========================================================= -------- THE CHANNEL INSIDER -------- ========================================================= October 13, 2004
========================================================= Sponsored by Microsoft The Microsoft Partner Program has added yet another way to help your business succeed. The Microsoft Resource Directory has been redesigned to make it easier for potential customers to find your services. See how: http://eletters.czone.ziffdavis.com/zd1/cts?d=92-87-2-13-80991-7248-1 ========================================================= IN THIS ISSUE: News: Reseller Selling Standalone Windows Media Center Software News: Microsoft Stretches Reach of Digital Entertainment News: Microsoft Issues Flurry of Fixes on Busy Patch Day Selling: Is eBay a Good Partner for VARs? Analysis: Building a Safer PC Opinion: Feeling Testy? Visit The Channel Insider http://eletters.czone.ziffdavis.com/zd1/cts?d=92-87-2-13-80991-7251-1 ========================================================= News: Reseller Selling Standalone Windows Media Center Software At least one vendor is selling OEM copies of the new Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 operating system online, possibly exploiting a loophole in Microsoft's contracts. http://eletters.czone.ziffdavis.com/zd1/cts?d=92-87-2-13-80991-7254-1 ========================================================= News: Microsoft Stretches Reach of Digital Entertainment Thinking of the new XP Media Center, what's in it anyway? We look at Microsoft's strategy--to provide "music, videos, digital content anywhere you go"--by releasing Windows XP Media Center 2005, along with a Media Center Expander Device that will push a home's digital content out through a wired or wireless network. http://eletters.czone.ziffdavis.com/zd1/cts?d=92-87-2-13-80991-7257-1 ========================================================= News: Microsoft Issues Flurry of Fixes on Busy Patch Day In other Microsoft news, Microsoft released numerous patches on Patch Tuesday, including 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.czone.ziffdavis.com/zd1/cts?d=92-87-2-13-80991-7260-1 ========================================================= Selling: Is eBay a Good Partner for VARs? The online marketplace has launched a new program for IT resellers, but is it worth their effort? http://eletters.czone.ziffdavis.com/zd1/cts?d=92-87-2-13-80991-7263-1 ========================================================= Analysis: Building a Safer PC Channel Insider Editor Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols explains how, with just a little effort, you can make your PCs that are both better and safer for your customers. http://eletters.czone.ziffdavis.com/zd1/cts?d=92-87-2-13-80991-7266-1 ========================================================= Opinion: Feeling Testy? Finally, Channel Insider columnist Wayne Rash tells us why that if XP SP2 has showed us anything, it's that one way or another, it's vital to test your solutions before you ship them. http://eletters.czone.ziffdavis.com/zd1/cts?d=92-87-2-13-80991-7269-1 ========================================================= Questions or comments about the newsletter? E-mail The Channel Insider Editor Steven Vaughan-Nichols: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ========================================================= eNewsletter Information ========================================================= You are subscribed to the The Channel Insider newsletter with the e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your HTML/text preferences, change your e-mail address or subscribe to other eNewsletters from Ziff Davis Media, click here: http://eletters.czone.ziffdavis.com/zd1/cts?d=92-87-2-13-80991-7272-1 To unsubscribe, click here: http://www.pcmag.com/unsubscribe_newsletter/0,4225,,00.asp?n=72&type=u&sh=y&[EMAIL PROTECTED] NOTE: Make sure the above URL, which includes your email address, displays completely in your browser. Copyright 2004 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Media Inc., 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016
