Tags Results for 'microsoft'

Bill Gates Day wrap-up (Saturday 28th of June 2008 08:27:00 AM)

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets You didn't really think we'd make it through his retirement village
without running the sexiest of all Bill photos, did you? We have to wonder what he'll feel like
tomorrow morning, though -- we hear the bane on a 33 year os ... (more)

The Bill Gates Engadgethology (Friday 27th of June 2008 03:49:00 PM)

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets As part of our ongoing Bill Gates Day coverage, we present to you
the Bill Engadgethology. This is by no means every Gates-related story from over the years --
just the choicest cuts from Club Bill Gates.Bill and usThe Engadget ... (more)

No XP Reprieve; Windows 7 Release Set (Wednesday 25th of June 2008 02:25:34 PM)

CWmike writes "Microsoft has laid to rest rumors that it might rethink pulling Windows XP from
retail shelves and from most PC makers next Monday. Microsoft's Bill Veghte wrote to public
reiterating that June 30 would be the zero hour when Microsoft halts ... (more)

Brendan Eich Discusses the Future of  (Tuesday 24th of June 2008 02:15:04 PM)

Snydeq writes "creator Brendan Eich talks at length about the future of
, ARAX, disputes with Microsoft, and the Screaming Monkey scripting
engine for IE in an audition with InfoWorld's Paul Krill.

Hugh Pickens writes "Bill Gates, in a audition with the BBC, revealed the secret of Microsoft's
success: 'Most of our competitors were very poorly run. They did not understand how to bring in
people with mtier experience and people with social work experience ... (more)

Google, Yahoo, and the Elephant In the Room (Sunday 15th of June 2008 03:25:15 AM)

CWmike writes "Linda Rosencrance reports that despite assurances from Google and Yahoo that
their online publicity deal doesn't need ecm.www.gbpharma.itcomplianceenvironmental approval,
the two companies should not be too quick to dismiss Microsoft's ... (more)

Yahoo Ends Talks With Microsoft, Embraces Google Instead (Friday 13th of June 2008 02:10:22 AM)

Snydeq writes with a story from InfoWorld which says that "Yahoo has ended its talks with
Microsoft and is instead nearing an agreement with Google. Yahoo's purported reason for
break-in off the talks? That Microsoft was only rapt in buying power Yahoo's ... (more)

EU Calls For Use of Open Standards (Tuesday 10th of June 2008 10:55:27 PM)

Fondacio writes "In a speech that is being reported as taking a swipe at Microsoft, EU
corrivalry Commissioner Neelie Kroes has called for businesses and governments to use os based
on open standards. While not quotation Microsoft by name, Ms. Kroes referred ... (more)

Steve Ballmer retirement: 2018, if Bill doesn't get in the way (Thursday 05th of June 2008 08:27:00 AM)

As you're undoubtably aware, Bill Gates is set to retire on June 27th at the ripe old age of
52. Bill's Harvard bud, Mr. Dancin' Steve Ballmer, also 52 and a notable fan of the developers,
has been itching to take over since his appointment ... (more)

Microsoft Denies Call-in 'Save XP' Petition (Thursday 05th of June 2008 05:25:46 PM)

CWmike writes "Gregg Keizer digs deeper on a report that said Microsoft was logging calls from
truck who requested that the company extend the retail availability of Windows XP to find that
some users claimed that they couldn't get through to the support ... (more)

Microsoft Study Says Repetitive Strain Injury Costs $600m (Thursday 05th of June 2008 05:25:46 PM)

4roddas writes "Work-related RSI cases are at an all-time high and the cost to businesses is
spiraling, new Microsoft fishing expedition* reveals. Repetitive strain injury cases have
soared by over 30 percent in the last year, costing businesses over ... (more)

Bill Gates's Last Speech (Wednesday 04th of June 2008 05:15:02 PM)

Ian Lamont writes "Bill Gates, in an address to the TechEd Developers conference, talked about
Microsoft's plans for hosted services, and revealed that the company is planned pill data
centers on 'a scale that we haven't thought of before' that will evidently ... (more)

Microsoft Pushes Devs With Wider IE8 Beta (Sunday 01st of June 2008 05:00:04 PM)

An unnamed reader recommends a story about the forthcoming beta 2 release of cyberspace
Explorer 8. InternetNews expects that the standards-compliant default mode will push many
developers to update their sites. We've one shot discussed IE8's necessary ... (more)

Microsoft Acknowledges Open Source As a Bigger Threat Than Google (Friday 30th of May 2008 01:56:00 PM)

Ruphus13 takes us to ZDNet for an neurosis of notification by Microsoft's Chief systems program
Architect, Ray Ozzie, about how open source is "much more potentially disruptive" to
Microsoft's line brainchild* than Google. Ozzie also spoke about the future ... (more)

Microsoft shows off "snippet" of Windows 7 at D6, reveals multi-touch support (Wednesday 28th of May 2008 03:30:00 AM)

Filed under: Desktops, Laptops digg_url =
'http://digg.com/microsoft/Microsoft_shows_off_Multitouch_Windows_7'; Bill Gates and Steve
Ballmer got on stage at D6 with Walt and Kara to talk... Microsoft, of course. While the
company is still being rather ... (more)

