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========================================================= Sponsored by Verizon Sign up online for Verizon Business DSL and get your first month of service for free. The perfect solution for small businesses. Verizon Business DSL provides Business Grade Bandwidth with Remote Internet and E-mail Access. Order online by 10/31/04 and get up to a $185 rebate. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1191-2-3-308321-133897-1 ========================================================= October 7, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Microsoft Fixes Vexing XP SP2 Incompatibility 2. News: Microsoft to Muscle Deeper into VOIP? 3. Baseline: RFID Tools 4. News: Google Expands New Book-Search Feature 5. eSeminar: Hack Your Own Network 6. News: PeopleSoft's Conway Admits 'Vilifying' Oracle Bid 7. Analysis: Voting Machine Debacle Signals Need for a Paper Trail 8. Opinion: IE Strategy Backfires For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1191-2-3-308321-133900-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: Microsoft Fixes Vexing XP SP2 Incompatibility Numerous applications, including some of Microsoft's own, have encountered compatibility problems with Windows XP SP2 (Service Pack 2). But one application in particular wreaked an inordinate amount of havoc until Microsoft created a removal tool, and now a patch, for it. Read more about how TV Media wreaked havoc on updated systems. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1191-2-3-308321-133903-1 Windows XP Service Pack 2 http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1191-2-3-308321-133906-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Microsoft to Muscle Deeper into VOIP? While Microsoft's Live Communications Server (LCS) is first and foremost an enterprise instant-messaging server, Microsoft is expected to position its 2005 version as its entree into the telephony market. Mary Jo Foley has the story on LCS 2005, code-named "Vienna." http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1191-2-3-308321-133909-1 VOIP in the Enterprise http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1191-2-3-308321-133912-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Baseline: RFID Tools Planner: Calculating Costs of Radio-Frequency Identification Radio-frequency identification tags can save suppliers money --add it up and see. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1191-2-3-308321-133915-1 Calculator: RFID Set-Up Costs Baseline created this worksheet using data from the Auto-ID Center, IBM, Manugistics and Nucleus Research. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1191-2-3-308321-133918-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Google Expands New Book-Search Feature Expanding a program introduced last year, Google is inviting publishers to include entire books in its index, enabling people to peek at the contents before making a decision on whether to buy. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1191-2-3-308321-133921-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. eSeminar: Hack Your Own Network During our "Hack Your Own Network" eSeminar, Oct. 12 at 2 p.m. EDT, our security experts look at the products and outside services that can scan your network for vulnerabilities, both from the inside and outside. Join eWEEK.com Security Center editor Larry Seltzer and guest experts for this eSeminar. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1191-2-3-308321-133924-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: PeopleSoft's Conway Admits 'Vilifying' Oracle Bid Ousted just last week as PeopleSoft's president and chief executive, Conway is expected to face tough questioning in the Delaware Chancery Court, where Oracle is challenging PeopleSoft's takeover defenses. Get a preview of his testimony. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1191-2-3-308321-133927-1 Oracle vs. PeopleSoft http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1191-2-3-308321-133930-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. Analysis: Voting Machine Debacle Signals Need for a Paper Trail Some say Diebold's and others' voting machines need to provide a paper trail that less-than-tech-savvy elections officials can understand when something goes wrong. eWEEK.com's Government Industry Center Editor Chris Nolan takes a look at this thorny issue. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1191-2-3-308321-133933-1 Politics Meets IT http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1191-2-3-308321-133936-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. Opinion: IE Strategy Backfires Microsoft is making it easy to upgrade--to a non-IE browser. 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