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Microsoft accelerates Windows security update (ZDNet)
A second service pack for Windows XP will be released in December -- ahead of Microsoft's original schedule. The service pack is expected to include enhanced memory protection, better control over ActiveX, and it will turn on XP's firewall by default.
NEWS
Microsoft readies wireless provisioning (InformationWeek)
Microsoft is preparing the release of client-side software aimed at giving wireless service providers a reliable means of authenticating users. The delivery mechanism will be an XML-based interface for Windows XP, Microsoft says. The wireless provisioning services are expected to ship in the first quarter of 2004 as a service pack for Windows XP.
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BEST WEB LINKS
AD migration
Now that Microsoft has stopped selling Windows NT and announced plans to phase out NT support, IT shops that haven't yet migrated to Active Directory are being urged to get on board. Check out our hand-picked links for how to make a smooth transition.
THE MISSING LINK
Tutors tackle high-level Luddism
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IT people may be worried about getting on the same page with the business folks, but you have to wonder whether some of the suits are even in the same book. There's no shortage of CEOs who can't even switch on a laptop, much less understand your job. One woman in New York has started tutoring hard-core Luddites, teaching them such mundane tasks as how to sign on to a computer, open an e-mail attachment and send e-mails. It just isn't cool to be clueless when it comes to computers anymore. Some execs view this ineptitude as a weakness, and keep their tutoring sessions on the QT.
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