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This Month: ... * Adobe Releases Acrobat Reader for Palm OS ; _ * No more waiting for 3D on the Web ; _ * NEW USB video device for full-screen video on Mac ; _ * OPINION: It Takes Effort To Combat Spam ; _ * AOL's New Filter on the Block ; _ * FBI Blasts Reluctant Hackees ; _ * 1,001 Arabian Nights of Sex ; _ * Teen Market a Tough Cell ; _ * You Write, They Edit, iPublish ; _ * Getting ready for vacation?

Adobe Releases Acrobat Reader for Palm OS - Adobe has released Acrobat Reader for Palm OS. It's available for Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows ME, and Windows 2000. Users must have Palm Desktop 3.0.1 or better, and Palm devices with Palm OS 3.1 or higher and at least 200K available memory. - Thanks to: UGNN News Service for sending this in. File this one under: Hardware related For more info go to: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readerforpalm.html
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No more waiting for 3D on the Web - A new plug-in for browsers called "Walkabout" delivers a scalable 3D visualization solution which allows viewing, and interacting with three dimensional environments, objects, and data on the Web. Mayim Visual Solutions' free web-browser plug-in enables users to walk through virtual environments and manipulate 3D objects. Mayim also announced the release of its Walkabout Developers Kit (WDK), an integrated professional authoring tool for creating rich three-dimensional environments and objects for the Web. Together, the two products promise to transform the Internet experience, changing it from a page-oriented, reading-based activity to an interactive, navigable, three-dimensional experience involving motion, sight, and sound. http://www.mayim.com - Thanks to: Larry Marks for sending this in. File this one under: Multimedia: video, slideshow, editing, DVD For more info go to: http://www.mayim.com
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NEW USB video device for full-screen video on Mac - iRez is shipping its new CapSureUSB device. The product allows Mac users to display full-screen video on their Mac. The CapSureUSB brings 640x480 video into users' Macs over USB. The device measures 2-inches by 3-inches and allows Mac users to play video with stereo audio/video on their Mac. Besides play through, the device also allows users to capture video and take screen shots. The device can import any analog video and audio via built in RCA and S-Video ports. The device is particularly unique in that it offers both video and audio play through over USB. The CapSureUSB is available now for Mac OS and Windows users. It retails for $99 and includes iRez's Reel-Eyes for the Mac OS. - Thanks to: UGNN for sending this in. File this one under: Multimedia: video, slideshow, editing, DVD For more info go to: http://www.irez.com
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OPINION: It Takes IT Effort To Combat Spam - The term "spam" may bring back memories of six men named Bruce sitting around a table chanting, "Spam, spam, spam." Unless you're an avid "Monty Python" fan, though, it's more likely to conjure thoughts of unsolicited, insidious e-mail that screams for your attention and clogs your inbox.
__Readers tell us that about 15 percent of their e-mail messages at work are unwanted spam. Home e-mail accounts tend to get hit even harder. EarthLink, the second-largest U.S. ISP, says spam makes up one-quarter to one-third of the messages received by ISP networks including its own.
