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	Friday, October 22, 2004

IT pay to rise 10% to 15% through 2007, study says. As the economy improves and companies begin to invest more in IT projects, demand for senior IT workers will help drive double-digit salary increases for top techies through 2007, according to a new Meta Group report. [Computerworld News] 6:20:53 PM    comment []

Beat hackers and learn to spy at Italy's tech fair. Fingerprint sensors, gadgets to pry open doors and transmitters to spy on unsuspecting targets were among the wizardry on display at the opening of Italy's biggest technology fair. [Computerworld Cybercrime News] 6:20:38 PM    comment []

UK paper's anti-Bush ploy gets hacked, sacked. The Guardian's anti-Bush letter-writing campaign to America shuts down after hackers pillage its Web page. [CNET News.com] 6:20:05 PM    comment []

	Wednesday, October 20, 2004

Embracing Linux While Preserving Your Outlook. Are you as frustrated as your colleagues with your messaging environment? Don't be!--join hundreds who are leading their organization in a new, more productive direction by migrating their email and calendaring to Linux. Learn how in "Embracing Linux While Preserving Your Outlook." It's a new, on-demand webcast where Gregory Volan the CIO for Bloomington, Indiana, and Julie Hanna Farris, the Founder of Scalix, take you inside that city's successful and seamless migration of email and calendaring to Linux. [Networking Webcasts] 3:47:57 PM    comment []

Linksys springs wireless, voice gear. Latest Cisco news. [Network World on Routers and Switches] 3:47:36 PM    comment []

Red Hat Continues Desktop Push. Combined with its recent Netscape purchases, Red Hat moves closer to integrating desktops with network services. [Linux Pipeline] 3:47:10 PM    comment []

Radio Stations Spin Record Deal For Streaming Music. The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers signed a record $1.7-billion licensing deal Monday with U.S. commercial radio stations, giving them the right to play ASCAP music over-the-air and over Internet Web sites. [InternetWeek] 3:47:01 PM    comment []

Digital Agenda: Homeland security--Companies profiting from fear (page 3). Multibillion-dollar security initiatives have given rise to a new industry seemingly overnight. A News.com special report. [CNET News.com] 3:45:32 PM    comment []

	Monday, October 18, 2004

I Love Bees Game a Surprise Hit. An alternate-reality game conceived as a marketing ploy is gaining a huge and obsessive following. Fans of I Love Bees stalk pay phones, organize mass salutes and even use the presidential debate to connect with each other. By Daniel Terdiman. [Wired News] 5:00:33 PM    comment []

Google Envy Is Fomenting Search Wars. Propelled by Google envy, new players and Internet industry giants are rushing into the online search market. By By JOHN MARKOFF. [The New York Times > Technology] 5:00:10 PM    comment []

Route Analysis: The Foundation of IP Management. Fifty percent of all application performance problems happen where you can't see them - within the "cloud" of the IP network. Join Network World and Ipsum Networks for the audiocast "Route Analysis: The Foundation of IP Management" to find out how you can see into the brains of your IP network and manage it more effectively. [Networking Webcasts] 4:59:56 PM    comment []

StorageTek CEO: 'We're not just a tape company'. StorageTek, a Louisville, Colo., vendor of storage products, has steadily been improving its financial results and evolving its product line since former Xerox executive Pat Martin took over as chairman and CEO four-and-a-half years ago. He talked with N [Network World on Storage] 4:59:41 PM    comment []

SANS Institute names Top 20 vulnerabilities. The Unix kernel and databases that run on that operating system, along with security sub-systems and instant messaging that run on Windows, are the newest additions to the SANS Institute's annual list of Top 20 vulnerabilities most exploited by hackers. [Network World on SANs] 4:59:29 PM    comment []

Linksys springs wireless, voice gear. Latest Cisco news. [Network World on Routers and Switches] 4:59:19 PM    comment []

Demand Rises For E-Mail Archiving. Archiving software hits on compliance issues as well as better operational efficiencies. [InternetWeek] 4:58:40 PM    comment []

IBM unveils new Shark and midrange array. IBM presented two new enterprise-class storage arrays that feature compatible software that allows the boxes to be managed through a single interface and data to be replicated between them. [Computerworld Networking News] 4:58:11 PM    comment []

TVs, cameras top holiday plans. The Consumer Electronics Association predicts solid growth in gadget sales this year. [CNET News.com] 4:57:12 PM    comment []

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