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Microsoft “Dead”? Please.
By Tony
Paul Graham, VC, and one of the many men behind Y Combinator, has pronounced that Microsoft is Dead. Well, if this isn’t one heckuva piece of linkbait. And on a quiet April weekend, its probably going to reverb until Monday, …
Deep Jive Interests – Is Microsoft dead? Feh.
BTW, Microsoft’s natural resource was people who don’t have personal computers. And that’s what they’re running out of now. So they have to sell people their fifth and sixth PC. They will. And they will suck. Like everything else does. …
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Ex-Microsoft Developer on His Way to Visit ISS
ShortNews.com – Regensburg,Germany
The Soyuz spacecraft will also bring into orbit world’s 5th space tourist – Charles Simonyi, an ex-Microsoft developer and co-founder, who runs a business …
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Microsoft Posts Tools for Windows Home Server
PC World – USA
Microsoft last week released a beta of documentation for a free software development kit (SDK) that helps developers build applications for its forthcoming …
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Microsoft to Release Five Security Patches Next Tuesday, April 10
Carib Journal – USA
Another wave of security patches are on the way from Microsoft. The software giant said on Thursday (April 5th) that it’s planning to release at least five …
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Topic: Free GoW Maps? No Way, Says Microsoft
Ve3d.com – USA
In the latest 1Up Podcast, Epic main-man Tim Sweeney goes on the record saying that Microsoft is doing its best to prevent Epic from releasing free maps for …
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Microsoft billionaire Simonyi blasts off in Russian rocket
Seattle Times – Seattle,WA,USA
A Russian rocket carrying the US billionaire who helped develop Microsoft Word roared into the night skies over Kazakhstan on Saturday, sending Charles …
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Microsoft hints at nearly free Zune to battle iPod
ChannelsIndia (press release) – Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
Microsoft may soon follow the lead of Apple’s iTunes Store and begin selling digital rights management (DRM) free music for the Zune. …
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Peter Fisk on Microsoft’s Shortcomings
By Ryan Stewart
Microsoft needs to make two patterns because they don’t have a clue as to where they are going. Adobe has *one* library for *everything* (desktop, browsers, all platforms) and *one* language for *everything*. Why, it’s so simple, …
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Dead? Microsoft? Exec says phooey.
NetworkWorld.com – Southborough,MA,USA
Microsoft’s Don Dodge applies a bit of reason and whole bunch of big numbers to Paul Graham’s contention that “Microsoft is Dead.” Dodge’s retort – “Since …
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Microsoft copies Apple yet again with dream of DRM-free music
iTWire – Australia
But where there’sa good idea, you can always find Microsoft wanting some of the action. While some might characterize this in a bad way, copying Apple to …
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Microsoft gains tech computing toehold
ZDNet – USA
Microsoft is showing some early signs of success with a version of Windows geared for a technical computing market that Linux dominates today. …
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Microsoft Antitrust Trial:
About – News & Issues – New York,NY,USA
“Microsoft has demonstrated that it will use its prodigious market power and immense profits to harm any firm that insists on pursuing initiatives that …
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Microsoft’s ANI file patch causing issues with Realtek hardware users
TechWhack – New Delhi,Delhi,India
Microsoft has confirmed that some users are facing issues with their recently issued software patch for the animated file vulnerability in their operating …
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Developer Of Microsoft Becomes Fifth Space Tourist To Enter Orbit
All Headline News – USA
Charles Simonyi, 58, was a key developer in Microsoft’s word processing software, Word. The spacecraft took off from the Baikonur space station in …
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Microsoft Jumps On The DRM-Free Bandwagon
BroadbandReports.com – New York,NY,USA
Computer World reports that Microsoft will soon sell digital music online without digital rights management (DRM) protection. According to the article, …
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Microsoft To Unveil Xbox 360 Elite
All Headline News – USA
Redmond, WA (AHN) – Microsoft is getting ready to launch a new version of its Xbox gaming console. It will be called Xbox Elite. …
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Microsoft Tool Eases Move from Lotus to Exchange
PC World – USA
Microsoft has officially released software to help companies move from IBM’s Lotus Domino collaboration server to Microsoft’s Exchange 2007. …
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Is Microsoft still worthy of the ‘Evil Empire’ crown?
