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>>  LEAD STORY:  Redmond offers more details on reward money
>>  NEWS:  Longhorn, Office will be closely tied, Gates says
>>  WINDOWS WORD CHALLENGE:  Utility for tweaking Windows settings
>>  THE MISSING LINK:  Hi, my name is Gary, and I'm a 'gameaholic'
 News and Top Stories  

LEAD STORY
Redmond offers more details on reward money  (SearchWin2000.com)
Microsoft is not getting into the bad-guy catching business, a Microsoft lawyer said after the software maker announced Wednesday that it will provide a $5 million pool of reward money to help catch cybercriminals.
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Microsoft ponies up reward money to catch hackers
Employees: Your best defense, or your greatest vulnerability
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NEWS
Longhorn, Office will be closely tied, Gates says (Computing)
In an interview, Microsoft chief software architect Bill Gates says that because Office applications are, by far, the most popular apps on the Windows platform, his company is working on a version of Office that "requires" Longhorn.

NEWS
Network pros 'make security happen,' CISO says (SearchNetworking.com)
The chief information security officer for Prudential Insurance values computer security professionals, but it's network administrators that earn his respect when it comes to securing systems.

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WINDOWS WORD CHALLENGE
Utility for tweaking Windows settings
This is a software utility that lets Windows 9x, Windows NT and Windows 2000 users modify the desktop user interface and other system characteristics to their liking. Using this utility, you can change the menu speed, how windows are animated and a number of features in Microsoft Internet Explorer.
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Stick with Win2k certification or start WinServer 2003?
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IT SURVIVAL KIT
Replication failing? Check the topology
Active Directory replication should occur automatically. When it doesn't, the best solution isn't just to force a replication, but to check out the topology. If the replication topology has become unstable or misconfigured, it needs to be corrected before initiating a manual replication procedure.

FEATURED TOPIC
Readers' Choice -- your favorite IT Web sites
Some of you thought we had left out some key sites in our recent 'Top 10 sites for Windows admins' Featured Topic. So here's round two: 15 additional sites you consider must-haves.

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THE MISSING LINK
Hi, my name is Gary, and I'm a 'gameaholic'

Call them geeks, call them gamey, but don't call them addicts. Scientists studying the relationship between video games and video gamers have declared that people who spend too much time behind the joystick should not be called addicts. Experts instead liken them to fanatics. But some gamers, in what may amount to a cry for help, told these scientists that they are totally hooked on their hobby and that their social skills are hurting as a result.

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