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    Microsoft to Post WMF Vulnerability Patch Ahead of Schedule

    Microsoft is releasing an out-of-cycle patch Thursday for the Windows Meta File (WMF) vulnerability that attackers were already exploiting when the flaw was made public in the last week of December. Earlier this week, Microsoft had said it would not release a patch until its regular Patch Tuesday event next week. 01/05/2006

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    Microsoft Ships First Python Beta

    At the very end of 2005, Microsoft quietly began shipping the first beta of IronPython, a release of the open source Python scripting language that functions within the .NET common language runtime (CLR). 01/04/2006

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    Firefox Held Nearly 10 Percent Share at Year’s End

    Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser slowly but surely lost significant market share to Firefox over the past year, according to the latest monthly traffic report released Wednesday by Web metrics tool vendor Net Applications. 01/04/2006

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    Symantec To Purchase IM Vendor

    Symantec is acquiring instant messaging software maker IM Logic. 01/04/2006

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    Intel Overhauls Branding

    Intel kicked off the new year by updating its brand image to focus on the company’s emerging strategy of featuring itself as a platform company rather than just a chip giant. 01/03/2006

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    Microsoft Responds to WMF Zero-Day Exploit

    Microsoft is nearly finished with a patch for a zero-day exploit discovered in malware last week, but the software giant doesn't plan to release the fix until next week. 01/03/2006

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    Semiconductor Sales Continue at Record Pace

    The Semiconductor Industry Association announced Tuesday that global sales of semiconductors continued to set a record pace in November, up 7.2 percent over a year earlier. 01/03/2006

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    Private Eyes

    Microsoft leads an industry-wide struggle to balance customer privacy and business value. 01/01/2006

  • In-Depth

    SOX and the Single Admin

    The Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act poses a real compliance headache for businesses of every size, and Windows admins are feeling the heat. Fortunately, we’re here with a few handy shortcuts. 01/01/2006

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    I Spy

    An industry alliance formally defines "spyware,"a move that should help companies combat insidious intrusions. 01/01/2006

  • In-Depth

    Worry-Free Web Server

    Users say Apache 2.0 is a robust, flexible and secure Web server that just plain works. 01/01/2006

  • In-Depth

    Virtualization Goes Mainstream

    Virtualization has become a serious tool for production environments. 01/01/2006

  • In-Depth

    Software Raids: Surviving an Audit

    Software audits are a hassle, an embarrassment, and can result in hefty fines and worse. Here’s how to prepare for, and win, an audit. 01/01/2006

  • In-Depth

    Quid Pro Quote

    Should you be a Microsoft reference account? A few hardy souls say yes, but many IT managers steer clear of the experience for good reasons. 01/01/2006

  • Just Browsing, Thanks

    Microsoft finally catches up with its competitors with features like tabbed browsing and integrated RSS feeds in Internet Explorer 7. 01/01/2006

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    Q&A: XML Co-Creator Tim Bray

    Sun's director of Web technologies talks about Microsoft's decision to go open source with an Office file format. 01/01/2006

  • In-Depth

    Battle of the Blades

    Blade servers from HP and IBM help you pack the maximum amount of storage into the least amount of space. 01/01/2006

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    Open Warfare

    Microsoft and Massachusetts continue sparring over file formats. 01/01/2006

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    Security Industry Rocked by Sony Rootkit Fiasco

    The Sony BMG rootkit fiasco could be the worst retail marketing meltdown since the launch of New Coke. 01/01/2006

  • In-Depth

    The Ultimate PC Challenge

    Tom’s Hardware tests the highest-end desktop systems. 01/01/2006

  • A Tangled Web of Services

    Gates and crew's new direction in offering Microsoft's products as Web services is being met with more confusion than mandate by the industry. 01/01/2006

  • Foley on Microsoft

    Will Microsoft’s Hardware-Upgrade Push Backfire?

    The hardware demands of the next Windows and Office System 2006 products may prove to be not worth the effort for vendors and customers. 01/01/2006

  • Security Advisor

    Message Hygiene -- Microsoft Style: Part I

    Keep your inboxes clean of spam and viruses with some new tools and enhancements in Exchange 2003. 01/01/2006

  • Ready for the Big Time

    The Enterprise Edition of ISA 2004 provides centralized management and unmatched scalability. 01/01/2006

  • Monitor Globally, Manage Locally

    Take a large-scale view of your network traffic and topology. 01/01/2006

  • 2006 Salary Survey: Time for a Raise!

