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The Windows Vista enterprise CTP, or community technology preview, released Wednesday, will be followed next quarter by a consumer CTP. The two CTPs replace a Beta 2 version of Windows Vista.
02/22/2006
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Look out Microsoft, you’re not the only ones who want in on the corporate instant messaging and collaboration tools game, or the online services market.
02/22/2006
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BRUSSELS-A group of Microsoft Corp.'s rivals filed a complaint with the European Commission on Wednesday, alleging its business practices threatened to deny real choice among competing software products.
02/22/2006
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BEJING-China is cracking down on junk e-mail and "illegal" mobile phone text messages, the official Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday.
02/22/2006
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The FBI's latest attempt to modernize its computers is running behind schedule and its budget already has exceeded the cost of the last failed effort.
02/22/2006
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After appearing to release official names for the editions of Windows Vista over the weekend, Microsoft now says the Web page where the names appeared was posted prematurely and the names are not final.
02/21/2006
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Company plans crossover with partner program.
02/21/2006
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The latest release of Microsoft's full-on e-commerce package has begun beta testing, the company said this week. Microsoft Commerce Server 2006 is currently targeted for final release in July.
02/21/2006
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Microsoft announced this week it has begun beta testing Systems Management Server 2003 Release 2.
02/21/2006
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As if to reinforce its message that it is now an application lifecycle firm, Borland Software announced this week it is shipping a new IT governance solution.
02/16/2006
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It's official. Microsoft announced overnight on Wednesday that Office "12" will be officially known as -- ta da! -- Office 2007. At the same time, the Redmond software maker announced a dizzying array of packaging and licensing options.
02/16/2006
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Alero Technology announced this week it is shipping Release 2 of its Alero 2006 enterprise information management package.
02/16/2006
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A recent survey, billed as one of the first polls of end users of managed services, found the customers were much more responsive to managed service providers they encountered at trade shows and to referrals than to cold sales calls.
02/15/2006
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Microsoft releases two more exams, aimed at MCITP for SQL Server DBA candidates.
02/15/2006
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Popular "second-shot" promotion keeps coming back; this time, it's worldwide.
02/15/2006
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Declaring that it has fulfilled both the letter and the spirit of the law, Microsoft Wednesday denied it is still in violation of European Community fair trade laws and attacked the EC's Commission for Competition.
02/15/2006
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Microsoft's Office Live online services for small companies officially entered beta mid-week.
02/15/2006
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German utility firm 1-abc.net announced it is shipping a new product aimed at making sure that files you delete stay deleted.
02/15/2006
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Microsoft released seven security bulletins, including two bulletins that addressed critical flaws affecting Windows. The other five bulletins included patches for flaws with a maximum severity rating of "important" in Windows and Office.
02/14/2006
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Microsoft said Tuesday that it is making additions and changes to Windows Server "Longhorn" and to Internet Explorer 7 to add capabilities to better support security and identity protection.
02/14/2006
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Security specialists Websense and Network Engines team up with Microsoft to offer integrated solutions.
02/13/2006
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Microsoft came late to desktop search; it doesn’t intend to make the same mistake with mobile search. The company announced Monday that it has bought MotionBridge, a French maker of "mobile search" technology.
02/13/2006
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From the business wires this week: an application control manager for Windows servers, backup and recovery software and an authentication appliance.
02/10/2006
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Borland Software announced Wednesday that it is getting out of the integrated development environment (IDE) business and plans to sell off its legendary programming tools.
02/09/2006
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Microsoft’s recent moves to release portions of its Windows server source code to competitors has struck a chord with the U.S. Department of Justice and the states who participated in its landmark antitrust trial.
02/09/2006
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Microsoft is shipping the first beta of Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA) 2006, as well as early select customer betas of its Microsoft Client Protection and Microsoft Antigen for Exchange products.
02/09/2006
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Symantec says it will ship next month an update to its BindView Policy Manager, the first major update since it acquired BindView earlier this year.
02/08/2006
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Microsoft to beta test four upgrade exams beginning next week for MCAD and MCSD holders who want quick route to new-gen MCP certs.
02/08/2006
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Users of Universe Software’s pdf-Formserver package can now save .PDF forms together with user data.
02/08/2006
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SWsoft is shipping a minor update to its Virtuozzo server virtualization product for Windows that adds a graphical "physical-to-virtual" migration tool to help administrators automate the process of moving from a dedicated physical server to a virtual server environment.
02/08/2006
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EMC's VMware unit has released a beta of its new VMware Server, a free, entry-level hosted virtualization environment for Windows and Linux servers.
02/07/2006
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In a move the company says aims to improve how it responds to users' needs, Microsoft announced a recent restructuring of its Customer Service organization that merges it with the venerable Product Support Services unit.
02/07/2006
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Storage vendor EMC Corp. said Monday it has begun shipping the first components of a new line of its storage products scoped for small and medium-sized business use, and will soon ship others.
02/07/2006
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Scriptlogic Corp. yesterday announced File System Auditor, a tool that lets corporations see exactly who has done what with company files.
02/07/2006
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Softricity releases SoftGrid virtualization platform for SMS 2003.
02/06/2006
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From the business wires this week: a .NET-based identity management system, a solution for completely erasing data, an e-mail archival app and a device for recording mouse movements.
02/03/2006
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Zenprise Inc. is shipping a version of its Microsoft Exchange e-mail management package designed for customers with 1,000 or fewer workers.
02/02/2006
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Backup and restore software vendor UltraBac is shipping version 3 of its UBDR Gold package, adding the ability to restore files to a machine that is not physically identical to the one the backup was performed on.
02/02/2006
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Zero-day exploits are forcing Microsoft to be more flexible in its game plan.
02/01/2006
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In-Depth
When your many job responsibilities include "teacher," these demonstration tools can help get the message across.
02/01/2006
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The long-awaited "Release 2" of Windows Server 2003 is finally out, albeit a couple of months later than originally planned. In addition, Microsoft is also shipping an update to its Internet Security and Acceleration Server.
02/01/2006
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Users say the long-awaited new version of Microsoft’s customer relationship management (CRM) software fixes a host of problems.
02/01/2006
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Doug discovers that it's Redmond's readers who really know how to bring on the funny.
02/01/2006
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Security Advisor
Now that you've got those filters going, Joern takes a look at what else you can do to help keep incoming e-mails clean.
02/01/2006
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In-Depth
Red Hat Directory Service helps join Windows and Linux environments.
02/01/2006
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Microsoft throws in a bevy of new features in Internet Explorer 7 to improve security -- but are they enough?
02/01/2006
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In-Depth
Leading IT experts help answer the question: What if?
02/01/2006
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Foley on Microsoft
Foley's list of the top 10 things she would do if she was in charge of Microsoft's check book.
02/01/2006
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Universal Imaging Utility's single master image can streamline your imaging process.
02/01/2006
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New-generation MCP certifications step out of the shadows with general release of three new MCP exams for SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005.
02/01/2006