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========================================================= Sponsored by Shavlik HFNetChkPro(TM) Deploy Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Shavlik HFNetChkPro(TM) Today. Our free, fully functional, no time-out, trial version helps automate patch delivery and testing with swift scanning and a complete GUI. Start patching in just 30 minutes to ensure that your systems are fully protected against viruses, worms & hackers. Download the trial version at shavlik.com http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1362-2-3-308321-149838-1 ========================================================= November 9, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Gamers Get Their Hands on 'Halo 2' 2. News: Mozilla Launches Firefox 1.0 3. News: New Version of MyDoom Worm in Zero-Day Attack 4. News: Convicted Spammer's Bail Set at $1M 5. News: Apple's Mac OS X Update Brings Word of Firewire Problems 6. Opinion: Microsoft: Linux's Biggest Patron 7. News: Analysts: Microsoft Getting IP House in Order 8. Opinion: Who Wrote Sobig? For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1362-2-3-308321-149841-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: Gamers Get Their Hands on 'Halo 2' Cough. Cough. The "Halo Flu" may be striking businesses today. That's because the long-awaited Version 2 of "Halo" went on sale at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday at 6,500 stores around the United States. Check out the midnight madness here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1362-2-3-308321-149844-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Mozilla Launches Firefox 1.0 Mozilla Firefox 1.0 has launched following a two-month preview that drew 8 million downloads of the alternative Web browser. Take a look at this blossoming grassroots project. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1362-2-3-308321-149847-1 Advances in Web Browsers http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1362-2-3-308321-149850-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: New Version of MyDoom Worm in Zero-Day Attack Anti-virus companies are reporting a worm that spreads via a new vulnerability in Internet Explorer. The vulnerability is not present in Windows XP Service Pack 2, but in all earlier versions of Internet Explorer 6, and no patch is available. Are you at risk? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1362-2-3-308321-149853-1 E-mail Worms 2004 http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1362-2-3-308321-149856-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Convicted Spammer's Bail Set at $1M Bail was set at $1 million Monday for a North Carolina man awaiting sentencing in the nation's first felony prosecution of illegal distribution of junk e-mail, or spam. Read more about this groundbreaking case. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1362-2-3-308321-149859-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Apple's Mac OS X Update Brings Word of Firewire Problems Apple has released an update for both server and consumer editions of its Mac OS X operating systems, moving both of them to version 10.3.6. Check out the updates here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1362-2-3-308321-149862-1 Mac OS X in the Enterprise http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1362-2-3-308321-149865-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. Opinion: Microsoft: Linux's Biggest Patron Through its settlements with Sun and Novell, which total more than $2.4 billion, Microsoft has bought an extra dose of punishment from competitors focused on popularizing Linux. David Coursey has more. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1362-2-3-308321-149868-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. News: Analysts: Microsoft Getting IP House in Order As the company ends its antitrust battle with Novell, analysts suggest that settlement talks in remaining patent infringement cases may have already started. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1362-2-3-308321-149871-1 Microsoft's Trials http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1362-2-3-308321-149874-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. Opinion: Who Wrote Sobig? It was the greatest e-mail worm of its era (meaning last year), but its real role was to help spammers hide their identities. Guess who might have written it? 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