Networking World: Longhorn To Ship In Fall '06 / Office 12 Gets New Icons

TECHWEB TODAY: NETWORKING
Friday, July 08, 2005

IN THIS ISSUE
1. Today's Top Story: Microsoft To Revamp Icons In Office 12
2. Networking News Of The Week

Breaking News
3. Longhorn To Ship In Fall 2006
4. Payroll Gains At IT Services Firms Outpace U.S. Economy
5. Text Messaging Prevailed In Wake Of London Blasts
6. Cisco Promotes Giancarlo To Top Technology Spot

Today's Most Popular Stories
7. States Pushing For Collection Of Online Sales Tax
8. Hackers Deface Al-Qaeda Web Site
9. Microsoft Offers Download Workaround For IE Bug
10. London Web Traffic Buffeted By Attacks
11. PCs Have 50-50 Shot At Infection In Just 12 Minutes

Last Week's Hottest Story
12. Veritas Software Under Attack

------- Advertisement -------------------
Join InformationWeek for a FREE, on-demand TechWebCast on
Getting Smart About Global Development:How Visual Simulation
Gets It Right the First Time. This roundtable discussion
delivers practical advice on how to realize the cost and
time savings of offshore strategies.
Register and view now:
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo4v0Hi7YQ0G4V0DDwo0ET
-----------------------------------------

-- Keep Getting This Newsletter --
Don't let future editions of TechWeb Today Networking go missing.
Take a moment to add the newsletter's address to your anti-spam
whitelist:

tw@update.techweb.com

If you're not sure how to do that, ask your administrator or ISP. Or
check your anti-spam utility's documentation. Thanks.

1. TODAY'S TOP STORY: Microsoft To Revamp Icons In Office 12
Looking to give users a reason to upgrade, Microsoft has let slip
details of a key feature in next year's Office 12 release; it's
working on a "ribbon" concept that will display context-sensitive
strips of icons keyed to the task at hand.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo4v0Hi7YQ0G4V0DWeK0Es

2. NETWORKING NEWS OF THE WEEK
Pakistan's Net Misery May Continue Through July
Pakistan's Internet problems may continue through July, media reports
from the country said, with no end in sight to the repair of the
undersea fiber optic cable linking it with the rest of the world's
Web.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo4v0Hi7YQ0G4V0DWTi0E6

NY's PSC Raises Questions About Verizon-MCI Merger
New York State's Public Service Commission has expressed concern that
Verizon Communication's proposed takeover of MCI could produce
significant consolidation in large and medium business markets.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo4v0Hi7YQ0G4V0DWeL0Et

Google Invests In Broadband-Over-Power Line Provider
Google is among the latest investors in Current Communications Group
LLC, a broadband-over-power line service provider, based in
Germantown, Md.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo4v0Hi7YQ0G4V0DWeM0Eu

Lucent Scores Two Major Telecom Deals In China
Lucent Technologies has scored a major deal to expand two Chinese
regional telecommunications carriers' Personal Handyphone System
(PHS) networks.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo4v0Hi7YQ0G4V0DWeN0Ev

Huge Growth Seen In Retail VoIP
More than 11 million people worldwide were using a retail voice over
IP (VoIP) service for at least some of their telephone calls at the
end of March 2005, according to market research group Point Topic.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo4v0Hi7YQ0G4V0DWeO0Ew

BREAKING NEWS
3. Longhorn To Ship In Fall 2006
Microsoft plans to ship its next version of Windows in the fall of
2006, but executives acknowledge that it could slip into the
following year.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo4v0Hi7YQ0G4V0DWeP0Ex

4. Payroll Gains At IT Services Firms Outpace U.S. Economy
Companies providing computer-design and related services added 41,400
jobs in the past year, including 5,200 in June.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo4v0Hi7YQ0G4V0DWeQ0Ey

5. Text Messaging Prevailed In Wake Of London Blasts
Cell phone signals were jammed after the London bombings Thursday,
but text messaging managed to get the word out in many cases.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo4v0Hi7YQ0G4V0DWeR0Ez

6. Cisco Promotes Giancarlo To Top Technology Spot
He may not officially be the heir apparent to John Chambers, but
Cisco Systems exec Charlie Giancarlo got a boost in that direction
when the networking giant named him as its Chief Development Officer
in a round of promotions and reorganizations.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo4v0Hi7YQ0G4V0DWeS0E1

TODAY'S MOST POPULAR STORIES
7. States Pushing For Collection Of Online Sales Tax
Under the umbrella of the Streamlined Sales Tax Project, 18 states
are preparing to nudge online retailers toward uniform collection of
sales taxes for items purchased over the Web.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo4v0Hi7YQ0G4V0DWTc0Ez

