Windows 7 licensing issues; Apple's shrinking PC opportunity

Sharepoint gets Notes 8.5 integration from Mainsoft; Apple's window to gain PC market share is narrowing Microsoft Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Villanova University Online Save money, increase quality, speed By incorporating Lean and Six Sigma, project managers are better equipped to ask the right questions and get the right answers, improving quality, customer service and cost. Discover how these management tools can minimize waste in your organization and streamline operations. Spotlight Story Microsoft's looming Windows 7 licensing 'disaster' for XP users A large percentage of businesses that have held onto XP rather than go to Vista are no doubt planning to migrate to Windows 7. But Microsoft may be making it harder and costlier for them to do so, notes Gartner analyst Michael Silver. "It's a disaster waiting to happen," he says. Read full story Related News: Sharepoint gets Notes 8.5 integration from Mainsoft Mainsoft Tuesday added support for Notes 8.5 to its software that integrates the collaboration platform with Microsoft's increasingly popular SharePoint Server. Apple's window to gain PC market share is narrowing As Windows 7 gains significant adoption amongst Microsoft users, as I believe it will, the opportunity for OS X to gain significant market share will become more difficult than during the days of Vista. Last week's patches tank Internet Explorer The dilemma: quickly update your Windows boxes and cross your fingers there'll be no problems, or stay unpatched and get p00wned by some bot? Think like an attacker, Microsoft says In its newly published IT Infrastructure Threat Modeling Guide, Microsoft advises companies to think like an attacker to protect the organization. Giving the boot to Windows Server reboots Blogger Glenn Weadock wonders if something is fundamentally wrong with Windows since it relies so heavily on the rebooting process: "One of the things I've noticed (and I'm sure you have too) with Server 2008 is that we still see many scenarios in which a reboot is required." Microsoft sues three hackers accused of click-fraud scam This is one of those stories where Microsoft gets to wear the white hat. On Monday, the company filed its first lawsuit against alleged click fraud hackers in a scam involving hundreds of thousands of IP addresses. GParted Live: Shrink, Grow and Create disk volumes on the fly. Ron Barrett, A Better Windows World: GParted Live is a simple to use Linux tool that Windows Admins should love. It can shrink, grow, copy, move and create partitions, supports most file systems and can be booted from a hard drive or removable media. June Giveaways Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training from Global Knowledge to two lucky readers and 15 copies each of books on IPv6 security, the Cisco Secure Firewall Services Module, and Active Directory Domain Services 2008. Deadline for entries June 30. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are VMware's vSphere reviewed We found 5 things to love and 5 things to hate about VMware's vSphere. Take the quiz Are you a net know-it-all? Prove it. Quickly Identify and Fix Service Problems Silos of instrumentation and tools slow the discovery of and recovery from problems. Find and fix problems fast with IT search. This platform lets you find the "needle in the haystack" across all the components of your services from a single location in real-time. Learn how customers are benefiting from IT search today. Learn more.   June 18, 2009 TOP STORIES | MOST DUGG STORIES Hackers dissect Palm Pre, webOS Nine Ball attack strikes 40,000 Web sites Apple's window to gain PC market share is narrowing Apple delays iPhone 3.0 launch Ex-Googlers behind new security service BlackBerry Tour smartphone announced Gadgets for any kind of techie Dad Data center derby heats up IT job market update: Hiring stalled, salaries slashed Google urged to beef up Gmail security Keep Storage Costs in Check with Tape The Clipper Group outlines the real costs of migrating to a disk-based storage. You will learn about the dramatic differences between tape-based and disk-based storage in regards to floor space, hardware and energy costs. Find out why tape storage, especially, LTO-4, should be part of your long-term storage plans. Keep Storage Costs in Check with Tape Compare products, get advice, and check out tests and reviews from the experts at Network World. Over 70 categories. Visit now   This email was sent to networking.world@gmail.com Complimentary Subscriptions Available for newsletter subscribers. Receive 50 issues of Network World Magazines, in print or electronic format, free of charge. Apply here. Terms of Service/Privacy   Subscription Services Update your profile To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. Unsubscribe Network World, Inc., 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2009 www.networkworld.com