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October 29, 2004
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In This Edition
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1. News: Experts Fear Check 21 Could Lead to Mass Fraud
2. News: Apple Shows Off Mac OS X Tiger, Xcode
3. Interview: Intel's Barrett: More to Life than Gigahertz
4. Opinion: Will Passphrases Foretell the Death of Pa55.W0rd5?
5. News: E-Mail Scam Dupes Linux Users
6. News: Ballmer: Windows Safer than Linux
7. News: Bush Site Blocks Some Foreign Access
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Enterprise Update
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1. News: Experts Fear Check 21 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. Will it also mean an increase in
fraud?
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Check 21
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2. News: Apple Shows Off Mac OS X Tiger, Xcode
Apple 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. Check
out the slideshow.
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Mac OS X in the Enterprise
http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1313-1-5-264762-145209-1
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3. Interview: Intel's Barrett: More to Life than Gigahertz
Craig Barrett defends the company's shift in emphasis from
clock speed to multicore designs as he outlines his final
six months as chief executive. Read the interview.
http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1313-1-5-264762-145212-1
Microprocessor Advances
http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1313-1-5-264762-145215-1
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4. 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 weighs in.
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5. News: E-Mail Scam Dupes Linux Users
Red Hat warned users of an e-mail scam designed to plant
malicious code on users' systems. The malicious e-mail poses
as a security update from the vendor, a technique that has
become familiar to Windows users, but is a novelty in the
Linux world. Are you at risk?
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6. News: Ballmer: Windows Safer than Linux
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Wednesday plunged headfirst
into the controversial waters of comparing the benefits and
advantages of the Windows platform with Unix and Linux in an
executive e-mail he sent to customers, partners and
subscribers. See what he had to say.
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7. 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?
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Politics Meets IT
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