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IE 7.0 Leaves Windows 2000 Users Out in the Cold
SAN FRANCISCO—After months of hemming and hawing on plans for a standalone Internet Explorer upgrade before Longhorn, Microsoft Corp. now plans to push out a browser refresh by July or August this year. But the news that IE 7.0 will be available only to Windows XP SP2 (Service Pack 2) customers isn’t likely to sit…
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Microsoft Changes Course: New Standalone IE for XP Planned
In a complete about-face, Microsoft Corp. has decided to deliver a new, standalone version of its Internet Explorer browser in order to stem potential customer defections due to security and feature concerns. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates announced at the RSA Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday that Microsoft will deliver Internet Explorer 7.0 for Windows…
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New Tech Prevents DVD Copying, Kills “Rippers”
Content protection company Macrovision plans to announce on Tuesday that it has developed a way to eliminate the vast majority of DVD copying. The technology, called “RipGuard DVD”, will be licensed to the company’s partners: studios who are part of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), executives told ExtremeTech. RipGuard isn’t foolproof, but the…
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Perot and EDS Grow, Avnet Adds CRM/Services Bundle, BearingPoint Narrows Focus
Perot Systems Corp. on Tuesday reported a spike in both its fourth quarter revenue, its net income and a series of 2004 contract wins. The $466 million in revenue Perot Systems generated during the most recent quarter is an 18 percent increase over the year-earlier period. Net income surged 174 percent to $27.1 million. Part…
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Novell CEO: Linux’s Time Is Now
BOSTON—Novell Inc. CEO Jack Messman delivered a Linux valentine to CIOs at the opening keynote at LinuxWorld here on Tuesday, taking pains to emphasize that Linux is business-ready in terms of security, certification, indemnification, and being able to run in entire hardware and software stacks, including on the desktop. “A great deal of progress has…
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Microsoft Changes Course: Plans Standalone IE for XP
In a complete about-face, Microsoft has decided to deliver a new, standalone version of its Internet Explorer browser in order to stem potential customer defections due to security and feature concerns. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates announced at the RSA Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday that Microsoft will deliver Internet Explorer (IE) 7.0 for Windows…
