Message-ID: <30862736.1075845160426.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 15:46:33 -0700 (PDT) From: cnet_news@two.digital.cnet.com To: shendri@ect.enron.com Subject: High rollers place bets online Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: "CNET News.com Daily Dispatch" @ENRON X-To: shendri@ECT.ENRON.COM X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Hendrickson, Scott\Hendrickson, Scott\Deleted Items X-Origin: HENDRICKSON-S X-FileName: Hendrickson, Scott.pst =20 =09=09=09[IMAGE] =09=09=09=09 [IMAGE]=09[IMAGE] =09[IMAGE]=09 [IMAGE] In the News June 1, 2001 [IMAGE= ] [IMAGE]High rollers place bets online [IMAGE]DoS attacks underscore Net= 's vulnerability [IMAGE]Palm to lay off more workers [IMAGE]Linux links u= p with original PlayStation [IMAGE]eBay registers shares for acquisitions = [IMAGE]High-speed Net subscribers surpass 9 million [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [= IMAGE] [IMAGE] Rumor Mill [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Gateway fumbles; LivePlanet= mumbles The PC company tries the classifieds, and Yahoo chats up Ben Affle= ck online. Read Full Story [IMAGE] [IMAGE] High rollers place bets on= line A skirmish in the war over online gambling comes to a head Monday, th= e deadline for Nevada legislators to approve a long-shot measure that could= lead to legalizing the practice in the state. The bill is not expected to = pass, but it has garnered new attention as some big-name casinos have switc= hed their position regarding the Net, for the first time seeking to legaliz= e online wagering. June 1, 2001, 12:50 p.m. PT | Read Full Story [IMAGE= ] DoS attacks underscore Net's vulnerability Denial-of-service attacks--o= nce an Internet annoyance--are becoming more common and, in many cases, mor= e serious, security experts said in the wake of an attack on the Internet's= main warning system for security threats. An unknown attacker last week hi= t the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) Coordination Center, an impor= tant agency for passing information on the latest vulnerabilities in comput= er systems among security experts. June 1, 2001, 12:45 p.m. PT | Read Fu= ll Story [IMAGE] Palm to lay off more workers Struggling handheld giant = Palm announced Friday that it will lay off more workers this summer. Palm s= aid it will make additional cuts to its work force in its first fiscal quar= ter, which begins Saturday, to bring its cost structure closer in line with= business conditions. June 1, 2001, 10:00 a.m. PT | Read Full Story [IMA= GE] Linux links up with original PlayStation After high demand for Sony's= Japanese release of Linux for the PlayStation 2 game console, another comp= any is leaping into the fray. The Czech company Blokman Trading has release= d a test, or alpha, version of the Linux 2.4 kernel for the original PlaySt= ation console--now dubbed PSone. Sony has strictly controlled its release o= f PlayStation 2 Linux, building 1,000 of the kits that are set to go on sal= e this summer and will work only on the Japanese version of the console. J= une 1, 2001, 12:05 p.m. PT | Read Full Story [IMAGE] eBay registers sha= res for acquisitions eBay is building up a war chest of stock. The company= has set aside 10 million shares to use for investing in or acquiring other= companies, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange C= ommission on Friday. eBay paid $151,350 to register the shares, which are w= orth more than $600 million at the company's current stock price. June 1, = 2001, 11:05 a.m. PT | Read Full Story [IMAGE] High-speed Net subscriber= s surpass 9 million Despite a recent decline in the number of U.S. homes w= ith Internet access, 119,000 North Americans are signing up for high-speed = Internet access to their homes per week, according to a study released Frid= ay. A survey conducted by Kinetic Strategies found there are 9.3 million re= sidential customers of broadband Internet services in North America, which = includes 8.2 percent household penetration. June 1, 2001, 11:50 a.m. PT |= Read Full Story [IMAGE] =09 [IMAGE] Autoweb - Click Here! =09 [IMAGE] = [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] =09[IMAGE]=09 [IMAGE]=09[IMAGE]=09[IMAGE]=09[IMAGE]=09 [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMA= GE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] AOL's higher prices spark ISP battle AOL's price in= crease generates competition from other ISPs. 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