==================================================================== SEARCHWIN2000.COM DAILY NEWS July 11, 2001 More headlines at: http://www.searchwin2000.com/searchWin2000_News_Page/0,2008,,00.html ==================================================================== SPONSORED BY: Novadigm ==================================================================== If your enterprise is planning a large-scale migration to Windows 2000, ensure its success and extend the capabilities of Windows 2000 after the migration. 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SOURCE: CRN http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/breakingnews.asp?ArticleID=28111 MORE ON THIS TOPIC: Read more about making the grade on Windows storage at http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci752697,00.html How do you feel about EMC having access to Microsoft premiere customers? Sound off at http://searchwin2000.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?50@@.ee83d6b. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY'S WINDOWS 2000 AND INDUSTRY NEWS -------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] Microsoft Great Plains taps Clarus for e-procurement [2] Windows XP activation technology revealed [3] Microsoft gives blessing to open-source .Net, but analyst smells a rat [4] Bogus Microsoft bulletin spreads Internet worm [5] Intel halts sales of defective server chip [6] Hole found in Check Point's FireWall-1 and VPN-1 [1] "Microsoft Great Plains taps Clarus for e-procurement" Microsoft Great Plains and Clarus are teaming up to deliver an Internet-based procurement solution for indirect and direct online purchasing. Redmond will integrate Clarus' eProcure into Microsoft's supply chain, accounting, distribution, e-commerce and CRM apps that are based on SQL Server. The deal is aimed at the middle market. SOURCE: InfoWorld http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/07/10/010710hnclarus.xml [2] "Windows XP activation technology revealed" Is the product-activation technology in XP really worthy of all the "invasion of privacy" controversy? A copy-protection company in Germany got inside the technology and decided Microsoft's method for parrying piracy isn't big brotherly and allows for reasonable upgrades. Product-activation requires people to activate their PC online or by telephone to continue using the software. SOURCE: CNET http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6536843.html?tag=owv [3] "Microsoft gives blessing to open-source .Net, but analyst smells a rat" Microsoft has said in public that Ximian's "Mono" project, an open-source version of .Net, is flattering and a nod to the .Net strategy and Redmond's vision of Internet services. But an analyst says beware of software giants bearing kind words. He says Ximian may find itself trying to keep up with Microsoft -- a move that could prove fatal. SOURCE: InternetWeek http://www.internetwk.com/story/INW20010710S0006 [4] "Bogus Microsoft bulletin spreads Internet worm" "Leave" just won't go away. The virus police say there's a program out there disguised as a security patch from Microsoft. That "patch" is actually loaded with a nasty new version of Leave, the self-propagating Internet worm. The new malicious code is offered for download in a bogus Microsoft security bulletin with a forged Microsoft.com e-mail return address. A hyperlink in the bogus document advises recipients to download and install the patch from a Web site with an address that begins "http://www.microsoft.com@"; and is followed by hexadecimal values. SOURCE: Newsbytes http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/167772.html [5] "Intel halts sales of defective server chip" Apparently there's one chip that's REALLY down, but it will soon be up again. Intel's new and improved version of the Pentium III Xeon top-end server chip should be ready to go by mid-August. For now, Intel will swap out the defective chip with the slower 700MHz version. Intel stopped shipping the chip in April because of a bug that could crash servers. SOURCE: CNET http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6539683.html?tag=owv [6] "Hole found in Check Point's FireWall-1 and VPN-1" There's a hole in the wall. A group of security experts found a chink in Check Point Software's Firewall-1 and VPN-1 firewalls that could let intruders push unwanted traffic into or out of corporate networks. CERT says the hole could open up a nasty can of worms, from snooping to denial-of-service attacks. Check Point has a patch -- you may want to check it out. SOURCE: Computerworld http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/07/11/010711hncheckhole.xml If you would like to comment on today's news, email searchWin2000.com News Editor Ed Parry at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. ==================================================================== SPONSORED BY: SurfControl ==================================================================== BEWARE: Networks bottleneck & costs climb as workers squander hours online, surfing, listening to the radio over the 'Net, downloading MP3s, video & other bandwidth hogs. 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SOURCE: VCDJ http://www.vcdj.com/upload/free/features/vcdj/2001/02feb01/rg0201/rg0201-1.asp [2] "RealNetworks skins Apple, Microsoft" Network Computing evaluates RealNetworks, Microsoft and Apple's streaming media technologies. Despite a hefty price tag, RealNetworks gets the editor's choice award with an "A," followed by the free Microsoft Windows Media with a "B." The good news about Windows Media compared to RealNetworks is comparable quality and additional features RealNetworks has yet to implement. Apple's Quicktime is free also, but got an average "C" grade for overall capabilities. It's really only a reasonable option for Mac houses. SOURCE: Network Computing http://www.networkcomputing.com/1204/1204f1b1.html ==================================================================== WIN! WIN! WIN! -------------------------------------------------------------------- Our July Tip of the Month contest is here! 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