Title: Today's News
April 29, 2004 Published by  SearchWin2000.com

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XP SP2 pushed back
MS SSL patch locking up some Win2k systems
New variants of the prolific Bagle and Netsky families get legs
Linux breaks cluster barriers, and Microsoft follows
Oops! True IT Bloopers: Send us a Blooper and fire your coworkers!
The Missing Link: Life, liberty and the pursuit of Wi-Fi


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XP SP2 pushed back
[SearchWin2000.com]
The second service pack for Windows XP will be available later rather than sooner. But the delay doesn't seem to bother customers.
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MS SSL patch locking up some Win2k systems
[eWEEK]
Microsoft's SSL patch is proving problematic. The patch, which is for a critical vulnerability, causes some Win2k systems to freeze up and fail to reboot. MS has acknowledged the problem and is working on a fix.

New variants of the prolific Bagle and Netsky families get legs
[SearchSecurity.com]
A new Bagle worm gains traction in the U.S., while a new Netsky proliferates in Asia and Europe.

Linux breaks cluster barriers, and Microsoft follows
[SearchEnterpriseLinux.com]
InfiniCon Systems VP Chuck Foley explains the pros and cons of Linux clustering in the enterprise and where Microsoft fits in the picture.

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TOPICS: Oops! True IT Bloopers: Send us a Blooper and fire your coworkers!
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WEBCASTS: Customizing Office for your enterprise
Join us and learn how to customize Office XP for your deployment. In this webcast, Jerry Honeycutt shows you how to build fully customized administrative installations that you can deploy via SMS, Active Directory and more.

TOPICS: Windows Word Challenge: IM spam
According to a report from Ferris Research, 500 million IM spam messages were sent in 2003, twice the level of 2002. As it becomes more prevalent, it could impact the business community similarly to the way that spam e-mail does now, by consuming corporate resources and creating security problems. Think you know the term for IM spam? Find out.


The Missing Link
The Missing Link: Life, liberty and the pursuit of Wi-Fi
[Reuters]
The founding fathers probably didn't envision it, but they'd be all for it -- free wireless Internet access on the National Mall. A nonprofit group hopes to get the entire Mall area covered by this time next year. So if you're wondering when Abe Lincoln was born, you can Google it right there at his feet. Or if you can't figure out how to get from the Jefferson Memorial to the Applebee's in Alexandria, MapQuest your way there.
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