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Grounding This Jet Engine

Buffer overflow again hits Microsoft's Jet Database Engine. Plus: Monster.com goes down; bad SMS causes big stink.

IBM Opens Up Jazz-Based Collaborative Development

IBM's new Rational Team Concert Express aims to make it easier for dispersed development teams to work together writing software and better track changes and contributions more efficiently

IBM Surprises With Exceptional 4Q

The fourth quarter usually is the best time of the year for IBM Corp., but rarely does it look this good.

On The Server Side of Terminal Services

Windows Server 2008 is just a month away and one can't-miss feature is Terminal Services. In this second of three parts, a look at Server Manager.

Amazon, eBay, Google Pitch Woo to Developers

A flock of new-age tech powers -- Amazon.com, Google, eBay, Facebook -- want your developers to target their pieces of "the Cloud."

Understanding Replication Types

Snapshot, transactional and merge -- your replication schema will fall under one of these methods, so choose wisely.

Microsoft Makes Fast Move

Microsoft bids $1.2 billion for Norwegian search company to shore up search technology.

How To Make Windows Spill the Beans

You have ways to make Windows talk, and Filever.exe is the truth serum.

Study: MSN Most Dangerous IM Client in 2007

MSN Messenger was the instant messaging client of choice for hackers, thieves and many types of malware in 2007.

Microsoft's Raikes To Retire

Jeff Raikes will leave Microsoft next September after 28 years with the company.

Microsoft's Head of M&A Leaving

Earlier this week Microsoft quietly announced that the head of its merger and acquisitions strategy, Vice President of Corporate Development Bruce Jaffe, is leaving the company.

Microsoft Releases Two Patches

Microsoft kicked off 2008 with two patches -- one "Critical," one "Important."

Microsoft, Fast Combo To Yield Better Search Dev Tools

Microsoft, which has said for months that it fields the best enterprise search, is spending another billion to bolster that claim.

Gates on Vista: 100 Million Served

Sales of the Vista operating system have hit the 100 million-mark, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said Sunday night at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, in what is expected to be his last keynote address.

Microsoft Simplifies File Format Fix

Microsoft Corp. changed course on an update to Office 2003 that blocked certain older file types from opening, after receiving a flurry of criticism from users and online publications.

Will Boeing's 787 Be Safe From Hackers?

Before Boeing Co.'s new 787 jetliner gets the green light to fly passengers, the aircraft maker will have to prove that offering Internet access in the cabin won't leave the flight controls vulnerable to hackers and hijackers.

Gates Pushes Idea of Windows Everywhere

Microsoft Corp. might not be the unbeatable giant it once seemed to be, but Chairman Bill Gates made the case Sunday night that its technologies are becoming even more flexible and powerful as they seep into automobiles, Internet-based TV networks and living rooms.

Don't Bet on Gates' Keynote Predictions

For the 10th time, Bill Gates will inaugurate the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas by touting new Microsoft Corp. products and describing his view of the future of computing.

First Patch Tuesday of 2008 Expected To Be Light

Microsoft's first Patch Tuesday of 2008 is a light one, a welcome respite following December's Vista-heavy security bulletin rollout.

SMBs To Get 'Lease-Like' Option on Microsoft Software

Redmond unveiled its Open Value Subscription Program in the United States and Canada.

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