TECHWEB TODAY: E-BUSINESS Thursday, December 2, 2004 IN THIS ISSUE 1. Thursday E-Business Feature: PC Market Faces Big Changes 2. E-Business News Of The Week
Today's Top News 3. Companies Rally Around IBM's Power Architecture 4. Offshore Outsourcing Services Get A 'Thumbs Up' 5. Spam Outnumbers Legit Messages Almost 9 to 1 6. Microsoft Files Suits Against Seven Spammers Other News This Week 7. Bad, Bad Bots 8. Phishing Hurts Web More Than The Wallet 9. Lycos Strikes Back At Spammers With DoS Screensaver 10. Hyperion Offers Employees $5,000 For Fuel-Efficient Car Purchase 11. AOL Launches Presence-Based Voice Conferencing ------- Advertisement ------------------- Can an integrated voice, data and video network boost productivity, cut costs and simplify management? See how mid-sized businesses are benefiting from Voice Over Internet Protocol in a complimentary report and case study. Plus, find out about an IBM Network Readiness Assessment. Visit http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekxS0GpvDH0G4T0CtsK0Ac ----------------------------------------- -- Keep Getting This Newsletter -- Don't let future editions of TechWeb Today E-Business go missing. Take a moment to add the newsletter's address to your anti-spam whitelist: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you're not sure how to do that, ask your administrator or ISP. Or check your anti-spam utility's documentation. Thanks. 1. THURSDAY E-BUSINESS FEATURE: PC Market Faces Big Changes As PCs morph into consumer-entertainment devices and business commodities, longtime personal computer stalwarts will leave the business. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekxS0GpvDH0G4T0C1hb0Ah 2. E-BUSINESS NEWS OF THE WEEK SEC Delays Internal Controls Deadline For Small Companies Small public companies and their auditors received a 45-day reprieve before they must turn in their first reports detailing internal financial controls. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekxS0GpvDH0G4T0C1hc0Ai Online Shopping Has Its Brightest 'Black Friday' More people than ever chose to let their fingers do their holiday shopping. Consumers spent 41% more online the Friday after Thanksgiving, than on the same day a year ago. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekxS0GpvDH0G4T0Czml0AB IT Job Confidence Plunges In November Researcher attributes professionals' uneasiness to seasonal, end-of-calendar-year factors, including the tendency for companies to delay hiring until after the new year. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekxS0GpvDH0G4T0C1hd0Aj Gartner: Third Of Top PC Vendors Gone In Three Years Three of the top 10 PC vendors will be pushed out of the business by 2007, research firm Gartner predicted. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekxS0GpvDH0G4T0Czmm0AC Beijing Dumps Microsoft Deal Beijing's municipal government canceled a $3.5 million deal with Microsoft under pressure from national government officials and in-country rivals. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekxS0GpvDH0G4T0Cz8z0AW Companies Are Moving Toward CRM As A Service Managing customer and sales data through software that's offered as a service is increasing in popularity, as companies look to simplify their IT systems by placing the responsibility for maintenance on vendors. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekxS0GpvDH0G4T0C1he0Ak Sun And Microsoft Call A Truce The longtime rivals claim that they'll work harder to make their software work together. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekxS0GpvDH0G4T0C1hf0Al ------- Advertisement ------------------- Can an integrated voice, data and video network boost productivity, cut costs and simplify management? See how mid-sized businesses are benefiting from Voice Over Internet Protocol in a complimentary report and case study. Plus, find out about an IBM Network Readiness Assessment. Visit http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekxS0GpvDH0G4T0CtsK0Ac ------------------------------------------- TODAY'S NEWS 3. Companies Rally Around IBM's Power Architecture Fifteen companies unveiled an open-standards initiative centering on the Power microprocessor architecture; the effort also targets the Chinese market. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekxS0GpvDH0G4T0C1hg0Am 4. Offshore Outsourcing Services Get A 'Thumbs Up' A privately circulating commentary by the Gartner Group predicting IT cost reductions through automation and job cuts is cheering offshore-outsourcing companies. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekxS0GpvDH0G4T0C1hh0An 5. Spam Outnumbers Legit Messages Almost 9 to 1 The percentage of e-mail dubbed as spam climbed again last month, a message-security provider said: 88 percent of November's mail was malicious. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekxS0GpvDH0G4T0C1hi0Ao 6. Microsoft Files Suits Against Seven Spammers Microsoft has filed lawsuits against seven alleged violators of the CAN-SPAM anti-spam law. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekxS0GpvDH0G4T0C1hj0Ap OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK 7. Bad, Bad Bots Bold hackers are using their networking smarts to automate attacks and break new ground in cybercrime. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekxS0GpvDH0G4T0C1Ql0AU 8. Phishing Hurts Web More Than The Wallet The real danger from phishing attacks isn't in the amount of money stolen, said a research firm, but the fallout from the constant barrage of bogus e-mails: a loss of consumer confidence in the Internet. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekxS0GpvDH0G4T0C1Qr0Aa 9. Lycos Strikes Back At Spammers With DoS Screensaver Lycos Europe launched a screensaver that conducts a group denial-of-service (DoS) attack against sites selling products marketed via spam. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekxS0GpvDH0G4T0Cz820AK 10. Hyperion Offers Employees $5,000 For Fuel-Efficient Car Purchase The BPM software vendor will partially reimburse employees for one fuel-efficient vehicle every four years. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekxS0GpvDH0G4T0C1hk0Aq 11. 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