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John Fontana

Digital Government

School district learns about scaling directories

As it consolidates eight school districts into one, the Toronto District School Board is five months into a project that will enable the network to serve more than 300,000 users

Digital Government

Outlook patch option shores up security

Reliable Software Technologies Corp. has developed a free program that stops viruses from propagating by exploiting Microsoft Outlook

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Software patch called overkill

Two weeks ago Microsoft Outlook was blasted for being too loose with attachments, allowing the 'love bug' to run rampant; now it's clamping down too hard, critics say

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Win 2000 bug affects Active Directory

Users have uncovered a bug in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 2000 operating system that could leave them without the ability to access or manage Active Directory

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Windows 2000 to support biometrics

Looking to add new security features to its operating system, Microsoft Corp. has licensed biometric technology to integrate into future versions of Windows 2000