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Malicious Version of Code Red Worm Emerges

The Code Red saga dragged on this week as systems that remained unpatched were hit with a more malicious version of the worm.

Microsoft Unveils Great Plains Modules

Microsoft introduced four supply chain modules for its Great Plains ERP product.

Pricing Unveiled with Content Management Server Launch

Microsoft's Content Management Server 2001, released this week, is the most expensive by processor of the .NET Enterprise Servers.

Appeals Court Tells Everyone No

The U.S. Court of Appeals on Thursday turned down requests from Microsoft and the Department of Justice in the Microsoft antitrust case.

Code Red Round 2: Infected Servers Piling Up

The scope of the second round of Code Red worm infections was quickly getting close to surpassing the totals from the first round.

Distinguishing Windows 2000 MCSE Early Adopters

Are you a card-carrying Windows 2000 MCSE? If you achieve the title before Oct. 31, 2001, you very well may be one.

What's the Rush?

Testing centers prepared for year-end onslaught of 70-240 Win2K Accelerated exam takers.

A Knowledge Base Protest

Grassroots effort under way to persuade Microsoft to bring back KnowledgeBase service.

CompTIA To Start IT Apprenticeship Program

U.S. Department of Labor grants $550K to CompTIA to develop apprenticeship program for entry-level IT professionals.

MCP Exam Fees Covered for Vets

Microsoft recently announced that veterans can now use their Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) education benefits to cover MCP exam fees.

New OS XPected To Be Biggest Seller Ever

IDC predicts sales of Windows XP to top any version of Windows.

Windows XP RC2 Hits the Web

Amid legal and government bureaucracy challenges to Microsoft's Windows XP release, the company pushed out the second release candidate for the next-generation client operating system.

EMC Enhances Backup and Restore Offering

EMC Data Manager adds the ability to perform simultaneous Unix and Windows NT backups.

CRM Application Clears Datacenter Certification Hurdle

Second ISV application in as many weeks earns the Windows 2000 Datacenter Server application certification logo.

Intel Unleashes PIII-M Chips and Mobile Chipset

Intel Corp. added five new mobile processors and three mobile chipsets to its product line this week.

Dell Drives Down Price Point on Workgroup Servers

Dell Computer Corp. introduced a departmental or branch office server priced at less than $2,000 on Tuesday.

RSA Security Buying Securant

RSA Security signed an agreement to buy authorization software vendor Securant Technologies Inc. for $136 million.

Code Red: Worm poised to strike again

A consortium of companies, institutions and government agencies warned organizations running Internet Information Services to protect their Windows NT and Windows 2000 systems against the Code Red Worm before Tuesday night.

Redmond Unveils Windows .NET Server Exams

New exams planned for general availability in early 2002.

Bug Affects NT, W2K, SQL and Exchange

For the third time in three days, Microsoft Corp. alerted customers to a serious new bug in its Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 operating systems. And in a separate action, the software giant confirmed the existence of a vulnerability in its Windows Media Player application that could allow an attacker to execute code of her choice on a compromised system.

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