Date: 09/19/07 (Data Management)    Keywords: sql, microsoft

SQL Server 2008 isn't set to be released to manufacturing until the second quarter of next year. But Microsoft already is taking aim at Oracle with its forthcoming release. Microsoft officials announced on September 19 that they have no plans to increase the price of SQL Server...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=724

Date: 09/21/07 (Data Management)    Keywords: technology, microsoft

Master data management will be part of Office 14, a first Community Technology Preview (CTP) of which is due in the first quarter of 2008. That's according to a September 19 blog post by Microsoft IT Pro Evangelist "PatricG." Master data management is technology...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=728

Date: 09/21/07 (Security)    Keywords: microsoft

I've been obsessing on antitrust this week, which should come as no surprise as a lot of people much more important than me have been stuck on the subject since the Court of First Instance passed down its Microsoft decision Monday. One thing that bothers me about the decision, however,...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/carroll/?p=1752

Date: 09/21/07 (Security)    Keywords: software, security, microsoft

The Fall edition of Microsoft's Blue Hat hacker summit will kick off next week with a heavy focus on piercing the security veil of virtualization and process isolation. At Blue Hat v6, scheduled for September 27-28 in Redmond, external security researchers and internal Microsoft software engineers...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=532

Date: 09/21/07 (Security)    Keywords: microsoft

European regulators won a big court victory this week but CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says Microsoft must fend off a bigger challenge. Historians famously scorn generals who prepare to fight the previous wars. But what would they say about regulators still struggling to set proper rules of engagement...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2010-9595_22-6209284.html

Date: 09/24/07 (Security)    Keywords: microsoft, google

Today's Financial Times has a long feature about search engines and privacy, which notes (among other things) that even Microsoft is now lobbying for a new law mandating privacy standards. (Google wants them to apply worldwide.) What's most interesting to me, though, is a chart, created from...

Source: http://healthcare.zdnet.com/?p=289

Date: 09/24/07 (Security)    Keywords: software, microsoft

If the statistics from Microsoft's MSRT (malicious software removal tool) are anything to go by, the Storm Worm botnet is not quite the world's most powerful supercomputer. The tool -- which is updated and shipped once a month on Patch Tuesday -- removed malware associated with Storm...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=533

Date: 09/25/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: microsoft

There is growing competition for Microsoft, across the entire front of open source, both here and around the world. I happen to think it makes Microsoft a better company. Big Green is worried and that's a good thing, because it has much to be worried about.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/161206178/

Date: 09/25/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: linux, microsoft

It should come as no surprise that HP is considering expanding its Linux PC efforts, given that its top rival is selling Ubuntu Linux PCs in the U.S and Microsoft is trying to kill any potential interest in them. HP began selling Red Hat Linux PCs in Australia and is reportedly considering expanding that pilot [...]

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/161153372/

Date: 09/26/07 (Computer Help)    Keywords: microsoft

Ok, i've never had this problem before. I have XP home and I installed WMP9. Everything works fine except for the 'Skin Chooser' Tab. When I click on it, it hangs for like 1 minute (with the 'busy' cursor in front of black or white screen in WMP), and after it finally loads, it displays the skins available like normal, but selecting one of them also makes it hang for a while, but then it loads the skin properly. I've used WMP9 before I reformatted, and it never did this.


It always ran smoothly. Now, i'm not sure why this is happening. All the skins are completely compatible skins that i've used before and never had any problems with. i've been looking all day for a way to repair/uninstall WMP9, but i've found that well, there is no way. I had System Restore off at the time it was Installed (despite the warning to turn it on .. stupid, I know) .. and so there is no way to completely remove it. I have no idea why microsoft would make it so embedded in the system so you could never remove it.

