Date: 11/19/07 (Data Management)    Keywords: technology, sql, microsoft

Microsoft made available for download on November 18 the promised November Community Technology Preview (CTP) build of SQL Server 2008. The SQL Server 2008 November CTP bits can be downloaded directly from the Microsoft Download site. Microsoft has been working to deliver more frequent,...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=972

Date: 11/20/07 (IT Professionals)    Keywords: software, web, microsoft

Hello,
I work for a fairly large university, and we're in the market for some new
help desk software. We're currently using a free(?) software package called
SomeHelp based on Microsoft Access. We local IT grunts like it for what it
is, but the big man upstairs does not and our users can't access it.

Here's what we need:
-An interface, preferably web-based, where users can submit support tickets.
Brownie points for user-friendliness.
-An inventory system, where we can track our assets and their maintenance
history, and perhaps some kind of report on them (the boss wasn't specific)
-A product where reliable and dedicated support is available if necessary
-LDAP connectivity is a plus but not a requirement

The product does not necessarily have to be free, though it can't be too
costly. We were recently eyeballing Track-It, but the manager did not like
the $8000 a year price-tag. He does not like Remedy for some reason (didn't
ask why). I got a copy of Bugzilla running locally, but getting it to
behave like helpdesk software is tricky; I might understand it, but our
users definitely will not. Any suggestions? Thank you all.

~Elliot

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/itprofessionals/71273.html

Date: 11/20/07 (Microsoft Windows)    Keywords: microsoft

I'm having something of an issue with the Japanese IME in Windows Vista (Home Premium edition) that I hope someone can help me with. Most of the improvements to the IME I like and am getting used to, but there seems to be some kind of insert or overwrite function that is annoying me. It's happened on a few occasions, but here's the specific thing that's causing it right now.

I'm on page two of a three page document in the Works Word Processor. I want to begin a new line and have one full-width space before any text. I hit return and then the space key, and instead of simply inserting a space, it inserts the space and highlights the next space. If I type anything at this point, it will jump to the next line of text, and if I hit space again it'll select the next phrase. If I hit the left key and then the right key after inserting the space, then it deselects it and I can write as normal, but it's a frustrating thing to have to work around and for the life of me I cannot figure out how to disable it. I've made sure that I don't have the insert key selected by mistake, and I've gone through the Knowledge Base on the Microsoft site, plus the help files for the IME and just can't seem to find it.

Help? If my explanation doesn't make sense, please let me know and I'll add some images to explain what I mean. Thanks in advance!

Cross-posted to tech_support 

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/ms_windows/83883.html

Date: 11/25/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: microsoft, google

It will take serious institutional support to navigate all this on behalf of edge control and economic growth, support we can only get from tech companies such as Google, Intel, IBM, Apple, Sun and Microsoft, which stand to gain most from an open Internet. Will we get it?

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/190305811/

Date: 11/26/07 (Data Management)    Keywords: microsoft

Add Russia to the list of locales for future Microsoft datacenters powering the company's growing family of Live services and supporting back-end infrastructure. Microsoft already announced its datacenter plans for Chicago, Dublin, San Antonio, Santa Clara and Quincy, Wash. Data Center Knowledge is reporting...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=976

Date: 11/27/07 (Data Management)    Keywords: microsoft, google

Google has announced that it plans to spend "tens of millions" of dollars in R&D to help discover new renewable energy sources -- based on wind, solar-thermal, geothermal and other "potential breakthrough technologies." Will Microsoft follow suit? I hope not. I'm not anti-environment; far...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=980

Date: 11/28/07 (SQL Server)    Keywords: sql, microsoft

Anyone ever work with Microsoft's Live Communication Server (LCS) from the SQL side?  I'm interested in the scalability of it and I'm having trouble digging up very much information from the vendor... 

