Latest Microsoft news.
Microsoft storage tool hits the beta stage, 04/18/05
Microsoft last week announced that its disk-based backup and instant-recovery software is now available for beta testing.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/041805-microsoft-storage.html
Microsoft more open about Longhorn features, 04/15/05
As Microsoft approaches a major milestone in the development of Longhorn, company executives are talking more about the features of the Windows XP successor, which they say will be easier to use, more secure and less costly to manage than earlier versions of Windows.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0415micromore.html?nl
Opinion: Forced to upgrade without complaint, 04/18/05
By requiring these massive service packs of critical bug fixes, combined with self-serving product enhancements, Microsoft reinforces its stranglehold on the market. Why don’t I hear more complaining?
https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2005/041805backspin.html?nl
Microsoft to unveil a capacity mgmt. tool as part of broader mgmt. suite, 04/14/05
Microsoft next week plans to introduce a limited beta of a tool for capacity planning that will be one piece of a broad suite of tools designed to help companies model, deploy and manage network resources.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0414mscap.html?nl
Microsoft investigates possible unpatched Office flaw, 04/13/05
Microsoft is investigating a possible unpatched flaw in its Office software suite that could allow hackers to remotely access users’ systems, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0413microinves.html?nl
Newsletter: Getting inside Microsoft, 04/13/05
Jason Matusow, director of Microsoft’s Shared Source Initiative, reminds me a lot of some 17th century French missionaries – his employer expects him to go out and convert the …
https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/nt/2005/0411nt2.html?nl
Microsoft discloses five critical security holes, 04/12/05
Microsoft on Tuesday released eight security bulletins on its products, including five concerning vulnerabilities rated “critical.”
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0412microdiscl.html?nl
Microsoft to beta backup software, 04/11/05
Microsoft is expected to announce Wednesday at Storage Networking World that its disk-based backup and instant recovery product will be entering beta tests.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0411msback.html?nl
FullArmor boosting range of Microsoft management policy, 04/11/05
Policy management vendor FullArmor this week is expected to introduce software that will extend the ability to centrally manage settings on Microsoft desktops and servers to computers routinely disconnected from corporate networks and those networks …
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/041105-fullarmor.html?nl
Microsoft files eight lawsuits over counterfeiting, 04/11/05
Microsoft Monday said it has filed eight lawsuits in the U.S. against computer systems builders and resellers for allegedly distributing counterfeit software and software components.