__So what are your peers doing to minimize spam's adverse impact on produc-tivity? Less than you may think. Only 44 percent of readers we polled have corporate e-mail systems able to block unsolicited e-mail. And 27 percent of respondents with spam filtering technology don't bother to use it. - Thanks to: Art Pfenning - InternetWeek News for sending this in. File this one under: Home, Business, Personal Privacy, Security For more info go to: http://update.internetweek.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eDlI0BdxAn0V30OEF0AC
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AOL's New Filter on the Block - AOL and filtering-software company RuleSpace use neural net logic to contextually analyze websites. Analysts say AOL's blacklist could become an industry standard. But does it block too many clean sites? - Thanks to: Jeffrey Benner for sending this in. File this one under: Home, Business, Personal Privacy, Security For more info go to: http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,43576,00.html?tw=wn20010507
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FBI Blasts Reluctant Hackees - Companies whose websites have been hacked are notoriously shy when it comes to reporting attacks, an FBI official complains at a cybercrime conference. - Thanks to: Ryan Sager and Declan McCullagh, Washington D.C. for sending this in. File this one under: Home, Business, Personal Privacy, Security For more info go to: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,43451,00.html?tw=wn20010501
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1,001 Arabian Nights of Sex - A survey says that 80 percent of Arab-world Internet traffic heads for sex sites and prompts a heated discussion over the cultural implications of sex in that part of the world. - Thanks to: Steve Kettmann reports from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. for sending this in. File this one under: General interest, Leisure, Travel For more info go to: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,43243,00.html?tw=wn20010424
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Teen Market a Tough Cell - Despite the hype surrounding cell phone use and cool futuristic services, teens in the United States aren't buying into it. And the market isn't buying into them, either. - Thanks to: Elisa Batista, Wired News for sending this in. File this one under: General interest, Leisure, Travel For more info go to: http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,42897,00.html?tw=wn20010426
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You Write, They Edit, iPublish - Time Warner Books finally launches its much ballyhooed e-publishing service, promising would-be authors the chance to be edited by pros. - Thanks to: M.J. Rose, Wired News for sending this in. File this one under: Home, Business, Personal Privacy, Security For more info go to: http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,43434,00.html?tw=wn20010501
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Getting ready for vacation? - Online travel purchasing is growing despite the weak economy, according to a survey released earlier this week.
__Web buyers in April spent $776 million on airline tickets, making air travel the single most popular product sold to consumers online, the Forrester Research/Greenfield Online survey found. Hotel reservations were second, at $512 million, and car rentals were fifth, at $247 million.
__In March, online consumers spent $572 million on airline tickets, $311 million on hotel reservations and $134 million on car rentals. This means that in April, online airline ticket sales rose 35 percent, hotel reservations surged 64 percent, and car rentals spiked 84 percent. - Thanks to: Ted Kemp - Internet Week News for sending this in. File this one under: General interest, Leisure, Travel For more info go to: http://update.internetweek.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eDjR0BdxAn0V30N4x0Ap
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Fred Showker

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&Else! Is the News Burst column for the DT&G Online Newsletter (SEE: Last Month's &ELSE)
&Else...
This Month: ... * Adobe Releases Acrobat Reader for Palm OS ; _ * No more waiting for 3D on the Web ; _ * NEW USB video device for full-screen video on Mac ; _ * OPINION: It Takes Effort To Combat Spam ; _ * AOL's New Filter on the Block ; _ * FBI Blasts Reluctant Hackees ; _ * 1,001 Arabian Nights of Sex ; _ * Teen Market a Tough Cell ; _ * You Write, They Edit, iPublish ; _ * Getting ready for vacation? Adobe Releases Acrobat Reader for Palm OS - Adobe has released Acrobat Reader for Palm OS. It's available for Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows ME, and Windows 2000. Users must have Palm Desktop 3.0.1 or better, and Palm devices with Palm OS 3.1 or higher and at least 200K available memory. - Thanks to: UGNN News Service for sending this in. File this one under: Hardware related For more info go to: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readerforpalm.html . No more waiting for 3D on the Web - A new plug-in for browsers called "Walkabout" delivers a scalable 3D visualization solution which allows viewing, and interacting with three dimensional environments, objects, and data on the Web. Mayim Visual Solutions' free web-browser plug-in enables users to walk through virtual environments and manipulate 3D objects. Mayim also announced the release of its Walkabout Developers Kit (WDK), an integrated professional authoring tool for creating rich three-dimensional environments and objects for the Web. Together, the two products promise to