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Windows Server ‘R2’ Details Begin to Leak
Microsoft Corp. still has yet to release a wide-scale beta of its next Windows Server release, code-named R2. But according to sources, the product is well on its way to being finalized, with packaging, licensing and support details already hammered out. Microsoft officials said last month that R2 will ship in the latter half of…
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New Version of MyDoom Worm in Zero-Day Attack
Anti-virus companies are reporting a worm that spreads via a new vulnerability in Internet Explorer. The vulnerability is not present in Windows XP Service Pack 2, but in all earlier versions of Internet Explorer 6, and no patch is available. It involves a buffer overflow triggered by an IFRAME or EMBED tag, which has an…
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Tarantella Comes Back from the Dead
Most technology companies in trouble don’t have near-death experiences. They just die. Tarantella Inc., however, appears to be the exception that proves the rule. Since being spun off from the merger that produced The SCO Group Inc., Tarantella has been devoted to remote-access thin-client software, the Secure Global Desktop family. Citrix Systems Inc., with its…
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IBM Targets Financial, SMB Verticals with New Workplace Solutions
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—IBM on Tuesday unveiled a variety of new collaboration products and services here, mostly centered around its Lotus Workplace platform. The company announced a new role-based solution: IBM Workplace for Branch Banking. The package adds collaborative capabilities from Workplace and WebSphere Portal to retail banking applications. The company also announced Version 2.5 of its…
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Mozilla Launches Firefox 1.0
Mozilla Firefox 1.0 has launched following a two-month preview that drew 8 million downloads of the alternative Web browser. Early Tuesday morning, the Mozilla Foundation made Firefox 1.0 available for download. With the browser, the open-source development project hopes to attract more everyday Web users and snag 10 percent of the market in another year.…
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Microsoft to Update IE Before Longhorn? Maybe So
When asked whether Microsoft will release an updated version of its IE (Internet Explorer) browser before Longhorn ships in 2006, Microsoft’s pat answer is that it has no current plans to do so. IE is part of Windows, and that’s that, according to the Microsoft party line. But if you ask a slightly different question–whether…
