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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.

It’s a Xen Thing

XenSource announced this week that it is shipping version 3.0 of its Xen system virtualization environment built on the open source Xen hypervisor.

ISVs Jump on Microsoft CRM Opportunity

It's critical for Microsoft to demonstrate strong partner support for the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 launch this week.

FullArmor Extends Policy Compliance

FullArmor is shipping PolicyPortal, a Web services-based tool designed to automatically enforce Active Directory Group Policy settings on computers that are disconnected from the directory, either temporarily or permanently.

Free Microsoft Add-in Aims To Help Small Retailers

Microsoft is shipping a free software add-in designed to enable retailers to transfer point-of-sale data, such as transactions and purchase orders, directly into their financial management software.

New Beta of IE7 for XP Coming in Q1

Microsoft plans to ship the second beta test version of Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP early next year.

South Korea Orders Microsoft to Sell Stripped Windows

Microsoft officials plan to appeal an antitrust ruling against the company by South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission.

IBM Reinforces Commitment to OpenDoc

While IBM has previously endorsed the OpenDocument standard, this week it decided to put its money where its public relations message resides and announced that the next version of its Workplace Managed Client will support the format.

Microsoft Ships CRM 3.0 on Schedule

Microsoft is shipping the second of its “Project Green” – now renamed Microsoft Dynamics – products on schedule, this one its CRM package.

Virtual Server R2 Enterprise Edition Price Cut

To encourage new virtualization scenarios in Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition, Microsoft will sell the new OS with a half-price version of its server virtualization tool.

Windows Server 2003 R2 RTMs

Windows Server 2003 R2 reached its final development milestone on Tuesday when Microsoft released the product to manufacturing. The minor update to Windows Server 2003 will be generally available within 60 days.

Next Windows Vista CTP Coming in December

After just two releases, Microsoft is trading in its monthly schedule of Windows Vista community technology previews (CTPs) for a new, less predictable schedule of milestone-based CTPs.

Virtual Server Farm in a Box

Licensing changes will give IT a reason to take a hard look at Datacenter Server.

Critics Cry Foul Over Ecma Flap

Microsoft’s announcement last week that it is submitting its Office 12 Open XML formats to a standards body may have assuaged bureaucrats in the Massachusetts governor’s office, but if anything it has escalated the “open” versus “proprietary” debate.

New Utility Keeps Window Registry Tidy

European utility developer 1-abc.net is shipping version 1.0 of another new tool for end users, this one designed to help clean up out of date Windows Registry entries.

Microsoft and Partners Unwrap Axapta Solutions

Microsoft’s Business Solutions group, along with several ISV partners, announced delivery of a set of Axapta-based, industry-specific ERP solutions.

VMware Ships Workstation 5.5

Virtualization software publisher VMware is shipping version 5.5 of its Workstation product, which adds new support for 64-bit memory addressing on AMD and Intel systems.

Microsoft Snags Leading Supercomputer Scientist

Supercomputer stalwart Cray Inc. disclosed this week that Chief Scientist Burton Smith, a specialist in large-scale, parallel computing architectures, is heading to Microsoft.

Microsoft's Schema Submission Softens Massachusetts' OpenDoc Stance

Microsoft's announcement that it will submit its Office Open XML schemas to a European standards body has apparently softened the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' stance regarding document storage formats.

Security Competency Gets Revamped

Microsoft revises Partner Competency, splitting it into two tracks for technical implementers and security management partners.

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