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========================================================= Sponsored by Tripp Lite Tripp Lite Desktop KVM Switches Control Up to 4 PCs/Servers! Command a small network with a single keyboard/video/mouse! Switch quickly & easily between CPUs w/hotkeys or individual port selection buttons! 4 models available, with 2-4 ports, plug and play. Wireless keyboard support (select models). Economical! http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1451-2-79-308321-161304-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= December 22, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Microsoft to Immediately Comply with EU Remedies 2. News: Despite Compliance, Microsoft Not Giving Up the Fight 3. Opinion: EU Slap Down Wouldn't Be Worst Thing for Microsoft 4. News: Santy Worm Defaces Web Forums 5. News: Mozilla Advances Its Namesake Suite 6. News: Cisco to Buy Security Firm Protego 7. News: Analysts Upbeat on EMC's Smarts Buy 8. News: Rambus Setback Seen in Patent Infringement Suit For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1451-2-79-308321-161307-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: Microsoft to Immediately Comply with EU Remedies Its appeal shot down, Microsoft says it will begin complying immediately with EC penalties, including unbundling Windows Media Player and sharing communications protocols with rivals. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1451-2-79-308321-161310-0-0-0-1 Microsoft's Trials http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1451-2-79-308321-161313-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Despite Compliance, Microsoft Not Giving Up the Fight Microsoft on Wednesday said it will take immediate steps to provide secret server communications protocols to competitors and to provide a version of Windows without an integrated media player, in compliance with the decision of the European Competition Commission, upheld by the European Union's Court of First Instance. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1451-2-79-308321-161316-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Opinion: EU Slap Down Wouldn't Be Worst Thing for Microsoft Unbundling integrated pieces of Windows just might be the bitter pill that Microsoft needs. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1451-2-79-308321-161319-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Santy Worm Defaces Web Forums The Internet worm is squirming through Web servers that are running unpatched versions of the popular phpBB Web forum software. Santy uses Google search to randomly find sites running phpBB and then overwrites files. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1451-2-79-308321-161322-0-0-0-1 Internet Security http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1451-2-79-308321-161325-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Mozilla Advances Its Namesake Suite The focus may have turned to Firefox and Thunderbird, but the open-source group continues to roll out updates for the Mozilla application suite. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1451-2-79-308321-161328-0-0-0-1 Enterprise Apps http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1451-2-79-308321-161331-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: Cisco to Buy Security Firm Protego By acquiring the privately held startup for $65 million, Cisco Systems aims to strengthen its security portfolio with threat management appliances. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1451-2-79-308321-161334-0-0-0-1 Securing the Network http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1451-2-79-308321-161337-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. News: Analysts Upbeat on EMC's Smarts Buy EMC's latest tech acquisition could make the vendor's SAN management software the top of the heap, analysts say. The move could spark a software buying spree among competitors. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1451-2-79-308321-161340-0-0-0-1 Smart Step for Storage http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1451-2-79-308321-161343-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. 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