Security experts say that the new virus could presage a raft of similar attacks, and -- as if that’s not bad enough -- an administrator who identified the virus early says that it and other ADS exploits like it aren’t detected by many of today’s most common virus- and Trojan-scanning tools.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- December 03, 2003
The market for Windows-based server systems is growing fast, but Linux-based systems are growing much faster in revenues and units, according to the latest quarterly data from market analysts at IDC.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 03, 2003
When Microsoft Services for Unix 3.0 came out, a highlight was its surprisingly low price tag. In a promotion running through the end of this month, the set of tools and services for interoperating between Windows, Unix and Linux is free.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 02, 2003
Microsoft published a white paper on its Web site last week giving an overview of its internal security measures.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 01, 2003
Sybari Software launched the first utility this week for Microsoft's instant messaging and presence platform, Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2003.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 20, 2003
The Mimail virus is making its way up the ranks of the most damaging viruses and worms to date, according to a security firm that keeps track of malware.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 20, 2003
LAS VEGAS -- Comdex attracted a mere fraction of its peak attendance, but that didn’t stop Windows third parties from crowding the Microsoft Pavilion and announcing new wares. In fact, the Microsoft booth was one of the few show floor areas that drew consistent crowds.
- By Doug Barney
- November 20, 2003
From ENTmag.com: Once the monster of all U.S.-based computer trade shows, Comdex is a mere shadow of its former self.
- By Doug Barney
- November 19, 2003
A raft of storage vendors have gotten their devices and host bus adapters qualified for use with Microsoft's iSCSI architecture.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 19, 2003
Microsoft began telling customers on Wednesday that Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 would be generally available on Dec. 2.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 19, 2003
Softricity on Monday announced SoftGrid 3.0, an intriguing technology said to reduce most headaches associated with software installation, configuration, conflict testing, and distribution.
- By Doug Barney
- November 17, 2003
Bill Gates opened Comdex reiterating Microsoft’s security messages and showing publicly for the first time several new security and spam-blocking technologies.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- November 17, 2003
The next version of Microsoft SQL Server, code-named "Yukon," will have a completely rebuilt engine for extraction, transformation and loading of data from one source to another -- a key element of data warehousing and business intelligence operations.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 13, 2003
As IBM rolled out its 16-way Itanium 2 servers this week, the company confirmed that it still plans to bring out a 32-processor system based on the 32-bit Intel Xeon processor.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 13, 2003
Windows servers and SQL Server 2000 now power some of the world's biggest production databases, according to an annual survey from data management analysts at Winter Corp.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 13, 2003
Microsoft shareholders approved the addition of two outsiders to the corporate board of directors and a reduction in the number of committees each board member serves on.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 12, 2003
Having pre-announced the official announcement of Systems Management Server 2003 last month, and having discussed the features to death in the years of delivery delays, there wasn't much left for Microsoft to do at the official SMS 2003 launch other than talk about customer momentum.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 12, 2003
Three critical security patches are included in Microsoft's bundle of security bulletins for November. The critical problems affect Internet Explorer, Windows and the Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 12, 2003
Microsoft this week completed its first conversion of virtual machine technology acquired from Connectix Corp. into a product.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 11, 2003
IBM joined the mid-range Intel Itanium 2 scalability party this week with the rollout of an IBM eServer xSeries 455 that scales up to 16 processors.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 11, 2003