ZDNet.com blogs – USA
Forget programmer Paul Graham’s “Microsoft is dead” headline. It got the desired effect: He’s gotten links on TechMeme, Slashdot and a lots of other …
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Microsoft adds a keyboard attachment for Xbox 360
TechWhack – New Delhi,Delhi,India
Microsoft has announced that they would be adding support for their Live messenger service on their Xbox 360 gaming console in the next scheduled Spring …
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Microsoft Word Creator in Spaaaaaaaaace
PC World – USA
I’m finding myself oddly fascinated by the news that Charles Simonyi, the former Microsoft software architect and current billionaire, is now the fifth …
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Microsoft connects PCs, Xbox with IM
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Seattle,WA,USA
Microsoft Corp. will further connect the worlds of Windows and Xbox 360 by letting people on computers trade instant messages with those using the company’s …
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Microsoft Defends Effort to Patch Flaw
Computerworld – Framingham,MA,USA
April 09, 2007 (Computerworld) — Microsoft Corp. first learned of an animated cursor flaw in Windows on Dec. 20 — more than 100 days before it released an …
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Thin Clients Get Microsoft’s Approval — for Some Users
Computerworld – Framingham,MA,USA
But the changes favor subscribers to Microsoft’s Software Assurance maintenance and upgrade program, and some IT managers and Microsoft business partners …
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In India, Microsoft & Sony go for families that play together
agencyfaqs.com – New Delhi,India
But, Microsoft and Sony are determined to change this age-old belief and target families and thus give their products an universal appeal, and at the same …
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Digonex Technologies Dynamic Pricing System to be Available to …
PR Newswire (press release) – New York,NY,USA
Jan Eglen, Ph.D., CEO of Digonex said, “We are pleased to collaborate with Microsoft to bring a robust dynamic pricing system to Commerce Server users via …
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Cisco and Microsoft on collision course
MSN Money – USA
Could the latest threat to Microsoft’s desktop software ambitions come not from Google, or some other online rival, but from Cisco Systems? …
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Microsoft: The 360 Spring Update
While the instant messaging will support the virtual keyboard and USB keyboards, Microsoft plans to release a cool-looking new keyboard attachment for the 360 in the future. The QWERTY keyboard, expected to be officially announced this …
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Microsoft Isn’t Dead
By stevecla01
Not sure I get this bit with Microsoft being big supporters of AJAX. Is the entire computing world going to switch to AJAX, web served applications overnight? In a word – NO. I may be wrong but I’m prepared to put my neck out there on …
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Microsoft Defends Effort to Patch Flaw
Microsoft defends the 100 days it took to create an out-of-cycle patch for the Windows ANI flaw. Some IT managers give the vendor the benefit of the doubt, but that feeling isn’t universal.
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Microsoft brings Messenger to Xbox Live
Sydney Morning Herald – Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
As part of its efforts to bridge the divide between PC and Xbox 360 gamers, Microsoft announced today that Xbox Live users would soon be able to access …
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Microsoft to Make Zune DRM-free?
Tech2 – India
Close on the heels of Apple’s announcement of calling an end to Digital Rights Management (DRM) Policy, Microsoft has confirmed that it is all set to follow …
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Athena Announces Support for Microsoft Windows Smart Card …
Emediawire (press release) – Ferndale,WA,USA
Tokyo (PRWeb) April 9, 2007 — Athena Smartcard Solutions announced today that its ASEKey Crypto smart card token successfully completed the Microsoft …
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Is Microsoft dead?
