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>>  LEAD STORY:  Windows 2000 Server death watch begins
>>  NEWS:  Second beta of MOM 2004 released
>>  LIVE WEBCAST:  Migrating VPN leased lines to IP
>>  THE MISSING LINK:  Dinner no longer 'servered' on Texas prison site
 News and Top Stories  

LEAD STORY
Windows 2000 Server death watch begins  (SearchWin2000.com)
Microsoft has begun reminding customers that it will stop selling Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server in the spring. The software maker also issued an end-of-life schedule for these enterprise products.
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NEWS
Second beta of MOM 2004 released (SearchWin2000.com)
Microsoft took a step closer to MOM's farewell with a second beta version of the server management software. After MOM 2004 is released, the technology will be folded into System Center.

NEWS
Spitzer teams with Microsoft to fight spam (USA Today)
Microsoft has joined New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer in suing a high-profile sender of junk e-mails. The suit, filed today in a New York court, targets Scott Richter, who has been blamed for working with partners in 35 countries to send billions of spam messages.

DAILY HEADLINES
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  > Microsoft's juiced-up Sarbanes-Oxley tools
  > VMware rejected Microsoft offer
  > Microsoft pulls trigger on Windows XP SP 2 beta
  > Microsoft hedging on BizTalk Server 2004 due date
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LIVE WEBCAST
Migrating VPN leased lines to IP
In this live webcast, Jeffrey Posluns, founder of SecuritySage Consulting, explains the trend of enterprises migrating their VPN infrastructures from leased lines to IP using protocols such as IPsec, MPLS and SSL. Find out more about the options and choose the best option.
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WINDOWS WORD CHALLENGE
Extension that allows larger file names
Written by Microsoft, this is an extension to ISO 9660 that allows file names up to 64 characters in length and the use of Unicode characters in file names. It is fully supported in Windows 95 and later Windows operating systems.
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IT SURVIVAL KIT
Boosting the power of your Windows desktops
With every Windows desktop operating system, there are tricks you can use to optimize system performance. There are also tips that are fairly universal. This article takes a look at ways you can improve the performance of any Windows desktop, and then touch on ideas that are specific to particular versions of the OS.

FEATURED TOPIC
The year's 10 top stories
We crunched some numbers to find out what news stories you favored over the past 12 months. The result: SearchWin2000.com's top 10 news stories of 2003. The articles are rated by clicks, lowest first.

READER POLL
Migrating off Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5?
Are you migrating off Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5? And if so, are you going to Exchange 2000 or 2003? Cast your vote in our current reader poll.


THE MISSING LINK
Dinner no longer 'servered' on Texas prison site

If you're a big fan of the Texas prison system's Web site (and who isn't?), you're going to go hungry for one detail: the infamous last meal on death row. Past repasts of the condemned have been posted on the site -- everything from one prisoner's tea and cookies to another's request for two chili cheese dogs, two cheeseburgers, onion rings, a turkey salad with fries, egg rolls, chocolate cake, apple pie, butter pecan ice cream, one peach, three Dr Peppers, jalapenos, ketchup and mayonnaise. But officials in Texas, which has the busiest death row in the U.S., have dropped the morbid menu from the site. Why? People complained that it was in poor taste.



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