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VMware announced this week that it is now shipping the free version of its virtualization server platform.
07/13/2006
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Dell Inc. outlined plans Thursday to simplify pricing and reduce the number of mail-in rebates for consumers and small business as part of the computer maker's recent $100 million initiative to improve customer service.
07/13/2006
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The Mozilla Foundation began shipping Beta 1 of Firefox 2.0 this week, just days after a leading Web analytics firm reported the open source browser and its close relations have gained another 2 percentage points on Internet Explorer.
07/13/2006
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Readers on Ballmer's strong-arm selling strategy; plus, what makes the Security Software Advisor program such a sweet deal
07/13/2006
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Europe is golden, the Dutch are Orange, and lunch, unlike revenge, is not best when served cold.
07/13/2006
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IBM announced this week it is shipping a Lotus Notes client that runs on top of Linux in a move one analyst says is primarily about reassuring Notes customers that their old standby collaboration platform continues to have a place in Big Blue's evolving Linux strategy.
07/12/2006
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European Union regulators fines Redmond and warns that the company needs to make sure it doesn't get into the same trouble again.
07/12/2006
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Microsoft on Wednesday at its Velocity 2006 partner conference in Boston debuted a desktop virtualization licensing plan for Windows Vista Enterprise in hopes of generating more interest in its Software Assurance program.
07/12/2006
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North Korea has been operating a cyber warfare unit that seeks to hack into South Korea's military command communication network and destroy Internet servers, a South Korean intelligence official said Wednesday.
07/12/2006
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The State Department is recovering from large-scale computer break-ins worldwide over the past several weeks that appeared to target its headquarters and offices dealing with China and North Korea, The Associated Press has learned.
07/12/2006
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The EU fined Microsoft Corp. $357 million and threatened more penalties, saying the company failed to obey a 2004 antitrust order to share technical information with rivals.
07/12/2006
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Microsoft Corp.'s customers will never again face as long a wait between new versions of Windows software as they're enduring now, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer vowed Tuesday.
07/12/2006
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Microsoft Corp. issued seven patches to fix a variety of flaws, five of which the company has deemed "critical" -- its highest security rating.
07/11/2006
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Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said there was an 80 percent chance the company's next-generation operating system, Vista, would be ready in January.
07/11/2006
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Reacting to complaints from users, Microsoft has quietly decided to give Vista users who do not have the latest display technologies a somewhat "cooler" user interface than what has been seen in the beta copies so far.
07/11/2006
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While the stock market sits on pins and needles worried over any further delays in major Microsoft products, some users apparently are tired of waiting -- at least when it comes to browsers.
07/11/2006
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Ballmer takes wraps off hosted CRM app at partner confab.
07/11/2006
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer used his Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference keynote to give partners a choice. Ballmer also unveiled Microsoft CRM Live and launched Small Business Server 2003 R2.
07/11/2006
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Intel Corp.'s attempt to stanch the loss of market share to Advanced Micro Devices Inc., its smaller rival in the computer microprocessor business, appears to be working and may allow it to gain lost ground over the next six months, analysts said Friday.
07/11/2006
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Microsoft Corp.'s customers will never again face as long a wait between new versions of Windows software as they're enduring now, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer vowed Tuesday.
07/11/2006
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Collectively, we're at the edge of the bed, tapping our toes, as we wait for the other shoe to drop.
07/11/2006
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Adesso Systems, Inc. will use Microsoft's WorldWide Partner Conference, which kicks off in Boston on Tuesday, to raise the curtains on its first partner program aimed at developers looking to create Web-based mobile and distributed applications.
07/10/2006
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Microsoft streamlines its training and sales divisions and gets beat on by the EU and South Korea. Also, IE7 beta 3 ships and Office 2007 is delayed.
07/07/2006
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Microsoft Corp. announced Thursday the finalists and winners of its 2006 Microsoft Partner Program Awards.
07/07/2006
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Microsoft said this week it has started an open-source project on the SourceForge collaborative software development management site to create free translators that can transform Office Open XML documents into OpenDocument format and vice versa.
07/06/2006
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Microsoft is shipping a free downloadable tool to let users create a private folder where they can store sensitive files.
07/06/2006
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European Commission to levy more fines against Microsoft due to noncompliance with EU antitrust order to share information with rivals.
07/06/2006
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Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to close an undisclosed number of offices worldwide over the next four years to cut real estate costs.
07/06/2006
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Unified communications experts who pass Exam 70-262 will earn coveted MCTS title.
07/06/2006
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Britain's top law enforcement official on Thursday approved the extradition to the United States of an alleged computer hacker accused of damaging U.S. military systems.
07/06/2006
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An FBI computer consultant gained access to the secret passwords of Director Robert Mueller and others using free software found on the Internet, the latest embarrassment in the bureau's long struggle to modernize its computers.
07/06/2006
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Go Computer's antitrust claim against Microsoft thrown out due to staleness.
07/06/2006
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The company finally can't beat 'em just yet, so it's joining them.
07/06/2006
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Altiris, Inc., last week announced the Altiris Endpoint Security Solution, a package meant to help IT set a balance between security and business productivity.
07/05/2006
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Lucid8 LLC announced last week it is shipping the latest update to its DigiVault continuous data protection and disaster recovery package for Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5, 2000 and 2003.
07/05/2006
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Seoul High Court shoots down request for a stay on sanction against the Redmond giant for antitrust.
07/04/2006
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A federal judge has dismissed Go Computer Inc.'s antitrust case against Microsoft Corp.
07/03/2006
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Data storage provider EMC Corp. saw its stock dive Friday after announcing a $2.1 billion deal for RSA Security Inc. that represented a hefty premium for the computer authentication provider.
07/03/2006
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A U.S. magistrate has struck down many of the SCO Group Inc.'s claims against IBM Corp., saying the Utah company failed to show its intellectual property was misappropriated when Big Blue donated software code to the freely distributed Linux operating system.
07/03/2006
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In a major step toward new penalties against Microsoft Corp., Europe's antitrust regulators voted unanimously Monday in favor of fining the world's largest software company for flouting a 2004 ruling, two people close to the case said.
07/03/2006
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In-Depth
How does the world's No. 1 software company deal with you when something goes wrong? Our readers speak out.
07/01/2006
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In-Depth
An HP hardware troubleshooting guru shares some of the worst snafus he's experienced so you can learn from them.
07/01/2006
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An accidental power outage wreaks havoc in a data center.
07/01/2006
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Specops Password Policy creates and enforces multiple password policies within Active Directory.
07/01/2006
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Softricity acquisition fills in its virtualization portfolio.
07/01/2006
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After three decades as the heart and soul of Microsoft, Bill Gates calls it quits.
07/01/2006
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In-Depth
A three-headed beta release lights the fuse on Office, Windows and Longhorn Server.
07/01/2006
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In-Depth
Our final sprint to the finish line stretches over replication: its limitations, high availability and the many improvements since the last version.
07/01/2006
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Foley on Microsoft
Mary Jo offers her tips on rectifying Microsoft's troubles.
07/01/2006
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Security is the focus of the latest Exchange 12 beta.
07/01/2006