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Analyze that: Microsoft storage (SearchStorage.com)
Curious about what Microsoft has up its storage sleeve? Founder and consulting analyst Arun Taneja of the Taneja Group dissects Microsoft and tells us why other storage vendors should pay careful attention to what the folks in Redmond are up to. Plus he explains what he thinks about Microsoft's newly named Windows Storage Server 2003. Read the latest edition of our "Analyze that" series.
NEWS
Blaster worm drives traffic to MS site (The Sydney Morning Herald)
The Lovsan worm, otherwise known Blaster or MSBlast, caused a huge spike in traffic to Microsoft's Web site, as well as to the sites of antivirus software makers. According to new data from Nielsen's Net service, traffic on Microsoft's TechNet site increased 1,131% for the week ending Aug. 16. Symantec, maker of the popular Norton antivirus software, experienced a 302% week-over-week boost in traffic to its site.
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LIVE WEBCAST
VPN fundamentals
Who: Robert Williams, Ph.D., president of Secure Logistix Corporation and Mark Walla, vice president of Secure Logistix Corporation
When: Sept. 9, 2003, 11 a.m. (ET)
Virtual private networks (VPNs) are rapidly becoming the method by which organizations with remote offices use the Internet with relatively secure communications. In this webcast, we explore the fundamentals of VPN connectivity and discuss how it is implemented in Microsoft's Windows 2000 and 2003 Server platforms.
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Secrets of desktop deployment
From Windows 9x to XP, we have answers to your most pressing desktop questions. Load up on desktop solutions from our tips, expert responses, articles and online resources.
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Automatic patching
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IT SURVIVAL KIT
Shoot the messenger
Alas, it's amazing how good ideas get subverted, thanks to those who seek nefarious ways to reach out through the Internet to users' desktops. Hence this sad tale of the Messenger Service -- whose output appears in pop-up windows on the desktop labeled "Messenger Service" in their title bars -- which is the bane of Windows users everywhere, especially at big connectivity portals like MSN or AOL. This tip will show you how to fight back.
ASK JERRY HONEYCUTT
Protecting folders on shared computer
Dear Jerry:
I'm using Windows 2000 Pro, and I would like to set user profiles so that one user cannot access another user's files. But even when I make a user a "guest," he can still go into the documents and settings folder and access another user's personal files. How do I make it so multiple users can use the same computer but not have access to each other's files?
THE MISSING LINK
Brits finally give geeks their due
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A new vat of verbiage has been poured into the mainstream. The latest edition of the Oxford Dictionary of English now includes the likes of "cyberslacker" (someone who spends all day on the Web), "data smog" (the confusion that comes from too much information online) and "egosurfing" (Googling yourself). And believe it or not, the very cornerstones of geekspeak -- "geek" and "nerd" -- had been left out of previous Oxford lexicons, but the new version gives them some definition.
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