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The desktop management market is getting more crowded as more businesses look for easier ways to pass from one platform to another. One company, Marimba, says it can do what Microsoft's own System Management Server does with a few differences -- cost, features and support of non-Windows platforms.
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Ballmer: It's all systems go for Licensing 6.0 (CRN)
If you're counting on another Redmond reprieve on Licensing 6.0 -- stop. Steve Ballmer said in a recent interview that Microsoft has no plans for another extension and that "all systems are go" for the July 31 deadline. Ballmer acknowledged the grousing going on, but said there are no plans to extend the deadline or make changes to the policy.
NEWS
Microsoft advises plugging Gopher hole (CNET)
Microsoft followed up on last week's warning from a Finnish researcher who detailed a vulnerability in Gopher protocol present in Internet Explorer. Gopher is a pre-World Wide Web communications language that bound together content distributed over many servers in a network known as GopherSpace. The flaw allows attackers to run code remotely.
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QUICK HIT OF THE DAY
True IT blooper #40: Nothing but initials
When IT manager Kathy Jones was a Windows 2000 newbie, she learned a valuable lesson: All the letters in an acronym are TFAR (there for a reason). In fact, she discovered that overlooking even one letter in an acronym can spell disaster.
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Bombarded with pings
Dear Expert,
Recently we have been bombarded with pings with the return address of 0000. Would you have any idea how, or where these could be coming from -- or, more importantly, how to stop this? Sometimes we get 100 of these in one day.
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WIN2000TALK RADIO
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.
THE MISSING LINK
Technology blamed for U.S. obesity
Technology -- it's not just making our lives easier, it's making our pants tighter. Researchers at the University of Chicago figured that the single biggest reason six out of 10 Americans are overweight is the advent of a sedentary workplace. In other words, sitting in a cubicle working a mouse, which more and more people are doing, just isn't the same as going into a plant and working a machine or going to the field and working the crops. "Supersize" those fries and throw in a shake, and you have what the researchers call a "rising epidemic of obesity."
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