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In this interview, Microsoft's SQL Server product management director gives IT administrators a few tips on how to prepare their environments for the next pieces of Microsoft's database strategy.
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Gates tells users: Stamp out spam (CNET)
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates called upon enterprises and government to cooperate to stop spam in an e-mail to customers. Gates said spam threatens the positive things e-mail has done for companies. Microsoft recently filed 15 suits against spammers it said collectively sent two billion spam messages to Microsoft addresses.
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Security pros: Virus-writing course of little value (SearchSecurity.com)
Security professionals reacting to the virus-writing course offered by the University of Calgary fail to see much value in learning how to write viruses. Most said the school would be better served by focusing on how to defend against malicious code than by learning what makes it tick.
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'Understanding the digital dashboard'
Taken from The Administrator's Guide to SharePoint Portal Server 2001, this chapter, written with non-programmers in mind, will give you an introduction to the Digital Dashboard -- a proprietary Microsoft technology that allows you to create custom portals, or dashboards. Download this week's chapter and tell your administrator colleagues.
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How to block NetBIOS connections to WinXP Pro
Since the Windows server service advertises on well-known NetBIOS ports, it is a common attack vector for hackers. Laura Hunter shows you how to block this avenue of attack.
ASK LAURA HUNTER
Will disabling NetBIOS traffic kill connections?
Dear Laura:
Just read your suggestion to use IPsec and filters to disable NetBIOS traffic if you're not the only admin in your organization. Wouldn't this also have the effect of killing connections to network shares and other resources that depend on NetBIOS naming systems? I would think this could cause even more havoc if it was implemented across a user base, instead of (presumably) on individuals' own workstations.
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Instant messaging
Instant messaging is no longer just for kids. As corporate IM gets to be more popular in the enterprise, security gurus are raising their eyebrows, and with good reason. Read our collection of IM articles to get a grip on the emerging technology.
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Forgot lunch reservations? Your cell phone already made them
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Wouldn't it be nice to have a teeny assistant, like Mini Me from the Austin Powers films, to make lunch reservations and do other mundane things for you? A group of wireless firms is developing a mobile phone-based helper that will do just that. The mobile minion is probably better, since getting miniature versions of all your clothes would be very expensive.
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