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The announcements are expected to include an update to Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 and the ... <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0915microtode.html?nl> JPEG handling flaw threatens PCs, Microsoft warns, 09/14/04 A security flaw in the way many Microsoft applications process JPEG images could allow an attacker to gain control over a computer running the software, Microsoft warned Tuesday. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0914jpeghandl.html?nl> Sun, Microsoft to detail interoperability in October, 09/14/04 Sun and Microsoft next month plan to provide more details on work they are doing to make their products interoperable, a Sun executive said Monday. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0914updatsun.html?nl> Weblog: Microsoft rolls out virtual machine technology, 09/14/04 Microsoft last week stepped into the server virtualization market with the introduction of Virtual Server 2005.... <http://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/datacenter/006249.html?nl> Microsoft, Polycom team on collaboration products, 09/14/04 Microsoft and Polycom Tuesday plan to announce they have struck a multi-year agreement to link Microsoft's Office Live Communications Server with Polycom's conferencing products. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0914micropolyc.html?nl> IETF deals Microsoft's e-mail proposal a setback, 09/14/04 A proposed technology for identifying the source of e-mail messages suffered a blow last week when a group within the IETF established to study the proposal sent it back for more work, citing ... <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0914ietfdeals.html?nl> Opinion: Microsoft: Sitting duck - with baggage, 09/13/04 OK, I know that I won't win any awards for the mixed metaphor that headlines this column. But, as I flipped through a recent issue of The Wall Street Journal and saw, first, a piece about Microsoft's ... <http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/091304tolly.html?nl> Compendium: Just the FAQs, ma'am, 09/17/04 Eric Brill, a senior research at Microsoft, has been trying to figure out how to take search engines to the... <http://napps.nwfusion.com/compendium/archive/006266.html?nl> _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Network World Staff Senior Editor John Fontana covers Microsoft for Network World. Reach him at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. ______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Alterpoint Read the latest analyst report on Network Change and Configuration Management (NCCM) written by EMA's Dennis Drogseth. 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