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========================================================= Sponsored by IPxray Ever wonder what your network looks like to a hacker? With IPxray's Web-based, hosted scanning/monitoring service, you can see your network from the outside, detecting weaknesses before hackers have a chance to strike. Protect your network from intrusion today. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1321-2-3-308321-146160-1 ========================================================= November 2, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Internet Explorer Takes Another Market-Share Hit 2. News: Toshiba Recalls Notebook Memory Modules 3. News: Sun Ready to Open Solaris 4. News: CipherTrust Tool Puts Spammers Under Quarantine 5. Opinion: Mac and Linux Not Immune to Viruses 6. News: What's Next for PeopleSoft Customers? 7. News: IBM Cries Foul Over WebSphere Usability Study For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1321-2-3-308321-146163-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: Internet Explorer Takes Another Market-Share Hit Challenges to Microsoft's Web browser dominance are mounting as Internet Explorer loses more market share to open-source rival Mozilla. Take a look at the numbers. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1321-2-3-308321-146166-1 Advances in Web Browsers http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1321-2-3-308321-146169-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Toshiba Recalls Notebook Memory Modules Toshiba said Monday that it will offer a free exchange program for more than 25 of its notebook models, because of a problem with a memory module that appears similar to one that affected Hewlett-Packard several months ago. Read about the glitch here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1321-2-3-308321-146172-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Sun Ready to Open Solaris Sun Microsystems is getting closer to making its Open Solaris project, along with the final pieces of Solaris 10, a reality. Get the scoop from its SunNetwork Conference. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1321-2-3-308321-146175-1 Open-Source Licensing http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1321-2-3-308321-146178-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: CipherTrust Tool Puts Spammers Under Quarantine Messaging security vendor CipherTrust on Monday released a new component of its IronMail appliances designed to stop spam messages before they get to customers' networks. Check out Connection Control here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1321-2-3-308321-146181-1 Canning Spam http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1321-2-3-308321-146184-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Opinion: Mac and Linux Not Immune to Viruses Any operating system in the hands of naive users can be as dangerous as a Windows computer. Security Editor Larry Seltzer tells you why in this article. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1321-2-3-308321-146187-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: What's Next for PeopleSoft Customers? With two large anti-trust obstacles out of the way, an Oracle acquisition of PeopleSoft is rapidly shifting from a remote possibility to a likely reality. In the event of such a move, customers, analysts and company insiders are predicting a rocky road ahead for PeopleSoft customers. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1321-2-3-308321-146190-1 Oracle vs. PeopleSoft http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1321-2-3-308321-146193-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. News: IBM Cries Foul Over WebSphere Usability Study As IT managers and developers work to deploy enterprise applications and Web services, IBM and Microsoft are sniping over platform supremacy studies. 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