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Computerworld Weekly Top 10
August 30, 2004
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In this issue:
* Windows XP SP2 Rollout To Resume Wednesday
* Wi-Fi Plays Defense
* Cisco To Acquire Software Developer P-Cube For $200M
* Microsoft Won't Ship WinFS With Longhorn
* Indiana Man Charged With Hacking Into Former Employer's Systems
* Old Computers: An IT Department Liability That's Costing More
* ISS: Critical Netscape Flaw Could Be Widespread
* HP Shelves Virus-throttling Product
* Latest Spam Scams Use Google, Olympics
* Washington State Ferries Expands Wi-Fi Service For Passenger Use
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Windows XP SP2 Rollout To Resume Wednesday
After a nine-day postponement, Microsoft on Wednesday plans to start
pushing out Windows XP Service Pack 2 to PCs running Windows XP
Professional Edition.
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Wi-Fi Plays Defense
Despite the release of the 802.11i standard, WLAN security issues
aren't likely to go away any time soon. Here's why.
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Cisco To Acquire Software Developer P-Cube For $200M
Cisco plans to continue selling P-Cube's network control and analysis
software as stand-alone products and will incorporate it into its own
hardware and software.
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Microsoft Won't Ship WinFS With Longhorn
Microsoft today announced a significant change in plans for the next
major release of Windows, code-named Longhorn. The new WinFS storage
subsystem will not be part of it, as had been previously planned.
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Indiana Man Charged With Hacking Into Former Employer's Systems
Patrick Angle, was charged with intentionally deleting the source code
for software he had been developing for Massachusetts-based Varian
Semiconductor Equipment Associates.
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Old Computers: An IT Department Liability That's Costing More
More and more resellers of used computer equipment are charging to
erase data that may still be left on hard drives.
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ISS: Critical Netscape Flaw Could Be Widespread
Security company Internet Security Systems is warning of a critical
security hole in a commonly used technology from the Mozilla Foundation
called the Netscape Network Security Services library that could leave
Web servers vulnerable to remote attack.
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HP Shelves Virus-throttling Product
Virus Throttler, unveiled by HP in February, was one of two new
security services developed by company researchers that debuted at the
RSA Security Conference.
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Latest Spam Scams Use Google, Olympics
A rash of recent e-mail scams relies on new techniques to try to fool
PC users, according to e-mail filtering vendor SurfControl.
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Washington State Ferries Expands Wi-Fi Service For Passenger Use
Washington State Ferries expects to provide passengers on its
high-traffic Puget Sound routes with free Wi-Fi service that it will
begin rolling out next month.
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