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 Viti Presented by: Askja Amber Eslinger Somaly Hoy Roy Kung Kris Larson Luis 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 ://

NEWS FLASH

Application of RFID San Francisco airport starts to accept E- passports. US will issue RFID passports starting Nov 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 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 clepatch_1.html?source=rss&url= om/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 01/17/74256_HNaolphotoflaw_1.ht ml?source=rss&url= world.com/article/06/01/17/74256_H Naolphotoflaw_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 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 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.

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