The 2.0 version of Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA), the free tool for scanning the security of networks at small and medium organizations and recommending improvements, is available on the Web this month.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/06/2005
Security expert Russ Cooper surveys the field of Microsoft security bulletins for June, assessing which matter the most.
- By Scott Bekker
- 07/06/2005
Follow along as Russ gives a brief walkthrough through last month's Security Bulletins to patch possible vulnerabilities.
How to back up DNS independent of the System State.
Gateway is shipping three new lines of 64-bit business desktops built around Intel’s BTX cooling technology, two of which can be ordered with Pentium D dual-core CPUs.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 07/05/2005
Microsoft has agreed to pay IBM $775 million and to extend $75 million in software deployment credits in order to settle outstanding antitrust claims regarding the Redmond software giant’s competitive practices in desktop software markets during the 1990s.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 07/05/2005
From the business wires this week: an authentication software that restricts access to a computer's apps, a logon script processor, and a developer's ActiveX component for .PDF files.
Free assessments, e-learning packages for developers to understand their abilities with new Microsoft software to be released in November.
- By Michael Domingo
- 06/30/2005
A talk with the man responsible for securing Microsoft's internal network.
Here's how to do a secure Win2003 install with Windows Firewall and SP1.
Microsoft this week launched the seventh localized version of its low-cost, reduced-feature Windows XP Starter Edition designed for first-time PC buyers -- this one for Mexico.
- By Scott Bekker
- 06/29/2005
Microsoft posted Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, a group of more than 50 security fixes for the five-year-old operating system that enters the extended support phase next week. Microsoft reiterated that there will be no Service Pack 5 for Windows 2000.
- By Scott Bekker
- 06/29/2005
Advanced Micro Devices sued Intel Corp. over antitrust issues on Monday, bringing the companies’ often contentious competition to a boil in federal district court in Delaware.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 06/28/2005
Share home folders between Windows and Linux desktops.
Intel announced this week that, with the latest Celeron D processors, its entire CPU line from servers to desktops now support its 64-bit addressing technology.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 06/28/2005
In overwhelmingly positive votes, the shareholders of both Symantec and Veritas have confirmed the merger of the anti-virus giant with the utility computing dynamo. The deal is expected to close by the end of the week, according to a statement by the two firms.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 06/28/2005
Tenrox says it will add next month document management capabilities to its modular project and workforce management software for mid-sized to large organizations.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 06/28/2005
To fight identity theft, the bank tries a two-factor authentication process which trades convenience for security.
If information posted on a testing provider's Web site is correct, Microsoft Partner competency exams will feature Office exams.
- By Michael Domingo
- 06/27/2005