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    Citrix Plans 'Constellation' to Coincide with Windows Longhorn

    At its iForum conference in Las Vegas this week, Citrix unveiled a major technology initiative that will provide the foundations for “next generation” virtualization products it plans to introduce in the same timeframe as Microsoft’s Windows “Longhorn” server. 10/13/2005

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    Citrix Ships 64-bit Presentation Server

    Citrix Systems is shipping an update to its flagship Presentation Server product that adds support for 64-bit memory addressing technology in Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions, the company told attendees at its iForum conference in Las Vegas this week. 10/13/2005

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    Microsoft, Yahoo! Announce IM Interop Deal

    Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo! announced an initiative on Wednesday to make MSN Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger compatible with each other. 10/12/2005

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    Microsoft Offers Small Business Package with a Partner Twist

    Microsoft on Monday unveiled two new financial incentives designed to get U.S. small businesses more deeply invested in Microsoft infrastructure – while helping partners in the process. 10/12/2005

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    Kahuna Gets Bigger

    MSN is expanding the beta program for the next generation of its Hotmail Web-based e-mail service, known by the code-name "Kahuna." 10/11/2005

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    RealNetworks, Microsoft Reach Settlement

    Longtime technology rivals RealNetworks and Microsoft on Tuesday settled their antitrust case and created a new partnership in digital music and games in a deal valued at $761 million to RealNetworks. 10/11/2005

  • News

    Microsoft Releases 9 Security Bulletins

    Three of the Patch Tuesday bulletins are critical. 10/11/2005

  • In-Depth

    10 Exchange Migration Tips

    Use these helpful tips to ensure your move to Exchange 2003 goes smoothly. 10/11/2005

  • News

    Navision SP1 Available with New Employee Portal

    The first service pack for Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision 4.0 became available to some customers on Monday, marking the start of a tiered release. 10/10/2005

  • News

    Discount Office, XP Bundle Created for Small Businesses

    Microsoft also offers to help small businesses pay Microsoft partners for deployment consulting and services. 10/10/2005

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    EC Appoints Advisor to Monitor Microsoft

    Professor Neil Barrett, a computer scientist and specialist in researching Internet crime, will serve as a technical advisor to the European Commission on questions of Microsoft's compliance with the EC's 2004 decision against Microsoft. 10/07/2005

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    Newspaper: Microsoft-Time Warner Resume AOL Talks

    Time Warner Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have restarted discussions about forming an alliance of their Internet units, America Online and MSN, the Wall Street Journal reported in its Friday editions. 10/07/2005

  • News

    Nine Security Fixes Coming on Patch Tuesday

    Get ready for a huge Microsoft Patch Tuesday next week. The Microsoft Security Response Center is preparing nine security bulletins, according to its Thursday night advance notification e-mail. 10/07/2005

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    EC Sniffing Around Microsoft's Security Plans

    The European Commission, which proved with its 497 million Euro fine and behavioral restrictions last year to be a formidable antitrust adversary for Microsoft, is showing interest in the American software giant's security plans. 10/07/2005

  • News

    Partner Watch, Oct. 7

    Texas picks Winternals Software to provide system recovery solution. 10/07/2005

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    IT Weekly Roundup, Oct. 7

    From the business wires this week: software for documenting your network’s assets and vulnerabilities, a solution for joining heterogeneous systems to Active Directory, and network time servers. 10/07/2005

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    Get Used to Windows XP SP2 -- SP3 Looks to be a Long Way Off

    The official position out of Microsoft on Windows XP Service Pack 3 is, Yes we're working on SP3, and stop asking about it. 10/07/2005

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    Windows XP SP2 Hotfix Posted for SBP-2 Problem

    A hotfix was posted to the Microsoft Download Center on Friday for users who ran into trouble with Serial Bus Protocol 2 devices after installing Windows XP Service Pack 2. 10/07/2005

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    Windows XP N Stands for 'No Sales'

    A senior Microsoft official in the United Kingdom confirmed this week that no computer manufacturers took up the option to install Windows XP N, the operating system Microsoft created in response to the European Commission decision against it. 10/07/2005

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    Microsoft to Add Homegrown A-V Engine to Sybari Antigen

    Microsoft's first major release of the product since buying Sybari earlier this year will enter beta testing in the first half of 2006. 10/06/2005

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    Microsoft Unveils Unified A-V, Anti-Spyware Product for Corporations

    Microsoft on Thursday formally unveiled its much-anticipated corporate client protection software that combines the anti-virus and spyware technologies the company has been developing since purchasing GeCAD Software in mid-2003 and Giant Company Software in late 2004. 10/06/2005

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    Altiris Joins the Virtualization Land Rush

    Lifecycle management tool vendor Altiris says it is readying a virtualization product for release later this year aimed at driving down support costs and making operations more efficient by eliminating application conflicts. 10/06/2005

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    Windows Small Business Server 2003 for the Enterprise IT Admin?

