==================================================================== SEARCHWIN2000.COM DAILY NEWS August 22, 2001 More headlines at: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news/0,,sid1,00.html ==================================================================== SPONSORED BY: Novadigm ==================================================================== PLANNING A LARGE-SCALE MIGRATION TO WINDOWS 2000? Ensure its success and extend the capabilities of Windows 2000 after the migration with Novadigm. Learn how companies like BC Hydro, Motorola and Prudential have maximized the benefits of their Windows 2000 migration efforts - and cut software management TCO - with Novadigm's e-wrap(tm) technology. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;3234988;5058249;v?http://www.novadigm.com/ttwindaily ==================================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "Is Microsoft outpacing its legal foes?" Why is Windows XP making such haste out of Redmond? Microsoft is trying to get it out the door before any legal red tape has a chance to trip it up. XP could be at the center of the new antitrust trial, which a judge could review as early as Friday. That's the same day PC manufacturers will get XP's "Gold Code." http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci762436,00.html SOURCE: IDG News http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/08/22/010822hnpace.xml MORE ON THIS TOPIC: Read more about Microsoft's legal problems at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci752708,00.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY'S WINDOWS 2000 AND INDUSTRY NEWS -------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] Gartner: Blackcomb delayed, Longhorn on tap [2] McAfee to fight DoS with Asta, Mazu, and Arbor [3] Microsoft plugs minor hole in Hotmail [4] Backup, but don't go backward [1] "Gartner: Blackcomb delayed, Longhorn on tap" Hope you're not looking for Blackcomb anytime soon. Gartner says Microsoft won't ship this Windows version until after 2003. Redmond will ship "Longhorn" in 2003 to tie IT over until Blackcomb is ready. SOURCE: ENT Magazine http://www.entmag.com/breaknews.asp?ID=4869 [2] "McAfee to fight DoS with Asta, Mazu, and Arbor" Four security companies apparently are better than one. McAfee will join Mazu Networks, Asta Networks, and Arbor Networks to battle DoS attacks. The companies have a wealth of information to pool and use to draw up their strategy. SOURCE: IDG News http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/08/20/010820hnmcafee.xml [3] "Microsoft plugs minor hole in Hotmail" Microsoft says it has caulked that little hole in Hotmail. The hole could have let some Hotmailers read the mail of other Hotmailers. MS says no one took advantage of the flaw, mostly because to exploit it would make winning the lottery seem easy. SOURCE: Wininformant http://www.wininformant.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=22221 [4] "Backup, but don't go backward" Make a mistake in backup, and you'll be playing catch-up for hours. A Legato expert offers tips for avoiding mistakes and details about a new release of NetWorker 6.1. SOURCE: searchWindowsManageability http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci761696,00.html If you would like to comment on today's news, email searchWin2000.com News Editor Ed Parry at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. ------------------------------------------------------------------- WIN! WIN! WIN! ------------------------------------------------------------------- August's Tip of the Month Contest is in full swing. Don't miss out on your chance to win this month's prize -- set of Klipsch ProMedia THX Certified Multimedia Speakers! Submit a tip today at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tipsHallOfFame/0,289489,sid1_prz758210_cts758207,00.html. ==================================================================== BEST WEB LINKS OF THE DAY =================================================================== "It's a 32-bit world" Paul Thurrott ponders whether there is a present-day need for Windows 64-bit computing. Unless you have specific data-mining needs, Thurrott recommends holding off until second generation IA-64 chips (code-named McKinley) appear sometime around the end of 2002. By then, he says various performance enhancements, smarter compilers, more native applications and services and a wider range of addressed solutions will exist. SOURCE: Windows 2000 Magazine http://www.winntmag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=21847 "Windows storage trends" Columnist Johanna Ambrosio shares survey results from consulting firm, the Sosinsky Group, tracking trends in the Windows storage market. This quick read provide several statistics that may indicate the emerging importance of storage in the Windows arena, particularly for Exchange. SOURCE: ITworld http://www.itworld.com/nl/storage_sol/07302001/ ==================================================================== KNOW-IT-ALL QUESTION OF THE DAY! -------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz yourself to see how much you know about this week's Featured Topic: .Net The .Net platform is expected to provide: a. a premium offline subscription service b. decentralized data storage c. "managed code" programming modules d. a proprietary version of HTML Check to see if you are correct! http://www.searchWin2000.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci761804,00.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- SEARCHWIN2000.COM POLL ------------------------------------------------------------------- Did Code Red nail you? 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