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========================================================= Sponsored by IM Logic FREE WEB SEMINAR WITH INDUSTRY ANALYST MATT CAIN, METAgroup Batten Down the Chatter - Securing Enterprise IM Presented by IMlogic & Sybari Tuesday, October 5 / 12pm EDT / 9am PDT REGISTER TODAY http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1129-2-3-308321-127831-1 ========================================================= September 23, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Anti-Spam Group Throws in the Towel 2. News: New Service Aims at In-Flight Use of Cell Phones 3. News: Shared Office Code Unlikely to Sway Governments 4. News: CA Skirts Prosecution 5. Baseline: Has PeopleSoft Found a White Knight in IBM? 6. Review: Apple iMac G5 May Lure Users Off Windows 7. Opinion: When Open-Source Claims Fall Flat 8. Analysis: The Principles and Benefits of Utility Computing For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1129-2-3-308321-127834-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: Anti-Spam Group Throws in the Towel Contentious discussions within the group boded ill for consensus on an identity management standard. So what's the future for fixing the problems of spam and e-mail worms? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1129-2-3-308321-127837-1 Identity Management http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1129-2-3-308321-127840-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: New Service Aims at In-Flight Use of Cell Phones In-flight cell phones will be a reality by 2006 or 2007, according to partners in OnAir, the name of a new service introduced on Wednesday. Get the details on what OnAir is planning and how it will work. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1129-2-3-308321-127843-1 Wireless in the Enterprise http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1129-2-3-308321-127846-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Shared Office Code Unlikely to Sway Governments Microsoft's offer to share the source code of Office 2003 with governments may be a positive move, but governments say it is unlikely to make much difference to which software they choose. Find out why. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1129-2-3-308321-127849-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: CA Skirts Prosecution Computer Associates took a big step toward putting the long-running investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice and Securities Exchange Commission behind it by agreeing to pay more than $200 million to avoid criminal trial. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1129-2-3-308321-127852-1 Turmoil at Computer Associates http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1129-2-3-308321-127855-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Baseline: Has PeopleSoft Found a White Knight in IBM? PeopleSoft president and chief executive Craig Conway said at the company's annual user conference, PeopleSoft Connect, that there were "no ulterior motives" behind the announcement that his company and IBM were investing $1 billion over five years in creating what he called "the most significant enterprise applications alliance in the history" of the two companies. If there were, what might they be? Baseline takes a look. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1129-2-3-308321-127858-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. Review: Apple iMac G5 May Lure Users Off Windows With the iMac G5, Apple has given Mac fans yet another reason to stay in the fold. And its unparalleled execution should attract would-be Windows PC buyers, as well. Read the review. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1129-2-3-308321-127861-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. Opinion: When Open-Source Claims Fall Flat Microsoft's offer to "open-source" Office 2003 for European governments, along with Sun's Solaris talk, boil down to pure marketing hype. Linux and Open Source Editor Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols has more. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1129-2-3-308321-127864-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. 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