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  • Improve network performance

    Windows 2000 uses NetBIOS over TCP/IP to communicate with earlier Windows platforms. If all your networked workstations are running Windows 2000 however, you can disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP to improve overall network performance.

  • Exchange 2000 migration: Plan now or pay later

    If you don't do your homework and properly prepare for Exchange 2000, you could join the ranks of those who have experienced failed upgrades. Learn the facts you should keep in mind as you plan your Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2000 conversion.

  • Internet take-up surges, sector takes stock

    Internet take-up in Australia hit a robust 40 percent last year, with an increase of 1.89 million users taking to the Net. It was also a year that taught the dot-com sector many lessons.

  • WinNuke: coming to a system near you

    A reincarnated version of the malicious program WinNuke has surfaced and can affect Windows NT, 2000, XP, and .NET by causing disruption and disablement of network communications.

  • MSCS vs. NLB: Evaluating the pros and cons

    When it comes to high availability clustering solutions in Windows 2000, you have two main choices: the Microsoft Cluster Service and network load balancing. Learn the advantages and disadvantages of each.

  • Win 2K remote access: increasing productivity?

    Though the dreadful possibility of layoffs looms over many companies, there are other ways to achieve a cheaper and more productive workforce: enabling them to work from home.

  • The Year 2000 in review

    The new millennium was the year Microsoft was ordered to bifurcate, dot-coms tanked on Wall Street, WorldCom's Bernie Ebbers saw his merger mania capped and Napster scared the recording industry nearly to death. 2000 was a cascading waterfall of events that ended any doubts about the Net's ability to change the way we think, learn, play and do business.

  • Australian telcos cough up millions in compensation

    The nation's top two telcos paid about AU$14 million in compensation in 2000-2001, but a lack of information from smaller players has sparked an investigation into the automatic payment of compensation.

  • Apple Australia in two legal battles

    In Federal Court, Apple today fought the first of two separate and protracted legal battles, arguing for ownership over the trademark name "Mac Pro" and "MacPro". Next month it will again take on its former reseller, Buzzle Operations.

  • ICSGlobal sues Medicare

    Electronic health transaction company ICSGlobal has filed a lawsuit against Medicare Australia, accusing the Federal Government agency of anti-competitive behaviour over the development of its e-health transaction network ECLIPSE.

  • Nortel files for bankruptcy

    Nortel Networks, once a high-flying telecommunications equipment maker, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection overnight.

  • NZ Customs upgrades data warehouse

    The New Zealand Customs Service has started planning a major upgrade of its internal data warehouse, which has already played a crucial role in helping to identify and apprehend drug traffickers.

  • Top five tech takeovers that shook the world

    Microsoft last week launched a hostile US$44.6bn takeover bid to buy Web giant Yahoo. If the deal goes ahead it will be the latest in a line of multibillion-dollar mergers and acquisitions the tech sector has witnessed in recent years.

  • Gates-Ballmer relationship marred by rifts

    Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer have been close friends and business partners for nearly 30 years. But the two sometimes clashed over sharing power at Microsoft, particularly before Ballmer's rise to the CEO slot.

  • MySQL plug-ins to be closed-source

    MySQL's move to begin offering parts of its namesake database as closed source only will apply only to plug-ins such as encryption and compression according to co-founder David Axmark.

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