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• Windows faces new competition: Itself

  In the past year, Microsoft appears to have done just what it asked a court not to make it do: fragment Windows.

• Gartner echoes concerns over Microsoft 'monoculture'

  Exclusive reliance on Windows could subject firms to greater damage during a cyberattack, says an upcoming Gartner report. The note mirrors a paper by prominent security researchers.

• Beware the Penguin's bite

  After years of talking about the threat it posed, Microsoft is finally feeling the pintch from its key open source rival.

• Microsoft Special: "Enterprise: Clash of the titans"

  Part two: Having saturated the desktop market, Microsoft is targeting the corporate applications market - but must first battle some of the most powerful names in technology.

• Microsoft Special: "Open source: Rebels at the gate"

  Part one: Competitors and customers find cracks in the software empire. ZDNet presents the first in a comprehensive four part report to find out just where is the colossus vulnerable?

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• New Microsoft storage OS gets backers

  Hewlett-Packard and Veritas tailor products for the new Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003, giving a boost to Microsoft's bid to move into the higher-end of the storage market.

• Microsoft and Adobe to square off?

  In digital documents, Web applications and image editing, Adobe has a healthy head start. But Microsoft is making some noise.

• Microsoft out-Firefoxed?

  The software giant is playing it low-key, but a barrage of verbal pyrotechnics is around the bend.

• Web on watch for common enemies

  Security experts are watching out for attacks that burrow through two new flaws, warning that the vulnerabilities are a bigger threat because of people's reliance on the targeted software.

• Will marketing increase XP sales?

  Many companies aren't buying Windows XP -- or they're buying the licences but not installing the software. Microsoft's marketing machine is looking to change that as the Service Pack 2 update rolls out.

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• Windows faces new competition: Itself

  In the past year, Microsoft appears to have done just what it asked a court not to make it do: fragment Windows.

• Microsoft Small Business Server 2003

  For small companies that need a business in a box and want to stick with Microsoft technology, SBS 2003 is the only game in town.

• Testing begins on Microsoft's virtual server

  Microsoft this week started beta testing its Virtual Server, a program that enables a single server to run multiple operating systems.

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