======================================================================== TECHNOLOGY & BUSINESS DAILY SCOOP http://www.infoworld.com ======================================================================== Tuesday, September 21, 2004
TOP NEWS STORIES ======================================================================== * Sun offers pay-as-you-go computing service * Texas Instruments is unconvinced WiMax will replace DSL * HP forms new blade group * Microsoft CFO: Expect us to make more big acquisitions * Ask Jeeves revamps search engine * AOL, RSA, VeriSign push authentication services ADVERTISEMENT -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- CIPHERTRUST - SECURING THE E-MAIL BOUNDARY FREE WHITE PAPER examining the business risk presented by e-mail attacks, such as spam, phishing, and viruses then explains how an integrated approach to messaging security architecture provides a comprehensive solution for the enterprise. Download now at http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=8D7564:2B910B2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- SUN OFFERS PAY-AS-YOU-GO COMPUTING SERVICE ======================================================================== Posted September 21, 2004 8:17 AM Pacific Time Sun Microsystems Inc. will offer utility computing services priced at less than a dollar per node per hour, it announced Tuesday. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=8D755E:2B910B2 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS IS UNCONVINCED WIMAX WILL REPLACE DSL ======================================================================== Posted September 21, 2004 5:05 AM Pacific Time Despite all of the hype surrounding WiMax, chip maker Texas Instruments Inc. remains unconvinced the technology will revolutionize the way that broadband Internet services are delivered to homes and offices, according to a company executive. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=8D755C:2B910B2 HP FORMS NEW BLADE GROUP ======================================================================== Posted September 21, 2004 4:54 AM Pacific Time Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) announced on Monday that it has formed a new division within its Enterprise Storage and Servers Group chartered with unifying the company's blade system development efforts. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=8D755D:2B910B2 MICROSOFT CFO: EXPECT US TO MAKE MORE BIG ACQUISITIONS ======================================================================== Posted September 21, 2004 4:46 AM Pacific Time PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Microsoft Corp. may make more large acquisitions than it has done historically and become a more distributed company as opposed to moving key employees to its Redmond, Washington, headquarters, Chief Financial Officer John Connors said Monday. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=8D755A:2B910B2 ASK JEEVES REVAMPS SEARCH ENGINE ======================================================================== Posted September 21, 2004 4:42 AM Pacific Time Ask Jeeves Inc. has made three significant enhancements to its search engine, as the Emeryville, California company continues to take aim at its much larger competitors in the search space: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., America Online Inc. and Yahoo Inc. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=8D755B:2B910B2 AOL, RSA, VERISIGN PUSH AUTHENTICATION SERVICES ======================================================================== Posted September 21, 2004 4:35 AM Pacific Time Responding to a scourge of online fraud and identity theft that threatens to undermine public confidence in Internet commerce, major companies are rolling out new services to encourage the adoption of better technology to identify customers, business partners, and employees online. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=8D756A:2B910B2 ======================================================================== You Are Not Alone Read CTO Source for a sense of solidarity. It's the InfoWorld weekly newsletter that focuses on the world of the Chief Technology Officer. With capsule reports, opinion and analysis, and market research on the products, trends, and issues that drive your technology and business decisions every day. Delivered to your e-mailbox every Tuesday. To subscribe, go to http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=8D755F:2B910B2 ADVERTISE ======================================================================== For information on advertising, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] UNSUBSCRIBE/MANAGE NEWSLETTERS ======================================================================== To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your e-mail address for any of InfoWorld's e-mail newsletters, go to: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=8D7561:2B910B2 To subscribe to InfoWorld.com, or InfoWorld Print, or both, or to renew or correct a problem with any InfoWorld subscription, go to http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=8D7563:2B910B2 To view InfoWorld's privacy policy, visit: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=8D7562:2B910B2 Copyright (C) 2004 InfoWorld Media Group, 501 Second St., San Francisco, CA 94107 This message was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
