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  • News

    Gartner Weighs in on When to Use 'Eiger' Version of Windows XP

    As details trickle out on Microsoft's "Eiger" operating system for less powerful PCs, analysts at Gartner are offering usage recommendations for the enterprise. 05/19/2005

  • News

    Bundle Aims To Simplify Regulatory Compliance for SMBs

    NetIQ will ship this month a bundle of existing management tools that aims to help small and medium-sized businesses meet regulatory compliance requirements for recent laws such as the Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA acts. 05/18/2005

  • News

    Internet Explorer 7.0 to Include Tabbed Browsing

    Internet Explorer 7.0 will include the tabbed browsing feature already present in several rival browsers, including Firefox, Opera and Netscape, Microsoft developers confirmed this week. 05/17/2005

  • News

    Windows Server Roadmap Gets an Update

    The Windows Server Roadmap, a handy document on Microsoft's Web site with rough delivery date guidance, got an update this month. 05/17/2005

  • News

    Opinion: Social Engineering Still Alive and Kicking

    A social engineering attack resulted in secure e-mail service provider Hushmail having its Website redirected to a defaced site. According to reports, Network Solutions, the Domain Name Service provider behemoth, gave out information through a customer support line sufficient to allow an attacker to alter DNS record information for Hushmail.com. 05/17/2005

  • News

    Sun-Microsoft Collaboration 'Wasn't Easy'

    It's not easy to turn years of animosity between two massive corporations into a working technical collaboration. 05/16/2005

  • News

    Microsoft to Offer Corporate Desktop Search

    As it launched a consumer search toolbar with desktop search capabilities on Monday, Microsoft revealed that it is working on a corporate version of desktop search. 05/16/2005

  • News

    Sprint Signs up with Microsoft MapPoint Location Server

    A U.S.-based carrier is onboard with Microsoft's MapPoint Location Server, providing a major boost to Microsoft's fledgling server software for real-time tracking and management of vehicle fleets and highly mobile employees. 05/16/2005

  • News

    IT Weekly Roundup, May 13

    From the business wires this week: data recovery software for Windows File Systems, a .NET tool for creating application skins, and a near-indestructible tablet PC. 05/13/2005

  • News

    Microsoft Pardons Users of Pirated Windows

    Defrauded customers may be eligible for free Windows XP Pro, but with some strings attached. 05/12/2005

  • News

    PGP Ships Updated Encryption Products

    PGP Corp. is shipping updates to both its desktop and server encryption products aimed at centralizing policy management and expanding enterprise management features. 05/12/2005

  • News

    Wi-Fi Security Enhanced in Update for XP SP2

    A free download available from Microsoft on Thursday brings support for Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) to Windows XP Service Pack 2. 05/12/2005

  • News

    Microsoft Simplifies Volume Licensing Documentation

    In an effort to reduce the pain users face in combing through Licensing 6.0 documentation, Microsoft this week previewed a change coming in July to its massive Product Use Rights document. 05/12/2005

  • News

    RSA Readying Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA Compliance Package

    RSA Security announced Wednesday that it will ship in June a tool to help IT organizations that are already using the company’s event-logging software to comply with new rules required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, HIPAA and other regulations. 05/12/2005

  • News

    Michael Dell Invests $100 Million in Red Hat

    Dell Inc. chairman and founder Michael Dell is investing $100 million in Red Hat, the Linux distributor that often stands in as a symbol for the open-source movement's challenge to Microsoft's OS dominance. 05/11/2005

  • News

    Microsoft Pardons Users of Pirated Windows

    Defrauded customers may be eligible for free Windows XP Pro, but with some strings attached. 05/11/2005

  • News

    'Maestro' Aimed at Business Performance Management

    Microsoft unveiled "Maestro" this week and released a private beta of the server-based business performance management scorecard application. 05/11/2005

  • News

    IBM Readies Director Updates, Partner SDK

    IBM is readying two upcoming releases of its IBM Director systems management tool for Intel platforms, as well as a toolkit to enable third-parties to integrate their own tools with Director. 05/11/2005

  • News

    Sun, Microsoft to Provide Update on Relationship

    A year after publicly declaring an end to their longstanding feud, Sun Microsystems and Microsoft plan a news conference on Friday to discuss progress in their relationship. 05/11/2005

  • News

    Windows 2000 Patch the Lone Fix for May

    As planned, Microsoft released only one security bulletin for May in its monthly Patch Tuesday event today. The bulletin patches an "important" flaw in Windows 2000 that can allow an attacker to take control of a vulnerable computer over the Internet. 05/10/2005

  • News

    SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 Released

    Microsoft on Friday posted Service Pack 4 for SQL Server 2000, the first service pack update for the company's flagship database server since early 2003. 05/07/2005

  • News

    IT Weekly Roundup, May 6

    From the business wires this week: a .NET framework that supports ASP.NET; products and services that reduce your spam intake; and an online service that can help you recover Microsoft Access files. 05/06/2005

  • News

    The Devil's in the x64 Hardware Details

    Microsoft has a $12 upgrade program to encourage customers running 32-bit Windows XP Professional on machines with x64 processors to make the jump to Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. The software giant warns, however, that customers need to proceed carefully with respect to their hardware. 05/05/2005

