Microsoft
C|net, 11/1/02: New Outlook to give spammers the boot
By Joe Wilcox
Microsoft is taking spam fighting more seriously in the next version of its widely used Outlook e-mail and contact-management software.
Outlook 11 will, by default, no longer grab data such as images from outside servers when previewing e-mail formatted like Web pages. The ability to send and receive e-mail formatted in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) was at one time touted as a feature in Microsoft's e-mail programs.
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EDS
AP, 11/1/02: EDS to Cut 5,500 Jobs
PLANO, Texas (AP) -- Computer-services giant Electronic Data Systems Corp. said Wednesday that third-quarter profits plunged 59 percent and it plans to eliminate as much as 4 percent of its work force -- about 5,500 jobs -- and shift other work overseas.
EDS said new contract signings fell by more than half, evidence of the difficult market for selling technology services to businesses.
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IT Management
Computerworld, 10/31/02: CIOs: Stop 'begging' for IT funding and start showing value
By THOMAS HOFFMAN
NEW YORK -- IT leaders can prove the value of IT investments to senior management by shifting away from being viewed as a cost center and focusing on how they are helping companies achieve top-line growth, said CIOs at a Society for Information Management (SIM) conference held here yesterday.
One way to do that: Think out of the box, looking beyond some of the more obvious areas to identify value opportunities.
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Security
CSO, 10/31/02: Anti-Social Engineering
Lessons from reading Mitnick
BY SIMSON GARFINKEL
KEVIN MITNICK IS the most famous computer hacker of our time. His capture in February 1995 by computer scientist Tsutomu Shimomura was the subject of three hugely popular books. Since his release from prison on Jan. 21, 2000, Mitnick has taken on the role of "reformed hacker extraordinaire"—a man who seeks to undo the damage he has done by teaching corporate America how to defend against social engineering attacks (while making a pretty penny in the process).
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Available, of course, at Fry’s
Reuters, 11/1/02: Just in time for gift-giving: An Internet fridge that checks e-mail
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - In the Internet boom years, no tech guru's vision was complete without a world in which we all owned a Web-connected refigerator that would automatically order fresh milk when the old carton was nearly empty.
Two years later, the Net has yielded -- along with its fair share of collapsed start-ups unable to deliver on unrealistic promises -- the first real Internet refrigerator.
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