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Windows server has Linux in crosshairs

News Targeted at lower-priced competition like Linux, Microsoft's new entry-level server product is targeted at small, cost-conscious businesses in Asia, says exec.

Friday, May 22 2009 06:22 PM

Tags: Linux server OS, Server platforms, x86-standard servers, Microsoft Corp., Small Business, software company, operating system, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server

How to spoof a MAC address

Techguide MAC address filtering for wireless networking isn’t real “security”.

Monday, February 18 2008 08:23 PM

Tags: Security

Intel software fine-tunes Linux code

News The chipmaker announces new software to help programmers speed up Linux programs running on Intel Xeon and Pentium 4 processors.

Thursday, January 16 2003 08:57 AM

Microsoft adds Windows version for cheap servers

News The software maker will start selling Windows Server "Foundation" for use on single-processor servers.

Thursday, April 02 2009 10:27 AM

Tags: Servers, Microsoft Windows, Software, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, operating system, Software, Windows Version, Server, Hardware

Web of Trust extension comes to Chrome

News In the newest sign that Chrome's extensions are becoming practical to use, Web of Trust has released its add-on for Google's browser.

Friday, October 09 2009 04:41 AM

Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, App servers, Business applications, Open Source, Extension, Google Inc., Business applications, Web sites, Web 2.0

Xmarks extension alpha for Chrome arrives

News Widely used bookmark synchronization plug-in is available in alpha form to those selected to test it. Xmarks hopes to open testing to more people soon.

Thursday, August 20 2009 11:28 AM

Tags: Web browsers, Web Browser, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Google Chrome, Apple Mac OS, API, mailing list, Apple Safari, Microsoft Windows

Next Mac Office, due by 2010's end, gets Outlook

News Microsoft says it is working on a new version of its Mac Office product which will include a Mac version of Outlook, replacing Entourage.

Friday, August 14 2009 11:01 AM

Tags: Business applications, Apple Inc., Exchange, Apple Macintosh, e-mail, Microsoft Office, Apple iPhone, Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft to plug holes in Windows, IE, Word, Office and Excel

News Microsoft will issue six critical security updates and four others for Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, Word and Excel as part of next week's Patch Tuesday.

Friday, June 05 2009 09:46 AM

Tags: Business applications, Mobile applications, Personal applications, Microsoft Office, Adobe Systems Inc., Security, Microsoft Internet Explorer, security bulletin, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Excel

Oracle fixes 33 security bugs

News Oracle has released fixes for 33 security flaws that affect hundreds of products across its range.

Thursday, July 16 2009 11:46 AM

Tags: Data security, Network security, Authentication and encryption, Business security, Authentication, Security, Database, critical patch, patch management, BEA Systems Inc.

Microsoft: Server version of Windows 7 this year

News In another sign Windows 7 is on track for release this year, the head of the Windows Server unit says the server operating system based on Windows 7 will ship in 2009.

Monday, April 06 2009 10:35 AM

Tags: Web servers, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Server, release candidate, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, CNET Networks Inc.

Microsoft server boss on Sun-IBM, economy

News In an interview, Bill Laing says the sluggish economy probably accelerated merger discussions. As for Microsoft, a deal would mean both one fewer partner and one fewer rival.

Monday, April 06 2009 10:26 AM

Tags: Servers, Acquisitions, Mergers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., single processor, Sun Microsystems Inc., Windows Server 2008 Foundation, Server

EU objects to browser in Windows

News European regulators say they believe software giant is violating that region's antitrust laws by bundling its Internet Explorer browser in Windows.

Monday, January 19 2009 11:34 AM

Tags: Antitrust, Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, attorney, operating system, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, European Commission