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HOT NEWS | Today's Headlines
1. TOP NEWS STORIES
- Lotus Notes/Domino 7 Beta 4: One last chance to "kick the tires"
- Send Bulk Emails with personalized salutations using Lotus Notes
- CNET: IBM targets Microsoft's suite spot -- An interview with Ambuj Goyal
- Integrating Netegrity SiteMinder 5.5 with IBM Sametime 6.5x
- Introducing the IBM Workplace Client Technology API
- Security APIs in Notes/Domino 7.0
- Discovering Activity Explorer in the IBM Workplace Managed Client
- IBM Completes Acquisition of PureEdge Solutions
2. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND OTHER RELATED TECHNOLOGY NEWS
- Site lets workers share stories of firing
- Deep Throat Move Over: Disgruntled IT Employees Expose All
- Study: Technology 'optimists' turn off TV
- Comcast and Time Warner Cable take over bankrupt Adelphia Communications
- An early look at Windows Vista
- Offshore Update: Beyond Indian Borders
- New for back-to-school: 'clickers'
- IBM doubles speed of silicon germanium chips
- Worms could dodge Net traps
- Much ado over Apple-Intel developer box
- MS Patch Day: Six Bulletins on Deck
- Amazon.com preps digital music service
- Mozilla Goes Corporate; Analysts Say It's All Good
- Lenovo Partners Left Empty-Handed
- Will Your PC Run Windows Vista?
- IBM to Acquire DWL
- IBM #1 In Enterprise Content Management Marketshare According To Report
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LEAD STORY
LOTUS NOTES/DOMINO 7 BETA 4: ONE LAST CHANCE TO "KICK THE TIRES" - AND
TO PREVIEW COLLABORATION LEADERSHIP | Lotus
The Beta 4 release of Lotus Notes/Domino 7 is now available. This is the
final expected beta build before the product ships later in Q3 of this year.
Beta 4 is a great chance for customers to kick the tires of software that's
close to its final release.
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OTHER HEADLINES
SEND BULK EMAILS WITH PERSONALIZED SALUTATIONS USING LOTUS NOTES |
DominoNews
You can now use your existing Lotus Notes mail system to send email blasts
such as newsletters, product alerts, etc. to your customers. IVE
Technologies
sells a Lotus Notes product called Print Merge Express which supports bulk
emailing, as well as, mail merge printing and graphical reporting
functionality. The tool allows you to send email blasts to specified
customer
email contacts in your Lotus Notes Personal Address Book or other Lotus
Notes
database. It will send one email per contact which is addressed in the "To"
field, so if you have 1,000 contacts then 1,000 individual emails will
be sent.
Optionally, you can personalize the salutation of the email such as
"Dear Mr. Smith,". The email blast can be sent immediately or scheduled
daily,
weekly, monthly with optional load balancing functionality. If you are
storing
your customer contacts in another system such as an Excel spreadsheet
you can
import them into the provided sample database which can then be used for the
email blast.
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CNET: IBM TARGETS MICROSOFT'S SUITE SPOT -- AN INTERVIEW WITH AMBUJ
GOYAL | Lotus
Ambuj Goyal, General Manager of IBM Workplace, Collaboration and Portal
software, talked with CNET recently about the business value behind the IBM
Workplace strategy. The story, CNET: IBM targets Microsoft's suite spot,
highlights the fact that IBM is creating a larger market opportunity with
IBM Workplace, which is driving the growth of the Lotus brand.
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INTEGRATING NETEGRITY SITEMINDER 5.5 WITH IBM SAMETIME 6.5X | Lotus
developerWorks
This article explains how you can integrate Netegrity SiteMinder with IBM
Lotus Sametime to implement a single sign-on (SSO) environment.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/library/siteminder-st65/
INTRODUCING THE IBM WORKPLACE CLIENT TECHNOLOGY API | Lotus developerWorks
Develop applications for the IBM Workplace Managed Client (rich client)
platform with the IBM Workplace Client Technology API, part of the IBM
Workplace Collaboration Services API Toolkit.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/library/wcs-toolkit/
SECURITY APIS IN NOTES/DOMINO 7.0 | Lotus developerWorks
Take a sneak peek at the new encryption/decryption APIs offered by Lotus
Notes and Domino 7.0.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/library/nd7-security-api/
DISCOVERING ACTIVITY EXPLORER IN THE IBM WORKPLACE MANAGED CLIENT |
Lotus developerWorks
Learn about the Activity Explorer in IBM Workplace Managed Client, a
productivity tool that helps teams to better manage projects through
collaboration.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/library/ae/
IBM COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF PUREEDGE SOLUTIONS | Lotus
On July 19 IBM announced that it has entered into an agreement to
acquire PureEdge, a leading provider of electronic forms-based business
process management software and services. PureEdge Solutions Inc. is a
privately held company established in 1993 with approximately 70 employees.
