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Monday, October 07, 2002

Apache Fixes Flaw in Web Server - A new vulnerability in the Apache Web server gives local users the ability to terminate processes or launch denial-of-service attacks against the server. The Apache Software Foundation has released an updated version of the affected server. The new release, 1.3.27, fixes the problem. Eweek
2:16:03 PM

Novell Drives Home Linux - Novell Inc. is breaking from tradition and quietly working to add Linux throughout its product and service lines. The move is part of a new multiplatform strategy that de-emphasizes its NetWare-centric vision. - Eweek
2:13:56 PM

Book Excerpt: Essential Blogging. Tired of preaching your message on the local street corner? Try blogging instead. O'Reilly's new title "Essential Blogging" covers the ins and outs of blog software and setup, and our excerpts from chapter 7 provide tips specifically for Radio UserLand. 1007 [WebReference News]

Essential Blogging Book Cover

2:04:55 PM

The Register: Worms Turn on Win/Linux Users [Linux Today]
2:02:59 PM

Yahoo heralds corporate messaging. The company unveils a version of its instant message service designed to work with corporate portals and business applications. [CNET News.com]
11:08:53 AM

Palm Unveils Cheap PDA for Masses. In a move that marks an image makeover for Palm, the handheld computing pioneer on Monday releases a sleek, affordable personal digital assistant for first-time buyers. By Elisa Batista. [Wired News]
11:06:35 AM

Blind User Sues Southwest Over Web Site, Cites ADA

Blind User Sues Southwest Over Web Site, Cites ADA
Posted by timothy on Sunday October 06, @09:22PM
from the welcome-to-quebec dept.
scubacuda writes "According to Law.com, Robert Gumson, a blind man who uses a program that converts website content into speech, is suing Southwest Airlines (with the help of Miami Beach, FL-based Access Now) for its website being incompatible with his screen-reader program. The case has been filed under the Americans with Disabilities Act under the untested legal theory that ADA provisions on the accessibility of public accommodations to the disabled apply to Internet Web sites just as they do to brick-and-mortar facilities like movie theaters and department stores. There have been previous lawsuits alleging that the ADA applies to the Internet, but all have settled without a ruling on the merits: 1999 the National Federation of the Blind sued AOL alleging its service was inaccessible to blind users (AOL agreed to make its sites compatible with screen reader technology); over the past two years, Access Now has sued Barnes & Noble and Claire's Stores for maintaining Web sites that allegedly violated the ADA (both settled)."

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11:04:17 AM

InformationWeek > Instant Messaging > Access Hits Next Level > October 4, 2002 - Yahoo introduced a business version of its instant-messaging service last week that leverages the role-based engines used in some directories to let IT managers grant IM access to employees based on their roles. To support that, Yahoo is partnering with portal and directory vendors such as BEA Systems, Novell, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, and Tibco Software.

6:29:01 AM

Yahoo! News - E-Mail Worm Continues to Spread- The worm, known as W32.Bugbear, or I-Worm.Tanatos, infects computers that use Microsoft's Windows operating systems. It was first spotted a week ago and has spread to dozens of countries.
Once a machine is infected, a hacker could steal and delete information from it.
Some subject lines for the e-mail are "bad news," "Membership Confirmation," "Market Update Report," and "Your Gift."

The worm replicates itself through a Windows machine's e-mail address book and can attach itself to previously sent e-mail messages.
6:24:40 AM

Yahoo! News - Palm Low-Cost Handheld Takes Aim at Scrap Paper - In a move to expand its market, Palm Inc. on Monday unveiled a $99, entry-level handheld computer, hoping that students and casual shoppers will find the low cost digital assistant a better way to stay organized than jotting notes on scraps of paper.
6:21:13 AM

Microsoft unveils new Web services tool. The software giant plans to add to its arsenal of Web services tools on Tuesday, when the company officially unveils Content Management Server 2002. [CNET News.com]
6:11:37 AM

September 2002 Netcraft Survey Highlights:"The Netcraft Web Server Survey is a survey of Web Server software usage on the Internet. Netcraft received responses to its September 2002 survey from 35,756,436 sites. This is a yet another dip from June's peak of 38.8 million sites and August's previous low of nearly 36 million sites.
Not surprisingly, Apache, Microsoft, Zeus, and iPlanet remained the key players with shares of 59.91 percent, 29.18 percent, 2.08 percent, and 1.36 percent, respectively. The top vendors also retained their ranking from the previous month, although Apache lost 3.6 percent of its market share and Microsoft gained 3.79 percent. Zeus and iPlanet essentially remained flat.
NT-specific servers accounted for 29.42 percent, an increase from the previous month's 25.64 percent. Apache-specific servers accounted for 61.50 percent, a decrease from August's 65.14 percent. Macintosh-specific servers remained flat at 0.33 percent.

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