Folders

It's the coolest thing many people say they've
seen in a while: Apple's sleek new iPod music
player. But here's the hitch: There's no Windows
version right now. Will there be? I'm betting
on it. And here's my plan for Steve Jobs' foray
into darkness.

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Sylvia Carr

MS TO SETTLE?... LINUX PDA SHIPS... OPEN SOURCE FACES REALITY...

Microsoft may settle! Again! This time,
it could get out of a slew of private antitrust
suits by donating software to schools.
A good cause, no doubt. But does that
really make up for its legal violations?

http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?/adeskb/adt1120/2826278:8593142

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Stephen Howard-Sarin

VIVA LAS VEGAS! YOU'RE STILL IN A COMDEX STATE OF
MIND

New products and people from Fall Comdex dominate
this week's tally of top tech search terms.
Why fly to Vegas when a search engine will bring
you the latest? Stephen finds out what's piquing
your interest--from Xbox and GameCube to
Jorma Ollila and Harry Potter.

http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?/adeskb/adt1120/2826290:8593142

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Robert Vamosi

HOW HACK ATTACKS ARE GETTING SMARTER--AND HARDER
TO STOP

Malicious users are learning to better outsmart
their captors, a new report says. They're
using hard-to-detect worms to carry out denial-of-service
attacks, and targeting routers that could
bring down whole portions of the Internet.
What should you watch out for? Robert has the
scoop.

http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?/adeskb/adt1120/2826211:8593142

> > > > >

Preston Gralla

MAKE WINDOWS YOUR OWN: 3 EASY WAYS TO CUSTOMIZE XP

You've been playing with Microsoft's newest
operating system for a month or so--now it's
time to start bending it to your will. Though
XP downloads are still hard to come by, Preston
has found three that let you tweak the OS's
look and optimize its performance.

http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?/adeskb/adt1120/2826167:8593142

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