Friday, May 04, 2007

Microsoft To Issue Seven Patches; Bugs Threaten Second Life

TechWeb Networking Update - Friday, May 4, 2007

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*Microsoft To Issue Seven Security Patches On Tuesday
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*Appeals Court Rejects Retrial Of Vonage-Verizon Patent Case
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*Carl Icahn's Battle With Motorola Turns Insulting
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*GSA Awards SATCOM II Contracts To Firms Big And Small
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*Skype Cuts SMS Fees In Half
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*Verizon Unveils Plan To Improve Enterprise VoIP Deployment
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( Today's Top Story)

Microsoft To Issue Seven Security Patches On Tuesday
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Three security bulletins affect Office, while two affect Windows.
Exchange is affected by one bulletin as is Microsoft BizTalk
business process management server and Capicom, a Microsoft
ActiveX control.

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Ubuntu Linux Vs. Windows Vista: The Battle For Your Desktop
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Is Linux finally ready to take on Windows as a desktop OS? We
tried out both Vista and Ubuntu on individual PCs to see which
works better. Here's who won.

The Average Tech Manager Makes $105,000, Our Salary Survey Finds.
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There's a lot of good in our survey of 7,200 IT pros. But dark
clouds swirl around entry-level wages, job growth, and outsourcing.

AMD On Track For Summer Launch Of Barcelona Quad-Core
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AMD officials report the company is on track for the launch of
Barcelona, its first native quad-core server processor.

HD DVD/Blu-ray Decryption Key Widely Posted Online
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Despite efforts to unpublish it from search engines and other
sites, the 128-bit integer that nullifies digital locks may even
end up on T-shirts and in song lyrics.

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Bugs And Unstable Code Threaten Second Life's Future
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Second Life business owners and users want Linden Lab to fix the
service's egregious bugs and instability before the whole thing
comes crashing down.

Report: Microsoft Pursuing Deal To Buy Yahoo
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Yahoo's shares rose 17.7% to $33.20 in electronic trading after
the New York Post reported that Microsoft has asked Yahoo to
start talks about a possible deal.

Intel Road Map Stretches From Quad Cores To Mobile Internet
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An advanced 45-nanometer manufacturing process, quad-core designs
code-named Penryn and Nehalem, and a platform aimed at mobile
Internet devices are a few of the items up the chipmakers's sleeve.

(Networking News of the Week)

Appeals Court Rejects Retrial Of Vonage-Verizon Patent Case
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, however, said
Vonage could cite the high court's unanimous ruling in its appeal
brief, which is due next week.

Carl Icahn's Battle With Motorola Turns Insulting
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With Motorola's stockholders meeting scheduled for Monday, Icahn,
who wants a seat on the board, and chief executive Ed Zander
exchanged insults.

GSA Awards SATCOM II Contracts To Firms Big And Small
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The advanced satellite offerings are likely to total $750 million
over the life of the program.

Skype Cuts SMS Fees In Half
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Skype is trying to persuade people to use its SMS service instead
of those offered by cellular carriers.

Verizon Unveils Plan To Improve Enterprise VoIP Deployment
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The company will work with performance assessment company
Centrisoft to monitor voice quality so businesses can manage
their networks more efficiently.

IBM CEO Palmisano: Client-Server Computing Is Dead
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Palmisano said businesses need to migrate to more efficient
computing models where applications are stored centrally and can
be tapped from a broad range of computing devices.

Telefonica Deal To Challenge Slim On Own Turf
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Telefonica's takeover of Telecom Italia not only marks Carlos
Slim's latest failure to enter the European market, but will
challenge the billionaire Mexican telecoms magnate in his own backyard.

Telecom Italia Deal Disappoints Small Investors
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Shares ended lower Monday after the sale of control of Europe's
fifth-biggest phone company led to investor frustration at being
left out of another big deal.

Verizon Wireless Drives Parent Firm's Profits
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Monday's earnings report shows the firm's revenue for the quarter
was $22.58 billion, up 6.4% over the same quarter in the previous year.

New Cisco Switch Automatically Adjusts To Applications
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Lets network administrators give priority to voice over IP,
video, and other traffic types.

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(Breaking News)

Inbox Overwhelmed? Declare 'E-Mail Bankruptcy'
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Here's a new tactic to handling the deluge of e-mails filling up
your inbox: Just get rid of them.

Computer Boogers? Ewwww!
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Electronic noses --complete with their own artificial mucus --
allow computers to 'smell' various scents

IT Likely To Like Ubuntu on Dell
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Dell desktops and notebooks running the open-source OS coming soon.

IBM Expects Big Growth From Small Businesses
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The company hopes to tap into a global SMB market worth about
$487 billion annually and growing at 6.5% per year with new
servers, software, and services.

Specialization Touted As Key To Managed Technology Service
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A Computing Technology Industry Association survey finds 1 out of
4 companies are looking for providers based on availability of
unique services and offerings.

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