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- Photos: Inside a Microsoft data center
- CNET News' Ina Fried tours Microsoft's massive new Chicago-area data center during recent grand opening event. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Data Center, Microsoft Corp., Photograph, CNET News, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, CNET News.com, news
- Image galleries 2009-11-02
- EU, US looking at MSFT-YHOO search deal: Is competition for GOOG anticompetitive?
- M$ is anticompetitive by natureGoogle on the other hand is a good citizen for everyone.RE: EU, US looking at MSFT-YHOO search deal: Is competition for GOOG antico"Even if it does cause ?antitrust effects,? wouldn?t the end result be a stronger competitor for Google? Clearly. That would be good for consumers...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Digital media, Digital music, Investment, Businesses, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-16
- DOJ requests more info on Microsoft-Yahoo search deal
- DOJ?Why does DOJ put its nose everywhere. this deal will create a company that will have half the market share as its competitor, let the market and shareholders take the decision.becuase.....why should one company which has 90% of the desk market have the same control over the Internet?It is good...
- Tags: INTERNET, Yahoo Search, Exchange 14, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., U.S. Department of Justice
- Discussion threads 2009-09-11
- Could Windows on a thumb drive = Microsoft StartKey?
- In reading News.com's Ina Fried's blog post about Microsoft mulling the delivery of Windows 7 on a thumb drive, I couldn't help but remember Microsoft's StartKey project. StartKey was a Microsoft project to deliver a "Windows companion" on a stick. I wrote about Microsoft StartKey last year....
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., USB Flash Drive, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Project, Flash Memory, Operating Systems, Software, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-06-26
- Microsoft, Mississippi settle over software pricing
- Ina Fried at News.com reports that Microsoft has settled with the state of Mississippi over the price of Office and Windows. Microsoft will pay the state $40 million and provide $60 million in vouchers to consumers and local governments. Consumers and businesses that bought Windows 95, Windows...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Pricing Strategy, Mississippi, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
- Zune HD
- On May 26, 2009, Microsoft officially announced plans to release a touch-screen version of the Zune portable media player, intended to compete with Apple's iPod Touch. The new device is called the Zune HD, and offers several features not found on the iPod Touch, including an OLED display, HD radio,...
- Tags: Keyboards, Digital music, Corporate communications, Digital media, Monitors & displays, Web browsers, Media players, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Zune, Zune HD
- Product reviews 2009-05-27
- Microsoft offers to just 'Fix it'
- Microsoft offers to just 'Fix it'Message from the future... "HELP! My Fix It button is BROKEN!"I guess I really am an Oracle. :)the mother of all fixes1.Download and burn a Linux distro on a cd.2.Format your drive and install Linux.How about just fixing the Talkbacks?At least 2 articles have broken...
- Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Fix-It, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-02-05
- Images: A virtual look at Windows 7
- CNET News' Ina Fried installed the beta operating system on her iMac using VMware. Here's how it looked. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, CNET News, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-01-29
- Photos: Searching for Zune-friendly Wi-Fi
- Reporter Ina Fried scours the city of San Francisco to see how easy it is to find Wi-Fi networks Microsoft's Zune can access. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Photograph, Ina Fried, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-09-22
- Apple to Psystar: See you in court
- Fellow ZDNet blogger Adrian Kingsley-Hughes broke the story that Apple has finally had it up to here with the shenanigans of Mac cloner Psystar. By shenanigans I'm referring to the Florida company's practice of shipping its US$399 Intel clones with Mac OS 10.5 Leopard pre-installed in direct violation of Apple's...
- Tags: 3G, Apple Inc., Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Desktops, Hardware, Ina Fried, jason D. O'Grady, Personal Technology, Psystar, Shenanigan, Apple Macintosh
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Daily Debrief 2nd Edition: Say goodbye to Windows XP
- As of July 1, Microsoft will stop broad distribution of Windows XP. On the second edition of the Daily Debrief, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Ina Fried break down the rationale behind the decision and suggest tips for consumers who are reluctant to switch over to Vista.
- Tags: Edition, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, News, microsoft, windows XP, bill gates, steve ballmer, vista
- Videos 2008-07-01
- Looking back at Gates
- News.com's Ina Fried and Kara Tsuboi take a look back at Gates' career and serve up some highlights from his recent speeches.
- Tags: Highlight, Professional Development, Career, News, kara tsuboi, ina fried, bill gates, microsoft, redmond, steve ballmer, windows
- Videos 2008-06-25
- Daily Debrief: Is Microhoo still a possibility?
- In Wednesday's edition of the Daily Debrief, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Ina Fried discuss this latest round of talks between the two companies. Comparing them to a pair of teenagers trying to figure out if they like each other, Fried explains who's more desperate for the other's company.
- Tags: Ina Fried, News, kara tsuboi, ina freid, microsoft, yahoo, bill gates
- Videos 2008-06-25
- Daily Debrief: Bill Gates prepares to say good-bye
- CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi talks with senior writer Ina Fried about Bill Gates' imminent departure from Microsoft. He's technically leaving the company as a full-time employee, but Fried explains why Gates will still be involved with pet projects like search and the Tablet PC.
- Tags: Bill Gates, Ina Fried, Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, News
- Videos 2008-06-24
- Debrief: Windows XP era draws to a close
- CNET News.com's Charles Cooper and Ina Fried discuss the impending departure of Bill Gates, and the company's announcement that it will cease selling Windows XP mostly.
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, News, daily debrief, charlie cooper, ina fried, microsoft, windows XP, bill gates
- Videos 2008-06-17
- Photos: Sony's OLED TVs gain star status
- New superthin prototype draws a crowd--including decor guru Martha Stewart--at the D6 technology and media conference.Sony''s ultra thin OLED (organic light-emitting diode) TV at the D6 technology and media conference in Carlsbad, Calif., on Tuesday. The television is less than the thickness of a credit card and will be on...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Organic Light-emitting Diode, Photograph, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-05-28
- Microsoft is hellbent on bringing touch to you
- Microsoft has been talking about touch technology for what seems like forever. Now Windows 7 will rely heavily on touch and it's really easy to be skeptical about Microsoft's latest plans. But this time could be different. At the D6 conference, Microsoft will show off a bit...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, PC, Tablet PC, Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Microsoft: We don't have to buy Yahoo outright; Is it joint venture time?
- Updated with Yahoo response, more on potential search deal: Microsoft on Sunday issued a statement that opens the door to a partnership with Yahoo, but not an acquisition. Now Microsoft is talking some sense Techmeme. The 20-second version of this Microhoo drama so far....
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Decision Matrix, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Search, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- Moving beyond Microhoo
- News.com's Dan Farber and Ina Fried discuss how the deal fell apart and where the two companies go from here.
- Tags: News, ina fried, dan farber, microsoft, yahoo, merger, stock market
- Videos 2008-05-05
- Possible next steps for Microhoo
- CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Microsoft beat reporter Ina Fried sit down to discuss where Microsoft's bid for Yahoo stands. Ina breaks down the options and likens the strategy on both sides to a slow-moving game of chicken. Find out why she's not straying far from her desk anytime this...
- Tags: News, kara tsuboi, michael kanellos, microsoft, yahoo, bid, merger
- Videos 2008-04-30
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