TECHWEB TODAY: SOFTWARE Tuesday, November 16, 2004 IN THIS ISSUE 1. Tuesday Software Feature: Desktop Search Finds Too Much 2. Software News Of The Week
Today's Top News 3. As Sarbanes-Oxley Looms, Companies Rush To Comply 4. Microsoft Shows Commitment To Non-Windows Management 5. Verisign: Better Hackers Behind Attack Boom 6. Intuit Founder On Expansion And Innovation Other News This Week 7. Short-Range Wireless = Big Impact 8. E-voting Settlement Leaves Some Unsettled 9. RFID To Fight Counterfeiting of Viagra, Painkilling Drugs 10. Skype Slips In Update To Fix Bug ------- Advertisement ------------------- IBM solutions. Designed for the mid-market. Mid-sized companies like General Glass use IBM Express Middleware to give their sales force real-time product data on the road, their customers real-time updates on the Web and their bottom line real-world savings on the fly. All for as little as $2500. See how in valuable case studies, papers and more http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekhM0GpvDH0G4S0CYYo0Aw ----------------------------------------- -- Keep Getting This Newsletter -- Don't let future editions of TechWeb Today Software go missing. Take a moment to add the newsletter's address to your anti-spam whitelist: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you're not sure how to do that, ask your administrator or ISP. Or check your anti-spam utility's documentation. Thanks. 1. TUESDAY SOFTWARE FEATURE: Desktop Search Finds Too Much Google's new desktop search integrates Web and hard drive searches. But not everyone in the enterprise will like what they find. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekhM0GpvDH0G4S0CxR30AM 2. SOFTWARE NEWS OF THE WEEK Security Vendor Says Windows XP SP2 Full Of Holes Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) has ten unpatched vulnerabilities, Finjan Software, a U.S. security firm said. Microsoft vigorously disputed the claims. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekhM0GpvDH0G4S0Cwae0AQ Sun Announces Newest Version Of Solaris Will Be Free Pricing strategy for Solaris 10 aims to attract customers and expand the number of developers who write programs that work on computers running the operating system. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekhM0GpvDH0G4S0CxYk0AP Dell, Microsoft Team On Software Update Tool The companies announced they're developing a one-click software update service for Dell hardware running Windows. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekhM0GpvDH0G4S0CxYl0AQ dBASE Assumes New Identity, Enters BI Market The company is leveraging databases' nearly universal support for dBASE formats to launch a querying tool that doesn't require new code to connect to information sources. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekhM0GpvDH0G4S0CxYm0AR Identify's AppSight 5.5 Troubleshoots Distributed Apps It uses patented technology to monitor application execution and capture a real-time log of user actions, system events, performance metrics, configuration data, and code execution flow. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekhM0GpvDH0G4S0CxYn0AS Adobe Beefs Up Acrobat Software maker Adobe Systems has upgraded its flagship desktop publishing product, giving powerful new features to authors of electronic documents and their recipients. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekhM0GpvDH0G4S0CxYo0AT Microsoft Extends Legal Protection To All Customers The company will shield all customers from legal costs and damages involving patent, copyright, trademark, or trade-secret disputes. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekhM0GpvDH0G4S0Cwac0AO ------- Advertisement ------------------- IBM solutions. Designed for the mid-market. Mid-sized companies like General Glass use IBM Express Middleware to give their sales force real-time product data on the road, their customers real-time updates on the Web and their bottom line real-world savings on the fly. All for as little as $2500. See how in valuable case studies, papers and more http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekhM0GpvDH0G4S0CYYo0Aw ------------------------------------------- TODAY'S NEWS 3. As Sarbanes-Oxley Looms, Companies Rush To Comply SEC official says compliance with Sarbanes Oxley will be a "sprint to the finish." An independent survey, meanwhile, finds only about 20 percent of companies on schedule to meet the deadline. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekhM0GpvDH0G4S0CxYp0AU 4. Microsoft Shows Commitment To Non-Windows Management Microsoft has taken a minority stake in a company that ties the software giant's management tools to Linux and other non-Windows platforms. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekhM0GpvDH0G4S0CxYq0AV 5. Verisign: Better Hackers Behind Attack Boom Security events in the third quarter jumped 150 percent over the same period last year, says Internet security firm VeriSign. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekhM0GpvDH0G4S0CxYr0AW 6. Intuit Founder On Expansion And Innovation Scott Cook explains the company's strategy for reaching new markets while staying true to its roots as a customer-driven company. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekhM0GpvDH0G4S0CxYs0AX OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK 7. Short-Range Wireless = Big Impact In the long run, short-range wireless will affect our lives and businesses just as much as sexier WiMAX or 3G technologies. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekhM0GpvDH0G4S0CxEj0A3 8. E-voting Settlement Leaves Some Unsettled Under terms of the settlement in California's civil action against Diebold Election Systems, the company agreed to pay the state $2.6 million. Activists who filed the original litigation against Diebold on behalf of California taxpayers were not appeased. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekhM0GpvDH0G4S0CxYt0AY 9. RFID To Fight Counterfeiting of Viagra, Painkilling Drugs RFID tags will be added to packaging of Viagra and the painkiller OxyContin, allowing the medicines to be tracked electronically from production plant to pharmacy. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekhM0GpvDH0G4S0CxYu0AZ 10. 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