WebSideStory: 'Browser Wars a Massacre'

Worldwide usage of the AOL-Netscape Navigator browser hit a record low, according to outsourced Web analytics provider WebSideStory Inc. "The browser war is in fact a massacre," WebSideStory StatMarket's vice president of marketing Geoff Johnston said in a statement. "Unless AOL makes a move soon, Netscape may find itself battling Opera for the last 1 [percent] to 2 percent of the market." 08/29/2002

Windows XP SP1 Coming Within 10 Days

The first service pack for Windows XP will be distributed within 10 days, the financial news agency Bloomberg reported. Microsoft discussed its plans with financial reporters in the context of its antitrust agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. 08/28/2002

New HP Loses $2B in First Quarter as Combined Company

The new HP saw revenues sink and weathered a large loss in its first financial quarter operating as the product of the controversial merger between computer giants Hewlett-Packard and Compaq. 08/28/2002

Microsoft Patches Eight Security Holes

Summer break? What summer break? Microsoft's security teams demonstrated that they're not sleeping during the dog days of summer this year when they issued patches for eight newly discovered security problems last week. 08/26/2002

Intel Releases Faster Desktop Processors

Intel rolled out new versions of its premier desktop processors this week. The latest Pentium 4 desktop chips are closing in on the 3-GHz clockspeed threshold. Intel released Pentium 4s in speeds of 2.8 GHz, 2.66 GHz, 2.60 GHz and 2.50 GHz. 08/26/2002

Microsoft Expands SQL 2000 with Notification Services

Microsoft released a downloadable service built on its flagship SQL Server 2000 database for generating personalized notification messages for different client devices. 08/26/2002

IBM Scales Down Modular Server

IBM Corp. will introduce an entry level version of its new modular, Intel-based servers. On Aug. 30, IBM will begin offering two-way versions of the eServer x440 servers. 08/22/2002

Microsoft Syncs Server OS, Development Tools

It's all about timing. Microsoft formally synchronized the release of the next version of Visual Studio .NET and the .NET Framework with Windows .NET Server. 08/22/2002

Iomega Shipping Windows Powered NAS

Iomega Corp., best known for its handy Zip personal storage drives, is getting into the game of "Windows Powered" Network-Attached Storage by releasing devices running Windows 2000 technology. 08/21/2002

Netcraft: Microsoft Loses Web Server Share in August

The market shares of the major Web servers surge and ebb with the fortunes of the largest Web hosters. When major ISPs go out of business or shift to Apache or to Internet Information Services, market shares for the platforms, as tracked by researchers at U.K.-based Netcraft, rise or fall. 08/21/2002

Rational Updates Development Tool for .NET

Rational Software is delivering a .NET Edition of its visual design and development environment. The Rational XDE Professional: .NET Edition earns the Microsoft .NET part of its name by supporting Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and ASP.NET. 08/21/2002

Elevation of Privilege Flaw in Windows 2000

Microsoft warned users of an important new flaw in Windows 2000. A hacker could use an elaborate process to elevate his or her privileges through a security problem in the Network Connection Manager (NCM) within Windows 2000. 08/20/2002

Roll-up Patch Issued for SQL Server

Microsoft created a new cumulative patch for SQL Server 7.0 and SQL Server 2000. A fix for a new flaw involving extended stored procedures in SQL Server 7.0 and SQL Server 2000 prompted Microsoft to roll up all the recent SQL Server patches. 08/20/2002

Web Services Exams Go Live

Microsoft makes available two more core exams for the MCAD.NET and MCSD.NET tracks. 08/20/2002

Win2K SP3, XP SP1 Share Settlement Changes

Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 and Windows XP SP 1 share a key element—changes to comply with Microsoft’s antitrust settlement with the Department of Justice. 08/16/2002

Apache Flaw Affects Windows Implementations

A security company released information this week about what it calls an "extremely high risk" vulnerability involving the Apache open source Web server running on non-Unix platforms, such as Windows. 08/15/2002

MCAD Numbers Adding Up

Microsoft issues its first hundred certifications for new developer certification. 08/15/2002

Microsoft Gives Out More Information on Stand-Alone Active Directory

IT professionals interested in the stand-alone version of Active Directory for applications that Microsoft started discussing last month can find out more about the technology in a new white paper on Microsoft's Web site. 08/15/2002

The Certification Boat

How would you rather get your MCP: reading books and fiddling with a homemade network in your windowless basement or tooling around Jamaica and the Grand Caymans on a cruise ship? 08/14/2002

IDC: 2001 Thin Client Shipments Surpassed 1 Million Units

Economic downturns can be bright spots for certain industries. That appears to be partially the case with thin client computing. 08/14/2002

