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Microsoft desktops get help from DesktopStandard, 08/22/05
DesktopStandard this week is expected to add access control and centralized administration features to its software for managing configuration of Microsoft desktops and servers. In addition, the company will unveil plans to upgrade its patch …
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/082205-desktopstandard.html?nl
Microsoft may dump proposed RSS name, 08/18/05
A well-known Microsoft Weblogger Tuesday downplayed the proposed use of a new name for RSS in the next version of Internet Explorer following several days of intense discussion about the notion of rebranding RSS in the Weblog community.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/081805-microsoft-rss.html?nl
IE flaw affects Office, Visual Studio users, 08/18/05
An unpatched bug in a file installed with Microsoft’s Office and Visual Studio software could lead to some serious problems for Internet Explorer users, security researchers have reported.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/081805-ie-flaw.html?nl
CA: Windows 2000 worms now affecting 250,000, 08/17/05
Malicious software that takes advantage of a recently disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft’s Windows operating system has spread rapidly and has now infected more than 250,000 systems, primarily Windows 2000 systems being run in corporate environments …
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/081705-ca-worms.html?nl
Experts see new variants of Windows 2000 worm, 08/17/05
Security vendors have reported several new variants of the worm infecting PCs running Microsoft’s Windows 2000 operating system. Groups of virus writers are competing to cause the most damage, according to one security company, although the worm …
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/081705-worms.html?nl
Exchange update to push e-mail to mobile devices, 08/17/05
New technology Microsoft plans to release on Friday in a preview of the forthcoming Exchange Server update will push e-mail directly from the e-mail server onto Windows Mobile devices, according to company spokespeople.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/081705-exchange-mobile-email.html?nl
Weblog: Microsoft beats Apple to iPod patent, 08/17/05
What a riot, Part II: Apple was so busy patting itself on the back for the success of the iPod, it forgot to file a patent on a key part…
