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RALEIGH, N.C. — Many Internet surfers ran into roadblocks yesterday when they tried to reach a Web site displaying the first detailed satellite images to be made public of Area 51, the supersecure Air Force test site that UFO buffs think is a repository of alien technology.
Hackers attack Area 51 Web site
The Associated Press
Raleigh-based Aerial Images Inc. — in collaboration with Kodak, Digital Equipment Corp., Autometric Inc. and the Russian agency Sovinformsputnik — posted five images Monday of the hush-hush desert proving ground on the Web.
"This is the first glimpse into the most secret training and testing facility for the Air Force," said John Hoffman, president of Aerial Images.
However, the partners' Web site,
http://www.terraserver.com, didn't respond much of the time yesterday.
Was it hackers, as the company said? or a case for the *The X-Files*?
He said there were signs of hackers trying to penetrate the site's firewall, the software designed to prevent unauthorized outsiders from tampering with computer files. They couldn't reach the data, but they were able to slow the system. Hoffman said.
The photos of the Nevada test site don't show any readily apparent signs of flying saucers or little green men among the Air Force base buildings and roadways.
He noted that the Area 51 photos had attracted an estimated 3 million page views to the Web site since Monday morning, compared with the normal usage of 700,000 to 800,000 per day.
The site is known as Area 51 among UFO aficionados because that was the base's designation on old Nevada test site maps. Some believe alien vehicles, unidentified flying objects, are hidden at the base and that their parts are copied for U.S. prototypes.
The Air Force only recently acknowledged that Area 51 — the Groom Dry Lake Air Force Base — even existed. The 8,000-square-mile base is 75 miles northwest of Las Vegas, in the rugged Nellis Range.
Viewing the images is free, but downloading them costs $8.95 and up. Kodak will make prints for $20 to $30.
Aerial Images launched a Russian satellite in 1998 to map the Earth's surface under an open-skies agreement signed in 1992 by 24 nations, including the United States and Russia.
Beginning with the U-2 spy plane in the 1950s, the base has been the testing ground for a host of top-secret aircraft, including the SR-71 Blackbird, the F-117A stealth fighter and B-2 stealth bomber.
"The site is being hammered, and hackers are attacking it," Hoffman said.
Several government agencies are aware of the new images and haven't responded, Hoffman said.
The images have resolution good enough to distinguish a car from a truck.
"We acknowledge having an operating site there, and the work is classified," said Air Force representative Gloria Cales. She said the work involved operations critical to the U.S. military and the country's security.
On the Net:
Air Force: www.airforce.com
Air Force. www.airforce.com
Area 51 Resources: www.
nauticom.net/users/ata/
resources.html
UFO fans: www.ufomind.com/ area51
Britannica launches new software
Britannica Traveler, the company's first initiative in the fast-growing world of wireless information transmission, is designed for use with the popular Palm VII organizer, though applications are expected soon for other products.
CHICAGO — The digital arm of Encyclopedia Britannica has introduced a software gadget it hopes will not only bring in new, hip online readers but also settle arguments.
The Associated Press
"Britannica now goes wherever you go," Don Yannias, chief executive officer of Britannica.com Inc., said yesterday.
What it does do, via a wireless connection to the Brittanica.com server, is enable quick searches of the entire 44 million-word Britannica database and
Britannica hopes its new application will help it claim a healthy share of the growing population on the Internet, luring more Internet surfers to its 6-month-old retooled Web site, http://www.britannica.com.
The handheld application is an attempt to bring people back to the Britannica Web site, which drew millions of worldwide users seeking a free encyclopedia when it debuted last October and promptly came crashing down. It was inaccessible for days.
"You can't believe how many calls we've had over the years from people saying, 'Is this Encyclopedia Britannica? Can you settle this argument?'" said Kent Devereaux, senior vice president for product development at Britannica.com.
access to specific articles.
That will enable Palm users to check an encyclopedia entry whenever a burning reference question arises — at a ballgame, on the road, from a bar.
The site's software was overhauled, and its use is growing. But after watching competitors move more swiftly into online ventures, Britannica still is striving to convert the company's long-dominant position in the pre-Internet era to similar success on the Web.
"Britannica has a wonderful property, but they were a little slow to move, and they let second-rate encyclopedias get ahead of them with (software) applications and operating systems," said Dan O'Brien, an analyst for Forrester Research in Cambridge, Mass.
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