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Top 10 Overlooked Features of Windows Server 2008, Part 1

Windows Server 2008 is on its way. With the first release candidate in the pipeline, it shouldn't be long before release to manufacturing and general availability.

Microsoft Launches Health Records Site

Microsoft Corp. launched a Web site Thursday for managing personal health and medical information, jumping into an industry whose digital future is clouded by privacy worries.

Seven Patches Coming From Microsoft

Microsoft expects to release seven security patches with four "Critical" and three "Important" bulletins as part of its upcoming Patch Tuesday release.

Sample Non-English Domains Coming Soon

Sample addresses in nearly a dozen languages will be added to the Internet's central directories as early as next week, paving the way for Web surfers around the world to get online without knowing any English.

Microsoft Tries To Rope In Unlicensed XP

Microsoft yesterday announced the Get Genuine Windows Agreement.

Google Boosts Corporate E-Mail Service

Google Inc. is sprucing up its corporate e-mail service by adding new security tools and more than doubling the storage capacity of e-mailboxes, underscoring the online search leader's ambition to enlarge its role in the business software market.

Microsoft Takes Step Toward Opening .NET 3.5 Framework

In a surprise move, Microsoft said today it is releasing the reference source code for the .NET Framework libraries, a key step toward opening up the proprietary development platform.

Microsoft Mum on Plans for EU Appeal

Microsoft Corp. kept its options open Tuesday on whether it will appeal a landmark antitrust ruling and record $613 million fine imposed by European competition authorities that an EU court upheld last month.

E-Mail Attackers Target Corporate Execs

During a two-hour period on June 24, something unusual and a bit worrying turned up in e-mail security firm MessageLabs Inc.'s filters: 514 messages tailored to senior executives of corporate clients that contained malicious programs designed to steal sensitive company data.

Citrix Moves To Lower Barriers to Entry for SMB Resellers

Citrix Systems Inc. on Monday dropped requirements that North American VARs and consultants join the Citrix partner program to resell the company’s small and medium business-focused Access Essentials.

Yahoo Upgrades Online Search Engine

Yahoo Inc. has retooled its online search engine to make it more helpful and engaging, joining an industrywide wave of improvements that so far haven't dented Google Inc.'s dominance.

Microsoft RTMs New Phone System

Response Point is one of Microsoft's few hardware products, and is available only through OEMs

New Microsoft Program Aims To Cut Piracy, Increase Profits

Microsoft's SLP Services suite of programs are meant to help software developers and vendors control illegal use of their software.

Online Videos May Be Conduits for Viruses

Online videos aren't just for bloopers and rants -- some might also be conduits for malicious code that can infect your computer.

IT Simplicity Needed To Meet Business Plans, Report Says

The high failure rates of IT departments to meet businesses' evolving needs are not exactly news in the IT community. Still, studies chronicling this situation never fail to shock. And so it is with a new study on IT effectiveness from business consulting firm Bain & Co.

MIT Forms Kerberos Consortium

MIT last week launched the Kerberos Consortium, according to a report from the university's News Office.

An Action Pack Test

Action Packs, the software bundles Microsoft makes available at a very low price for its Registered Member partners, are going to require a little more action to obtain come the end of November.

Two New Ways to Shine

Microsoft partners will soon be able to demonstrate their skills in two new competencies.

Geek Power Fuels Growth

If there's one acronym that's on just about everybody's radar these days, it's "SMB," for small and midsize business.

The Gold Club

As any company that has earned the distinction can tell you, achieving Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status is no easy feat.