By Dave
A few days ago I suddenly realized Microsoft was dead. I was talking to a young startup founder about how Google was different from Yahoo. I said that Yahoo had been warped from the start by their fear of Microsoft. …
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Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Gets IM Capability
Forbes – NY,USA
Microsoft Corp. said Monday that it is launching Windows Live Messenger on its Xbox 360, an entertainment system, so users can message directly from their …
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Microsoft decides to sell DRM-free music
Geek.com – USA
When Steve Jobs suggested the removal of DRM from digital music to allow for an open, licensable format (see our previous coverage), Microsoft called the …
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MICROSOFT CRITICISED FOR OPEN XML PETITION
SDA India Magazine – Singapore
Microsoft is receiving flak by the Open Source Consortium for petitioning to get fast approval of its Office Open XML (OOXML) document format as an official …
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Microsoft RIP? (and DIY KFC)
Computerworld – Framingham,MA,USA
Beautiful plumage on Monday’s IT Blogwatch: in which we ask, “Is Microsoft dead?”. Not to mention how to make your own Kentucky-style fried chicken. …
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More problems pop up with Microsoft’s ANI patch
Computerworld – Framingham,MA,USA
April 09, 2007 (Computerworld) — Microsoft Corp. has acknowledged several new problems with the emergency patch it released last week to quash the Windows …
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Why Microsoft is under assault from all corners
CNET News.com – San Francisco,CA,USA
One thing never seems to change: Microsoft is always enduring some antitrust challenge–even when it is working with other industry players to create better …
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Dubai: Microsoft, Royal Focus reach settlement over software piracy
Middle East North Africa Financial Network – Amman,Jordan
(MENAFN) The Director of Censorship Department at the Dubai Government announced that the emirate’s government has patronized a settlement between Microsoft …
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Microsoft marshals forces to try to stem open source momentum
NetworkWorld.com – Southborough,MA,USA
Linux’s bark is turning into a bite for Microsoft. As a result, the software giant is stepping up to protect itself and keep corporate customers from …
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Microsoft open source exec: Not the loneliest guy in Redmond
NetworkWorld.com – Southborough,MA,USA
The name Microsoft still engenders boos and moans from the crowd at LinuxWorld, but increasingly open source advocates and Microsoft executives recognize …
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Microsoft adds social networking features to Xbox 360
By Tim Finin
“We feel this is a huge step in driving social networking further into the family room by allowing Xbox 360 users to IM directly from their couch,” said John Rodman, Microsoft’s group manager for the Xbox 360, in a telephone interview …
UMBC eBiquity – Microsoft gains technical-computing toehold
By nealw
But when Microsoft released Windows CCS less than a year ago, the company tried to find a new niche in the market rather than go up against Linux directly. The software giant is trying to win over customers with small clusters, …
Neal Wadhwani’s TS2 Blog – Are we apologists for Microsoft?
By vlad
It is a very positive look at the state of Microsoft partnership, to say the least. Kind of flawed at the close (HP’s scandals and internal affairs do not directly impact my bottom line, Microsoft’s incompetence does) but overall good. …
Vlad Mazek – Vladville Blog – www.vladville.com
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Microsoft Integrates Messenger with Xbox Live
BetaNews – USA
Microsoft has announced its planned upgrades to the Xbox 360, expected on May 7. Among the new features are integration with the Windows Live Messenger …
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Microsoft Considering DRM-Free Music
CIO Today – Woodland Hills,CA,USA
If Microsoft were to sell DRM-free music for the Zune, that would likely not surprise industry observers who have been predicting the demise of …
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Apple vs. Microsoft: Battle of the Brands
Blogging Stocks – USA
The battle between Apple and Microsoft has been (and will be) a perfect case study for future business textbooks at the best universities, …
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Microsoft disavows knowledge of Vista Service Pack 1
TECH.BLORGE.com – Sydney,Australia
I realize that Microsoft likes to keep its company secrets like all companies do but ever since the launch of Vista earlier this year, it was a well known …
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Who’s afraid of Microsoft?
InfoWorld – San Francisco,CA,USA
Paul Graham has an interesting piece on the day that Microsoft “died.” Not that Microsoft has gone away. Last I checked, the company is still milking …
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Fighting Viruses, Hackers and Malware is Easy with Microsoft …
PR Newswire (press release) – New York,NY,USA
Microsoft Forefront business security products featured in worldwide integrated marketing campaign that combines advertising, Web experience, …
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Microsoft forcing fees? Marketplace Phil. 101 with Epic and Microsoft
By Alexander Sliwinski
But the quote that stuck in people’s heads was when Tim Sweeney implied Epic would like to give Gears of War maps away for free on Xbox Marketplace (like they did the original maps), but Microsoft won’t let them. …
Joystiq – www.joystiq.com
Microsoft won’t let new GoW maps be free?
By Dustin Burg
During the podcast, Sweeney talked about four new multiplayer maps that they have ready to give out, but are butting heads with Microsoft on how to distribute them. Word on the street is that Epic wants to give away the four new Gears …
Xbox 360 Fanboy – www.xbox360fanboy.com
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Former Microsoft Boss sent into space
PC Advisor – London,UK
The man given much of the credit for overseeing the development of Microsoft’s Word software blasted into space over the weekend as the fifth space tourist. …
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Will Microsoft integrate other Live services with the Xbox?
