-- Network Computing Online #3.33 --
Your Online IT Resource
http://www.networkcomputing.com/
Wednesday, November 30, 2005

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Here's what's cooking on NWC Online this week!

1) Network Computing Reports
2) 20 Years of Windows
3) New Online!
     - Microsoft Vista October CTP Pre-Beta 2
     - Protect Yourself Against Rogue Wireless Access Points
     - Secured Wireless Offers Enterprises More Than Just Peace of Mind
     - Special Coverage: IP4IT Conference
4) Audio/Visual Department
     - Time for The News Show
5) The Daily Blog
     - Certifiable Security
     - IP4IT - Day 2 report
6) YackITyYack
     - Top 11: Dumbest IT Predictions for 2006
     - NWC Channels
7) Calling All Readers
     - TechQuiz: Data Encryption
     - Cast Your Vote on Monthly Wireless Minute Usage
     - Network Computing Presents the Building, Deploying and Securing
        Training Series
     - Ventana Research Survey: Open Source and Application BI
8) Editors' Picks
     - Review Roundup: Five Web Conferencing Packages
     - IE's Newest Playbook: Right Here, Right Now: New Platforms for
        Integration
     - Cluster's Latest Stand
     - Companies Team for Linux-based Integrated Phone
     - ICANN Considers Freeing Up Single-Letter Domains
     - Featured White Paper: Agami: High Performance NAS
9) Download Mania
     - Right Email Backup 2.6
     - Right HTML Protector 3.0
10) Eye on Security
     - Alertcon: Sun Vulnerabilities
     - Security Threat Watch: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Google Search
        Appliance
11) Coming Events
     - Setting the Standard: A Formal Definition of the Enterprise 
Service Bus
     - Open for Business: The Service-Oriented Enterprise
     - Sarbanes Oxley and the Role of IT Asset Management
12) Subscription Information

Look for the next Network Computing Online newsletter on Wednesday,
December 7, 2005!


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1) Network Computing Reports

Our new, easy-to-navigate resource center lets you download PDFs of NWC
features and comparative reviews--for free. Search, download and share 
our
reports in an easy-to-read format to help you and your team analyze and
make purchasing decisions for today's technology solutions.
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2) 20 Years of Windows

By George Jones, Desktop Pipeline

a) The Twentieth Anniversary of Microsoft Windows
November 20 marks the twentieth anniversary of Microsoft Windows. We 
take
a look back at the highs and lows of the most popular, vilified and 
controversial
OS in the world.
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b) The Making of Windows 1.0
Think Microsoft's development and release of Windows 1.0 was smooth? 
Think
again.
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c) 20 Years of Windows Releases
Take a trip down memory lane with Windows' best and worst moments.
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d) Windows Timeline
Here's an outline of major Windows happenings, along with computing
milestones and world events for reference.
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e) The Future of Windows
Take a sneak peek at Vista, Blackcomb and beyond.
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Cast Your Vote for Your Favorite Version of Windows.
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20 Years of Windows Releases: Screenshot Tour.
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3) New Online!

a) Microsoft Vista October CTP Pre-Beta 2
By Scot Finnie (originally published on Desktop Pipeline)
Another Community Technology Preview release of Vista adds features for
networking and the Control Panel, including a great new Mobility 
Control.
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b) Protect Yourself Against Rogue Wireless Access Points
By Matthew Friedman (originally published on Networking Pipeline)
As wireless networks proliferate, so do rogue access points, set up by
employees or hackers intent on stealing data and customers. Here's how 
you
can protect yourself against these pests.
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c) Secured Wireless Offers Enterprises More Than Just Peace of Mind
By Jennifer Bosavage (originally published on Security Pipeline)
Two midsize retail operations discover a cost-efficient way to secure 
wireless
networking internally for greater efficiency and push it out of house 
as a
customer service offering.
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d) Special Coverage: IP4IT Conference
Join our editors for their recap of the IP.4.IT Conference, where IT
professionals learned to better understand the fast-moving world of 
IP-based
business applications, trends and opportunities.
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4) Audio/Visual Department