transform the Internet experience, changing it from a page-oriented, reading-based activity to an interactive, navigable, three-dimensional experience involving motion, sight, and sound. http://www.mayim.com - Thanks to: Larry Marks for sending this in. File this one under: Multimedia: video, slideshow, editing, DVD For more info go to: http://www.mayim.com . NEW USB video device for full-screen video on Mac - iRez is shipping its new CapSureUSB device. The product allows Mac users to display full-screen video on their Mac. The CapSureUSB brings 640x480 video into users' Macs over USB. The device measures 2-inches by 3-inches and allows Mac users to play video with stereo audio/video on their Mac. Besides play through, the device also allows users to capture video and take screen shots. The device can import any analog video and audio via built in RCA and S-Video ports. The device is particularly unique in that it offers both video and audio play through over USB. The CapSureUSB is available now for Mac OS and Windows users. It retails for $99 and includes iRez's Reel-Eyes for the Mac OS. - Thanks to: UGNN for sending this in. File this one under: Multimedia: video, slideshow, editing, DVD For more info go to: http://www.irez.com . OPINION: It Takes IT Effort To Combat Spam - The term "spam" may bring back memories of six men named Bruce sitting around a table chanting, "Spam, spam, spam." Unless you're an avid "Monty Python" fan, though, it's more likely to conjure thoughts of unsolicited, insidious e-mail that screams for your attention and clogs your inbox. __Readers tell us that about 15 percent of their e-mail messages at work are unwanted spam. Home e-mail accounts tend to get hit even harder. EarthLink, the second-largest U.S. ISP, says spam makes up one-quarter to one-third of the messages received by ISP networks including its own. __So what are your peers doing to minimize spam's adverse impact on produc-tivity? Less than you may think. Only 44 percent of readers we polled have corporate e-mail systems able to block unsolicited e-mail. And 27 percent of respondents with spam filtering technology don't bother to use it. - Thanks to: Art Pfenning - InternetWeek News for sending this in. File this one under: Home, Business, Personal Privacy, Security For more info go to: http://update.internetweek.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eDlI0BdxAn0V30OEF0AC . AOL's New Filter on the Block - AOL and filtering-software company RuleSpace use neural net logic to contextually analyze websites. Analysts say AOL's blacklist could become an industry standard. But does it block too many clean sites? - Thanks to: Jeffrey Benner for sending this in. File this one under: Home, Business, Personal Privacy, Security For more info go to: http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,43576,00.html?tw=wn20010507 . FBI Blasts Reluctant Hackees - Companies whose websites have been hacked are notoriously shy when it comes to reporting attacks, an FBI official complains at a cybercrime conference. - Thanks to: Ryan Sager and Declan McCullagh, Washington D.C. for sending this in. File this one under: Home, Business, Personal Privacy, Security For more info go to: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,43451,00.html?tw=wn20010501 . 1,001 Arabian Nights of Sex - A survey says that 80 percent of Arab-world Internet traffic heads for sex sites and prompts a heated discussion over the cultural implications of sex in that part of the world. - Thanks to: Steve Kettmann reports from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. for sending this in. File this one under: General interest, Leisure, Travel For more info go to: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,43243,00.html?tw=wn20010424 . Teen Market a Tough Cell - Despite the hype surrounding cell phone use and cool futuristic services, teens in the United States aren't buying into it. And the market isn't buying into them, either. - Thanks to: Elisa Batista, Wired News for sending this in. File this one under: General interest, Leisure, Travel For more info go to: http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,42897,00.html?tw=wn20010426 . You Write, They Edit, iPublish - Time Warner Books finally launches its much ballyhooed e-publishing service, promising would-be authors the chance to be edited by pros. - Thanks to: M.J. Rose, Wired News for sending this in. File this one under: Home, Business, Personal Privacy, Security For more info go to: http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,43434,00.html?tw=wn20010501 . Getting ready for vacation? - Online travel purchasing is growing despite the weak economy, according to a survey released earlier this week. __Web buyers in April spent $776 million on airline tickets, making air travel the single most popular product sold to consumers online, the Forrester Research/Greenfield Online survey found. Hotel reservations were second, at $512 million, and car rentals were fifth, at $247 million. __In March, online consumers spent $572 million on airline tickets, $311 million on hotel reservations and $134 million on car rentals. This means that in April, online airline ticket sales rose 35 percent, hotel reservations surged 64 percent, and car rentals spiked 84 percent. - Thanks to: Ted Kemp - Internet Week News for sending this in. File this one under: General interest, Leisure, Travel For more info go to: http://update.internetweek.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eDjR0BdxAn0V30N4x0Ap . END of transmission Fred Showker Last &Else was on May 15, 2001 * Back to the Front Page
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