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Microsoft releases public Windows XP beta for Athlon 64

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Feb 09, 20042 mins
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Microsoft releases public Windows XP beta for Athlon 64, 02/04/04

Microsoft has made a beta version of Windows XP available to the public that runs on desktops or workstations using Advanced Micro Devices’ Athlon 64 or Opteron processors, Microsoft said Wednesday.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0204msxp.html?nl

Review: Microsoft System Management Server 2003, 02/09/04

The last time we looked at Microsoft’s System Management Server, it was in the middle of a long beta-test cycle. While the basic features of the product haven’t changed, there have been some minor improvements, including a heavy focus on security. We recently tested the latest version and found it a marked improvement over earlier ones.

https://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2004/0209revsms.html?nl

Microsoft deflecting MyDoom-B DoS attack, 02/03/04

Microsoft Tuesday said it had yet to be affected by a MyDoom-B worm-induced distributed denial-of-service attack, which anti-virus software companies predicted would be fairly easy for the software company to fend off.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0203microdefle.html?nl

Live Communications Server 2003, 02/02/04

As instant messaging and presence products have become prevalent in corporations, Microsoft  has taken the instant messaging engine out of Exchange 2000 and turned it into a stand-alone product, Live Communications Server 2003.

https://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2004/0202revms.html?nl

Microsoft patches IE flaws, 02/02/04

Microsoft on Monday released a security patch to fix three known vulnerabilities in its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser that have been exploited to attack Internet users.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0202micropatch.html?nl

Newsletter: Don’t spread around your exploits, 02/02/04

Last week in Network World, Scott Bradner was going on about PCs, Macs, operating system “monocultures” and computer viruses (see link below). Quite a tour de force.

https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/nt/2004/0202nt1.html?nl

Newsletter: Bill Gates falls flat on his spam. 02/04/04

It has been almost 10 years since Bill Gates discovered the Internet (in late 1995) and decided that Microsoft’s future lie in delivering the “Internet experience” to all of its users.

https://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/nt/2004/0202nt2.html?nl