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Microsoft to Combine Its Unix Products

Microsoft will combine its two Unix interoperability tools, Services for Unix and Microsoft Interix, into a single offering called Services for Unix 3.0 in the second quarter of this year, Microsoft officials say.

Anti-Unix Marketing Site Turns Users Away

The stumbles continued into Wednesday for the Unisys-Microsoft joint anti-Unix marketing campaign as the Web site for the program became unreachable.

Dell Retakes TPC-C Price-Performance Lead

Dell Computer Corp. reclaimed the price-performance lead on the Transaction Processing Performance Council's TPC-C benchmark for OLTP systems.

MCP Program Celebrates 10 Years

April 2, 2002 marks one decade in the life of the Microsoft Certified Professional program.

Unisys-Microsoft Anti-Unix Campaign Stumbles Out of Gate

A joint marketing campaign from Unisys Corp. and Microsoft Corp. to promote Windows on 32-processor Unisys ES7000 servers got off to a rocky start when its anti-Unix homepage was hosted on a Unix/Apache server.

Power Play at City Hall

<i>Case study.</i> When the City of Minneapolis, Minn. government decided to use the Internet to automate its business processes, it was obvious the information infrastructure would need updating, too. The city's Microsoft-based solution includes Windows 2000 Datacenter Server.

Intel Ships 2.4 GHz Pentium 4

On its way to delivering 3-GHz Pentium 4 processors by year's end, Intel shipped a 2.4-GHz version of the processor.

The Key to the Future

It’s been a long time coming, but it’s nearly here. Key recovery in .NET server promises to improve your Public Key Infrastructure.

Certified Mail: April 2002

Pass/Fail causes a storm; XML; Exchange and Active Directory; salary survey unrealistic?

Mike Meyers' Certification Passport Series

Will this passport take you to the end of your certification journey?

Pass the Crow, Please

Did I say Redmond wasn’t serious about security?

Crossing the Great Divide

Keep your hair from turning gray by understanding how Active Directory access works between domains.

Unleash The Beast!

Turn this script loose and see how easy it is to maximize processor performance across multiple workstations!

Job Scheduling Utilities

These three packages let you automate tasks you need to accomplish daily.

88 High-Voltage Tips

Become the network master of all your domains. This ultimate guide spells out new, smart ways to upgrade systems, set up services, monitor traffic, install applications and more—better, faster, cheaper.

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Become the network master of all your domains. This ultimate guide spells out new, smart ways to upgrade systems, set up services, monitor traffic, install applications and more— better, faster, cheaper.

Biometric Security Products

Wouldn't it be nice if your computer just knew you! Security Advisor's Roberta Bragg evaluates several solutions.

Your Network's Traffic Cops

Understand how hubs, switches, and routers direct traffic on your network.

Cumulative IE Patch for Critical Cookie Problem

Microsoft issued a cumulative patch for Internet Explorer in late March. It was the fourth cumulative patch in five months for the Web browser. The most serious flaw this time is a critical vulnerability in the way IE handles cookies.

The State of Software Development

I've been writing this column for a year now. Are we getting better, or is software just getting flashier?

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