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Find out more: http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=87863 _______________________________________________________________ Network World's Microsoft News Alert Microsoft investigating reports of new IE hole, 11/04/04 Microsoft is investigating reports of a serious security flaw in Internet Explorer, but has not yet seen malicious code that exploits the reported flaw, the company said Thursday. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1104microinves.html?nl> Microsoft to help users prep for patching, 11/04/04 Microsoft will give customers advance notice of its monthly security updates in an effort to help them prepare to install related software patches, the company announced Thursday. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1104mspatching.html?nl> Novell counters Microsoft's Linux 'facts' with 'truth', 11/04/04 Countering the latest salvo of Microsoft's Get the Facts campaign against open source software, Novell Wednesday launched a Web site devoted to "unbending the truth" about Linux in the enterprise. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1104novelcount.html?nl> Exchange road map overdue, 11/01/04 After Microsoft removed the 2006 Kodiak release of Exchange Server from its product road map earlier this year, its plans for the messaging software have gotten even cloudier, making it more difficult for users to make future plans for the messaging ... <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110104exchange.html?nl> Opinion: Will Microsoft enter IP telephony?, 11/08/04 There's no doubt that Microsoft could enter the IP telephony market. But why would the software giant want to enter an area so foreign to its core business? Well, the answer is IP telephony is moving toward a Microsoft business model. In short, IP telephony will be a software- and services-based industry, exactly what Microsoft serves. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110804lippis.html?nl> Storage Newsletter: The buzz at Storage Networking World, Part 1, 11/02/04 Several trends are beginning to appear that you should make note of ... <http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/stor/2004/1101stor1.html?nl> Windows Networking Newsletter: Microsoft offers free training, 11/01/04 Microsoft has a couple of free one-day, hands-on labs coming to a town near you in the near future. <http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/nt/2004/1101nt1.html?nl> _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Network World Staff Senior Editor John Fontana covers Microsoft for Network World. 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