TECHWEB TODAY: SOFTWARE Tuesday, September 14, 2004 IN THIS ISSUE 1. Tuesday Software Feature: Oracle Vs. Microsoft, Anyone? 2. Software News Of The Week
Today's Top News 3. Picture Processing Bug Puts Windows At Critical Risk 4. IT Job Losses Continue Despite Economic Recovery 5. New RFID Services Based On IBM's Own Tagging Projects 6. USAF To Dole Out $9 Billion On Beefed Up Network 7. New Worms Sniff For Passwords Other News This Week 8. A Tale Of Two Wi-Fi's 9. Disaster Recovery Planning Grows, Slowly 10. Vendor Predicts 10-Megapixel Cameraphones ------- Advertisement ------------------- IBM Express Middleware. Designed for mid-sized companies. IBM Express Middleware is proven software like IBM DB2, Lotus, Tivoli, and WebSphere. Easy-to-implement. Easy-to-install. Simple-to-maintain. IBM Express Middleware is designed, developed and priced for mid-sized companies. On demand software is now more accessible than ever. See how it works in animated case studies, free papers and more. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejSB0GpvDH0G4S0CYYo0AP ----------------------------------------- 1. TUESDAY SOFTWARE FEATURE: Oracle Vs. Microsoft, Anyone? Oracle wins in U.S. antitrust court in PeopleSoft takeover attempt, but its bigger battle is with the likes of Microsoft, which is eating away at the SMB market. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejSB0GpvDH0G4S0CmTs0Ai 2. SOFTWARE NEWS OF THE WEEK IBM Unveils First Major DB2 Upgrade In Two Years IBM unveiled the first major upgrade of its DB2 database in nearly two years. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejSB0GpvDH0G4S0CmTt0Aj Service Provider: Open-Source Developers Stole My Code In a case reminiscent of the SCO lawsuit, startup application service provider Furthermore claims its intellectual property was stolen by contractors and released as open source. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejSB0GpvDH0G4S0CmTu0Ak Oracle-PeopleSoft Antitrust Battle Shifts To Europe European Community antitrust regulators are preparing to restart the clock on their takeover investigation. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejSB0GpvDH0G4S0CmTv0Al Linux Boosters Look To Keep The OS Together Major Linux distributors say they have agreed to support a single version of the freely exchanged open-source operating system. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejSB0GpvDH0G4S0CmTw0Am Longhorn To Have More-Flexible Security Settings In the next version of Windows, Microsoft will give companies more control over whether to prohibit devices that can easily be used to transfer data to and from personal computers. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejSB0GpvDH0G4S0CmTx0An IBM Releases Speech Technology To Open Source IBM has donated speech technology to The Apache Software Foundation and to the Eclipse Foundation with the hope it will speed up the use of speech-recognition software. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejSB0GpvDH0G4S0CmTy0Ao ------- Advertisement ------------------- IBM Express Middleware. Designed for mid-sized companies. IBM Express Middleware is proven software like IBM DB2, Lotus, Tivoli, and WebSphere. Easy-to-implement. Easy-to-install. Simple-to-maintain. IBM Express Middleware is designed, developed and priced for mid-sized companies. On demand software is now more accessible than ever. See how it works in animated case studies, free papers and more. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejSB0GpvDH0G4S0CYYo0AP ------------------------------------------- TODAY'S NEWS 3. Picture Processing Bug Puts Windows At Critical Risk Microsoft's latest patches include one rated 'critical' that affects a bewildering array of the company's operating systems and applications. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejSB0GpvDH0G4S0CmTz0Ap 4. IT Job Losses Continue Despite Economic Recovery The number of information technology jobs in the United States have continued to fall since the end of the 2001 recession. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejSB0GpvDH0G4S0CmT10Ac 5. New RFID Services Based On IBM's Own Tagging Projects RFID work done at an IBM chip factory becomes the basis for a new line of consulting services. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejSB0GpvDH0G4S0CmT20Ad 6. USAF To Dole Out $9 Billion On Beefed Up Network The U.S. Air Force has announced contractors selected for its massive $9 billion IT Network Centric Solutions (NETCENTS) program. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejSB0GpvDH0G4S0CmT30Ae 7. New Worms Sniff For Passwords Security firms are warning of a new series of Sdbot worms that install a 'sniffer' component to steal passwords from unsuspecting users. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejSB0GpvDH0G4S0CmT40Af OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK 8. A Tale Of Two Wi-Fi's The Wi-Fi Alliance is a trade group that sometimes acts like a standards-setting body, which is proving to be a boon for the enterprise. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejSB0GpvDH0G4S0CmG10AP 9. 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