========================================================= -------- THE CHANNEL INSIDER -------- ========================================================= November 11, 2004
========================================================= Sponsored by Microsoft The Microsoft Partner Program has added yet another way to help your business succeed. The Microsoft Resource Directory has been redesigned to make it easier for potential customers to find your services. See how: http://eletters.czone.ziffdavis.com/zd1/cts?d=92-95-2-13-80991-7980-1 ========================================================= IN THIS ISSUE: Microsoft to Update IE Before Longhorn? Maybe So New Version of MyDoom Worm in Zero-Day Attack Tarantella Comes Back from the Dead IBM Targets Financial, SMB Verticals with New Workplace Solutions Firefox 1.0 Lives Up to Hype Opinion: Keeping Customers Updated Visit The Channel Insider http://eletters.czone.ziffdavis.com/zd1/cts?d=92-95-2-13-80991-7983-1 ========================================================= Microsoft to Update IE Before Longhorn? Maybe So If you ask Microsoft if it will release an updated version of its IE browser 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 slightly different question--whether Microsoft intends to add new features and functionality to IE without releasing a completely new standalone version--you'll get a different answer. http://eletters.czone.ziffdavis.com/zd1/cts?d=92-95-2-13-80991-7986-1 ========================================================= New Version of MyDoom Worm in Zero-Day Attack Buffer overflow in fully patched pre-SP2 Internet Explorer allows arbitrary code execution. http://eletters.czone.ziffdavis.com/zd1/cts?d=92-95-2-13-80991-7989-1 ========================================================= Tarantella Comes Back from the Dead Most technology companies in trouble don't have near-death experiences. They just die. Tarantella Inc., however, appears to be the exception that proves the rule. With its new IBM partnership, the thin-client vendor appears posed for a comeback. http://eletters.czone.ziffdavis.com/zd1/cts?d=92-95-2-13-80991-7992-1 ========================================================= IBM Targets Financial, SMB Verticals with New Workplace Solutions IBM takes aim at banking and small-to-midsize businesses with new services and software using its Lotus Workplace collaboration platform. http://eletters.czone.ziffdavis.com/zd1/cts?d=92-95-2-13-80991-7995-1 ========================================================= Firefox 1.0 Lives Up to Hype With its streamlined interface and wealth of navigational aids, Mozilla's browser put IE to shame in eWEEK Labs' tests. http://eletters.czone.ziffdavis.com/zd1/cts?d=92-95-2-13-80991-7998-1 ========================================================= Opinion: Keeping Customers Updated With the right update software, Wayne Rash says you can provide your customers with a real service, while staying close to them at the same time. http://eletters.czone.ziffdavis.com/zd1/cts?d=92-95-2-13-80991-8001-1 ========================================================= Questions or comments about the newsletter? E-mail The Channel Insider Editor Steven Vaughan-Nichols: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ========================================================= eNewsletter Information ========================================================= You are subscribed to the The Channel Insider newsletter with the e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your HTML/text preferences, change your e-mail address or subscribe to other eNewsletters from Ziff Davis Media, click here: http://eletters.czone.ziffdavis.com/zd1/cts?d=92-95-2-13-80991-8004-1 To unsubscribe, click here: http://www.pcmag.com/unsubscribe_newsletter/0,4225,,00.asp?n=72&type=u&sh=y&[EMAIL PROTECTED] NOTE: Make sure the above URL, which includes your email address, displays completely in your browser. Copyright 2004 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Media Inc., 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016
