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========================================================= Sponsored by Compuware Vantage Following an established set of best practices can ensure that IT is getting the insight it needs during infrastructure optimization projects. Learn how to avoid vulnerabilities and service disruption with a free white paper, "Best Practices for Service-Sensitive Cost Optimization." http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-998-2-3-308321-113665-1 ========================================================= August 18, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Oracle Still Sitting on Database-Security Patches 2. Opinion: Halt the Bungled Google IPO 3. News: AOL Releases Netscape Browser Update 4. News: Will Paper Checks Become Extinct? 5. Opinion: Stem-Cell Research Could Help Keep U.S. Jobs 6. News: Microsoft Lures Open-Source Programmer 7. News: Study Yields Biomarkers for Detecting Cancer 8. Opinion: Don't Fear Internet Anonymity Tools For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-998-2-3-308321-113668-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: Oracle Still Sitting on Database-Security Patches Oracle is in public-relations hot water after weeks of stony silence on its delay in releasing 34 security patches for flaws it has known about since January or February. What's the story? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-998-2-3-308321-113671-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. Opinion: Halt the Bungled Google IPO The SEC should keep the Google IPO on hold for as long as it takes to clarify the legal consequences of the company's inexplicable failure to properly register 23 million shares and 5.6 million stock options. Read the rest of this column. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-998-2-3-308321-113674-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: AOL Releases Netscape Browser Update Netscape 7.2 is now available for download. Find out about the new features in this update. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-998-2-3-308321-113677-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Will Paper Checks Become Extinct? The Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act, which goes into effect Oct. 28, encourages the banking industry's use of image technology to make the check-payment system more efficient and to lower check-processing costs. The law, which will change the way checks are processed and returned to the originator, covers commercial, retail, Treasury and traveler's checks. Get the full story on how this will affect the future of paper checks. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-998-2-3-308321-113680-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Opinion: Stem-Cell Research Could Help Keep U.S. Jobs A California ballot initiative to raise $3 billion for such research could help prevent its outsourcing to locales such as the United Kingdom. eWEEK.com's Government Center editor takes a close look at these two hot-button issues. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-998-2-3-308321-113683-1 Outsourcing the Enterprise: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-998-2-3-308321-113686-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: Microsoft Lures Open-Source Programmer Microsoft's latest catch is developer and open-source stalwart Jim Hugunin. Hugunin has joined Microsoft's Common Language Runtime team, where he will work on furthering Microsoft's support for dynamic languages. Get the full story from Mary Jo Foley at Microsoft Watch. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-998-2-3-308321-113689-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. News: Study Yields Biomarkers for Detecting Cancer A study released this week in the journal Cancer Research announced strides in the fight against early-stage ovarian cancer with the discovery of biomarkers and the development of tools to detect it. Read more about this discovery and the technology behind it. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-998-2-3-308321-113692-1 Health Care Industry Center: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-998-2-3-308321-113695-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. Opinion: Don't Fear Internet Anonymity Tools There are lots of good reasons to be anonymous on the Internet, even though it's growing increasingly difficult to remain so. 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