ZDNet – USA
Microsoft’s announcement on April 9 that it will integrate Windows Live Messenger into the Xbox 360 got me thinking about what other Windows Live services …
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Microsoft Promises No DRM Soon, New Wi-Fi MP3 Player Released
FMQB – Cherry Hill,NJ,USA
Apple’s competitors in the digital music world continue to attempt to capture a bigger piece of the market pie, with a major concession from Microsoft and a …
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Microsoft ANI Patch Causes Problems with Third-Party Apps
eWeek – Woburn,MA,USA
Last Tuesday’s out-of-cycle MS07-017 update was Microsoft’s answer to a number of vulnerabilities, including the Windows ANI bug. …
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Microsoft Moving Quietly into Cluster Computing
The Mac Observer – USA
Microsoft has been making small inroads into technical computing with their Compute Cluster Server, according to C|Net. Microsoft, recognizing the interest …
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Microsoft to push fix for patch trouble
ZDNet – USA
Microsoft on Tuesday plans to push out a fix to repair problems caused by last week’s emergency cursor flaw patch. Microsoft has identified three additional …
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Fighting Viruses, Hackers and Malware is Easy with Microsoft …
SYS-CON Media – Montvale,NJ,USA
The Microsoft(R) Forefront(TM) line of business security products is featured in a campaign that combines print and online advertising, a creative Web …
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Microsoft Warns About Bogus Vista Service Pack Site
Wired News – USA
Microsoft may have said no to large service packs for Vista, but that hasn’t stopped some from compiling their own. Last week a HotFix.net blogger posted a …
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Microsoft, responsible disclosure, and that 2-year-old kernel flaw
ZDNet – USA
A few weeks ago, I wrote about a Windows kernel vulnerability that was reported to Microsoft on October 22, 2004 and remained unpatched for more than two …
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Microsoft unites Xbox, PC IM
Microsoft plans to release a free update early next month to give Xbox 360 users access to the Windows Live Messenger service, letting them chat with others running the IM client on their PCs and cell phones.
Computerworld Breaking News – www.computerworld.com
Microsoft Adds Instant Messaging To Xbox
By Michael Arrington
Microsoft announced this evening that they will be integrating Live Messenger into the Xbox platform on May 7, linking 260 million Live Messenger users with 6 million Xbox Live users. Xbox Live users will be able to chat with up to six …
TechCrunch – www.techcrunch.com
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Microsoft and Open Source – the inside story
By greebo
We were invited to the 2007 Microsoft Technology Summit at Redmond. It was a small event with about 50 or 60 people from all walks of technology, and I think about 1/3 of the attendees had been invited due to their understanding on Open …
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Rumors of Microsoft’s demise…
By Tom Sullivan(//tom_sullivan [Email address: //tom_sullivan #AT# infoworld.com/ - replace #AT# with @ ])
Best of the blogs: Much like Nietzsche before them, some reporters are declaring Microsoft to be dead. That’s not to say its breath has ceased; rather, just that Microsoft is no longer as scary as it once was. …
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Former Microsoft engineer now aboard space station
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Seattle,WA,USA
Simonyi, 58, lives in Bellevue, where he amassed a fortune through his work with computer software, including helping to develop Microsoft Word and …
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Microsoft’s Spring Update Turns Xbox 360 into a PC (almost)
GizmoCafe – Guelph,ON,Canada
When Microsoft announced that it would be shutting down Xbox Live for 14 hours a few weeks ago – enough time for even the most hardcore Gears of War player …
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Microsoft Matches Apple, Ditches DRM for Zune
GizmoCafe – Guelph,ON,Canada
Hot on the heels of Apple’s announcement that it will be offering a Digital Rights Management (DRM) “free” version of songs on iTunes for $1.30, Microsoft …
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Fighting Viruses, Hackers and Malware Is Easy With Microsoft …
WebWire (press release) – Atlanta,GA,USA
Microsoft Corp. is addressing customer frustration with the complexity of security products in a new integrated marketing campaign launched today called …
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Microsoft redefines ‘Vista Capable’ shortly after a lawsuit
TECH.BLORGE.com – Sydney,Australia
Two weeks after a class-action lawsuit has been filed against Microsoft alleging the company engaged in deceptive practices by letting PC makers promotes …
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Experts: Microsoft should consider change in patching process
Secure Computing – Australia
Several security experts criticised Microsoft this week for not releasing a fix earlier for the Windows ANI flaw, calling for the company to reassess the …
