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========================================================= Sponsored by Toshiba Yet another reason to choose Toshiba. Right now, you won't pay any interest until next year. There's never been a better time to move into the world of superior mobile computing. Offer ends 12/31/04. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1462-2-79-308321-162657-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= December 27, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Holiday Attacks Target IE Browser, PHP Servers 2. News: Three Serious Windows Vulnerabilities Surface 3. News: Opera Tackles Voice Browsing, RSS 4. News: Computer Crash Forces Comair Cancellations 5. News: LA Police Dept. Studies Facial Recognition Software 6. News: Military Seeks Tech Tools to Train MDs 7. News: Computer System Might Have Reduced Tsunami Toll For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1462-2-79-308321-162660-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: Holiday Attacks Target IE Browser, PHP Servers Over the Christmas weekend, security hackers taunted Microsoft's security efforts with a new Windows proof-of- concept exploit that takes advantage of several unpatched bugs. And a new version of the Santy worm targets PHP scripts. Read more about these most unjolly deliveries. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1462-2-79-308321-162663-0-0-0-1 Internet Security http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1462-2-79-308321-162666-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Three Serious Windows Vulnerabilities Surface Symantec's Security Response service confirmed that unpatched Windows vulnerabilities could pose a serious risk for exploits via malicious Web pages and e-mail messages. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1462-2-79-308321-162669-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Opera Tackles Voice Browsing, RSS Opera Software has unveiled a beta test version of its next Web browser release that features speech recognition, discovery of news feeds and automatic Web-page resizing. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1462-2-79-308321-162672-0-0-0-1 Advances in Web Browsers http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1462-2-79-308321-162675-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Computer Crash Forces Comair Cancellations Comair canceled all its 1,100 flights on Saturday because computer problems knocked out its system that manages flight assignments, a spokesman said. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1462-2-79-308321-162678-0-0-0-1 Transportation and IT http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1462-2-79-308321-162681-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: LA Police Dept. Studies Facial Recognition Software The Los Angeles Police Department is experimenting with facial-recognition software it says will help identify suspects, but civil liberties advocates say the technology raises privacy concerns and may not identity people accurately. Read more about how the LAPD is putting this technology to work. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1462-2-79-308321-162684-0-0-0-1 Privacy http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1462-2-79-308321-162687-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: Military Seeks Tech Tools to Train MDs Hollywood visual effects wizards and video game programmers: U.S. military doctors want you. Find out why. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1462-2-79-308321-162690-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. 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