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• Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is Here
Microsoft released on Aug. 27 a second test version of Internet Explorer 8, delivering a feature-complete upgrade to the world's most widely used Web browser. The world's largest software maker said the latest version -- beta 2 -- of Internet Explorer, which has a market share of about 75 percent, comes with new features to enhance privacy, ease-of-use, and security. Microsoft first released a test -- or beta 1 -- version of IE 8 in March, but that was aimed at letting Web developers take a first look at the new browser. This latest version is aimed at a broader consumer audience.
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SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp released on Wednesday a second
test version of Internet Explorer 8, delivering a feature-complete
upgrade to the world's most widely used Web browser.
The world's largest software maker said the latest version -- beta 2
-- of Internet Explorer, which has a ma...
• Executive Departure Reshuffles Microsoft Deck
Kevin Johnson led the charge on Yahoo, and headed the platform and services division. The new Windows division will include Windows, Windows Live and Internet Explorer. The new Online Services division will include search, MSN, advertising platforms, and e-commerce.
- The departure of Kevin Johnson may give Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer the opportunity to reshape the huge platform and services division into more effective business units.
The end result may be better financial results for Microsoft and better products for Microsoft customers.
Those changes highlig...
• Toasting a Favorite Source
Bill Gates will still serve to inspire; Proximic looks at Googles gold.
- The Grizzled Grimalkin cant understand why everybody is getting so maudlin about Bill Gates stepping away from day-to-day management of his software company.
Its not as though hes going very far. Even if he spends more time managing his familys charitable foundation and his personal investments, do...
• Can Microsoft Afford Live Mesh Success?
Microsoft's financial health, which is wrapped up almost entirely on sales of fat clients running the latest Windows operating system with the latest version of Microsoft Office, is completely at odds with the mesh model.
- Last week, Microsoft made two major online services announcements, both focused on initiatives intended to address data accessibility pain points by knitting together the devices you own with Web-based services that Microsoft provides and promises to maintain.
What should be giving users and deve...
• Microsoft MVPs: Enthusiasts Are the Best Evangelists
Microsoft's MVPs (Most Valuable Professionals) may have gone home, but
the enthusiast outreach continues and increasingly using new social
networking tools. Microsoft's vice president of Supportability and
Customer and Partner Experience, Rich Kaplan, discusses the MVP
program, last week's MVP conference and new enthusiast engagements in
this week's Microsoft Watch podcast.
- Audio Podcast Content....
• Reports of Windows` Demise Greatly Exaggerated
Gartner analysts are predicting doom and gloom for Microsoft Windows, but it doesn't seem likely.
- In a presentation at a Gartner-sponsored conference in Las Vegas, analysts Michael Silver and Neil MacDonald said Microsoft is overburdened by nearly two decades of legacy code and has not responded to the market, and it faces serious competition that will make Windows moot unless the software deve...
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• See the Windows Vista hardware ecosystem in action with devices from Microsof...
Columnist Barb Bowman showcases devices from the large number of Microsoft Partners that are designed to work with Windows Vista.
• Understand and improve your computer's performance using the Windows Experien...
Columnist Stephanie Krieger has been working extensively with Windows Vista over the past year. In this article, she gives you the facts you need to reap the benefits of the new Windows Experience Index.
• Windows Vista vs. Windows XP: The duel
Columnist Derek Torres compares the improved features of Windows Vista to Windows XP so that you can make an informed decision about upgrading.
• Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system: Better together
Columnist Tom Bunzel explains how to enhance productivity by leveraging Windows Vista features in 2007 Office system programs such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Protect Your Computer with Windows Defender
Columnist Walter Glenn explains how to install and configure Windows Defender to protect your computer from spyware.
• Add fun and functionality to your Tablet PC with Microsoft PowerToys for Wind...
MVP Terri Stratton introduces some of the Microsoft PowerToys available for Tablet PC.
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• Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2
Microsoft released its Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 test product today, and the company spilled a lot of pixels explaining the beta's new features, with some details for Web developers.
• BitLocker Password Exploit Is 'Very Unlikely,' Sisk Says
Redmond responded on Wednesday to an independent security vendor's discovery of a hard-drive encryption vulnerability affecting Microsoft's BitLocker function, Intel/HP's BIOS and several other products and programs.
• Xen Hypervisor Gets an Update
The open source hypervisor Xen has a new version, 3.3, that includes a number of upgrades and enhancements that make it more enterprise-worthy and start to move it beyond the datacenter.
