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Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 Offer Now Available for
Small Business Server Customers
If you are a Small Business Server Premium Edition customer, you are
qualified to receive one license of Microsoft© BizTalk? Server 2004
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charge.
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http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/002571.html?wbfrom=rss
A story by BusinessWeek's Jay Greene, citing internal e-mails obtained
by the magazine, says Microsoft is scaling back some of the features of
Longhorn, the next version of Windows, to make sure it's shipped in the
first half of 2006.
BW Online | April 19, 2004 | Online Extra: How Microsoft Is Clipping
Longhorn:
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_16/b3879009_mz001.htm
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http://www.betanews.com/article.php3?sid=1081545725
To head off what some have described as a "perfect storm" Microsoft is
paring down its next generation Windows release code-named Longhorn.
Business Week is reporting that Microsoft will fall short of its
aspirations to include the full scope of the Windows file-storage system
(WinFS) in the operating system; instead, the software giant will focus
on rolling out WinFS for the client - leaving network support to the dust.
The WinFS system along with the Indigo communications subsystem and
Avalon graphical subsystem serve as the three technologies at the
foundation of Longhorn.
According to Microsoft Watch, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates publicly
acknowledged that the Longhorn client will be pushed back well into 2006.
To fill the void left by the absence of Longhorn, Microsoft was expected
to release an interim release of XP rumored to be called Windows XP
"Reloaded". However, according to emails allegedly viewed by Business
Week, those plans have been shelved indefinitely.
Instead Microsoft will deliver Windows XP Premium: a conglomeration of
Windows XP Service Pack Two and Windows Media Player 10.
Windows Media Player 10 is Microsoft's attempt to outflank Apple by
offering the MSN Music Store, and is set to include new digital rights
management technology dubbed "Janus". Windows XP Premium will not be
billed as an 'interim' release.
With Windows Longhorn, Microsoft has promised big. This, however, is not
the first time Redmond has attempted a proverbial 'moon shot'.
Senior Jupiter analyst Joe Wilcox told BetaNews, "Microsoft's situation
is like it was 10 years ago. It's interesting to see history repeat. The
company had promised big things with Cairo, but executives faced
increasing pressure to ship a new version of Windows. Microsoft also
worried new competing products, such as IBM's OS/2 Warp, would eat away
Windows market share. Funny how the characters are changed, but not the
situation."
Jupiter's Wilcox continued, "Ten years ago, Microsoft shed features to
get out Windows 95, which wasn't as revolutionary as the version 3.1
successor was supposed to be. Shedding features could put Longhorn on a
similar track."
Linux's growing momentum and the continual delay of Longhorn is brewing
what some have called a perfect storm. "Many Longhorn promised features
are like those proposed for Cairo, Microsoft faces some pressure to ship
and Linux could be the OS/2 of the day," said Wilcox.
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Netsky damages four sites
File-sharing network eDonkey's main Web site
has been knocked offline following an attack
from Netsky, but Kazaa has survived--so far.
Earlier this week, file-sharing Web sites Kazaa
and eDonkey and three other Web sites were bracing
themselves for a distributed denial of service
(DDoS) attack launched by variants of the Netsky
worm.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5187215.html
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FDIC warns of scam targeting consumers' bank accounts
Consumers and financial institutions are being warned
of a new e-mail scam that purports to be from the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and that advises
consumers to click on an attached file for more
information about alleged fraudulent activity
regarding their bank accounts.
http://computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/cybercrime/story/0,10801,92050,00.html
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Cisco bug could put hackers in driver's seat
Networking giant Cisco Systems warned customers
on Wednesday about a security flaw that could
compromise two products used to manage wireless
local area network devices and data center
switches. The company said in the warning
posted on its Web site that a preset username
and password coded into its Wireless LAN Solution
Engine (WLSE) and Hosting Solution Engine (HSE)
could give attackers complete control of the
devices.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-5187233.html
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1154178
http://computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/hacking/story/0,10801,92049,00.html
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Tracking the blackout bug
A number of factors and failings came together
to make the August 14th northeastern blackout
the worst outage in North American history.
One of them was buried in a massive piece of
software compiled from four million lines of
C code and running on an energy management
computer in Ohio.
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/8412
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Email attack could kill servers
A crafty way of knocking out any email server
using a few carefully constructed emails has been
identified by a team of computer security experts.
The trick involves sending forged emails that
contain thousands of incorrect addresses in the
"copy to"fields that are normally used to send
duplicate messages.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994858
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Is spim worse than spam?
Spim - Instant Message spam - is more than just
a nuisance: It's a security risk. The recent
"Osama Found" adware campaign and Bizex worm
attack show how easily IM technology can be
manipulated to fool users into opening
malicious code.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/08/spim_impact/
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The spyware that loved me
The IT department finally came for my computer
last week. For weeks I had been investigating
companies that claimed to offer spyware-fighting
software but secretly distribute spyware or
other advertising apps along with their products.
Because I wanted to put myself in the shoes of
the average computer user, I deliberately let
down my protections to load the applications
in question.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-5187149.html
Cost-cutting firms gamble with IT security
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39151421,00.htm
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Giveaway of spammer's Porsche draws more than one million entries
America Online said its members have submitted
more than one million AOL screen names in the
Internet company's unorthodox drawing for
a spammer's seized sportscar.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/8386972.htm
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