ENT News Online | NewsENT News at ENTmag.com brings you the latest independent information on the worldwide Microsoft Windows enterprise.Microsoft Denies Yahoo Version of Failed Talks- July 14, 2008 Microsoft today described its own version of events concerning Friday's failed talks with Yahoo's management, which were focused on a renewed effort to buy Yahoo's search ad business.http://entmag.com/news/rss.asp?editorialsid=10045 Yahoo Rejects 'Erratic' Microsoft Search Bid- July 14, 2008 Yahoo's management on Saturday rejected an offer from Microsoft and investor Carl Icahn to buy Yahoo's Internet search ad business.http://entmag.com/news/rss.asp?editorialsid=10044 ISOIEC Officials Allegedly Advise Rejecting OOXML Appeals- July 11, 2008 Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) document format, which was technically approved in April as an international standard (ISOIEC 29500), may be on its way toward surviving an appeals process -- the last challenge to its legitimacy as a standard.http://entmag.com/news/rss.asp?editorialsid=10043 Microsoft Remedies Windows Server Update Glitch- July 10, 2008 Microsoft on Thursday confirmed public reports of a distribution glitch preventing patch uploading in certain implementations of Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) programs and it also provided a solution to the problem.http://entmag.com/news/rss.asp?editorialsid=10041 Microsoft Says SQL Server 2008 To Ship This Quarter- July 10, 2008 After some speculation that the final release of SQL Server 2008 may slip yet another quarter, Microsoft said its next-generation database is on pace to ship in the third quarter.http://entmag.com/news/rss.asp?editorialsid=10040 Windows DNS Patch Strands ZoneAlarm Users- July 10, 2008 Users of the security program ZoneAlarm encountered a problem accessing the Internet after applying a Microsoft Windows domain name system (DNS) patch described in security bulletin MS08-037.http://entmag.com/news/rss.asp?editorialsid=10042 Word 2002 SP3 Subject to Remote Attacks- July 9, 2008 Less than 24 hours after its Patch Tuesday release, Microsoft issued a security advisory connected to a possible vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2002 Service Pack 3.http://entmag.com/news/rss.asp?editorialsid=10036 Microsoft Offers Vista Support to Small Businesses- July 9, 2008 Microsoft is offering a helping hand to small businesses that buy new Windows Vista-based PCs over the summer by providing limited free technical support.http://entmag.com/news/rss.asp?editorialsid=10039 Management, Strategy Conflicts May Be Behind Greene Exit- July 9, 2008 Diane Greene's precipitous and unexpected departure from VMware yesterday may have resulted from an ongoing rift between Greene and executives at parent company EMC, according to analysts.http://entmag.com/news/rss.asp?editorialsid=10037 New Prefetching Scheme Saves Computing Time, Energy- July 9, 2008 Most desktop computers today, when not in use, power down their hard drives to save energy. While this may be very green, it also incurs minor, though sometimes frustrating, delays.http://entmag.com/news/rss.asp?editorialsid=10035 |