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- Microsoft loses MLB but keeps swinging
- ZDNet Senior Editor Sam Diaz talks about the recent announcement by Major League Baseball to drop Microsoft’s Silverlight service for Adobe's Flash player. Diaz says it's a setback for Microsoft but he doesn't believe the loss of business will have long lasting effects since the company has also signed deals...
- Tags: MLB, Microsoft Corp., Silverlight, Microsoft, Adobe, Sam Diaz, NBC, Netflix
- Videos 2008-11-21
- Still more questions than answers about Microsoft Morro
- Over the past couple of days, I had a chance to ask Microsoft a few more questions about the disappearance of OneCare and sudden appearance of Morro (a codename and service that no one I've spoken with has heard a peep about until this week). Here are some more tidbits....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., OneCare, Q, Windows Defender, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Student Technology Day: session videos now online
- Last month I attended the Microsoft Student Technology Day 2008 full coverage here in London, with Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, Andy McLoughlin, CEO of Huddle.net and many others. It was really quite an eye-opening day to some of the work at Microsoft, and from the many emails I got...
- Tags: Multi-touch, Steve Ballmer, Video, Microsoft Corp., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- News to know: Dell; Army bans USB drives; Salesforce; Microsoft
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Cost cutting pays off for Dell; IT spending, demand 'challenging' Sam Diaz: Salesforce bucks trend for Q3; shares rising. Unsealed court filing: HP's Hurd...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., USB Flash Drive, Internet, Open Source
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- From Chapter Three: The Windows Culture
- The history of Windows, from 3.11 to Vista, is one of ad hoc adaptation to market conditions and expectational change among customers. To a large extent it's been about playing catch up to Unix and the Mac - with fascinating devolutions along the way. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: TCP/IP, Application, Client-server, Stored Procedure, Network, PC, Microsoft MS-DOS, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Desktops, Databases, Networking, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Unsealed court filing: HP's Hurd had Vista concerns
- HP CEO Mark Hurd told Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in an e-mail last year that HP's call centers were "being overrun" by customers who were having difficulties upgrading to Windows Vista, a detail that was revealed in the unsealing of a court filing in the Windows Vista Capable lawsuit. ...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Steve Ballmer, Mark Hurd, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Microsoft Big Brains: John Shewchuk
- There are lots of moving parts to Azure, Microsoft's cloud platform. One of the less-flashy but much needed pieces of plumbing is .Net Services, codenamed "Zurich." If there's a "Mr. Zurich" at Microsoft, that person would be Technical Fellow John Shewchuk. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Team, Microsoft Corp., Team Management, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Microsoft hires away key search VP from Yahoo
- The rumors were true: Microsoft has hired away from Yahoo Sean Suchter, Vice President of Yahoo's Search Technology. Microsoft confirmed Suchter will start with the Redmondians on December 22. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Search, Mary Jo Foley, Portals, Recruitment & Selection, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Microsoft: Free anti-malware for all (Windows users)!
- The other day Microsoft announced that it would phase-out sales of Windows Live OneCare subscriptions and roll out no-cost anti-malware during the second half of 2009. What does this mean for everyone involved? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Malware, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Viruses And Worms
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- How Apple gained the upper hand on Microsoft
- I've just been working my way through hundreds of emails released as part of the Vista Capable lawsuit and there's one phrase that keep coming across that might explain why Apple got the upper hand on Microsoft with Vista. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), E-mail, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Online Communications, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Apple Macintosh, Experience, Desktops, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Thanks Microsoft, I will now subscribe to the Zune Pass
- Larry posted the news about the updated Zune Pass music subscription service and after checking out the press release in detail I am going to sign back up for the monthly service. Getting to keep some songs for my own collection each month was the kicker that pushed me over...
- Tags: Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., Service, Matthew Miller, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Marketing, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Some open source attacks on Windows may be unfair
- I can't imagine Microsoft has someone whose job it is to sit in front of a terminal with the home page in front of them and jump or ring an alarm bell if it goes down. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Attack, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Corp., Home Page
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- It's official: No IE 8 until 2009
- After one more public test build early next year, Microsoft plans to release the final version of Internet Explorer 8 in calendar 2009. Microsoft officials shared the updated timetable via a November 19 post on the IE Blog. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Which check to write? when open source means Jack
- One of the side effects of recession is an increased focus on cost. Where previously non IT management tolerated high IT costs, they're now going to be motivated to look - and when they do, they'll often face a choice: go open source and keep an extra IT guy or...
- Tags: Information Technology, Strategy, Open Source, Management, Paul Murphy, MySQL, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Microsoft give students the finger, once again
- Today, Zack writes a short letter to Microsoft, asking why they keep screwing with his head and changing their plans all the time. by Zack Whittaker
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Zack Whittaker, Antivirus, Microsoft Office, Viruses And Worms, Security, Office Suites, Software
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Microsoft-hosted Online security-service for business users due in 2010
- Microsoft's just-announced free anti-virus/anti-malware service, codenamed Morro, isn't the only new Microsoft security service in the works. There's a Microsoft-hosted security service for businesses in the pipeline, too, and it's due in 2010, according to a new Microsoft blog posting. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Blogging, Security, Internet, Mary Jo Foley, Service, Forefront
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Did Microsoft really kill OLPC?
- I posted a number of pieces Monday about OLPC and its XO laptop now for sale on Amazon in a reboot of the Give One Get One program, one of which declared that OLPC was dead. A year ago, that would have been worthy of a pretty serious flame...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- News to know: Microsoft; Psystar; Mozilla; Storm; Office 2.0
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Microsoft kills OneCare, replaces it with freebie ‘Morro' Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft kills off Windows Live OneCare and Equipt subscription services Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Microsoft...
- Tags: Jerry Yang, Mary Jo Foley, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., Office 2.0, Software As A Service (SaaS), Handhelds, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Microsoft kills Windows Live OneCare and Equipt subscription services
- Microsoft is discontinuing its paid Windows Live OneCare subscription security service. Microsoft is touting a new, free security service, codenamed "Morro," and due in the second half of 2009, as OneCare's successor. The Microsoft press release and statements on Morro offer some other interesting tidbits. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley, Morro
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Microsoft kills OneCare, replaces it with freebie 'Morro'
- Microsoft today announced plans to kill its Windows Live OneCare PC care and security suite and replace it with a free anti-malware utility. The new product, code-named "Morro," will be designed for a smaller footprint that will use fewer computing resources, making it ideal for low-bandwidth scenarios...
- Tags: PC, Microsoft Windows Live, Malware, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft Windows, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
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