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A ship sponsored by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, SpaceShipOne, won the $10 million Ansari X Prize on Monday as the first privately built craft to fly into suborbital space two times in two weeks.
10/05/2004
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Treo, a maker of Palm OS-based smartphones, entered a licensing agreement with Microsoft to allow the next generation of its phones to link up with the ActiveSync technology in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003.
10/05/2004
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At the one-year anniversary of the release of Windows Small Business Server 2003, the packaged server for small business is outpacing sales of the previous version of the product, according to Microsoft.
10/05/2004
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Microsoft is releasing an update of its enterprise resource planning package for midsize project-, service- and distribution-oriented organizations this month.
10/05/2004
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Three scripts that will make creating and populating your databases a breeze.
10/01/2004
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Windows Insider
Using the Windows GUI is fine—if you want to go slow. Learn to use the command line and move into the administration fast lane.
10/01/2004
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In-Depth
Microsoft watchers give Bill Gates mixed reviews for his performance since relinquishing the CEO title to become Chief Software Architect.
10/01/2004
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Even with the launch of Redmond, MCP Magazine is alive and well via MCPMag.com.
10/01/2004
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From executive-distracting ROI calculators to a naked Windows, here's our dream to-do list for Microsoft's developers. (Be sure to post yours at the end of this article!)
10/01/2004
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In-Depth
Internet Explorer is a hacker's dream. Can you (and should you) drop it right now?
10/01/2004
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AppAnalyzer helps you keep an eye on server performance.
10/01/2004
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In-Depth
Changes to campaign finance laws mean a larger percentage of Microsoft political contributions now go to Democrats, but the company remains a force in both parties.
10/01/2004
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Using GPOs to control local groups on any computer in the AD domain.
10/01/2004
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Treading softly with SP2 makes for sound security policy.
10/01/2004
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Make way for WUS! Don Jones takes an early look at this SUS upgrade, with its expanded grouping, security and control features.
10/01/2004
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From the business wires this week: a security appliance for SMBs, e-mail storage upgrades and a security data management tool.
10/01/2004
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In-Depth
Disaster recovery planning can be worth a lot more than a pound of cure when your network goes down.
10/01/2004
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PerfectDisk is an industrial-strength defragmentation solution.
10/01/2004
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Security Advisor
Whether you decide to build your own PKI for security or use a third party, planning is paramount.
10/01/2004
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In-Depth
Server consolidation may be a necessary evil, but either Virtual Server 2005 or GSX Server can ease the pain.
10/01/2004
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In-Depth
Once clear of the administrative learning curve, users give SPS 2003 high marks for ease of use and integration features.
10/01/2004
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Does Windows Future Storage really have a future?
10/01/2004
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Fast on the heels of its announcement that Russia would be the fourth of five countries in a pilot program of a low-cost, limited-functionality version of Windows XP, Microsoft named India as the fifth country.
09/30/2004
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Microsoft and the European Commission faced off in open court on Thursday for the first time in their five-year legal battle over antitrust concerns.
09/30/2004
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After having taken nearly every opportunity so far to push back the release schedule for SQL Server 2005, formerly known as "Yukon," Microsoft is allowing its SQL Server PASS Community Summit to pass without disclosing a new delay.
09/29/2004
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When Microsoft delivers the Beta 3 version of SQL Server 2005, formerly code-named "Yukon," it will carry a number of feature enhancements that weren't available in the more broadly distributed Beta 2 version.
09/29/2004
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Microsoft extended the usefulness of its SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services by making available three Report Packs, which are collections of report templates for specific Microsoft applications.
09/29/2004
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Microsoft this week announced that it's expanding its Windows XP Starter Edition pilot program into Russia. The company said that it hopes to get the software to PC OEMs in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States by early 2005.
09/28/2004
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The Mainframe Migration Alliance, Microsoft's coalition of the willing for moving customers from mainframes to Windows servers, got some new members and an official Web site on Tuesday.
09/28/2004
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On the road again, this time at TechMentor/San Jose, Bill takes time out to contemplate a solution to this admin's XP SP2 problem.
09/28/2004
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Conquer your world of servers from home.
09/27/2004
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Smart cards and tokens add layers of authentication protection.
09/27/2004
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Over the last few years, EMC has found itself controlling a number of the assets that medium-sized businesses might need to consolidate and manage their Microsoft Exchange-based storage.
09/27/2004
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About a year after releasing Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft rolled out a free, automated best practice tool to help IT get the most out of the e-mail server and its two predecessors -- Exchange 2000 and Exchange 5.5.
09/27/2004
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Microsoft hopes to get the software to PC OEMs in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States by early 2005.
09/27/2004
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Microsoft formally launched Exchange Server 2003 about a year ago. The company is holding off until next month to formally announce how much momentum the incremental upgrade to Exchange 2000 Server has built up in that time. Several analyst firms that track messaging closely, however, think they have a pretty good idea how migrations are going.
09/27/2004
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From the business wires this week: manage years of e-mail in one networked storage space; security services to stop malware; more.
09/24/2004
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Users who travel expect 24/7 support on the road too.
09/23/2004
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Dell and Oracle this week began jointly promoting a packaged offering of Oracle's low-end Standard Edition One version of its 10g database on Dell hardware and running Windows Server 2003. Previously Dell and Oracle only offered the packaged deal on the Red Hat Linux operating system.
09/23/2004
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Would you like IT information with that?
09/23/2004
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Microsoft made some minor changes to its volume licensing programs this week as it launched a new centralized Web site for licensing information.
09/23/2004
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The seriousness of an already critical flaw in the way a Microsoft component processes JPEG files got ratcheted up a notch this week as exploit code began circulating.
09/23/2004
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William G. Reed Jr. will retire from the Microsoft board of directors after 17 years.
The board has decided not to replace Reed, reducing the size of the Microsoft board from 10 members to nine.
09/22/2004
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It’s never taken Microsoft longer than three years (give or take a few months) to deliver a new version of its business-class operating system. And when Redmond ships its Longhorn operating environment sometime in 2006, more or less than three years will have elapsed since the software giant delivered Windows Server 2003.
09/22/2004
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Stop migration sickness in Exchange with a painless script and registry change.
09/22/2004
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Microsoft has issued a formal fix for a problem in Windows XP Service Pack 2 that resulted in error messages for programs that attempt to use loopback addresses other than 127.0.0.1.
09/22/2004
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Microsoft expanded its controversial Government Security Program to allow governments that Microsoft trusts to review the source code of Microsoft Office.
09/21/2004
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Security giant Symantec is buying digital security company @stake for an undisclosed sum in a deal that is expected to close in October.
09/21/2004
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Microsoft this month continued the shuffle of its Visual Studio developer suite packages prior to their planned release next year.
09/21/2004
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A baffled administrator finds a solution in the Office Resource Kit for an Outlook application accessing error. Plus: XP SP2 installation stories from the trenches.
09/21/2004