Thursday, November 23, 2006

Google News finds more trouble in Europe ... Firefox vulnerable to password-stealing attack

HIGHLIGHTS
News: Microsoft files more documents to avoid E.U. fine
News: Wanted: Buyer for Siemens enterprise networks group
News: Google News finds more trouble in Europe
News: Firefox vulnerable to password-stealing attack
Opinion: Thousands of wireless access points
Podcast: Today's IT news audio update
ITwhirled: In defense of difficult clients


NEWS UPDATES

Microsoft files more documents to avoid E.U. fine
Microsoft submitted the latest batch of technical information about its Windows operating system to the European Commission antitrust department Thursday, meeting the last in a string of deadlines imposed by the regulator over the past two years.

Wanted: Buyer for Siemens enterprise networks group
German electronics and engineering conglomerate Siemens AG is discovering that selling products can be much easier than selling parts of the company. Talks to unload Siemens Enterprise Networks, a unprofitable unit that sells communications equipment to businesses, "are continuing" with several interested parties, but no buyer has been found yet, Siemens spokeswoman Monika Brücklmeier said Thursday.

Google News finds more trouble in Europe
Google is facing mounting protests from newspaper publishers in Europe, the impact of which could ultimately affect the amount of content available to end users through search engines.

Firefox vulnerable to password-stealing attack
A flaw in Mozilla Corp.'s Firefox browser makes it easy for cybercriminals to steal user information on Web sites where users create their own pages, such as MySpace.com.

Siemens fraud investigation deepens
The investigation into fraud at Siemens now involves as much as $258 million, ten times the liability previously admitted. Two more Siemens staff have been arrested, with six people now in custody.


OPINION

Thousands of wireless access points
By James Gaskin

How well are you managing your wireless network? Do you know where all your access points are? Do you know how many clients are using those access points at this moment? Now multiply those questions by over 7,000 access points spread across 220 locations, and give me your answers.

That was the problem facing the Fairfax County (Virginia) Public Schools and their plan to provide wireless broadband network access for every classroom across their district. An ambitious and obviously well-funded district, Fairfax County needed immediate support for wireless problems. If a classroom has a problem, and tech support is an hour away, the class will be over before help can arrive. Thus the need for leading edge management.


PODCAST

Daily IT News Audio Update
U.K. company sells preowned Microsoft licenses in the U.S. ... Palm starts taking orders for new Treo ... Asustek introduces new motherboard for quad-core chips


ITWHIRLED

In defense of difficult clients
You know who we're talking about: the client whose last site was built by his son using FrontPage or the client who doesn't understand your aversion to "click here" links. But this article proposes that such clients might be the best thing that ever happens to you.

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