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  • Patches Coming Today, But Beware of Fakes

    E-mail leads to malware, scamming as security patch. 06/12/2007

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    Apple Extends Web Browser to Windows

    Apple launched a version of Safari for Windows-based PCs, pitting it against Internet Explorer and Firefox. 06/11/2007

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    OS X Upgrade, IPhone May Boost Mac Sales

    Apple Inc.'s computer business may seem like it's taken a back seat lately to its flashy younger siblings, the iPod and iPhone, but Macs are still a key part of the family. Apple CEO Steve Jobs is expected to use his speech at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday to highlight the upcoming release of Mac OS X, showing that Apple remains a computer company even after dropping "Computer" from its name in January. 06/11/2007

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    IBM Opens Up Collaborative Development

    IBM is set to open its much anticipated Jazz Project to the outside world today (June 11) at its annual Rational Software Development Conference in Orlando, Fla. 06/11/2007

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    AmberPoint To Issue SOA Governance App

    AmberPoint is planning to release an enhanced version of its runtime governance solution for service-oriented architectures (SOAs), rolling out version 6 of its SOA Management System and SOA Validation System. 06/11/2007

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    Microsoft Releases Development Tools Connector

    A new tunnel has been released which links two disparate Microsoft development tools, creating a more seamless development environment. 06/11/2007

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    Yahoo Weighs in on Free Speech in China

    China should not punish people for expressing their political views on the Internet, Yahoo Inc. said Monday, a day after the mother of a Chinese reporter announced she was suing the U.S. company for helping officials imprison her son. 06/11/2007

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    Google Charges Microsoft With Illegal Search Practices

    Google has raised the ghost of Microsoft's past -- anti-competitive practices -- in a complaint to the U.S. government about Windows Vista. 06/11/2007

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    Yahoo's Struggles Put CEO on Hot Seat

    Just before Google Inc. went public nearly three years ago, Yahoo Inc. Chairman Terry Semel assured a roomful of securities analysts and money managers that his company would remain the Internet's brightest star. To punctuate his high hopes, Frank Sinatra's "The Best Is Yet to Come" played in the background. 06/11/2007

  • Patches Execute Remote Execution Flaws

    Plus, Microsoft pushes Windows Server 2003 SP2 on Patch Tuesday, Google gets slammed on privacy, Dell hits Sam's Club, and more 06/11/2007

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    Watchdog Group Slams Google on Privacy

    Google Inc.'s privacy practices are the worst among the Internet's top destinations, according to a watchdog group seeking to intensify the recent focus on how the online search leader handles personal information about its users. 06/09/2007

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    Dell To Sell Computer at Sam's Club

    Dell Inc. will sell a notebook computer model at Sam's Club warehouse stores beginning next week, a company spokesman said Friday. 06/08/2007

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    Business Intelligence a Key for SQL Server 2008

    Developers can now take a first hand look at Microsoft’s next major upgrade of its flagship database platform. The company this week released the first CTP of SQL Server 2008, until now known as Katmai. 06/08/2007

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    Vista Assessment Tool Beta Upgrade Available

    A tool for determining whether or not computers can handle the Windows Vista operating system has been updated, with some useful new features. 06/08/2007

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    OASIS Unfurls Standard for Digital Signatures

    New standard provides better support for e-commerce and enterprise security. 06/08/2007

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    Windows Server 2003 SP2 To Be 'Pushed' on Patch Tuesday

    The next "Patch Tuesday" will also be "Upgrade Tuesday" for admins, as Microsoft releases Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) through Automatic Updates. 06/08/2007

  • Linux and Microsoft: Let's Make One Thing Perfectly Clear

    Latest patent deal between Microsoft and LG Electronics is another footnote in a legal battle that won't be good for partners. 06/08/2007

  • Cheers (and Mainly Jeers) for the Microsoft Partner Program

    Partners talk about how the little guy fares under the program, plus licensing laments, certification woes and more. 06/08/2007

  • IIS Problems Might Not Be Microsoft's Fault

    Google survey leads to more questions than answers about server security against malware. 06/08/2007

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    Altiris VM Now Vista Compatible

    Altiris has updated its virtualization software to work with Windows Vista. Symantec, which recently acquired Altiris, announced at Microsoft's TechEd conference in Orlando the release of the latest version -- 2.1 -- of its Altiris Software Virtualization Solution (SVS). 06/07/2007

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    Four Critical Fixes on Tap for Tuesday

    The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) plans to publish six security bulletins next Tuesday, according to Thursday's advance notification. 06/07/2007

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    Microsoft Branches Off Architect Cert for DBAs

    The company develops MCA title for DBAs who want to showcase their database architecting skills. 06/07/2007

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    Review: Portland Wi-Fi a Mixed Offering

    It rains a lot in Portland. So on days when the sun's rays make it all the way to the ground, who wouldn't want to take the city's new free Wi-Fi service for a spin? 06/07/2007

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    Another Patent Protection Deal for Microsoft

    Microsoft continues to push forward its program granting amnesty to potential patent violators, this time inking South Korea's LG Electronics (LGE) to a deal. 06/07/2007

  • Virtual Vista: Try Before You Buy (or Sell?)

