Monthly Archives: November 2005

Sink or Swim? MS Releases First Office 12 Beta for Testing

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The long wait for the first official Office 12 bits is over. As of Thursday midnight, Microsoft will open the floodgates and allow the 10,000...

Microsoft Asks U.S. to Intervene in Europe

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Microsoft has asked the U.S. government and the Department of Justice to intervene on its behalf in the software companys ongoing European Union antitrust...

Experts Say Runway Is Clearing for Wi-Fi Takeoff

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The cabin crew asks kindly that all passengers remain seated throughout the flight and please refrain at all times from turning off their wireless...

Microsoft-Sponsored Study Gives Nod to Windows in Reliability

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Microsoft Corp. will release Wednesday the findings of another survey it has sponsored, this time comparing two platforms—its Windows Server System and Novell Inc.s...

Companies Fight to Keep E-Mail Useful

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E-mail is a wonderfully flexible and powerful application, but have corporate users bent it so far that its about to break? More to the...

SWsoft, Scalent Push Virtualization

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Vendors continue to bring more virtualization options into the data center. SWsoft Inc. this week upgraded its Virtuozzo for Windows software, bringing the capabilities for...

Macromedia Patch Trifecta Plugs Security Holes

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Macromedia Inc. on Wednesday released a batch of security patches to cover a trio of flaws affecting some of its enterprise-facing server products. The San...

Ballmer Talks Tools

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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer spoke with eWEEK Senior Editor Darryl K. Taft last week after his keynote speech during which Microsoft officially launched Visual...

Sun Optimizes Free Tool Set for Multicore

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Sun Microsystems Inc. Wednesday announced Sun Studio 11 and said the company will offer the development tool set free of charge to all developers. Sun...

Google Wins Key Wi-Fi Lease

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Search giant Google Inc. took a big step Tuesday night toward becoming an Internet service provider. A clearly smitten Mountain View city council...