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Internet

 

DATE ARTICLE SOURCE
August 20 Gunning for Search Engines
"Google, the ingenious Internet search service with a silly name, is front-running a three-way race in the red-hot Web search arena."
USA Today
August 20 Google Wild About Commoditizing Search
"Co-founder Sergey Brin extols the benefits of AdWords and AdSense as he skirts questions about possible Microsoft acquisition plans or filing an IPO."
siliconvalley.internet.com
August 20 Users Love Google, Ask Jeeves Gains Admirers internetnews.com
August 20 Google co-founder- No rush for IPO c|net News.com
August 20 OWL ascends within standards group
"As part of its ongoing effort to give digital documents meaning that computers can understand, the Web's leading standards body advanced a key protocol as a candidate recommendation."
c|net News.com
August 20 FTC Chief Critical of Proposed Anti-Spam Bills
"Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Tim Muris said Tuesday proposed anti-spam bills in Congress would "do little or nothing" to halt unsolicited commercial e-mail."
dc.internet.com
August 20 Boeing Offers Help In Battling Spam
"The aircraft maker debuted MessageGate, a provider of E-mail filtering and security software that was born from the company's own need to cut down on junk E-mail."
InformationWeek.com
August 20 Three SpamKiller Appliances Target Businesses Of All Sizes
"Network Associates on Wednesday announced a trio of anti-spam appliances that target small, medium-sized, and large corporations."
techweb.com
August 15 Companies Switching To Web Phones
"In-Stat/MDR estimates that while only 2 percent of all U.S. companies are using Internet-based phone networks, the figure will hit 19 percent in just four years."
cbsnews.com

 

Internet Security and New Viruses

 

DATE ARTICLE

SOURCE

August 20 New Computer Virus Clogs E-Mail Inboxes
"A new strain of one of the most virulent e-mail viruses ever spread quickly worldwide Tuesday morning, causing fresh annoyance to users worn out by last week's outbreak of the Blaster worm." - AP
technews.com (washingtonpost.com)
August 19 Microsoft Mulls Security in Wake of Worm
"Too busy to update your flawed software? Microsoft Corp. is considering whether Microsoft, flaws and all, should automatically do it for you." - AP
Yahoo News
August 19 Networks Felled by New 'Good' Worm
"A computer worm designed to protect against another infection brought down some computer networks yesterday and infiltrated others, including that of Air Canada and the $6.9 billion U.S. Navy-Marine Corps intranet." - NSSR
technews.com
August 18 Blaster Worm Losing Steam Yahoo News
August 18 'Good' Worm Fixes Infected Computers
"A new Internet worm emerged today that is designed to seek out and fix any computer that remains vulnerable to "Blaster," the worm that attacked more than 500,000 computers worldwide last week."
technews.com
August 18 Bogus E-mail Targets Citibank Customers
"On Sunday, a piece of e-mail purporting to be from Citibank was released into the spam-o-sphere. It notified the recipient that he or she needed to visit the corporate Web site and agree to new policies."
siliconvalley.internet.com
August 18 Microsoft Weighs Automatic Security Updates as a Default technews.com
August 17 Microsoft- 'Blaster' Virus Looks Like Dud
"The second wave of an Internet attack by the "blaster" worm barely caused a ripple Saturday." - AP
technews.com
August 15 Good worm claims to fight Blaster
"A new worm is taking an unusual turn by trying to repair computers infected by the Blaster worm and patch the weakness that it utilizes." - London
cnn.com
August 15 Microsoft Gets Help From Flaw In Worm
"Microsoft Corp. blunted an expected attack on its Web site yesterday by shutting down the targeted Web page and increasing its ability to handle large amounts of traffic."
technews.com
August 14 Net Worm Heightens Security Concerns
"...[worms] often are diversions to mask a more malicious intent: implanting hidden "back doors" in the attacked systems that can allow malicious hackers to break in and steal sensitive information, such as financial or corporate records, or inflict more damage well after an initial attack appears to have been resolved." - WPSR
technews.com
August 14 Microsoft Braces for Worm Onslaught
"Microsoft Corp. is racing to outsmart an Internet worm that is designed to hijack computers worldwide and use them to attack the company's security Web site." - WP
technews.com
August 13 FBI Looks For Source Of Internet Infection- 'Blaster' Worm's Spread Slowed on Second Day technews.com
August 12 How to Protect Your Computer From 'Blaster,' Step by Step technews.com
August 12 Diagnosing and Fixing a Blaster Infection on Your Computer technews.com


