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VMware Launches Workstation 6

VMware announced today the release of VMware Workstation 6, the first of its virtualization products to offer support for Windows Vista.

Microsoft Patches a Septet of Critical Flaws

Microsoft published seven new fixes for "critical" vulnerabilities in its Windows, Office, Exchange, Internet Explorer and BizTalk Server products.

Poll: 40 Percent of Companies Plan To Be on Vista Within a Year

While most corporations eventually intend to migrate, it could be a long process, and there are still significant concerns with Vista.

Vista E-Mail Client Replaced by Live Hotmail

Windows Vista's mail client is obsolete after just a few months of life as a commercial product.

Raise Your Hand if You're Using ActiveX

If your hand is up, consider yourself open to attack.

IE Didn't Make the (Desktop) Cut

Here's one small change among 800 in the Windows OS that you might want back.

Seven Critical Patches on Tap for Tuesday

All seven updates will address critical issues, Microsoft said. Redmond lumped the bulletins into several groups, two of which affect Windows.

Capture That Wild Packet

Use pigs to find truffles and use Netcap to do quick and dirty packet captures.

Microsoft Moves to the Forefront of Security

Formally announces availability of security suite for Microsoft clients

Spring Cleaning On Your Hard Drives

Some files and folders are just too stubborn to delete easily. Try these tips.

Inventorying Virtual Hard Disk Files on a Server or Domain

Use these scripts to list the VHD or VMDK files on any system

News Analysis: Why Vista Was Vulnerable

Microsoft Corp. likes to promote Windows Vista as its most secure operating system release ever. And with good reason. After all, the company put a lot of software-development elbow grease into its top-to-bottom redesign of Vista's default security experience.

Where, Oh Where Has My Little Telnet Gone?

Vista kind of hides this cool little utility that can be used for quickly peeking over a firewall or other security tricks.

Court Favors Microsoft in Patent Fight

The Supreme Court sided with Microsoft Corp. on Monday in a case that restricts the reach of U.S. patents overseas.

Silverlight Will Include CLR, Support for Dynamic Languages

Capability will allow developers to program against Silverlight for both Windows and Mac environments using any .NET-supported languages

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