Newsbytes Top Stories 06/06/01

Business Wire, June 6, 2001

Business Editors

WASHINGTON, DC--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2001

Newsbytes E-Letter - The highlights of today's Newsbytes news wire are:

-- EFF Takes On RIAA Over Squelched Research

-- Bulgarian Bugmeister Turns His Gaze To Sun

-- 'Miss World' Virus Uses Sex Angle To Lure The Unwary

-- Europe Needs Early Warning System Against Hackers - EU

-- Cell-Phone Industry Launches New Health-Safety Research

-- E-Mail From Bogus FTC Investigator Sought Personal Data

-- ExciteAtHome To Close Three European Media Operations

-- Tech Growth Hit Record Low In 2000 - 'Cyberstates' Study

-- PC Music Listening Data May Be Tracked, Sold

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EFF Takes On RIAA Over Squelched Research

The Electronic Frontier Foundation and a group of scientists at Princeton University today petitioned a federal judge to allow publication of research that the Recording Industry Association of America and other groups say will compromise legal online music distribution. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/166525.html

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Bulgarian Bugmeister Turns His Gaze To Sun

Microsoft Windows-based e-mail programs may be a favorite target of hackers and virus writers. But users of Unix mail systems are not immune to attack, according to an advisory published Monday by Bulgarian security consultant Georgi Guninski. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/166523.html

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'Miss World' Virus Uses Sex Angle To Lure The Unwary

A new virus called "Miss World" is causing a flurry of user reports to some anti-virus companies, although the virus is mostly notable for the use of a sex-oriented title. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/166524.html

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Europe Needs Early Warning System Against Hackers - EU

Member nations of the European Union (EU) must deepen cooperation on Internet and communication-network security matters, and should develop an early-warning system against hacker and virus attacks. That's according to a report issued today by the EU's top information technology official. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/166526.html

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Cell-Phone Industry Launches New Health-Safety Research

A year after agreeing to a health-safety research program under the auspices of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the cellular phone industry says it has signed up researchers for its first studies. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/166536.html

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E-Mail From Bogus FTC Investigator Sought Personal Data

A Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation into a bogus work-at-home scheme became a bit more complicated last month after a man pretending to be an FTC employee e-mailed hundreds of the scam's victims seeking personal information to be used as "evidence" in the investigation. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/166551.html

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ExciteAtHome To Close Three European Media Operations

Excite at Home said it plans to close its media operations in France, Germany and Spain. The company said it would begin shutting down media portals and offices in those countries beginning next month, but that similar Excite operations in Italy and the U.K. would not be affected by the decision. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/166516.html

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Tech Growth Hit Record Low In 2000 - 'Cyberstates' Study

California, Texas and New York continued to flourish as top-ranking "cyberstates" last year, but the U.S. technology industry marked a new low as 2000 showed the field's slowest growth in five years, according to a study to be released today. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/166493.html

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PC Music Listening Data May Be Tracked, Sold

Gracenote, a company that specializes in music recognition technology, today said it can track the compact disks people listen to on their personal computers. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/166494.html

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