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Microsoft -Refreshes’ the Release Candidate for Vista SP1
A core group of 15,000 people testing Windows Vista Service Pack 1 have received the latest pre-release build of SP1, known as Windows Vista...
How to Incorporate Mobile IM into Your Company
Most IM installations are ad-hoc in nature, being driven not by company strategy, but by user demand. This is a very risky situation, as...
Office Politics for Geeks
One of the most common pieces of advice doled to IT folks from career professionals is to improve communication skills. The logic follows that...
How to Improve Enterprise Search
Many companies believe that they'll be able to implement enterprise search platforms without putting much work into it. But, according to Yves Schabes, president...
eWEEK Labs Wild Wireless Ride
eWEEK Labs Wild Wireless Ride
WiMax Mobile DemonstrationMotorola's test network consisted of four temporary WiMax towers spread around the city. In just six weeks, Motorola...
Analysts: Microsoft Handled File-Blocking Controversy Poorly
While analysts agree that Microsoft could have better handled the issue of Office 2003 Service Pack 3's blocking of a number of file formats,...
A Uniform Desktop Is a Secure Desktop
A Uniform Desktop Is a Secure Desktop
NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technololgy) provides a baseline reference image for the FDCC at its Web...
Apparent Networks Makes Move to Real-Time Monitoring
Apparent Networks on Jan. 14 hopes to move beyond being a diagnostics tool provider for network engineers into a more real-time network application performance...
The Rise of the Appliance?
I've just returned from Madison, Wisc., where I worked with the good folks at WiscNet, the state research and education network provider, to conduct...
Come On Down and Get Your Free Storage Software!
In the open-source world, downloading free operating system software is commonplace. Literally hundreds of versions of Linux, Sun Microsystems' OpenSolaris and older systems such...