    The 11th annual salary survey from Redmond magazine shows pay going up. Is yours? 01/01/2006

  • News

    New Zero-Day Exploit Threatens XP Users

    Security experts at F-Secure reported on Tuesday a zero-day exploit that exposes vulnerabilities in the Windows graphics handling engine to enable malware to take control of PCs running fully patched Windows XP SP2. 12/29/2005

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    Call for Reviewers: Developer, SQL Exams

    If your plans call for taking the new-generation MCP developer and SQL exams in the next few weeks, tell us how you plan to approach them and what steps you'll take to pass them. 12/29/2005

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    Outlook “12” To Include RSS Aggregator

    Users of Microsoft’s upcoming Outlook “12” will be able to monitor Really Simply Syndication (RSS) feeds from within the e-mail client, according to a Microsoft official’s Weblog. 12/27/2005

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    Seagate To Buy Maxtor in $1.9 Billion Stock Deal

    Twas the week before Christmas when Seagate Technology announced plans to acquire smaller rival Maxtor in an all stock deal worth an estimated $1.9 billion. 12/27/2005

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    Kai-Fu Lee and Google Settle With Microsoft

    Just as the holiday weekend was about to start, Dr. Kai-Fu Lee got a special Christmas present -- an end to his legal problems surrounding his departure from Microsoft and his simultaneous recruitment by search competitor Google. 12/27/2005

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    EC Warns Microsoft of Pending Fines on Disclosure

    The European Commissioner for Competition warned Microsoft on Thursday that it is facing fines of nearly $2.4 million per day unless it immediately delivers complete documentation of its programming interfaces, particularly those for work group servers, to enable competitors to interoperate with Windows. 12/22/2005

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    New Year Resolution: No More Support for Mac IE

    Microsoft reaffirmed this week that, with the stroke of midnight on Dec. 31, Apple Mac versions of Internet Explorer will no longer be supported. 12/22/2005

  • News

    January: Two More Developer Betas Coming

    .NET-based exams 70-526 and 70-529 get their time in front of developers next month. 12/22/2005

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    IDC: PC Sales Growth To Remain Robust in 2006

    Research group IDC has upgraded its projections of global PC shipment growth for the fourth quarter of 2005 and calendar 2006. It seems that, even as growth slows, it’s nonetheless still continuing to grow, and more quickly than earlier estimates had predicted. 12/22/2005

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    Google Gives a Cool Billion for AOL Stake

    Get ready for more colorful graphics on Google pages. That may be one of the most visible outcomes of a deal between the king of search engines and America Online. 12/21/2005

  • News

    CommVault Releases QiNetx 6.1

    CommVault announced it is shipping version 6.1 of its QiNetix data management suite. 12/21/2005

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    MS and SAP To Preview “Mendocino”

    Microsoft said it and partner SAP will provide a technology preview of their jointly developed “Mendocino” product to 40 customers and 10 partners on Friday, right on schedule. 12/21/2005

  • The Truth About Microsoft Software Billing Mistakes

    Billing mistakes for Microsoft software happen more often than you might think. And when things go wrong, it's not just the price -- compliance can be affected as well. Here's what to watch out for. 12/20/2005

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    December Vista Tech Preview Bows

    As promised, after skipping November, Microsoft began shipping the December Windows Vista community technology preview (CTP) to customers and partners this week. Among other features, the latest build debuts a slew of new security capabilities. 12/20/2005

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    Gates, Bono Share Time's Person of the Year Cover

    What do Bill and Melinda Gates have to do with 11 U.S. Presidents, and dozens of world leaders, great humanitarians, dictators, and just plain interesting people on a list that stretches back to 1927? 12/20/2005

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    Microsoft Research Hires UI Visionary

    Microsoft announced Monday that it has snagged a leading user interface visionary to work in the company's research division. 12/20/2005

  • News

    Action Pack Abusers

    A handful of individuals abused the Microsoft Action Pack program to obtain hundreds of the cheap software bundles and sell the software online and elsewhere, Microsoft has alleged in a flurry of recent lawsuits. 12/19/2005

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    Partner Watch, Dec. 19

    RPG development solutions provider ASNA announces support for Visual Studio. 12/19/2005

  • News

    IT Weekly Roundup, Dec. 16

    From the business wires: Group Policy management software, a solution for migrating customer data into Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0, and an 8GB USB flash drive. 12/16/2005

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    Flurry of Microsoft Lawsuits Allege Fraud

    Microsoft filed 10 lawsuits in federal court accusing three companies and nine individuals of illegally selling Microsoft software. 12/15/2005

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    Quest Delivers Group Policy Manager Update

    Quest Software is shipping version 2.5 of its Group Policy Manager tool for creating, testing and implementing Windows Group Policy. 12/15/2005

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    Microsoft Products Get Security Certified

    Microsoft recently took another small step in its Trustworthy Computing initiative by obtaining security certification for a number of updated products. 12/15/2005

  • News

    Visto Sues Microsoft over Windows Mobile

    Redwood Shores, Calif.-based Visto filed suit against Microsoft for patent infringement in connection with Windows Mobile 5, which introduces push e-mail technology similar to Visto’s offerings. 12/15/2005

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    Microsoft Dynamics SL Generally Available

    Microsoft Dynamics SL 6.5 will be generally available on Monday in the United States and Canada, Microsoft said. 12/15/2005

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