SIDELINES Skate: A scrapbook of current economic news. See also Questions & Quotes information on what is happening to the international financial markets, and why. ARTICLES MacOs 8.5 reviewed. Intel's Andy Grove, on being a refugee:" I came from a background where nobody treated anyone well". 10/25/98 "Microsoft and Me" and the Major Jolloud effect by J. Cringely, pbs.org, 10/28/98) Ray Bradbury's Tomorrowland, in Wired 6.10 (10/98) iMac modems: TechNote, 9/10/98 MacWorld review compares Cyberstudio 3.0 and Dreamweaver 1.2 Filemaker Pro and Y2K Tech note from Claris/Filemaker, Inc. Security Patch (MS Office 98), 8/6/98 The Linux Revolution San Francisco Chronicle, 8/27/98 Alder 2.5 Administer File Maker Pro remotely via Web Programming behind recent security flaws. Markoff explains. NT Admin Security Hole Tech note from news.com, 7/27/98 Email Worm Alert: Outlook Express, Outlook 98 and Netscape Mail are seriously flawed. NY Times reports that Eudora is not vulnerable. Log September 10, 1998 iMac modems: TechNote August 6,1998 MS Office98 Unwanted Data Security Patch ___________________ August 4, 1998 The Linux vendor group, Linux International (www.li.org) has grown over the last three months to include Sun, Digital, and Adaptec. Intel, Oracle and Informix may join within the next few months. _________________ July 31, 1998 Alder 2.5 administers File Maker Pro databases remotely via a Web browser. _________________ NY Times reporter John Markoff explains how careless programming in C and C++ can lead to the security flaws reported this week in Outlook and Netscape Mail. More modern programs, such as Java, have built-in safeguards, which contribute to their relative slowness. Markoff concludes his article with an interesting quote from Robert Morris, former chief scientist of the National Security Agency, whose son, Robert Tappan Morris, almost brought down the Net by exploiting a similar flaw ten years ago. ____________________ July 29, 1998 Email Worm Alert: Outlook Express, Outlook 98 and Netscape Mail are seriously flawed. NY Times reports that Eudora is not vulnerable.
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