Archive for March, 2009
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Microsoft Patches Windows DNS, Kernel Flaws
Microsoft has released software patches fixing a handful of critical bugs in the Windows kernel, as well as flaws in the Windows Directory Name System and SChannel security software.
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The software vendor rates the three Windows kernel bugs as critical because they could be used to create attack code that would run unauthorized software on a [...] -
Microsoft Hardware Gets Into Notebook Cooling
Microsoft has long talked about the "magic of software" and how it helps bring warmth to people’s lives. Now, Microsoft’s Hardware Group is going in the other direction by rolling out a line of products aimed at keeping notebook PCs cool.
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Test Centre preview: Windows Server 2008 R2
The noisiest new feature in Windows Server 2008 R2 promises to be live virtual machine migration, as Microsoft seizes the chance to show that Hyper-V is closing the gap with VMware Infrastructure. But there are many reasons beyond server virtualization to take a close look at Windows Server 2008 R2. Important enhancements are spread across [...]
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Microsoft slashes its software licensing prices
The Enterprise Agreement (EA) product promotion is one of a wide range of customer pricing incentives for businesses of various sizes now highlighted on the Microsoft Incentives Web site.
Under the EA promotion, customers can get 25% off the cost of the License and Software Assurance (L&SA) contract on subscriptions to the enterprise editions of Windows [...] -
Linux, Microsoft and Sun to discuss the future of operating systems, but where’s Apple?
At the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco on April 8-10, 2009, a meeting of the great OS minds will take place. There, sponsored by Intel, will be assembled together the Linux Foundation, Sun Microsystems and Microsoft representatives. For the first time ever, the three-way group will sit down at a single table to debate and [...]
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Microsoft to switch cloud SQL Server from Web APIs to relational one
Microsoft Corp. said today that its upcoming hosted database service will switch from standard Web programming interfaces to the same relational one used by its on-premise counterpart.
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The software maker said it will give developers more control over manipulating data as well as make it easier for them to port existing database applications to the cloud. -
Microsoft sabotaging GPL, claims Samba
Samba project leader Jeremy Allison has accused Microsoft of trying to prevent people using and distributing software under the GNU General Public Licence, by forcing cross-patent licensing deals.
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The Basics of the Windows Server 2008 Distributed File System (DFS)
Jose Barreto: In this blog post, we’ll cover the basics of the Distributed File System (DFS) in Windows Server 2008, which offers users simplified access to a set of file shares and helps administrators easily maintain the file server infrastructure behind those file shares, including options for load sharing, replication and site awareness.