computerdisc-l: FW: Computerworld Week in Review

["Patti Abraham" <psa1@ra.msstate.edu>]

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                  Computerworld Week in Review
                      January 4, 2002
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In this issue:

* BSA Offers One-month Grace Period To Software Pirates
* Web Services, Internet Collaboration Pose Security Challenges For 2002
* Tech Support Firm To Close Call Centers, Cut 230 Jobs
* U.K. Defense Ministry Cuts Back Inventory Management Project
* CIA-backed Analysis Tool Eyed For Passenger Checks
* Update: States Want Judge To Deny Microsoft Antitrust Hearing Delay



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BSA Offers One-month Grace Period To Software Pirates

The Business Software Alliance, a software watchdog group, is offering
businesses running unlicensed software in a dozen U.S. cities a chance to
become
 legal without having to pay past penalties imposed by the vendor group.

http://computerworld.com/nlt/1%2C3590%2CNAV47_STO67082_NLTWK%2C00.html

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Web Services, Internet Collaboration Pose Security Challenges For 2002

Increased use of videoconferencing and Internet-collaboration technologies,
the
rush to Web services and a new class of malicious code that blends virus and
wormlike capabilities are some of the biggest security challenges for 2002,
analysts said.

http://computerworld.com/nlt/1%2C3590%2CNAV47_STO67064_NLTWK%2C00.html

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Tech Support Firm To Close Call Centers, Cut 230 Jobs

In an effort to reduce costs, Sykes Enterprises, which provides customer
support
 for computer users, is cutting 230 jobs worldwide and closing two U.S call
centers and one European operation.

http://computerworld.com/nlt/1%2C3590%2CNAV47_STO67056_NLTWK%2C00.html


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U.K. Defense Ministry Cuts Back Inventory Management Project

Budget cutbacks at the U.K.'s Ministry of Defense, which may be tied to the
war
in Afghanistan, will mean a drastic scaling back of a large supply chain
procurement applications rollout from Indus International Inc.

http://computerworld.com/nlt/1%2C3590%2CNAV47_STO67044_NLTWK%2C00.html

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CIA-backed Analysis Tool Eyed For Passenger Checks

Data analysis software that's used by casinos to catch cheaters is being
tested
by one of the four big computerized reservation systems as a way to
identify
suspected terrorists who book flights or hotel rooms.

http://computerworld.com/nlt/1%2C3590%2CNAV47_STO66913_NLTWK%2C00.html

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Update: States Want Judge To Deny Microsoft Antitrust Hearing Delay

The nine states that refused to sign a settlement agreement in the landmark
antitrust case against Microsoft urged a federal judge on Monday to turn
down
the software maker's request to delay a hearing on behavioral remedies.

http://computerworld.com/nlt/1%2C3590%2CNAV47_STO67017_NLTWK%2C00.html


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