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- Ballmer: Windows 7 sales on a roll
- Delivering opening remarks at Microsoft's shareholder meeting on Thursday, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said that Windows 7 was off to a "fantastic start." Delivering opening remarks at Microsoft's shareholder meeting on Thursday, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said that Windows 7 was off to a "fantastic start." ...
- Tags: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Sales, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Windows 7, Microsoft, Ballmer, Ina Fried CNET News
- News items 2009-11-20
- Microsoft designs laptop for developer giveaway
- Windows division president Steven Sinofsky took his Windows team through the process of designing and building a Windows 7 laptop in conjunction with Acer. LOS ANGELES--As a software guy, Windows division president Steven Sinofsky readily admits that he had little idea of all that goes into building a laptop....
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Microsoft, Acer, laptop, Ina Fried CNET News
- News items 2009-11-19
- Ray Ozzie's view from the clouds
- In a lengthy interview, Microsoft's Ray Ozzie talked about clouds, lessons Microsoft learned from the recent Sidekick outage as well as why people are wrong to count Microsoft out of the smartphone race. When Ray Ozzie penned his Internet Services Disruption memo back in 2005, he had a...
- Tags: Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Microsoft, cloud, Ina Fried CNET News
- News items 2009-11-18
- Paul Allen diagnosed with cancer
- Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has been diagnosed with cancer, according to a memo sent on Monday to employees of Vulcan, Allen's company. Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has been diagnosed with cancer, according to a memo sent on Monday to employees...
- Tags: Paul Allen, Ina Fried CNET News
- News items 2009-11-17
- Hackers bypass Windows 7 activation
- Hackers have managed to find a way around one of the key antipiracy protections built into Windows 7. Hackers have managed to find a way around one of the key antipiracy protections built into Windows 7. Ordinarily, the operating system requires users to activate their copy...
- Tags: Antipiracy, Hacker, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Hacking, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Security, Windows 7, activation, piracy, Ina Fried CNET News
- News items 2009-11-16
- Microsoft drops 'Family Guy' special
- Microsoft representative said the show - a variety show to be done by Alex Borstein and Seth MacFarlane - was not "a fit with the Windows brand." Microsoft said Monday it has canceled its sponsorship of a planned variety show with the creator of the "Family Guy." ...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Branding, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Microsoft, Windows 7, television, Ina Fried CNET News
- News items 2009-10-27
- Microsoft warns of new server vulnerability
- Microsoft said it is looking into "public reports of a possible vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Services IIS. A new, unpatched vulnerability exists in one of Microsoft's server products, the company warned late on Monday. In a technical bulletin, the company said it is looking into...
- Tags: Vulnerability, Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft IIS Server, Security, Microsoft, servers, fulnerability, patch, Ina Fried CNET News
- News items 2009-05-19
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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
- Students find Win 7 upgrade a tough assignment
- Microsoft admits problems that students are having when they try to download a discounted upgrade version of Windows 7. Microsoft's discount Windows 7 upgrade for students has proven to be a tough assignment for some of those who signed up for the offer. The software maker...
- Tags: Student, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Microsoft, Windows 7, students, Ina Fried
- News items 2009-10-26
- 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
- Exclusive hands-on with Project Natal
- CNET News' Ina Fried got a chance to try out Microsoft's motion-sensing video game technology and talk to some of the folks who are aiming to help Microsoft transform the Xbox 360.
- Tags: Video Game, Video, Microsoft Corp., CNET News, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Marketing, News, Natal, Project, Microsoft, demo, games, controler
- Videos 2009-08-07
- Yahoo's SearchMonkey, BOSS efforts likely to die on the vine
- Microsoft execs say that they may be open to Yahoo search technologies such as SearchMonkey and BOSS Build your Own Search Service. Yahoo acknowledges it has nothing concrete to say about the future of SearchMonkey and BOSS. What's a developer to do? Try walking away. ...
- Tags: Yahoo Search, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., SearchMonkey, BOSS, CNet News, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-30
- Microsoft doesn't win at everything
- Rest in peace Microsoft Money. It won't be the first creation from the software giant to flop and it won't be the last. And that's just fine. There's a good bit of hubbub about the demise of Microsoft Money Techmeme. Yes, Intuit is the victor with Quicken,...
- Tags: Intuit Inc., Microsoft Money, Microsoft Corp., CNet News, Tools & Techniques, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
- Bing muscles in on IE6 users
- Microsoft doesn't have an explanation yet as to why Bing is making itself the default search engine on IE6 but not IE7 or IE8. Microsoft confirmed on Tuesday that it is looking into an issue in which users of Internet Explorer 6 are forced into having Bing as their...
- Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft Corp., Search, Web Browsers, Internet, Bing, Internet Explorer, browsers, IE6, Ina Fried CNET News
- News items 2009-06-03
- Windows 7 to launch October 22; RTM next month
- A Microsoft spokesperson just confirmed for me the news I first read a few minutes ago in a story by Ina Fried of CNET News. The official date on which Windows 7 will be available for general purchase is October 22, 2009. The RTM code will be delivered...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2009-06-02
- 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 to pay $200 million for patent infringement
- A federal jury ordered Microsoft to pay $200 million in a patent infringement case. The jury ruled that the custom XML tagging features of Word 2003 and Word 2007 infringed on a patent from Toronto-based i4i. A federal jury in Tyler, Texas, on Wednesday ordered Microsoft to pay...
- Tags: Tagging, Microsoft Corp., Jury, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Verdict, Microsoft, patent, lawsuit, i4i, Ina Fried CNET News
- News items 2009-05-20
- Microsoft: Internet both safer and more dangerous
- In an interview, Microsoft security executive Scott Charney tells CNET News' Ina Fried about the latest threats as well as new ways that Microsoft is trying to thwart the hackers.
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Hacking, Security, Scott Charney, News, microsoft, ina fried, virus, hackers, internet
- Videos 2009-04-21
- 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
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