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========================================================= Sponsored by MessageLabs Download MessageLabs' New Email Security Whitepaper: Learn about email security: why it's so important, how it affects the bottom line and business goals, and reasons a Managed Service provides an essentially additional layer of security http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1374-2-3-308321-151227-1 ========================================================= November 11, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Firefox 1.0 to Gain More Mac OS X Features 2. News: Firefox Flaws Flagged, Fixed 3. News: Google Brings E-Mail Client Access to Gmail 4. News: Will Users Get Buried Under RFID Data? 5. News: Video Games: The Ultimate Tech Influencer? 6. News: Motorola to Introduce 20 New Cell Phones 7. News: Oracle: PeopleSoft's Board to Reject 'Final' Buyout Offer 8. Opinion: So Now Will You Install SP2? For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1374-2-3-308321-151230-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: Firefox 1.0 to Gain More Mac OS X Features eWEEK.com spoke with Ben Goodger, the lead engineer for the Mozilla Foundation, about developing for multiple platforms and what lies ahead for the Mac version of Firefox. Read the interview. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1374-2-3-308321-151233-1 Mac OS X in the Enterprise http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1374-2-3-308321-151236-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Firefox Flaws Flagged, Fixed Just one day after the Mozilla Foundation released Firefox 1.0, the group has revealed that prior versions of the open-source browser pose a security threat to users. However, they have now all been fixed in the upgrade. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1374-2-3-308321-151239-1 Advances in Web Browsers http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1374-2-3-308321-151242-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Google Brings E-Mail Client Access to Gmail In what it is billing as "e-mail portability," Google is opening access to its Gmail e-mail service from desktop clients and mobile devices. Check out this new Gmail feature. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1374-2-3-308321-151245-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Will Users Get Buried Under RFID Data? A new report from VDC questions whether users are prepared for the tidal wave of data that item-level RFID could bring. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1374-2-3-308321-151248-1 RFID http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1374-2-3-308321-151251-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Video Games: The Ultimate Tech Influencer? Does the tech that drives video games influence the rest of the tech industry? It seems like another reason to dust off the chicken-and-egg scenario. Which comes first depends on who's buying: the average consumer or big business. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1374-2-3-308321-151254-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: Motorola to Introduce 20 New Cell Phones Motorola, which is introducing 20 new cell phones as it tries to avoid slipping to No. 3 in the market, signaled its confidence Wednesday for strong holiday sales and said there are no further product delays in sight. Will this strategy fly? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1374-2-3-308321-151257-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. News: Oracle: PeopleSoft's Board to Reject 'Final' Buyout Offer PeopleSoft's board of directors is refusing yet again to entertain Oracle's all-cash tender offer, according to a news release issued by Oracle on Wednesday afternoon. What's next? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1374-2-3-308321-151260-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. Opinion: So Now Will You Install SP2? Whatever excuses you had just aren't good enough anymore. The problems without SP2 far exceed those from installing it. 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