 

Software Updates

 

DATE ARTICLE SOURCE
August 20 Analyst- No Longhorn Before 2006
"Microsoft may still be aiming for a 2005 delivery of Longhorn, the next iteration of the Windows operating system, but one analyst says don't hold your breath." - JW
internetnews.com
August 20 Intuit Launches Newest Quicken techweb.com
August 20 Microsoft Warns of Two Critical Flaws in IE
"Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday issued patches for two new critical flaws in Internet Explorer."
eweek.com
August 20 Microsoft Releases Tool To Speed XP Deployment techweb.com
August 20 Windows XP SP2 knocked back to 2004
"
Microsoft has delayed Service Pack 2 for Windows XP for anything up to a year..."
The Register
August 19 Partners Test Windows Server 2003 SP1 BetaNews.com
August 19 Microsoft Sets Pricing, Late Launch for Office 2003
"Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday said the latest versions of its Office programs will be made available on Oct. 21, later than the summer time frame the company was aiming for."
reuters.com
August 19 Microsoft Urges Messenger Upgrade
"The upgrade clock is ticking for users of Microsoft Corp.'s MSN Messenger and Windows Messenger. Those using older versions of the popular instant-messaging clients have until Oct. 15 to upgrade or they will lose access to the .NET Messenger Service.
eweek.com
August 18 FCC to Allow Video on AOL Messenger- Repeal of Ban Is a Win For Internet Provider technews.com
August 18 Microsoft Project Linked to Outlook
"A major upgrade to Microsoft Corp.'s project management software is expected to take advantage of tighter integration with other components of the company's Office suite of applications, particularly the Microsoft Outlook 2003 client."
eweek.com
August 16 Microsoft Aims For Faster Windows Upgrades Yahoo News
August 15 Microsoft Endeavors to Improve Windows Patches
"Russ Cooper, a moderator for the NTBugtraq mailing list claims to have uncovered a critical flaw in Microsoft's Windows Update patching process. The problem lies in the method WU uses to confirm installation of fixes – a brief inspection of information in the Windows registry."
BetaNews.com
August 15 MSN 9 Prepped for Beta Testing BetaNews.com
August 14 Outlook Express On Life Support?
"'Outlook Express, Microsoft Corp.'s free, stripped-down version of Outlook, is not on its last legs, contrary to reports published reports this week', Microsoft said."
microsoft-watch.com


 

Linux News

 

DATE ARTICLE SOURCE
August 20 Walmart.com to sell more Linux software
"NeTraverse said Wednesday that its Win4Lin 5.0 software, which lets users run Microsoft Windows applications on Linux-based PCs, is now available from Walmart.com, the Web site of the massive retail chain." - c|net news.com
MSN Tech & Gadgets
August 20 Microsoft unplugged
How one man switched to Linux and how he's been getting along...
MSN Tech & Gadgets
August 18 Open-Source Leaders- Let Us See SCO Code
"Members of the open-source community have approached The SCO Group with a proposal that they hope will allow them to look at the alleged offending Unix code in the Linux kernel..."
eweek.com
August 18 SCO Turns Up the Heat on Linux Users
"The SCO Group on Sunday said that it has compiled a list of all the large companies with numerous servers running Linux and warned that it would not hesitate to drag them into court if they refused to pay for UnixWare licenses."
eweek.com
August 14 SCO profits to fuel Linux fires c|net News.com
August 12 Linux Management The Real Problem techweb.com
August 7 Oracle Pledges Linux Everywhere eweek.com


  

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