TECHWEB TODAY: SOFTWARE Tuesday, November 30, 2004 IN THIS ISSUE 1. Tuesday Software Feature: Linward, March! 2. Software News Of The Week
Today's Top News 3. Unprotected PCs Fall To Hacker Bots In Just Four Minutes 4. 'Blog' Is Word Of The Year 5. Homeland Security Network Advances, Intelligence Bill Stalls 6. Beijing Dumps Microsoft Deal Other News This Week 7. And The Last Could Be First 8. Gartner: Third Of Top PC Vendors Gone In Three Years 9. Cell Phone TV To Become 'Commonplace,' Research Says 10. Lycos Smacks Spammers With DoS Screensaver ------- Advertisement ------------------- IBM solutions. Designed for the mid-market. Mid-sized companies like General Glass use IBM Express Middleware to give their sales force real-time product data on the road, their customers real-time updates on the Web and their bottom line real-world savings on the fly. All for as little as $2500. See how in valuable case studies, papers and more http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekul0GpvDH0G4S0CYYo0Ag ----------------------------------------- -- Keep Getting This Newsletter -- Don't let future editions of TechWeb Today Software 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. TUESDAY SOFTWARE FEATURE: Linward, March! Open-source software gains momentum with Intel support for Linux in Asia, sharp growth for the Firefox browser, and Novell's profitable move to Linux. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekul0GpvDH0G4S0Cz8q0Ai 2. SOFTWARE NEWS OF THE WEEK 5.6 Million Choose Firefox In First Two Weeks Mozilla's Firefox 1.0 browser has been rapidly stealing market share away from Microsoft's Internet Explorer. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekul0GpvDH0G4S0Cz8r0Aj Oracle-PeopleSoft Trial On Hold Till December The trial of Oracle's attempt to upset PeopleSoft's anti-takeover measures will continue in December, the judge overseeing the case said. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekul0GpvDH0G4S0Cz8s0Ak Red Hat Preps Enterprise Linux 4 Red Hat aims to more deeply penetrate the enterprise by launching its first Linux distribution based on the Linux 2.6 kernel. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekul0GpvDH0G4S0Czmk0AV EU Postpones Action On Software Patents The European Union's Competitiveness Council delayed a decision on the controversial Patent Directive, which would define new limits for software patents within the EU. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekul0GpvDH0G4S0Cz8t0Al Microsoft Cans Windows 2000 SP5 Microsoft has dumped the idea of releasing a fifth service pack for the enterprise-popular Windows 2000, and, instead, plans to produce a final "update rollup" in the middle of next year. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekul0GpvDH0G4S0Cz8u0Am Oracle Claims Savings Over IBM's DB2; IBM Blasts Study Oracle used a report it sponsored to claim that its database not only outperforms rival IBM's DB2 8.2, but saves enterprises as much as $50,000 per database administrator. Not surprisingly, IBM called the survey's impartiality into question. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekul0GpvDH0G4S0Cz8v0An ------- Advertisement ------------------- IBM solutions. Designed for the mid-market. Mid-sized companies like General Glass use IBM Express Middleware to give their sales force real-time product data on the road, their customers real-time updates on the Web and their bottom line real-world savings on the fly. All for as little as $2500. See how in valuable case studies, papers and more http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekul0GpvDH0G4S0CYYo0Ag ------------------------------------------- TODAY'S NEWS 3. Unprotected PCs Fall To Hacker Bots In Just Four Minutes The lifespan of a poorly protected PC connected to the Internet is a mere four minutes, new research claims. After that, it's owned by a hacker. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekul0GpvDH0G4S0Cz8w0Ao 4. 'Blog' Is Word Of The Year "Blog" is the Word of the Year, dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster announced. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekul0GpvDH0G4S0Cz8x0Ap 5. Homeland Security Network Advances, Intelligence Bill Stalls The Homeland Security Department is making progress on its 'network of networks' for information sharing, moving into the testing phase. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekul0GpvDH0G4S0Cz8y0Aq 6. Beijing Dumps Microsoft Deal Beijing's municipal government canceled a $3.5 million deal with Microsoft under pressure from national government officials and in-country rivals. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekul0GpvDH0G4S0Cz8z0Ar OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK 7. And The Last Could Be First Nextel's decision to go slow in deploying wireless broadband speaks volumes about the state of the technology and the wireless industry. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekul0GpvDH0G4S0Czma0AL 8. Gartner: Third Of Top PC Vendors Gone In Three Years Three of the top 10 PC vendors will be pushed out of the business by 2007, research firm Gartner predicted. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekul0GpvDH0G4S0Czmm0AX 9. Cell Phone TV To Become 'Commonplace,' Research Says Despite initial hesitation by wireless operators, it is inevitable that television will be delivered to cell phones, according to a study by ABI Research. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekul0GpvDH0G4S0Cz810Ae 10. Lycos Smacks Spammers With DoS Screensaver Lycos Europe has launched a screensaver that conducts a group denial-of-service (DoS) attack against sites selling products marketed via spam. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ekul0GpvDH0G4S0Cz820Af ----------------------------------------------------------------- NEW! 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