• VoIP Adoption Soaring -- But Not Revenues
If consumer Voice-over-IP (VoIP) is surging, why are VoIP equipment revenues -- especially in a market segment that includes gargantuan players such as Cisco Systems Inc. and Alcatel-Lucent -- softening?
• Troubles in Terrorist Database
A variety of technical flaws in an upgrade of the system that supports the government's terrorist watch list has drawn congressional fire and raised concerns that the entire system might be in jeopardy.
• IT Spending Rises Despite Tough Economic Times
Last week, market watcher Gartner Inc. issued a report in which it projected that IT spending should eclipse $3.4 trillion this year. That's a year-over-year growth rate of 8 percent.
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• Are You Stupid if you Take Your Laptop with You on Vacation?
Some people are quick to pass judgment on others. In this week's editorial, I
take issue with a British psychologist's pronouncement that you're stupid if you
take your laptop with you on vacation. And in the follow-up, the overwhelming
majority of our readers say wires are not even close to being obsolete.
• Are Wires Really Obsolete?
Wireless is all the rage today, from telephones to remote controls to computer
networking, but are wires really obsolete or do they still offer some
advantages, even in today's "wire free" world? We take a look at that question
in this week's editorial. And in the follow-up, readers tell us whether they
trust their data and applications to the "cloud."
• Can You Trust Your Applications to "the Cloud"?
"Computing in the cloud" is all the rage these days, but do you really want
your applications and data residing somewhere up there in the upper reaches of
the cybersphere? What happens if those nice fluffy whites turn into dark, angry
storm clouds and your Internet connection goes down? How do you get anything
done then? This week, we look at the pros and cons of cloud computing. And in
the follow-up, readers wrote to tell us how Cuil the newest search engine is -
or isn't.
• How Cuil is this? Do We Really Need Another New Search Engine?
Another new Internet search engine? Do we really need it? Is Cuil a Google-
killer - or is all the hype just much ado about nothing? Read this week's
editorial and find out. And in the follow-up, readers address the question of
whether the Internet can make you safer.
• How The Internet Can Make You Safer
We're constantly hearing about the dangers of the Internet, but like any
technology, it can be used for good or bad. This week, we take a look at how
the Internet can make you safer. And in the follow-up, readers tell us what
they think about the Times' claim that the end of the Internet is nigh.
• Are We Really facing the End of the Internet?
The web edition of a major newspaper recently reported that the last days of
the Internet are upon us and the world is headed for a "digital doomsday" in
just three years. Is it really true? We tackle the topic in this week's
editorial. And in the follow-up, our readers let us know whether they trust
their kitchen appliances to go online.
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• Choose Your Format
This is the short issue I promised the last few weeks where you are given the opportunity to update your profile. Tell us how you want to receive this newsletter, TXT or HTML? We will start sending HTML/Text in December.
• Suite Or Best-Of-Breed?
In this issue of W2Knews: Want Some Of Microsoft's Money?, More on "Web V2.0", MOM, WSUS, Windows Management Tools Bundled For Mid-market, SQL Server 2005 May Call For A Smarter DBA, Microsoft Exchange 12 Facts!, Redmond Updates Plans For 64-bit Computing, SANS Antispyware Webcast Now Available, and more.
• Clash Of The Titans: MS vs. Google
In this issue of W2Knews: Clash Of The Titans: MS vs. Google, REMINDER: W2Knews Changes Name - WServerNews, Do You Have A Strategy For E-mail Archiving?, Learning Guide: How to Design a Server Room, How To Get A Job In The Infosec Field, Microsoft Spills Beans On New Desktop Manager, Windows AntiSpyware Becomes Windows Defender, New Security Features In IE 7.0, A Very User Friendly Vulnerability Scanner, and more.
• Microsoft Live; What's Up?
In this issue of W2Knews: W2Knews Changes Name: WServerNews, Sunbelt Software Joins The Microsoft SecureIT Alliance, Spies In The Server Closet, Robot Wars - How Botnets Work, 10 Steps To Justify/Plan Your Upgrade To SQL Server 2005, Microsoft Acquires FolderShare, Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far, and more.
• The New Certifications Are Here!
In this issue of W2Knews: Big Brother Is REALLY Watching, Storage For 2 Bucks Per Gig!, Best Practices Checklist: Exchange DR Planning, Four Patch Management Myths, Skype Could Pose Security Problems For Companies, Microsoft Q1 Does Well, Profits Up On Windows Sales, and more.
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