NEWS
First beta of Windows XP Service Pack 1 released (CRN)
The first beta of XP Service Pack 1 is now officially ready for select downloading. This is the pack that bears the mark of the antitrust case, allowing OEMs and end users to hide Microsoft offerings and pick competing applications from AOL, Netscape and RealNetworks. The final version is due later this summer. SP3 for Win2k is also due late this summer and will also be "antitrust-compliant."
NEWS
Gopher attacks are latest IE security threat (Security Focus)
A security researcher is warning against a buffer overflow bug found in the Gopher protocol, buried deep in Internet Explorer code. If exploited, an outsider could run code on a vulnerable IE 5.5 or 6.0 machine. Launching a Gopher attack does not require a fully operational Gopher server and instead merely requires that users view a Web site containing a program that listens on a TCP port and writes a block of data.
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WIN2000TALK
Countdown to new Microsoft licensing
Microsoft's Licensing 6.0 Program launches on August 1, promising cost savings for some business but fee hikes for most. Win2000Talk Radio offers last-minute advice on whether and how to move to the new licensing plan. Guests include Microsoft's Rebecca LaBrunerie and Julie Giera, a vice president at Giga Information Group, who specializes in Microsoft licensing and contract negotiations.
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KNOW-IT-ALL QUIZ OF THE DAY
Protocols
This is a protocol that allows a computer sending data to another computer to learn the most direct route to the receiving computer:
a. Exchange Server Protocol
b. Internet Message Access Protocol
c. POP3 Protocol
d. Server Message Block Protocol
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ONLINE EVENT
Best practices for migrating to WinXP
Learn the basics of an XP migration, including a discussion on how to verify that your hardware can support XP properly.
THE MISSING LINK
ITC bans "offensive" Xbox TV ad
"Offensive, shocking and in bad taste." Microsoft's upcoming Licensing 6.0 program? Bill Gates' wardrobe before he got rich? Actually those words were directed at an Xbox commercial in the U.K. Microsoft yanked it after receiving 136 complaints after it hit the airwaves. Why such an adverse reaction to the advert? It showed a woman giving birth, after which the newborn shoots through a window, aging as he flies, then crashing into his own grave as an old man. Not quite as jaunty as a Target commercial. The tagline to the ad was "Life is short. Play more." Microsoft issued an apology for the spot, which became such a sore spot.
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