Latest Microsoft news.
New critical vulnerabilities discovered in IE, 11/26/03
A set of new security vulnerabilities have been discovered in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser which used together could allow hackers to compromise user PCs, researchers warned Tuesday.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1126msie.html?nl
SharePoint installation can put Exchange at risk, 11/26/03
Installation of the Windows SharePoint Services collaboration and information sharing add-on to Windows Server 2003 can expose Exchange Server 2003 mailboxes on the same server, Microsoft said Tuesday.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1126share.html?nl
Former Microsoft employee gets jail time for fraud, 11/26/03
A former Microsoft employee was sentenced to 17 months in prison Tuesday after fraudulently ordering more than $6 million in software and then selling it to a third party.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1126jailtime.html?nl
Microsoft, Lindows.com trial delayed again, 11/25/03
A U.S. court has pushed back the jury trial in a trademark dispute between Microsoft and Linux vendor Lindows.com until March 1 next year.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1125microlindo.html?nl
Microsoft retires NetMeeting, 11/25/03
Microsoft is retiring its six-year-old NetMeeting online conferencing application and instead will push Office Live Meeting, formerly known as PlaceWare, for online meetings.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1125microretir.html?nl
Newsletter: Rockliffe unveils Outlook plug-in, 11/25/03
Rockliffe recently introduced MailSite Team, a plug-in for Microsoft Outlook that allows customers to use Rockliffe’s MailSite servers on the back end and Outlook on the desktop.
https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/gwm/2003/1124msg1.html?nl
Newsletter: Ease-of-use wins over security, 11/24/03
For most people, security will never be the highest priority compared with ease-of-use. Bill Gates got it right years ago when he ensured that ease-of-use and user-friendliness were the top considerations during the development of Windows as well as the applications running on the operating system.
https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/nt/2003/1124nt1.html?nl
