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Expect 12 Microsoft Patches Next Week

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أرسل من قبل BlackSigma في السبت, 2008/08/09 - 10:38pm.

Microsoft says it will deliver a dozen security updates next week to fix critical vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer (IE) and the media player bundled with Vista.

Of the 12 updates it sketched out in the advance notification issued last week, Microsoft pegged seven as "critical," its highest threat rating. The remaining five were labeled "important," the second-highest ranking.


Citrix Calls On Microsoft To Set Windows Free

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أرسل من قبل BlackSigma في الجمعة, 2008/08/08 - 12:17am.

The Xen hypervisor distributor wants Windows to be sold as part of a virtual environment application package that could run on any hypervisor, on any machine.
Virtualization software maker Citrix Systems on Thursday called on Microsoft to offer a Windows license that would enable software vendors to sell the operating system as part of an application package that could run on any virtual environment.

Simon Crosby, chief technology officer of Citrix, told attendees at the LinuxWorld Conference in San Francisco that the future of virtualization includes the concept of a "virtual appliance," a package comprising an application, operating system, and virtual machine that could run on any hypervisor installed on a desktop, notebook, or server. Standing in the way of this advancement in portability is Microsoft, whose Windows operating system dominates the business computing market. 


Microsoft Seeks Beta Testers For Internet Explorer 8

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أرسل من قبل BlackSigma في الجمعة, 2008/08/01 - 7:35pm.

The software company is asking for testers to put the forthcoming IE 8 through it paces.
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is widening the testing program for the forthcoming Internet Explorer 8 and is actively seeking the public's help in putting the browser through its paces prior to release.

In a blog post, IE8 program manager Allison Burnett promised that the second beta version of the browser is "right around the corner" and invites Web surfers to apply to become an official tester. "Tell us a little about yourself including why you'd be a great beta tester," said Burnett, whose blog includes an e-mail address at which interested users can contact Microsoft. 


Intel Backstabs Microsoft by Abandoning Vista

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أرسل من قبل BlackSigma في الإثنين, 2008/07/28 - 2:20am.

The news that Intel has decided it won't upgrade its PCs to Vista must be especially bitter for Microsoft because court documents show that Microsoft may have launched its ill-fated "junk PC" Vista scheme at the behest of Intel. Is this the kind of payback that Microsoft expected?

According to the New York Times, Intel has decided that it won't upgrade the PCs of its 80,000 computers to Windows Vista. The Times reports:


Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 (with Data Corruption Fix) Launches

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أرسل من قبل BEN ADAM في الأربعاء, 2008/07/23 - 7:44am.

The team is pleased to announce that Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 has been released to manufacturing (RTM) and is now available on the Microsoft Download Center!

The English version is available now and German, Spanish and French versions will be available on the Download Center soon. Windows Home Server customers who don’t download it on their own will receive Power Pack 1 via Windows Update in August, and the new Chinese and Japanese versions will RTM in August, too.


وداعا ل الفارة ل الابد

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أرسل من قبل najy في الثلاثاء, 2008/07/22 - 10:11am.

قالت دراسة حديثة إن أيام فأرة الكمبيوتر باتت معدودة وذلك بعد أكثر من 40 عاما من الاستخدام.وأشارت الدراسة إلى أن فأرة الكمبيوتر ستختفي تماما خلال فترة تراوح بين 3 و5 سنوات.وذكرت الدراسة ان الآليات الحديثة للكمبيوتر من الشاشات التي تعمل باللمس هي التي ستسود.

وقال المحلل ستيف برينتس إن الفأرة تعمل بشكل طيب بالنسبة للكمبيوتر العادي ولكن إذا تعلق الأمر بالكمبيوتر المحمول أو التسلية فان الأمر في حكم المنتهي.وأضاف قائلا لبي بي سي "بدلا من استخدام أجهزة التحكم عن بعد انتشر استخدام الأدوات التفاعلية التي تتعرف على الوجه وتستجيب لحركة اليد".


Microsoft Unveils New Internet Explorer Security Features

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أرسل من قبل BlackSigma في الخميس, 2008/07/03 - 2:26am.

Coming to IE8 is a set of cross-site scripting defenses to defeat hackers looking to steal cookies and browser history, logging keystrokes, stealing credentials, or just evading phishing filters
  Internet Explorer's getting a little bit safer. Microsoft Wednesday unveiled significant new security features that will be in the next version of the company's Web browser, Internet Explorer 8, currently in public beta testing.

From Microsoft's standpoint, any improvement in security is a plus, and the company seems to be taking that to heart with Internet Explorer 8, which includes a slew of new or upgraded security features. In the past, Microsoft has been heavily criticized for its browser security, while its chief competitor, Mozilla Firefox, has been largely lauded.


VMware To Microsoft: 'Not That Much Has Changed'

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أرسل من قبل BlackSigma في الأحد, 2008/06/29 - 10:15pm.

Despite the hoopla about Microsoft's upcoming release, executive John Gilmartin says Hyper-V is six to seven years behind VMware's technology curve.
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is ready to ship its Hyper-V as part of Windows 2008, the world shudders in anticipation, but VMware's senior manager of product marketing, John Gilmartin, says, "Nothing has really changed."

Gilmartin is senior manager of product marketing for VMware, the virtualization market leader, and it's his job to go out and tamp down some of the excitement over Microsoft's move that adds a hypervisor to the Windows Server 2008 operating system. 


Microsoft repairs PCs crippled by XP SP3 update

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أرسل من قبل BEN ADAM في السبت, 2008/06/28 - 3:15pm.

June 27, 2008 (Computerworld) Nearly three weeks after security vendor Symantec Corp. released a free tool to clean up PCs crippled by the Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) update, Microsoft Corp. issued a fix that should reestablish lost Internet and wireless connections.

Earlier this week, Microsoft posted a hot fix for a problem users first reported in mid-May. Users of Symantec's consumer security software said that after updating their PCs to XP SP3, a bug emptied Windows' Device Driver and deleted network connections.


بيل غيتس يغادر مايكروسوفت

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أرسل من قبل elias في الثلاثاء, 2008/06/24 - 9:46pm.

يغادر بيل غيتس في 27 حزيران/يونيو الجاري نهائيا مايكروسوفت المجموعة التي اسسها قبل 33 عاما وتحولت الى امبراطورية عالمية للمعلوماتية.

وكما اعلن بنفسه منذ حزيران/يونيو 2006، سيبقى غيتس الرئيس غير التنفيذي لمجلس ادارة المجموعة وسيكرس وقته لمؤسسته الانسانية. وسيسلم زمام الامور في مايكروسوفت لصديقه الوفي ستيف بالمر الذي يعرفه منذ فترة الدراسة في جامعة هارفارد والذي يقود منذ العام الفين المجموعة كرئيس تنفيذي.


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