    Is Microsoft's latest marketing effort -- offering an OS trial featuring virtualization -- enough to bring Vista bounty to partners? 06/07/2007

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    Google Calls for Boost in Work Visas

    American technology companies will lose highly skilled foreign workers to Indian and Chinese rivals if the country's work-visa program is not fixed, a Google executive warned Congress on Wednesday. 06/06/2007

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    Microsoft Releases Virtual Vista Versions

    Want to toy around with Windows Vista or Vista with Visual Studio 2005 but not pay for them? Microsoft is making it possible through the magic of virtualization. 06/06/2007

  • All About Your Hard Drive

    Look Mom, take 2: No-script hard drive info, this time using WMIC. 06/06/2007

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    Study: IIS More Likely To Be Compromised

    Apache and IIS are equally at fault for pumping malware into the wild, according to a new study. 06/06/2007

  • Developments for Developers at TechEd

    Microsoft's show in Orlando rolled out new tools and tidbits for the coding crowd. 06/06/2007

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    Salesforce.com Creates Google Ad Channel

    Online software pioneer Salesforce.com Inc. will help Internet search leader Google Inc. sell ads as part of a partnership that falls short of Wall Street's anticipation since word of the alliance leaked last month. 06/05/2007

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    Cisco Confirms OS Security Holes

    Just when you thought it was safe to start planning your summer vacation, Cisco Systems Inc. recently alerted customers to a spate of new vulnerabilities in its Internetwork Operating System (IOS). 06/05/2007

  • What MCPs Must Know About Configuring Vista

    What to expect with Microsoft's first Windows Vista exam aimed at MCTS candidates. 06/05/2007

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    Live Meeting 2007 Release To Come This Fall

    Microsoft said it expects to have Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007, its virtual collaboration and conferencing software, released to manufacturing later next month, with availability some time this fall. The company made the announcement at the Tech Ed Conference taking place this week in Orlando, Florida. 06/05/2007

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    Visual Studio 'Orcas' Gets a Name

    In a surprise to absolutely no one, the official name of the next edition of Microsoft's flagship integrated development environment (IDE) will be Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft announced this week at its Tech Ed 2007 show in Orlando, Fla. 06/05/2007

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    Microsoft: Windows Server 2008 Not Delayed

    Speculation has been growing in the media that Windows Server 2008, could be delayed past its RTM and slip into 2008. Microsoft says "it just ain't so." 06/05/2007

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    Microsoft Plans Visual Studio Shell

    Microsoft is readying a beta of a new SKU of its next generation of Visual Studio, intended for those who want to embed it into their own tools. 06/05/2007

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    IBM Settles SEC Probe of Options Report

    An investigation of IBM Corp. by the Securities and Exchange Commission ended Tuesday without penalty, although the government found that the technology company misled analysts about employee stock-option expenses in 2005. 06/05/2007

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    Microsoft Releases Open XML SDK

    Microsoft this week released a preview of a new software development kit for use with the Open XML standards native to Office 2007. 06/05/2007

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    Crash Help Now Available for Microsoft Desktop Add-On

    Microsoft's subscription-based desktop management program is adding another branch to its tree, in the form of error monitoring to help with crashes. 06/05/2007

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    Ask.com Brings New Dimension to Web Search

    Internet search engine Ask.com has been chasing market leader Google Inc. for years without making much headway, but that hasn't deterred its engineers from trying to set the pace for innovation. 06/05/2007

  • OneCare Now Very Slightly Better Than Before

    Microsoft's anti-virus solution edges out last place in test. 06/05/2007

  • Goings On at TechEd

    Microsoft dispenses latest news at its conference in Orlando, Fla. 06/05/2007

  • Microsoft and Linux: Somebody Get Some Lawyers in Here

    Slugfest over patents and open source software takes a new turn with Microsoft-Xandros deal. 06/05/2007

  • Look Who's Copy-Wrong Now

    Grabby search engines apparently are equal-opportunity offenders. 06/05/2007

  • Boston Reader Breakfast Still on for June 19

    Meet the editors and eat at Boston's finest, too. 06/05/2007

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    Microsoft Makes Another Linux IP Protection Deal

    Microsoft continues to collect Linux development and distribution companies under its promise not to sue them for patent infringement. Following on the controversial recent deal with Novell, the company announced Monday at its TechEd conference in Orlando that it has reached a similar agreement with Xandros Inc. 06/04/2007

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    Oracle Upgrades, Expands .NET Offerings

    Oracle is giving its .NET tools an upgrade and adding a new one to the portfolio. 06/04/2007

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    SQL Server 2008 CTP Released

    Microsoft announced release of the first community technology preview of SQL Server 2008 at the Microsoft TechEd Conference in Orlando. 06/04/2007

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    Infragistics Working on Silverlight, ASP.NET 3.5 controls

    Presentation component vendor Infragistics on Monday announced it is developing tools for Microsoft's Silverlight cross-platform browser plug-in, as well as a new set of server controls that will work on both ASP.NET 2.0 and the upcoming ASP.NET 3.5. 06/04/2007

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