5 reasons Macs can't claim they're better than Windows 7 Mitchell Ashley: I regularly use both Windows and Mac products, but frankly, the differences in the Windows 7 and Mac OS X platforms from a usability standpoint are pretty much nil. Windows 7 simplified the complexity out of Vista. Microsoft struts Office 2010 'sandbox' security Microsoft's plan to "sandbox" documents in the next version of Office looks like a "very good step forward," according to one security analyst. Microsoft urges feds to power down PCs Microsoft is participating in Power IT Down Day and touting new Windows 7 power-management features to address energy usage on the desktop. Microsoft: 'Massive disruptions' if Word injunction not lifted Microsoft late Tuesday warned of "massive disruptions" to sales of Office if the injunction that prevents it from selling Word 2003 and Word 2007 in the U.S. after Oct. 10 is not set aside. Watch out when migrating DTS to SQL Server 2008 Brian Egler: A recent project I was working on required converting DTS 2000 packages to SSIS 2008. The big problem area is ActiveX scripting tasks. Microsoft Exchange 2010 hits final beta Microsoft Tuesday issued the final beta on Exchange Server 2010 along with the final beta of its security companion, Forefront for Exchange Sever 2010. Moonlight 2.0 moves to beta phase Moonlight 2.0, which is open source software that puts Microsoft's Silverlight rich Internet application technology on Linux, was offered up as a beta release on Monday, the chief developer of the technology said in a blog entry. Green challenge for techies: Power down PCs at night Aug. 27 is Power IT Down Day, an event sponsored by Citrix, HP, Intel and Microsoft to encourage people to turn off PCs, monitors and printers at night. August Giveaways Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Practical Intrusion Analysis; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of SCCM 2007 Unleashed. Google Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Web Geek's Guide to Google Chrome. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet, Microsoft Subnet and Google Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries is August 31. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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