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========================================================= Sponsored by AT&T Can your network see trouble coming? Keep your network and business ahead of the curve. Activate your subscription to AT&T Networking Views. Activate Here http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1296-2-3-308321-143448-1 ========================================================= October 27, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Campaigners Take Messages to Streaming AIM Video 2. News: Apple Shows Off Mac OS X Tiger, Xcode 3. News: New iPod, New Features 4. News: All Antitrust Systems Are Go for Oracle's PeopleSoft Acquisition 5. News: Paperless Checks Could Lead to Mass Fraud 6. Opinion: Will Passphrases Foretell the Death of Pa55.W0rd5? 7. News: Is U.S. Wireless Industry Catching Up on 3G? For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1296-2-3-308321-143451-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: Campaigners Take Messages to Streaming AIM Video AOL Instant Messenger users in battleground states and in the Washington, D.C., metro area are receiving a new kind of campaign advertisement designed specifically for broadband users with always-on connections. Check out this new spin on spim. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1296-2-3-308321-143454-1 Selling the Web http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1296-2-3-308321-143457-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Apple Shows Off Mac OS X Tiger, Xcode Apple on Tuesday offered a crowd of developers, consultants and IT managers a preview of Mac OS 10.4, the next version of the company's Macintosh operating system, code-named Tiger. The software is due in spring 2005, Apple managers said. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1296-2-3-308321-143460-1 Mac OS X in the Enterprise http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1296-2-3-308321-143463-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: New iPod, New Features At an invitation-only, packed event in San Jose Tuesday morning, Apple Computer's Steve Jobs confirmed widespread rumors of a photo-ready, color, 60 GB version of the iPod music player. Take a look at the slideshow. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1296-2-3-308321-143466-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: All Antitrust Systems Are Go for Oracle's PeopleSoft Acquisition Now that the European Union has approved Oracle's bid for PeopleSoft, as anticipated, the only remaining hurdles are PeopleSoft's poison pill, its Customer Assurance Plan and a potential proxy battle to gain control of the company's board of directors, according to legal experts. Stay tuned. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1296-2-3-308321-143469-1 Oracle vs. PeopleSoft http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1296-2-3-308321-143472-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Paperless Checks Could Lead to Mass Fraud The implementation of the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act, aka Check 21, which goes into effect this week, means that check handling and collection should see a drastic increase in speed. However, security experts believe it could open up some especially foreboding issues in the financial services industry. Find out why paperless checks could spell disaster. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1296-2-3-308321-143475-1 Cyber-Crime http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1296-2-3-308321-143478-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. Opinion: Will Passphrases Foretell the Death of Pa55.W0rd5? Microsoft blogger starts controversy over the proper password techniques, but the answer isn't so obvious. Security Editor Larry Seltzer opines. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1296-2-3-308321-143481-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. News: Is U.S. Wireless Industry Catching Up on 3G? Wireless software developers and content producers attending the CTIA Wireless show say the United States is on the verge of catching up with Europe and Japan in the deployment of the latest wireless technology and content. 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