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Microsoft Tightens Piracy Policy

Users running illegal or pirated copies of Microsoft Corp.s Windows are no longer able to get most updates, the software maker has announced.Beginning last...

Pre-Beta Shows Vistas Potential

Last week, Microsoft Corp. uncloaked the first beta release of Windows Vista, the next-generation version of its Windows client better known, so far, as...

IBM, Avaya Team on Telephony

IBM and Avaya Inc. are teaming up to integrate telephony capabilities into IBMs enterprise e-mail, Web conferencing and instant messaging tools.The integration will allow...

AMD Adds Low-End Athlon 64 X2, Cuts Prices

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on Monday released a dual-core version of its existing AMD Athlon 64 3800+ processor, cutting prices in the process. The addition...

WebEx Expands Collaboration Line with Intranets.com Buyout

Seeking to expand its lineup of business team collaboration products, WebEx on Monday announced that it was acquiring privately owned Intranets.com for $45 million...

IE 7 Beta 2 Should Give More CSS 2 Support, Insiders Say

Web designers greeted the release of Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 Beta 1 with heated criticism when they learned it would not include full support...

Microsoft Forms New Connected Systems Division

Microsoft Corp. quietly has formed a new Server and Tools subunit, known as the Connected Systems Division, designed to bring together a variety of...

Taking a Trip Down Denial

I find it fascinating how differently database administrators react to security alerts depending on the platform they support. There is clearly a caste system...

New Tools Make Hardware Softer

People take it for granted that computer hardware should be universal, while applications should be specific to particular tasks. It seems obvious that this...

Microsofts CSS Plans for IE 7 Draw Cheers, Jeers

After remaining mum for months over the extent to which it plans to support the Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) standard with its forthcoming Internet...