Microsoft gathered partners, analysts, customers and reporters in New York last week to launch the first generation of Tablet PCs built on Windows XP Tablet PC Edition.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 11, 2002
Microsoft abandoned its plans to ship client and server versions of Windows simultaneously in the "Longhorn" release, a company spokeswoman confirmed Monday. Instead, "Longhorn" will be a client-only release, with the successor to Windows .NET Server 2003 coming later under the code-name "Blackcomb."
- By Scott Bekker
- November 11, 2002
Microsoft's board of directors moved quickly to comply with the first deadline U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly placed in the antitrust settlement agreement that she approved Nov. 1.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 11, 2002
Some of Microsoft's more aggressive public arguments against Linux and Open Source Software backfired with key customer groups, according to an internal Microsoft memo leaked to an open source advocacy site.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 07, 2002
IBM Corp. published an OLTP benchmark this week that demonstrates again the surging capabilities of Windows Datacenter Server on Xeon MP chips in eight-processor systems.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 07, 2002
Microsoft this week posted two free tools to its Web site to help financial services customers and manufacturing customers build business intelligence solutions on SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 07, 2002
Unisys made its first run against the the Transaction Processing Performance Council's closely watched OLTP benchmark using Intel's Xeon MP processors in the 32-processor Unisys ES7000 server this week.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 06, 2002
Intel this week made available faster and more powerful Xeon MP processors, the high-end 32-bit processors that power four-way and larger industry-standard servers.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 06, 2002
IBM Corp. is immediately refreshing its Intel-based server line with new silicon from Intel. IBM's quick work advances Big Blue's already significant lead in delivering eight-way Xeon MP servers while main competitors HP and Dell continue to deliver eight-processor boxes populated with 900-MHz Pentium III Xeon processors.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 06, 2002
Yes, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly's opinion on Friday to uphold most parts of the antitrust settlement and alter others only slightly looks like a clincher for the case. But when it comes to the courts, it ain't over 'til the … no wait, it's never over. The sad fact is that by the time situations like this get dragged into the courts, nobody ever really wins. The ensuing years tend to be a long-drawn out process of derivative actions, endless court dates and uncertainty.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 05, 2002
Migrating from Novell Directory Services to Active Directory is hard work. This article explains how to assess your current situation, formulate an action plan and specify features for third-party help.
- By Jeff Bennion
- November 01, 2002
The long-awaited ruling in the settlement phase of the Microsoft antitrust case is in.
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly approved the terms of the settlement Microsoft agreed to with the Department of Justice and the nine states a year ago.
- By Scott Bekker
- November 01, 2002
The best user interfaces keep the user in mind—a few tips from <i>User Interface Design for Programmers</i>.
- By Mike Gunderloy
- November 01, 2002
Audit the software on users' machines with this month's handy script.
- By Chris Brooke
- November 01, 2002
This month, Steve takes a reader’s résumé and gives it a fresh look.
- By Steve Crandall
- November 01, 2002
Implement Group Policy to automate the process of locking down domain controllers.
- By Roberta Bragg
- November 01, 2002
CyberGatekeeper Remote Policy Enforcer keeps your users in compliance and your network secure.
- By James Carrion
- November 01, 2002
Volume Shadow Copy, another new Windows .NET feature, shifts the burden of backups and restores back to users.
- By Bill Boswell
- November 01, 2002
.NET sports features that'll streamline lower-level admin tasks.
- By Bill Boswell
- November 01, 2002
Each new version of Windows seems to introduce a new file system. Is Longhorn the end of it?
- By Em C. Pea
- November 01, 2002