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Saturday, May 31, 2003
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Microsoft Corp. will pay AOL Time Warner Inc. (AOLTW) US$750 million to settle a private antitrust suit filed on behalf of Netscape Communications Corp. by America Online Inc. in January 2002, the companies announced Thursday. As part of the deal, AOLTW's America Online Internet division will receive a royalty-free, seven-year license to use Internet Explorer with AOL's client software, the companies said. They will also work together to make their respective instant messaging clients work together, though "no time frame has been set for that," Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates said at a press conference to discuss the deal. [MacCentral]
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Microsoft, AOL deals announced Thursday could be the final nail in Netscape's coffin. [Microsoft Watch]
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It sure looks like curtains for Netscape (if it didn't already), as the result of today's series of legal/technology announcements between archrivals Microsoft and AOL Time Warner. AOL settled the Netscape division's private antitrust suit against Microsoft (to the tune of $750 million) and gave tacit backing to Microsoft's forthcoming Rights Management Server, to boot. [Microsoft Watch]
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Thursday, May 29, 2003
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When is a price cut not a price cut? Microsoft has garnered a certain amount of positive publicity thanks to yesterday's estimated 15 per cent cut on Office XP, and alongside this cut it announced it would be bundling some support services with its volume Software Assurance licensing scheme.
Or should we perhaps call it the hated Software Assurance scheme? Noteworthy, but not noted specifically by Microsoft in its announcements, is the fact that it hasn't changed its volume pricing, has actually stated it has no plans to cut prices this year. [The Register]
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Microsoft Corp. released two security bulletins yesterday, warning of security holes in its Web server software and in Windows Media Services affecting various versions of the Windows operating system.
The software vendor released a cumulative patch for its Internet Information Server (IIS) Web server software, a component of Windows NT 4.0, 2000 and XP. The patch includes earlier patches for the Web server as well as four new fixes, Microsoft said in Bulletin MS03-018. [Computerworld Security News]
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Microsoft on Wednesday issued a pair of security alerts addressing potential flaws that could make its software vulnerable to attackers. The higher-rated of the two bulletins includes a patch that fixes four separate vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS) software. That alert, rated "important," addresses vulnerabilities that could make servers running the software vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack. "We definitely want everyone who is running IIS 4.0, 5.0 and 5.1 to install the patch," said Microsoft program manager Stephen Toulouse. However, IIS 6 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 are not affected by the flaws, he added. A second bulletin, rated "moderate," addresses a vulnerability in Windows Media Services that, if exploited, could result in a denial-of-service attack. The bulletins are Microsoft's 18th and 19th security warnings of the year. [CNET News.com via Privacy Digest]
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Redmond's readying a host of new 'accelerators' aimed at building demand for its Office System family of products. [Microsoft Watch]
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The German city has decided to switch a significant proportion of its computers from Windows to the open-source OS, despite an aggressive counterpitch from Microsoft. [CNET News.com]
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Wednesday, May 28, 2003
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Microsoft Corp. has pulled an update to security software from its Web site after some users who downloaded the code saw their Internet connections go down.
A "handful" of users had problems after installing the update to Microsoft's IPSec (IP Security) software because of the way it interacted with some third-party software, according to a Microsoft statement. The problems caused the update to think it was under attack, so it responded by blocking all traffic. This behavior wasn't a security flaw, the company said. [Computerworld Security News]
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Saturday, May 3, 2003
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Thursday, May 1, 2003
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A senior European antitrust official said today that Microsoft had yet to resolve concerns about the way it competes in the European software market. "We still have outstanding concerns," said Philip Lowe, the most senior civil servant in the European Commission's competition division. Mr. Lowe said the officials handling the antitrust case were in contact with Microsoft's lawyers. "If there was no dialogue, then we would take a negative decision," he said. [New York Times: Technology]
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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols on his Practical Technology site makes plain just how bad the level of compatibility is between Microsoft's own apps and Windows Server 2003. [Microsoft Watch]
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