======================================================================== TECHNOLOGY & BUSINESS DAILY SCOOP http://www.infoworld.com ======================================================================== Monday, November 29, 2004
TOP STORIES ======================================================================== * U.K.'s Blair tries to allay fears over ID card database * SCO Web site hack mocks company's legal claims * IBM opens on demand tech center * Sony, IBM, and Toshiba reveal more plans for Cell chip * U.K. government hit with another large computer failure * Microsoft and Sun plan Webcast to detail cooperation ADVERTISEMENT -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- How did 80% of information become 100% useless? What if information could find its way in and out of databases, all on its very own! With the Adobe Intelligent Document Platform(TM), it's possible. When you combine the logic of XML and Adobe PDF, suddenly documents are smarter. Unstructured content unifies with structured data. And information intuitively travels where it's needed, as it's needed, all on its very own, safely and securely. It's simplicity at work. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A2DCA8:2B910B2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- U.K.'S BLAIR TRIES TO ALLAY FEARS OVER ID CARD DATABASE ======================================================================== Posted November 29, 9:44 AM PST Pacific Time LONDON -- U.K. Prime Minster Tony Blair attempted to quell growing concern over the security of the country's national identity program by threatening jail time for anyone caught tampering with the project's massive database. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A2DCA3:2B910B2 SCO WEB SITE HACK MOCKS COMPANY'S LEGAL CLAIMS ======================================================================== Posted November 29, 8:43 AM PST Pacific Time Malicious hackers have compromised The SCO Group's Web page twice in as many days, posting messages that appear to mock the company's claims to own parts of the Linux operating system. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A2DC9F:2B910B2 IBM OPENS ON DEMAND TECH CENTER ======================================================================== Posted November 29, 6:00 AM PST Pacific Time Hoping literally to bring users more in touch with its on demand technologies, IBM on Monday announced the opening of a new technology center in Gaithersburg, Md., to help users implement a number of different orchestration and provisioning capabilities. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A2DC9D:2B910B2 ADVERTISEMENT -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Reducing the Total Cost of Ownership in Enterprise Data Management Learn how a European bank generated $16.5 million in savings with BMC Software, as compared with a leading competitor's "equivalent" solutions. To see the complete analysis, download the "Total Cost of Ownership in Enterprise Data Management" white paper. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A2DD0C:2B910B2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- SONY, IBM, AND TOSHIBA REVEAL MORE PLANS FOR CELL CHIP ======================================================================== Posted November 29, 4:42 AM PST Pacific Time The four companies developing the Cell microprocessor released a few more details about the chip on Monday -- and with them a surprise: first generation versions of the device won't be built on a cutting edge production technology into which the companies have sunk billions of dollars, but on a technology already in widespread use today. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A2DCA1:2B910B2 U.K. GOVERNMENT HIT WITH ANOTHER LARGE COMPUTER FAILURE ======================================================================== Posted November 29, 4:35 AM PST Pacific Time LONDON -- IT system failures continued to plague the U.K. government this week, when as many as 80,000 civil servants working for the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) had to deal with what is being described in the local press as the biggest computer crash in government history. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A2DCA2:2B910B2 MICROSOFT AND SUN PLAN WEBCAST TO DETAIL COOPERATION ======================================================================== Posted November 29, 4:27 AM PST Pacific Time Those wondering what this year's surprise cooperation deal between Microsoft and Sun Microsystems will actually produce should get an update in coming weeks, when the companies detail some of their interoperability work in areas like Web services, directory services, and security. 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