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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Featured Topic: XP: An OS is born - Best Web Links: ISA Server - Know IT All Question: #55 - Discussion Day in the Forums: Security patch management - The Missing Link: The world's most expensive mobile phone ____________________________________________________________________ ******************************************************************** LEAD STORY RECOMPILED NIMDA SPREADING SLOWLY | searchSecurity The fifth variant of the Nimda worm, Nimda.e, has been discovered. The author has recompiled the code, a move that could allow the worm to elude some previous defensive measures, according to TruSecure's Roger Thompson. http://www.searchsecurity.com/qna/0,289202,sid14_gci778822,00.html Uh-oh. Time to bone up on Nimda. Check these searchWin2000 links for stories so Nimda won't nail you: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci751616,00.html http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci770751,00.html http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax559,00.html Is Nimda setting a sinister standard for worms? Check out: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci772655,00.html?Exclusive=True. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OTHER HEADLINES The headlines below and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news IS MICROSOFT LOSING ITS GRIP IN ASIA? | ZDNet The swiss-cheesy IIS along with unpopular licensing changes may cost Microsoft some business in Asia. Tech officials believe more and more small business will give up on IIS and go with something else. .NET CONSUMER PLAN COULD DRAW ENTERPRISES | ComputerWorld Does .Net My Services have a place in the office? Microsoft thinks so and so do some customers. Case in point: Eastman Kodak. A software architect there thinks Web services and the ability to store all that info could come in handy in shops like his. Gartner thinks .Net My Services won't take off at work until Microsoft's business-to-business services, code-named Blizzard, are up and running. The headlines above and others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news :::::::::::::: ADDITIONAL SEARCHWIN2000 NEWS STORIES ::::::::::::: All headlines below and others are available on our news page >> Full Stories: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news - Survey says developers favor .Net over EJB - Linux adoption stories not what they seem - Stratus targets Wintel space with two-way servers - Microsoft eyes 30-40% growth in parts of Europe ___________________________________________________________________ :::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS :::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000 FEATURED TOPIC | XP: An OS is born Bill Gates' bundle of joy may be the most important Windows release in years; a foundation of MS' Web services plan. But baby XP enters a world of jitters, pink slips, tight checkbooks, bitter competition and watchful trust busters. >>CLICK for Featured Topic http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci778142,00.html >>CLICK for previous Featured Topics http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopics/0,290043,sid1,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= BEST WEB LINKS | Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server If you're considering Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server as a caching server or firewall product, you'll want to check out these handpicked ISA resources. Expert articles provide descriptions, analyses and recommendations to help you with your ISA decision and implementation. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax53a,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= KNOW IT ALL QUESTION | #55 What concept would a data modeler NOT be expected to know? a) class b) object c) UML d) FMP >>CLICK to see if you are correct: http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci778809,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- DISCUSSION DAY IN THE FORUMS | Security patch management Who: Chris Andrew, VP Product Management, PatchLink Corp. When: Wednesday, Nov. 7, 12-4 pm EST; Questions and comments may be posted in advance Join Chris Andrews in the Security Forum and get solutions to your most pressing patch maintenance problems. Andrews will offer advice for those having trouble locating, choosing or updating patches and those who have had particular patches fail in their hour of need. http://searchwindowsmanageability.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]!viewtype=&skip=&expand= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | The world's most expensive mobile phone What's scarier than even the most frightening Halloween trick? How about a $60,000 cell phone? Yikes! An Austrian jeweler is turning cell phones into wireless treasure troves, retrofitting them in gold and diamonds. His crown jewel is a Motorola with an 18-carat gold faceplate that's iced down with 950 diamonds. If you're going to pay that kind of cashola for a Motorola, the reception better be flawless (and no roaming charges)! The jeweler has his hands on Palms now; they'll run about $75,000 apiece -- perfect for the person who has way too much money. >> CLICK: http://www.infosync.no/show.php?id=1038&page=1 ____________________________________________________________________ ::::::::::::::::::: SEARCHWIN2000 CONTACTS ::::::::::::::::::: MARILYN COHODAS, Site Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your original articles and best practices. ____________________________________________________________________ CHRISTINE POLEWARCZYK, Assistant Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your tips, White Papers, and favorite Web sites. ____________________________________________________________________ MARGARET ROUSE, Assistant Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your Ask the Expert questions or post them in our Discussion Forums for a quicker response. ____________________________________________________________________ ED PARRY, News Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your news, press releases and product announcements. ____________________________________________________________________ MIKE KELLY ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Contact me to sponsor this or any other TechTarget newsletter. ____________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ :::::::::::::::::::: ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER ::::::::::::::::::::: Created by TechTarget (http://www.techtarget.com) TechTarget - The Most Targeted IT Media Copyright 2001, All Rights Reserved. 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