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========================================================= Sponsored by BMC Software ARE YOU SARBOX COMPLIANT? Experiencing gaps in your IT controls with people, processes or technology? Download a complimentary white paper from BMC Software to learn how you can maximize ROI value beyond the compliance checklist. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1413-2-3-308321-155121-1 ========================================================= November 19, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: New Sober Worm on the Loose 2. News: Is Microsoft Rattling the Linux-Patent Sabers? 3. News: Former AOLers Bet on Private P2P App 4. News: Microsoft, Dell Ink $500M Deal with Air Force 5. News: Novell Credits Revenue Rise Largely to Linux 6. News: Alleged Oracle Scammer Is Still at It 7. News: MSN Hotmail Nears Storage Finish Line 8. News: Ballmer on Linux Hot Seat (Again) For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1413-2-3-308321-155124-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: New Sober Worm on the Loose A new version of the Sober worm appeared on the Internet early this morning and already it is having quite a bit of success infecting users in Europe through the use of social engineering. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1413-2-3-308321-155127-1 Security http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1413-2-3-308321-155130-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Is Microsoft Rattling the Linux-Patent Sabers? Microsoft is denying that its CEO Steve Ballmer told Asian government leaders yesterday that Microsoft believes that Linux violates more than 200 software patents. Instead, Ballmer was citing a controversial study done earlier this summer by a risk-mitigation consultancy that claimed that Linux has been found to violate more than 200 software patents, according to a Microsoft spokesman. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1413-2-3-308321-155133-1 Technology Patents in Crisis http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1413-2-3-308321-155136-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Former AOLers Bet on Private P2P App Is there a place in the enterprise for a legal file-sharing application using peer-to-peer technology? Three former America Online executives with a history of entrepreneurial success believe they have the answer with Grouper, an encrypted P2P network that integrates file sharing, instant messaging and multimedia streaming. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1413-2-3-308321-155139-1 Infrastructure http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1413-2-3-308321-155142-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Microsoft, Dell Ink $500M Deal with Air Force Microsoft and Dell today will announce a significant consolidation of multiple support and software license agreements with the U.S. Air Force into a single enterprise agreement worth as much as $500 million over six years. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1413-2-3-308321-155145-1 Windows http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1413-2-3-308321-155148-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Novell Credits Revenue Rise Largely to Linux Novell yesterday announced results for its fourth quarter of 2004, ended Oct. 31. Novell reported $301 million in revenues, which represents a 5 percent gain compared with $287 million in revenue for the year-ago quarter. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1413-2-3-308321-155151-1 Linux and Open Source http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1413-2-3-308321-155154-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: Alleged Oracle Scammer Is Still at It Beware, Oracle training and/or security expertise buyers. Ed Haskins, the purveyor of Oracle training materials that paying consumers complain often fail to appear in their mailboxes, is still at it. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1413-2-3-308321-155157-1 Database http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1413-2-3-308321-155160-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. News: MSN Hotmail Nears Storage Finish Line As part of an effort begun five months ago, MSN is extending its higher Hotmail storage limits to new customers and is in the final stages of giving additional storage to current customers. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1413-2-3-308321-155163-1 Messaging & Collaboration http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1413-2-3-308321-155166-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. News: Ballmer on Linux Hot Seat (Again) A published report claiming that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told Asian government leaders that Microsoft believes that Linux violates more than 200 software patents has put the outspoken Microsoft executive on the Linux hot seat, yet again. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1413-2-3-308321-155169-1 Windows http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1413-2-3-308321-155148-1 ========================================================= Tech Jobs http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1413-2-3-308321-155172-1 ========================================================= Ziff Davis Channel Zone http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1413-2-3-308321-155175-1 ========================================================= DevSource http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1413-2-3-308321-155178-1 ========================================================= eNewsletter Information ========================================================= You are subscribed to this newsletter with the e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE, click here: http://www.eweek.com/unsubscribe_newsletter/0,4223,,00.asp?n=06&type=u&[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.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1413-2-3-308321-155181-1 Questions about your newsletter subscriptions? 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