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- News to know: Apple sued; IDF; Adobe hijack; Microsoft-Novell
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Apple faces suit over iPhone. Is it still worth the switch? Techmeme IDF wrap: Christopher Dawson: New touch screen Classmates unveiled today...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Novell Inc., Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Business Structures, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- WSUS users get a surprise: Windows 7 client
- WSUS users get a surprise: Windows 7 clientThis is the evidence that Windows 7 is the code name for Vista SP2if WSUS shown Windows7, this is the evidence that Windows 7 is the code name for Vista SP2, and so each Vista user will have it for free! Thank you...
- Tags: Blogging, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, Microsoft Windows, blog, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- WSUS users get a surprise: Windows 7 client
- Some Windows Software Update Services WSUS users got a surprise on their patching servers on August 20: A mention of Windows 7 Client. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Does OpenOffice.org fall short?
- Does OpenOffice.org fall short?Java Slow?!?No... although OO does have Java hooks, it is not written in Java. EVEN IF IT WAS, Java is no longer a performance dog. We need to debunk that notion once and for all.Yes, poor applications can still be written in Java, but that...
- Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, OPEN SOURCE, object-oriented, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Java, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice.org
- Discussion threads 2008-06-04
- Microsoft accidentally delivers Office Genuine nagware
- Microsoft is acknowledging that on April 15 it accidentally delivered its new Office Genuine Notifications to users outside of its planned pilot areas of Chile, Italy, Spain and Turkey. Infoworld quotes Cori Hartje, the Director of Microsoft's Genuine Software Initiative, on the mix-up: "The Office Genuine...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-18
- A reminder: Microsoft to push WGA-free IE 7 to business users today
- It's February 12. Today's the day that Microsoft is set to push its Windows-Genuine-Advantage-free version of Internet Explorer IE 7 to customers using Windows Software Update Services WSUS. This is the release of IE 7, officially known as IE 7 Installation and Availability Update, which Microsoft made...
- Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-02-12
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- Microsoft+previews+12+security+bulletins%2C+7+%27critical%27%3B+Excel+fix+likely+en+routeLive Update on Exactly WHAT Date?Since we run apps overnight, it would be nice to know WHEN "Windows Live Update" is going to do all this. That way, we can shut all apps properly the night before, and get in early the next morning to do damage conrol, if...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Patches, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., security, Linux, security patch, OpenOffice
- Discussion threads 2008-02-07
- Microsoft to push Office 2003 SP3 to users in February
- Microsoft to push Office 2003 SP3 to users in FebruaryHopefully customers who aren't keen on having updates pushed to them......wouldn't have chosen "automatically install updates for me" in MU/WU/WSUS!Improvements?"take advantage of the improvements and new security tools available in SP3."Just what pray tell are these improvements? Microsoft's usual take on...
- Tags: SP3, Microsoft Office 2003, Office 2003 SP3, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-01-28
- Reminder: Microsoft to push Silverlight to business users this week
- There are still two more weeks until Microsoft pushes its latest Internet Explorer 7 update to corporate users via its Windows Server Update Services WSUS patch mechanism. But this week -- specifically on January 22 -- Microsoft will make its Adobe-Flash-alternative Silverlight available via WSUS, as well...
- Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-01-21
- Microsoft to push WGA-free IE 7 update to corporate users in February
- Microsoft to push WGA-free IE 7 update to corporate users in FebruaryGotta give em some creditMS appears to be rolling back WGA capabilities across the board. It would appear they are listening to their customers. Without fanfare, or lame spin like Sony (touting themselves as champions of DRM...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, MSFT, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Silverlight
- Discussion threads 2008-01-15
- Microsoft to push WGA-free IE 7 update to corporate users in February
- On February 12, Microsoft will deliver, via its Windows Software Update Services WSUS automatic update mechanism for businesses, an update to Internet Explorer 7 that is Windows-Genuine-Advantage-free. Microsoft made the IE release -- known as the IE 7 Installation and Availability Update -- available on its software...
- Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-01-15
- How desktop virtualization will save your company from Generation Y
- How desktop virtualization will save your company from Generation YFariy TalesIf an employee doesn't want to earn his/her paycheck by WORKING when on the company clock they know where the door is and there are 10 people waiting in line for his/her job.Not all IT is the sameThe story is...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Desktops, media, Generation Y, desktop virtualization, virtualization, desktop
- Discussion threads 2007-11-26
- How Microsoft could save businesses time & money when it comes to patching Windows
- How Microsoft could save businesses time & money when it comes to patching WindowsAnd, that is the advantage of open source. You can look for a provider thatwill give you what you want. Here, you can beg, but it won't do you much good.I agree with WSUS as SASI gree...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-11-21
- How Microsoft could save businesses time & money when it comes to patching Windows
- A ZDNet reader that goes by the name of R.E. Riker posed an interesting question to me via e-mail the other day. He asked if maybe, giving the high frequency of updates that it issues for its operating systems (in his case, Windows XP), if offering more frequent Service...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, Customer, Server, Truth, Microsoft Corp., Option, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-11-21
- News to know: Supercomputer programming; Oracle Fusion; Patch day; Inbox 2.0
- Notable headlines: Ed Burnette: SC07 Day 3: Programming bits and atoms. SiCortex wins Dev Connection "Sexiest in show" award. Emerging hardware to force drastic changes in programming. George Ou: IBM's liquid cooled System p 575 Power6 supercomputer. Gallery right. Dan...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, Oracle Corp., Network, Supercomputer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Programming, European Union, DNS-changing Trojan, Development Tools, Desktops, Networking, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware
- Blog posts 2007-11-14
- Another Windows Server Update Services glitch hits -- on the eve of Patch Tuesday
- Another Windows Server Update Services glitch hits -- on the eve of Patch TuesdayFixedThis has been fixed by an automatic sync or you can take other steps as below.http://blogs.technet.com/wsus/archive/2007/11/13/unexpected-ui-errors-in-wsus.aspxRE: Another Windows Server Update Services glitch hits -- on the eve of Patch TuesdayGiven that it only broke on late Sunday...
- Tags: Windows Server Update Services glitch, Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, Patch Tuesday, eve, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-11-13
- Another Windows Server Update Services glitch hits -- on the eve of Patch Tuesday
- It's never a good thing when Microsoft's Windows Server Update Services WSUS enterprise-patch mechanism malfunctions. It's even worse when WSUS breaks down right before the company plans to start pushing out its regularly scheduled Patch Tuesday fixes. That's what has happened this week. In a November 13...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, Microsoft Windows, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-11-13
- WSUS errors could disrupt Microsoft patch deployments
- WSUS errors could disrupt Microsoft patch deploymentsMore update folliesDo they test the update packages before rolling them out? What kind of testing protocol didn't catch that? And what else is slipping through their slipshod QA? Billions in revenue and that's the best they can do. The...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, Microsoft Patch, desktop search, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-13
- WSUS errors could disrupt Microsoft patch deployments
- Microsoft has confirmed several "unexpected UI errors" in the WSUS Windows Server Update Services patch management tool could disrupt the distribution of today's Patch Tuesday software fixes. The software maker is expected to ship two bulletins today with patches for known security problems in Windows but...
- Tags: Patch Deployment, Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, Server, Microsoft Corp., Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-11-13
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