Word: coded
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...never met Fanning, 20, whose ingenious file-sharing program, Napster, had created the world's biggest online free-music community--one that was costing Middelhoff and the rest of the music industry many millions of dollars in lost sales. But by the time they tucked into their steaks, the code-writing whiz was digesting the media mogul's sermon on the Internet being the world's first viable commercial democracy...
...wealth and economic diversity on campus because they affect us and enter our undergraduate bubbles more often than we would ever like to admit. Last Saturday, for example, was the annual City Step dance. Individual tickets went for $15 a pop and black-tie was the presumed dress code. Even after dancers had already shelled out that much cash, however, questions regarding money were not put to rest; while some couples could afford to dine in swanky downtown restaurants, others ate their meals in the dining hall, and whereas some people splurged on taxis, other students had no choice...
...petition to the Corporation we stated three demands. First, we urged Harvard to adopt an effective sweatshop monitoring strategy. Last spring, Harvard agreed to a strong code of conduct for all overseas labor, but has since failed to implement this code by refusing to join an effective monitoring organization...
...last week's hack attack on Microsoft just gets more embarrassing for BILL GATES & Co., especially given the part played by the company's software. The unidentified intruders were able to root around inside Microsoft's network for six weeks, steal passwords and sneak looks at the vital source code for future (not current) products, using a Trojan-horse virus called QAZ that's written in a Microsoft programming language (Visual C++). The pilfered passwords were sent to an e-mail address registered in St. Petersburg, Russia, through Hotmail--another Microsoft service. Even worse, Vincent Gullotto, head of the antivirus...
...sturdy plastic mailbox with an electronic lock lets carriers deliver when you're not home. Sign up for the service ($5 a month at zbox.com) and every package you buy online gets a number that the carrier uses to open the box. You access it later with a PIN code. The downside: one less excuse for being late to work...