BizAnalyst Network: Microsoft Expands Sharing of Code (A Ziff Davis Publication)

Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Microsoft Expands Sharing of Code (A Ziff Davis Publication)

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August 30, 2005

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In This Edition
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1. Microsoft Expands Sharing of Code
2. Let's Get Really Small
3. Wireless Broadband: The Next, Cheap Wave?
4. Missed Church? Download It to Your IPod.
5. Piracy Crackdown Spurs Shift in Online File-Sharing
6. Researchers: Distorting Biometrics Enhances Security
7. WiMax: Wireless Pie in Sky or the Next Tech Revolution?
8. Caution Marks Outsourcing in China

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WEEK IN REVIEW
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1. Microsoft Expands Sharing of Code

From MSNBC.com (Topic: Open Source), Aug. 30:
Microsoft Corp. is expanding a program to give government
organizations access to some of its tightly guarded software
blueprints amid growing competition from rivals who make
such source code freely available.
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2. Let's Get Really Small

From Wired.com (Topic: Nanotechnology), Aug. 30:
Few new technologies seem to generate as many headlines
these days as nanotechnology, the field of building things
at scales of billionths of a meter. Major breakthroughs are
coming at a torrid pace. Earlier this month, researchers in
Texas and Australia reported success on an experiment to
build carbon nanotube sheets they believe could be of use in
the technology industry. Meanwhile, scientists in San Diego
and South Carolina developed nano-scale structures that can
function as electrical switches.

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3. Wireless Broadband: The Next, Cheap Wave?

From Business Week (Topic: Mobility), Aug. 30:
Just in time for back-to-school shopping, Verizon Wireless
has slashed the price on its high-speed mobile Internet
service. Customers of the No. 2 U.S. mobile-phone carrier
can now browse the Web and download Internet data on
wireless laptops, using its EV-DO, or Evolution-Data
Optimized, technology, for about $60 a month, compared with
$80 previously.
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4. Missed Church? Download It to Your IPod.

From The New York Times (Topic: Podcasting), Aug. 29:
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Kyle Lewis, 25, missed going to church one Sunday last
month. But he did not miss the sermon. Mr. Lewis, who
regularly attends services of the National Community Church
in Alexandria, Va., listened to the sermon while he was at
the gym, through a recording he had downloaded to his iPod.
Instead of listening to the rock music his gym usually
plays, he heard his pastor's voice.
http://ct.enews.cioinsight.com/rd/cts?d=188-251-1-20-22195-31291-0-0-0-1

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5. Piracy Crackdown Spurs Shift in Online File-Sharing

From Reuters (Topic: Piracy), Aug. 29:
Traffic in the popular file-sharing network BitTorrent has
fallen in the wake of a crackdown on piracy, but file
sharers have merely shifted to another network, eDonkey, new
data released on Monday showed.
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6. Researchers: Distorting Biometrics Enhances Security

From CNN (Topic: Biometrics), Aug. 29:
A trick reminiscent of a fun-house mirror might improve the
security and privacy of the access-control technology that
examines fingerprints, facial features or other personal
characteristics.
http://ct.enews.cioinsight.com/rd/cts?d=188-251-1-20-22195-31297-0-0-0-1

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7. WiMax: Wireless Pie in Sky or the Next Tech Revolution?

From USA Today (Topic: WiMax), Aug. 29:
On a stormy day at an Argentine agricultural school, Maria
del Carmen Villar stood in front of a camera that streamed
her image over the Internet to a conference in San
Francisco--more than 6,500 miles away.
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8. Caution Marks Outsourcing in China

From eWeek (Topic: Outsourcing), Aug. 29:
Lured by a skilled work force and rock-bottom wages, IT
customers are eyeing China's outsourcers longingly, with one
major misgiving: the risk of losing intellectual property.
To take advantage of the opportunity while still protecting
sensitive data--customer records, proprietary business
practices, patents, copyrights and trade secrets--some U.S.
companies are taking a slow and careful approach to dealing
with Chinese outsourcers.
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