Windows HPC server hits first public beta; Microsoft's OneCare 2.0 due next week

Microsoft News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Microsoft Download and Join the Windows Server(r) 2008 Release Candidate community. The Windows Server(r) 2008 Release Candidate operating system is ready. See how built-in Web technologies make Windows Server 2008 a robust, security-enhanced, and reliable foundation on which you can develop, deliver, and manage rich user applications and experiences. Join the growing global community. Download the Release Candidate today! Network World's Microsoft News Alert, 11/15/07 Windows HPC server hits first public beta, 11/14/07: Microsoft Tuesday shipped the first public beta of its Windows HPC Server 2008, the successor to its Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 for high performance computing. Microsoft's OneCare 2.0 due next week, 11/14/07: Microsoft plans to release a major update to its Windows Live OneCare security suite next week, according to online retailer Amazon.com. Microsoft releases Vista SP1 RC Preview to 15,000 testers, 11/14/07: Microsoft Wednesday released Windows Vista SP1 RC Preview to 15,000 testers as part of its private beta program. Microsoft Subnet - The independent voice of Microsoft customers At Microsoft Subnet, our editors scour the Web for Microsoft-related news, blogs, discussion groups and security alerts, and present them to you on one page. You can also set up your own Microsoftblog and create Microsoft groups with fellow users at Microsoft Subnet. Click here to check it out! Microsoft finds holes in Windows 2000 flaw claim, 11/14/07: Microsoft has rejected claims by a team of Israeli researchers that a loophole exists in the Windows 2000 random number generator, allowing hackers to retrieve users' personal information Microsoft offers up stand-alone virtualization server, 11/12/07: Microsoft Monday tweaked its virtualization strategy by unveiling a stand-alone virtualization server that won’t require users to run the Windows Server 2008 operating system. Windows Server 2008 pricing revealed Microsoft Monday outlined pricing on eight versions of Windows Server 2008 that are slated to ship early next year. Microsoft spinoff opens mobile beta, 11/13/07: A Microsoft spinoff plans to release an open beta of a new mobile browsing user interface in mid-December. Video: New Zunes out from Microsoft: Microsoft is releasing three new Zune portable media players this week along with tighter integration with Windows and a new Zune Marketplace. Microsoft hires supercomputing guru, 11/12/07: Microsoft Research hires Dan Reed, a supercomputing expert at North Carolina’s Renaissance Computing Institute, to lead its multicore computing effort. Microsoft stands by its invite to arrested hacker, 11/09/07: Microsoft's security team took a bit of a chance a few weeks ago, when it invited Roberto Preatoni to give a talk at its Redmond campus. Microsoft extends Windows rehabbed PC licenses to businesses, 11/09/07: Microsoft launched a program to help ensure that PC refurbishers and OEMs reselling used PCs to businesses are installing legitimate copies of Windows on them. Up for grabs: Enter to win free Microsoft training from New Horizons worth up to $2,500. Also, enter to win one of 15 free copies of SQL Server 2005 Management and Administration. Editor's note: Starting the week of Nov. 19, subscribers to the HTML version of this newsletter will notice some enhancements to the layout that will provide you with easier and clearer access to a wider range of resources at Network World. We hope you enjoy the enhancements and we thank you for reading Network World newsletters.

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