CenterBeam
C|net, 5/12/04: The lessons of Sasser
CenterBeam CEO Kevin Francis says the worm highlights weaknesses in the practice of software patch management.
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Outsourcing
eWeek, 5/11/04: CEO Says EDS Has Lost Several Contracts
By David Koenig, AP Business Writer
IRVING, Texas—Companies rarely boast about cutting the shareholders' dividend, so it was noteworthy this week when officials at Electronic Data Systems Corp. alerted reporters to one paragraph in a 27-page filing in which the company suggested it may do just that. These, however, are not ordinary times at EDS.
Chairman and chief executive Michael H. Jordan acknowledged Tuesday that the company has lost "a couple" competitions for new work because the customers were worried about EDS' financial health.
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Infoworld, 5/11/04: Lieberman calls for new outsourcing ideas
Senator touts wage-loss insurance as one possible measure
By Grant Gross, IDG News Service May 11, 2004
WASHINGTON - The U.S. government needs to address recent growth in offshore outsourcing with new ideas, including wage-loss insurance paid for by companies that use offshore outsourcing, and a bipartisan commission focused on ways the U.S. can remain competitive despite lower wages offered by other nations, U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman said Tuesday.
Lieberman, a Democrat from Connecticut, also advocated an overhaul of worker retraining and education programs offered by the U.S. government and a variety of tax incentives for companies for research and development and for making products in the U.S., during an event organized by the nonpartisan New America Foundation. Lieberman's remarks were based on a legislative white paper he unveiled on Tuesday.
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Security
C|net, 5/11/04: Microsoft patches new Windows flaw
By Ina Fried
Microsoft on Tuesday detailed a new vulnerability in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 that could enable an attacker to remotely execute malicious code.
The software maker described the problem as "important," its second-highest rating for such problems. Antivirus software maker Symantec, meanwhile, characterized the vulnerability as "high risk," citing the impact that there could be if the vulnerability was successfully exploited.
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Internetnews.com, 5/11/04: Tech Players Push for Anti-Virus Spec
By Ryan Naraine
A group of big-name technology firms has announced plans to develop an open specification to help stop the scourge of network viruses, worms, denial-of-service attacks (define) and host software vulnerabilities.
The Trusted Computing Group (TCG), which counts Intel , HP (Quote, Chart) and Verisign (Quote, Chart) among its members, used the spotlight of this week's Networld+Interop show to outline plans for the new "Trusted Network Connect" specification which is due later this year.
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C|net, 5/12/04: Targeting false virus-notification alerts
By Will Sturgeon
They were wrong, and they were annoying, so now they've been stopped.
With a new version of Symantec's SMTP e-mail security product, the antivirus company is trying to end the proliferation of false e-mail notifications, which wrongly tell people they've sent e-mail containing a virus.
These messages are a growing nuisance, even for systems uninfected by any type of virus. In fact, the infected system generally belongs to someone else; the false notifications originate on the infected computer and are sent to the people listed in that machine's address book.
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Microsoft
c|net, 5/11/04: Microsoft readies XP update giveaway
By Rupert Goodwins
LONDON--Microsoft says it will give away Service Pack 2 for Windows XP but is remaining coy about the exact nature of "XP Reloaded."
At a reviewers' workshop here Monday, Microsoft revealed more information about its plans for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), which is currently available for download as a 200MB Release Candidate 1.
By the time the software becomes more formally available later in the summer, it will have slimmed down to around 80MB, and the company plans to make it available at no charge on CD in stores. It will also be obtainable by mail, although the company has yet to decide whether to pay for packing and postage. Microsoft says that "smart downloading" techniques will minimize the time spent online for those using dial-up services to obtain the upgrade.
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