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MS Access 2000 issue
I've got MS Access 2000 on a Win98SE machine. It works fine if you only have one
database open, but if you open a second Access slows right to a crawl...
Problem with new folder ! Help !!!
I have tried to put a new folder in my site, where I am having a forum...
Image accessing another image
Going thru the web access logs, I noticed the following. As I understand, the
image is a referrer here.
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07.15.05
Uncle Sam Wants Access To Air Passenger Net Usage
 By David Utter
Citing the need for quick action in the event of a security threat, several government
agencies have asked the FCC for broad inspection powers.
The US government wants quick access, within ten minutes, to all communications
conducted aboard airplanes should an emergency arise. That access they want exceeds
what the government has for land-based Internet usage.
"There is a short window of opportunity in which action can be taken to thwart
a suicidal terrorist hijacking or remedy other crisis situations aboard an aircraft,
and law enforcement needs to maximize its ability to respond to these potentially
lethal situations," the
filing states.
The FBI, Justice Department, and the Department of Homeland Security have asked
the FCC to grant it the ability to block, intercept, and redirect Internet communications
from airplanes. Those abilities would only be used with a court order, but would
need to be granted quickly to be effective.
Those agencies cite concerns about terrorists coordinating their activities via
messaging devices with in-flight or ground-based conspirators, or even using Net
devices to detonate bombs on-board.
Fulfilling the government's request would require the airlines' broadband provider
to identify each passenger on-board a flight by name and corresponding seat number,
for each flight.
One analyst for Forrester Research sees the proposal in a favorable light. "I
would go so far as to suggest that I think it is the Justice Department's intention
to ensure that the doors are not open too wide on this, for the requirement of
national security," said Brownlee Thomas in Wired News. "That actually
makes perfect sense."
It's a difficult balancing act for government, as it continues to battle amongst
itself on issues with the Patriot Act. No one has a clear idea of how much privacy
must be sacrificed in order to properly safeguard citizens.
Little MicroSD Cards Grow Up In A TransFlash
By David Utter
The TransFlash specification, developed by Sunnyvale-based memory card and device
maker SanDisk, has been adopted by the standards body overseeing the SD card format.
They have renamed the specification to microSD.
Calling the cards little is an understatement. They measure 15mm x 11mm x 1mm,
far smaller than even the miniSD card format. SanDisk sees the former TransFlash
technology as being destined for mobile handsets.
Handset makers seem to have anticipated the standards adoption. Samsung, Motorola,
LG, and Kyocera, among others, have microSD slots included in some of their mobile
units.
Kyocera merits special attention on the TransFlash front. Its Slider Remix KX5
phone will include the little memory cards, and will have a 1.3 megapixel camera.
Also, Kyocera's KX5 will be a music player phone, with support for MP3 and AAC
format song files.
That AAC support indicates the KX5 would be capable of supporting content from
Apple's iTunes Music Store, such as music and podcasts. Apple has yet to announce
formal support for mobile phone music players, even though iTunes software contains
references to phones.
SanDisk has a 256MB version of the microSD card available now, with 512MB coming
in August. 1GB and 2GB versions should be available at points in late 2005 and
in 2006.
About the Author:
David Utter is a staff writer for WebProNews covering technology and business. |
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