In this week's SecurityWatch column, Russ Cooper tackles physical security issues surrounding Bank of America's "loss" of computer backup tapes, the hacking vulnerability inherent in leftover FTP servers and issues raised by a recent Bagle variant.
Microsoft created new packaging for its MapPoint application and location Web service tailored to organizations managing fleets of vehicles.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/22/2005
Microsoft this week unveiled pricing for its Visual Studio 2005 family of integrated development environment products.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/22/2005
Microsoft renamed and put out a release candidate for Windows Update Services on Tuesday.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/22/2005
From the business wires this week: an anti-virus solution for schools, Web-based network reports and a tool to analyze Web page loading.
Development snags delay the release of Windows XP Starter Edition.
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- By Michael Domingo
- 03/17/2005
IBM announced this week it is buying data integration software firm Ascential for approximately $1.1 billion in cash.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/17/2005
Users encountered problems after applying a Feb. 8 patch.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/17/2005
The Neverfail Group is shipping its Neverfail high-availability solution for end-to-end support of Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server environments.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/17/2005
FarStone Technology announced a licensing agreement to bundle its software with Intel motherboards to enable system backup and disaster recovery, lost file retrieval and provide virtual CD/DVD drive and disc emulation.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/17/2005
Visual FoxPro 9.0, the latest update to a database technology Microsoft acquired in 1992, is generally available this week and will be supported through 2014.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/16/2005
ScriptLogic is shipping Secure Copy 4.0, an important update to the company’s Windows server data migration product that adds multi-threaded copying aimed at providing the fastest copying performance among Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/16/2005
WinFS, the Windows future storage subsystem, could end up in Windows XP as well as Windows "Longhorn" when the technology ships, Microsoft officials said.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/16/2005
Microsoft on Wednesday released its first Community Technology Preview (CTP) of "Indigo," the code-name for the company's new communications subsystem for Windows, and a second CTP of "Avalon," a new Windows presentation subsystem.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/16/2005
When Microsoft formally acquires Groove Networks next quarter, Groove founder Ray Ozzie, an outspoken advocate of peer-to-peer virtual workspaces and a collaboration software pioneer, will join Bill Gates' personal stable of big thinkers.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/15/2005
Add to the list of things you can count on – death, taxes and Bill Gates as the world’s richest man.
From the business wires this week: .NET developer tools, a network monitor for terminal and Linux servers, and a PCI card that helps detect and prevent network intrusion.
Third-party companies this week rolled out services and add-on products to complement Microsoft’s Office Live Communications Server 2005 (LCS) real-time collaboration tools.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 03/10/2005
Microsoft is buying Groove Networks with the intent to roll the company's collaboration products into the Microsoft Office System and leverage Groove founder Ray Ozzie's skills across Microsoft in the role of Chief Technical Officer.
- By Scott Bekker
- 03/10/2005