======================================================================== TECHNOLOGY & BUSINESS DAILY SCOOP http://www.infoworld.com ======================================================================== Thursday, October 28, 2004
TOP NEWS STORIES ======================================================================== * AOL to give antivirus software away in Version 9 * U.K. government report cites merits of open source * In healthy Indian job market, developers want it all * ICANN moves closer to approving .post, .travel domains * Smaller, more powerful PC fuel cell is on the way * IDC sees continuing decline in PDA market ADVERTISEMENT -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- SPECIAL REPORT: SECURING GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES Do you know who's reading your e-mail? Because messages typically travel the Internet in plain text, they are potentially susceptible to prying eyes. The InfoWorld Test Center examines four solutions for keeping private communications private. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=99921F:2B910B2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- AOL TO GIVE ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE AWAY IN VERSION 9 ======================================================================== Posted October 28, 2004 8:54 AM Pacific Time Citing the urgent need to protect its users from online threats, America Online Inc. (AOL) will begin bundling antivirus software from McAfee Inc. with the latest version of its software, AOL 9.0, according to a statement from the company. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=999219:2B910B2 U.K. GOVERNMENT REPORT CITES MERITS OF OPEN SOURCE ======================================================================== Posted October 28, 2004 8:30 AM Pacific Time LONDON -- Open source software proponents received a potential boost from the U.K. government on Thursday with a release of a report citing the well-documented advantages on the server side, but also growing maturity on the desktop front. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=999218:2B910B2 IN HEALTHY INDIAN JOB MARKET, DEVELOPERS WANT IT ALL ======================================================================== Posted October 28, 2004 6:25 AM Pacific Time BANGALORE, INDIA -- As hiring picks up in Bangalore, India, the city's software professionals are again acquiring the spoiled-brat image they had in the late 1990s, when the dot-com boom increased staff requirements at Indian outsourcing companies. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=999216:2B910B2 ICANN MOVES CLOSER TO APPROVING .POST, .TRAVEL DOMAINS ======================================================================== Posted October 28, 2004 4:51 AM Pacific Time Internet users may soon see two new domain name suffixes in their browser window: ".post" to identify the postal community and ".travel" for travel industry associations and organizations. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=999217:2B910B2 SMALLER, MORE POWERFUL PC FUEL CELL IS ON THE WAY ======================================================================== Posted October 28, 2004 4:39 AM Pacific Time A new fuel cell for notebook PCs, more compact and powerful than competing technologies, could be on the market in early 2006 at a price of around $90, its Japanese inventors said Tuesday. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=999215:2B910B2 IDC SEES CONTINUING DECLINE IN PDA MARKET ======================================================================== Posted October 27, 2004 4:29 PM Pacific Time If a handheld device doesn't have voice capabilities, a growing number of users around the world aren't interested, according to IDC. For the third straight quarter, shipments of handheld devices such as personal digital assistants (PDAs) fell as some prominent vendors decided to pull back from the market, IDC said Wednesday. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=99921A:2B910B2 ======================================================================== Storage: glamour isn't everything No, it's not terribly sexy. It's just essential. Because there's always going to be data, and more of it. To keep up with your options for keeping up with it, you can't do better than InfoWorld's "Storage Insider" newsletter. 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