Microsoft blames human error for WGA glitch; Microsoft acquires Parlano

Microsoft News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Altiris Six steps to pain-free hardware upgrades Desktop hardware upgrades are traditionally costly, complicated and time-consuming - but now it's time to break with tradition. Discover six steps to a successful hardware refresh. Click here to watch this Webcast Network World's Microsoft News Alert, 08/30/07 Microsoft blames human error for WGA glitch, 08/29/07: Microsoft blamed human error for a problem that identified legitimate Windows users as pirates last week. Microsoft acquires enterprise chat provider Parlano, 08/29/07: Microsoft late Wednesday said it has acquired group chat vendor Parlano and will add the company’s MindAlign software to its portfolio of real-time communications wares. Microsoft Vista SP1 beta on the way, 08/29/07: Microsoft Wednesday finally assigned a shipment date to Vista Service Pack 1 and also said it would release the third service pack for Windows XP next year. Discover the Business of Gaining Organizational Support for your Security Initiatives. September 10-11, 2007 | The Fairmont Chicago How do you get everyone from the boardroom to the mailroom to comply with your security initiatives? Come collaborate with peers on critical business topics like this at The Security Standard-the only business summit for senior security executives. For the latest in planning and management strategies. Click here for more details. Click here for more details Microsoft offers a year of free software to Louisiana SMBs, 08/27/07: Microsoft is working with state officials in Louisiana to offer Windows and Office software free for a year to small businesses still feeling the effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Symantec CEO: Microsoft causing security price pressure, 08/28/07: Symantec Chairman and CEO John Thompson blamed Microsoft Tuesday for the current pricing competition his company faces in the consumer security market, suggesting Microsoft's pricing scheme for its first entry into the space is "monopolistic." WGA meltdown raises doubts about Microsoft reliability, 08/27/07: The 19-hour blackout of the Microsoft servers that identify copies of Windows XP and Vista as legitimate or counterfeit shows that serious flaws exist in the process and raises questions about the reliability of Microsoft's services, analysts said Monday. Also: read what the Microsoft Subnet bloggers have to say. Microsoft sets Nov. ship date for Configuration Manager, 08/27/07: Microsoft Monday said development is complete on its System Center Configuration Manager 2007, a cornerstone in its model for managed IT systems, and that the management tool will ship in November. Vista equals Edsel?, 08/23/07: This is the situation I believe Microsoft is finding itself in with respect to Windows Vista: if there’s one thing that stands out from what I’ve been reading and from the letters you send me, Vista isn’t cutting it.

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