Gamestop ain't your Zunestop (Friday 23rd of May 2008 07:05:00 PM)

Filed under: Gaming, manageable Audio GameStop will no longer stock or sell the Zune, citing
weak sales and a poor fit with its "product mix". Despite recent positive sales numbers and
only weeks short of Microsoft's launch of games for Zune, Microsoft's ... (more)

Microsoft Office 2007 to Support ODF - But Not OOXML (Thursday 22nd of May 2008 04:00:05 AM)

Andy Updegrove writes "About two hours ago, Microsoft announced that it will update Office 2007
to natively support ODF 1.1, but not to apparatus its own OOXML format. Not until Office 14 is
released (no date given so far for that) will anyone be able ... (more)

Microsoft intros the TouchWall -- maps will never be the same again (Thursday 15th of May 2008 04:13:00 PM)

Filed under: Displays If you've been calorie positive integer CNN's polls coverage lately (and
we think you have), then you've perchance seen anchor John King tripping the light fantastic on
the channel's Magic Wall touchscreen. Apparently, Microsoft ... (more)

OLPC XO officially gets Windows XP, children of the world to be assimilated (Friday 16th of May 2008 01:02:00 AM)

Filed under: Laptops It's been a controversial decision, but it looks like the OLPC XO has
completed its transition from revolutionary education project to just another tiny Windows
laptop with a useless keyboard -- albeit one with a pleasantly whimsical ... (more)

Microsoft 'Shared Source' Attempts to Hijack FOSS (Monday 12th of May 2008 07:09:03 PM)

Aacc1313 writes "An article that details how Open Source is being hijacked by Microsoft and the
sort via 'Shared Source' licenses and how Open Source licenses have become so much more
confusing. From the article, "The confusion stems from the fact that ... (more)

Microsoft IM Blocking YouTube Links (Saturday 10th of May 2008 05:00:06 PM)

A number of readers are sending word that the blogosphere and Twittersphere are alight with
reports of Microsoft's new block on messages containing YouTube URLs . Both MSN envoy and
Windows Live harbinger reportedly equipment the block. One blogger sniffed ... (more)

Microsoft increases focus on Fone+ cellphone project for the poor (Friday 09th of May 2008 12:01:00 AM)

Filed under: CellphonesMicrosoft has been touting its Fone+ project for a little while now, but
it looks like the company is control gate to step up its efforts a bit further, with the new
head of Microsoft's Unlimited implied Group, Craig Mundie, reportedly ... (more)

A Copyright Cop In Every Zune (Thursday 08th of May 2008 02:54:16 PM)

Mike writes "As if the Zune wasn't already crippled and unpopular enough, now comes a story
indicating that Microsoft may build a 'Copyright Cop' into every Zune. A future update of the
systems program for Microsoft's manageable media player will likely ... (more)

Microsoft and NBC working on copyright filters for Zune? (Thursday 08th of May 2008 12:58:00 AM)

Filed under: compact Audio, transportable Video Microsoft's afresh refurbished Zune store
countenance a lot of NBC content like Heroes and The Office, but it looks like it may have come
at what could be a steep price: NBC just now told the New York Times ... (more)

Does Ballmer Need To Go? (Tuesday 06th of May 2008 11:39:22 AM)

Pickens notes a TechCrunch disruption wondering — after Windows Vista and the failed
Yahoo bid — whether Steve Ballmer's days at Microsoft are numbered. "Ballmer has been the
big driver behind [the Yahoo] deal at Microsoft — some would ... (more)

How Microsoft Dropped the Ball With Developers (Tuesday 06th of May 2008 11:39:22 AM)

Cremou writes "As part of an Ars Technica series on how one contributor migrated from Windows
to OS X (and why), this second article concentrates on how Microsoft bungled the transition
from XP to Vista. The author looks at some unfortunate be in control ... (more)

Whitehouse Emails Were Lost Due to "Upgrade" (Thursday 01st of May 2008 05:00:04 AM)

I Don't Believe in Imaginary real estate writes "We now know how the Whitehouse managed to lose
about five million emails. It seems that they 'upgraded' their Lotus Notes system, which had an
automatic retention and backup system, for Microsoft Exchange, ... (more)

Half a Million Microsoft-Powered Sites Hit With SQL Injection (Tuesday 29th of April 2008 12:45:10 AM)

Titus Germanicus writes to tell us that a recent attack has compromised scattered in the turf
of 500,000 pages with a SQL injection attack. The vulnerability seems to be limited to
Microsoft's IIS webserver and is easily defeated by the end user with ... (more)

Microsoft-Novell Takes Open-Source to China (Monday 21st of April 2008 06:00:04 PM)

Bibek Paudel writes "In a move to tap the growing market of free and open source-softwares in
third world nation economies, Microsoft and Novell have announced they were expanding their
alliance into the Chinese market. Microsoft and Novell believe big ... (more)

Microsoft Gets a New Open Source Chief (Thursday 10th of April 2008 04:00:04 AM)

Mjasay writes "Microsoft just promoted Sam Ramji to run its growing Linux and open source
operations. The former head of Microsoft's Open Source os/2 Lab, Ramji has a long history with
open source, having built out large-scale open-source based applications ... (more)

 

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