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- IBM acquires Productivity Solutions, increasing retail POS lead
- SCO takes $9 million charge to pay lawyers2. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND OTHER RELATED TECHNOLOGY NEWS
- IT Workers Protest Offshoring at Boston Executive Forum
- CNN Lou Dobbs Features WashTech
- Bush pushes for cybercrime treaty
- Microsoft Connecting Web Conferencing with IM
- Blackmail latest scam for hackers
- Comdex Trade show gets down to business
- AT&T patents anti-antispam technology
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- AT&T Wireless joins race for speedy networks
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IBM DONATES CODE TO OPEN-SOURCE PROJECT | CNET IBM has donated source code to an open-source project in an effort to create more sophisticated development tools for building graphical interfaces. Software consortium Eclipse on Tuesday announced that IBM's contribution will form the basis of the Visual Editor Project. The goal of the project is to expand the existing palette of tools software programmers use to design graphical user interfaces, or GUIs, for custom-built applications. http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-5108886.html?tag=nefd_top
SCO TAKES $9 MILLION CHARGE TO PAY LAWYERS | Reuters SCO Group Inc., which is suing International IBM over a copyright dispute, on Tuesday said it would take a charge of nearly $9 million to cover a payment to its lawyers. The Lindon, Utah-based company said it would broaden its copyright fight beyond IBM, which it sued earlier this year claiming that versions of the Linux operating system used by IBM customers violate its copyrights for the Unix operating system. http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/031118/tech_sco_3.html
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------------------------------------------------------------------- IT Workers Protest Offshoring at Boston Executive Forum | TechsUnite.org
High-tech workers concerned about the offshore outsourcing of U.S. jobs conducted a sidewalk protest October 27 at a Forrester Group conference titled "Extending your business reach using the Internet." The Internet is used extensively in offshoring. Picketing on the sidewalk in front of the Westin Copley Hotel, protestors armed with signs and leaflets called for corporations and government to stop offshore outsourcing, which they say is damaging the U.S. economy. WashTech/CWA members and supporters handed out leaflets and talked to people about the more than three million jobs that are predicted to move out of the country in the next 10 years.
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CNN continues its series called Exporting Amercia tonight by featuring WashTech president Marcus Courtney and the union's fight to keep American IT jobs in this country. Broken Borders -- Join us for our series of special reports, "Broken Borders." We bring you a report on the CLEAR Act, legislation that would involve state and local law enforcement in the fight to keep illegal immigrants out of the United States.
------------------------------------------------------------------- Bush pushes for cybercrime treaty | CNET
President Bush has asked the U.S. Senate to ratify the first international cybercrime treaty. In a letter to the Senate on Monday, Bush called the Council of Europe's controversial treaty "an effective tool in the global effort to combat computer-related crime" and "the only multilateral treaty to address the problems of computer-related crime and electronic evidence gathering."
------------------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft Connecting Web Conferencing with IM | eWeek
Next month, Microsoft Corp. is planning to release an update to its Office Live Meeting 2003 that will integrate it with Windows Messenger so that users can initiate Web conferencing sessions right from the enterprise instant messaging client.
------------------------------------------------------------------- Blackmail latest scam for hackers | CNN
The rapid growth of broadband home computer connections may be inadvertently fueling what police suspect could be the start of a new crime wave -- cyber-blackmail. As more homes connect to faster delivery systems, their computers are becoming vulnerable to hackers and virus writers who can turn them into "zombie" machines, ready to carry out any malevolent command.
------------------------------------------------------------------- Comdex Trade show gets down to business | CNET
In recent years, Comdex has served as a showcase for consumer items. This year, however, it will focus on technology for the working world, such as mobile and utility computing. Tom Siebel talks up server software, online services. Also: HP unveils high-end copiers
------------------------------------------------------------------- AT&T patents anti-antispam technology | CNET
Citing an "arms race" in the ongoing spam wars, the company defends its patenting of a technology to thwart antispam filters. The patent, awarded to AT&T on Nov. 4, describes a "system and method for counteracting message filtering." The patent details a way to trick filters that compare digital messages to known pieces of spam, altering each message so that no two are exactly the same.
------------------------------------------------------------------- Report: Net attacks increasing | CNET
nternet attacks are getting more numerous and menacing, network protection company Internet Security Systems concluded in a report released Tuesday. The survey found that 725 new software flaws were found in the third quarter of this year, down slightly from 727 found in the second quarter. However, the 823 new worms and viruses that appeared between July 1 and September represented a 26 percent increase from the previous three months.
------------------------------------------------------------------- What Led to Enron, WorldCom and the Like? | Standford University
Increases in executive compensation and stock options, jumps in incentives to manage earnings, and major shifts in the structure of auditing firms are just a few of the changes that led to loss of money and public confidence in corporations during the past decade, Stanford Business School Professor Maureen McNichols told an alumni audience.
------------------------------------------------------------------- AT&T Wireless joins race for speedy networks | CNET
AT&T Wireless on Tuesday flipped the switch on a wireless Internet network it claims is the fastest in the United States. The carrier said subscribers can now surf the Web or download games at speeds averaging 100kbps to 130kbps, about two times faster than any nationally launched wireless Internet network. A carrier spokesman said subscribers won't be charged extra for the faster service, but they will have to buy new cell phones or modems.
------------------------------------------------------------------- Verizon details Internet phone plans | CNET
Verizon Communications will begin selling Internet telephony services to broadband customers early next year, a company spokesman confirmed Tuesday. Verizon spokesman Eric Rabe said that by the first quarter of 2004 the company plans to begin offering unlimited dialing between broadband-enabled computers for a flat fee, a feature now included in most voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) plans. It will later expand its service to provide local, long distance and international calls between computers and traditional phones.
------------------------------------------------------------------- CA offers free antivirus software | CNET
Computer Associates International plans to give away security software to consumers to stop them from spreading computer viruses-- but the deal could undermine the strength of its competitors. The deal, announced Tuesday, allows each consumer to download for free CA's eTrust EZ Armor software, which includes virus protection and a personal firewall. Customers of the security software company also can receive a free year of updates to fend off the latest threats.
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