Windows XP Service Pack 2, arguably Microsoft's biggest service pack yet and the company's most important security project since the Trustworthy Computing initiative, will be released in August.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 12, 2004
E-mail security and management provider Postini declared this week that its method of blocking spam e-mails based on IP addresses is proving an effective complement to content filtering.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 08, 2004
Pirated software accounted for more than a third of the software installed on computers worldwide in 2003, representing a loss of $29 billion, according to a study released Wednesday by a software industry group.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 07, 2004
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's massive 4,900-word internal memo to Microsoft employees is a major event in Redmond and for Wall Street, but it affects IT shops only marginally. $1 billion in cuts planned by July 2005. Product schedules do not appear to be affected.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 07, 2004
Microsoft released an emergency configuration update over the July Fourth U.S. holiday that for the first time gives Internet Explorer users protection against the specific vulnerabilities exploited by the Download.Ject attack.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 05, 2004
HP disclosed that flawed memory modules in 14 models of HP and Compaq laptops could produce blue screens, intermittent lock-ups or memory corruption. The computermaker announced a replacement program for the third-party memory modules that runs through Dec. 31.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 30, 2004
Customer confusion over Lotus' messaging software strategy and its potentially complex upgrade path will help Microsoft widen its lead over the IBM subsidiary, according to an analyst firm specializing in messaging.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 30, 2004
Microsoft is readying a free version of SQL Server and low-cost versions of developer tools for enthusiasts and non-professional users.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 29, 2004
Microsoft confirmed that the Download.Ject security issue, a multi-level attack in the wild that compromises Web servers that are then pressed into service infecting clients with a trojan, exploits a patched flaw in IIS but that there is no current effective patch for the client.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 28, 2004
Javelina Software released a new version of its two-year-old toolkit for Microsoft's Active Directory.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 25, 2004
To make good on their data warehousing investments, some organizations are creating the role of “BI Evangelist.” This person is responsible for spreading the “good news” about the data warehouse and what it can do for the organization.
- By Wayne Eckerson
- June 25, 2004
Quest Software began shipping a new version of its Exchange Migration Wizard with an important enhancement for moving laptop users from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003 without interruption.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 25, 2004
After a huge jump in the number of unique phishing attacks from March to April, the number of attacks stayed relatively flat from April to May, according to a group studying the problem.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 25, 2004
Microsoft confirmed Wednesday that it will deliver the high performance computing version of Windows Server 2003 that the company has been hinting at for several weeks.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 23, 2004
Oracle keeps turning an unwelcome spotlight on Microsoft during an antitrust trial that is supposed to have Oracle in the hot seat.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 23, 2004
Virtualization software provider VMWare delivered support this week for 64-bit extended systems in two of its products, marking the first delivery in a plan to provide support for the platforms across all its products over the next 16 months.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 23, 2004
MediaLive International, which last year took over what was once the IT industry's largest and most important show, cancelled Comdex 2004 on Wednesday.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 23, 2004
Microsoft on Tuesday refreshed its six-month-old reporting platform for SQL Server 2000 with a service pack that adds some minor functionality.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 22, 2004
Microsoft shipped version 8.0 of Great Plains, its packaged financial management software for mid-market companies across all business sectors.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 22, 2004
Microsoft released another trial balloon in the last week over what it should do with its anti-virus technology. The company is dragging its feet on a decision because it really has no good options here.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 21, 2004