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IBM, Microsoft Collide on Collaboration
IBM’s and Microsoft’s collaboration software strategies are headed for a collision this spring when they pit, respectively, all-in-one products against integrated, a la carte offerings. Microsoft Corp., in the first half of the year, plans to ship its LCS (Live Communications Server) 2005 for instant messaging and Web conferencing; its Live Communications Client, code-named Istanbul;…
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Managed E-Mail Security Providers Woo VARs
Managed service providers focused on e-mail security have been around for a few years, but the time might be ripe for resellers to get involved. For one thing, managed services are taking a bite out of software’s share of the e-mail security market. “We see increased demand for this hosted approach and the appliance delivery…
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Cisco Wireless Networking Leader Takes a Break
The vice president and general manager of Cisco’s Wireless Networking Business Unit is leaving his post for at least six months, officials at the San Jose, Calif., networking giant confirmed Friday. Bill Rossi, who joined Cisco Systems Inc. in 1995, has been with the industry-leading wireless unit since 1999. He oversees the company’s SWAN (Structured…
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Chicken Swimsuit Model Hides Nasty Worm
Anti-virus vendors have raised the threat level on a double-barreled MSN Messenger worm that lures users with the promise of sexy image files. The worm, identified as W32/Bropia, arrives as a download link within MSN instant messaging sessions, but instead of sexy photographs, infected users get an image of a cooked chicken on a platter…
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High-Risk Flaws Patched in Eudora
Qualcomm has pushed out an update for its Eudora e-mail client to fix multiple security flaws that put users at risk of computer hijacking. The San Diego-based Qualcomm Inc., which offers a free version of the client alongside premium versions, said the new Eudora 6.2.1 corrects several vulnerabilities reported by research firm NGSS (Next Generation…
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Hunting Down E-Commerce Bandits
Somewhere in Arizona—they insist that their exact location be kept secret so that e-commerce bandits won’t recognize their address—sits a team of 18 Internet experts who hunt down people and companies that are either selling products illegally or are violating copyrights. But the real work is done overnight, where a suite of homegrown applications crawls…
