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Disk Signature Disaster

Saving yourself some pain when replacing failed cluster disks.

VMware's Secure Browser Appliance

VMware made a splash in November when it released the free VMware Player, which lets users run pre-built VMware virtual machine configurations on client PCs. Now the company has taken its efforts a step further, teaming with Mozilla and Canonical (the makers of Ubuntu Linux) to create a pre-built virtual machine for the Firefox Web browser.

Newly Patched IE Flaw Already Being Exploited

Attackers are already exploiting a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Internet Explorer that Microsoft released a patch for Tuesday.

Is Microsoft Eating Its Children?

The Redmond giant competes squarely with partners on two fronts that might have other partners shaking in their boots, wondering who'll be next.

Visual FoxPro 9 Service Pack 1 Ships

Microsoft shipped at the end of last week Service Pack 1 for Visual FoxPro 9.0, a quiet update that fixes 200 or so bugs but that adds no new features to the revered database development tool.

Test Suite Discovers Numerous ISAKMP/IKE Flaws

Several vendors release patches after vulnerabilities are found by Protos.

An RCP over HTTP Hurdle with Exchange

Admin encounters a showstopper as he tries to implement RCP over HTTP on an Exchange server.

Developer Exams Waiting in the Wings

Wave of new developer and IT exams in beta testing during December.

Firefox Gradually Gaining Against IE

All of the noise and attention surrounding the release last month of Firefox 1.5 appears to have helped the alternative Web browser’s market share, even if those gains are still only in fractions of percentage points.

Two Windows Security Bulletins Coming Next Week

Microsoft plans to post two security bulletins for Windows next Tuesday, and at least one of them addresses a critical vulnerability.

It’s a Xen Thing

XenSource announced this week that it is shipping version 3.0 of its Xen system virtualization environment built on the open source Xen hypervisor.

South Korea Orders Microsoft to Sell Stripped Windows

Microsoft officials plan to appeal an antitrust ruling against the company by South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission.

FullArmor Extends Policy Compliance

FullArmor is shipping PolicyPortal, a Web services-based tool designed to automatically enforce Active Directory Group Policy settings on computers that are disconnected from the directory, either temporarily or permanently.

Syncing OUs to Groups

Keep your objects in order with a couple command-line tools.

Let iSCSI Do the Talking

Why iSCSI will doubtless lead the way in tomorrow's SAN/NAS installations

New Beta of IE7 for XP Coming in Q1

Microsoft plans to ship the second beta test version of Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP early next year.

Free Microsoft Add-in Aims To Help Small Retailers

Microsoft is shipping a free software add-in designed to enable retailers to transfer point-of-sale data, such as transactions and purchase orders, directly into their financial management software.

Virtual Disk Dead End

Expand the size of a VMware virtual hard disk file when it runs out of space

IBM Reinforces Commitment to OpenDoc

While IBM has previously endorsed the OpenDocument standard, this week it decided to put its money where its public relations message resides and announced that the next version of its Workplace Managed Client will support the format.

Virtual Server R2 Enterprise Edition Price Cut

To encourage new virtualization scenarios in Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition, Microsoft will sell the new OS with a half-price version of its server virtualization tool.

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