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September 17, 2004
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1. News: Can Spam Plan Goes Rancid
2. News: Is Microsoft Poised to Sue OpenOffice Licensees?
3. News: Microsoft Graphics Bug Threatens Systems
4. News: Novel Worms Burst onto the Scene: One Sniffs, Another
Talks
5. News: Linux Standard Base Takes on Industry Fragmentation
6. Review: Spyware Spotters and Stoppers
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1. News: Can Spam Plan Goes Rancid
With intellectual property issues already causing defections
from its Sender ID proposal, Microsoft is sparking fresh
concerns that IP could even undermine alternatives. Find
out more about Microsoft's alarmingly broad new patent.
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2. News: Is Microsoft Poised to Sue OpenOffice Licensees?
Fear has been mounting in the open-source community that
Microsoft could start suing users at any time for alleged
patent violations. Mary Jo Foley has the latest new on why
some users are getting more and more nervous.
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3. 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. Read
more here.
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4. News: Novel Worms Burst onto the Scene: One Sniffs, Another
Talks
Two new worms appeared on the scene this week. One installs
a network sniffer to grab passwords, while the other informs
users they are about to be infected. Learn more about these
strange new worms.
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5. 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 more about the Linux Standard Base (LSB)
2.0 here.
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6. Review: Spyware Spotters and Stoppers
Antispyware tools seem to be proliferating nearly as fast as
spyware itself. To help dig through the clutter, PC Magazine
tested two antispyware utilities and Lavasoft's Ad-Aware,
which looks better than ever. See how they stacked up.
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