That doesn't make sense and it's quite annoying. If you don't want to have something on your computer, you should be able to uninstall it if you want, but things like this make it feel like this is really Microsoft's computer and not really *your* computer, since they have control over what you do .. Anyways, My computer came with WMP 8 pre-installed, and I have no restore points before I installed WMP9. I tried reintalling it, the Skin Chooser Problem still occurs, one line of code that you put into your 'run' box and that's supposed to 'roll back' to a previous version .. that doesn't work, it simply prevents WMP9 from running so that you have to re-install it again .. and that's a waste of time, and basically, nothing works.

If I can't find a solution to it, i'm this close to Backing up my data and Completely formatting and Reinstalling Windows again, but that's time consuming and I really don't want to do that .. so can someone help me with this problem? I would very much appreciate it, since I don't know what the problem is .. thanks alot :)

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computer_help/822087.html

Date: 09/26/07 (Web Development)    Keywords: css, microsoft

I know this is an issue that many of you have had to deal with.
What is the best and easiest way to test CSS that works in both IE6 and IE7?

I have made a CSS menu using an unordered list, and it isn't floating left in IE7 but stacking up on a different line for every

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdev/436614.html

Date: 09/26/07 (Security)    Keywords: software, security, linux, microsoft

Former Microsoft security expert may switch from Windows Media Center to LinuxMCE over frustration with Microsoft's DRM. A security expert who once worked for Microsoft has said he may dump the company's Windows Media Center in favor of Ubuntu-affiliated LinuxMCE after struggling with the software giant's digital-rights management...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9590_22-6210131.html

Date: 09/26/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: programming, software, microsoft

Turns out open source and Microsoft have more in common than thought: both have it wrong, one prominent software developer claimed at MIT’s Emerging Technologies conference. Charles Simonyi, the Hungarian-born developer of Microsoft Word who later became a pilot, cosmonaut and co-founder of Intentional Software, said modern software developers – whether they are programming under [...]

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/161637300/

Date: 09/27/07 (Security)    Keywords: microsoft, google

Thursday will mark the opening round in the heavyweight fight over Google's acquisition of DoubleClick. Google and Microsoft's bitter and long-standing rivalry in the Internet search and advertising markets is spilling over into Washington. Senior executives from both companies are scheduled to show up before a...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6210260.html

Date: 09/27/07 (Security)    Keywords: microsoft

In light of last week's events, officials from both sides were careful not to antagonize each other at the high-profile Fordham antitrust conference. European and U.S. antitrust regulators tried to calm a transatlantic storm on Thursday over a European Court ruling that Microsoft used monopoly power to muscle...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6210508.html

Date: 09/28/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: software, microsoft

Venture capitalist Ann Winblad said open source and open standards has made life tough for Microsoft’s co-founder and other kingpins that used to rule the software industry. “The beauty of the software industry today is that not one, two or three companies that control the agenda. This is hard for the incumbents to deal with,” said [...]

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/162504751/

Date: 09/29/07 (Security)    Keywords: microsoft

Justice Department's top antitrust official says the remedy in Microsoft's U.S. antitrust case is successful and urges U.S. and EU officials to be cautious in fighting monopoly behavior. The U.S. Justice Department's top antitrust official called the remedy in Microsoft's U.S. antitrust case "well-crafted" and "successful," and urged...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6210847.html

Date: 09/29/07 (Computer Help)    Keywords: microsoft

How do I import fonts into Microsoft Word (I have XP and 2000)?

If it is possible are there only certain types of font files that will work?


TIA :)

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computer_help/823079.html

Date: 10/02/07 (IT Professionals)    Keywords: microsoft

I'm looking for Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5, with product key. Anybody got a copy gathering dust somewhere?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/itprofessionals/67250.html

Date: 10/03/07 (Security)    Keywords: software, microsoft

Changes include a complete overhaul of the device's software and a redesign of Marketplace, which will offer 1 million unprotected songs.Photos: Round two for Zune Microsoft has unveiled the second generation of Zune digital music players and will offer consumers 1 million unprotected songs on its online...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6211357.html