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 […]
Microsoft’s Passport e-wallet invites pickpockets
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. […]
Are you in favor of Microsoft’s new XP licensing program?
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 […]
Talking Shop: Analyzing the Microsoft Security Toolkit for Windows 2000
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 […]
Long fuse for Microsoft’s security challenge
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 ready to ship Virtual Server
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 Releases Windows Vista Beta 2
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 […]
SolutionBase: Exploring the best tools in the Microsoft Partner Pack for Windows
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 […]
Office challenge: How would you improve this slide?
This week’s challenge is a bit different. Instead of solving a problem, let’s have some PowerPoint fun. Take the following slide and improve it—do whatever you’d like to it. The audience is a mixed group of ordinary people, with no […]
Office 2010 annoyances that I can no longer ignore
In some ways, it might seem that I’m the wrong person to write this article. I’ve been working with Office 2010 every day since the early betas, and I like it a lot. In fact, way back before it was […]