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========================================================= Sponsored by APC Free white paper! Choosing a management solution for the physical infrastructure of IT networks? Download a free white paper from APC: Management Strategy for Network- Critical Physical Infrastructure. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1431-2-79-308321-158778-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= December 16, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: E-Card Holiday Virus Packs Ugly Punch 2. News: Microsoft Makes 'Giant' Anti-spyware Acquisition 3. News: Sprint-Nextel Merger Poses Tech Challenges 4. News: Google Victory Boosts Legal Prospects for Ad Model 5. News: FCC to Allow Wireless Access on Planes 6. Opinion: With Non-Critical Bugs Like These, Who Needs the Real Thing? 7. Baseline: Confronting Digital Espionage For the latest in enterprise technology, bookmark eWEEK.com. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1431-2-79-308321-158781-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News: E-Card Holiday Virus Packs Ugly Punch That e-card bringing Christmas cheer is nothing but a nasty mass-mailing worm that could turn your PC into a zombie machine, anti-virus experts warn. Read more about this decidedly unjolly arrival. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1431-2-79-308321-158784-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Microsoft Makes 'Giant' Anti-spyware Acquisition Just two months after Chairman Bill Gates dropped a strong hint that Microsoft planned to do something about the spyware scourge, the Redmond, Wash., company announced the acquisition of Giant Company Software, a New York-based startup with a highly rated anti-spyware application. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1431-2-79-308321-158787-0-0-0-1 Spyware http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1431-2-79-308321-158790-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Sprint-Nextel Merger Poses Tech Challenges In the long term, the merger signals a new level of data service for the enterprise as Nextel moves its enterprise customer base from its aging IDEN (Integrated Digital Enhanced Network) to Sprint's CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) system. Delve into the details here. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1431-2-79-308321-158793-0-0-0-1 Wireless in the Enterprise http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1431-2-79-308321-158796-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Google Victory Boosts Legal Prospects for Ad Model Google's victory in a major search advertising case could spell the beginning of the end for trademark-infringement claims against search engines that sell keywords to trigger ads, legal observers say. Check out the results and implications of the lawsuit GEICO brought against Google. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1431-2-79-308321-158799-0-0-0-1 Selling the Web http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1431-2-79-308321-158802-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: FCC to Allow Wireless Access on Planes Federal regulators voted Wednesday to give airline passengers high-speed Internet connections while they fly. Take a look at these plans to unwire business users in the air. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1431-2-79-308321-158805-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. Opinion: With Non-Critical Bugs Like These, Who Needs the Real Thing? Microsoft's classification of the WINS bug as "Important" badly understates its importance. This is a bad one. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1431-2-79-308321-158808-0-0-0-1 Keeping Pace with Microsoft's Patches http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1431-2-79-308321-158811-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. Baseline: Confronting Digital Espionage The FBI ranks espionage--including economic espionage-- second only to terrorism on its list of threats to combat domestically. Where does defending against digital spies fall on your priority list? 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