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========================================================= Sponsored by Tripp Lite Tripp Lite Ultra-Compact Inverters Offer Portable AC Power Power TVs, cell phone chargers, notebook computers and tools from your vehicle's battery! 1 or 2-outlet models, 150-375 watts, 2-3 lbs., cigarette lighter plug-in. Economical. Also a great emergency power source in severe weather/blackouts. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1227-2-3-308321-137947-1 ========================================================= October 15, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. Opinion: OpenOffice Looking Better All the Time 2. News: Google Delves into the Desktop 3. News: Intel Cancels 4GHz Pentium 4 4. News: Oracle Warns of Critical Exploits 5. Opinion: OctoberPatchFest: The Postmortem 6. News: Study Finds Some Cell Phone Users At Risk for Benign Tumor 7. News: PayPal: Service Fully Restored 8. Baseline: Giant Killers: Small IT that Competes For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1227-2-3-308321-137950-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. Opinion: OpenOffice Looking Better All the Time The news that Microsoft is planning to milk even more from its Office brand with "server" versions of its office productivity applications can be interpreted in many ways-- particularly since it was leaked on the fourth birthday of OpenOffice.org. Is the technology giant worried about this open-source alternative? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1227-2-3-308321-137953-1 Office Politics http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1227-2-3-308321-137956-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Google Delves into the Desktop Google upped the ante Thursday in the growing desktop search battle, introducing an application that combines Web results with those from a user's hard drive. Check out the slideshow here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1227-2-3-308321-137959-1 New Frontiers For Search http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1227-2-3-308321-137962-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Intel Cancels 4GHz Pentium 4 Intel has decided not to bring to market a 4GHz single-core Pentium 4 after all, following a July decision to push the chip out to the first quarter of 2005. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1227-2-3-308321-137965-1 Microprocessor Advances http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1227-2-3-308321-137968-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Oracle Warns of Critical Exploits Critical Oracle technology vulnerabilities have been publicly exploited, the company advised in a recent security update that urged users to apply the patches contained in its Security Alert 68. Get the story here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1227-2-3-308321-137971-1 Database Security http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1227-2-3-308321-137974-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Opinion: OctoberPatchFest: The Postmortem The most interesting advisories and patches aren't necessarily the ones getting the most attention. Security Editor Larry Seltzer digs into the patch situation. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1227-2-3-308321-137977-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: Study Finds Some Cell Phone Users At Risk for Benign Tumor A Swedish study suggests that people who use a cell phone for at least 10 years might increase their risk of developing a rare benign tumor along a nerve on the side of the head where they hold the phone. Cell phone addicts, tune in. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1227-2-3-308321-137980-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. News: PayPal: Service Fully Restored PayPal on Thursday reported that it had restored its online payment services after facing intermittent outages for more than five days. PayPal, owned by eBay, said its full functionality had returned to normal for all users. A day earlier, the service began to improve, though the company said delays persisted for some users. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1227-2-3-308321-137983-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. Baseline: Giant Killers: Small IT that Competes They may be small, but these companies adopt technology that matters--and take business away from billion-dollar rivals. 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