Dataquest: HP Gained Lead in IA-32 Server Shipments in Merger Quarter

HP, which was supposed to be plagued by merger-related malaise and confusion in the second quarter of the calendar year, instead roared through the quarter in terms of U.S. server sales, according to a study by Gartner's Dataquest market research arm. 08/14/2002

Dell-EMC Jointly Roll Out Storage Array

Dell and EMC this week released the first new piece of storage hardware under their five-year partnership unveiled in October. 08/14/2002

Sun, IBM Face Off at LinuxWorld Expo

Linux used to be about the little guy, independent developers working to perfect the grassroots operating system. But the loudest voices at this week’s LinuxWorld Expo are the giants of enterprise computing, IBM and Sun. 08/13/2002

Critical Flaw Found in Content Management Server

Microsoft revealed a critical flaw in its Microsoft Content Management Server. The most serious of three newly discovered vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to remotely execute code on a server in the Local System context. 08/08/2002

Microsoft Delivers SP2 for .NET Framework

Microsoft issued a second service pack for the six-month-old Microsoft .NET Framework this week. 08/08/2002

CodeWarrior Learning Edition

Transcender VB-Cert/Windows 7.0

AppsChannel Code Drop

Precise/Indepth for SQL Server

IDC: Linux Revenues Declined in 2001

Still, the open source operating system did better than every operating environment but Windows in 2001 and should realize a 28 percent compound annual growth rate over the next five years, according to analysts at market research firm IDC. 08/07/2002

Microsoft Secures Windows-Based Supercomputer

Microsoft, Dell and Intel commit $60 million over four years to fund the expansion of an existing high-performance-computing cluster at the Cornell Theory Center. The agreement assures Microsoft of a continuing Windows presence in a large-scale research cluster, a field dominated in the price-performance end by Linux configurations. 08/07/2002

HP Offers Failover Clustering on Vanilla NT, W2K

Failover clustering is an upsell in Microsoft server operating systems. Users must buy Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2000 Datacenter Server or Windows NT 4.0 Server, Enterprise Edition, to get it. Hewlett-Packard Co. introduced clustering software on Tuesday that works with plain-old Windows NT 4.0 Server of Windows 2000 Server. But there's a catch: It's only supported on HP's ProLiant servers. 08/07/2002

MYdbPAL Professional 1.0

CodeCharge Studio 1.0.6

Microsoft: Windows XP SP1 Due in August-September

During a news conference on steps Microsoft is taking to comply with the antitrust settlement, company officials said Windows XP Service Pack 1 will be available in the next two months. 08/06/2002

Windows 2000 SP3 Generally Available

Microsoft posted Service Pack 3 for Windows 2000 late Thursday, two days after making SP3 available to Premier Customers. The oft-delayed bundle of regression-tested bug fixes is the first Windows 2000 service pack so far that Microsoft has recommended that users install. 08/02/2002

Journey into MCSE-Land

Going solo on certification is tough. Here's how one group achieved MCSE success as a team. 08/01/2002

This is Just A test!

Transcender's SQL-DesignCert 8.0 proves worthy 08/01/2002

How Many Microsofts?

Maybe they already broke up the company and we didn’t notice. 08/01/2002

Getting Beyond the Subnet

Moving beyond static IP addresses makes our intrepid script router-friendly and takes you to the great outdoors. 08/01/2002

Right Path, Going Nowhere

A reader who "followed the rules" is still having a tough time finding a job. 08/01/2002

Exchanging Pain for Pleasure

Moving from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2000 is a complex task. This migration took many unexpected twists, turns and hours. 08/01/2002

MCSE Core Four

A thorough guide for an essential foundation 08/01/2002

Speed Up Your VB.NET Code

Optimization rules have changed under VB.NET-here are eight great new ways to build wicked-fast code. 08/01/2002

How To Be a Security Babe

If you want to do IT security because it’s “hot” right now, or because you think that’s where the money is, forget it. If you truly love the field, read on. 08/01/2002

Simplify Resource Navigation With Dfs

The Distributed file system (Dfs), when properly implemented, can help your users get where they want to go. But its usefulness doesn’t stop there. 08/01/2002

Avoid Disaster Downtime

Find information on disaster recovery and backup strategies. 08/01/2002

Certified Mail: August 2002

"Windowsville" residents chime in on the "which OS is more secure" argument; readers debate Microsoft's longevity. 08/01/2002

ENT's Guide to Microsoft Clustering Technologies

Over the last several years, Microsoft has greatly expanded its list of technologies that fit under the umbrella term "clustering." Here's an overview of some of the most prominent Microsoft clustering technologies. 08/01/2002

New SQL Vulnerability Patched

A moderate vulnerability in the Microsoft Data Access Components could compromise security on SQL Server systems. The security bulletin issued by Microsoft about the issue late Wednesday is the third involving SQL Server in the last two weeks. 08/01/2002