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========================================================= Sponsored by JBoss See why so many companies are rolling-out JBoss Professional Open Source. Download a Forrester study that shows how JBoss can reduce TCO, expedites problem resolution and improves operations support staff productivity. JBoss. Roll it out. Download the Forrester study now, FREE. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1345-2-3-308321-148875-1 ========================================================= November 8, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Microsoft Settles With Novell, Trade Group 2. News: Mac 'Widget' App Set to Make Windows Debut 3. News: Is Microsoft Ready to Assert IP Rights over the Internet? 4. News: Sarbanes-Oxley: Ready--or Not? 5. News: E-Voting Returns Mixed Results 6. CIO Insight: Web Politics 2.0 7. Review: Tungsten T5 Tops Handheld Heap 8. Opinion: What Threat Is Posed by Stolen Cisco Code? For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1345-2-3-308321-148878-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: Microsoft Settles With Novell, Trade Group Clearing more legal challenges, Microsoft announced important settlements Monday with rival Novell for $536 million and with a Washington-based trade organization that had aggressively backed landmark antitrust cases against Microsoft by the U.S. government and European Union. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1345-2-3-308321-148881-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Mac 'Widget' App Set to Make Windows Debut Konfabulator, the "widget engine" that allows third parties to create small applications that sit in their own translucent layer on screen, is set to make its debut on the Windows operating system. Check out the controversy surrounding Konfabulator here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1345-2-3-308321-148884-1 Mac OS X in the Enterprise http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1345-2-3-308321-148887-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Is Microsoft Ready to Assert IP Rights over the Internet? In the aftermath of Sender ID, some are concerned that Microsoft may use its vague IP claims over basic Internet protocols against other companies and open-source developers. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1345-2-3-308321-148890-1 Technology Patents in Crisis http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1345-2-3-308321-148893-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Sarbanes-Oxley: Ready--or Not? As they brace for the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to kick in next week, U.S. enterprises are keeping tabs on escalating data management requirements associated with e-mail, messaging and recovery processes. EMC and Hewlett-Packard are on the scene to ease compliance with new and updated technologies. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1345-2-3-308321-148896-1 Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1345-2-3-308321-148899-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: E-Voting Returns Mixed Results Makers of electronic voting machines declared victory for their technology in this year's presidential election, but computer scientists, who collected thousands of reports of voting glitches, said the results may reveal a different outcome. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1345-2-3-308321-148902-1 Politics Meets IT http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1345-2-3-308321-148905-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. CIO Insight: Web Politics 2.0 In a year when online campaigns showed great potential, the election results proved that Web marketing still has some growing up to do. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1345-2-3-308321-148908-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. Review: Tungsten T5 Tops Handheld Heap The Tungsten T5, the latest device in PalmOne's line of business-targeted handheld computers, shares the strengths of the vendor's previous Tungsten products and adds generous new internal file storage capacity as well as software tools for more effectively managing this storage. So what was disappointing about it? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1345-2-3-308321-148911-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. Opinion: What Threat Is Posed by Stolen Cisco Code? The Source Code Club's offer to sell stolen source code for Cisco's PIX firewall might pose some security risks to Cisco's customers. But the real damage is more likely to be to Cisco's reputation and bottom line. 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