September 2, 2004
Technology Review: Is Encryption Doomed?
Simson Garfinkel. The "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade" message that came out of the conference was that this process of breaking codes and developing even stronger ones is all part of the cryptographer’s game. But what if a fundamental breakthrough in mathematics rendered useless all of the fancy encryption that the world now depends upon?
eWEEK: Sender ID Wars Heat Up.
Has Microsoft blinked on its licensing requirements for Sender ID, making it more acceptable to the open-source community? Some open-source leaders and companies think that it has, while others vehemently disagree.
NY Times: From Microsoft, a First Take.
Prepare ye. Today marks the dawning of the age of the Windows Mobile Portable Media Center, a Microsoft software design for hand-held audio-video-photo players. In the next month or two, Creative Labs, Samsung and iRiver will all release players that run the little operating system with the very big name.
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