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Microsoft to Take On Intuit with Office Small-Biz Release
Microsoft Corp. is set to launch on Nov. 8 its small-business solutions strategy, one element of which will be a new version of Microsoft Office designed expressly for the small-business manager or owner. The new Office release is expected to include new payroll functionality, an updated version of Microsoft’s business-contact-manager technology and new Web services,…
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Serious IE Hole Opens PCs Up to Attacks
US-CERT on Wednesday warned of a fresh hole in Internet Explorer that could allow attackers to take control of a PC via an HTML e-mail message or a malicious Web page. The flaw is all the more serious because exploit code has been published on public mailing lists, according to security researchers. The flaw, a…
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BEA, Partners Team on Horizontal Enterprise Solutions
BEA Systems Inc. this week launched a program focused on delivering horizontal solutions, including technology from BEA and several of its partners. The program, known as the BEA Enterprise Solutions program, will center around the BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1 and will feature products and services from more than 40 partners, said Mark Atherton, vice president…
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Mozilla Releases New Version of Thunderbird
While the Mozilla Foundation’s Firefox Web browser garners most of the headlines, the open-source group’s Thunderbird e-mail client is also attracting users’ attention. Mozilla Thursday released the latest beta edition of the program. Although Thunderbird’s 1.0 launch date is around the corner, developers are continuing to add new features. The two biggest additions in the…
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Microsoft Gives a Heads-Up on Security Fixes
In its first use of a new policy on security-update disclosure, Microsoft on Wednesday announced that next week’s scheduled security updates for the month of November will consist of a single fix for ISA Server. The new Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification is the first example of a new monthly practice the company announced Thursday.…
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MS Office 12’s Competition: Its Older Versions and Linux Suites
As Microsoft preps another version of its Office productivity suite, a small group of software vendors waits for an opening in the competitive landscape. However, analysts suggest that the greatest competition to Microsoft’s updated software remains older versions of Office. According to sources, Microsoft Corp. is briefing selected partners and customers about the forthcoming family…
