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IPOD FOR WINDOWS: WHY JOBS MUST JOIN THE DARK SIDE

    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.

http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?/adeskb/adt1120/2826186:8593142


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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


                        > > > > >


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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