The CERT Coordination Center put out a warning that Windows 2000 systems remain vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack even after applying the critical and high-profile RPC patch Microsoft issued in mid-July.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 04, 2003
Anti-virus vendors released a flurry of warnings over the weekend about a new e-mail worm called Mimail that is spreading in the wild. Symantec rated the virus as a 3 on its threat scale, a medium ranking that puts Mimail below only Bugbear on its current list of top virus threats.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 04, 2003
The next version of Windows server has a code name now, but not much else. Microsoft sort of ended months of speculation at its financial analysts meeting in July by declaring that the code-name for the next version of the Windows Server will be "Longhorn" instead of the other major candidate, "Blackcomb." But Microsoft still hasn't finalized crucial decisions on the underlying issue that made the whole debate important.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 01, 2003
Microsoft will drop the price of the Developer Edition of SQL Server 2000 by 90 percent on Friday, from $499 to $49.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 31, 2003
Microsoft is cooking up some changes for its Services for Unix product set, but the company is tight-lipped about what those changes might be.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 31, 2003
Hewlett-Packard claimed the top spot in the high-profile TPC-C scalability benchmark this week with a system running its HP-UX 11 operating system and an Oracle database. The feat was accomplished on the same HP Superdome server with 64 Itanium processors that Microsoft used with Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2000 to claim the top spot on the TPC-C in May.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 31, 2003
Taking another step in the major effort to enable 64-bit computing across its product lines, Microsoft will bring support for 64-bit CPUs to the next version of Visual Studio .NET, code-named "Whidbey."
- By Scott Bekker
- July 30, 2003
Users running systems with RRAS enabled encountered problems after installing the patch. A hotfix is available and Microsoft will re-release the patch after more thorough testing is complete.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 30, 2003
Less than a week after Business Objects acquired enterprise-reporting specialist Crystal Decisions, Hyperion Solutions countered by snapping up Brio Software.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 30, 2003
IBM unveiled a server based on AMD's 64-bit processors that will be offered with Linux or Windows, the company announced Wednesday. The introduction of the IBM eServer 325 delivers on IBM's vow to ship an AMD Opteron-based system.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 30, 2003
Microsoft is feverishly trying to get users to apply a patch it released two weeks ago for a critical RPC vulnerability that affects most supported versions of Windows before a widespread worm based on the vulnerability can break out.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 29, 2003
Windows Server 2003 is selling much more rapidly than Windows 2000 Server did at this stage in the product lifecycle, according to Microsoft officials.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 29, 2003
Complete server systems running Microsoft's forthcoming Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard Edition will cost less than $1,000, a Microsoft executive says.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 28, 2003
Microsoft issued three security bulletins this week fixing a critical flaw in DirectX, some important problems with SQL Server and a moderate security bug in Windows NT 4.0 Server.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 24, 2003
A major security hole in Microsoft's DirectX technology makes it possible for attackers to take over computers running most versions of Windows.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 24, 2003
Two major business intelligence vendors whose products are used heavily on Windows platforms announced a major merger this month. Business Objects will acquire privately-held Crystal Decisions for about $820 million in a deal the two parties expect will close near the end of 2003.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 23, 2003
NSI Software moved to push data replication into more cost-conscious sectors of the enterprise by introducing a workgroup NAS-focused version of its Double-Take product.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 23, 2003
Microsoft plans to offer a scaled-down version of Content Management Server 2002 later this year for medium-sized businesses.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 23, 2003
Microsoft's core business software drove the financial gains the company reported in its fourth quarter, according to the company's financial statements.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 22, 2003
Chipmaker AMD set a Sept. 23 launch date for its AMD Athlon 64 processor, a 64-bit processor designed specifically for desktop and notebook PCs.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 17, 2003