Microsoft this week released the first service pack for the centerpiece of its scale-out strategy -- Application Center 2000.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/16/2001
At the Microprocessor Forum in San Jose, Calif., Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) Monday disclosed details about its next-generation 64-bit microprocessor, code-named "Hammer."
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 10/16/2001
NEC and Microsoft will work together on testing and development of fault-tolerant and scalable server technology, the companies announced Tuesday in Tokyo. NEC is close to delivering a greater-than-eight-way Itanium server.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/16/2001
Intel Corp. on Sunday made modest cuts to the prices of its Celeron line of economy desktop processors to accommodate the price of a 0.13-micron version introduced this month.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/15/2001
Microsoft publicly backed off a plan to revoke Microsoft Certified Systems Engineers (MCSE) titles from anyone who hadn't upgraded to a Windows 2000 version of the certification by the end of this year.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/11/2001
Heroix extended a cross-platform infrastructure management suite to monitor new databases, a Web server and an operating system.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/11/2001
Dell this week introduced a series of high-availability packages built on clusters of PowerEdge servers running Windows 2000.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/11/2001
Microsoft issued a software hotfix to patch several new vulnerabilities in its Internet Explorer Web browser.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 10/11/2001
In a significant announcement made late Wednesday, Microsoft is no longer retiring the certifications of those who obtained their MCSE title under the NT 4.0 track.
- By Michael Domingo
- 10/10/2001
Microsoft on Wednesday released a beta version of a development tool that allows Java-language developers to target the .NET platform.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/10/2001
Certification aimed at identifying specific job skills of systems administrators finally unveiled, to no surprise. However, CompTIA's exams play a big part.
- By Michael Domingo
- 10/10/2001
In a significant announcement made late Wednesday, Microsoft is no longer retiring the certifications of those who obtained their MCSE title under the NT 4.0 track.
- By Michael Domingo
- 10/10/2001
Microsoft hired accounting heavyweight Deloitte & Touche LLP to conduct an independent audit of its controversial product-activation process in Windows XP and Office XP.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/10/2001
The United States Supreme Court today declined without comment a request from Microsoft Corp. that it overturn a lower court’s order which found that the software giant had violated sections of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 10/09/2001
Microsoft sought to mend ties with frustrated customers when it announced plans to ease the transition to its controversial Licensing 6.0 program.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 10/09/2001
Slightly over a year after first launching its Pocket PC platform in April 2000, Microsoft last week took the wraps off of PocketPC 2002.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 10/08/2001
Compaq Computer Corp. on Friday announced plans to recall approximately 1.4 million AC power adapters that it’s bundled since 1998 with notebook computers in both the U.S. and abroad.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 10/08/2001
Microsoft released a hotfix to patch a serious new vulnerability in its Excel and PowerPoint Office productivity applications.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 10/05/2001
The warnings were dire: users disgusted by the security vulnerabilities in IIS that were exploited by Nimda and Code Red would flee Microsoft's Web server in droves. A Web hosting watchdog group says no mass migrations appear to have happened yet.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/04/2001
Open Software Associates is changing its name to ManageSoft Corp., and previewing a new version of its key software management and deployment platform.
- By Scott Bekker
- 10/04/2001