    As an enterprise IT pro, you may think Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 is beneath you. For most of the needs of your enterprise organization, that's true. But in cases where you might want to install SBS, say for a home business on the side, your enterprise experience with Microsoft products might blind you to useful features and expose you to common gotchas in this unique server. 10/05/2005

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    Exchange "12" DevCon Scheduled

    Even as the SQL Server 2005 launch takes place in San Francisco Nov. 7, Microsoft will be quietly giving developers and ISVs inside details on the next version of its other major back-end server -- Exchange. 10/05/2005

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    ScriptLogic Ships Update to Security Management Tool

    ScriptLogic is shipping version 5.0 of its Security Explorer file permission management and server security tool. 10/05/2005

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    NuView Enhances Lifecycle Management on NetApp Appliances

    NuView is shipping version 3.5 of its File Lifecycle Manager (FLM) package, a policy-based data administration tool for managing the lifecycles of file data on storage appliances from its OEM partner, Network Appliance (NetApp). 10/05/2005

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    Live Date for 70-293/70-294 Sim Exams Delayed to 2006

    Microsoft cites priority developing SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 exams, as well as sim refinements based on testers' feedback. 10/05/2005

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    Sun and Google Announce Collaboration

    Sun Microsystems and Google announced an initiative Tuesday to further collaboration between the Java creator and the search engine Goliath. 10/04/2005

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    Motorola Teams with Microsoft on Emergency Response Solutions

    Motorola and Microsoft are working together on a line of communication and incident management applications for law enforcement, first responders and criminal justice systems. 10/04/2005

  • News

    Office 12 Will Support PDF

    Office "12," the next version of Microsoft's market-dominating office productivity suite, will allow users to save documents in PDF. 10/04/2005

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    Symantec Continues Shopping Spree with BindView Buy

    Symantec Corp. continued its buying spree Monday as it announced it will acquire compliance software maker BindView, enabling the security and data integrity firm to flesh out its offerings for corporate customers. 10/03/2005

  • In-Depth

    Test Drive a Better Browser

    These alternatives to Microsoft's Internet Explorer can add Web-browsing muscle, but they're not without potential problems. 10/01/2005

  • News

    Microsoft Maps Out Plan to Integrate Virtualization into Windows

    Plan calls for support for Linux guest OSes and, eventually, use of hypervisor to incorporate virtualization into the OS. 10/01/2005

  • Truly Wireless Networking

    Strix Access/One's unique configuration can put an end to cabled networks. 10/01/2005

  • In-Depth

    Get Serious About Securing IE

    Internet Explorer is one of the most used products in nearly every environment, but most administrators know little about how to tune it for best performance and safety. 10/01/2005

  • Setting the Timer

    Mr. Script explores integrating a Web-based order system with electronic software deliver. 10/01/2005

  • Creative Server-Naming Conventions

    Readers reflect back to the days when naming their servers involved imagination and the ability to possess a sense of humor. 10/01/2005

  • In-Depth

    Keep Data in Line, Most of the Time

    For synchronizing data on PocketPCs and Smartphones, ActiveSync 3.8 is easy enough to use, but many users say OS and phone service issues can knock it off balance. 10/01/2005

  • In-Depth

    Smoke, but No Fire for TCO

    Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is a concept touted by Microsoft and various Linux vendors as proof that their products are cheapest to run. But TCO claims aren't what they're cracked up to be, and most IT shops never use TCO, or just plain do it wrong. 10/01/2005

  • Spotlight Lights Up AD

    Quest Software's Spotlight on Active Directory 6.0 is worth a close look for anyone tasked with AD performance tuning and troubleshooting. 10/01/2005

  • SoftGrid Serves Up Applications

    Deliver applications to your users safely, conveniently and without a lot of overhead. 10/01/2005

  • Spy Hunter

    Doug Barney is fed up with spyware, and is determined that something must be done about it infiltrating our computers. 10/01/2005

  • News

    WinFS Questions Persist

    New beta includes only a client version, but sheds light on new details. 10/01/2005

  • RX for Windows

    The utilities in Winternals Admin Pak can help you get through most of the Windows troubleshooting incidents you'll ever encounter. 10/01/2005

  • Security Advisor

    Will R2 Make You More Secure?

    The new version of Windows Server 2003 has some components directly targed at security pros, but they may not be what your network needs. Joern Wettern takes a detailed look to help you decide. 10/01/2005

  • In-Depth

    The Power Inside

    As head of Microsoft Research, Rick Rashid leads a team that remains largely anonymous, but whose work finds its way into nearly every product Redmond ships. 10/01/2005

  • All Is Not Lost

    When you need to find a long-lost document, dtSearch Desktop delivers quick results. 10/01/2005

  • News

    IT Weekly Roundup, Sept. 30

    From the business wires this week: a remote desktop solution for 64-bit Windows, a portable fingerprint scanner for laptops, a spam filter for Outlook and 64-bit servers and workstations. 09/30/2005

  • News

    Sun Unveils Latest StarOffice

    Sun Microsystems this week released a new version of its StarOffice business software suite, selling for the cut-rate price of $70. The competitor to Microsoft Office is touting features including "seamless compatibility with Microsoft Office," support for XForms XML-based forms and lots of ease-of-use improvements. 09/29/2005

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    Microsoft Gets REAL on SQL Server 2005

    With the launch of SQL Server 2005 coming in November, Microsoft has formalized the implementation guidance and marketing support it will provide to its partners and customers. 09/29/2005

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