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========================================================= Sponsored by APC Too Much of a Good Thing is Just Too Much Don't Overbuild Your Server Room. Download this free White Paper today and discover the fundamental reasons why oversizing occurs. Get your information today. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1368-2-3-308321-150609-1 ========================================================= November 10, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. Review: Firefox 1.0 Lives Up to Hype 2. Review: Ten Extensions Enhance Firefox 3. News: Microsoft to Update IE Before Longhorn? Maybe So 4. News: Mozilla: No Google Browser in the Works 5. News: Microsoft Patches Spoofing Flaw in ISA Server 6. Blog: Life With a Treo 600 7. News: MSN Search Beta Set to Launch 8. Opinion: Can Microsoft Beat Intuit This Time? For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1368-2-3-308321-150612-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. Review: Firefox 1.0 Lives Up to Hype There's been a lot of hype surrounding the Mozilla Foundation's Firefox browser, and eWEEK Labs' tests of Version 1.0, released Nov. 9, show the hype is well-deserved. Read the review and take a look at the screenshots. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1368-2-3-308321-150615-1 Advances in Web Browsers http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1368-2-3-308321-150618-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. Review: Ten Extensions Enhance Firefox ExtremeTech reviews the ten extensions that add zest to Firefox 1.0. Check it out. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1368-2-3-308321-150621-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Microsoft to Update IE Before Longhorn? Maybe So When asked whether Microsoft will release an updated version of Internet Explorer before Longhorn ships in 2006, Microsoft's pat answer is that it has no current plans to do so. IE is part of Windows, and that's that, according to the Microsoft party line. But if you ask a different question, you get a different answer. Mary Jo Foley of Microsoft Watch has the scoop. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1368-2-3-308321-150624-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Mozilla: No Google Browser in the Works Not only has Google's top executive denied that the company is developing a Web browser, but the Mozilla Foundation more recently has quashed speculation that it is working with the search leader. Read what Mozilla President Mitchell Baker had to say here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1368-2-3-308321-150627-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Microsoft Patches Spoofing Flaw in ISA Server Through a flaw in Microsoft's Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000 and Proxy Server 2.0, users could be served content from malicious sites in lieu of the trusted content they requested. Are you at risk? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1368-2-3-308321-150630-1 Keeping Pace with Microsoft's Patches http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1368-2-3-308321-150633-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. Blog: Life With a Treo 600 David Coursey writes on his blog about the ups and downs of using the Treo 600. Take a look. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1368-2-3-308321-150636-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. News: MSN Search Beta Set to Launch Microsoft's MSN division is ready to turn its Web search preview into a full beta test--a precursor to replacing Yahoo in coming months. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1368-2-3-308321-150639-1 New Frontiers for Search http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1368-2-3-308321-150642-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. Opinion: Can Microsoft Beat Intuit This Time? Microsoft is, once again, gunning for a takeover of Intuit's territory. 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