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========================================================= Sponsored by Netezza The Netezza Performance Server(R) data warehouse appliance offers 10-50x MORE PERFORMANCE than traditional data warehouse options. At HALF the cost! The NPS(R) system runs comprehensive analysis on TBs of data and delivers results in seconds vs. hours. See our PROVEN RESULTS! http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1281-2-3-308321-142101-1 ========================================================= October 25, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. Interview: Intel's Barrett: More to Life than Gigahertz 2. Opinion: Intel, Microsoft Records Make Trust a Tough Sell 3. News: Integrity of Florida E-Voting in Doubt 4. Opinion: Adding Touch to Ring Tones 5. News: Palm Reveals High-End Treo 6. Opinion: Why Can't Wi-Fi Be More Like Star Trek? 7. Baseline: The 500 Companies That Manage Information Best 8. News: IBM Pushes IT Automation For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1281-2-3-308321-141978-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. Interview: Intel's Barrett: More to Life than Gigahertz Q&A: Craig Barrett defends the company's shift in emphasis from clock speed to multicore designs as he outlines his final six months as chief executive. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1281-2-3-308321-141981-1 Microprocessor Advances http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1281-2-3-308321-141984-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. Opinion: Intel, Microsoft Records Make Trust a Tough Sell Shifting roadmaps and poor execution of plans give customers and partners little reason to trust Intel and Microsoft, even as execs talk up what they say is ahead. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1281-2-3-308321-141987-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Integrity of Florida E-Voting in Doubt With polls showing nearly equal numbers of Florida voters for President Bush and Sen. John Kerry, the election's outcome may again hinge on a Florida recount. And the more that Floridians learn about how voting machines work, the more they question whether the 15 counties with paperless voting systems can accurately count and recount votes. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1281-2-3-308321-141990-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. Opinion: Adding Touch to Ring Tones Immersion's new tool lets companies build downloadable vibrations that can be played on upcoming cell phones from Samsung. Too bad the business model is more lockdown than open source. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1281-2-3-308321-141993-1 Wireless in the Enterprise http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1281-2-3-308321-141996-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Palm Reveals High-End Treo PalmOne this week will unveil the Treo 650 smart phone, although the phone likely will not be available from carriers until later this fall. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1281-2-3-308321-141999-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. Opinion: Why Can't Wi-Fi Be More Like Star Trek? This year, all of the big mobile operators are starkly aware that they're in a race. But "Star Trek" taught us never to make the mistake of assuming that people operate rationally. Check out this Spock-tacular opinion column. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1281-2-3-308321-142002-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. Baseline: The 500 Companies That Manage Information Best The Baseline 500 is based on a simply stated premise: Prowess in managing information should be measurable. Information systems are installed every day that help companies measure and manage their businesses. But measuring the overarching craft of managing information is easier said than done. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1281-2-3-308321-142005-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. 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