=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHSOLARIS.COM | Solaris Operating System and Industry News October 10, 2001 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*>>> SPONSORED BY whatis?com <<<*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Take our new poll: Are you eager to get the Solaris 9 beta? - Administrator Tip: Protecting your box - The Missing Link: In stores soon -- floating product ads? ____________________________________________________________________ ******************************************************************** LEAD STORY Microsoft takes new tack on Java | News: CNET Be on the lookout for Visual J#.Net. Microsoft will take a test version of this tool out of the Redmond shed this week. The tool is bait to lure Java developers over to .Net. It will let programmers use Java to write code that works only with .Net -- no standalone Java app building allowed. That fact should help MS dodge licensing issues with Sun. The headline above and others are available on our news page >> Full Stories: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news/ MORE INFORMATION: Check out our Java resources at http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid12_gci561228,00.html. For searchSolaris.com's Best Java Web Links, go to http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid12_tax1349,00.html. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ::::::::::::::::: SOLARIS AND INDUSTRY NEWS :::::::::::::::::: The headlines below and others are available on our news page >> Full Stories: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news/ Ballmer dismisses Sun's Passport rival | News: Reuters Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says don't give him Liberty -- give him a break! Ballmer told an industry group in Orlando that Sun's Liberty Alliance Project, a rival to MS' Passport authentication engine, is weak and probably won't matter to the world. Ballmer emphasized the fact that Sun couldn't even get its good buddy AOL to join the project. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SGI introduces midrange Unix server | News: CNET The midrange market has another player. SGI has cranked out a 32-processor system. The SGI Origin 300 uses the same modular design as its big brother, the Origin 3000. SGI says its stuff is cheaper than Sun's and IBM's. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Intel's multi-billion-dollar vote of confidence | News: searchNetworking Intel CEO Craig Barrett says it's possible for companies to come out of the current economic downturn stronger than they were when they went in. Barrett told an audience gathered at the Gartner Symposium/Itxpo in Orlando, Fla. that investing now in research and development is the key for companies that want to be in a strong position when the industry takes off. The headlines above and others are available on our news page >> Full Stories: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/news/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Solaris 9 beta ready for download! | SearchSolaris Featured Topic Sun Microsystems last week unveiled the long-awaited test-version of Solaris 9. This week, searchSolaris will examine what admins and developers can expect from the next version of the Sun OS. Stay tuned! >> CLICK for current Featured Topic... http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid12_gci774011,00.html >> CLICK for previous Featured Topics... http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/featuredTopics/0,290043,sid12,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= :::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE OUR NEW POLL! | searchSolaris Reader Survey Sun has made the first test version of its Solaris 9 OS available for download. How eager are you to get your hands on the new version? >> Tell us what you think... http://searchSolaris.techtarget.com/poll =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Protecting your box | Source: Reader Ken Robson In order to protect your boxes against possible intruders, you should implement either TCP Wrapper or even with Secure Shell. But some simple things to do are as easy as removing some basic information that could benefit a hacker. >> For the full tip, CLICK: http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid12_gci540458,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | In stores soon -- floating product ads? Wal-Mart meets "The Jetsons" with a dash of "Ghostbusters" to boot. Holomedia, a joint American-Hungarian venture, has come up with a way to turn ads into apparitions. The firm has cranked out a gadget that can project still or moving pictures in such a way that they seem to float in mid-air. Stores would use the device to float product ads out on the sales floor. Just imagine walking into a store and seeing a giant canned ham levitating in front of you. Maybe you'd prefer to see a ghost. 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