Free
Wireless Web
Wireless web access via portable devices, such as cell phones and pagers is rapidly
gaining acceptance. Most cellular companies
make the service available to users for an additional fee, however Xypoint has introduced
WebWirelessNow, a service that allows cell phone users to retrieve information from the
web without additional fees. Users configure
their profile and simply “dial-in” to receive text based updates on stock
quotes, sports scores, and more. Wireless web
access via cellular devices will continue to grow, with no-cost services such as
WebWirelessNow, expect even more users to make use of the services. Want
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SECURITY
ALERT! Back Door in IIS
This past week Microsoft announced that its programmers had set a backdoor with a secret
password in its Internet Information Server (IIS) product which could allow unauthorized
access web site management functions. The security hole is related to the use of
Microsoft's FrontPage Server Extension product and is located in the file dvwssr.dll. When
the hole is exploited certain key management and logging information, which should only be
available to system administrators, can be accessed by remote users. To remove your risk:
Microsoft recommends that administrators using FrontPage 98 Server Extensions remove the
dvwssr.dll file. Users running Windows 2000 Server or FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions are
not susceptible to this backdoor.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/vtech/041400/microsoft.sml
Windows Me Debuts
You’ve seen Windows 2000 but are you ready for Windows ME? Windows Millennium Edition, designed to replace
Windows 98 as Microsoft’s consumer operating system shipped to beta testers earlier
this week. Users should expect enhanced
multimedia support, built-in video editing tools, improved networking capabilities, and
enhanced troubleshooting tools. Want to know more? http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000407/tc/tech_microsoft_18.html
Technology to watch - Memory stick from Sony
Portable memory storage devices are becoming an important technology. Currently the
dominate device in this rapidly growing market is the Sony Memory Stick. With a low cost
and a small size (about the size of a piece of gum) the Memory Stick allows users to move
as much as 64 Megabits of data between devices such as computers, personal music devices,
digital cameras, PDA's, and digital video recorders. With the rapid growth of
digital devices and the growing importance of wireless technologies expect the importance
and use of the Memory Stick to increase.
Want to know more? http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/DailyNews/sonystick000413.html
Items submitted by:
Brad Stephens - Email
NOLA Regional Library System
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