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  • News

    Microsoft Raises Dividend

    Microsoft's board increased the company's quarterly dividend by a penny to $0.09 a share. 12/15/2005

  • News

    Microsoft Ships Exchange '12' Beta

    Role-based administration is a major feature in the beta, which is limited to about 1,400 testers. 12/14/2005

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    Microsoft RTMs Communicator Web Access

    Microsoft finished development this week on the Web access component of its Office Communicator client. 12/14/2005

  • News

    Whale To Bundle ISA 2004

    Microsoft and Whale Communications announced a partnership that enables Whale to sell an integrated solution that combines Microsoft’s Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 with the smaller firm’s Intelligent Application Gateway product. 12/14/2005

  • News

    VMware's Secure Browser Appliance

    VMware made a splash in November when it released the free VMware Player, which lets users run pre-built VMware virtual machine configurations on client PCs. Now the company has taken its efforts a step further, teaming with Mozilla and Canonical (the makers of Ubuntu Linux) to create a pre-built virtual machine for the Firefox Web browser. 12/13/2005

  • News

    Visual FoxPro 9 Service Pack 1 Ships

    Microsoft shipped at the end of last week Service Pack 1 for Visual FoxPro 9.0, a quiet update that fixes 200 or so bugs but that adds no new features to the revered database development tool. 12/13/2005

  • News

    Newly Patched IE Flaw Already Being Exploited

    Attackers are already exploiting a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Internet Explorer that Microsoft released a patch for Tuesday. 12/13/2005

  • News

    Firefox Gradually Gaining Against IE

    All of the noise and attention surrounding the release last month of Firefox 1.5 appears to have helped the alternative Web browser’s market share, even if those gains are still only in fractions of percentage points. 12/08/2005

  • News

    It’s a Xen Thing

    XenSource announced this week that it is shipping version 3.0 of its Xen system virtualization environment built on the open source Xen hypervisor. 12/08/2005

  • News

    Two Windows Security Bulletins Coming Next Week

    Microsoft plans to post two security bulletins for Windows next Tuesday, and at least one of them addresses a critical vulnerability. 12/08/2005

  • News

    Developer Exams Waiting in the Wings

    Wave of new developer and IT exams in beta testing during December. 12/08/2005

  • News

    ISVs Jump on Microsoft CRM Opportunity

    It's critical for Microsoft to demonstrate strong partner support for the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 launch this week. 12/07/2005

  • News

    FullArmor Extends Policy Compliance

    FullArmor is shipping PolicyPortal, a Web services-based tool designed to automatically enforce Active Directory Group Policy settings on computers that are disconnected from the directory, either temporarily or permanently. 12/07/2005

  • News

    Free Microsoft Add-in Aims To Help Small Retailers

    Microsoft is shipping a free software add-in designed to enable retailers to transfer point-of-sale data, such as transactions and purchase orders, directly into their financial management software. 12/07/2005

  • News

    New Beta of IE7 for XP Coming in Q1

    Microsoft plans to ship the second beta test version of Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP early next year. 12/07/2005

  • News

    South Korea Orders Microsoft to Sell Stripped Windows

    Microsoft officials plan to appeal an antitrust ruling against the company by South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission. 12/07/2005

  • News

    IBM Reinforces Commitment to OpenDoc

    While IBM has previously endorsed the OpenDocument standard, this week it decided to put its money where its public relations message resides and announced that the next version of its Workplace Managed Client will support the format. 12/06/2005

  • News

    Microsoft Ships CRM 3.0 on Schedule

    Microsoft is shipping the second of its “Project Green” – now renamed Microsoft Dynamics – products on schedule, this one its CRM package. 12/06/2005

  • News

    Virtual Server R2 Enterprise Edition Price Cut

    To encourage new virtualization scenarios in Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition, Microsoft will sell the new OS with a half-price version of its server virtualization tool. 12/06/2005

  • News

    Windows Server 2003 R2 RTMs

    Windows Server 2003 R2 reached its final development milestone on Tuesday when Microsoft released the product to manufacturing. The minor update to Windows Server 2003 will be generally available within 60 days. 12/06/2005

  • Security Advisor

    Rootkit Runaround: Protect Yourself Against an Emerging Threat

    A program that can detect rootkits should be an integral part of your security toolbox. 12/01/2005

  • Automate This! Part 4: You Send Me

    In the final installment of this four-part series, Chris shows that the best solution may not be the most elegant one. 12/01/2005

  • Rose-Colored Google Glasses

    Can Google -- or some other company -- change the world of computing? 12/01/2005

  • News

    Next Windows Vista CTP Coming in December

    After just two releases, Microsoft is trading in its monthly schedule of Windows Vista community technology previews (CTPs) for a new, less predictable schedule of milestone-based CTPs. 12/01/2005

  • In-Depth

    SQL 2005: The Integrated Stack Is Back

    Is all this integration among Microsoft components good for customers? 12/01/2005

