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Microsoft Hires Paper Executive for CFO Job

Chris Liddell, the chief financial officer at International Paper, will assume the same job at Microsoft.

Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Sales Top 1 Million

SEATTLE -- Windows XP Media Center Edition sales topped 1 million in the six months since the launch of the most recent edition, Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates said this week.

Two Places At Once

How to work around a VPN connection that's keeping remote users hanging for a while longer than this admin likes.

Dell, HP to Ship 64-bit Windows Support

SEATTLE -- Dell and HP took advantage of this week’s delivery of Microsoft’s Windows x64 editions to announce that they will soon begin shipping computers that run the 64-bit operating systems.

Using the Law to Silence Whistleblowers

Disclosure of security vulnerabilities in software may now invite legal action.

Public Beta of Windows Server 2003 'R2' Expected This Week

Microsoft plans to post a public beta of Windows Server 2003 "R2" this week.

Gates Launches x64 Editions, Shows Longhorn UI

SEATTLE -- Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates on Monday launched the x64 editions of Windows and gave a public preview of the much-anticipated Windows "Longhorn" user interface at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC).

IT Weekly Roundup, April 22

From the business wires this week: Group Policy solutions for managing desktop policies and software deployments; security tools for IE, e-mail and TCP/IP; and mobile tokens.

AMD Begins Shipping Dual-Core 64-bit CPUs – HP Ships AMD-Based Servers

AMD began delivering its first dual-core Opteron 64-bit CPUs in quantity this week, and HP announced its first servers based on the technology.

Borland’s Together 2005 Adds UML 2.0 and Role-based Work Model

Borland is shipping a major release of its modeling suite for Visual Studio. Among key new features, Together 2005 for Visual Studio.Net adds support for Unified Modeling Language (UML) 2.0 and introduces a role-based work model.

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IBM Claims First Workstation Based On AMD Dual-Core Processor

As the dual-core duel heats up, IBM announced Thursday that it is about to ship a workstation based on AMD’s dual-core chips.

Service Pack Beta Released for Virtual Server

Microsoft on Wednesday released a beta version of the first service pack for Virtual Server 2005. The service pack delivers support for Windows Server 2003 x64 editions and performance improvements.

Unlocking IIS 6.0, Part 3

Control exactly what you want installed with the new IIS.

Microsoft Releases List of Windows 2003 SP1's Broken Apps

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 causes problems with 14 high-profile server applications, including Exchange Server 2003, according to a Knowledge Base article published by the software vendor this month. Most of the problems, including the Exchange issue, are minor or obscure.

Softricity’s ZeroTouch: Self-Service Applications Provisioning for End Users

Softricity will ship this quarter its ZeroTouch software aimed at enabling end users to self-provision applications over the network – and in a protected “virtualized” environment.

Dell OEMs MOM Express Edition

Dell this week began offering Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 Workgroup Edition on its PowerEdge servers.

New Servers Unveiled at Microsoft Management Summit

Microsoft on Tuesday announced two new systems management products it will ship later this year under the System Center family name.

More Test Versions Released for SQL, Visual Studio, .NET

Microsoft this week posted new test versions of SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and the .NET Framework 2.0. Visual Studio and .NET came out in Beta 2 versions. Tightly coupled with those public betas is a feature-complete SQL Server Community Technology Preview (CTP).

New Phishing Lures

The latest tactic used by phishers makes it hard to even know if you're being scammed.

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