Read what the press is saying.
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Site lets workers share stories of firing | CNN Tech
Pink slip doesn't leave them red-faced -- Site lets workers share stories
of firing -- Getting fired is rarely a happy event, but that doesn't mean
you can't have a sense of humor about it. That's what Simply Hired, a
5-month-old employment-related Internet startup, counted on when it
started an affiliated Web site Simply Fired -- devoted to the stories of
workers who have received a pink slip for a silly, outrageous or
embarrassing reason. The Mountain View-based company is even offering a
prize to the biggest "loser" -- a Caribbean cruise that will include
passengers famously fired by Donald Trump on his popular television
show, "The Apprentice."
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/08/04/simply.hired.ap/index.html
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Deep Throat Move Over: Disgruntled IT Employees Expose All | TechsUnite.org
"Fair Globalization" May Be the Answer to Offshoring -- Another day, another
set of corporate slides arrives in the WashTech/CWA Local 37083 office in
Seattle. "We don't go looking for these slides," said Marcus Courtney,
President of WashTech. "But disgruntled employees continue to send evidence
of their companies’ offshoring plans to us through anonymous phone calls,
faxes, emails and even brown paper envelopes."
http://www.techsunite.org/news/050801_deepthroat.cfm
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Study: Technology 'optimists' turn off TV | CNN Tech
Broadband Internet surfers in North America watch two fewer hours of
television per week than do those without Internet access, while those
using a dial-up connection watch 1.5 fewer hours of TV. The data come from a
Forrester Research study released Tuesday that uses what it calls the
longest-running survey of its kind, counting nearly 69,000 people in the
U.S. and Canada as participants.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/08/03/broadband.tv.reut/index.html
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Comcast and Time Warner Cable take over bankrupt Adelphia Communications
assets | TechsUnite.org
Will Your Cable Service Get Worse? Comcast and Time Warner Cable are about
to take over the assets of bankrupt Adelphia Communications. Once they do
this, they want to "swap" subscribers in hundreds of cities in order to
dominate local media markets and reduce competition. After the acquisition
and swaps, Time Warner will control Los Angeles, Dallas, Cleveland, Ohio,
and western New York. Comcast will control even larger areas in
Philadelphia,
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Massachusetts, Atlanta, Miami, Orlando,
and Minneapolis, among others. Click here to speak out about this plan:
http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/comcast_fcc/x58xbs20766i67?
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An early look at Windows Vista | CNN Tech
Known for years by the code name "Longhorn," the successor to Microsoft's
Windows XP has been dubbed "Longwait" for its numerous delays. As features
have been announced, it's also been accused of copying Apple Computer Inc.'s
Mac OS X. And that was before most people had the chance to see -- let alone
use -- what's now been christened Windows Vista.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/ptech/08/04/windows.vista.ap/index.html
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Offshore Update: Beyond Indian Borders | TechsUnite.org
2 new companies were added onto the TechsUnite Offshore Tracker this month,
contributing to an additional 12,179 jobs laid off and 22,390 jobs
offshored.
