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June 22, 2006
========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News Analysis: Microsoft Security Pricing: Predatory or Correctional? 2. News: Utility Nukes Windows Genuine Advantage Callbacks 3. Review: Opera 9 Is Music to eWEEK Labs' Ears 4. Opinion: Bring On the Security Price Wars 5. UpFront: Google's David Girouard 6. News: Study: Most Technology Companies Have Data Losses 7. Google Watch: Thank You Google, May I Have Another? 8. News: Novell Changes Leadership, Sticks to Linux Course 9. Great Minds in Development: From Documents to Experiences
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========================================================= News and Views ========================================================= 1. News Analysis: Microsoft Security Pricing: Predatory or Correctional?
Allegations of "predatory pricing" are beginning to swirl around Microsoft's emergence as a player in the security software space. Is Redmond stifling competition or helping to correct an overpriced sector? http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-3888-2-79-299975-456024-0-0-0-1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Utility Nukes Windows Genuine Advantage Callbacks
A private firewall testing company has found a way to disable the controversial notifications component in Microsoft's WGA anti-piracy tool. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-3888-2-79-299975-456027-0-0-0-1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Review: Opera 9 Is Music to eWEEK Labs' Ears
Opera Software's browser continues to innovate, with enviable search customization and improvements to management and configuration options. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-3888-2-79-299975-456030-0-0-0-1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. Opinion: Bring On the Security Price Wars
The cost of security has marched steadily uphill for years. We should celebrate Microsoft for pricing its products aggressively, not try to protect the established market leaders. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-3888-2-79-299975-456033-0-0-0-1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. UpFront: Google's David Girouard
In this exclusive podcast interview, Girouard speaks with eWeek Editorial Director Eric Lundquist about Google's plans for enterprise search as well as the company's plans for enterprise e-mail and productivity applications. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-3888-2-79-299975-456036-0-0-0-1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: Study: Most Technology Companies Have Data Losses
A new report contends that most business in the technology, media and telecommunications industries have experienced one form of data breach or another, and that many of those firms haven't done enough to stop it from happening again. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-3888-2-79-299975-456039-0-0-0-1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. Google Watch: Thank You Google, May I Have Another?
In its latest move to outflank Microsoft, Google will bundle Google Toolbar with downloads of Adobe's Shockwave. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-3888-2-79-299975-456042-0-0-0-1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. News: Novell Changes Leadership, Sticks to Linux Course
Novell fires CEO Jack Messman and CFO Joseph Tibbetts Jr. as it looks to accelerate its growth strategy and continue its transition to Linux. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-3888-2-79-299975-456045-0-0-0-1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9. Great Minds in Development: From Documents to Experiences
Professor Ramesh Jain discusses the difficulties of image versus text search, the movement from a document-based to an "event" Web, and what "experiential" computing is all about. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-3888-2-79-299975-456048-0-0-0-1
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