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Microsoft Office is one of the most far-reaching client applications in the world, used or customized by nearly 3 million developers and more than 400 million users. With today's launch of Visual Studio Tools for Office, Microsoft is hoping to provide developers with the tools they need to take adva...
A new file storage system designed to be backward compatible with today's Windows machines but also to move data-storage technology forward has been a long time coming from Microsoft. According to recent reports, the new file system will arrive with Microsoft's next operating system, code-named Long...
It might surprise you to know that, by survey, Microsoft has about 120 million happy customers. I'm guessing that, if you are reading this column, you probably aren't one of them. You might also be surprised to know that Microsoft surveys as one of the most-trusted vendors in the industry, and you l...
Last week at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference, the company announced that its Small Business Server -- part of the Windows Server 2003 family -- is now available on prebuilt systems from Dell, HP and other providers. Instead of dedicating different computers to different server tasks, the Sm...
The Napster song-swapping service has undergone a transformation from hotbed for piracy to legitimate peer-to-peer service in a large pack of formidable competitors. Napster 2.0, to be officially launched October 29th by Roxio, will provide legal dollar-per-song access to a catalogue of 500,000 titl...
In an effort to send a clear message through the noise of constant software security warnings, the SysAdmin Audit Network Security (SANS) research group has released its list of the year's top 20 vulnerabilities. The SANS institute -- which divided vulnerabilities into two lists of 10 for Windows an...
Oracle has released an enterprise database for small businesses, promising the same features of its larger database at an entry-level price and position. With its popular database software now available for less than $1,000 in license fees, Oracle said the entry-level database -- designed to offer f...
Touting more than 150 new features -- including improved interoperability with Windows and Linux -- Apple Computer has announced that its updated Mac OS X Panther operating system will be available on October 24th. The Cupertino, California-based company said Mac OS X version 10.3 delivers new featu...
The aliens of the forthcoming video game Half Life 2 have been upstaged by Grinch-like hackers who stole some of the game's code and posted it online, meaning release of the real game likely will be pushed back until after the holiday season. Valve Software, maker of the popular first-person shooter...
Microsoft's recent deal with Phoenix Technologies is aimed at "radical simplification to the PC and digital service industry" through enhancements to the Basic Input Output System (BIOS) -- the software that connects operating systems with hardware. Industry observers agreed that the next generation...
While certain Web sites are taking advantage of a vulnerability in Internet Explorer, Microsoft has yet to release an update that can patch exposed systems. However, in the meantime, there are manual workarounds that users can employ to protect their systems against the Qhost-1 Trojan. "You can help...
Once again, computer attackers are taking advantage of a recent vulnerability -- this time an unpatched flaw in Microsoft's widely used Internet Explorer browser -- to have their way with vulnerable Windows machines through malicious programs known as Trojans. The software security holes that affect...
Despite criticism of its technical and legal tactics, the Recording Industry Association of America is continuing its campaign of lawsuits against individual Internet file traders accused of copyright infringement. Opponents of the strategy, which so far has consisted of nearly 1,500 subpoenas and 2...
Windows is often the whipping boy when it comes to server platforms. But many in the industry now admit that Windows Server 2003 offers some significant breakthroughs over earlier versions of Microsoft's server software -- a change that could help Microsoft compete more effectively against Unix and ...
Microsoft has announced it is releasing a beta version of Windows XP for AMD's new 64-bit processor. That's both good news and bad news for AMD. The good news is that Microsoft is showing significant support for the new processor by making a version of XP for it. The bad news is that Microsoft won't...
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