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	Friday, September 17, 2004

Sun-Microsoft Pact Excludes OpenOffice Users. Microsoft and Sun Microsystems have agreed not to sue each other or their customers for patent infringements, but the pact is far from all encompassing. [Linux Pipeline] 3:14:19 PM    comment []

Brief: Xserve installations proliferate. Co-location and dedicated server provider OSI Hosting.net has acquired 1,000 Xserves from Apple Computer Inc. as part of an expansion into seven new facilities. [Computerworld News] 3:13:58 PM    comment []

Sun, Microsoft to detail interoperability in October. Latest Sun news. [Network World on Storage] 3:13:46 PM    comment []

Microsoft: Can we check your software license?. Know whether your copy of Windows is licensed? The software maker might ask you this next time you visit its download site. [CNET News.com] 3:13:28 PM    comment []

	Thursday, September 16, 2004

Someone to watch over the 'Net. A behind-the-scenes look as the Internet Storm Center's Johannes Ullrich battles the MyDoom-O virus. [Network World on SANs] 4:32:58 PM    comment []

Time for IP to Answer the Phone. IP communications offer tremendous potential for easing the logistical barriers of time zones and geographic dispersion between companies and their branch offices, telecommuters, customers, partners, and vendors. Learn how companies are transforming legacy technologies into cohesive IT systems that support more productive, flexible, and profitable organizations. [Networking Webcasts] 4:32:24 PM    comment []

PC Memory Maker Admits to Price Fixing. German memory chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG pleads guilty to price fixing and agrees to pay $160 million in fines. In a plea deal with the Justice Department, Infineon admits to conspiring to drive up prices for memory used in PCs and consumer electronics. NPR's Laura Sydell reports. [NPR News: Business] 4:32:09 PM    comment []

Comparing SAS, SATA and Fibre Channel. Today, we’ll compare the new Serial Attached SCSI disk technology to other disk technologies now available. [Network World on Storage] 4:31:37 PM    comment []

How we did it. How we tested the five dual-WAN routers. [Network World on Routers and Switches] 4:31:23 PM    comment []

Anatomy of a worm. Internet worms are getting more sophisticated and easier to create, says Jose Nazario of Arbor Networks. He explains why we are heading toward a 'worm a day' nightmare and what can be done about it. [Computerworld Networking News] 4:25:55 PM    comment []

	Wednesday, September 15, 2004

Big Anti-Induce Campaign Planned. A music-activism group is staging a massive call-in to congressional members Tuesday to protest the Induce Act and urge protection of consumers' rights to music and movies they own. By Katie Dean. [Wired News] 5:03:41 PM    comment []

Brief: MCI expands Ethernet for business customers. MCI is expanding Ethernet for business customers and will have IP telephony available for businesses in late 2005. [Computerworld Network LAN/WAN News] 5:03:05 PM    comment []

The Goods for Grid. IT workers who are in the best position to lead a grid project have broad-based experience and open minds. [Computerworld Networking News] 5:02:50 PM    comment []

Samba servers vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks. Patches released for flaws in software package that lets Windows files and printers be shared by Unix and Linux systems. [CNET News.com] 5:02:32 PM    comment []

External disk storage continues to rise. Brief: Sales of external disk storage systems are up 8 percent on last year, says IDC By mailroomuk@zdnet.com (Staff). [ZDNet UK News] 5:02:24 PM    comment []

Hitachi releases high-end storage device. Virtualisation is hot on the menu as Hitachi Data Systems launches its latest piece of enterprise storage By mailroomuk@zdnet.com (Ingrid Marson in Barcelona). [ZDNet UK News] 5:02:11 PM    comment []

	Tuesday, September 14, 2004

German software pirate, and his father, get jail time. The noose appears to be tightening around one of Europe's largest software counterfeiting rings as a German court sentenced a second member of the network to prison on Monday, and handed a sentence to his father for helping run front operations. [InfoWorld: Top News] 2:03:45 PM    comment []

IETF deals Microsoft's e-mail proposal a setback. A proposed technology for identifying the source of e-mail messages suffered a blow last week when a group within the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) established to study the proposal sent it back for more work, citing concerns over vague intellectual property claims made by Microsoft Corp. covering some of the technology. [InfoWorld: Top News] 2:03:30 PM    comment []

3Com marks 25 years; officials praise move to Mass.. Networking equipment vendor 3Com celebrated 25 years in business yesterday and finds itself in the middle of a major turnaround. [Computerworld Network LAN/WAN News] 2:03:17 PM    comment []

Symantec launches antiphishing service. As part of its service, Symantec will use a global network of probes and decoy e-mail accounts to collect, analyze and identify new phishing scams targeted at customers that use its Online Fraud Management services. [Computerworld Cybercrime News] 2:03:04 PM    comment []

Cisco melds add-on features into branch-office routers. Cisco is announcing seven new branch-office routers that integrate a variety of features previously sold as add-ons, and one user said that the all-in-one approach should make it easier to support the devices. [Computerworld Networking News] 2:02:52 PM    comment []

	Sunday, September 12, 2004

Slide Rule Still Rules. Decades have passed since the pocket calculator relegated the trusty slide rule to near obscurity. Now, an exhibit celebrates the lengthy history of the device, featuring the slide rules of celebrity geeks. By Michelle Delio. [Wired News] 11:50:01 AM    comment []

Sybase releases free Express database for Linux. In a bid to expand the customer base for its database software, Sybase Inc. released on Tuesday a free, limited version of its software for deployment on Linux systems. [InfoWorld: Top News] 11:49:17 AM    comment []

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