* Technologist turns fashionista * School traps infected PCs in its web * Exploit circulating for newly patched Oracle bug * EMC to buy document capture vendor Captiva * Cartoon of the Week * The top fives * Today on Layer 8
New York, London, Paris, Milan – and now the Internet. A network start-up veteran has used his expertise to bring together the worlds of women’s fashion and e-commerce, and neither will be the same again. Technologist turns fashionista http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101705widernet.html?net&story=101705widernet
New York, London, Paris, Milan – and now the Internet. A network start-up veteran has used his expertise to bring together the worlds of women’s fashion and e-commerce, and neither will be the same again.
Technologist turns fashionista
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/101705widernet.html?net&story=101705widernet
School traps infected PCs in its web
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s book, Shelob was a giant spider who mainly caught Orcs in its web. IT staffers at the University of Indianapolis have created a Shelob that catches PCs before they can hurt anything else in a network.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/102005-shelob-security.html?net&story=102005-shelob-security
Exploit circulating for newly patched Oracle bug
Database administrators now have a little added incentive to install Oracle’s latest security patches, released earlier this week. Malicious software is now circulating that can crash an unpatched database server, and one security expert predicted that more malware targeting the 89 recently patched vulnerabilities is on the way.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/102005-oracle-bug.html?net&story=102005-oracle-bug
EMC to buy document capture vendor Captiva
EMC agreed Thursday to acquire Captiva Software, a maker of software for digitally capturing documents, for about $275 million.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/102005-emc-captiva.html?net&story=102005-emc-captiva
Cartoon of the Week
Get a sneak peek at Monday’s cartoon.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/102405-cartoon-microsoft.html?net&story=1024cartoon
The Top Fives
Every day we bring you the most-read stories in this newsletter – but what about the most-read blogs, opinions and newsletters? Today you can see the best of the week on our home page (scroll down to “The Top Fives”).
http://www.networkworld.com/?net&story=home
Today on Layer 8, where we’re always hunkered down:
School offers virtual gym class; “BlackBerry Thumb” on the rise; get apps for your Tivo; and two sentenced to death over cybercafe fire; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.
http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/?net&story=layer8
