SEARCHWIN2000 | Windows 2000 and Industry News April 26, 2002 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSOR:
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Online Event: Negotiating your best licensing deal with Microsoft - Best Web Links: Best Practices - Know-IT-All Quiz of the Day #159: Test your IT knowledge - Quick Hit of the Day: Accessing the C: drive to scan - The Missing Link: Squeezable cellphone adds new meaning to calls _____________________________________________________________________ ******************** SPONSORED BY: CommVault ************************ COMMVAULT GALAXY IS FEATURED IN NEW MICROSOFT BEST PRACTICES GUIDE FOR WINDOWS 2000 DATA CENTER BACKUP AND RESTORE. If you're responsible for providing this protection for your data-center environment, Backup and Restore Solution for Windows 2000-based Data Centers is for you. Let us know what you think? Download the free guide today! http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,3031,00.htm?galaxy _____________________________________________________________________ LEAD STORY BALLMER: MICROSOFT TO LAUNCH SECURITY UPDATE TOOL | News: IDG News Here's a Microsoft update -- about Microsoft Update. It's a new tool that will automate the process of publishing and distributing the myriad Microsoft security patches. It will be a lot like Windows Update and should help firms get a firm grip on all the patches, of which there seems to be a deluge! Steve Ballmer says MU should be out this year. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci819887,00.html MORE ON THIS TOPIC: Read Gartner's analysis of the Microsoft state of security at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci817288,00.html. Best Web Links on security: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid1_tax559,00.html Featured Topic on patches: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci802537,00.html. _____________________________________________________________________ ********************************************************************* OTHER STORIES In addition to the headlines below, others are available on our news page. >> FULL STORIES: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MICROSOFT PATCHES OUTLOOK HOLE | News: IDG News Microsoft has patched an Outlook crack that could affect you if you use Word for editing e-mail. The flaw comes from different security settings in the two applications. The end result could be an attacker running code on your PC, if you replied to or forwarded the "bait" e-mail. More patch info is at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-021.asp. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci819894,00.html WINDOWS DEVELOPER COMBATS CODE CRITICS | News: Reuters Bill Gates is off, Christopher Jones is on. Jones, who's Microsoft's head of Windows desktop development, told the court the penalties proposed by the nine dissenting states would create computerized chaos. Jones testified that PC users would be confused and frustrated if products marketed as Windows operating systems couldn't run Windows applications because someone had tinkered with blocks of software code. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/newsItem/0,289139,sid1_gci819879,00.html OOPS! TRUE IT BLOOPER #25 | News: SearchWindowsManageability In this blooper, an IT manager gets more than he bargained for after letting a precocious toddler into his server room. http://www.searchwindowsmanageability.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci818248,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ADDITIONAL SEARCHWIN2000 NEWS HEADLINES More headlines are available on our news page >> FULL STORIES: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/news _____________________________________________________________________ **************** SPONSORED BY: Doubleday Bookspan ******************* Earn the credentials that identify you as a top IT Professional. Get the MCSE WINDOWS 2000 EXAM CRAM LIBRARY and cram your way through all objectives. This 6 book/1 CD set - a $179.97 value - can be yours for $9.99! Covers the Core 4 exams, plus 2 top electives. The set includes exclusive Cram Sheets, Exam Prep questions to test your knowledge, plus answers to trick questions. Click here for details! http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,3032,00.htm?MCSEExamCram _____________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= NEGOTIATING YOUR BEST LICENSING DEAL WITH MICROSOFT | Online Event Who: Laura DiDio, Principal, Information Technology Intelligence Corp. When: April 30 at 2:00 PM EDT (16:00 GMT) Next Tuesday, expert Laura DiDio will examine the changes you can expect from the new Microsoft Licensing Program 6.0. She'll provide you with the tactical and strategic advice your company will need to negotiate the best deal. After her presentation, Laura will field your questions at an audience Q&A. >> CLICK to pre-register... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/onlineEvents/0,289675,sid1,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= BEST PRACTICES | Best Web Links Sometimes, the best information comes from your peers. Get advice and best practices from other systems management professionals in these articles and links. http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid33_tax287630,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TEST YOUR IT KNOWLEDGE | Know-IT-All Quiz of the Day #159 This is a term used to describe what can happen when someone accidentally sits on a cellular telephone: a. hertz b. killer app c. infonesia d. jam sync e. phantom dialing >>CLICK for the correct answer... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci819567,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ACCESSING THE C: DRIVE TO SCAN | Quick Hit of the Day Dear Ask the Expert, How can I allow users to access the C: drive in order to scan? Asks one SearchWindowsManageability user. >>CLICK to read expert Serdar Yegulalp's answer... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid33_cid461151_tax288093,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SQUEEZABLE CELLPHONE ADDS NEW MEANING TO CALLING | The Missing Link "Squeezable" products could soon spread beyond mere condiments like ketchup and mustard. MIT researchers have come up with a latex cell phone that sends vibrations as well as voices. The phone comes with tiny speakers and pressure sensors you wrap around your fingers. Squeeze your hand, and the person you're talking to (provided they have a squeezable phone, too) can "feel" it, minus the sweaty palm. The good thing about this? It lends credibility to that "reach out and touch someone" slogan. The bad thing? When creditors or loan sharks put the squeeze on you, you'll feel it. And it might hurt. Source: Reuters http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=581&ncid=738&e=1&u=/nm/20020424/tc_nm/technology_telephones_dc_2 ____________________________________________________________________ ********************** SEARCHWIN2000 CONTACTS ********************** MARILYN COHODAS, Site Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your original articles and best practices. _____________________________________________________________________ CHRISTINE POLEWARCZYK, Assistant Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your ideas for online event and discussion day topics. _____________________________________________________________________ DAVID PYE, Assistant Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your tips, white papers and favorite Web sites. _____________________________________________________________________ ED PARRY, News Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your news, press releases and product announcements. _____________________________________________________________________ MIKE KELLY (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED].) >> Contact me to sponsor this or any other TechTarget newsletter. _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ *********************** ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER *********************** Created by TechTarget (http://www.techtarget.com) TechTarget - The Most Targeted IT Media Copyright 2002, All Rights Reserved. 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