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========================================================= Sponsored by Xerox Office Printing Business Get productivity to burn, without burning a hole in your budget. Enter to win an $11,000 Business Upgrade Package (USD) or a Xerox Phaser(R) 8400 Color Printer. Visit http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1032-2-3-308321-117289-1 to enter. ========================================================= August 26, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: What Else Is New in SP2? 2. News: Windows XP SP2 Has a Dangerous Hole 3. Opinion: Outsourcing Hits a Fault Line in Tech 4. News: Open-Source Community Skeptical About Microsoft's Sender ID License 5. Opinion: Don't Freak Out Over 'E-Jihad' 6. The Channel Insider: Getting Ready to Make the NT 4 Server Jump 7. News: Google to Bloggers: Get Your Ad Share 8. News: SCO, BayStar Fight Appears Over 9. News: Microsoft Dismisses British Objections to Anti-Linux Ad For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1032-2-3-308321-117292-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: What Else Is New in SP2? While Microsoft and most customers equate Windows XP Service Pack 2 with security updates, SP2 includes refreshed versions of Microsoft's Tablet PC and Media Center versions of Windows XP, too. Get the rundown from Mary Jo Foley of Microsoft Watch. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1032-2-3-308321-117295-1 Windows XP Service Pack 2 http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1032-2-3-308321-117298-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Windows XP SP2 Has a Dangerous Hole Windows XP Service Pack 2 promises to raise the security bar for the sometimes beleaguered operating system. Unfortunately, one of the new features could be spoofed so that it reports misleading information about system security, or worse, lets a malicious program watch for an opportunity to do damage without being detected. Learn more about this hole here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1032-2-3-308321-117301-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Opinion: Outsourcing Hits a Fault Line in Tech Moving U.S. jobs overseas makes sense to tech businesspeople eyeing the bottom line. But while popular in Silicon Valley, such thinking can feel like betrayal for tech workers who aren't surrounded by constant chaos and innovation. eWEEK.com's Government Center editor takes a look. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1032-2-3-308321-117304-1 Outsourcing the Enterprise http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1032-2-3-308321-117307-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Open-Source Community Skeptical About Microsoft's Sender ID License Microsoft this month is moving forward with the developer implementation of its anti-spam Sender ID framework, but open-source advocates and mail vendors doubt whether the software giant's new proposed license meets open-source requirements. Find out more about Sender ID. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1032-2-3-308321-117310-1 Canning Spam http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1032-2-3-308321-117313-1 Open-Source Licensing http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1032-2-3-308321-117316-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Opinion: Don't Freak Out Over 'E-Jihad' Unless you're a specific target, it's not worth focusing on unsubstantiated general warnings. The world is full of threats. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1032-2-3-308321-117319-1 Internet Security http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1032-2-3-308321-117322-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. The Channel Insider: Getting Ready to Make the NT 4 Server Jump The clock is ticking. NT 4 Server's day is almost done. Are you ready to migrate your customers to another server operating system? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1032-2-3-308321-117325-1 Microsoft Orphans Software http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1032-2-3-308321-117328-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. News: Google to Bloggers: Get Your Ad Share Google is making it easier for Webloggers to earn extra cash, while expanding the reach of its search-based advertising. Read up on the Google's AdSense program. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1032-2-3-308321-117331-1 Selling the Web http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1032-2-3-308321-117334-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. News: SCO, BayStar Fight Appears Over The fight between The SCO Group and BayStar Capital, which concerned the contentious end of the financing deal between them that fueled SCO's Linux litigation, may finally have come to an abrupt and quiet end Wednesday. Get the story here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1032-2-3-308321-117337-1 The Battle Over Unix http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1032-2-3-308321-117340-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9. News: Microsoft Dismisses British Objections to Anti-Linux Ad Microsoft sources said Wednesday that a British regulatory agency's objections to an anti-Linux advertisement published as part of its controversial "Get the Facts" campaign are moot because the ad is no longer running. 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