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========================================================= Sponsored by VirtualConnect Outsourcing Eliminates the Email Security Burden See how Mailprotector's managed email security suite stops attacks, vulnerabilities, viruses and spam before they reach your network and saves you money in the process. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1394-2-3-308321-153054-1 ========================================================= November 16, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Microsoft Makes a Play for Novell Users 2. News: Vintela: Microsoft's Secret Unix/Linux Weapon? 3. News: McAfee Adds Real-Time Scanning to Zap Spyware 4. News: MSN Desktop Search Images Surface 5. Opinion: Browsers: The Choice Is Yours 6. Opinion: The Beginning of the Crypto Era 7. News: Radio Tags to Vouch for Drugs' Legitimacy 8. News: Amazon.com as an Infrastructure Platform? For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1394-2-3-308321-153057-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: Microsoft Makes a Play for Novell Users Microsoft is out to capture NetWare customers before they have a chance to migrate to Linux. Will it work? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1394-2-3-308321-153060-1 Enterprise Wars: Linux vs. Windows http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1394-2-3-308321-153063-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Vintela: Microsoft's Secret Unix/Linux Weapon? Microsoft invests in Unix/Linux management vendor Vintela, which is working with Microsoft on a number of initiatives. Mary Jo Foley of Microsoft Watch has the story. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1394-2-3-308321-153066-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: McAfee Adds Real-Time Scanning to Zap Spyware Security software specialist McAfee has added a new module to its virus scan engine to help businesses combat the growing spyware scourge. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1394-2-3-308321-153069-1 Cyber-Crime http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1394-2-3-308321-153072-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: MSN Desktop Search Images Surface Screen shots of an early version of MSN's desktop search application began circulating on the Web on Monday, indicating that Microsoft's Internet division plans to release a product with deep connections to Windows. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1394-2-3-308321-153075-1 New Frontiers for Search http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1394-2-3-308321-153078-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Opinion: Browsers: The Choice Is Yours The browser market lives, and IT executives should be open-minded about using Firefox and other alternatives. The eWEEK Editorial Board opines. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1394-2-3-308321-153081-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. Opinion: The Beginning of the Crypto Era The e-mail authentication picture is getting murkier, but that's good. More credible systems are going online, and that means a real solution is closer. Security Editor Larry Seltzer takes a look. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1394-2-3-308321-153084-1 Identity Management http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1394-2-3-308321-153087-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. News: Radio Tags to Vouch for Drugs' Legitimacy The makers of the impotency drug Viagra and the painkiller OxyContin said Monday they will add radio transmitters to bottles of their pills to fight counterfeiting. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1394-2-3-308321-153090-1 RFID http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1394-2-3-308321-153093-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. News: Amazon.com as an Infrastructure Platform? Amazon.com has quietly started testing a back-end message queuing interface for distributed applications, a move that suggests a bold push into the middleware services market. 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