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========================================================= Sponsored by JBoss See why so many companies are rolling-out JBoss Professional Open Source. Download a Forrester study that shows how JBoss can reduce TCO, expedites problem resolution and improves operations support staff productivity. JBoss. Roll it out. Download the Forrester study now, FREE. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1310-2-3-308321-144957-1 ========================================================= October 29, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Leading ISPs Sue More Spammers 2. News: Campaign Site Finds Darker Side of Web Branding 3. News: Voters Checking Out Other Sides' Sites 4. Opinion: Political Videos Via IM: Vote No! 5. Check 21: Playing at a Bank Near You! 6. News: Holiday Online Sales to Jump 20 Percent 7. News: Microsoft Expands Windows Anti-Piracy Program 8. Opinion: Sender ID Rises From the Dead, Spooky Patent and All 9. News: Fast-Moving Bagle Worms Open PCs' Backdoors For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1310-2-3-308321-144960-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: Leading ISPs Sue More Spammers AOL, EarthLink, Microsoft and Yahoo have filed seven spam lawsuits, the companies' second round this year using the federal CAN-SPAM law. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1310-2-3-308321-144963-1 Canning Spam http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1310-2-3-308321-144966-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Campaign Site Finds Darker Side of Web Branding Companies that fail to register multiple domain names and extensions under their brand can fall victim to cyber-squatters, confuse their customers or open up their customers to Web and e-mail scams from hackers running look-alike sites. They also run the risk of sending sensitive e-mail to unintended recipients, as the Bush-Cheney '04 re-election campaign found out this month. How did e-mail meant for Bush campaign insiders arrive at a political parody site? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1310-2-3-308321-144969-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Voters Checking Out Other Sides' Sites Researchers have found that Internet users are not just reading political Web sites they agree with. They're checking out the other sides' sites, surprising researchers who expected to see "selective exposure" among Internet users. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1310-2-3-308321-144972-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. Opinion: Political Videos Via IM: Vote No! Do people really want to see streaming video pop-ups from their instant messaging clients? Or more to the point as this election season winds down, do users want to see a political ad from a group or candidate they do not support, or worse, may actually despise? David Coursey thinks not. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1310-2-3-308321-144975-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Check 21: Playing at a Bank Near You! A new digital check-handling process, looking to improve the banking industry, just went into effect. The change is mandated by the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act, aka Check 21. So, is your check in the e-mail? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1310-2-3-308321-144978-1 Special Report: Check 21 http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1310-2-3-308321-144981-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: Holiday Online Sales to Jump 20 Percent Forrester Research is projecting that online holiday sales this year will hit $13.2 billion, which represents a 20 percent increase compared with last year. That's great when compared with a projected brick-and-mortar sales percentage increase of 4.5 percent for the same period, but much less so when compared with last year's online retail growth of 31 percent compared with 2002. Why the slowdown? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1310-2-3-308321-144984-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. News: Microsoft Expands Windows Anti-Piracy Program Until Thursday, there were no tangible benefits to participating in the Microsoft Genuine Advantage program. But now, users who agree to participate in Microsoft's program will be offered up to $390 worth of software for free or reduced prices. Mary Jo Foley of Microsoft Watch has the news. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1310-2-3-308321-144987-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. Opinion: Sender ID Rises From the Dead, Spooky Patent and All PRA: Trick or treat? It sure looked like all the bridges had been burned, but if the big cheeses in the industry get behind it, Sender ID may be the only realistic game in town. Read Security Editor Larry Seltzer's column here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1310-2-3-308321-144990-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9. News: Fast-Moving Bagle Worms Open PCs' Backdoors Two new versions of the venerable Bagle worm are on the loose, infecting PCs and opening backdoors as they go. 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