network Associates Detects Web Attack Agents
Internet security firm Network Associates Inc. on Monday said it had detected each of the three
major ``Zombie'' agents, which have been attacking well known Web sites such as Yahoo! and
Amazon.com...
Yahoo/Reuters
Internet Ad Firm Moves to Clarify Privacy Policy
Internet advertising firm DoubleClick Inc. later on Monday will announce steps to protect the
privacy of consumers it tracks online, as the company seeks to defuse a looming controversy...
Yahoo/Reuters
Swiss To Examine Microsoft Pricing
A Swiss government regulator said Monday he has opened an investigation to determine
whether Microsoft Corp. products are being sold here at prices unfavorable to consumers...
Yahoo/AP
