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Since Microsoft announced its “Next Generation” .NET software strategy, speculation about its impact on Microsoft products has been the buzz of technology Web sites and publications. Over the past few months, beta software for upgrades and additions to the BackOffice […]

When Microsoft announced its acquisition of Great Plains Software at the end of 2000, many people began wondering: What does this mean for the future of Great Plains, other mid-market accounting software companies, and other accounting companies in general—and for […]

A friend of mine who is the owner of a small 20-person technology company called me the other day to get some advice on instant messaging (IM). He’s been resisting his employees’ insistence on using IM technologies for months, but […]

A newly discovered flaw in Microsoft’s Passport put another layer of tarnish on the company’s already heavily corroded security image. Microsoft was forced to temporarily shut down its Passport e-wallet service after being warned that hackers could pickpocket individual e-wallets. […]

Soon after Microsoft announced its intentions to release another version of its ever-popular Windows operating system, the topic of how it plans to activate this software upset quite a few people, including TechRepublic members. The controversy surrounds the Windows/Office XP […]

In my previous article, we looked at the Microsoft Security Toolkit as it pertains to Windows NT. Now we’re going to look at the toolkit’s Windows 2000 resources and recommendations and the utilities that can help you bring your Win2K […]

As security companies brushed off any immediate threat from Microsoft’s plan to give away anti-spyware tools, analysts noted that the software giant could yet become a force in the security market. On Wednesday, security business leaders responded to Microsoft’s announcement […]

Microsoft plans to announce next week that it is at last ready to ship Virtual Server, a product that allows a server to run multiple operating systems, or multiple copies of the same operating system at a single time. The […]

Microsoft is revving up the Windows Vista Beta 2 engine this week with a whole slew of announcements, white papers, tools, and of course the Windows Vista Customer Preview Program (CPP) aimed at getting all of us back on the […]

In October of 2004, Microsoft very quietly released Microsoft Partner Pack for Windows, a free add-on pack for Windows 98 SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000, and Windows XP that includes 11 applications from Microsoft and a select group of 3rd […]