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Microsoft Research Hires UI Visionary

Microsoft announced Monday that it has snagged a leading user interface visionary to work in the company's research division.

December Vista Tech Preview Bows

As promised, after skipping November, Microsoft began shipping the December Windows Vista community technology preview (CTP) to customers and partners this week. Among other features, the latest build debuts a slew of new security capabilities.

Action Pack Abusers

A handful of individuals abused the Microsoft Action Pack program to obtain hundreds of the cheap software bundles and sell the software online and elsewhere, Microsoft has alleged in a flurry of recent lawsuits.

Partner Watch, Dec. 19

RPG development solutions provider ASNA announces support for Visual Studio.

IT Weekly Roundup, Dec. 16

From the business wires: Group Policy management software, a solution for migrating customer data into Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0, and an 8GB USB flash drive.

Flurry of Microsoft Lawsuits Allege Fraud

Microsoft filed 10 lawsuits in federal court accusing three companies and nine individuals of illegally selling Microsoft software.

Quest Delivers Group Policy Manager Update

Quest Software is shipping version 2.5 of its Group Policy Manager tool for creating, testing and implementing Windows Group Policy.

Microsoft Products Get Security Certified

Microsoft recently took another small step in its Trustworthy Computing initiative by obtaining security certification for a number of updated products.

Microsoft Dynamics SL Generally Available

Microsoft Dynamics SL 6.5 will be generally available on Monday in the United States and Canada, Microsoft said.

Visto Sues Microsoft over Windows Mobile

Redwood Shores, Calif.-based Visto filed suit against Microsoft for patent infringement in connection with Windows Mobile 5, which introduces push e-mail technology similar to Visto’s offerings.

Microsoft Raises Dividend

Microsoft's board increased the company's quarterly dividend by a penny to $0.09 a share.

Microsoft Ships Exchange '12' Beta

Role-based administration is a major feature in the beta, which is limited to about 1,400 testers.

Microsoft RTMs Communicator Web Access

Microsoft finished development this week on the Web access component of its Office Communicator client.

Whale To Bundle ISA 2004

Microsoft and Whale Communications announced a partnership that enables Whale to sell an integrated solution that combines Microsoft’s Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 with the smaller firm’s Intelligent Application Gateway product.

VMware's Secure Browser Appliance

VMware made a splash in November when it released the free VMware Player, which lets users run pre-built VMware virtual machine configurations on client PCs. Now the company has taken its efforts a step further, teaming with Mozilla and Canonical (the makers of Ubuntu Linux) to create a pre-built virtual machine for the Firefox Web browser.

Visual FoxPro 9 Service Pack 1 Ships

Microsoft shipped at the end of last week Service Pack 1 for Visual FoxPro 9.0, a quiet update that fixes 200 or so bugs but that adds no new features to the revered database development tool.

Newly Patched IE Flaw Already Being Exploited

Attackers are already exploiting a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Internet Explorer that Microsoft released a patch for Tuesday.

Two Windows Security Bulletins Coming Next Week

Microsoft plans to post two security bulletins for Windows next Tuesday, and at least one of them addresses a critical vulnerability.

Developer Exams Waiting in the Wings

Wave of new developer and IT exams in beta testing during December.

Firefox Gradually Gaining Against IE

All of the noise and attention surrounding the release last month of Firefox 1.5 appears to have helped the alternative Web browser’s market share, even if those gains are still only in fractions of percentage points.

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