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========================================================= Sponsored by AT&T Can your network see trouble coming? Keep your network and business ahead of the curve. Activate your subscription to AT&T Networking Views. Activate Here http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1009-2-3-308321-114925-1 ========================================================= August 20, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Attack Pierces Fully Patched XP Machines 2. News: Apple Recalls Batch of PowerBook Batteries 3. News: IBM's New Motion on Linux Aims to 'Call SCO's Bluff' 4. Opinion: SP2 Tools Ease Wireless Configuration 5. News: Court Rules P2P Software Makers Not Liable 6. News: IBM Touts New Eclipse Package for Linux 7. News: Eolas Says Browser Patent Fight Isn't Over Yet 8. Interview: iDefense CEO Talks on Wholesaling Threat Intelligence For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1009-2-3-308321-114928-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: Attack Pierces Fully Patched XP Machines The Download.Ject attack is back with a vengeance, and it's now being used on the Internet. Even fully patched XP machines are at risk, though computers running XP SP2 are not. Get the details on this attack and how you can avoid it. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1009-2-3-308321-114931-1 E-mail Worms 2004: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1009-2-3-308321-114934-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Apple Recalls Batch of PowerBook Batteries Apple has recalled approximately 28,000 rechargeable batteries used in its 15-inch PowerBook G4 notebooks. Learn all about these bad batteries and what to do if you own one. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1009-2-3-308321-114937-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: IBM's New Motion on Linux Aims to 'Call SCO's Bluff' IBM is trying to use SCO as a punching bag this week as Big Blue fires off another motion for partial summary judgment in its legal slugfest over Linux and Unix copyright issues. Will this strategy work? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1009-2-3-308321-114940-1 The Battle Over Unix: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1009-2-3-308321-114943-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. Opinion: SP2 Tools Ease Wireless Configuration Windows XP Service Pack 2 features wireless configuration tools that can cure IT headaches--if SP2 doesn't break your applications. Editor Carol Ellison tells you what's what when it comes to wireless. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1009-2-3-308321-114946-1 Wireless in the Enterprise: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1009-2-3-308321-114949-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Court Rules P2P Software Makers Not Liable A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Grokster and StreamCast Networks are not legally responsible for the swapping of copyright content through their file-sharing software. Get the rest of this story here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1009-2-3-308321-114952-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: IBM Touts New Eclipse Package for Linux IBM released Thursday a free, new Eclipse development package for the Linux platform. Learn more about this package and what it entails. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1009-2-3-308321-114955-1 Developers Line Up for Eclipse: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1009-2-3-308321-114958-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. News: Eolas Says Browser Patent Fight Isn't Over Yet Despite reports saying that Microsoft and the W3C have Eolas Technologies on the ropes in their patent battle over basic browser technology, Eolas sounded an upbeat note Thursday. Find out the latest on this fight over HTML. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1009-2-3-308321-114961-1 Microsoft Trials: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1009-2-3-308321-114964-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. Interview: iDefense CEO Talks on Wholesaling Threat Intelligence With the "bad guys getting better" at escalating threats, iDefense CEO John Watters says the company is doing big business by buying vulnerability information from researchers worldwide and reselling it to customers. 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