  • News

    Microsoft Research Projects for Sale

    Microsoft will put some of the fruits of its $5-billion-per-year R&D operation on the auction block, offering to license the technologies to entrepreneurs for a fee and a cut of the profits. 05/05/2005

  • News

    One Microsoft Security Bulletin Coming Next Week

    May will be a light month for security bulletins from Microsoft. The software giant plans to release only one bulletin during its monthly Patch Tuesday next week. 05/05/2005

  • News

    IDC Downgrades Forecast for 2005 IT Spending

    Mixed signals in the United States and slower growth in Western Europe and Japan to slow IT spending growth through 2005, analyst firm says. 05/05/2005

  • News

    Getting Ready for 64-bit Windows

    Stumped about how to prepare for 64-bit Windows now and in Longhorn? A Gartner analyst recently laid out a roadmap for organizations to follow in evaluating x64 versions of Microsoft Windows. 05/04/2005

  • News

    IBM Reorg: Up To 13,000 Job Cuts, Mostly in EU

    IBM announced late Wednesday a restructuring that will result in layoffs of as many as 13,000 workers, primarily in Europe, and a pre-tax charge of up to $1.7 billion. 05/04/2005

  • News

    IBM Unveils Emerging Technologies Tools

    IBM has released three new XML development tools for its Emerging Technologies Toolkit, a collection of free tools aimed at familiarizing developers with areas that the company sees as strategic to its vision of computing going forward. 05/03/2005

  • News

    Opinion: Exchange 2000, 2003 in Danger

    Microsoft released eight security bulletins in April. According to our analysis, one is critical, one important and another noteworthy. The rest can be applied with the next service pack or major version upgrade. 05/03/2005

  • News

    SANS Releases Quarterly Update to List of Critical Security Updates

    The security organization says the rate at which threats are emerging requires more regular updates to its closely watched list. New to the SANS Institute list are seven Microsoft vulnerabilities and problems with products from Computer Associates, Oracle, antivirus companies and media player companies. 05/03/2005

  • News

    Cisco Rolls Out First of Its Adaptive Security Appliances

    Cisco Systems on Tuesday launched a key component of its Self Defending Network initiative when it delivered the first of its Adaptive Server Appliance 5500 Series family of multi-function network security appliances. 05/03/2005

  • In-Depth

    Keep an Eye on Those Servers

    The right server management tool closely monitors your network and offers proactive responses to most common problems. 05/01/2005

  • Security Advisor

    Picking the Right Firewall

    Redmond's new Security Advisor drills down the specifics of what should be considered when selecting your next firewall. 05/01/2005

  • Auto-confirm with PopUp

    Used appropriately, PopUp is a powerful addition to any scripter's toolbox. 05/01/2005

  • Restore Those Lost E-Mails

    Recovery Manager lets you do large-scale, store-level Exchange backups, while still helping locate and restore individual messages. 05/01/2005

  • Many Files Through a Single View

    StorageX takes a global approach to streamlining file management. 05/01/2005

  • When I'm 64

    Get ready to upgrade to Win2003 x64. 05/01/2005

  • News

    Eight-way Takes a Body Blow

    Beefed-up four-ways and "Truland" take center stage. 05/01/2005

  • In-Depth

    Content Cops

    Many businesses expect IT to use the equivalent of a radar gun and monitor employees for infractions. But laying down the law can have serious repercussions, both for employees and the IT departments doing the watching. 05/01/2005

  • News

    Trying to Find a Collaboration Groove

    A look at Microsoft's current collaboration technologies and how Groove Networks' Vritual Office fits in. 05/01/2005

  • No Scripting Required

    ADtoolkit enables anyone to perform Active Directory group edits. 05/01/2005

  • What You Got?

    Asset Navigator helps you keep tabs on what you have and how it's being used. 05/01/2005

  • In-Depth

    The Good and the Bad of MBSA

    Microsoft's free vulnerability scanner works well—as long as you don't have to stretch it too far. 05/01/2005

  • Police the 'Net

    Will public policy make a difference in virus attacks and spyware infiltration? 05/01/2005

  • In-Depth

    6 Steps to a Simpler Network

    There's a saying in IT that "complexity is the enemy of security." It's also the enemy of efficiency, troubleshooting and other critical network functions. Here are six ways to untangle that crowded web you've weaved. 05/01/2005

  • Windows Insider

    Extend the Limits of Group Policy

    Don't let either the real or perceived limitations in Microsoft's default Group Policies prevent you from taking full advantage of this technology. 05/01/2005

  • News

    Microsoft Looks to Yukon for Data Mining Gold

    Latest attempt to bring data mining to the masses with SQL Server 2005 hinges on new features, ease-of-use and low cost. 05/01/2005

  • In-Depth

    Managing in Isolation

    Remote management has never been a Microsoft strong suit, but Windows Server 2003 is helping users manage servers that no IT staff can touch. 05/01/2005

  • Names for Windows XP sans Media Player

    Denied the actual list of names submitted by Microsoft to the EC, we felt it our duty to do our best guesstimating. 05/01/2005

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