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Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 20 years for a variety ofpublications, including ZDNet, eWeek and Baseline. She has kept close tabson Microsoft strategy, products and technologies for the past 10 years. In thelate 1990s, she penned the award-winning "At The Evil Empire" column for ZDNet,and more...- more about Mary Jo Foley »
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- Microsoft's Gazelle browser: A layperson's explanation
- Microsoft Research has published a new article that explains in more layperson-like terms exactly what its "Gazelle" Web browser is and why the company's researchers believe it's needed. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Microsoft Research, Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-07-02
- Windows 7 pricing: Some users fume as the rose-colored discounts fade
- The dust is beginning to settle a week after Microsoft went public with its Windows 7 retail pricing plans. Now the details and lack of details are starting to sink in with some Windows users. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Pricing Strategy, Microsoft Windows 7, Pricing, Microsoft Windows, Marketing Research, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-07-02
- Microsoft clips Butterfly program's wings
- The rumors circulating earlier this week were true: Microsoft has decided to pull the plug on its MSN/Windows Live Butterfly program. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-07-01
- Microsoft starts recruiting testers for its 'Dublin' app server
- Microsoft is recruiting a set of select testers for its "Dublin" distributed application server, and is preparing for a public beta of the technology that is due out later this year. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Application Server, Recruiting, Server, Microsoft Corp., Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-07-01
- Report: Microsoft chooses ad agency for Pink phone campaign
- AdWeek is reporting that Microsoft has selected ad agency McCann Erickson to develop its campaign fo the Microsoft "Pink Project." Pink is the codename for a Microsoft-branded phone and set of accompanying premium consumer services being developed largely by the Danger team that Microsoft acquired last year. by Mary...
- Tags: Advertising Agency, Advertisement, Phone, Microsoft Corp., Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-07-01
- Microsoft to push IE 8 to more business users in August
- Microsoft will start pushing Internet Explorer IE 8 to business users via Windows Server Update Services WSUS on August 25, according to a June 29 posting on the IE Blog. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Business User, Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- Microsoft seeks a name for its new Office Web Apps suite
- Microsoft is surveying potential customers as to what it should name its forthcoming Office Web Applications suite and is sharing a few more positioning details of that soon-to-be-unveiled offering. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Suite, Web Application, Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- Microsoft: Windows 7 Upgrade deal maxes out at 25 PCs
- There's one more bit of small print regarding Microsoft's Windows 7 Upgrade Option program, which the company unveiled officially last week, that may be of interest to business customers. The Upgrade Option program maxes out at 25 upgrade coupons per customer. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: PC, Microsoft Corp., Upgrade Option Program, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- Microsoft to turn on Chicago, Dublin datacenters in July
- Microsoft has been building out its datacenter network for the past few years. In July, the company plans to bring its Chicago and Dublin, Ireland, datacenters online. According to a June 29 post to the ms datacenters blog, the Chicago facility will go live on July 20 and Dublin on...
- Tags: Data Center, Microsoft Corp., Chicago, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- One year after Bill Gates' 'retirement': What's different?
- It was just a year ago (June 27 was the actual date) that Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates relinquished his day-to-day responsibilities at Microsoft. Has much changed as a result? by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- Just another Microsoft Monday: Quick picks
- Here are a few Microsoft-related items that caught my bleary eye this morning, June 29. Among them: Microsoft may sell off Razorfish; Channels 8 and 10 are being munged into Channel 9; and Microsoft is making its campus building naming even more confusing. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- 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
- No vertically-focused Microsoft Office on the docket (for now)
- A report in Advertising Age earlier this week, entitled "Microsoft to Create 'Office Suite' for Advertising," had me wondering whether Microsoft had decided to pursue a strategy I first heard about years ago: Creating customized versions of Office for specific vertical markets. But it looks like this isn't the case,...
- Tags: Advertisement, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-06-26
- Redmond's revolving door: Two more execs depart
- A couple more Microsoft veterans are leaving the company, Microsoft acknowledged this week. Bing big-wig Hugh Williams and networking veteran Jawad Khaki are both officially moving on to new things. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Networking, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-06-26
- Why is there no Windows 7 E upgrade for Europe?
- One item buried in Microsoft's announcement on June 25 about its retail pricing plans for Windows 7 is how it intends to deal with Windows 7 E, the one and only version of Windows 7 it plans to sell in Europe. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?
- Microsoft took the wraps off Windows 7 retail pricing on June 25. There are still plenty of unanswered questions, but some details are now public. So what's your take? Is the pricing too high, too low, or just right? by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Pricing Strategy, Microsoft Windows 7, Pricing, Marketing Research, Microsoft Windows, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- Microsoft: Outlook's not broken and we aren't 'fixing' it
- There are still more than a few Outlook users who are hoping against hope that an online campaign might result in Microsoft backtracking with Outlook 2010 and going back to HTML rendering as the default in its e-mail program. Microsoft's response: Outlook isn't broken and Outlook 2010 will include the...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Outlook, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
- Five reasons why Microsoft's Hohm is more than just another Web 2.0 service
- Microsoft's Startup Business Accelerator (the folks who brought you the Microsoft Vine public-information service) are introducing another new service on June 24. That offering, known officially as Hohm and which which handles home-energy management, looks like yet another generic Web 2.0-type service. But it's a lot more than that. by...
- Tags: Web, Microsoft Corp., Service, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
- A reminder: Win 7 testers, your beta is about to expire
- If you're one of those Windows 7 testers still running the Beta -- and not the Release Candidate -- of Microsoft's next-generation client, it's time to get the lead out. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Beta, Tester, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-06-23
- At this rate, Microsoft won't need Yahoo at all
- I've seen a few industry watchers refer to a few recent hires by Microsoft of Yahoo search execs as Microsoft "poaching" Yahoo's talent. But I wonder whether this is a case of Microsoft poaching or Yahoos jumping ship or maybe a little bit of both by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Workforce Management, Human Resources, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-06-23
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