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If steganography dissertations are outlawed then only outlaw

If steganography dissertations are outlawed then only outlaws will have steganography dissertations

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University of Michigan graduate student Niels Provos has been forced to move his dissertation on steganography offshore in order to avoid prosecution under Michigan's "Super-DMCA" law, which, among other things, makes it a felony to knowingly "assemble, develop, manufacture, possess, deliver, offer to deliver, or advertise" any device or software that conceals origin or destination of telecommunications service, or provide written instructions on creating such a device. "[Super-DMCA] makes basically everything that I do illegal," Provos told Security Focus. "Concealing the existence of communication is my dissertation, and concealing the source of communication takes place in honey nets. So I decided to be proactive about it and move it to another location, and for now just deny anybody from the states to download any of my software."

Wintel coalition fends off axis of economic evil: Microsoft emerged from its fiscal third quarter largely unscathed by the technology slump, reporting earnings and revenue in line with analyst expectations. Strong sales of the company's Windows XP operating system, a nice gain in its server business, and a new licensing program introduced in July all contributed to a successful quarter marred only by further disappointments at its Home and Entertainment division. Whether the company's good fortune will extend into the fourth quarter remains to be seen. Certainly, Microsoft isn't betting on it. The company set its revenue and profit projections for fiscal 2004 below Wall Street expectations, saying it expects tepid business conditions to depress demand for personal computers for rest of the fiscal year. "We continue to operate in a tough environment," said John Connors, Microsoft's chief financial officer. "Many issues ... continue to remain with us, most notably fragile consumer confidence and general weakness in the global economy. But we can't do much about it. We just have to invest and execute for the long term."

Technology investors holding Microsoft shares weren't the only ones grinning into their coffee mugs this morning. Those holding positions in Intel were rejoicing as well, celebrating the chipmaker's announcement that it had beaten its own forecast for profitability in the first quarter. First-quarter sales of Intel's desktop processors were quite strong -- strong enough to counter a nasty drop in flash memory sales fueled in part by a price increase at the end of the year. And that's great news for Intel, which felt confident enough to predict that sales could rise as much as 4 percent in the current quarter. Does that mean a recovery is in the offing? Don't bet on it. "I don't want to declare a recovery, but two quarters of Intel architecture being at the high end of seasonal pattern is a slight encouragement," said Chief Financial Officer Andy Bryant. "We've seen something the last two quarters that we haven't seen for two and a half years."

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/gmsv/5647082.htm

Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2003 5:22 pm

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