Government
Computerworld, 11/20/02: Brief: New homeland agency likely to spend $2.1B on IT
By PATRICK THIBODEAU
WASHINGTON -- The new Department of Homeland Security is expected to increase government IT spending and provide some liability protections for vendors that sell homeland security-related products.
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EDS
Computerworld, 11/21/02: EDS wins multibillion-dollar outsourcing deal
By TODD R. WEISS
Global energy and transportation infrastructure company Alstom SA has selected outsourcing vendor Electronic Data Systems Corp. for what's expected to be an outsourcing deal worth several billion dollars.
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Security
Internetnews.com, 11/21/02: Six More IE Holes Patched
By Ryan Naraine
For the second time this year, Microsoft (Quote, Company Info) has issued a cumulative patch for six new security vulnerabilities in its flagship Internet Explorer browser product, the most serious of which allows an attacker to execute commands on a user's system.
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Infoworld, 11/20/02: New, 'Nimda-like' Microsoft vulnerability found
By Paul Roberts
MICROSOFT ISSUED A software patch Wednesday for what it described as a "critical" new security vulnerability affecting most versions of its Windows operating systems and certain versions of the Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser.
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The Wall Street Journal, 11/21/02: Former Fugitive Hacker Mitnick Shares Some Secrets of the Trade
By GENE J. KOPROWSKI
Kevin Mitnick, the notorious hacker who spent three years on the run from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has restyled himself as a corporate computer-security guru.
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Microsoft
c|net, 11/20/02: Microsoft clarifies Exchange route
By Peter Judge
COPENHAGEN, Denmark--Contrary to some reports, Microsoft says the next version of Exchange, code-named Titanium, will run on Windows 2000.
However, the company does say that some features will need .Net Server.
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TechWeb, 11/20/02: Could Microsoft Be Building Windows XP Second Edition?
By Gregg Keizer, TechWeb News
A new build of Longhorn, Microsoft's replacement for Windows XP, may in fact hint at a stopgap Windows XP “Second Edition,” according to postings at the Windows enthusiast Web site Neowin.
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Tablet PC
Dan Bricklin’s Weblog, 11/14/02: Trying a Tablet PC
I went out and bought a Tablet PC. I've written up my experience and my feelings about it. Bottom line: I would buy one again. They are Tablet PCs, not Pen PCs, and understanding that difference is important to understanding the benefits, which are many.
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Digital Life
Slate, 11/18/02: Death by Spam
The e-mail you know and love is about to vanish.
By Kevin Werbach
One-third of the 30 billion e-mails sent worldwide each day are spam. That's 10 billion daily pitches for herbal Viagra, Nigerian scams, and genital-enlarging creams piling up in our inboxes. Neither legislation nor litigation against spammers has stemmed the tide, and they're not going to have much of an effect in the future, either. It's time to give up: Despite the best efforts of legislators, lawyers, and computer programmers, spam has won. Spam is killing e-mail.
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