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========================================================= Sponsored by Dell Home Systems Up to $300 off select new Dell Home systems. Offer ends 12/22. Click for details. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1445-2-79-308321-160566-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= December 21, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Apple Files Suit on Leaked Product Info 2. News: Spam Clogs Blogs 3. News: Google Patches Desktop Search Flaw 4. Opinion: More Offices 'Open' Up 5. News: Linspire, Wal-Mart Partner on Low-Price Linux Laptop 6. News: OpenOffice 2.0 Nears Beta Testing 7. News: Popular File-Sharing Site Shuts Down 8. News: Trillian 3.0 Adds Serverless IM For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1445-2-79-308321-160569-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: Apple Files Suit on Leaked Product Info The company claims an unknown person stole trade secrets and posted confidential information about an unreleased Apple product on the Internet. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1445-2-79-308321-160572-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Spam Clogs Blogs Movable Type bloggers began informing the company early last week that comment spam had reached levels that were knocking out servers at Web hosting companies and wreaking havoc on affected bloggers. Check out what MT is doing to fight blog spam. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1445-2-79-308321-160575-0-0-0-1 Weblogs http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1445-2-79-308321-160578-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Google Patches Desktop Search Flaw Web search powerhouse Google has acknowledged--and patched-- a security vulnerability in its desktop search utility that opens the doors for man-in-the-middle data leak attacks. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1445-2-79-308321-160581-0-0-0-1 Search Delves into the Desktop http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1445-2-79-308321-160584-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. Opinion: More Offices 'Open' Up OpenOffice.org and Firefox give organizations viable alternatives to Microsoft, while Apple shines Spotlight on desktop search. eWEEK's Anne Chen takes a look at the year in open source. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1445-2-79-308321-160587-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Linspire, Wal-Mart Partner on Low-Price Linux Laptop Not too long ago, the sub-$500 computer was a dream, now it's a CompUSA commonplace. And now, thanks to a partnership between Wal-Mart and Linspire, the sub-$500 laptop is also a reality. Check out the Balance laptop here. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1445-2-79-308321-160590-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: OpenOffice 2.0 Nears Beta Testing OpenOffice.org 2.0, the open-source office suite sponsored by Sun Microsystems, is getting closer to reality. Read about the latest prebeta. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1445-2-79-308321-160593-0-0-0-1 Office Politics: Sun's Java Desktop System vs. Microsoft http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1445-2-79-308321-160596-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. News: Popular File-Sharing Site Shuts Down One of the Web's most popular file-sharing sites has shut down less than a week after Hollywood announced a flurry of lawsuits against operators of such Internet servers. Read about the latest in the war between P2P file-sharing and Hollywood. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1445-2-79-308321-160599-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. 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