Today's News: Find out who's deploying XP SP2 and why

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October 26, 2004 Published by  SearchWin2000.com Today's News NEWS     TOPICS     ITKNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE     TIPS     ASK THE EXPERTS     WEBCASTS     WHITE PAPERS     Issue Sponsored By:   > Omtool, Ltd   > NSI Software IN THIS ISSUE:   >  Smaller companies installing SP2, larger firms not   >  First take: Google desktop search   >  Ask Microsoft: Mono support, LAMP   >  More headlines   >  Retrieving newly-inserted primary keys in SQL Server 2000   >  IT Visions Webcast Series   >  Halloween spooooky Windows Word Search   >  The Missing Link: Camera phone gadget undresses with its eye Smaller companies installing SP2, larger firms not [SearchWin2000.com] An Evans Data survey shows that smaller companies are starting to deploy Windows XP SP2. Bigger companies are not, and the reasons are varied. MORE INFO: > View a pre-installation checklist for XP SP2 > Read about Microsoft's XP SP2 app testing kit   Fax machine scans documents: Free Whitepaper Despite decades of technological advancements businesses still generate literally tons of paper. Through this white paper, learn how a server-based document capture and routing system allows you to use devices already in place like fax machines, network scanners and digital copier/MFD's to cost effectively address the issue of paper -- saving you time and money. Learn more -- click here to view this whitepaper.   First take: Google desktop search [myITforum.com] A desktop management expert casts a critical eye on Google's recently released beta of its desktop search tool. Ask Microsoft: Mono support, LAMP [SearchVB.com] Amanda Morgan of Microsoft's Global Positioning group talks about why her company doesn't support the Mono project and its position on Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP (LAMP). More headlines [From around the Web] Microsoft revises Sender ID (Reuters) MS regains AOL's support for antispam spec (The Washington Post) Microsoft to release communication server (Associated Press) TIP OF THE DAY:  Retrieving newly-inserted primary keys in SQL Server 2000 When a row is inserted into a table that has a primary key column there may be circumstances where the user or programmer needs to know the newly-generated primary key right away. This is typically the case where the primary key is used to perform JOINs to other tables, and the rows in those other tables need to be inserted or updated immediately. Find out how in this tip.   Protect Employee Productivity: DR Solutions and Services for SQL, Exchange, SharePoint, and more Employee productivity is the lifeblood of any organization in today's information intensive workplace. We will focus on how to keep mission critical applications protected and always available to your employees, spending special attention to examine Exchange, SQL, and SharePoint solutions. Find out how to keep your employees productive. Register for the webcast.   EXPERT ANSWER CENTER:  IT Visions Webcast Series The Expert Answer Center's IT Visions Webcast Series features monthly webcasts for IT executives that spotlight strategic issues. Past speakers have included Dan Geer and Jason Jennings speaking on security information as it relates to economics and five secrets to increase your productivity, respectively. Come see what this month's spotlighted webcast is and what it has to teach you about guiding and improving your IT department. FEATURE:  Halloween spooooky Windows Word Search Halloween is approaching...trick or treat! See if you can find all of the spooooky Windows terms in this word search puzzle. But beware, you never know who may be haunting you! Go ahead and take a stab at this puzzle! When you've completed the word search, send me an e-mail and let me know what words you found. Your name will be entered into a drawing for a TechTarget insulated wine tote for two. Camera phone gadget undresses with its eye [CNET News.com] Remember the ads for X-Ray Specs in the back of comic books (right next to the sea monkeys and above "Grit" magazine)? Those specs always seemed suspect -- both scientifically and legally. Well, now it looks like the genuine article has finally hit the market, albeit by accident. When a developer in Japan created an add-on to allow cell phones to take pictures in the dark, little did he know his gadget was so Superman-good, it could see right through people's clothes! And of all the garments, dark bikinis seem to offer the best view. You can't get the peeping gizmo outside of Japan, and you've got to think the government won't turn a blind eye to the camera with the "overexposure" problem. 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