Re: <<< Small Biz Server News week of April 11, 2004>>>
From: Chad A. Gross [SBS-MVP] (chad.gross_at_laytonflower.nospam.com)
Date: 04/13/04
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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 10:40:02 -0500
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-- Chad A. Gross - SBS MVP SBS ROCKS! Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] wrote: > Happy Spring to everyone! > > -------------- > Need to block spam in SBS2k3? > http://www.smallbizserver.net/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=95 > ------------------- > > Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 Offer Now Available for > Small Business Server Customers > > If you are a Small Business Server Premium Edition customer, you are > qualified to receive one license of Microsoftİ BizTalkT Server 2004 > Partner Edition with Microsoft Office InfoPathT 2003 at no additional > charge. > > http://microsoft.order-4.com/bts/ > > ------------------------- > > http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/002571.html?wbfrom=rss > > A story by BusinessWeek's Jay Greene, citing internal e-mails obtained > by the magazine, says Microsoft is scaling back some of the features > of Longhorn, the next version of Windows, to make sure it's shipped > in the first half of 2006. > > BW Online | April 19, 2004 | Online Extra: How Microsoft Is Clipping > Longhorn: > http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_16/b3879009_mz001.htm > > ------------------------------------ > http://www.betanews.com/article.php3?sid=1081545725 > > To head off what some have described as a "perfect storm" Microsoft is > paring down its next generation Windows release code-named Longhorn. > Business Week is reporting that Microsoft will fall short of its > aspirations to include the full scope of the Windows file-storage > system (WinFS) in the operating system; instead, the software giant > will focus on rolling out WinFS for the client - leaving network > support to the dust. > The WinFS system along with the Indigo communications subsystem and > Avalon graphical subsystem serve as the three technologies at the > foundation of Longhorn. > > According to Microsoft Watch, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates publicly > acknowledged that the Longhorn client will be pushed back well into > 2006. > To fill the void left by the absence of Longhorn, Microsoft was > expected to release an interim release of XP rumored to be called > Windows XP "Reloaded". However, according to emails allegedly viewed > by Business Week, those plans have been shelved indefinitely. > > Instead Microsoft will deliver Windows XP Premium: a conglomeration of > Windows XP Service Pack Two and Windows Media Player 10. > > Windows Media Player 10 is Microsoft's attempt to outflank Apple by > offering the MSN Music Store, and is set to include new digital rights > management technology dubbed "Janus". Windows XP Premium will not be > billed as an 'interim' release. > > With Windows Longhorn, Microsoft has promised big. This, however, is > not the first time Redmond has attempted a proverbial 'moon shot'. > > Senior Jupiter analyst Joe Wilcox told BetaNews, "Microsoft's > situation is like it was 10 years ago. It's interesting to see > history repeat. The company had promised big things with Cairo, but > executives faced increasing pressure to ship a new version of > Windows. Microsoft also worried new competing products, such as IBM's > OS/2 Warp, would eat away Windows market share. Funny how the > characters are changed, but not the situation." > > Jupiter's Wilcox continued, "Ten years ago, Microsoft shed features to > get out Windows 95, which wasn't as revolutionary as the version 3.1 > successor was supposed to be. Shedding features could put Longhorn on > a similar track." > > Linux's growing momentum and the continual delay of Longhorn is > brewing what some have called a perfect storm. "Many Longhorn > promised features are like those proposed for Cairo, Microsoft faces > some pressure to ship and Linux could be the OS/2 of the day," said > Wilcox. ---------------------------- > > > 830254 - How to move the client programs folder to another location in > Windows Small Business Server 2003: > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=830254 > > 828053 - ISA Server prevents connection to a remote desktop when you > connect through Remote Web Workplace on a Windows Small Business > Server 2003-based computer: > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=828053 > > 830044 - Macintosh users cannot connect to Outlook Web Access (OWA) > when OWA is hosted on Windows Small Business Server 2003: > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=830044 > > 838304 - How to publish http://Companyweb to the Internet by using ISA > Server 2000 on a server that is running Windows Small Business Server > 2003, Premium Edition: > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=838304 > > 839262 - Services may stop abruptly when you shut down or restart a > Windows Small Business Server 2003-based computer: > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=839262 > > 837849 - How to add an icon to Windows SharePoint Services to > represent Adobe PDF documents that are stored in document libraries: > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=837849 > > 825513 - How to use the SharePoint Administrator to upgrade to > FrontPage 2002 server extensions on Windows Server 2003: > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=825513 > > 839048 - "Could not instantiate control SharePoint:ProjectProperty" > error message when you view a Windows SharePoint Services Web page: > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=839048 > > ------------------------ > - - - - - - - - - - > Netsky damages four sites > File-sharing network eDonkey's main Web site > has been knocked offline following an attack > from Netsky, but Kazaa has survived--so far. > Earlier this week, file-sharing Web sites Kazaa > and eDonkey and three other Web sites were bracing > themselves for a distributed denial of service > (DDoS) attack launched by variants of the Netsky > worm. > http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5187215.html > - - - - - - - - - - > FDIC warns of scam targeting consumers' bank accounts > Consumers and financial institutions are being warned > of a new e-mail scam that purports to be from the > Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and that advises > consumers to click on an attached file for more > information about alleged fraudulent activity > regarding their bank accounts. > http://computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/cybercrime/story/0,10801,92050,00.html > - - - - - - - - - - > Cisco bug could put hackers in driver's seat > Networking giant Cisco Systems warned customers > on Wednesday about a security flaw that could > compromise two products used to manage wireless > local area network devices and data center > switches. The company said in the warning > posted on its Web site that a preset username > and password coded into its Wireless LAN Solution > Engine (WLSE) and Hosting Solution Engine (HSE) > could give attackers complete control of the > devices. > http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-5187233.html > http://www.vnunet.com/News/1154178 > http://computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/hacking/story/0,10801,92049,00.html > - - - - - - - - - - > Tracking the blackout bug > A number of factors and failings came together > to make the August 14th northeastern blackout > the worst outage in North American history. > One of them was buried in a massive piece of > software compiled from four million lines of > C code and running on an energy management > computer in Ohio. > http://www.securityfocus.com/news/8412 > - - - - - - - - - - > Email attack could kill servers > A crafty way of knocking out any email server > using a few carefully constructed emails has been > identified by a team of computer security experts. > The trick involves sending forged emails that > contain thousands of incorrect addresses in the > "copy to"fields that are normally used to send > duplicate messages. > http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994858 > - - - - - - - - - - > > Is spim worse than spam? > Spim - Instant Message spam - is more than just > a nuisance: It's a security risk. The recent > "Osama Found" adware campaign and Bizex worm > attack show how easily IM technology can be > manipulated to fool users into opening > malicious code. > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/08/spim_impact/ > - - - - - - - - - - > The spyware that loved me > The IT department finally came for my computer > last week. For weeks I had been investigating > companies that claimed to offer spyware-fighting > software but secretly distribute spyware or > other advertising apps along with their products. > Because I wanted to put myself in the shoes of > the average computer user, I deliberately let > down my protections to load the applications > in question. > http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-5187149.html > > Cost-cutting firms gamble with IT security > http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39151421,00.htm > - - - - - - - - - - > Giveaway of spammer's Porsche draws more than one million entries > America Online said its members have submitted > more than one million AOL screen names in the > Internet company's unorthodox drawing for > a spammer's seized sportscar. > http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/8386972.htm
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