Ten things to know about Microsoft’s Live Mesh | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com

Ten things to know about Microsoft’s Live Mesh All about Microsoft ZDNet.com: by Mary Jo Foley

"Microsoft took the wraps off Live Mesh at 9 p.m. PDT on April 22, just ahead of the service’s official debut at the Web 2.0 Expo this week.

(Here’s a bunch of screen shots of what testers can expect to see when Microsoft kicks off its Live Mesh tech preview later this week)

Live Mesh is an ambitious initiative — a combination of a platform and a service — and one that’s been more than two years in the making, according to company officials with whom I spoke earlier this week. I’d go so far as to say Live Mesh will be Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie’s “make it or break it” project, given Ozzie has been setting the stage for Live Mesh since October 2005, when he outlined his pie-in-the-sky goals for it (without calling it Live Mesh) in his “Internet Services Disruption” memo to the troops.

But back here on earth, what, exactly, is Live Mesh and what do developers, customers and partners need to know about it? Here are 10 things that grabbed me about Live Mesh, after distilling my notes from chatting with some of the Softies involved in bringing Live Mesh to fruition."

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1355&tag=nl.e539

Microsoft Issues Warning On Home Server - Software - IT Channel News by CRN and VARBusiness

Microsoft Issues Warning On Home Server - Software - IT Channel News by CRN and VARBusiness:

"In December Microsoft warned customers and partners that using certain applications to save files to Home Server could result in their files being corrupted. At that time, Microsoft said it the glitch affected Vista Photo Gallery, Windows Live Photo Gallery, Office OneNote 2007, Office OneNote 2003, Office Outlook 2007, Money 2007, and SyncToy 2.0 Beta.

In an updated Knowledge Base article posted Thursday, Microsoft revealed that 14 additional applications could trigger the bug, including its own Excel, Windows Media Player 11, and Zune Software, as well as Adobe Photoshop Elements, Adobe Lightroom, Apple iTunes, Mozilla Thunderbird, and WinAmp.

In the article, Microsoft said it's still trying to confirm that these apps trigger the glitch, and noted that the issue only affects Windows Home Server systems with more than one hard drive added to the server. However, until an update is available, Microsoft is recommending that users refrain from using these applications to save or to edit program-specific files that are stored on a Windows Home Server-based system."

http://www.crn.com/software/206801170

"Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?"

ICANN to Probe Network Solutions` Domain Registration Policies:

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? is a Latin phrase from the Roman poet Juvenal, variously translated as "Who will guard the guards? ...

"Questions remain.

ICANN will investigate Network Solutions’ domain registering policy in the wake of reports that the company was automatically registering domains based on user searches.

ICANN’s decision to investigate comes just as Network Solutions reportedly is changing the policy.
In a brief note to eWEEK, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), the international body in charge of TLDs (top-level domain name registrants) and Internet addressing, stated that it will be looking into Network Solutions’ new policy of registering any domain name that is searched for on its site.

However, Network Solutions told ICANN about this policy change before it implemented them.

'Network Solutions informed us when they launched this process,' said Jason Keenan, ICANN's media adviser. It was only after Network Solutions quietly implemented this policy and users noticed the change and protested about it online that ICANN took note of it. Now, 'ICANN has begun looking into the matter to see if it is in compliance with the Registrar Accreditation Agreement,' said Keenan."

Who will investigate ICANN?

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/ICANN-to-Probe-Network-Solutions-Domain-Registration-Policies/?kc=EWKNLENT011108STR1