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Microsoft to Release Team Tool for Database Pros

Microsoft has announced that its team development tool for database professionals will be released to manufacturing on Nov. 30. Officials at the Redmond, Wash.-based software...

Buying Guide: Small Office AIOs

Some people call them multi-function printers (MFPs). Others call them all-in-ones (AIOs)—our preferred term. By either name, theyre the cost- and space-saving solution for...

Microsoft, Zero-Day Flaws Dominate SANS Vulnerability Rankings

The SANS Institute released its annual rankings of the Top 20 Internet-based attack vectors on Nov. 15, pointing to the continued rise of targeted...

Unpatch Day: Pay Attention to MS06-070

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday express has dropped off six security bulletins covering at least nine vulnerabilities (not counting those silently fixed thingies). The IE and...

Apple Releases Firmware Update for the Mac

Apple Computer has released a firmware update that the company said will fix problems with its Boot Camp software. The Cupertino, Calif. company posted the...

ThinkPad X60 Tablet Is Enticing – 2

IT managers have been asking me about Lenovos next tablet PC for months. Now that the ThinkPad X60 Tablet has finally launched, I can...

Prescription for an IT Disaster?

In 2002, the English government embarked on a $12 billion effort to transform its health care system with IT. But the countrys oversight agency now...

Microsoft Reveals More About Managed Services Plans

BARCELONA, Spain—Microsoft plans to increase the number of customers that it provides managed services to over the next year, but these services will focus...

Network Configuration Management Goes Open Source with ZipTie

Network management software vendor AlterPoint on Nov. 14 will release portions of its code, contributing to the development of open-source network management. AlterPoint will launch...

SunRockets LaunchKit Makes Adding VOIP Easy

Third-party voice over IP is catching on as a possibly cheaper alternative to telco/cableco phone service...if youve already got broadband Internet service.Along with Vonage,...