======================================================== SEARCHWIN2000.COM DAILY NEWS July 13, 2001 More headlines at: http://www.searchwin2000.com/searchWin2000_News_Page/0,2008,,00.html ======================================================== SPONSORED BY: Tricord Systems ======================================================== Looking for a way out of the management nightmare of adding more low-end NAS boxes, but don't want to drain your budget buying a high-end NAS solution? With Lunar Flare(TM) NAS from Tricord Systems, you get a fault tolerant, scalable storage cluster for your mission-critical Windows(R) data at an affordable price. 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MORE ON THIS TOPIC: Read Microsoft's description of the new security tool at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/security/tools/cipher.asp. Last day to post questions in the Administrator Forum for John Robbins, searchWin2000 Programming and Application Development expert. Next week, Ed Tittel returns to the Administrator Discussion Forum to answer your certification questions. Catch both experts at http://searchwin2000.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----------------------------------------------- TODAY'S WINDOWS 2000 AND INDUSTRY NEWS ----------------------------------------------- [1] Microsoft Outlook vulnerable to new attack [2] Microsoft settles antitrust allegations with New Mexico [3] Microsoft concessions considered meager [4] Microsoft better positions SharePoint for ISVs [5] Gartner: Vacationers addicted to e-mail [1] "Microsoft Outlook vulnerable to new attack" A glitch in an ActiveX control shipped with Outlook could let an attacker take over your computer. The bug affects all versions of Outlook, including Outlook 2002, which comes with Office XP. MS plans to get a patch out ASAP. SOURCE: Newsbytes http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/167906.html [2] "Microsoft settles antitrust allegations with New Mexico" New Mexico has settled its antitrust case against Microsoft. The company will pay the state's legal costs, and New Mexico will still be able to collect any future remedies in the case, which is still in federal court. This could get the ball rolling for other states to settle their scores with Redmond. SOURCE: The Associated Press http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/038435.htm [3] "Microsoft concessions considered meager" It may be one small step for Microsoft, but it's not exactly a giant leap forward for the antitrust case. Legal experts say Redmond's loosening of its Windows licensing requirements is a weak concession because the company still has left plenty of room to change the changes through other arrangements, such as co-marketing deals for promoting Windows XP. Also, the licensing changes let Microsoft push other potentially anti-competitive business practices. SOURCE: CNET http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6555787.html?tag=lh [4] "Microsoft better positions SharePoint for ISVs" Microsoft is making SharePoint Portal Server available via license to ISVs that want to incorporate it into their software offerings. MS says the royalties paid under the new structure will be cheaper than the cost of purchasing the software even at a volume discount. SOURCE: CRN http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=28188 [5] "Gartner: Vacationers addicted to e-mail" As much as we all like to get away, apparently we don't like to get TOO far away. Gartner researchers found nearly half of those people surveyed check their office e-mail while on vacation and 23% check their inboxes on weekends. And there's a lot to check: Gartner found business users receive an average of 22 e-mails per day. SOURCE: ENT Magazine http://www.entmag.com/breaknews.asp?ID=4717 If you would like to comment on today's news, email searchWin2000.com News Editor Ed Parry at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. --------------------------------------------------------- WEB LINKS OF THE DAY --------------------------------------------------------- [1] "Lowering the cost of migrating to Windows 2000" This seven-page white paper proposes that certain backup models offer significant savings over others. In particular, it claims that only a continuous real-time network backup solution will ensure the lowest TCO during a company-wide upgrade to Windows 2000. (May 1, 2001) SOURCE: Storactive, Inc. http://www.storactive.com/files/W2KMigration.doc [2] "Eliminate the use of temporary tables for huge performance gains" Temporary tables can hurt performance. Learn how you can use derived tables instead of temporary tables to boost your application's performance. SOURCE: SQL-Server-Performance.Com http://www.sql-server-performance.com/jg_derived_tables.asp ------------------------------------------------------- FEATURED BOOK ------------------------------------------------------- "TCP/IP For Windows 2000" By Dave Houde & Tim Hoffman Whether you are new to the suite of protocols called Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), want to understand the changes from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000, or need an up-to-date desk reference, this is the book for you. Written to teach TCP/IP at the intermediate level, it contains history, basics, subnetting, Active Directory, DHCP, WINS, SNMP, tools, utilities, challenge questions, review sections and self-study for deeper understanding of the topics. http://www.digitalguru.com/dgstore/product.asp?isbn=0130281603&ac_id=73 ------------------------------------------------------- SEARCHWIN2000.COM POLL ------------------------------------------------------- "Did the appeals court make the right call?" Vote at http://www.searchWin2000.com/poll. SOUND OFF! Have a great poll idea? Or just feel like commenting on the current question? Please send your comments, ideas or questions to News Editor Ed Parry at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. Please include your name, title and company name. ------------------------------------------------------- THE MISSING LINK ------------------------------------------------------- A look at an off-the-wall story off the Web "'Snatch' is favorite movie for Internet pirates" Pirates just love "Snatch." A survey shows the Brad Pitt flick is the No. 1 pirated movie on the Internet, having been snatched from theaters and downloaded onto some one million computers in June. Pretty soon, "PC" will stand for "pirated cinema." How do these scene stealers do it? Just like Kramer did it in that "Seinfeld" episode - they take a video camera into the theater (that explains the mysterious shadows carrying popcorn tubs and boxes of Nerds). The footage is then copied onto a PC, using the latest technology to compress the film into a format small enough to fit on a single CD. "Pearl Harbor," "Shrek," and "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider," are other prizes pirates are pilfering. 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