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MyDoom Targets Microsoft, Breaks Records, SCO Fires Back

In its third day of activity, the MyDoom mass-mailing virus spread chaos like ripples in a pond.

Gates: Microsoft's Upping Security R&D Budget

More of Microsoft's $6.8 billion research budget will be directed toward making its software more secure and reliable, chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates said at a European technology conference.

Microsoft Launches SQL Reporting Services

Microsoft on Tuesday launched its SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services, a technology three years in the making that has market-changing potential for business intelligence over the long term.

MyDoom Spreads Rapidly, but Corporate IT Well Prepared

A new mass-mailing virus known as MyDoom or Novarg spread at a record-setting pace this week, but its rate of success was fairly low against corporate servers already hardened against similar attacks.

Gartner: Windows 9.x Support Extension an Attempted Linux Deterrent

Meanwhile, the analyst house says, Windows NT 4 Workstation support, which was not extended in Microsoft's announcement last week, is a bigger problem for the enterprise.

Microsoft Revenues Up, Profits Down

Microsoft on Thursday announced record revenues of $10.5 billion for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2001, but the company posted lower profits than it did for the year-ago period.

Contest! Help Desk Technicians, Be Recognized

Online contest to honor the hard work of the desktop support person.

Enhanced Security Tool Posted to Microsoft.com

Microsoft posted a minor update this week of its free Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) for download from its Web site.

Salesforce.com Plugs into Microsoft Office

Company announces a new plug-in for importing Salesforce.com data into Excel, Word, and Outlook.

AppSense Makes the Most of Windows Servers

AppSense firmly believes that enterprises could use its application performance management software. What makes it so confident? The software was originally developed for Dresdner Bank in London in the late 1990s, when AppSense served as a systems integrator and a development arm for an application service provider.

Vendors Press Groupware Below Exchange Rate

While Microsoft’s Outlook has become a ubiquitous e-mail client within many companies, the market is still churning on the server. A number of e-mail server vendors now see opportunities to position their products as lower-cost and simpler alternatives to Exchange Server 2003.

Update: Microsoft a Finalist for LinuxWorld Award

Microsoft's interoperability efforts got a credibility boost when the latest version of Services for Unix earned a nomination for best integration solution at a major Linux show.

IE Flaw Remains Unpatched

The third installment of Microsoft's monthly patch roundups came and went last week with three new security bulletins but without a fix for a well-known Internet Explorer vulnerability.

IBM Launches NT to Linux Migration Plan

Microsoft is expected to pull the plug on support for Windows NT 4.0 Server by the end of 2004, and at least one vendor -- IBM Corp. -- smells blood.

Have You Been Outsourced or Insourced?

Have you been involved in or affected by an outsourcing initiative at your organization? We want to hear your story.

Microsoft Releases 32-bit Driver for Intel Itanium 2

Microsoft posted a software driver to its Web site this week that executes 32-bit code on Intel's 64-bit Itanium 2 processors.

Microsoft: SFU 3.5 Wants to be Free

Microsoft is set to release version 3.5 of Services for Unix on Thursday that will mark the product's official debut as freeware.

Microsoft Puts Plug Back in on 9.x Support

Tens of thousands of organizations worldwide running Windows 98 got a breather on Monday when Microsoft formally announced it was adding 30 months to the product's extended support phase, which had been scheduled to end on Friday.

First MCDST Exam Released

Exam 70-271 made its debut Monday; 70-272 follows next month.

January Patch Day Has 3 Bulletins

Microsoft issued three bulletins on Tuesday in its monthly collection of patches for January.

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