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========================================================= Sponsored by Wyse Technology To discover the advantages that thin clients bring to Linux- based business computing over traditional desktop PCs, and to learn which factors to consider when choosing a Linux- based thin client platform, download our Executive Brief, "Migrating Linux to the Enterprise Desktop" http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1213-2-3-308321-136480-1 ========================================================= October 13, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Microsoft Issues Flurry of Fixes on Busy Patch Day 2. News: EMC's Dantz Buy Reveals SMB Ambitions 3. News: PayPal Outages Persist, Worry Users 4. News: Microsoft Stretches Reach of Digital Entertainment 5. Blog: New iPod Cheesecake? 6. News: AOL Develops Desktop Search 7. CIO Insight: Baseball IT: How IT Bolsters the Baseball Experience and Revenues 8. Analysis: Gutting the Phish For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1213-2-3-308321-136483-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: Microsoft Issues Flurry of Fixes on Busy Patch Day A "cumulative security update" plugs eight holes in the Internet Explorer browser, while other patches address "critical" vulnerabilities in the Windows shell, in SMTP and elsewhere. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1213-2-3-308321-136486-1 Keeping Pace with Microsoft's Patches http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1213-2-3-308321-136489-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: EMC's Dantz Buy Reveals SMB Ambitions EMC on Tuesday announced the acquisition of Dantz, developers of the Retrospect family of backup and restore technology for the SMB (small to midsized business) market. Read more about EMC's slow encroachment on the SMB market. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1213-2-3-308321-136492-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: PayPal Outages Persist, Worry Users Sporadic outages at PayPal stretched into a fifth day on Tuesday, though the company late in the day reported that access had returned to normal for most users. However, PayPal's troubles have been affecting sellers and buyers who have lost sales. They are questioning the payment services' reliability. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1213-2-3-308321-136495-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Microsoft Stretches Reach of Digital Entertainment Microsoft formally unveiled its "Digital Entertainment Anywhere" strategy on Tuesday, part of the company's plan to manage multimedia content at home, on the road and in portable devices. Read up on Windows XP Media Center 2005, Windows Marketplace and more. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1213-2-3-308321-136498-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Blog: New iPod Cheesecake? A photo iPod? Couldn't have seen that one coming! http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1213-2-3-308321-136501-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: AOL Develops Desktop Search According to sources familiar with testing, America Online is developing its own desktop search technology that will initially be added to the AOL Browser beta as early as the end of this week. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1213-2-3-308321-136504-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. CIO Insight: Baseball IT: How IT Bolsters the Baseball Experience and Revenues the tender age of 29. Five years later, he's helping his team lead the league in IT. If Schlough keeps it up, he might earn himself a spot in the Customer Loyalty Hall of Fame, too. What's the secret of his success? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1213-2-3-308321-136507-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. Analysis: Gutting the Phish Despite increasing legislation and better products, savvy fraudsters continue to wreak havoc with enterprises and consumers by sending phishing messages. Hear cutting edge techniques to surround the fraudsters with both legislation and technical defenses to protect your employees and consumers. 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