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No Microsoft Security Bulletins Planned for March

After releasing 12 security bulletins in February, Microsoft has zero new security bulletins on tap for March.

VMware and Intel Team on Virtualization Technologies

VMware and Intel announced this week that the virtualization software vendor is customizing its mainstream products to work with the chipmaker’s upcoming “Vanderpool” chip-level virtualization technology.

IE Usage Falls Below 90 Percent in Both Major Surveys

Two Web analytics companies that track usage of Web browsers now agree that Microsoft's Internet Explorer usage share is below 90 percent due to competition from the open-source Firefox browser.

ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Edition Generally Available

Microsoft also releases a service pack for ISA Server 2004 Standard Edition.

Overseas Server Market Sees Healthy Growth

The non-U.S. server market continues to enjoy strong growth, with Windows and Linux-based servers leading the charge.

Microsoft's Deadline Problem

When it comes to predicting ship dates for its operating systems, Microsoft is about as accurate as your local weatherman. Keep that in mind when planning for its next-generation OS, code-named Longhorn.

Longhorn Gets a New Shepherd

Microsoft has brought in a heavy-hitter from AT&T Wireless and E*TRADE to take over management of the long-delayed Windows Longhorn client.

Get-Out-the-SP2 Effort Continues at Microsoft

Amid all the industry-shaking security moves Microsoft unveiled last week, the company also updated its progress on distributing Windows XP Service Pack 2 -- its most far-reaching effort to date to improve the security of the average computer on the Internet.

HP’s ProCurve to Ship WAN Routers for SMBs

HP’s ProCurve networking division says it will ship in April its first two WAN routers aimed at SMBs and branch offices, as well as an access control module for its ProCurve 5300xl series switches.

'Blue Screen' Fix Pushed to Windows XP SP2 Users

Microsoft pushed a rare non-security fix to Windows XP users through Automatic Update this week for a problem that can cause the infamous "Blue Screen of Death" in Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003.

SQL Server 2005 Editions, Pricing Unveiled

Microsoft will raise prices for SQL Server 2005 compared to SQL Server 2000, but SQL Server will continue to come in a free edition, a new low cost edition is being added and functionality previously reserved for the Enterprise Edition is working its way down to lower cost versions.

Intel Ships Five 64-bit Pentium 4s

Intel is shipping five 64-bit Pentium 4 processors for use in desktop computers. The release comes on the heels of the company’s shipment earlier this month of early production versions of its dual-core CPUs.

IBM Rolls Out X3-based eServer and X3 Chipset

IBM will ship the first of its X3 32/64-bit, dual-core capable servers within 30 days, the company said this week. The eServer xSeries 366 (x366) is the first in a planned IBM family of dual-core-capable Intel-based server offerings.

Windows NT Protocols, Subsystems Go by the Boards in x64

Some of Windows NT's oldest subsystem and protocol friends will be left behind when the codebase moves to x64.

Opinion: An IE 7.0 Wish List

Columnist Russ Cooper would have liked a few more specifics out of Bill Gates' much-anticipated keynote address at the RSA conference last week.

Microsoft Launches Windows Server Blog

Microsoft this month started a blog dedicated to its Windows Server family. The Windows Server product team appears poised to use the blog as an information clearinghouse for minor product milestones, such as release candidates and other betas, to float trial balloons for potential features, and as a place to gather user input.

Microsoft Buys Toolkit for Axapta

Microsoft on Tuesday announced the purchase of a third-party wizard for implementing Microsoft Axapta.

Intel 64-bit Xeons Upgraded

Intel announced this week it is shipping upgraded versions of its 64-bit Xeon processors, and also said it will ship new multi-processor Xeons within three months.

AMD Readies New Opterons

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based AMD announced this week that it will ship two new Opteron processors within the next month, and also announced that Cambridge, England-based startup XenSource will port the Xen open-source system virtualization platform to run on Opteron-based systems.

ISA 2004 Enterprise Edition Coming in March

Internet Security & Acceleration Server 2004 Enterprise Edition will be generally available in March, eight months after the Standard Edition of the firewall, VPN and Web caching server hit the market.