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October 8, 2004
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In This Edition
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1. News: Kodak, Sun Settle Java Lawsuit
2. News: AOL Readying Stand-Alone Browser
3. News: Gates: Microsoft to Tackle the Spyware Problem
4. News: Microsoft Fixes Vexing XP SP2 Incompatibility
5. News: Startup Devises New Way to Squash Worms
6. News: Palm's Flashy New Tungsten T5
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1. News: Kodak, Sun Settle Java Lawsuit
Eastman Kodak and Sun Microsystems have settled their
lawsuit over Sun's infringement of Kodak's patents in the
creation of the Java platform. The two sides came to an
out-of-court agreement Wednesday night, before they would
enter the penalty or awards phases of a trial in which a
jury found Sun guilty last Friday.
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Technology Patents in Crisis
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2. News: AOL Readying Stand-Alone Browser
As the hubbub of alternative Web browsers keeps growing--
from speculation over a so-called "Gbrowser" from
search-engine leader Google to the many advances in the
open-source Mozilla project--in the background, America
Online has been quietly testing its own Web browser, dubbed
"AOL Browser," for more than a month.
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Advances in Web Browsers
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3. News: Gates: Microsoft to Tackle the Spyware Problem
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates says he's never had a computer
virus, but that adware and malware have him ticked off
enough that Microsoft plans to do something about them.
Precisely what that might be Gates didn't say, although the
figure "hundreds of millions" of dollars was mentioned.
http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1198-1-5-264762-134743-1
Canning Spam
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4. 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. Mary Jo Foley of
Microsoft Watch has the story.
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Windows XP Service Pack 2
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5. News: Startup Devises New Way to Squash Worms
While the large anti-virus vendors continue to spend
millions of dollars and thousands of man-hours churning out
updated signature files, a Utah-based startup this week
plans to unveil an entirely new e-mail security solution
that needs no signatures and is capable of trapping
malicious messages before they reach users' desktops. Get
the story behind Avinti's iSolation Server.
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E-mail Worms 2004
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6. News: Palm's Flashy New Tungsten T5
PalmOne is beefing up its new Tungsten T5 handheld with more
memory in an attempt to make the device more appealing to
business users who need access to data-intensive
applications. Check out this article and then take a look at
the slideshow.
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