Microsoft has taken the unusual step of patching release candidate testing software by issuing three critical patches for Windows XP Service Pack 2 RC1.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 15, 2004
Linux desktop provider Lindows, entangled in a long-running legal dispute with Microsoft over the similarity to the Windows trademark, is changing its product name to Linspire.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 15, 2004
A newly disclosed remote execution flaw involving Secure Sockets Layer encryption puts tens of thousands of Web-facing servers at risk of being taken over by attackers, according to Internet researchers at Netcraft.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 15, 2004
- By Scott Bekker
- April 14, 2004
Business Objects SA unveiled a new version of its Data Integrator data warehousing tool this month. Company officials say Data Integrator 6.5 boasts a bevy of goodies, including new change-capture features for Oracle databases and optional data quality capabilities via an agreement with Firstlogic.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- April 14, 2004
Microsoft updated a free software add-on this week that allows the Microsoft Outlook client to connect to IBM's Lotus Domino messaging and collaboration servers.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 14, 2004
Intel took a step toward its goal of bringing pricing of 64-bit Itanium 2 processor-based systems in line with its 32-bit Xeon processor-based systems on Tuesday with the unveiling of two new Itanium 2 processors.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 13, 2004
Microsoft on Tuesday had its biggest patch release day since instituting its monthly patching cycle in October, addressing 20 security vulnerabilities in several versions of Windows. Eight of the flaws represented critical security problems.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 13, 2004
- By Joe McKendrick
- April 12, 2004
Broadening its commitment to the use of its platform for increasingly sophisticated storage scenarios, Microsoft this week unveiled several new Windows Server 2003 add-ons.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 07, 2004
NEW YORK -- Microsoft kicked off its 20-city, two-month security tour this week with back-to-back summits here.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 07, 2004
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac will be released to manufacturing on April 14, Microsoft said this week. General availability is planned for the third week in May.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 07, 2004
Gartner's lead analyst on Windows server operating systems weighed in at the market research house's major IT conference last week on what form an updated release of Windows Server 2003 might take.
- By Linda Briggs
- April 06, 2004
As commercial versions of Linux climb the enterprise ladder, cost will become more of an issue with the open source operating system, according to a Gartner analyst.
- By Linda Briggs
- April 06, 2004
Microsoft will make part of its new enterprise reporting technology available as a Visual Studio control that can be embedded in applications.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 01, 2004
SAN DIEGO -- Although Bill Gates pointedly avoided confirming it here, Microsoft is more likely than not to ship an interim client operating system before the release of Longhorn, a Gartner analyst predicted.
- By Linda Briggs
- April 01, 2004
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates sent an e-mail to make the case to customers and partners that the company is showing progress on security.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 31, 2004
Windows Small Business Server 2003 is being adopted at a much faster rate than the Windows 2000-based version of the product, Microsoft officials say.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 31, 2004
Move could significantly build momentum for the open-source operating system; IBM also announced that SuSE Linux will be a pre-loaded option across all of its eServer systems.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- March 30, 2004
In a far-ranging question-and-answer session, Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates discussed his company’s R&D spending, last week’s mammoth European Commission fine, outsourcing at Microsoft -- and how he views his philanthropic spending.
- By Linda Briggs
- March 30, 2004