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Microsoft Waves Discounts Under PeopleSoft Users’ Noses
In spite of having proclaimed itself a noncompetitor during the U.S. Department of Justice’s trial against Oracle Corp.’s takeover of PeopleSoft Inc., Microsoft Corp. is acting very similar to a competitor, wasting no time in offering migration services and hefty discounts to lure PeopleSoft users into migrating to its business management applications. The company on…
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LANDesk Upgrades Server Management Software
LANDesk Software Inc. is enhancing its server management software to address the issues of system availability and security. The Salt Lake City, Utah, company on Tuesday rolled out Server Manager 8.5, which includes greater monitoring and remote management, as well as an improved dashboard designed for easier use. LANDesk officials said that in talking with…
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Microsoft Patch Day Lacks an IE Fix
Microsoft has released a fix for a critical hole in the HTML Help ActiveX control in Windows, but a well-known vulnerability in the Internet Explorer browser remains unpatched. Just days after a researchers raised the threat level because an IE exploit was making the rounds, Microsoft rolled out a patch that lessens the danger. But…
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Apple’s Rotten Reseller Ways
In San Francisco, excitement is high, as it always is, about Macworld. And, this year, there’s more to be excited about than just another iFillInTheBlank. We finally, finally, have a cheap Mac, the Mac mini, a headless iMac starting at $499; the low-end iPod shuffle; and iWork 05, a combination word processor and high-end presentation…
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Apple Lowers Pricing Floor with ‘Mini’ Mac
The rumors were true. Apple plans to release two models of a low-priced, bring-your-own-display Mac mini later this month. The Mac mini, unveiled Tuesday at the Macworld expo in San Francisco, is priced between $499 and $599 and is scheduled to hit stores Jan. 22. The desktop computer features a CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo drive, USB 2.0,…
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Microsoft, MBC and the Problem of Counterfeit Software
MBC Enterprises LLC and Microsoft Corp. are now headed back to trial over allegations of buying and selling counterfeit software after MBC won its appeal. Microsoft had won a summary judgment against MBC, a Salt Lake City software distributor, for $990,000, plus a permanent injunction prohibiting the defendants from engaging in a wide variety of…