8. Hackers Deface Al-Qaeda Web Site
In September 2004 a group of hackers calling themselves TeAmZ USA
attacked the Web site of a Qaeda-linked group that has claimed
responsibility for numerous kidnappings and beheadings of Westerners
in Iraq.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo4v0Hi7YQ0G4V0DWeT0E2

9. Microsoft Offers Download Workaround For IE Bug
Microsoft has posted a temporary workaround to a bug that could let a
hacker grab control of a PC by exploiting a weakness in Internet
Explorer's Java Virtual Machine.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo4v0Hi7YQ0G4V0DWAX0EV

10. London Web Traffic Buffeted By Attacks
Major London news sites suffered significant performance degradation
following Thurday's terror attacks, as readers from across the globe
headed to the Web to access information from primary sources.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo4v0Hi7YQ0G4V0DWeU0E3

11. PCs Have 50-50 Shot At Infection In Just 12 Minutes
The number of new viruses, worms, and Trojans is up nearly 60 percent
in the first half of 2005, a U.K.-based security company said, while
the length of time an unprotected PC survives on the Internet has
shrunk to a measly dozen minutes.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo4v0Hi7YQ0G4V0DWTg0E4

LAST WEEK'S HOTTEST STORY
12. Veritas Software Under Attack
One of the seven vulnerabilities recently found in various Veritas
backup components is under attack, says security vendor Symantec.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo4v0Hi7YQ0G4V0DVP70EC

--------------------------------------------------------------------
NEW! THE NEWS SHOW
The News Show is a brand new show that's a sometimes irreverent,
always insidery look at the technology industry, which could use
having a few myths punctured and a few egos deflated. The News Show
features breaking news, technical reviews and trend analysis, along
with gossip, opinions, and an overheated rant or two. Check it out
every day at
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo4v0Hi7YQ0G4V0DT1Q0E4
--------------------------------------------------------------------
InformationWeek Security Alert: ID Thefts Rising
Identity theft isn't just a consumer concern. Do you have the right
strategies, tools, and policies in place to defend your network and
data? Check out InformationWeek's Global Information Security Survey.
Your completed survey also enters you in our $4000 prize drawing for
a laptop or iPods!
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo4v0Hi7YQ0G4V0DUMs0E7
--------------------------------------------------------------------
WEBCAST ALERT: A Network Computing TechWebCast -- Innovations In
Wireless: Deploying Advanced Services To Your Enterprise
Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Time: 11:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM CT / 2:00 PM ET
Wireless is exploding in the enterprise. With security concerns on
the wane, companies are deploying advanced wireless services such as
pervasive coverage, voice and location-based services so that
employees, guests and partners can work collaboratively and securely
from anywhere on the corporate campus. This TechWebCast will focus on
the best practices and solutions for deploying these services in a
way that is cost-effective, manageable and secure.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo4v0Hi7YQ0G4V0DVQF0ES
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Sign Up For Info On Our Latest Webcasts
TechWeb's live, interactive webcasts bring the industry's top experts
right to your desktop for in-depth discussions about the market's
most-pressing issues. Click below to receive our weekly update of
upcoming TechWebCasts you won't want to miss.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo4v0Hi7YQ0G4V0CmhZ0EX
--------------------------------------------------------------------

Subscribe to other TechWeb newsletters:
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo4v0Hi7YQ0G4V0XN0E8

TechWeb: Where critical business technology content is only a click
or two away:
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo4v0Hi7YQ0G4V0RC0Eq

View five days of business technology news by day:
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo4v0Hi7YQ0G4V0Pha0E3

See a TechWeb feature you want to see again?
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo4v0Hi7YQ0G4V0O6G0El

Get the vendors' view:
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo4v0Hi7YQ0G4V0CrzP0Ek

More than 20,000 IT terms, more than 20,000 definitions: All at your
fingertips, all in TechEncyclopedia:
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo4v0Hi7YQ0G4V0XQ0EC

Update your subscriber profile:
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/profile?y=eo4v0Hi7YQ0G4Vc

You are subscribed as networking.world@gmail.com.

To unsubscribe from this newsletter:
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo4v0Hi7YQ0G4V0cl0Eo

TechWeb
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/eo4v0Hi7YQ0G4V0RC0Eq
Copyright (c) 2005 CMP Media, LLC
600 Community Drive
Manhasset, NY 11030

Friday, July 08, 2005

Longhorn To Ship In Fall '06 / Office 12 Gets New Icons

No comments: