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========================================================= Sponsored by Covad Switch to Covad business-class VoIP and manage all of your communications from our award-winning Web-based dashboard. Save up to 40%, simplify your network and increase productivity - and it's unbelievably easy to manage. Call for your free Covad voice assessment today: 877-805-8850 http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1354-2-79-308321-149592-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= November 29, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Scammers Infiltrate Anti-phishing Weapon 2. Opinion: The Year in Review: Microsoft Opens Up 3. Opinion: Year in Review: Search Gets Ready to Rumble 4. Opinion: Desktop Google Finds Holes 5. News: SCO Site Attacked Again 6. News: Oracle's Quest Continues 7. News: The Season of Taking For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1354-2-79-308321-149595-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: Scammers Infiltrate Anti-phishing Weapon In a week that saw analysts declare a 500 percent increase in global phishing activity over the previous quarter, experts are warning of new attacks that not only circumvent the fledgling DomainKeys system but also use the technology to their advantage. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1354-2-79-308321-149598-0-0-0-1 Cyber-Crime http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1354-2-79-308321-149601-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. Opinion: The Year in Review: Microsoft Opens Up It wasn't a banner year for new Microsoft product releases. But Microsoft did get more 'transparent' in 2004. Mary Jo Foley of Microsoft Watch takes a look at Microsoft's year in review. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1354-2-79-308321-149604-0-0-0-1 2004: Year in Review http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1354-2-79-308321-149607-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Opinion: Year in Review: Search Gets Ready to Rumble The Web search market becomes a battle among Google, Microsoft and Yahoo and a rush to extend the reach and profit potential of search. eWEEK.com examines the major search trends from 2004. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1354-2-79-308321-149610-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. Opinion: Desktop Google Finds Holes Google's desktop search software is so good that it exposes vulnerabilities on your computer that you didn't know about. Is this good for you or bad for security? http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1354-2-79-308321-149613-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: SCO Site Attacked Again The SCO Group's Web site has once again been attacked. This time, though, hackers didn't just target the site for a distributed-denial-of-service attack; they defaced the Web site itself. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1354-2-79-308321-149616-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: Oracle's Quest Continues Despite its suitor's announcement that shareholders had tendered more than 60 percent of outstanding shares of PeopleSoft, the beleaguered company's board of directors recently unanimously voted to reject Oracle's latest $24-per-share buyout bid on the grounds that it is "inadequate." http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1354-2-79-308321-149619-0-0-0-1 Oracle vs. PeopleSoft http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1354-2-79-308321-149622-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. News: The Season of Taking With the rush of holiday shoppers heading to the malls and their keyboards, Black Friday marks the start of the holiday shoplifting period. 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