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========================================================= Sponsored by Shavlik HFNetChkPro(TM) Deploy Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Shavlik HFNetChkPro(TM) Today. Our free, fully functional, no time-out, trial version helps automate patch delivery and testing with swift scanning and a complete GUI. Start patching in just 30 minutes to ensure that your systems are fully protected against viruses, worms & hackers. Download the trial version at shavlik.com http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1207-2-3-308321-135739-1 ========================================================= October 12, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: New Worm Attacks MSN Messenger As Service Falters 2. News: Microsoft Rolls Out More Secure Office 2004 for Mac 3. The Channel Insider: Building a Safer PC 4. News: 7-Eleven Adopting Wireless Technology 5. Opinion: Is the ASP.Net Bug a Big Deal? MS Thinks So 6. News: Will Election Decide Broadband? 7. News: U.S. Funds Chat-Room Surveillance Study 8. News: Oracle May Drop Its PeopleSoft Bid Lower For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1207-2-3-308321-135742-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: New Worm Attacks MSN Messenger As Service Falters Another candidate in the growing list of exploits on instant messaging clients and servers arrived in the wild. Called W32.Funner, the worm on Monday circulated to attack on the Windows Messenger platform. Get the details here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1207-2-3-308321-135745-1 Internet Security http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1207-2-3-308321-135748-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Microsoft Rolls Out More Secure Office 2004 for Mac Macintosh users running Microsoft Office 2004 for the Mac will be able to download the first service pack for that product via AutoUpdate on Tuesday. The service pack addresses potential security issues and bugs. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1207-2-3-308321-135751-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. The Channel Insider: Building a Safer PC With just a little extra effort, you can build better, safer PCs for your customers. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols offers tips and tricks here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1207-2-3-308321-135754-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: 7-Eleven Adopting Wireless Technology The NEC computer, which 7-Eleven plans to roll out next year at all its 5,300 U.S. locations, is the kind of technology that promises to change the way that convenience stores are run. Learn more about 7-Eleven's initiative here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1207-2-3-308321-135757-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Opinion: Is the ASP.Net Bug a Big Deal? MS Thinks So You might have to wait six months or more to get your "highly critical" browser bugs patched, but Microsoft takes ASP.Net problems seriously. Security Editor Larry Seltzer has more. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1207-2-3-308321-135760-1 Securing Windows http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1207-2-3-308321-135763-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: Will Election Decide Broadband? With few direct comments on IT or telecommunciations policy from President Bush or presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, Washington pundits are digging deep into party ideologies to gauge the upcoming election's potential effect on technology industries. Read what they've come up with. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1207-2-3-308321-135766-1 Politics Meets IT http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1207-2-3-308321-135769-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. News: U.S. Funds Chat-Room Surveillance Study Amid the torrent of jabber in Internet chat rooms, are terrorists plotting their next move? The government certainly isn't discounting the possibility. It's taking the idea seriously enough to fund a yearlong study on chat room surveillance under an anti-terrorism program. Read more about this study and the privacy concerns it raises. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1207-2-3-308321-135772-1 Privacy http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1207-2-3-308321-135775-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. News: Oracle May Drop Its PeopleSoft Bid Lower Oracle's hostile $7.7 billion bid for rival software maker PeopleSoft could drop by one-third to one-fourth, Oracle co-president Safra Catz said Monday. 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