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========================================================= Sponsored by SGI Migrate from Unix systems to the powerful SGI Altix(R) family of servers for serious performance, open standards, and value. SGI offers special savings on trade-ins and education, and a free migration. Get Intel(R) Itanium(R) 2 performance, Altix scalability, and Linux(R) flexibility at a price that's right. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1359-2-79-308321-150306-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= November 30, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: GPL Could Put Heat on Microsoft 2. News: Microsoft Confirms WINS Flaw 3. News: Second 'Skulls' Sneaks Onto Cells 4. Interview: Torvalds: GPL Needs Tweaking 5. News: Looking (Way) Ahead to Longhorn Server 6. News: Hollywood Gets High-Def 7. News: 'Ringback' Tones Next Big Thing? 8. News: Sony, Partners Offer Glimpse Of 'Cell' Chip For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1359-2-79-308321-150309-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: GPL Could Put Heat on Microsoft Efforts under way to revise the popular GNU General Public License could put additional pressure on Microsoft by the time it tries to push its long-awaited Windows upgrades out the door. See what the Free Software Foundation is up to here. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1359-2-79-308321-150312-0-0-0-1 Open-Source Licensing http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1359-2-79-308321-150315-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Microsoft Confirms WINS Flaw Microsoft has issued a workaround for a newly discovered security issue in WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) that could lead to malicious code execution. Find out how to protect your WINS servers here. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1359-2-79-308321-150318-0-0-0-1 Securing the Network http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1359-2-79-308321-150321-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Second 'Skulls' Sneaks Onto Cells Anti-virus vendors have spotted a new strain of the "Skulls" Trojan sneaking into Symbian-based cell phones, and this one drops the Cabir worm on the devices. Get the details on this malware. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1359-2-79-308321-150324-0-0-0-1 Mobile Security http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1359-2-79-308321-150327-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. Interview: Torvalds: GPL Needs Tweaking Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux operating system, last week weighed in on the upcoming challenges facing GPL Version 3 in an e-mail interview with eWEEK Senior Editor Peter Galli. Read it here. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1359-2-79-308321-150330-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Looking (Way) Ahead to Longhorn Server While 2007 is still a long way off, Microsoft is making headway (at least on slide decks) with Longhorn Server, according to the Redmond software maker's partners. Mary Jo Foley of Microsoft Watch has the story. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1359-2-79-308321-150333-0-0-0-1 Microsoft's Longhorn http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1359-2-79-308321-150336-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: Hollywood Gets High-Def Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Studios all released commitments to support the HD DVD format, Toshiba executives announced Monday at a news conference in Tokyo. Read about the latest salvo in the DVD format battle. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1359-2-79-308321-150339-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. News: 'Ringback' Tones Next Big Thing? If wireless companies have their way, the next multibillion- dollar surprise in the cellular business will be "Ringback" tones. Will this fashion statement flash or fizzle? http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1359-2-79-308321-150342-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. News: Sony, Partners Offer Glimpse Of 'Cell' Chip IBM, Sony Corp., Sony Computer Entertainment and Toshiba said Monday that the companies had "powered on" the first workstation designed around the collaboratively designed "Cell" processor, which will begin pilot production next year. 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