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IT Weekly Roundup, May 5

From the business wires this week: a server password management app, .NET rules and Group Policy tools, an enterprise security report solution, and more.

UGS and Microsoft To Collaborate on Product Lifecycle Management

Product life-cycle management (PLM) applications vendor UGS and Microsoft announced this week a multi-year alliance through which they will collaborate to host the smaller company’s suite of products entirely on Windows -- a first, they say.

Gates Doesn't Like Being World's Richest Man

Most people probably dream of being the world's richest person -- except, perhaps, the man himself.

Wall Street Journal: Microsoft Considered Buying Yahoo

In the past year, Microsoft held discussions with search engine competitor Yahoo regarding a possible buyout, or taking a stake in its rival, according to published reports this week.

Spammer Targets Blue Frog Anti-Spam List

One spammer has managed to identify e-mail addresses on a "do-not-spam" list touted as secure, taking advantage of an obvious flaw with such lists and prompting critics to wonder what took so long.

U.S. Defends New Internet Wiretap Rules in Appeals Court

The Bush administration is defending new federal rules making it easier for police and the FBI to wiretap Internet phone calls.

Two Ways to Save: Discount Exams + Second Shot

Microsoft opens up exam discounts to registered members of its Partner program, allows discount to be combined with exam retake offer.

Microsoft: ‘Mendocino’ on Track – Value Packs Planned

Microsoft and partner SAP on Tuesday said they are still on schedule to ship their “Project Mendocino” integration product in June.

ScriptLogic Ships Enterprise Security Reporter 3.0

Network administration software vendor ScriptLogic announced this week it is shipping the latest revision of its security compliance and auditing solution.

Microsoft Settles Calif. Antitrust Suit for $70 Million

Microsoft Corp. will pay $70 million to thousands of California government agencies in the latest legal settlement spurred by price-gouging allegations against the world's largest computer software maker.

Apps Hosting Solution from Microsoft

Microsoft is shipping a packaged solution meant to enable third-parties to easily offer hosted application services via the Web.

Gartner: Windows Vista to be Delayed Further

Research firm predicts release of Vista in late spring of 2007; Microsoft thinks it can make early 2007.

Intel To Seed Developing Markets with $1 Billion

Trying to increase demand for personal computers in India and other emerging markets, Intel Corp. plans to invest $1 billion over the next five years to promote the use of computers in schools, cafes and other public spots in developing countries.

Microsoft Settles Calif. Antitrust Suit

Truce in lawsuit will have company paying out $70 million to California government agencies.

Microsoft Seeks Edge in Online Advertising

No one can quite agree on whether Microsoft Corp. held its first online advertising summit in a conference room or a cafeteria, but what everyone does remember is how little attention was paid to the field just seven years ago.

MS Ships Beta 1 of Virtual Server Service Pack

Microsoft has begun beta testing Service Pack 1 of Virtual Server 2005 R2, an update to the company’s main virtualization platform that will add support for hardware virtualization in both Intel and AMD processors.

Google Complains IE7 May Violate Antitrust Rules

Google Inc. is hoping to pressure Microsoft Corp. into changing a new Internet Explorer browser feature that could direct more people to Microsoft's online search engine instead of Google's far more popular offering.

Gartner: Microsoft Won't Make January Windows Vista Release

An influential analyst firm is predicting that the next version of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system will come out even later than Microsoft has already forecast.

Companies Rally Around Systems Center Family

Field report from the Microsoft Management Summit in San Diego

Comverse Technology Execs Resign Amid Options Probe

The CEO and two other executives at Comverse Technology Inc. resigned Monday amid a company probe of the timing of stock-option grants at the maker of telecommunications systems and software.