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Enterprise-class anti-spyware systems are an emerging and rapidly evolving product class. Solutions fall into three main categories at this time: dedicated anti-spyware systems, defenses integrated into anti-virus applications and gateway defenses for HTTP and other protocols. eWEEK Labs has put together a series of questions to help administrators begin developing an RFP (request for proposal) […]

As he enters his second five-year stint as CEO of the worlds largest software company, Microsoft Corp.s Steve Ballmer is looking firmly forward and focusing more than ever on innovation, execution and growth. With the dot-com bust just a memory and the Department of Justice battles behind him, Ballmer says he now has more time […]

Certainly, taking care of our own is very important, but I do believe that private initiatives are more effective than governmental ones (Stan Gibsons Outsourcing & Services, “A Social Obligation,” July 18). There is no need to raise taxes or roll back those levied on the so-called “rich.” If Bill Clinton [who spoke to these […]

In the last column, I discussed one of those rare authors who produces business books that provide actionable information that is still useful years later, and whose range covers many subject areas. I said Id cover another of Edward de Bonos books, one very different from the last. “Sur/Petition” (HarperBusiness, 1992) is a real classic, […]

Microsoft has decided on an official name for Longhorn: Windows Vista. Thats according to sources close to the company who requested anonymity. They said Microsoft unveiled the name Thursday in Atlanta at the companys internal sales event, known as the Microsoft Global Sales Briefing, or MGB. Word of Longhorns new name began leaking to the […]

Some third-party applications are encountering problems introduced by the cumulative Windows 2000 Update Rollup that Microsoft introduced in late June. There have been reports of problems with Sophos, Panda, RealSecure and BlackICE security products among some Windows 2000 users. And there also have been reports of compatibility problems between the rollup and Citrix Systems MetaFrame […]

One of the most acute business bloggers, Ethan “Effern” Johnson, who writes The Vision Thing, has written an entire series of essays with titles riffed off “All of Your Business Books Are Meaningless,” exposing most of the offerings in the genre as vapid gruel. He suggests they are (a) predictable, or (b) slipstreaming fads, or […]

Google continues to hire away top Microsoft talent. But this time, Microsoft is fighting back. On Tuesday, Google announced plans to open a product research-and-development center in China, and said it was appointing former Microsoft vice president Kai-Fu Lee to head the operation. On Wednesday, Microsoft announced it was filing a lawsuit against Lee and […]

Microsoft released for download on Monday evening another Beta 1 release of its Windows AntiSpyware product. Microsoft officially announced its plans to field a Microsoft-branded anti-spyware product (code-named “Atlanta”) in January, following its purchase of Giant Software in December, 2004. The anti-spyware beta supports Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. /zimages/1/28571.gifClick here to […]

3B Brings New Life to Shopping Online The song “Judith” by the rock band A Perfect Circle opens with, “Youre such an inspiration for the ways that I will never ever choose to be.” After reviewing the 3B browser, I kind of know what the lyrics mean. 3B, a free application from Three-B International, is […]

The buck stops at Allison Watsons desk when it comes to partner satisfaction at Microsoft Corp.—a heady position, considering Microsofts nearly complete reliance on its partner channel to sell its wares. Among other things, Watson, vice president of the companys Worldwide Partner Group, is responsible for the successful implementation of the Microsoft Partner Program, designed […]

For the past several years, Microsoft has been promising that Longhorn would deliver some substantial security, reliability and performance improvements. But until the worldwide partner conference in Minneapolis in mid-July, company officials had not quantified the benefits that Longhorn—the version of the Windows client operating system, due in 2006—would deliver. Amy Stephan, a senior product […]