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Messaging Records (Mis)Management at the White House

ORDERED that defendants shall preserve media , no matter how described, presently in their possess or under their custody or control, that were created with the intention of preserving data in the event of its inadvertent destruction. Defendants shall preserve the media under conditions that will permit their eventual use, if necessary, and shall not […]

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Within days of its release, Leo makes waves on PCs

Within days of its release, Apple’s new Leopard OS is running on PCs – the non-Apple kind. The OSx86.com forums are buzzing with posts on how to make it run on different motherboards with different chipsets and graphic cards. It should come as no surprise if we see threats of lawsuits flying, in a typical […]

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Notes v/s Exchange: Networking’s 50 greatest arguments

Network World has an article on Networking’s 50 Greatest Arguments. Interestingly (and as expected…), Microsoft is the subject of many arguments in the list, including Netware v/s Microsoft networking, Windows v/s OS/2, Microsoft v/s U.S. Justice Dept., IE v/s Netscape Navigator, Windows v/s Unix, Mac v/s PC, and the inevitable Lotus Notes v/s Microsoft Exchange. […]

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Dvorak on Rethinking Microsoft

John Dvorak says there’s plenty of upside for Microsoft and it’s time to rethink our attitudes towards the company’s stock. More in Rethinking Microsoft on TheStreet.com.

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Released: Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007

Microsoft has released Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 (i.e. Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager 2007). The Management Pack can be downloaded from here.

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Novell credits Microsoft for booming SUSE Linux sales

Novell reported a 243% jump in sales of its SUSE Linux operating system, crediting its alliance with Microsoft. Interesting development, after the initial teething issues the two companies have had with their relationship, and the open source community’s quick kneejerk reaction (not that it wasn’t expected… ) to it.

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Gmail flaw allows forwarding messages to attacker’s mailbox

As I sat watching a cool video put together by “Gmail fans” yesterday, reports of a flaw with Google’s popular web-based email service were beginning to appear. The flaw allows an attacker to create a filter to forward a victim’s messages to any email address specified by the attacker. Scary stuff – Gmail is one […]

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Zenprise in Network World’s ‘9 Wireless Network Companies To Watch’

Zenprise was named as one of the ‘9 Network Wireless Companies To Watch’ by Network World. From ‘ on NetworkWorld.com” href=”http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/090607-wireless-watch.html?page=9″>Network World: Why it’s worth watching: Zenprise for BlackBerry software was launched in February 2007. Two months later, when RIM’s North American BlackBerry network crashed, Zenprise customers were perhaps the only people on the continent […]

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Entourage 2008: OOFs coming to the Mac

With the release of Office 2008 for the Mac, Entourage users will be able to use Out of Office messages just like the rest of the world (i.e. Windows users with Microsoft Outlook) have been doing forever. Entourage 2008 supports Exchange Server 2007’s enhanced OOF functionality, including the ability to schedule OOF start and stop […]

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One more thing: iPhone’s 33% cheaper in 10 weeks

Did you rush out to buy the cool new and way overhyped 8 Gb iPhone on Day 1 for $599? You must love Jobs’ announcement this morning – the music player + cell phone + web surfing + email (sans Exchange ActiveSync, of course.. ) device just got a 33% price cut. You can now […]

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