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Subject: September 2001 ECMgt.com: Evolving Infrastructure and Tools
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September 1, 2001 *4,200 subscribers* Volume 3, Issue 9
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  • Sun Introduces New Chip
  • Oracle to unlock e-Business suite
  • Microsoft to PC Makers: No Icon Monopolies
  • Does XP Have Firewall or Not?
  • IBM to open source WebSphere Linux tools
  • Apple Resolves QuickTime, Explorer Conflict
  • Evans Data Study Shows Vitality in Wireless Development
  • Microsoft patches ActiveX hole in Outlook
  • Intel warns PC makers to avoid Via chip set
  • World's Fastest Computer Unveiled
  • PeopleSoft readies a slew of new offerings
  • AOL faces criticism over Lotus IM interoperability
  • VA Linux again adjusts its key offerings to customers
  • Reaching For The Unrippable CD
  • Privacy groups take aim at Passport
  • Voice XML version 2 stalled over IP issue
  • Wireless Access Leaps Forward With First Linux Voice Messaging System
  • Intel looks to Summit to bring chips to new heights
  • Nintendo Delays U.S. GameCube Debut, Keeps Targets
  • Lotus better integrates Domino with WebSphere, DB2
  • Cisco unveils device for delivering wireless content
  • Windows XP to Descend on PC Makers

Sun Introduces New Chip
As Sun Microsystems announces the latest improvements to its market leading UltraSPARC III microprocessor.

Oracle to unlock e-Business suite
Oracle plans to open the schema of Oracle E-Business Suite to solution providers in September

Microsoft to PC Makers: No Icon Monopolies
Microsoft is offering computer makers an all-or-nothing proposition when it comes to placing Internet service icons on machines to be shipped with the new Windows XP.

Does XP Have Firewall or Not?
Microsoft says a posting on its website claiming it would offer industry standard security protection with its upcoming OS was just a matter of 'overexuberance.'

IBM to open source WebSphere Linux tools
IBM plans to open source its WebSphere Studio Workbench in the near future

Apple Resolves QuickTime, Explorer Conflict
Apple Computer has fixed a compatibility problem that prevented users of the most recent version of MS Web browser from viewing movies in the QuickTime format.

Evans Data Study Shows Vitality in Wireless Development
Global Study of Over 550 Developers Finds Wireless Applications Investment Expanding

Microsoft patches ActiveX hole in Outlook
Microsoft issued a security patch for a flawed ActiveX control that was discovered last month in its Outlook e-mail software, after initially telling users to simply disable that feature.

Intel warns PC makers to avoid Via chip set
Intel Corp., in its ongoing dispute with Via Technologies Inc., of Taiwan, is warning computer makers to steer clear of a new chip set from Via that could enable the manufacturers to build cheaper Pentium 4-based PCs.

World's Fastest Computer Unveiled
A U.S. government lab unveiled the most powerful computer in the world, programmed to simulate the explosion of a nuclear bomb

PeopleSoft readies a slew of new offerings
Peoplesoft is gearing up to unveil a new mobile computing enterprise architecture and a slew of new product lines at its PeopleSoft Connect 2001 user show in Atlanta.

AOL faces criticism over Lotus IM interoperability
While AOL eagerly heralded its test of IM interoperability with Lotus. Sametime corporate IM client, critics were quick to point out that this test will have no immediate benefit to the consumer IM market.

VA Linux again adjusts its key offerings to customers
Troubled open-source vendor VA Linux Systems Inc. will emphasize proprietary fee-based software in its SourceForge collaborative development application to help improve its financial future.

Reaching For The Unrippable CD
For music fans, it's a given. Copying songs from a CD into your computer and then recopying the files onto personal compilation CDs is hugely popular.

Privacy groups take aim at Passport
Privacy groups lined up to bash Microsoft Corp.'s Passport user authentication service

Voice XML version 2 stalled over IP issue
New version with new features due out at the end of the year

Wireless Access Leaps Forward With First Linux Voice Messaging System
TeleData Technology Inc. announced that it would ship in August the first commercially available voice messaging solution based entirely on the Linux operating system.

Intel looks to Summit to bring chips to new heights
Intel Corp. will use IBM server technology as one of the validation platforms to test its upcoming Intel Xeon MP processor and its next-generation processors, currently code-named McKinley.

Nintendo Delays U.S. GameCube Debut, Keeps Targets
Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd said it would delay the U.S. debut of its GameCube console by two weeks to ensure a smooth rollout.

Lotus better integrates Domino with WebSphere, DB2
Lotus Development Corp. will strengthen ties with corporate parent IBM's WebSphere application server and DB2 Universal Database products in the forthcoming release of Lotus Domino, code-named Rnext.

Cisco unveils device for delivering wireless content
Cisco Systems unveiled a new appliance for converting HTML and XML into other data formats suitable for use on wireless devices, cellular phones and PDAs

Windows XP to Descend on PC Makers
Microsoft, under pressure from several sides to get its new operating system out the door, will deliver final Windows XP code to PC makers in a big way: via airdrop.

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