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Valentine Leaves Microsoft

Brian Valentine, a fixture in Microsoft's management team for nearly 20 years, has left the company to join Amazon.com.

Windows Update Woes

The all-too-familiar errors of Windows Update's ways calls for a quick fix.

Microsoft and Cisco Demo New Interop Tech

Microsoft and Cisco demonstrated this week a single client agent providing interoperability between the software giant's coming Network Access Protection (NAP) and the networking behemoth's Network Admission Control (NAC) protocols.

Microsoft Revises BI Cert Lineup

Microsoft has changed the requirements for its MCITP: Business Intelligence Developer title, no longer requiring passage of three exams.

Troubleshooting Tips for Virtual Server 2005

Handful of small tips for working with Virtual Server 2005

Microsoft Ships First Release Candidate of Vista

Microsoft will broaden distribution of the first "release candidate" of Windows Vista to as many as five million testers beginning this week, after sending initial versions out late last week.

Chip Fight: Sun, Unisys Sue Hynix

Sun Microsystems and Unisys have filed a lawsuit against Hynix Semiconductor in the United States, apparently seeking damages related to a federal probe into price-fixing of memory chips.

More Layoffs Expected with Intel Overhaul

With Intel Corp. apparently poised to announce the latest stage of its restructuring effort, speculation has centered not on whether the world's largest chip maker would be cutting jobs, but on how many.

So Long, Security Tab!

Hide the Security tab from your domain users.

Virginia Court Upholds First Felony Spammer Conviction

The Virginia Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld the nation's first felony conviction of illegal spamming.

Quest Ships SharePoint Admin Tool

Quest Software announced it is shipping an administration tool designed to simplify management of sites based on Microsoft SharePoint technologies.

More Layoffs Expected with Intel Overhaul

Speculation is swirling that Intel will be cutting thousands of jobs in its latest restructuring effort.

Gateway Rejects Buyout Offer

Gateway has rejected an unsolicited $450 million bid for its retail business from eMachines founder Lap Shun Hui.

Microsoft Awards Execs with Millions in Stock

Several high-ranking Microsoft Corp. executives Thursday received millions of dollars in stock awards as part of a compensation program that the company rejiggered several years ago.

The Name Game

We don't see Chief Renamer on the Microsoft org chart, but that person has got to be on there somewhere....

Microsoft Awards Execs with Millions in Stock

Several Microsoft execs received millions of dollars in stock awards as part of compensation program that the company rejiggered several years ago.

Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 Beta 2 Released

Try saying this three times quickly: Microsoft is shipping Beta 2 of Virtual Server 2005 Release 2 Service Pack 1.

India State To Dump Windows for Linux

A southern Indian state plans to switch all school computers from Microsoft Windows to the free Linux operating system, an official said Thursday.

Executive: Google Growth Driven by Users

Television should consider Google a friend, not foe, a senior company executive says.

Microsoft Explains Vista Build Numbers

The Microsoft official responsible for releasing Windows Vista builds explained in an interview published on the Vista Team Weblog this week some of the intricacies of how the build numbering scheme for Release Candidates works.

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