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Judge Agrees to Extend Microsoft Oversight

DOJ to continue keeping an eye on Microsoft's business practices for two more years.

Print...Er...Mismanagement

The new Print Management MMC snap-in is free, but not really.

Software Makers Crack Down on Net Piracy

Rivals Symantec and McAfee band together to bust eBay software pirates.

Apple Releases More Laptops with Intel Chips

Intel chips sweep through the Mac landscape; what's left to complete the transition are high-end Macs.

Microsoft Releases First Preview of Expression Web Designer

Microsoft has released the first community technology preview (CTP) of its Expression Web Designer tool targeted for designers producing professional Web sites.

AMD To Unveil Power-Efficient Chips

Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp.'s biggest rival in personal computer microprocessors, plans to unveil chips Tuesday it says will lead to more power-efficient PCs that are smaller and more stylish.

Hewlett-Packard Profit Rises on Cost-Cutting, Higher Revenue

HP bests Wall Street estimate of 49 cents per share by a nickel.

Share Migrations Made Easy

Migrating file and folder permissions? Easy. Moving share permissions et al? That's another story. Here's how to ease the pain.

Gates Shows Off SharePoint Server 2007

Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates on Monday touted the capabilities of the company's upcoming Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

IBM Develops New Tape Storage Technology

Researchers at International Business Machines Corp. say a new method for cramming data onto magnetic tape will increase storage capacity at least 15 times, enough to squeeze the text from 8 million books onto a cartridge half the size of a VHS tape.

What's That Trojan Doing on My Server?

Root cause of some inexplicable reboots or other strange events on your systems might be a rootkit.

Are Linux Bots More Powerful?

Russ takes issue with a recent report. Plus Oracle's latest patch batch lacking, Symantic LiveUpdates seems to be making Macs more vulnerable, and more.

DOJ Wants to Extend Oversight of Microsoft to 2009

Citing Microsoft Corp.'s lapses under part of a landmark antitrust settlement, the Justice Department said Friday it wants to extend by two years its oversight of some of the company's business practices until at least November 2009.

Entry-Level SAN Tool Bows

DataCore says it is shipping an entry-level version of its enterprise resource analysis, monitoring and reporting tool for Windows and storage area networks (SAN).

ISO: OpenDoc Ratified as Standard

In Europe on Monday, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the IEC jointly announced they have ratified the OpenDocument Format (ODF) as a standard meant to enable documents from various desktop applications to be interchangeable.

When the Firewall Burns

Troubleshoot your Windows Firewall with these key tips.

Speech Server 2007 Enters Beta Test

Microsoft said this week that it's shipping the first beta test version of Speech Server 2007 on schedule, and plans to release the final code this fall.

Cisco Forecast Concerns Analysts

Cisco Systems Inc., a leading maker of networking gear, is working to temper Wall Street's expectations for its current quarter.

Court: British Hacker Can Be Extradited to U.S

A British court recommended Wednesday that a man be extradited to the United States to face charges in the largest attack on U.S. government computer networks -- including Army, Air Force, Navy and NASA systems.

HP Unveils New Notebooks

Following in the footsteps of rivals, Hewlett-Packard Co., the world's second-largest computer maker, unveiled laptops with spiffier designs as well as more powerful processors.

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