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IT News Roundup, Dec. 5

12/05/2005

This week: Microsoft Partner Security Solutions Competency revised; Massachusett's OpenDoc stance softens; Unix servers decline amid strong Windows and Linux shipments; Windows Vista CTP coming in December. Plus, interview with NFR Security.

Article links for items mentioned in this week's audiocast:

  • Security Competency Gets Revamped
  • Microsoft's Schema Submission Softens Massachusetts' OpenDoc Stance
  • Microsoft Snags Leading Supercomputer Scientist
  • IDC: Server Shipments Strong but Unix Declines
  • Microsoft and Partners Unwrap Axapta Solutions
  • Critics Cry Foul Over Ecma Flap
  • Next Windows Vista CTP Coming in December

IT Web Gems links:

  • One super computer (International Herald Tribune)
  • Teen in Crash May Have Been Text Messaging (Yahoo!)
  • Digital rage! Crowds want their laptops (New York Daily News)
  • Enterprise storage needs to go green (InfoWorld.com)
  • Write an E-Mail to Yourself in the Future (Futureme.org)
  • Top 10 System Administrator Truths (MisterOrange.com)
  • IBM’s Self-Healing Software (Red Herring)
  • O Tannenbaum, You're Upside-Down (Associated Press)

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