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========================================================= Sponsored by Dell Home Systems Up to $300 off select new Dell Home systems. Offer ends 12/22. Click for details. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1449-18-88-7787-161073-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: New Standards Aim to Reduce Car Gadget Glitches 2. News: IBM's Big Ticket to China 3. Opinion: Services as Commodity 4. News: IBM Assures Customers They Won't Get Burned Visit eWEEK.com's Manufacturing Industry Center http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1449-18-88-7787-161076-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Manufacturing Update ========================================================= 1. News: New Standards Aim to Reduce Car Gadget Glitches Industry groups are launching campaigns to improve the electronic components and software inside automobiles. IBM has joined one such group, and some analysts applaud the move. Read about the Automotive Open System Architecture here. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1449-18-88-7787-161079-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: IBM's Big Ticket to China IBM's multifaceted deal with Lenovo gives it a leg up in a hot market. Learn more about the burgeoning Chinese market. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1449-18-88-7787-161082-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Opinion: Services as Commodity The big theme for outsourcing and services in 2004? Without question, it was the rise of commodity outsourcing. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1449-18-88-7787-161085-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: IBM Assures Customers They Won't Get Burned In preparing to sell its Personal Computer Division to Lenovo, IBM is assuring customers that they will not get burned in the same manner that users did in the wake of Hewlett-Packard's acquisition of Compaq three years ago, with nixed product lines and mixed messages. But do customers believe it? http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1449-18-88-7787-161088-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Tech Jobs http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1449-18-88-7787-161091-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Ziff Davis Channel Zone http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1449-18-88-7787-161094-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= DevSource http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1449-18-88-7787-161097-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= eNewsletter Information ========================================================= You are subscribed to this newsletter with the e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE, click here: http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1449-18-88-7787-161100-0-0-0-1&[EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your HTML/text preferences, change your e-mail address or subscribe to other eNewsletters from Ziff Davis Media, click here: http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1449-18-88-7787-161103-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= eWEEK Magazine Information ========================================================= To apply for a free subscription to eWEEK, please go to http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1449-18-88-7787-161106-0-0-0-1 For help with your print subscription to eWEEK, click here: http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1449-18-88-7787-161109-0-0-0-1 Copyright (c) 2004 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Media Inc., 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016
