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Friday, October 17, 2003

Microsoft releases Ã¼ber patch for XP. Making good on a promise made last week from Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer to simplify security-patch deployment for companies, Microsoft Corp. this week released a consolidated Windows XP update that brings together 22 critical updates into one downloadable package. On Wednesday, Microsoft released the first of its cumulative security patches, warning users about five critical vulnerabilities, four affecting Windows and one in the Microsoft Exchange Server product. Unfortunately for Windows XP customers, those patches are not included in the Update Rollup. That means that XP customers who apply the Rollup will have to download and deploy the updates separately. [InfoWorld: Top News]
9:13:35 PM

"Renowned Stanford dean of law school to leave in '04". "Renowned Stanford dean of law school to leave in '04": The San Jose Mercury News provides this report. And The Stanford Daily reports here that "Law school dean to step down." [How Appealing]
5:33:12 PM

Microsoft issues patches for five software flaws. The security update includes warnings about five Windows vulnerabilities, four of which the company deemed "critical" and three of which affect recent versions of Windows. [Computerworld News]
9:53:08 AM

VeriSign sells Network Solutions. VeriSign Inc. is selling its Network Solutions business, which provides Internet domain name registrations, to Pivotal Private Equity for approximately $100 million so it can focus on infrastructure services. [InfoWorld: Top News]

Sure, because charging ~$35/yr for domain registrations is not exactly a money making proposition.

9:48:36 AM

SCO gets $50 million investment. SCO Group, the company embroiled in legal action around Linux and Unix, announces a $50 million investment by BayStar Capital, marking a reversal of plans it discussed in May. [CNET News.com - Front Door]

Serious stuff. Baystar has investments in Roxio, burst.com, IMSI (TruboCAD, Hijaak), and Neoware, among other things. Interesting to see what happens next. BTW, the investment represents about a 17% stake in SCO at the moment.

9:21:34 AM