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Microsoft Sales Up in Third Quarter, but Profits Fell
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
If the growing revenues of Microsoft are any indication, then business is on a modest upswing and the IT industry might be recovering to a level of predictable (but not large) profits. Microsoft announced its fiscal third quarter financial results last week, and both revenues and profits were up smartly. However, net income was impacted negatively as Microsoft shelled out billions of dollars to settle a number of huge lawsuits. READ MORE >
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Microsoft Says Longhorn Server Is Coming
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
As part of its review of its financial results with Wall Street analysts last week, Microsoft's chief financial officer, John Connors, confirmed that the company would indeed launch a server version of its future "Longhorn" kicker to the current Windows 2003 Server operating system. Exactly what the Longhorn Server might be remains a mystery. READ MORE >
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Opteron Learning to Walk, Ready to Run
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
The 64-bit, X86-compatible Opteron processor turned one year old last week, and Advanced Micro Devices hosted a big shindig to celebrate at the Rainbow Room in New York. I was too busy doing a hundred other things to goof off and go to the party, but I have spent some time with AMD in recent weeks to put together a picture of where the Opteron is going in the server market. AMD and its "Hammer" chips have come a long way in a year. READ MORE >
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As I See It: Infected
by Victor Rozek
When you turn on your PC, if you happen to have Symantec's Norton AntiVirus scanning for unwelcome code segments, it will inform you that it can recognize 66,171 unique viruses. That's as of March of this year, and the number gets bigger with each release. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that there are tens of thousands of pathetic, vindictive, cowardly, morally bankrupt, ethically vacuous, emotionally stunted individuals who chose to act out at the expense of others. But I am. READ MORE >
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But Wait, There's More
Microsoft Lowers Bar of Entry with New Partner Program . . . Microsoft Acquires ActiveViews for Ad Hoc Reporting . . . JDA Strengthens Ties with Microsoft for Retail Solutions . . . PKWARE Creates New SecureZIP Encryption Solution from PKZIP Base . . . Companies Need to Develop Long-Term Compliance Strategies, Gartner Says . . . READ MORE >
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Editor: Timothy Prickett Morgan
Managing Editor: Shannon Pastore
Contributing Editors: Dan Burger, Joe Hertvik, Kevin Vandever,
Shannon O'Donnell, Victor Rozek, Hesh Wiener, Alex Woodie
Publisher and Advertising Director: Jenny Thomas
Advertising Sales Representative: Kim Reed
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