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July 26, 2006

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1. News: Second Symantec Report Criticizes Vista Code

2. News: HP to Buy Mercury Interactive in $4.5B Deal

3. News: Bugle Goes Googling for Source Code Flaws

4. News: Microsoft to Push IE 7.0 via Automatic Updates

5. News Analysis: Report: DHS Should Soothe RFID Passport Fears

6. News: Self-Checkout Killing Impulse Items

7. News: JetBrains Joins Team Tools Battle

8. News: Microsoft Opposes Net Neutrality Plan on its Proxy

9. News: Microsoft Readies New Office 2007 Beta Updates

10. News: Apple Unveils New Wireless 'Mighty Mouse' for the Mac

11. Great Minds in Development: A Snapshot of Entrepreneurship

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News and Views

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1. News: Second Symantec Report Criticizes Vista Code

Researchers say Vista's account privilege management tools may

introduce a collection of vulnerabilities unless Microsoft

fixes the bugs before shipping.

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2. News: HP to Buy Mercury Interactive in $4.5B Deal

Updated: Hewlett-Packard announces that it will pay $4.5 billion

to buy out software testing specialist Mercury Interactive,

which has been shaken by a stock options scandal and was delisted

from the NASDAQ exchange.

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News: HP's Mercury Buy Boosts SOA Play

HP's acquisition of Mercury Interactive gives the systems maker

a lift in the SOA governance arena, and pits it directly against

IBM. Industry observers say the deal is a clear sign that

governance is now a major part of the system management stack.

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Q&A: HP's Livermore Says $4.5 Billion Mercury Bid Shut Out

Rivals

Hewlett-Packard cut out possible competitors to snap up

software-testing company Mercury Interactive. Executive Vice

President Ann Livermore says Mercury customers will welcome

the change.

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3. News: Bugle Goes Googling for Source Code Flaws

A source code reviewer in London is working on a project to

collect search queries that can be used to identify some of

the most common vulnerabilities in open-source code indexed

by Google.

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4. News: Microsoft to Push IE 7.0 via Automatic Updates

Microsoft plans to use its Automatic Updates patch-distribution

service to push its standalone Internet Explorer 7.0 browser

to customers once the product is ready to ship in the fourth

quarter of this year.

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5. News Analysis: Report: DHS Should Soothe RFID Passport Fears

The upcoming U.S. e-passports are still giving rise to privacy

concerns; ABI Research recommends that the government speak

up about the technology.

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6. News: Self-Checkout Killing Impulse Items

In what's been called the self-checkout diet plan, retailers

are learning the consequences of self-checkout systems, as

sales of Hollywood tabloids, chewing gum and other checkout

lane impulse items plummet.

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7. News: JetBrains Joins Team Tools Battle

The maker of elite Java development tools enters the team tools

space to compete with the big boys. Meanwhile, the Eclipse

holdout says it will remain independent and continue to innovate.

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8. News: Microsoft Opposes Net Neutrality Plan on its Proxy

Microsoft wants to block an effort for a shareholder vote

forcing the world's largest software maker to explain its

support for Internet network neutrality, according to a company

letter obtained by Reuters.

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9. News: Microsoft Readies New Office 2007 Beta Updates

Beta 2 Technical Refresh is taking shape. Expect the updated

Office 2007 client and SharePoint Server 2007 code in the

"not too distant future," according to the Redmond software

maker.

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10. News: Apple Unveils New Wireless 'Mighty Mouse' for the Mac

The new mouse, which uses Bluetooth technology, is aimed at

the mobile Mac user.

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11. Great Minds in Development: A Snapshot of Entrepreneurship

Munjal Shah is the CEO and co-founder of Riya, a new photo

search engine that uses face recognition. Shah talks about

developing Riya, its revolutionary technology, searching for

images on the Web, and entrepreneurship. This link will

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