TECHWEB TODAY: SECURITY & PRIVACY Wednesday, November 3, 2004 IN THIS ISSUE 1. Wednesday Security & Privacy Feature: Cargo Concerns 2. Security & Privacy News Of The Week
Today's Top News 3. Internet Explorer's Still-Huge Share Keeps Falling 4. India Preps For Next Electronics Manufacturing Wave 5. Shadows Loom Over Sun's Open Source Plans 6. New IE 6.0 Bug Spotted, No Fix Other News This Week 7. Microsoft Makes Nice 8. Cisco Extends Sponsorship Of MIT Research 9. Dell First, IBM Last Among Online Computer Shoppers 10. Quick Fix For Corrupted Disks ------- Advertisement ------------------- Join Mercury Interactive for a FREE, on-demand TechWebCast on Best Practices for Business Technology Optimization (BTO). Learn how Business Technology Optimization drives business growth; improves IT governance and processes; and optimizes application quality, performance, and availability. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekTA0GpvDH0G4W0CZSD0Ag ----------------------------------------- -- Keep Getting This Newsletter -- Don't let future editions of TechWeb Today Security & Privacy go missing. Take a moment to add the newsletter's address to your anti-spam whitelist: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you're not sure how to do that, ask your administrator or ISP. Or check your anti-spam utility's documentation. Thanks. 1. WEDNESDAY SECURITY & PRIVACY FEATURE: Cargo Concerns Tens of thousands of cargo containers enter the U.S. every day, the vast majority of them uninspected. We can do better. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekTA0GpvDH0G4W0CuqH0Ah 2. SECURITY & PRIVACY NEWS OF THE WEEK Group Pushes Open-Source Model For Electronic Voting Machines Electronic voting machines have never been more important or controversial, and there's plenty of skepticism about their integrity. Some see open-source software as the solution. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekTA0GpvDH0G4W0Cugc0Ay TippingPoint Releases Open Source Network Protection Tool Software provides application protection, performance protection, and infrastructure protection at gigabit speeds. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekTA0GpvDH0G4W0CuqI0Ai CA's Wireless Site Management 4.0 Tackles Wi-Fi Security New product can be integrated with CA's eTrust and Unicenter to provide a single interface to manage a wireless infrastructure. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekTA0GpvDH0G4W0CuRF0AA RSA Security Unveils DRM Solution For Mobile Devices RSA Security announced a standards-based security solution for digital rights management that provides a security infrastructure for both consumer-device makers and service providers. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekTA0GpvDH0G4W0CtdA0AM Newest Bagle On The Loose Another variation of the long-running Bagle worm began spreading, bumping up warning levels to their highest levels in over a month. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekTA0GpvDH0G4W0Ct6y0AW Globix Offers "Hacker-Defense" Service The service is designed for online retailers and e-commerce sites concerned about hacker attacks in the run-up to the holiday season. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekTA0GpvDH0G4W0CuqJ0Aj ------- Advertisement ------------------- Join Mercury Interactive for a FREE, on-demand TechWebCast on Best Practices for Business Technology Optimization (BTO). Learn how Business Technology Optimization drives business growth; improves IT governance and processes; and optimizes application quality, performance, and availability. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekTA0GpvDH0G4W0CZSD0Ag ------------------------------------------- TODAY'S NEWS 3. Internet Explorer's Still-Huge Share Keeps Falling Microsoft's Internet Explorer's share of the browser universe slipped nearly a full percentage point since September. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekTA0GpvDH0G4W0CuqK0Ak 4. India Preps For Next Electronics Manufacturing Wave India missed the bus the first time, but it is preparing to be ready when the next opportunity arrives. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekTA0GpvDH0G4W0CuqL0Al 5. Shadows Loom Over Sun's Open Source Plans While Sun Microsystems will officially debut Solaris 10 within two weeks, its plans for an open-source version remain in limbo. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekTA0GpvDH0G4W0CuqM0Am 6. New IE 6.0 Bug Spotted, No Fix Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6.0 has an "extremely critical" flaw that doesn't yet have a fix, a Danish security firm warned. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekTA0GpvDH0G4W0CuqN0An OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK 7. Microsoft Makes Nice Redmond cools its competitive juices, taking on partners for PLM and SANs, and offering interoperable instant messaging. But anti-Linux fervor continues. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekTA0GpvDH0G4W0CugY0Ao 8. Cisco Extends Sponsorship Of MIT Research Cisco Systems is extending its links with MIT's Media Lab by becoming one of the sponsors of the Digital Life Consortium. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekTA0GpvDH0G4W0CuqO0Ao 9. Dell First, IBM Last Among Online Computer Shoppers Among the 10 leading computer manufacturers and resellers, Dell delivered the best online experience to shoppers, while IBM provided the worst, a study showed. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekTA0GpvDH0G4W0CueY0Am 10. 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