Security
VUNet, 10/15/03: DoS attack warning for Windows 2000/XP
By Robert Jaques
Last RPC patch does not protect systems, say researchers
Security experts are warning of a flaw that could allow hackers to launch a denial of service (DoS) attack against PCs running Windows 2000 and XP.
The vulnerability, in the Microsoft Remote Procedure Call (RPC) service, was discovered by security firm Internet Security Systems (ISS).
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Wired News, 10/15/03: Windows: More Flawed Than Ever
WASHINGTON -- Microsoft warned consumers Wednesday about four critical new flaws in its popular Windows software as the company shifted to monthly alerts for serious problems that could let hackers break into computers.
In particularly embarrassing disclosures, Microsoft acknowledged problems in its technology to authenticate software publishers over the Web and in its Windows help and support system.
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Optimism
C|net, 10/15/03: PC shipments surge in third quarter
By John G. Spooner
The worldwide PC market grew more quickly than expected in the third quarter, according to PC shipment and market share numbers released Wednesday by research firms Gartner and IDC.
"All regions showed double-digit year-on-year growth, with the exception of Latin America," Gartner analyst Charles Smulders said.
The PC market as a whole grew 15.7 percent compared with the same period last year, according to IDC. Gartner's figures showed a growth rate of about 14.1 percent worldwide.
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Future Focus
C|net, 10/14/03: Handling new-market disruptions
By Michael Raynor and Clayton Christensen
New-market disruptions follow a remarkably consistent pattern, regardless of the type of industry or the era when the disruption occurred.
This pattern is synthesized from three disruptions: one from the 1950s, one that began in the 1980s and continues in the present, and a third still in its nascent stage. In these and scores of other cases we've studied, it is stunning to see how the sins of the past so regularly visit the later generations of disrupted markets. Today, we watch dozens of companies make the same predictable mistakes--along with disruptors capitalizing on them.
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