======================================================================== TECHNOLOGY & BUSINESS DAILY SCOOP http://www.infoworld.com ======================================================================== Thursday, November 4, 2004
TOP NEWS STORIES ======================================================================== * Microsoft to help users prep for patching * Telcos' convergence strategies diverge * Update: MCI reports $3.4B loss but says it's back on track * HP is more than just hardware, says Fiorina * Global chip sales headed for tough times in 2005 * Symantec pushing into mobile space ADVERTISEMENT -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LCD Takes on CRT. Change the way you view your digital world. With LCDs starting at only $299, you can free up your desk with a space-saving, stylish and affordable LCD. Find one now at CDW! http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9BE6A5:2B910B2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 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=9BE69B:2B910B2 TELCOS' CONVERGENCE STRATEGIES DIVERGE ======================================================================== Posted November 04, 2004 8:03 AM Pacific Time CANNES -- Kai-Uwe Ricke, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Deutsche Telekom AG, and Ben Verwaayen, his counterpart at BT Group PLC, have diverging views on convergence -- the idea that, some day, fixed and mobile telecommunications systems will come together into a seamless whole. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9BE69C:2B910B2 UPDATE: MCI REPORTS $3.4B LOSS BUT SAYS IT'S BACK ON TRACK ======================================================================== Posted November 04, 2004 7:40 AM Pacific Time MCI Inc. reported a $3.4 billion third-quarter loss on Thursday, due mainly to a write-off of the value of its assets, as the company's efforts to recover from its bankruptcy were hampered by stiff competition in the long-distance telephone service market. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9BE6A2:2B910B2 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=9BE69F:2B910B2 GLOBAL CHIP SALES HEADED FOR TOUGH TIMES IN 2005 ======================================================================== Posted November 04, 2004 4:29 AM Pacific Time Next year will be a tough year for semiconductor makers, as global chip sales are expected to be flat compared with 2004, according to a prominent industry group and industry analysts. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9BE69E:2B910B2 SYMANTEC PUSHING INTO MOBILE SPACE ======================================================================== Posted November 04, 2004 4:25 AM Pacific Time Symantec Corp. is making a major push to get its security products into more mobile phones as 3G (third-generation) services and smart phone use spreads internationally, company executives said in Tokyo on Thursday. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9BE69D:2B910B2 ======================================================================== Storage: glamour isn't everything No, it's not terribly sexy. It's just essential. Because there's always going to be data, and more of it. To keep up with your options for keeping up with it, you can't do better than InfoWorld's "Storage Insider" newsletter. Delivered every Tuesday, it doesn't take up much space in your inbox. But the space it fills in your head couldn't be put to better use. Subscribe today at http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9BE6A0:2B910B2 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=9BE6A1:2B910B2 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=9BE6A4:2B910B2 To view InfoWorld's privacy policy, visit: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=9BE6A3:2B910B2 Copyright (C) 2004 InfoWorld Media Group, 501 Second St., San Francisco, CA 94107 This message was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
