In a Q&A session this month, Microsoft's chairman and chief software architect talked briefly about the next version of Windows, code-named "Longhorn," and seemed to be describing the WinFS technologies that are supposed to have been cut.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/13/2004
For much of its existence Boise, Idaho-based ProClarity has built its analytic technology stack almost entirely on top of Microsoft’s SQL Server 2000 database. That changed late last month when ProClarity announced a new version 6.0 release of its ProClarity Analytics platform.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 10/13/2004
Hunt down wanted Active Directory objects quick and easy.
In one of its biggest monthly "Patch Tuesday" events yet, Microsoft posted 10 new security bulletins, seven of them for critical flaws that could allow attackers to remotely take control of a computer.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/12/2004
Admin wants to bring Exchange e-mail services back into the company, but first wants to set up a test bed.
- By Bill Boswell
- 10/11/2004
Some notable milestones in the Longhorn delivery schedule and Microsoft's dates for future deliverables.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/11/2004
Don't let Plug and Play become plug and hack your defenses.
- By Roberta Bragg
- 10/11/2004
Windows Longhorn is becoming less a code-name for an operating system than it is a code-name for a family of major technology projects that are becoming less and less coupled to the next version of Windows.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/11/2004
Windows "Longhorn" took a serious blow to its coolness quotient a month ago when it got a hard ship date and a serious loss of exclusive features. Suddenly, many of the big ideas in this operating system are either separated from the OS or will be available in older versions of Windows.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/11/2004
A collection of links to resources about Microsoft's Windows "Longhorn" project.
The roles of a handful of top executives in shaping the Windows "Longhorn" project so far have come to light.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/11/2004
The SANS Institute on Friday unveiled its fifth annual list of the most commonly exploited vulnerable services in Windows, Unix and Linux systems. For Windows-based systems, Web servers and services topped the list as the biggest vulnerability.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/08/2004
From the business wires this week: enterprise security management software, a USB fingerprint reader and upgraded switches.
New program provides for free training for those deploying Microsoft software from Microsoft Gold Partners for Learning Solutions participants.
- By Michael Domingo
- 10/07/2004
All the emphasis right now is on Windows XP SP2 -- and rightly so. But
there's another Windows service pack just around the bend, and if early
indications are accurate, Windows Server 2003 SP1 shows how far
Microsoft has come in terms of OS security.
Panda Software reported finding a tool on black hat hacker sites that can be used to create files in the JPEG image format that exploit the vulnerability in Microsoft's JPEG processing component.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/06/2004
At the one-year anniversary of the release of Windows Small Business Server 2003, the packaged server for small business is outpacing sales of the previous version of the product, according to Microsoft.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/05/2004
Treo, a maker of Palm OS-based smartphones, entered a licensing agreement with Microsoft to allow the next generation of its phones to link up with the ActiveSync technology in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/05/2004
Microsoft is releasing an update of its enterprise resource planning package for midsize project-, service- and distribution-oriented organizations this month.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/05/2004
Configure URLScan to access blocked URLs.
- By Bill Boswell
- 10/05/2004