a) Time for The News Show
Ready for an irreverent inside look at the technology industry? Tune in 
to "The
News Show." Our special media presentation features breaking news, 
technical
reviews and trend analysis, along with gossip, opinions and an 
overheated rant
or two. The News Show is available at 12:00 PM EDT every weekday at:
http://www.networkcomputing.com/
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5) The Daily Blog

a) Certifiable Security
By Curt Franklin
It's not like we don't have enough acronyms floating around our
industry--acronyms for standards, technologies, product designations 
and
professional certifications. Add to that list the group of acronyms and 
names
for product certifications administered by various groups, and the 
alphabet
soup gets truly thick and meaty.
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b) IP4IT - Day 2 report
By Michael J. DeMaria
Podcast - Collaboration on the Go, Episode 03 - In this episode, I 
continue to
talk about a few more vendors at the expo, recap a few more panel
conferences, rant about Web conferencing marketers and complain about
overpriced coffee. All in under 15 minutes.
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Read more entries from The Daily Blog.
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6) YackITyYack

a) Top 11: Dumbest IT Predictions for 2006
This week, we're looking for the "Top 11 dumbest IT predictions for 
2006."
Make us roll over with laughter and we may print your funnies in the 
magazine
and/or online. Here are a few ideas to get you chuckling:
*The iPod will replace the Wintel platform as the most popular 
enterprise
server.
*Cisco will stop buying other companies and start giving subsidiaries 
away with
every router.
*Larry Ellison will invent a new kitchen appliance, quit his job and 
start
doing late-night infomercials.

Submit your entries here:
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b) NWC Channels
Get a daily dose of industry news, commentaries, analysis and reviews 
from our
editors and industry experts focusing on key technology areas such as 
security,
business strategy, convergence and more.
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7) Calling All Readers

a) TechQuiz: Data Encryption
There's still time to take our latest quiz to find out if your data 
encryption
chops are up to snuff. If you can outsmart our editors, we'll throw 
your name
into the hat for a free NWC collectible.
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b) Cast Your Vote on Monthly Wireless Minute Usage
Enter the Voting Booth and tell the truth. Come on, you know you want 
to.
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c) Network Computing Presents the Building, Deploying and Securing 
Training
Series
Network Computing is offering two specialized training courses on 
Wireless
LANs and Voice over IP. These hands-on, multi-day courses will offer an
immersive learning experience designed for network administrators and
engineers. For more information on these courses, including course 
dates,
locations and detailed course outlines, go to:
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d) Ventana Research Survey: Open Source and Application BI
Implementation of business intelligence applications and systems is a 
top
priority within enterprises today. Driving that prioritization is a 
need for
improved business agility, compliance with regulatory reporting 
requirements
and reduction of IT costs, among other factors. This survey explores 
two
themes: use and adoption of open-source BI software and use and 
adoption of
BI software to access information from enterprise applications (e.g., 
ERP, CRM,
etc.). Please take the survey at:
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8) Editors' Picks

a) Review Roundup: Five Web Conferencing Packages
By Matt McKenzie, InternetWeek
With travel budgets slashed and airlines going bankrupt, applications 
by
Citrix, Convoq, Elluminate, Microsoft and Webex can keep you in touch.
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b) IE's Newest Playbook: Right Here, Right Now: New Platforms for 
Integration
By the Editors of Intelligent Enterprise
The old methods of tying together unwieldy, elephantine applications is 
coming
to a close. In the new era of SOA (service-oriented architecture) and 
ESB
(enterprise service bus) platforms, flexible, scalable and inexpensive
integration for the enterprise is possible here and now.
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c) Cluster's Latest Stand
By Art Wittmann, IT Architect
Professional-grade tools for Linux and new attention from Microsoft 
make
high-performance clusters an increasingly attractive alternative to 
expensive
SMP systems.
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d) Companies Team for Linux-based Integrated Phone
By John Walko, EE Times
Linux operating system specialist MontaVista Software has teamed with
Mobilinux Open Framework partners SKY MobileMedia, Bluefin Mobile and 
Digital
Airways to develop an integrated mobile phone solution atop 
MontaVista's
Linux OS.
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e) ICANN Considers Freeing Up Single-Letter Domains
By Anick Jesdanun, The Associated Press
The Internet's key oversight agency is considering lifting restrictions 
on
single-letter Web addresses. Names like "a.com" could become hot
commodities, leading to an online real-estate rush.
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f) Featured White Paper: Agami: High Performance NAS
By Agami Systems
With the introduction of AIS (agami information servers), Agami Systems 
has
created a major advancement in NAS (network attached storage). This 
paper
explores the advantages of AIS system-level design for extensive data
protection and reliability for levels of availability and data 
integrity
required in these enterprise market applications.
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See more white papers, research abstracts, case studies and product
information in the Network Computing Tech Library.
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For additional research, check out our online encyclopedia providing 
Web-based
definitions of IT terms.
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You can find links to these and other breaking news stories organized 
by
technology via our handy NetNews Service.
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9) Download Mania: Select Files From IT Pro Downloads

