NEWS
Volume 1 Issue 2
How to Battle Malware?
From: Network World Magazine, 3/31/05 issue pg. 23
Microsoft is getting into the anti-spyware market by acquiring Giant Anti-Spyware. Beta testing is currently underway for Windows Anti-spyware which is available to solution providers at no charge go to www.microsoft.com for more information. This is an awesome combo of scanning with real-time protection for spyware and of course all the perks of “free” anti-spyware. There are several advantages to Microsoft’s new twist on Giant’s product:
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Automatic updating helping to keep PC’s protected for the latest threats in the tech world.
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Real-time protection examines all incoming information for known spyware signatures.
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Privacy controls like the “track eraser” application, which eliminates cookies and other permission items to prevent reconstruction of private data.
Microsoft says downloading and installing the free beta version should go smooth, no complaints yet. Enjoy.
New Way to Connect
to Web Services
From: CRN, 3/28/05 issue pg. 49
Currently to connect to the
web Microsoft offers; ASP.Net, .Net Enterprise Services, .Net Remoting, Web
Services Extension and ASMX all with there own set of issues. Available for
preview is Microsoft’s Web Services
Communication technology, codename Indigo. Indigo connects all
communication technologies and Web Service standards into a single API and
framework.
So the choice of how to connect has been sophisticated. Other tools mentioned will not become obsolete, Indigo will just be another layer and will coexist. The hope for Indigo is it will reduce development time for the developers.
“The .Net platform is evolving and Indigo
takes it to the next level of Web Services”
says CTO Ken Spencer of 32X.
What is x64 Architecture?
From: Microsoft.com
The x64 architecture is based on 64-bit extensions to allow today's 32-bit applications to on x64 processors such as the AMD Opteron and AMD Athlon 64, as well as Intel Xeon with Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T) and Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T. The new 64-bit applications are executed in 64-bit mode, which processes more data per clock cycle, allows greater access to memory and speeds numeric calculations.
Microsoft has made its Windows products with this x64 architecture to get the highest performance and scalability.
