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========================================================= Sponsored by COVAD COVAD is a Better Partner Than Ever With Our New Voice over IP offering! New higher commissions with an industry leading compensation plan. New lower prices on DSL and T1 and a growing footprint adding over 300,000 businesses in 2004. Build your business with Covad, the Data and Voice connection. Join the COVAD Alliance Network NOW! http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1096-2-3-308321-124444-1 ========================================================= September 15, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Microsoft Graphics Bug Threatens Systems 2. Review: Spyware Spotters and Stoppers 3. News: Linux Standard Base Takes on Industry Fragmentation 4. News: Genetic Code Transmits Medical Records, Personalized Medicine 5. Opinion: WinFS Removal Opens Window of Opportunity 6. News: Oracle Income Grows on Database Software Sales 7. News: Prices on Tape Media to Climb, Warns Maker 8. News: Google Maps Local-Search Improvements For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1096-2-3-308321-124447-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: Microsoft Graphics Bug Threatens Systems Experts worry that this new JPEG bug can be exploited through an HTML e-mail, allowing the attacker to run any code allowed under the user's permissions. "Very serious," says one, pointing to the chance of copy-cat attacks. Get the details here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1096-2-3-308321-124450-1 Keeping Pace with Microsoft's Patches http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1096-2-3-308321-124453-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. Review: Spyware Spotters and Stoppers Antispyware tools seem to be proliferating nearly as fast as spyware itself. Choice is usually a good thing--as long as you make the right one. PC Magazine tested three antispyware utilities, including a new version of Lavasoft's popular Ad-Aware, which looks better than ever. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1096-2-3-308321-124456-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Linux Standard Base Takes on Industry Fragmentation Following the release Tuesday of a new interoperable version of Linux, analysts said the standard should go along way towards preventing a serious roadblock to widespread acceptance of Linux: the fragmentation of open-source distributions. Read their opinions here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1096-2-3-308321-124459-1 The Business of Linux http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1096-2-3-308321-124462-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Genetic Code Transmits Medical Records, Personalized Medicine If DNA code can hold the information for making an entire person, surely it can do the same for an integrated medical record? Such is the reasoning of the developers of the Genomic Messaging System. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1096-2-3-308321-124465-1 Bioinformatics http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1096-2-3-308321-124468-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Opinion: WinFS Removal Opens Window of Opportunity Microsoft's decision to ax WinFS from Longhorn provides the company with an opportunity to expand the technology to work with multiple systems. The eWEEK Editorial Board speaks up. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1096-2-3-308321-124471-1 Microsoft's Longhorn http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1096-2-3-308321-124474-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: Oracle Income Grows on Database Software Sales Oracle on Tuesday announced a 16 percent increase in its first-quarter net income, attributing the gain to demand for its database software, Oracle Database 10g. Read more here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1096-2-3-308321-124477-1 Earnings Roundup http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1096-2-3-308321-124480-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. News: Prices on Tape Media to Climb, Warns Maker Maxell said Tuesday that it believes rising costs and shrinking margins will make a price increase "inevitable" on all magnetic tape products. Learn more about the storage market here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1096-2-3-308321-124483-1 Storage Topic Center http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1096-2-3-308321-124486-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. News: Google Maps Local-Search Improvements Google's new services let users conduct local searches either from its main Web query, displaying local results atop broader Web results, or from its Google Local site. 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