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Comdex Killed for 2004

MediaLive International, which last year took over what was once the IT industry's largest and most important show, cancelled Comdex 2004 on Wednesday.

SP1 Released for SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services

Microsoft on Tuesday refreshed its six-month-old reporting platform for SQL Server 2000 with a service pack that adds some minor functionality.

Microsoft Business Solutions Ships Great Plains 8.0

Microsoft shipped version 8.0 of Great Plains, its packaged financial management software for mid-market companies across all business sectors.

Analysis: Trial Balloons Continue on Anti-Virus

Microsoft released another trial balloon in the last week over what it should do with its anti-virus technology. The company is dragging its feet on a decision because it really has no good options here.

Windows to Hit 60 Percent of Server Unit Shipments by 2008

Based on the restored demand for enterprise servers that began late last year, researchers at IDC are predicting strong growth for server systems through 2008, especially for Linux- and Windows-based boxes.

Veritas Ships NetBackup 5.1

Veritas Software Corp. this week released an incremental update to its flagship, heterogeneous backup product that includes several key enhancements for Windows-based environments.

Microsoft Lays Out ERP Roadmap

A week after the controversial disclosure that Microsoft had been in merger talks with ERP giant SAP, Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled the roadmap for its own fledgling bundle of four ERP products.

Paid Microsoft Anti-Virus Subscription Service in the Works?

Microsoft is leaning toward offering a paid anti-virus subscription service.

AMD Makes Progress on Dual-Core Chips

AMD completed design of its AMD64 dual-core processor and plans to deliver the chips to the x86 server market in the middle of next year.

Windows XP SP2 RC2 Released

Microsoft posted the second release candidate for Windows XP Service Pack 2, but the software giant is refusing to say when it hopes to ship the final version of the service pack, which amounts to a minor new release of the Windows client.

Virtual Server 2005 Split Into 2 Editions

Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, which hit the release candidate stage on Monday, will come in two editions when it ships.

'Extremely Critical' IE Exploit in the Wild

Users running fully patched versions of Internet Explorer are vulnerable to a new exploit in the wild that has been used to load adware onto systems whose owners did nothing more than click on a malicious Web address, according to security researchers.

Marathon Rolling Out New Fault-Tolerant Setup

Marathon Technologies is back -- out of bankruptcy and up to speed with support for Windows Server 2003 in its fault-tolerant software systems that use industry-standard hardware.

Microsoft Appeals EU Decision

Microsoft this week formally delivered the appeal the company promised in March when the European Commission ruled against Microsoft in its five-year-old antitrust investigation.

Dell Revives Itanium 4-way

Dell is taking a second crack at the four-way Itanium space.

IBM Announces Smallest Ever Desktop PCs

Big Blue expects a booming desktop replacement cycle, this year and next

Crystal Security Flaw Affects Microsoft Products

A problem with Crystal Reports is one of two moderate vulnerabilities that Microsoft addressed in its monthly "Patch Tuesday" release.

Researchers Estimate Worst-Case Worm Damage at $50 Billion

A pair of security researchers has tried to assess the worst case scenario for a worm attack on the United States targeting commonly used services in the ubiquitous Windows platform. The figure they came up with is $50 billion.

Microsoft, SAP Talked About Merging

Microsoft confirmed on Monday that the company initiated merger talks late last year with enterprise software vendor SAP AG.

Windows NT, Exchange 5.5 Support Not Extended Under New Policy

Microsoft late Tuesday posted its updated list of product support deadlines in the wake of the announcement of a new 10-year product support lifecycle. The list confirms that Windows NT 4.0 and Exchange Server 5.5 aren't grandfathered into the new program.