Today's News: Microsoft toots its Longhorn

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A newsletter published by TechTarget   October 31, 2003 >> Receive this e-mail as text   >> About this e-mail  ISSUE SPONSORED BY: >>  SearchWin2000.com: Visit SearchWin2000.com's new Dice-powered Career Center >>  SearchWin2000.com: Salary Survey: Are you getting paid what you're worth?  Top News of the Week  >>  Code names and a compromise SPONSORED BY: SearchWin2000.com Searching for career resources? Visit the new Dice-powered SearchWin2000.com Career Center and find training, certification and resume resources along with over 27,000 IT job openings. You can also sign up for e-mails when a listing matches your search criteria and have your profile automatically sent to Dice.com member companies. Click here to browse the Career Center today!  Week In Review  Microsoft toots its Longhorn by John Hogan, News Editor Longhorn, Indigo, Whidbey, Yukon. If you know which Microsoft products these code names are associated with, you win a prize. If you can remember any of their features after the barrage of news from this week's Professional Developers Conference, you're on your way to the Geek Hall of Fame. Let's start with Longhorn, the star of this L.A. show. Bill Gates called this future Windows operating system the biggest thing since Windows 95. The chief software architect ticked off features such as unified stores, content indexing and self-organization. He also showed off the interface for Longhorn, which isn't expected to be released until late 2005, at the earliest. A beta version of Longhorn will come out in the middle of next year, according to Jim Allchin, vice president of Microsoft's platforms group. Read more of John Hogan's comments on Longhorn and other important stories of the week. More on this topic: >  Gates puts a face on far-away Longhorn >  Indigo is Microsoft's primary Web services color >  Four Web services packs created for Microsoft's MOM >  Next Visual Studio will put code on a diet >  MS compromises on unified management platform SPONSORED BY: SearchWin2000.com What's the average salary for a Windows admin? How does experience and the lackluster economy factor into your compensation package? The editors at SearchWin2000.com want to know -- and you can tell us. Take our exclusive SearchWin2000.com salary survey. We'll crunch the numbers and report the results in an upcoming feature. Click here to explore the new salary survey.  Survival Tips for the Windows Manager   IT Tool Kit: A space saving idea Once you've tested a given hotfix and found it to be working perfectly, you can either move or delete the backup files. However, over time the accumulation of backup files can put a dent in the free space the system directory uses. 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TRUE IT BLOOPERS True IT Blooper #115: Kicking the bit bucket In this blooper, a wiley IT prankster nearly kicks the bucket after he combines keypunch chaff, a Styrofoam cup and unwitting college kids. Have a blooper of your own? Send us your wackiest IT stories! Submit a blooper!  Vent!  Take our member poll What do you think of Microsoft's new monthly security updates? Click here to vote. Sign up for this newsletter Enter your email address to continue receiving SearchWin2000.com: White Paper Alerts    Not a member? We'll activate your membership with your subscription.   Contact Us   NEWS EDITOR John Hogan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your news, press releases and product announcements. SENIOR SITE EDITOR Marilyn Cohodas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your original articles and best practices. SITE EDITOR Catherine Ketcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your bloopers and Featured Topic ideas. SENIOR NEWS WRITER Margie Semilof [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send me your news and story ideas. 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