Recent Microsoft news
Microsoft releases update for Windows 2000
Service Pack 2 fixes 500 known issues with Windows 2000 and Service Pack 1. It also enables 128-bit key encryption outside the U.S. No new features are included in this update, however. 5/17/01 Computerworld
Antitrust nominee shows poker face on Microsoft case
The person who is expected to become the head of the U.S. Justice Department's antitrust division, attorney Charles James, said at his confirmation hearing today that the high-tech industry should be as competitive as any other, and that the role of antitrust law is to ensure such competition.-- 5/2/2001 Computerworld
Is it OK for Microsoft to bar benchmark results?
Microsoft recently prevented an independent lab from publishing benchmark results, using a term in the SQL Server license as justification. Ed Foster wonders just how far Microsoft and other software vendors will go.-- 4/17/2001 Infoworld
Deciphering Microsoft's .Net puzzle
While Microsoft describes .Net as software that lives on the Internet instead of coming in shrink-wrapped packages, the year-old strategy still has IT executives scratching their heads. But some are already using .Net to create common interfaces that integrate unlike corporate systems.-- 4/16/2001 Network World
Microsoft to roll out new MSN Explorer
Microsoft will release an upgraded version of its MSN Explorer software in the United States next week, an early incarnation of the company's expanding Web initiative that includes a variety of new features and services.-- 4/11/2001 ITworld.com
Microsoft updates SOAP toolkit
Microsoft announced a new version of its SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) toolkit and said that the forthcoming version of Windows will natively support SOAP.-- 4/11/2001 Infoworld
Microsoft outlines .Net and XP privacy strategy
On Tuesday at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, the company detailed new features for securing privacy in Microsoft products.-- 4/11/2001 ITworld.com
Click with caution: User licenses get tough
Microsoft's recent hasty revision of its terms-of-use policy for its Passport product is the latest consequence of a growing revolt against vendors that try to impose lopsided use agreements on their customers.-- 4/10/2001 PC World
Microsoft backs off changes to VB.Net
In response to developer feedback, Microsoft has decided to pull back on some impending changes to Visual Basic.Net that would have made the tool more consistent with other languages.-- 4/09/2001 Computerworld
Kicking the tires of Microsoft XP
The consensus among network administrators in one online poll seems to be that the new features and functionality of office XP don't warrant an enterprisewide upgrade -- especially if you just made the switch to Office 2000.-- 4/09/2001 Network World
Microsoft snubs Bluetooth
After dangling the promise of wireless support in front of developers, Microsoft has decided to wait for Bluetooth to grow up before supporting the wireless personal area network solution in the company's Window's XP operating system.-- 4/09/2001 Infoworld
Private MS suit gets class action status
Microsoft is facing class action lawsuits for allegedly using its monopoly power to overcharge customers who bought its Windows operating system in California, Arizona and now in Minnesota.-- 4/06/2001 ITworld.com
Microsoft licenses text synthesis technology
Microsoft has licensed Speechify text-to-speech technology from SpeechWorks International, allowing text-based information to be read automatically to users.-- 4/05/2001 ITworld.com
Microsoft alters Passport terms of use
FACING A firestorm of criticism over Passport "Terms of Use" that gave the company control over all content that is transmitted via the Web service, has softened the policy by rewording it.-- 4/05/2001 Infoworld
Microsoft to wait on Bluetooth backing in Windows XP
Microsoft officials say the software giant is rethinking its commitment to support Bluetooth in initial versions of its upcoming Windows XP operating system due to a shortage of Bluetooth-enabled hardware.-- 4/04/2001 Infoworld
Microsoft at work on filtering agent
Microsoft researchers are developing e-mail software that learns what messages are important to users and which are not, ranking them by urgency, Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates said.-- 4/04/2001 Infoworld
EU on course to rule in Microsoft probe
The European Commission has given its strongest indication yet that it plans to punish Microsoft for abusing its dominant position in the operating systems software market in Europe.-- 4/03/2001 ITworld.com
Microsoft launches second big piracy hunt
Microsoft In a claimed effort to cleanse the Web of pirated products, the company announced Monday that it had begun "a second global Internet sweep."-- 4/2/2001 ITworld.com
IE flaw lets hackers take over users' computers
Microsoft has discovered an Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability that could allow hackers to run programs of their choice on other users' machines. The company said Thursday that it had created a patch to deal with the flaw.-- 3/30/2001 ITworld.com
Microsoft updates Windows to combat VeriSign glitch
Microsoft says it has completed a promised software update for all of its Windows operating system releases dating back to 1995 as part of an effort to combat a pair of fraudulent digital certificates that were mistakenly issued by VeriSign.-- 3/29/2001 Computerworld
Guninski finds security hole in MS Exchange
Bulgarian bug hunter Georgi Guninski said Wednesday that a security risk is created during interaction among Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE), Internet Information Server (IIS), and Exchange 2000 software, potentially baring server directories.-- 3/28/2001 ITworld.com
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