TECHWEB TODAY: SOFTWARE Tuesday, September 7, 2004 IN THIS ISSUE 1. Tuesday Software Feature: To Share Or Not To Share? 2. Software News Of The Week
Today's Top News 3. Microsoft Sees Open Source As Major Threat 4. Consumer Electronics Sales To Beat Earlier Projections 5. Telwares, MSS Group Merge As TEM Consolidates 6. Intel Starts Sampling WiMAX Chips Other News This Week 7. The 64-Bit Question 8. WinZip Vulnerable To Hacks 9. Oracle Products Vulnerable To Hackers 10. Spyware Could Bungle SP2 Installation ------- Advertisement ------------------- Middleware is building better software. Middleware is IBM software. Proven software like Rational is the power behind the IBM Software Development Platform and the key to creating real business advantages. Complete, open, and modular, it automates the entire development process. So you can build better software. On time. On budget. On demand. See how it works in case studies, demos, and more. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejJE0GpvDH0G4S0Cfz30A4 ----------------------------------------- 1. TUESDAY SOFTWARE FEATURE: To Share Or Not To Share? Everyone from IBM to a group of Minneapolis blue-chip companies wants to share code, but can sharing go too far? A look at the latest research on Linux and open-source IT projects. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejJE0GpvDH0G4S0ClRt0Aa 2. SOFTWARE NEWS OF THE WEEK Firms Launch Code-Sharing Cooperative Seven Minneapolis-area companies have gone live with an online database of code that can be shared among members of a cooperative they've formed to save costs on software projects. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejJE0GpvDH0G4S0ClRu0Ab Promises, Promises: Microsoft's Credibility Questioned Over Longhorn Microsoft's decision to cut its storage system, code-named WinFS, out of the Longhorn Windows client upgrade for 2006, is causing a crisis of confidence in the channel. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejJE0GpvDH0G4S0ClRv0Ac Apple, Microsoft Partners Find Common Ground The latest version of the Unix-based Macintosh OSX operating system, code-named 'Panther,' significantly enhances the ability for the Mac client and server to integrate with Microsoft's Active Directory and Windows server environment. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejJE0GpvDH0G4S0ClRw0Ad New Oracle E-Business Suite Aims To Simplify It integrates Oracle Grid Control and Oracle Applications Manager and targets improving business process automation and operating efficiency. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejJE0GpvDH0G4S0ClRx0Ae Sun Targets Newbie Developers With Java Studio Creator Toolset Unlike other open-source Web frameworks, Sun's Java Studio Creator presents only one development method for users. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejJE0GpvDH0G4S0ClRy0Af ------- Advertisement ------------------- Middleware is building better software. Middleware is IBM software. Proven software like Rational is the power behind the IBM Software Development Platform and the key to creating real business advantages. Complete, open, and modular, it automates the entire development process. So you can build better software. On time. On budget. On demand. See how it works in case studies, demos, and more. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejJE0GpvDH0G4S0Cfz30A4 ------------------------------------------- TODAY'S NEWS 3. Microsoft Sees Open Source As Major Threat Microsoft sees open-source enemies in virtually every corner of its business, according to its latest 10-K filing. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejJE0GpvDH0G4S0ClRz0Ag 4. Consumer Electronics Sales To Beat Earlier Projections Almost every product category performed better than anticipated in 2003 by $100 million to $200 million. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejJE0GpvDH0G4S0ClR10AT 5. Telwares, MSS Group Merge As TEM Consolidates The booming telecom expense management industry moves sharply towards consolidation. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejJE0GpvDH0G4S0ClR20AU 6. Intel Starts Sampling WiMAX Chips Intel says it has started sampling WiMAX chips in preparation for a wide-scale rollout in 2005. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejJE0GpvDH0G4S0ClR30AV OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK 7. The 64-Bit Question As organizations outgrow 32-bit processors, next-generation chips are ready to take over workloads. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejJE0GpvDH0G4S0ClAP0Ah 8. WinZip Vulnerable To Hacks WinZip warns users that its popular compression utility is vulnerable to a pair of buffer overflow-based attacks. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejJE0GpvDH0G4S0ClAY0Aq 9. Oracle Products Vulnerable To Hackers Oracle has issued an alert regarding multiple security vulnerabilities discovered across a wide range of its products. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejJE0GpvDH0G4S0Ckyv0AG 10. Spyware Could Bungle SP2 Installation Microsoft warns that computers with spyware may freeze upon installation of SP2. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejJE0GpvDH0G4S0ClAa0Ay ----------------------------------------------------- Register Today For TechXNY Join us October 5-7 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York for TechXNY where you'll find the business solutions you need. We'll be covering storage, networking, security, database, Internet, wireless, Linux solutions and more. 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