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========================================================= Sponsored by Adobe Acrobat Adobe Acrobat 6.0 offers flexible security options, proven reliability and is a document standard for thousands of businesses and government agencies. Download a free tryout and receive a free Adobe PDF Kit. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1025-2-3-308321-116719-1 ========================================================= August 25, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Concerns Mount over Major Web Strike 2. News: Microsoft Preps for the Next SP2 Wave 3. News: Will Cell Phones, PDAs Be Turned Into Retailer-Controlled Tools? 4. News: HIPAA Costs Said to Curtail Health IT Spending 5. The Channel Insider: Winternals Offers SP2 Safety Belt 6. News: EU Extends Review of Microsoft Deal 7. News: Ask Jeeves, Lycos Expand Search Options For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1025-2-3-308321-116722-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: Concerns Mount over Major Web Strike A coordinated online strike against Internet servers by terrorists, dubbed "electronic jihad," may or may not strike this week, security experts said. One security researcher in Moscow warned that Thursday would be the day in question. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1025-2-3-308321-116725-1 Internet Security http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1025-2-3-308321-116728-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Microsoft Preps for the Next SP2 Wave Microsoft is set to begin pushing the service pack to Windows XP Professional users today via Windows Update/Automatic Update. Get the full story from Mary Jo Foley at Microsoft Watch. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1025-2-3-308321-116731-1 XP Evolution http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1025-2-3-308321-116734-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Will Cell Phones, PDAs Be Turned Into Retailer-Controlled Tools? With PDAs and cell phones getting more advanced, one retail transaction vendor wants to turn those consumer gadgets into two-way advertisement-friendly checkout devices. Find out how this could benefit consumers and retailers here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1025-2-3-308321-116737-1 Self-Checkout Technology http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1025-2-3-308321-116740-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: HIPAA Costs Said to Curtail Health IT Spending The health IT market in the United States is expected to stagnate this year with a slight decline in spending, according to recently released figures from market research analyst firm Frost & Sullivan. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1025-2-3-308321-116743-1 The Future of Health Care IT http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1025-2-3-308321-116746-1 HIPAA http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1025-2-3-308321-116749-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. The Channel Insider: Winternals Offers SP2 Safety Belt Worried about installing SP2 on your clients' XP systems and having a crashing application? Winternals, a provider of Microsoft systems availability and performance solutions, has an SP2 seat belt for you: the Winternals Recovery Manager. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1025-2-3-308321-116752-1 Business Continuity http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1025-2-3-308321-116755-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: EU Extends Review of Microsoft Deal Microsoft and Time Warner ran into fresh trouble with the European Union on Wednesday as antitrust regulators ordered an in-depth probe of their deal to collaborate in making anti-piracy software. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1025-2-3-308321-116758-1 Microsoft Trials http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1025-2-3-308321-116761-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. 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