TECHWEB TODAY: NETWORKING Friday, September 24, 2004 IN THIS ISSUE 1. Friday Networking Feature: WLAN Security Still A Stumbling Block 2. Networking News Of The Week
Today's Top News 3. IT Confidence Index At Lowest Point In A Year 4. Allchin To OEMs: Create Computing Experiences 5. Hacker Tool Means JPEG Worm Coming Soon 6. Report: EU Close To OK'ing Oracle Takeover Of PeopleSoft Other News This Week 7. PeopleSoft Stays The Course 8. Fairchild's Pond Sees Sluggish End Of Year For Chips 9. Microsoft Issues First SP2 Patch 10. MIT Works To Power Computers With Spinach ------- Advertisement ------------------- This issue sponsored by CDW. With an IBM ThinkPad R40 notebook, your office is simply a state of mind. Whether you're a frequent road warrior or an accidental tourist, this notebook delivers the ultimate blend of mobility and essential features. Its 4.7 hours of battery life will let you stay productive no matter where you find yourself. All this for just $1299. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejet0GpvDH0G4V0Cn6v0AT ----------------------------------------- 1. FRIDAY NETWORKING FEATURE: WLAN Security Still A Stumbling Block Enterprise WLANs are finally growing at a steady pace, but security issues remain the biggest factor inhibiting even faster growth. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejet0GpvDH0G4V0Cn6k0AI 2. NETWORKING NEWS OF THE WEEK Symantec Firewalls, Gateways Vulnerable To Attack Symantec Firewall/VPN Appliance 100, 200 and 200R and the Symantec Gateway Security 320, 360 and 360R are affected; firmware fixes are available. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejet0GpvDH0G4V0Cnxp0AT Cingular Fined For Anti-Consumer Policies It was fined $12.14 million by the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for making it difficult for customers to try the operator's service without paying a termination fee. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejet0GpvDH0G4V0Cn6s0AQ Cisco Announces SAN Products Targeted At Disaster Recovery The new devices are designed to enable the extension of secure SAN services over metro- and wide-area networks. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejet0GpvDH0G4V0Cn6t0AR Fast Verizon Wireless Takes On Wi-Fi, Wireline Broadband Can the next-generation wireless data service co-exist with Wi-Fi hotspots and other technologies? http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejet0GpvDH0G4V0Cnxq0AU NetGear Releases 48-Port Gigabit Smart Switch Aimed At SMBs The ProSafe 48-Port Gigabit Smart Switch GS748T is a gigabit switch with optional fiber connectivity and switch management features. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejet0GpvDH0G4V0Cn6u0AS ------- Advertisement ------------------- This issue sponsored by CDW. With an IBM ThinkPad R40 notebook, your office is simply a state of mind. Whether you're a frequent road warrior or an accidental tourist, this notebook delivers the ultimate blend of mobility and essential features. Its 4.7 hours of battery life will let you stay productive no matter where you find yourself. All this for just $1299. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejet0GpvDH0G4V0Cn6v0AT ------------------------------------------- TODAY'S NEWS 3. IT Confidence Index At Lowest Point In A Year InformationWeek's confidence indicator has dropped 19% since March, yet more than half of 300 business-technology managers say they're positive about economic conditions. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejet0GpvDH0G4V0Cn6l0AJ 4. Allchin To OEMs: Create Computing Experiences Microsoft's Windows platform chief Jim Allchin told 50 top-tier OEMs that they should think more like custom-system builders. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejet0GpvDH0G4V0Cn6m0AK 5. Hacker Tool Means JPEG Worm Coming Soon A tool that makes it easy to craft malicious JPEG images then let them loose against vulnerable Windows PCs has appeared. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejet0GpvDH0G4V0Cn6n0AL 6. Report: EU Close To OK'ing Oracle Takeover Of PeopleSoft A spokesperson for the European Union said Friday that the EU's competition commissioner, Mario Monti, would like to finish the case before he leaves his post at the end of October. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejet0GpvDH0G4V0Cn6o0AM OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK 7. PeopleSoft Stays The Course The enterprise-apps firm calmly focuses on product upgrades and customer needs, despite Oracle's continued hostile-takeover bid. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejet0GpvDH0G4V0Cnxk0AO 8. Fairchild's Pond Sees Sluggish End Of Year For Chips The semiconductor industry's inventory correction should make quarter-to-quarter growth 'modest.' For a while. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejet0GpvDH0G4V0Cn6p0AN 9. Microsoft Issues First SP2 Patch Microsoft has posted its first fix for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), the massive update that went out to users last month. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejet0GpvDH0G4V0Cnxs0AW 10. MIT Works To Power Computers With Spinach Researchers say they have used spinach to harness a plant's ability to convert sunlight into energy for the first time, creating a device that may one day power laptops, mobile phones, and other devices. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ejet0GpvDH0G4V0Cn6q0AO ----------------------------------------------------------------- Register Today For TechXNY Join us October 5-7 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York for TechXNY where you'll find the business solutions you need. We'll be covering storage, networking, security, database, Internet, wireless, Linux solutions and more. 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