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Microsoft on Friday launched Service Pack 1 for Windows Exchange Server 2007, which includes additions to the Exchange management console, Outlook Web access and disaster recovery.
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Microsoft is investigating a security breach on a server that hosts its Windowsbeta community, which allows more than 20,000 Windows users a chance to test software that is still in development.
Microsoft says beta testing for Office 12 begins in November. Also, the company gets 120,000 requests a month from people who want to save their Office documents in PDF format, making it one of the most requested features.
The first public beta of the combined Linux distribution will appear later this month, but it will have Red Hat's dominance to contend with.
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Microsoft has changed the look and feel of its venerable browser, while adding some much-needed security features.
The software giant inadvertently provided developers and enterprise customers with early access to the second testing version of the next version of Office.
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