======================================================== SEARCHWIN2000.COM DAILY NEWS May 3, 2001 More headlines at: http://www.searchwin2000.com/searchWin2000_News_Page/0,2008,,00.html ======================================================== SPONSORED BY: Library of Computer and Information Sciences ======================================================== Take MCSE Windows 2000 Exam Cram Library for $9.99! This 6-volume, 1 CD-ROM library is the only MCSE "Core 4" certification coach you'll ever need. A $179.97 Value for $9.99. Click for details: http://161.58.99.48/cgi-local/redirect.pl?AMUGAZHGD ======================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "Microsoft releases SOAP toolkit, XML resources on MSDN" A new version of MS' SOAP toolkit, MSXML 4.0 technical preview and a beta release of XML for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Web release 2 are up on MSDN and ready for (free) downloading. The new SOAP toolkit simplifies development of SOAP applications and is a supplement to the Visual Studio 6.0 development environment. These new offerings come with the World Wide Web Consortium's announcement that XML Schema (XSD) has been published as a W3C recommendation. SOURCE: CRN http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/breakingnews.asp?ArticleID=26271 Will the new SOAP toolkit help you with your application development? Do you plan or trying it out or passing on this one? Post your thoughts in our new Sound Off discussion forum at http://searchwin2000.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?50@@.ee83d6b. MORE ON THIS TOPIC: Read more about the W3C recommendation at http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5082225,00.html. Are you ready for XML? Have questions about the new SOAP toolkit? Let John Robbins, searchWin2000's Programming and Application Development Expert, answer your questions at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateAnswers/0,289620,sid1_tax285113,00.html. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----------------------------------------------- TODAY'S WINDOWS 2000 AND INDUSTRY NEWS ----------------------------------------------- [1] Microsoft gathers support for portal platform [2] Microsoft acquires Content Management Server [3] Microsoft, IBM go live with full-production UDDI registries [4] Windows XP anti-piracy feature cracked [5] Key to exploiting Microsoft security flaw is being spread [6] Microsoft to argue against free code ?NYT [7] Microsoft offers PC builders prizes to be finks [8] Compatibility woes plague Windows 2002 [1] "Microsoft gathers support for portal platform" Got room for another toolkit? Microsoft has unveiled another one -- this one helps businesses improve the content in their portals. Digital Dashboard Resource Kit (DDRK) is free and was designed with SharePoint Portal Server 2001 and SQL Server 2000 digital dashboards in mind. A bundle of software makers are offering support. SOURCE: InternetNews http://www.internetnews.com/intra-news/article/0,,7_756651,00.html [2] "Microsoft acquires Content Management Server" There's a new member of the .Net Enterprise Server brood. Microsoft has acquired a content management system. More specifically, MS has bought NCompass Labs Inc., a company that built its Web content management system from the ground up using COM and other Microsoft technologies. Microsoft will re-brand the product this fall as Microsoft Content Management Server 2001. NCompass already integrates with Commerce Server 2000 for online business creation and SQL Server 2000 for content storage and search capabilities. SOURCE: ENT Magazine http://www.entmag.com/breaknews.asp?ID=4450 [3] "Microsoft, IBM go live with full-production UDDI registries" The first full implementation of Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI) registries from Microsoft and IBM are now live. HP will work with Redmond and Big Blue to launch a UDDI registry when version 2.0 of the technology is ready later this year. A founding member of UDDI, Ariba, has switched roles in the initiative. SOURCE: CRN http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=26247 [4] "Windows XP anti-piracy feature cracked" XP Xposed? Crackers have already found a way to get around Microsoft's registration protection scheme for Windows XP, before the software has even launched. Web sites have been popping up on free and anonymous Web space servers promoting registry hacks allowing users to unlock copies of Windows XP beta without contacting Microsoft. It also enables them to remove the 180-day trial expiration. SOURCE: vnunet http://www.vnunet.com/News/1121393 [5] "Key to exploiting Microsoft security flaw is being spread" eEye oh! eEye Digital Security, the company that found a huge flaw in the Windows 2000 Server's Internet server has warned that another party is publishing on the Internet the trick for using that flaw to hack into systems. This party may be unwittingly helping hackers by making that information too accessible. SOURCE: The Associated Press http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/008876.htm [6] "Microsoft to argue against free code--NYT" The New York Times online edition is reporting that a Microsoft official will go on the defensive in a speech at New York University. Craig Mundie, a senior vice-president and software strategist, is expected to defend his company's business model, argue that giving away and sharing software code could torpedo intellectual property, and acknowledge that freely-shared alternatives are putting pressure on MS' commercial software. SOURCE: Reuters http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/reuters_wire/1158905l.htm [7] "Microsoft offers PC builders prizes to be finks" Wanna be a rat for Redmond? Microsoft has sent a letter to computer suppliers, offering them prizes for turning in businesses who may have "misunderstood" their licensing agreements regarding operating systems. Microsoft says it was not trying to nail companies wanting to install Linux or another non-Microsoft operating system, rather it was trying to stop companies who believe that they have a "site license" with Microsoft that allows them to install a single copy of Windows onto multiple PCs. SOURCE: IDG News http://www.idg.net/ic_527229_1794_9-10000.html [8] "Compatibility woes plague Windows 2002" Microsoft is targeting July 2 as a tentative date to release a third beta of its 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 2002 server products. The latest RTM date for those server versions of the operating system is now January 23, 2002. Why is Windows 2002 trailing Windows XP by six months? Testers working with Beta 2 releases of the Windows 2002 server iterations (Server, Advanced Server and Datacenter Server) say application compatibility is a problem, with a number of Microsoft's own .Net server applications not working at all at this point. SOURCE: eWEEK http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2714714,00.html?chkpt=zdnn_rt_latest If you would like to comment on today's news, email searchWin2000.com News Editor Ed Parry at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. =================================================== SPONSORED BY: Knowledgenet =================================================== Win $5,000 in IT Training For Your Team! Train your team today - without breaking your budget. Register to win $5,000 in KnowledgeNet training credits! Plus, when you visit KnowledgeNet, you'll see why: - Cisco chose KnowledgeNet as their e-Learning Partner - KnowledgeNet has the highest pass rates in the industry! 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