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Patch Tuesday preview: What Microsoft fixes today is anyone’s guess
Computerworld – Framingham,MA,USA
Last week, Microsoft said it would release five security updates today, four affecting Windows, one dealing with Microsoft Content Management Server. …
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Microsoft Funds Virtual Earth Research Schemes
PC World India – Bangalore,Karnataka,India
Microsoft announced $1.1 million in funding for academic research programmes that will develop new applications using its Virtual Earth and SensorMap …
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Microsoft unleashes 4000-point Marketplace cards
By Ross Miller
Not content having a 1600-point-per-card cap, Microsoft has created a card worth 4000 points now available online at Circuit City. The card will retail for $49.99 — since 4000 MS points converts to US $50, that’s like savings of a …
Joystiq – www.joystiq.com
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Microsoft confirms Live Messenger for Xbox 360
GamesIndustry.biz – UK
Microsoft is currently preparing the summer release of a specially designed keypad attachment for the existing controller. The new instant messaging service …
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Microsoft set to follow Apple with DRM-free downloads
PC Pro – London,UK
Microsoft has revealed that it has held talks with EMI and other major record companies about the possibility of selling DRM-free downloads for its Zune …
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Microsoft patches hasty patch
Silicon.com – UK
The fix will be delivered as a “high priority” update alongside Microsoft’s regular security updates, Christopher Budd, a Microsoft security staffer wrote …
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09-04-2007: Microsoft sees 2007 China sales up over 20%
The Edge Daily – Malaysia
Software giant Microsoft Corp said on April 10 it expects its China sales to rise more than 20% this year, boosted by new products and a national crackdown …
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Microsoft Targets Businesses With Humorous, Geeky Ads
Mediapost.com – Westport,CT,USA
MICROSOFT CORP LAUNCHED A NEW integrated marketing campaign yesterday for its Forefront lines of business-security products. The campaign, dubbed “Easy, …
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Microsoft and Epic clash on Gears maps
CVG Online – USA
Apparently Epic has a entire new Gears of War map pack in the oven, says Rein, but because of an overruling by Microsoft you’ll be expected to surrender …
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The Importance of Being Microsoft
Microsoft Certified Professional – USA
Microsoft isn’t just the world’s most powerful software company. It’s also the world’s biggest brand. Here’s why — and what that means to partners. …
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Microsoft adds Live Messenger to Xbox 360
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced the launch of Windows Live Messenger on its popular entertainment platform Xbox 360. Microsoft said this service will …
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Microsoft wants to drop DRM too
bit-tech.net – Hereford,UK
Following in the footsteps of Apple and EMI, Microsoft has said that it will also start selling music online without DRM protection soon. …
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Microsoft’s ANI Patch Reports New Problems
CXOToday.com – Mumbai,India
Microsoft Corp. has acknowledged problems relating to the unscheduled early patch MS07-017, that it released for tackling the Windows animated cursor file …
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Microsoft: 2007 China sales to rise 20 percent
ZDNet – USA
Software giant Microsoft said on Tuesday it expects its China sales to rise more than 20 percent this year, boosted by new products and a national crackdown …
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Pipex and Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions team up to offer …
WebitPR (press release) – North Hykeham,Lincoln,UK
Pipex’s specialist web-hosting brand, WebFusion, has teamed up with Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions to offer new customers £50 of advertising credit …
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Microsoft Can’t Bully Europe, EU Warns of Further Fines
AXcess News – Georgetown,KY,USA
I’m referring to Bill Gates, founder of Redmond, Washington-based software maker, Microsoft Corporation, who is finding that he can’t bully Europe after the …
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Is Microsoft Dead?
By Keith Casey
He believes the overwhelming threatening specter that is Microsoft is dead. Not only dead, but he believes it’s been completely replaced by none other than the new beast on the block: Google. He identifies the four major aspects of this …
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so why am i working for microsoft?
By hugh macleod
When I saw what Robert was doing with his blog, back when he was working at Microsoft, I had a big “A-Ha!” moment. THIS was how to tear at the membranes in the company culture that were holding things back. …
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