  • In-Depth

    Getting the Most out of SMS

    Tips and tricks from an SMS veteran to help you recoup your investment in Microsoft's System Management Server. 12/01/2005

  • Foley on Microsoft

    FoxPro Not an Endangered Species

    Microsoft sends mixed messages about its less-than-sexy database development tool. 12/01/2005

  • In-Depth

    Spyware Meets Its Match -- Almost

    Microsoft's anti-spyware tool works well enough, but some readers question its categorization and detection capabilities. 12/01/2005

  • All Is Not Lost

    Mimosa NearPoint provides e-mail recovery in a matter of minutes—not hours. 12/01/2005

  • News

    Virtual Server Farm in a Box

    Licensing changes will give IT a reason to take a hard look at Datacenter Server. 12/01/2005

  • Seen Those Servers Lately?

    Keep a close eye on all your servers with ipMonitor. 12/01/2005

  • PolicyMaker Does Its Share

    Extend Group Policy settings with DesktopStandard's PolicyMaker Share Manager 12/01/2005

  • News

    Critics Cry Foul Over Ecma Flap

    Microsoft’s announcement last week that it is submitting its Office 12 Open XML formats to a standards body may have assuaged bureaucrats in the Massachusetts governor’s office, but if anything it has escalated the “open” versus “proprietary” debate. 12/01/2005

  • In-Depth

    Spies in Every Corner

    These tools help eliminate spyware, keep your systems clean and running efficiently and—most importantly—protect vital information. 12/01/2005

  • News

    New Utility Keeps Window Registry Tidy

    European utility developer 1-abc.net is shipping version 1.0 of another new tool for end users, this one designed to help clean up out of date Windows Registry entries. 11/30/2005

  • News

    Microsoft and Partners Unwrap Axapta Solutions

    Microsoft’s Business Solutions group, along with several ISV partners, announced delivery of a set of Axapta-based, industry-specific ERP solutions. 11/30/2005

  • News

    VMware Ships Workstation 5.5

    Virtualization software publisher VMware is shipping version 5.5 of its Workstation product, which adds new support for 64-bit memory addressing on AMD and Intel systems. 11/30/2005

  • News

    Microsoft Snags Leading Supercomputer Scientist

    Supercomputer stalwart Cray Inc. disclosed this week that Chief Scientist Burton Smith, a specialist in large-scale, parallel computing architectures, is heading to Microsoft. 11/29/2005

  • Used Software: The New Reality?

    If you're looking to save money on licenses (or make money on the ones you no longer need), license reselling may be the answer. 11/29/2005

  • News

    Microsoft's Schema Submission Softens Massachusetts' OpenDoc Stance

    Microsoft's announcement that it will submit its Office Open XML schemas to a European standards body has apparently softened the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' stance regarding document storage formats. 11/29/2005

  • News

    Security Competency Gets Revamped

    Microsoft revises Partner Competency, splitting it into two tracks for technical implementers and security management partners. 11/29/2005

  • News

    IDC: Server Shipments Strong but Unix Declines

    Sales of servers continued at top acceleration in the third quarter, partly driven by customers' increasing deployments of virtualization technologies, while Linux and Windows servers further eroded Unix's high-end turf, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker. 11/29/2005

  • News

    Partner Watch, Nov. 28

    ADXStudio releases content management system for .NET Framework 2.0. 11/28/2005

  • News

    Alero Integrates with SharePoint 2003

    Alero Technology has announced Alero for SharePoint, a collaborative solution for mobile offices that integrates with Microsoft Office and SharePoint 2003 to provide repository, content, process and integration capabilities. 11/22/2005

  • News

    Updated RES Tool Adds USB Disk Support

    Real Enterprise Solutions (RES) plans to ship this month an update to its PowerFuse unified management package for Windows. 11/22/2005

  • News

    Atempo Intros Data Compliance Tool

    Information lifecycle management protection vendor Atempo is shipping an addition to its Time Navigator suite of tools aimed at providing security and compliance for data storage. 11/22/2005

  • News

    Microsoft Will Submit Office Schemas To Standards Body

    In the midst of the acrimonious debate regarding whether Microsoft’s Office Open XML file format is really open or is instead proprietary, the company will submit its schemas to an important European international standards organization. 11/22/2005

  • News

    BizTalk Server 2006 Hits Second Beta Mark

    Microsoft quietly announced this week that it has released Beta 2 of BizTalk Server 2006 for download and the product remains on schedule. 11/22/2005

  • News

    Exploit Code Posted for Unpatched IE Flaw

    Microsoft is warning customers that exploit code is in the public domain for an unpatched vulnerability in Internet Explorer that can allow an attacker to take control of a user's computer over the Internet. 11/22/2005

  • News

    Partner Watch, Nov. 21

    Intervoice releases voice/data solutions for Microsoft Speech Server. 11/21/2005

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