Where is Askja [äs'kyä] ?• In Iceland, elevation 4,954 feet• The crater lake was formed after Askja’s most

devastating eruption in 1875• The crater itself is called viti (hell)

Technology Week In Review from VitiPresented by: Askja

Amber EslingerSomaly Hoy Roy KungKris LarsonLuis Zapata

I’m Feeling Lucky

Google Talk now fully interoperable with XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol) Networks AOL, Yahoo and Microsoft still use proprietary protocols

Will there be a day when we can IM across all networks?

Google buys radio ad provider Will pay $10.2 million cash!

Radio advertising is new area for Google to broaden it’s advertising mix

Will Google dominate both online media as well as traditional media?

Just It!

Somaly Hoy

http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/01/17/73975_HNgoogleradioad_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/01/17/73975_HNgoogleradioad_1.html

http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/01/17/74266_HNgoogletalkxmpp_1.html

NEWS FLASH

Application of RFID

San Francisco airport starts to accept E-passports. US will issue RFID passports starting Nov. 2006

Pfizer uses RFID to stop Viagra counterfeiters

Chase Bank uses “blink” technology to speed up credit, debit cards transaction

RFID tags production will increase 25-fold in next 4 years

http://www.informationweek.com/hardware/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=175802149http://www.informationweek.com/hardware/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=175803444http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/technology/13644995.htmhttp://www.informationweek.com/hardware/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=177101563

Roy Kung

“It's a Mac, Mac, Mac, Macworld”

Apple PC sales hold merely 4% of the PC market

Apple incorporates new Intel low-power Core Duo chip

Mac's run 2 to 5 times faster with new chip

New Intel iMac machines boot with improved EFI process instead of old BIOS system

Kris Larson

Microsoft signs 5 year agreement to support Apple applications of Office and Windows

New version of Windows "Vista" to operate using new EFI boot up system

Apple stresses software developers to write code in Universal language

Possible to run Windows based software in one universal format

Kris Larson

“It's a Mac, Mac, Mac, Macworld”

Microsoft moves away from supporting media software for Apple applications

With the popularity of the iPod many applications of Windows running iTunes to support iPod use

With the introduction of Vista it may be possible to run more Apple based software applications in Windows format

Kris Larson

“It's a Mac, Mac, Mac, Macworld”

BUGS

“Oracle releases quarterly security patches”

37 vulnerabilities in the company's database software

A number of security patches cover the Oracle Database Listener

Corporate users should test and apply these patches as soon as possible

Next patches scheduled for release on April 18

http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/01/17/74265_HNoraclepatch_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/01/17/74265_HNoraclepatch_1.html

Amber Eslinger

“You've got problems: AOL patches photo flaw”

Critical flaw in AOL's You've Got Pictures photo-sharing service

Attackers could exploit this bug to seize control of an unpatched system by tricking users into visiting a specially crafted Web page

Members who did not log into AOL during October & November 2005 have not received the patch

AOL is not aware of any software in circulation that can be used to exploit the code

http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/01/17/74256_HNaolphotoflaw_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/01/17/74256_HNaolphotoflaw_1.html

Amber Eslinger

COLLABORATION

Microsoft new tools aim to lure IBM's Lotus users Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday said it plans to offer a variety

of analytical and data transfer tools, aimed at luring customers of IBM's rival Lotus Notes

http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID=2006-01-17T165229Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-232345-1.xml&archived=False

Collaboration Software

Collaboration Software

Zimbra Unveils Innovative, Open Source Collaboration Software and Messaging Server officially unveiled its innovative open source messaging server and

client -- the Zimbra Collaboration Suite. Built on open source technology

http://be.sys-con.com/read/137422.htm 

IBM Polishes Collaboration Platform With version 7 of the Lotus Domino server and Notes client, IBM

continues to make the case for an integrated collaboration and application platform.

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1911043,00.asp

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