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========================================================= Sponsored by Shavlik HFNetChkPro(TM) Deploy Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Shavlik HFNetChkPro(TM) Today. Our free, fully functional, no time-out, trial version helps automate patch delivery and testing with swift scanning and a complete GUI. Start patching in just 30 minutes to ensure that your systems are fully protected against viruses, worms & hackers. Download the trial version at http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1072-2-3-308321-121729-1 ========================================================= September 9, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Chip Race Is On Between Intel, IBM 2. News: Apple Patches 15 Mac OS X Flaws 3. Review: Sun's Java Workstations Tap Opteron 4. News: Microsoft Sets New Deadline for SP2 Automatic Rollout 5. CIO Insight: Better Safe: Steven Cooper, CIO, Dept. of Homeland Security 6. News: Microsoft Overhauls Longhorn Drivers for Usability, Connectivity 7. News: Intel Talks Up Dual-Core, WiMax 8. News: Red Hat Releases New Linux Update For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1072-2-3-308321-121732-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: Chip Race Is On Between Intel, IBM In a briefing with reporters at the Intel Developer Forum, Abhi Talwalkar, vice president of Intel's Enterprise Platforms Group, said in the future only IBM's Power5 architecture and Intel's family of processors will be battling for OEM sockets. Sun, according to Talwalkar, isn't even a contender. See what else he had to say here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1072-2-3-308321-121735-1 Intel Developer Forum http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1072-2-3-308321-121738-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Apple Patches 15 Mac OS X Flaws Apple has issued a patch for 15 security flaws in its Mac OS X operating system, including many originating in the software's open-source components. The company, however, claims most users are safe from the bugs' most dangerous effects. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1072-2-3-308321-121741-1 Mac OS X in the Enterprise http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1072-2-3-308321-121744-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Review: Sun's Java Workstations Tap Opteron Sun Microsystems' latest high-end workstation, the Sun Java Workstation, offers powerful graphics and expandability, making it an ideal desktop system for today's engineers and developers. Read the review here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1072-2-3-308321-121747-1 The 64-Bit Desktop http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1072-2-3-308321-121750-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Microsoft Sets New Deadline for SP2 Automatic Rollout Microsoft began notifying customers Tuesday that it has established new deadlines regarding how long they will be able to block Windows XP Service Pack 2 from downloading automatically to their systems. Mary Jo Foley of Microsoft Watch has the full story. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1072-2-3-308321-121753-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. CIO Insight: Better Safe: Steven Cooper, CIO, Dept. of Homeland Security The first CIO of the Department of Homeland Security, Steven Cooper was appointed by President Bush in February, 2003, and he immediately began the daunting task of knitting together the 22 agencies and 190,000 federal employees who now make up the DHS. Read this interview with him about the technical side of Homeland Security. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1072-2-3-308321-121756-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: Microsoft Overhauls Longhorn Drivers for Usability, Connectivity Microsoft clued in hardware makers at the semiannual Intel Developer Forum to the company's Longhorn developer to-do list for connectivity and drivers. The initiatives will entail a major overhaul of Windows' device driver technology for both programmers and users. Get the rest of the story here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1072-2-3-308321-121759-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. News: Intel Talks Up Dual-Core, WiMax The dot-com boom-and-bust cycle will be followed by a surge, a top Intel executive said Tuesday, prompted by a shift toward multicore technologies. Check out what else Intel President and COO Paul Otellini had to say during his keynote at the Intel Developer Forum. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1072-2-3-308321-121762-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. News: Red Hat Releases New Linux Update Red Hat Tuesday released its latest patch, Update 3, to its flagship server operating system, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. 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