a) Right Email Backup 2.6
Right Email Backup is designed to protect important information stored 
inside
your e-mail program from loss. It creates a reserve copy of everything 
any
time you want. It works as a hidden agent, and you will never need it 
until you
want to restore something in your e-mail program.

Download at:
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Size: 1,368k
Platform: Windows
Licensing: Shareware

b) Right HTML Protector 3.0
Right HTML Protector prevents others from using your articles, artwork,
photos, Web design and scripts without your permission. The change is 
totally
invisible to site visitors; the tool saves the original appearance of 
your Web
page but helps to avoid Web plagiarism and cloning. Encrypted HTML and
source code also blocks Web site rippers and e-mail extractors used to 
collect
spamming e-mail bases.

Download at:
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Size: 1,606k
Platform: Windows
Licensing: Shareware

Note: By using IT Pro Downloads you agree to these terms of use.
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10) Eye on Security

a) Alertcon: Sun Vulnerabilities
Sun released three Alert Notifications (102050, 102003 and 102017) to
Address vulnerabilities affecting the Sun JRE (Java Runtime 
Environment). A
remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to bypass certain
restrictions and compromise a vulnerable system.
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b) Security Threat Watch: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Google Search 
Appliance
A notable bug this week is found in the Google Search Appliance. The 
bug
manifests by allowing users to specify remote XSLT stylesheets to use 
for
presenting XML data. Many of the various security ramifications of 
allowing a
user to specify an arbitrary XSLT stylesheet are described in the 
reference URL
below.
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For more security alerts and information, sign up for our free Security 
Threat
Watch newsletter.
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11) Coming Events

a) Setting the Standard: A Formal Definition of the Enterprise Service 
Bus
--An Intelligent Enterprise Vendor Perspectives TechWebCast
Thursday, December 1, 2005
9:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM CT / 12:00 PM ET
Although the ESB (enterprise service bus) has been called out as "core" 
to
deploying SOA, the debate continues on what an ESB is and exactly how 
its
architecture provides rapid response to business demands. In this
TechWebCast, Sonic Software will present a formal definition of ESB 
using
industry standard notation and share--through a number of customer
examples--why it should be at the core of your SOA.
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b) Open for Business: The Service-Oriented Enterprise
--An IT Architect Vendor Perspectives TechWebCast
Wednesday, December 7, 2005
9:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM CT / 12:00 PM ET
In this informative TechWebCast, Capgemini will outline its strategy, 
including
its close collaboration with Oracle and HP to implement SOE for joint
customers, for transforming companies into agile service-oriented 
enterprises.
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c) Sarbanes Oxley and the Role of IT Asset Management
--An InformationWeek Vendor Perspectives TechWebCast
Thursday, December 8, 2005
9:00 AM PT /11:00 AM CT / 12:00 PM ET
Although some major milestones have been met, there is still a long way 
to go
on the road to achieving Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, especially within 
the IT
organization. Join Peregrine and Protiviti for this TechWebcast, where 
you will
learn from leading industry experts in the area of IT Asset Management 
and
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance.
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What can a global services strategy do for your enterprise?
Find out at the 2006 Global Services Conference
"Sourcing Strategies for People, Processes and Technologies"
Thursday, February 2, 2006, NYC. Producers: CMP-CyberMedia LLC
REGISTER Now and Save $200 (Input priority code: GS6NL)
http://update.networkcomputing.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/esRZ0GPvuP0G6u0DuDJ0GZ 
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