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========================================================= Sponsored by ProClarity New ProClarity 6 With real-time analytics capability Analyze, understand & act on current information Out-of-the box and custom analytic capabilities http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1480-2-79-308321-164826-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= December 30, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: A Sneak Peek Under Microsoft's 'Bigtop' 2. Opinion: Apple's 2005 Challenge: Surpass the iPod 3. News: Report: Time Warner, Sprint Look at Deal 4. News: Californians Face Deadline on Microsoft Antitrust Claims 5. News: Coming Soon to a Retailer Near You: Custom Commercials 6. News: eBay to Drop Passport, .Net Support 7. News: Vegas Airport Offers Free Wi-Fi Access 8. News: Weathering Storms for Retail Profits For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1480-2-79-308321-164829-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: A Sneak Peek Under Microsoft's 'Bigtop' Microsoft's skunk-works distributed-computing project will likely debut as a grid-computing platform. But don't expect to see tangibles for a couple more years. Mary Jo Foley of Microsoft Watch has the scoop. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1480-2-79-308321-164832-0-0-0-1 Grid Computing http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1480-2-79-308321-164835-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. Opinion: Apple's 2005 Challenge: Surpass the iPod The player's success is not enough to pull Apple out of its "niche innovator" role. The company needs to take its knack for making products desirable in a new direction. What will 2005 look like for Apple? http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1480-2-79-308321-164838-0-0-0-1 Tech Outlook 2005 http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1480-2-79-308321-164841-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Report: Time Warner, Sprint Look at Deal Time Warner Cable is reportedly working with Sprint on a deal that would allow the cable provider to offer cellphone service on a trial basis next year. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1480-2-79-308321-164844-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Californians Face Deadline on Microsoft Antitrust Claims Thousands of companies and California residents will turn their backs on a share of the $1.1 billion antitrust settlement against Microsoft if they don't file simple claim forms by the Jan. 8, 2005, deadline. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1480-2-79-308321-164847-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Coming Soon to a Retailer Near You: Custom Commercials In 2005, retail technology executives predict targeted, customized commercials will be piped into dressing rooms, shopping carts and checkout lines. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1480-2-79-308321-164850-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: eBay to Drop Passport, .Net Support Auction site eBay announced to members on its Web site Wednesday afternoon that it will drop support for Microsoft's Passport and .NET Alerts by late January. What happened? http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1480-2-79-308321-164853-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. News: Vegas Airport Offers Free Wi-Fi Access For anyone with a laptop computer, what happens in Vegas needn't stay in Vegas. Visitors waiting for flights out of town can share their exploits over a public wireless LAN in the airport--for free. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1480-2-79-308321-164856-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. News: Weathering Storms for Retail Profits A small Pennsylvania group of meteorologists is helping Bloomingdales, 7-Eleven, Kmart, JCPenney and The Home Depot beat the weather forecasters at their own game. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1480-2-79-308321-164859-0-0-0-1 Holiday Shopping http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1480-2-79-308321-164862-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Job Search http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1480-2-79-308321-164865-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= The Channel Insider http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1480-2-79-308321-164868-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= DevSource http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1480-2-79-308321-164871-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= 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=186-1480-2-79-308321-164874-0-0-0-1&[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=186-1480-2-79-308321-164877-0-0-0-1 Questions about your newsletter subscriptions? 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