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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=186-1396-2-79-308321-154692-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= December 8, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: IBM Sells PC Biz to Lenovo 2. News: Virus Scanning for Smart Phones 3. News: Apple Threatens Owner of iTunes Domain 4. News: PalmSource Adds Linux to Smart-Phone Mix 5. News: Cisco, Juniper Making Noise in High-End Routing Space 6. News: HP Analyst Day: New Focus on Software, Storage 7. News: Young Consumers Pose Tech Challenges for Retailers 8. Interview: Getting a Head Start on App Security For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1396-2-79-308321-154695-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: IBM Sells PC Biz to Lenovo IBM and China-based Lenovo Group announced an agreement Tuesday night in which Big Blue will sell its PC division for about $1.75 billion. Read more about this deal. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1396-2-79-308321-154698-0-0-0-1 IBM's Evolution http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1396-2-79-308321-154701-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Virus Scanning for Smart Phones Amid reports of Trojans and worms squirming through mobile devices, Trend Micro says it will roll out anti-virus and anti-spam protection for users of data-centric smart phones. Find out more about the Trend Micro Mobile Security suite here. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1396-2-79-308321-154704-0-0-0-1 Mobile Security http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1396-2-79-308321-154707-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Apple Threatens Owner of iTunes Domain Apple has taken steps to take ownership of the iTunes.co.uk domain name from its current owner, with the company formally complaining to Nominet, the UK domain name registrar, that it is entitled to the domain. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1396-2-79-308321-154710-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: PalmSource Adds Linux to Smart-Phone Mix PalmSource stunned the mobile device world today by annoucing that it has acquired Chinese mobile Linux vendor China MobileSoft, a leading Chinese mobile phone software company with business operations based in Nanjing, China. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1396-2-79-308321-154713-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Cisco, Juniper Making Noise in High-End Routing Space Dueling Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks are both jockeying for the spotlight on the high end of the routing market with announcements of new developments around their respective CRS-1 and T-series core routers. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1396-2-79-308321-154716-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: HP Analyst Day: New Focus on Software, Storage CEO Fiorina says the company needs to work harder at developing consistency, with future key areas in its software and external RAID businesses. Read more about its strategy here. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1396-2-79-308321-154719-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. News: Young Consumers Pose Tech Challenges for Retailers PacSun's young customers create new challenges for its online retail operation--but it also has some definite advantages. Read about PacSun's retail strategy for this holiday season. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1396-2-79-308321-154722-0-0-0-1 Holiday Shopping http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1396-2-79-308321-154725-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. Interview: Getting a Head Start on App Security In an interview with eWEEK Senior Editor Darryl K. Taft, Rick Samona, product manager of .Net Framework and Developer Tools, discussed some of the things the software giant is doing to assist developers in creating more secure applications. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1396-2-79-308321-154728-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Tech Jobs http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1396-2-79-308321-154731-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= The Channel Insider http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1396-2-79-308321-154734-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= DevSource http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1396-2-79-308321-154737-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= eNewsletter Information ========================================================= You are subscribed to this newsletter with the e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE, click here: http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1396-2-79-308321-154740-0-0-0-1&[EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your HTML/text preferences, change your e-mail address or subscribe to other eNewsletters from Ziff Davis Media, click here: http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1396-2-79-308321-154743-0-0-0-1 Questions about your newsletter subscriptions? 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