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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=79-1306-2-3-308321-144594-1 ========================================================= October 28, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Bush Site Blocks Some Foreign Access 2. Opinion: Site Blockage Shows Bush Team Doesn't 'Get It' 3. News: 'Palladium' Echoes in New Handheld Security Spec 4. News: Smart Phones Gain on PDAs 5. News: Father of the Wiki Talks Programming Practices 6. News: Yahoo Takes Search Mobile 7. News: ICANN Board OKs New Internet Domain Names 8. News: PayPal Says 'Sorry' by Waiving Fees for a Day For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1306-2-3-308321-144597-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: Bush Site Blocks Some Foreign Access A British Internet services site has charged that the Bush re-election campaign has begun blocking access to the site by users outside the United States. Is this an accident? eWEEK.com investigates. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1306-2-3-308321-144600-1 Politics Meets IT http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1306-2-3-308321-144603-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. Opinion: Site Blockage Shows Bush Team Doesn't 'Get It' Although not necessarily indicative of foul play, the fact that the Bush-Cheney re-election site is blocking some overseas users shows miscalculation and a lack of tech savvy. Government Industry Editor Chris Nolan takes a look. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1306-2-3-308321-144606-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: 'Palladium' Echoes in New Handheld Security Spec Intel, IBM and NTT DoCoMo have released a specification to create a "trusted mobile platform," which appears to take the foundation of Microsoft's own trust initiative, "Palladium," into the mobile space. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1306-2-3-308321-144609-1 Securing Wi-Fi http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1306-2-3-308321-144612-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Smart Phones Gain on PDAs So-called smart phones, which combine organizer functions with voice capabilities and more, have absorbed some of the PDA market. Check out the numbers. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1306-2-3-308321-144615-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Father of the Wiki Talks Programming Practices Microsoft's Ward Cunningham offers his two cents to OOPSLA attendees on the benefits of extreme programming and other software-development techniques. Mary Jo Foley of Microsoft Watch has the story. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1306-2-3-308321-144618-1 Developer Power Tools http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1306-2-3-308321-144621-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: Yahoo Takes Search Mobile Yahoo makes its Web, local and image search available on browser-enabled mobile devices, following a different approach than rival Google. Read more about this announcement. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1306-2-3-308321-144624-1 New Frontiers for Search http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1306-2-3-308321-144627-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. News: ICANN Board OKs New Internet Domain Names Two new Internet domain names--".post" and ".travel"--could appear online as early as next year as the Internet's key oversight board announced preliminary approval on Wednesday. Find out more. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1306-2-3-308321-144630-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. News: PayPal Says 'Sorry' by Waiving Fees for a Day PayPal wants to repay its users for dealing with its recent spate of sporadic outages by giving back a day's worth of fees. 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