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/sqlserver/64773.html

Date: 11/29/07 (Security)    Keywords: software, security, microsoft

The number of security holes found in Microsoft software between 2006 and 2007 has risen threefold, says vulnerability-scanning company Qualys. The past year has seen a massive increase in the number of flaws found in Microsoft software, according to vulnerability-scanning company Qualys. Between 2006 and...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-178018.html

Date: 11/30/07 (WebDesign)    Keywords: microsoft

Suggestions on getting a favicon to show up properly in IE7?

Here is the site: http://www.shortservicesli.com

It's showing up everywhere else... I tried linking to it:

Date: 11/29/07 (Security)    Keywords: software, security, microsoft

The number of security holes found in Microsoft software between 2006 and 2007 has risen threefold, says vulnerability-scanning company Qualys. The past year has seen a massive increase in the number of flaws found in Microsoft software, according to vulnerability-scanning company Qualys. Between 2006 and 2007, there...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6220719.html

Date: 11/30/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: software, microsoft

One Boston-area enterprise application software vendor detailed its transformation from a proprietary company into a purely open source ISV – at Microsoft’s local headquarters last night. Aras Corp, of Andover, Mass, decided last January to begin offering its commercially established multi-platform product lifecycle management (PLM) and business process management (BPM) software using an open source model, [...]

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/193001434/

Date: 12/01/07 (Security)    Keywords: security, web, microsoft

New features should improve management, add support for Windows Server 2008, and lead to better mobile security, says Microsoft. Microsoft on Friday launched Service Pack 1 for Windows Exchange Server 2007. Features include additions to the Exchange management console, Outlook web access and disaster recovery. Disaster recovery...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6220993.html

Date: 12/03/07 (Security)    Keywords: security, microsoft

Here's part I of a three part special report that examines how Microsoft's security strategy has evolved over the past decade. Slammer and Blaster caused the darkest days at Microsoft. REDMOND, Wash.--With a measure of pain, Matt Thomlinson recalls the summer of 2003. "I remember buses pulling up...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-178522.html

Date: 12/03/07 (Data Management)    Keywords: microsoft

SAP and Microsoft are rumored to be an item again, according to Reuters. Let's hear it for European traders looking to get a little volume moving. This report, citing market talk, is as flimsy as they come. But hey Microsoft and SAP were talking way back when but anything...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=7221

Date: 12/04/07 (Security)    Keywords: security, microsoft

In Part II of this series following Microsoft's security strategies, Microsoft reaches out to the security research community it once kept at a distance. This is part two in a series examining how Microsoft's security strategy has evolved over the past decade. Part 1: Securing Microsoft: From pain...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-178674.html

Date: 12/04/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: software, linux, microsoft

Centeris has renamed itself Likewise Software and launched Likewise Open, aimed at making major Linux distributions "first class citizens" in Microsoft Active Directory systems.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/194976439/

Date: 12/05/07 (Security)    Keywords: security, microsoft

Forget those widespread worms. Nowadays, limited-scale threats like targeted e-mail attacks are causing the most concern. The final segment in a series examining Microsoft's security strategy. Editors' note: This is Part 3 in a series examining how Microsoft's security strategy has evolved over the past decade. Part 1:...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-178936.html

Date: 12/05/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: microsoft

While accessibility is a niche market, it has proven inordinately useful to Microsoft in establishing its proprietary formats as industry standards. Perhaps with this donation, Eclipse can start to take that advantage away.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/195559839/

Date: 12/06/07 (Data Management)    Keywords: programming, microsoft

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Want to test Vista SP1? Wait til next week. Microsoft delivers test build of cloud-programming toolset. Simple Sharing Extensions get a new lease on life. IE team shares ... a version number...Microsoft moves a step closer toward getting Windows...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=7256

Date: 12/07/07 (Java Web)    Keywords: browser, microsoft

Microsoft was the sole leading browser (all versions combined) in 2002-2003 with over 85% of market share. The earlier leader Netscape had by then sunk into oblivion. Flash forward 2007 and we can see Microsoft Internet Explorer barely holding on to over 50% market share with its fortunes steadily declining. It is still at 57% [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-internet-explorer-market-share-2002-2007/