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June 22, 2006

 

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In This Edition

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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

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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

 

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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

 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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