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7.25.05 Tech News Updates
Adieu Lance, Merci
It was no mere coincidence that my recent break occurred at the same time as Lance Armstrong and the Discovery Channel Team challenged the greatest athletes in the bike-racing world in the Tour de France. I like bike racing, the Tour is the penultimate road racing challenge, and Lance Armstrong is my favorite rider and a man I consider to be heroic not because of his racing prowess in as much as for his work in the never ending battle to find a cure for cancer. As I suffer through the first day Tour withdrawals, I thought it would be a great time to remind you that not only has Lance won seven consecutive Tour de France titles, he spent 83 days of the tour sporting the yellow jersey and received an Olympic bronze medal in Sydney in the 2000 Summer Games. Lance has now retired from professional bike racing after only having recorded a mere 25 stage wins during the tour, but he isn’t retiring in his work to win the battle against cancer. So far, Lance has raised 52 million dollars through the Lance Armstrong Foundation. I have included a link to the Lance Armstrong Foundation on this web site for the past year and if you would like to purchase a Livestrong bracelet use the link below or the one found on the left side of the page. Adieu Lance, merci… Vive Le Tour, Vive Lance… Merci, OLN!
I enjoyed my break from Multiple Platforms and our vacation to the coast and during that time, I decided that it is no longer possible for me to offer daily news updates. My plan is to offer weekly updates and possibly return to the world of podcasting. My podcasts are listed with iTunes, but I apparently have them in the wrong format or they may not like the fact that the mp3 files are stored on my .Mac account! I am also working full-time on my research, and soon school will begin again. Weekly updates will still be found on this page and I’ll work out a schedule when the university decides what classes I will be assigned. Your questions and annoyances are what I really want to help solve, and please don’t feel like your question is too elementary. Send your questions to: contactus@multipleplatforms.com

These stories are some of the important stories from the past week that might interest Multiple Platforms readers:

New Steps to Reduce Identity Theft
Visa and U.S. Chamber of Commerce launch a nationwide campaign to educate businesses about consumer data security.
PCWorld.com - Latest News Stories 7/25/05 12:37 PM

Apple Patches OS X Flaws
Mac OS X Update 10.4.2 fixes two security flaws, including one that potentially opened the platform up to a denial-of-service attack.
eWEEK Technology News 7/25/05 12:38 PM

Security holes add up in second quarter
Between April and June, more than 400 new flaws were discovered
that could let an attacker take control of a PC remotely.
CNET Monday July 25, 2005 07:59AM PDT

'Critical' Kerberos Flaws Could Open Networks to Attack
MIT researchers say the popular authentication protocol is vulnerable to three serious flaws that could allow an attacker to gain access to protected corporate networks.
eWEEK Technology News 7/25/05 12:38 PM

Longhorn to Be Christened 'Windows Vista'
Sources say Microsoft is set to unveil the official name of Longhorn on Friday. And the word on the street is that name will be "Windows Vista."
New Product Update 7/25/05 12:37 PM

Offering a bounty for security bugs
Security vendor TippingPoint wants to be the first to know about
flaws to protect its customers against potential attacks.
CNET Sunday July 24, 2005 09:55PM PDT

Web takes in the Windows Vista
The Internet is buzzing with online reaction to the
newly-announced name for the next version of Windows.
CNET Saturday July 23, 2005 11:01AM PDT

Windows worm poses as iTunes file
A new Windows worm may deceive some users into thinking it’s an iTunes file, according to Trend Micro.
MacCentral 7/20/05 7:55 AM

Warning: 'iTunes' Attachment Is AIM Worm
A new worm spreading via America Online's Instant Messenger piggybacks on the popularity of Apple's iTunes music service.
eWEEK Technology News 7/20/05 4:57 PM

Attackers Tuck Viruses Into Fake E-Mail Greeting Cards
Malicious e-mail messages in general increase 30 percent from last year.
PCWorld.com - Latest News Stories 7/20/05 4:57 PM

ZDNet UK: Thousands Back Petition to Open Source OS/2
"Nearly 10,000 people have signed a petition calling on IBM to publish the source code of OS/2..."
Linux Today 7/20/05 4:57 PM