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========================================================= Sponsored by Stalker Software CommuniGate Pro - Real-Time Communications Standards-based Email & SIP server: Email/Calendaring, VoIP & Video Conferencing, IM via web-based client & Windows(TM) Messenger, Share whiteboards, desktop, & other applications. Free Trial: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1090-2-3-308321-123766-1 ========================================================= September 14, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Novel Worms Burst onto the Scene: One Sniffs, Another Talks 2. Opinion: Microsoft Patch Day: The Next Generation 3. News: Mozilla Nears Firefox Finale 4. News: Open-Source Developers Cheer New Linux Base Standard 5. News: Gateway: Cost-Cutting, Refocusing Will Lead to Profitability 6. Opinion: No News is Open-Source Solaris News 7. News: Symantec Rolls Out Anti-Phishing Service 8. Opinion: Palm's European Problem For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1090-2-3-308321-123769-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: Novel Worms Burst onto the Scene: One Sniffs, Another Talks Anti-virus companies are warning of a new variant of the Sdbot mass-mailing worm that installs a network sniffer in order to grab unencrypted passwords, apparently the first worm to do so. A second worm, Amus, uses Windows XP's built-in speech engine to inform users they are about to be infected. Get the details on these strange new worms here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1090-2-3-308321-123772-1 E-mail Worms 2004 http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1090-2-3-308321-123775-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. Opinion: Microsoft Patch Day: The Next Generation Welcome to the SP2 era. Will we have a bifurcated patch day? Will Microsoft be able to move any faster? Security Topic Center Editor Larry Seltzer takes a closer look. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1090-2-3-308321-123778-1 Windows XP Service Pack 2 http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1090-2-3-308321-123781-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Mozilla Nears Firefox Finale Mozilla Firefox, the open-source alternative to Microsoft's dominant Web browser, is preparing for prime time with the first preview of its 1.0 release and a new marketing campaign. We have the details. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1090-2-3-308321-123784-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Open-Source Developers Cheer New Linux Base Standard The Free Standards Group will announce on Tuesday the availability of the Linux Standard Base (LSB) 2.0, and that this standard has the support of almost all global Linux distribution vendors. Find out why open-source developers are excited about LSB 2.0. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1090-2-3-308321-123787-1 The Business of Linux http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1090-2-3-308321-123790-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Gateway: Cost-Cutting, Refocusing Will Lead to Profitability Almost six months into his new stint as president and CEO of Gateway, Wayne Inouye outlined for financial analysts his plans for bringing the PC maker back to health. See what those plans are here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1090-2-3-308321-123793-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. Opinion: No News is Open-Source Solaris News Steven Vaughan-Nichols suggests maybe it's time for Sun Microsystems to stop making announcements and focus on actually making technology. Read his open letter to Sun. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1090-2-3-308321-123796-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. News: Symantec Rolls Out Anti-Phishing Service Symantec is expected to announce a new service to help financial institutions fight phishing attacks and online fraud. Get the details here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1090-2-3-308321-123799-1 Cyber-Crime http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1090-2-3-308321-123802-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. Opinion: Palm's European Problem Palm is missing out on a golden opportunity because it thinks it knows better than European users. 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