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Dell Computer Corp. reclaimed the price-performance lead on the Transaction Processing Performance Council's TPC-C benchmark for OLTP systems.
04/02/2002
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A joint marketing campaign from Unisys Corp. and Microsoft Corp. to promote Windows on 32-processor Unisys ES7000 servers got off to a rocky start when its anti-Unix homepage was hosted on a Unix/Apache server.
04/02/2002
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April 2, 2002 marks one decade in the life of the Microsoft Certified Professional program.
04/02/2002
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On its way to delivering 3-GHz Pentium 4 processors by year's end, Intel shipped a 2.4-GHz version of the processor.
04/02/2002
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How many times can one company call a candidate for an interview before suspicions of a runaround surface?
04/01/2002
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My hamster doesn't have a creaky wheel
04/01/2002
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Security Advisor
It’s been a long time coming, but it’s nearly here. Key recovery in .NET server promises to improve your Public Key Infrastructure.
04/01/2002
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In-Depth
Become the network master of all your domains. This ultimate guide spells out new, smart ways to upgrade systems, set up services, monitor traffic, install applications and more—better, faster, cheaper.
04/01/2002
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Understand how hubs, switches, and routers direct traffic on your network.
04/01/2002
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In-Depth
Wouldn't it be nice if your computer just knew you! Security Advisor's Roberta Bragg evaluates several solutions.
04/01/2002
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Here’s a tool from Sybex that changes—just like the real exams
04/01/2002
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The eyes have it—affordable iris scanning from Panasonic and Iridian
04/01/2002
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Wise Package Studio provides a setup factory for the sysadmin.
04/01/2002
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These three packages let you automate tasks you need to accomplish daily.
04/01/2002
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Pass/Fail causes a storm; XML; Exchange and Active Directory; salary survey unrealistic?
04/01/2002
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Turn this script loose and see how easy it is to maximize processor performance across multiple workstations!
04/01/2002
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Windows Insider
Keep your hair from turning gray by understanding how Active Directory access works between domains.
04/01/2002
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Magic fingers at work
04/01/2002
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Will this passport take you to the end of your certification journey?
04/01/2002
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These three packages let you automate tasks you need to accomplish daily.
04/01/2002
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Exchange application guide needs a makeover
04/01/2002
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Service Pack Manager provides solid patch tracking and management
04/01/2002
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In-Depth
These three packages let you automate tasks you need to accomplish daily.
04/01/2002
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The pluses and minuses of Microsoft's new MCAD certification.
04/01/2002
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News
Microsoft issued a cumulative patch for Internet Explorer in late March. It was the fourth cumulative patch in five months for the Web browser. The most serious flaw this time is a critical vulnerability in the way IE handles cookies.
04/01/2002
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A thorough reference manual for the ASP.NET beginner
04/01/2002
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Key-View II really will make you feel like you’re sitting in front of the server.
04/01/2002
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In-Depth
Become the network master of all your domains. This ultimate guide spells out new, smart ways to upgrade systems, set up services, monitor traffic, install applications and more— better, faster, cheaper.
04/01/2002
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Did I say Redmond wasn’t serious about security?
04/01/2002
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An interesting curiosity—VeriVoice saves keystrokes but doesn't enhance security
04/01/2002
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This core exam for the new MCSA certification runs broad rather than deep on many of the concepts you need to understand to administer Windows 2000.
04/01/2002
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These three packages let you automate tasks you need to accomplish daily.
04/01/2002
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Microsoft produced a Security Operations Guide for Windows 2000 Server this month as part of its concentrated push to elevate the priority of security in its products.
03/28/2002
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Under its Shared Source initiative, which Microsoft uses as a counter to open source and the GNU General Public License, Microsoft is giving out some .NET source code to academics. It can't be put to commercial use.
03/28/2002
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U.S. Dept. of Education's FAFSA application is like free money, but deadline is looming.
03/28/2002
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Microsoft has a well-earned reputation for acquiring and investing in firms and technologies by the boatload. Analyst firm Gartner this week issued a report detailing what it expects Microsoft will buy in the next few years.
03/28/2002
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Key enterprise vendors are endorsing Microsoft's Windows 2000 Datacenter Server by taking the trouble to get their well-known enterprise applications certified for Microsoft's upstart platform.
03/27/2002
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Microsoft this week admitted to making a $1 billion mistake in recent Securities and Exchange Commission filings about its earnings.
03/27/2002
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Intel and partners are developing hundreds of infrastructure "blueprints" to help customers implement Intel-based server infrastructures for a variety of common vertical and horizontal uses.
03/27/2002
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Oracle customers are calling IT analyst firms to complain that Oracle sales reps are trying to reinterpret their contracts to charge more for Oracle's database software. Both Meta Group, which first publicized the issue last week, and Gartner, which weighed in this week, urge customers to push back against the software giant.
03/27/2002
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One of the Windows server platform's key differentiators over Linux is disappearing as the open-source platform reaches eight-processor scalability.
03/26/2002
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A new worm masquerading as a visual joke about Bill Clinton represents the latest social engineering attempt by virus writers to get users to commit an old mistake. Payload damage is potentially serious, but horrible spelling errors make it unlikely that any but the least sophisticated users will be affected, antivirus vendors say.
03/22/2002
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In one of its fastest service pack releases, Microsoft this week issued an SP1 for the .NET Framework that was released to manufacturing in January and formally launched a month later.
03/22/2002
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Intel this week revealed a low-power processor capable of being used in dual-processor blade servers for rack-dense server farms.
03/22/2002
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Microsoft this week turned its recent patch for the Microsoft Virtual Machine into a cumulative patch. A second critical flaw was discovered in the Microsoft Virtual Machine that could allow a malicious user to create a Java applet that executes code on a user's machine outside the Java "sandbox."
03/22/2002
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Microsoft launched the Beta 2 release of its Visual J# .NET tool this week, continuing its battle for developers with Sun Microsystems.
03/21/2002
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Microsoft close to releasing two core options for MCAD.NET and MCSD.NET tracks in May this year.
03/21/2002
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Winternals Software released an updated version of its Administrator's Pak on Wednesday that includes new utilities and adds Windows XP support.
03/21/2002
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Cue the Mission Impossible theme music. NEC Computers thinks it's identified a niche for its fault-tolerant Windows servers in government agencies looking for biometric security solutions.
03/21/2002
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Dragging your feet on a Windows 2000 server deployment? You’re not alone, according to a new study from market researchers at IDC.
03/21/2002