Microsoft posted an update this week that fixes a memory leak in Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 06, 2005
Microsoft solidified its plans to launch SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006 in November.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 06, 2005
Security expert Russ Cooper surveys the field of Microsoft security bulletins for June, assessing which matter the most.
- By Russ Cooper
- July 06, 2005
Unitrends is shipping new software for its disk-to-disk backup and restore appliances that enables administrators to back up the entire system all the way down to the bare metal without having to take down the server.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- July 06, 2005
The 2.0 version of Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA), the free tool for scanning the security of networks at small and medium organizations and recommending improvements, is available on the Web this month.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 06, 2005
Gateway is shipping three new lines of 64-bit business desktops built around Intel’s BTX cooling technology, two of which can be ordered with Pentium D dual-core CPUs.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- July 05, 2005
Microsoft has agreed to pay IBM $775 million and to extend $75 million in software deployment credits in order to settle outstanding antitrust claims regarding the Redmond software giant’s competitive practices in desktop software markets during the 1990s.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- July 05, 2005
Microsoft this week launched the seventh localized version of its low-cost, reduced-feature Windows XP Starter Edition designed for first-time PC buyers -- this one for Mexico.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 29, 2005
Microsoft posted Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, a group of more than 50 security fixes for the five-year-old operating system that enters the extended support phase next week. Microsoft reiterated that there will be no Service Pack 5 for Windows 2000.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 29, 2005
Intel announced this week that, with the latest Celeron D processors, its entire CPU line from servers to desktops now support its 64-bit addressing technology.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- June 28, 2005
Tenrox says it will add next month document management capabilities to its modular project and workforce management software for mid-sized to large organizations.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- June 28, 2005
In overwhelmingly positive votes, the shareholders of both Symantec and Veritas have confirmed the merger of the anti-virus giant with the utility computing dynamo. The deal is expected to close by the end of the week, according to a statement by the two firms.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- June 28, 2005
Advanced Micro Devices sued Intel Corp. over antitrust issues on Monday, bringing the companies’ often contentious competition to a boil in federal district court in Delaware.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- June 28, 2005
HP unveiled an 64-bit laptop based on a new mobile CPU from AMD that it hopes will strike a chord with small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) due to the system's price and performance.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- June 24, 2005
OEMs and retailers are citing a lack of customer interest for their decisions not to load onto new computers or stock the version of Windows XP without the Windows Media Player that the European Commission ordered Microsoft to offer, according to a media report.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 23, 2005
An analyst with Gartner warned customers that a recent spike in scanning activity on TCP Port 445 may mean attackers are gearing up to exploit a flaw patched last week by Microsoft in the widely used SMB protocol.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 23, 2005
Cisco announced the first products to support its Application Oriented Networking or AON initiative this week at the company’s Networkers 2005 conference in Las Vegas. Due out the chute later this year are AON modules – blades – to fit into data center switches and branch office routers.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- June 23, 2005
After evaluating a publicly reported phishing method that affects Internet Explorer among other browsers, Microsoft published a security advisory this week to let users know that it will not issue a security update to close off the attack vector.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 22, 2005
Windows 2000, Microsoft's five year-old operating system for servers and business desktops, will switch into the "extended support" phase of the product lifecycle after June 30.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 22, 2005
Microsoft named its top European executive, Jean-Philippe Courtois, to a newly created position of Microsoft International president, in which he will lead international sales, marketing and services.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 21, 2005