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3 Convicted in Microsoft Software Scam

Trio resold sharply discounted educational versions of software to nonacademic customers.

Vista, SQL Server BI Exams in Beta

Microsoft puts four new exam in front of testers.

Critical Fixes for Windows, Visual Studio Coming Next Week

Microsoft issued an Advance Bulletin today stating it will release six fixes for various flaws next Tuesday as part of its regularly scheduled "Patch Tuesday" update.

Microsoft and Dell Roll Out Unified Storage

Dell and Microsoft Corp. announced Wednesday that the PC maker is shipping a unified, networked storage system based on the software giant's Unified Data Storage Server 2003.

Novell's OpenOffice to Deliver Office 2007 Compatibility

Novell Inc. announced this week that its edition of the OpenOffice.org office productivity suite will offer support for Microsoft's Office Open XML format by the time the consumer release of Office 2007 ships at the end of January.

Clean Up Your Room

Two-steps to sanity ... er ... a cleaner server.

Microsoft Investigates Word Flaw

A newly disclosed flaw in Microsoft Word could let malicious hackers take control of victims' computers by sending them e-mail with a Word document attached.

A Million Zunes By June?

Still trailing the iPod, Zune still selling better than expected for company, say officials.

Auditing Locally Shared Folders

Here’s a script that enumerates all shared folders on all computers in your domain.

Microsoft Begins Rolling Out Expression Tools

Microsoft announced Monday it is shipping the first of four components in its new Expression Studio suite and predicts that the other three will ship in the second quarter of next year.

Microsoft Ships CTP of PerformancePoint

Microsoft announced Tuesday it is shipping the first community technology preview (CTP) of a new business intelligence tool dubbed PerformancePoint server.

IT News: Security Pros 'Afraid' To Shop Online

Plus, PlayStation 3 makes a killing on eBay; new products for Windows Vista, Exchange Server 2007 and more.

Plaintiffs in Microsoft Case Won't Call Gates

Gates deposition from 1998 tobe used in case in lieu of appearance that would "cause disruption."

Hacker Toolkit Cloaks Browser Exploits

Plus: Yahoo! e-mail addresses getting rejected by U.K. site, and yet another Microsoft exploit -- this time for PowerPoint.

Google Advances Free Software in Education

Google Inc., a company synonymous with searching the Internet, hopes to define far more of the world's computing experience with a helping hand from schoolchildren.