Microsoft has revealed details of the next version of its Windows OS for small businesses and formally introduced a new product line aimed at small and mid size businesses.
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2008 is one of two software bundles in Microsoft's new Windows Essential Server Solutions line; it also includes Windows Essential Business Server 2008.
SBS 2008 is aimed at companies with up to 50 PCs and includes one-year trial subscriptions to Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server Small Business Edition and Windows Live OneCare for Server. Microsoft designed SBS 2008 for simplified deployment, setup and administration from one management console that administrators can access remotely.
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Is LTE the Next Big Wireless Technology?
A high-speed wireless technology that is still in development promises to make mobile Web surfing about four times faster.Several big operators recently said they will build networks using an emerging technology known as Long Term Evolution (LTE).
LTE promises to make everything from mobile-video sharing to music downloads speedier, but it may not show a visible boost in sales for the network equipment industry any time soon as the first networks are not expected for two years and many operators will wait longer, until the technology matures.
Godfrey Chua, a network equipment analyst at research firm IDC said that even if many operators start LTE services in 2010, the technology would still only serve to help stop the industry from declining rather than create a massive growth spike.
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LTE promises to make everything from mobile-video sharing to music downloads speedier, but it may not show a visible boost in sales for the network equipment industry any time soon as the first networks are not expected for two years and many operators will wait longer, until the technology matures.
Godfrey Chua, a network equipment analyst at research firm IDC said that even if many operators start LTE services in 2010, the technology would still only serve to help stop the industry from declining rather than create a massive growth spike.
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Microsoft says Vista SP1 Drivers Not Malfunctioning
Microsoft has clarified that the phased rollout of Vista's first service pack was not due to malfunctioning drivers, but because of issues that arose when these device drivers were reinstalled during the SP1 update process.
Mike Nash from Microsoft's Windows product management group said that SP1 would be rolled out gradually due to a driver problem Microsoft uncovered during the testing phase. He also said it "was an issue with the way the device drivers were reinstalled during the SP1 update process, not with the drivers themselves."
Microsoft on Friday made SP1 RTM available to individuals and companies who participated in the SP1 beta program. By week's end, Microsoft will release the English version of Vista SP1 available to volume licensing customers and other languages will be added soon.
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Mike Nash from Microsoft's Windows product management group said that SP1 would be rolled out gradually due to a driver problem Microsoft uncovered during the testing phase. He also said it "was an issue with the way the device drivers were reinstalled during the SP1 update process, not with the drivers themselves."
Microsoft on Friday made SP1 RTM available to individuals and companies who participated in the SP1 beta program. By week's end, Microsoft will release the English version of Vista SP1 available to volume licensing customers and other languages will be added soon.
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Saturday, February 09, 2008
Apple Fixes QuickTime Bug
Apple on Thursday released an updated version of its QuickTime media software for Mac OS X and Windows that addresses a security vulnerability and restores compatibility with a third party video program.
QuickTime 7.4.1 addresses a flaw in the way earlier versions of QuickTime handled the Real-Time Streaming Protocol. By enticing a user to visit a maliciously crafted Web page, an attacker may cause an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.
QuickTime 7.4.1 works with Mac OS X v10.3.9, Mac OS X v10.4.9 or later, Mac OS X v10.5 or later, Windows Vista, and Windows XP SP2. It's available through the Software Update control panel or from Apple's Web site.
QuickTime 7.4.1 addresses a flaw in the way earlier versions of QuickTime handled the Real-Time Streaming Protocol. By enticing a user to visit a maliciously crafted Web page, an attacker may cause an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.
QuickTime 7.4.1 works with Mac OS X v10.3.9, Mac OS X v10.4.9 or later, Mac OS X v10.5 or later, Windows Vista, and Windows XP SP2. It's available through the Software Update control panel or from Apple's Web site.
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Google and Yahoo Take on Outlook
Business software units of Yahoo and Google are introducing beefed up versions of their Web based software that compete with Microsoft Outlook, offering yet another clue why Microsoft Corp made a $45 billion unsolicited bid for Yahoo.
Yahoo's new Zimbra Collaboration Suite 5.0 allows users to read Microsoft Outlook email alongside Yahoo Mail or Google's Gmail or Zimbra's own branded email.
Google paid $625 million to acquire email security firm Postini to beef up Google Apps to make it more useful inside businesses.
