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Microsoft: Decidedly not R.I.P. |
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04 May , 2008 - 8:07 AM - by Mitzs
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 Microsoft: Decidedly not R.I.P.
Oh how frustrating when the mighty haven't fallen.
For some word-jockeys it apparently seems impossible to believe that a major tech company, born a full 33 years ago, could remain on top of the heap.
Hand-wringing warnings of doom and decline for Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500), and for its CEO Steve Ballmer, are popping up in some quarters as the company faces a disappointing reception to Vista, its latest version of Windows, and criticism of its handling of its takeover bid for Yahoo. (YHOO, Fortune 500)
http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/02/tech...tune/index.htm
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WinXP SP3 Roll-out |
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26 Apr , 2008 - 12:34 AM - by tripwire45
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WinXP SP3 Roll-out
It's been a wild week regarding SP3. This Tuesday, Redmond said that although SP3 was ready, they were going to give priority to Vista SP1, and that SP3 would have to wait. The reason given was bandwidth management. That caused a serious amount of noise from existing MSDN and TechNet users, who complained that the build had already made it on the bittorrent download sites and asked themselves why they would need to renew their subscriptions. However, Microsoft quickly came to its senses and around 10pm, April 23 the SP3 download appeared unannounced on both TechNet and MSDN. That's the right thing to do of course, as professional users need to go through a series of tests to make sure nothing breaks before they deploy. And for the large percentage of sites that is not planning to move their users to Vista any time soon, it's even more important to get their hands on SP3.
Unfortunately, there's not direct link to this story hosted at WServerNews.com. Currently (as of April 25th), it's posted at the top of their main page in the Editor's Corner, but I'm sure that'll change. I suppose if it doesn't appear prominently, you could search the site for the title and hope for the best. Worth a read, I think.
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IIS Servers Experience Massive Cyber Attack |
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26 Apr , 2008 - 12:29 AM - by tripwire45
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 IIS Servers Experience Massive Cyber Attack
A massive cyber-attack is targeting vulnerable Internet Information Server based Web pages by redirecting visitors to the site toward one hosting malicious code, and it's growing rapidly. When Panda Security first noted the infestation, it put the number of infected IIS servers at 282,000. Less than a day later, security firm F-Secure wrote its own blog entry, putting the infestation at more than 500,000. The worst part of it all is that these infestations are not in seamy Web sites, they are taking place in legitimate Web pages. An IFRAME redirects the user to another page, where identity-stealing malware is downloaded onto their computer. So even users who think they are staying clean are not safe.
The full story can be found at ServerWatch.com.
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Their passion is Windows XP |
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13 Apr , 2008 - 11:03 PM - by tripwire45
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Their passion is Windows XP
Microsoft Corp.'s operating systems run most personal computers around the globe and are a cash cow for the world's largest software maker. But you'd never confuse a Windows user with the passionate fans of Mac OS X or even the free Linux operating system. Unless it's someone running Windows XP, a version Microsoft wants to retire. Fans of the six-year-old operating system set to be pulled off store shelves in June have papered the Internet with blog posts, cartoons and petitions recently. They trumpet its superiority to Windows Vista, Microsoft's latest PC operating system, whose consumer launch last January was greeted with lukewarm reviews.
Read about the growing Windows XP movement at Yahoo.com.
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Win Server 2008 Directory Services, Read Only Domain |
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13 Apr , 2008 - 1:36 PM - by tripwire45
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Win Server 2008 Directory Services, Read Only Domain
The two initial installments of our series dedicated to Windows Server 2008 Directory Services, provided a general overview of functionality incorporated into Active Directory since its introduction as part of Windows 2000 Server platform. It presented them in the context defined by modes and functional levels. Going forward, we will focus on features specific to the latest operating system, describing their characteristics in a more detailed fashion. We will start this new approach by discussing a new concept: the Read Only Domain Controller (RODC).
Find the link to the two previous installments of this series, plus finish reading this article at ServerWatch.com.
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 MS keeps admins busy with critical Vista patches |
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04 Apr , 2008 - 4:37 PM - by Mitzs
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 MS keeps admins busy with critical Vista patches
Microsoft will be putting out eight security patches on 8 April, five of them with the unlovable critical label, in the latest run of its regular update cycle.
The critical updates cover a brace of bugs in Internet Explorer, a pair on Windows and one involving Office. All five might lend themselves to remote execution of malicious software on vulnerable clients.
All supported versions of Windows - including Vista - ought to be updated once the patches come out. Vista is subject to as many critical patches as XP (four), which doesn't say a lot for its much-vaunted enhanced security, especially since they arrive less than a month after the release of the first service pack for Vista.
For the rest of the story, go to www.channelregister.co.uk.
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