One of the major contributors to this month’s tracker numbers is ABN AMRO,
with an additional 2,300 jobs offshored and a current 3,500 U.S. jobs laid
off. A second contributor is Delta Airlines, with an additional 1,600 U.S.
lay-offs and 300 jobs offshore. Ford Motor Company is cutting 1,700 of its
white-collar jobs in North America, along with the bonuses it provides to
managers and 401K plans of salaried employees.
http://www.techsunite.org/offshore
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New for back-to-school: 'clickers'
Students in Ann Auleb's biology of human sexuality class at San Francisco
State University are often shy about joining classroom debates on gay
marriage, abortion, circumcision and other emotion-stirring topics. But
more students came out of their shells this spring when Auleb introduced
"clickers" into her classes. Students used the handheld gadgets, which
look and work a lot like TV remote controls, to respond to classroom polls
and quizzes without ever raising their hands or voices.
http://news.com.com/New+for+back-to-school+clickers/2100-1041_3-5819171.html?tag=nefd.lede
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IBM doubles speed of silicon germanium chips | CNET
IBM will announce on Friday the availability of its fourth generation of
chips based on silicon germanium technology. The new semiconductors, named
8HP and 8WL, are twice as fast as the previous generation of chips. The
previous generation chip ran at 100 GHz, while this new generation of
chips will run at a maximum speed of 200 GHz.
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Worms could dodge Net traps | CNET
Future worms could evade a network of early-warning sensors hidden across
the Internet unless countermeasures are taken, according to new research.
In a pair of papers presented at the Usenix Security Symposium here
Thursday,
computer scientists said would-be attackers can locate such sensors, which
act as trip wires that detect unusual activity. That would permit nefarious
activities to take place without detection.
http://news.com.com/Worms+could+dodge+Net+traps/2100-7349_3-5819293.html?tag=nefd.top
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Much ado over Apple-Intel developer box | CNET
Apple Computer fans are upset over a security chip found in a special x86-
based PowerMac--a chip designed to prevent people from loading the company's
new Intel-centered OS onto non-Apple machines.
http://news.com.com/Much+ado+over+Apple-Intel+developer+box/2100-1016_3-5819211.html?tag=nefd.top
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MS Patch Day: Six Bulletins on Deck | eWeek
Microsoft plans to release six security bulletins on Aug. 9 to fix a range
of potentially serious Windows vulnerabilities. Some of the vulnerabilities
carry a maximum severity rating of "critical," meaning they could put
Windows machines at risk of an Internet worm, even without any user action.
As is customary, the software maker isn't providing any details until the
bulletins are posted.
http://www.eweek.com/category2/0,1874,1570277,00.asp
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Amazon.com preps digital music service | CNET
Ecommerce giant Amazon.com appears to be preparing a digital music
service to
compete with Apple Computer's iTunes at last, according to a job listing
posted on a popular industry blog.
http://news.com.com/Amazon.com+preps+digital+music+service/2100-1025_3-5819046.html?tag=nefd.top
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Mozilla Goes Corporate; Analysts Say It's All Good | eWeek
Mozilla's gone corporate, and analysts of all stripes say that's a good
thing.
The company's announcement this week that it is creating a for-profit
addition to the company, in order to bring in cash from the successful
Firefox browser, seemed like a natural progression for most analysts,
but all
have differing ideas about the Mozilla Corp.'s future plans.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1843980,00.asp
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Lenovo Partners Left Empty-Handed | eWeek
Sales of IBM PCs under new owner Lenovo have proven so successful that the
company is having trouble filling orders for some models, according to a
Lenovo executive. For Lenovo Group Ltd. channel partners trying to fill
customer orders, the product constraints are a hassle. Some partners worry
their end-user customers will switch to other brands when buying systems.
http://www.thechannelinsider.com/article2/0,1895,1843617,00.asp
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Will Your PC Run Windows Vista? | eWeek
Not all PCs will gain a full view of Windows Vista. Microsoft Corp. has yet
to finalize the minimum requirements for a PC to run its forthcoming
operating
system. But numerous PC industry watchers predict a dichotomy for the OS,
which is due in late 2006. Although it will be able to run on all but
the most
ancient machines, the OS will favor newer and relatively powerful machines
when it comes to showing its true colors, analysts say.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1843945,00.asp
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IBM to Acquire DWL | IBM Software
Customer Data Integration Software to Strengthen IBM's Information
Management Portfolio
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IBM Number One In Enterprise Content Management Marketshare According To
Report| IBM Software
IBM today announced it is the leading enterprise content management vendor
(ECM), in terms of worldwide license revenue, for 2004 according to a report
issued by the independent research firm Gartner, Inc.[1] The report states
that IBM led all vendors of enterprise content management, which includes
core capabilities like integrated document management, web content
management,
records management, document capture, document-based collaboration and
workflow.
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