Zimbra software is targeted at universities and small businesses and Internet service providers such as Comcast Corp and Indiatimes, which in turn can offer such e-mail services to millions of consumers.
Postini's services are hosted in Google's data centers, allowing Postini to offer its security services at dramatically lower cost than many existing e-mail security products.
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Yahoo's new Zimbra Collaboration Suite 5.0 allows users to read Microsoft Outlook email alongside Yahoo Mail or Google's Gmail or Zimbra's own branded email.
Google paid $625 million to acquire email security firm Postini to beef up Google Apps to make it more useful inside businesses.
Zimbra software is targeted at universities and small businesses and Internet service providers such as Comcast Corp and Indiatimes, which in turn can offer such e-mail services to millions of consumers.
Postini's services are hosted in Google's data centers, allowing Postini to offer its security services at dramatically lower cost than many existing e-mail security products.
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Friday, February 01, 2008
Microsoft Proposes Acquisition of Yahoo!
Microsoft announced that it has made a proposal to the Yahoo! Board of Directors to acquire all the outstanding shares of Yahoo! common stock for per share consideration of $31 representing a total equity value of approximately $44.6 billion.
"The combination of these two great teams would enable us to jointly deliver a broad range of new experiences to our customers that neither of us would have achieved on our own." says Ray Ozzie, chief software architect at Microsoft
The online advertising market is growing at a very fast pace, from over $40 billion in 2007 to nearly $80 billion by 2010. Microsoft has developed a plan and process that will include the employees of both companies to focus on the integration of the combined business.
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"The combination of these two great teams would enable us to jointly deliver a broad range of new experiences to our customers that neither of us would have achieved on our own." says Ray Ozzie, chief software architect at Microsoft
The online advertising market is growing at a very fast pace, from over $40 billion in 2007 to nearly $80 billion by 2010. Microsoft has developed a plan and process that will include the employees of both companies to focus on the integration of the combined business.
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
AMD Launches Two-Chip Graphics Card For Gamers
The ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 combines two graphics processors on a single board, giving it nearly double the performance of the single chip Radeon HD 3870 introduced in November 2007. The latest graphics card tops a Teraflop, or 1 trillion floating point operations per second, which is the equivalent of a trillion mathematical calculations per second.
High end graphics cards target hardcore gamers looking for realism in 3D effects used in many video games today. To get peak performance, game enthusiasts will use multiple graphics cards and use software tools to boost the clock speed of CPUs.
AMD's latest product would compete with Nvidia's GeForce 8800 Ultra that starts at $630. The Radeon HD 3870 X2 has a suggested retail price of $449. With the card comparable in performance to Nvidia's highest end product, but selling for substantially less, the new card places AMD ahead of its rival, Peddie said. Nvidia, however, is likely to respond quickly to the competition.
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High end graphics cards target hardcore gamers looking for realism in 3D effects used in many video games today. To get peak performance, game enthusiasts will use multiple graphics cards and use software tools to boost the clock speed of CPUs.
AMD's latest product would compete with Nvidia's GeForce 8800 Ultra that starts at $630. The Radeon HD 3870 X2 has a suggested retail price of $449. With the card comparable in performance to Nvidia's highest end product, but selling for substantially less, the new card places AMD ahead of its rival, Peddie said. Nvidia, however, is likely to respond quickly to the competition.
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Saturday, January 26, 2008
Best Buy Sold Infected Digital Picture Frames
Best Buy sold digital picture frames during the holidays that contained malicious code able to spread to any connected Windows PC. They are not recalling the frames, however.
What Best Buy called a limited number of the 10.4 inch digital frames sold under its Insignia brand were contaminated with a computer virus during the manufacturing process. The malware packed with the frame is an older virus that Best Buy claimed would be easily detected by any up to date antivirus software.
Best Buy recommended users running a current antivirus program plug the frame into the PC so that the security software can scan the frame and delete the malware. Other customers should call a special toll-free number for help.
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What Best Buy called a limited number of the 10.4 inch digital frames sold under its Insignia brand were contaminated with a computer virus during the manufacturing process. The malware packed with the frame is an older virus that Best Buy claimed would be easily detected by any up to date antivirus software.
Best Buy recommended users running a current antivirus program plug the frame into the PC so that the security software can scan the frame and delete the malware. Other customers should call a special toll-free number for help.
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