======================================================================== APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT REPORT http://www.infoworld.com ======================================================================== Thursday, November 4, 2004
TOP STORIES ======================================================================== * Microsoft to help users prep for patching * HP is more than just hardware, says Fiorina * Hackers reopen stolen code store with Cisco wares * In Brief: Xerox ships new network, desktop printers ADVERTISEMENT -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Building great software demands great tools. The IBM Rational Software Development Platform helps developers simplify and automate manual tasks. These trusted tools help eliminate rework, integrate into multiple programming environments and give you everything you need to build better software. Learn more and evaluate IBM software tools with PowerPack. http://www.ibm.com/middleware/buildnews -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- MICROSOFT TO HELP USERS PREP FOR PATCHING ======================================================================== Posted November 04, 2004 8:47 AM Pacific Time Microsoft Corp. will give customers advance notice of its monthly security updates in an effort to help them prepare to install related software patches, the company announced Thursday. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9BE6C0:2B910B2 HP IS MORE THAN JUST HARDWARE, SAYS FIORINA ======================================================================== Posted November 04, 2004 7:06 AM Pacific Time CANNES -- One of the things about Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) that distresses its chief executive officer, Carly Fiorina, is its reputation as a hardware company. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9BE6C1:2B910B2 HACKERS REOPEN STOLEN CODE STORE WITH CISCO WARES ======================================================================== Posted November 03, 2004 8:45 AM Pacific Time An anonymous group of malicious hackers reopened an online store that sells the stolen source code of prominent software products and is offering the code for Cisco Systems Inc.'s PIX firewall software to interested parties for $24,000, according to messages posted in online discussion groups. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9BE6C2:2B910B2 IN BRIEF: XEROX SHIPS NEW NETWORK, DESKTOP PRINTERS ======================================================================== Posted November 03, 2004 8:27 AM Pacific Time Xerox Corp. this week introduced new printers, including a high-speed network laser printer, a desktop laser printer, an entry-level multifunction copier/printer, and a small workgroup fax machine. The black-and-white products are the latest offerings to support Xerox's strategy of delivering systems that scale from the personal desktop up to large workgroups or departments. The Xerox Phaser 5500 network laser printer for office workgroups prints at 1,200 x 1,200 dpi and comes standard with a 500MHz PowerPC processor and 128MB of RAM. It is priced starting at $2,499. The Xerox Phaser 3150 desktop laser printer has 22ppm print speed and comes with 32MB of memory and a 166MHz processor. It is priced at $349. The Xerox WorkCentre PE 120/120i multifunction device can print, copy, scan, and fax and is priced starting at $549. The Xerox FaxCentre F116/F116L's capabilities include printing, color network scanning, and scan-to-e-mail. It is priced at $999. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9BE6C3:2B910B2 ======================================================================== Not all storage solutions are created equal Just like the data they're designed to accommodate, protect, retrieve, or recover. The trick is matching effective, economical solutions to the kind and volume of the data you need to store - not always easy in the fast-changing storage market. Track the products, technologies, and trends with InfoWorld's "Storage Insider" newsletter. Delivered every Tuesday. Subscribe today at http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9BE6C4:2B910B2 ADVERTISE ======================================================================== For information on advertising, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] UNSUBSCRIBE/MANAGE NEWSLETTERS ======================================================================== To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your e-mail address for any of InfoWorld's e-mail newsletters, go to: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9BE6C5:2B910B2 To subscribe to InfoWorld.com, or InfoWorld Print, or both, or to renew or correct a problem with any InfoWorld subscription, go to http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9BE6C7:2B910B2 To view InfoWorld's privacy policy, visit: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9BE6C6:2B910B2 Copyright (C) 2004 InfoWorld Media Group, 501 Second St., San Francisco, CA 94107 This message was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
