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- Will Microsoft's Silverlight dampen the appeal of Google's Chrome OS?
- I'm not one of those ready to write Windows an RIP certificate now that Google has finally taken some of the wraps off its Chrome OS. In fact, after reading through industry watchers' questions and Google's answers about it, I'm thinking that Chrome OS may not look quite so appealing...
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Silverlight, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Google Chrome, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-11-20
- 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
- News to know: Google Chrome OS; Dell; AOL; Microsoft
- Google's Chrome OS from security to Web apps, Dreamforce wrap, AOL, Dell, and government IT lead today's headlines. by Larry Dignan
- Tags: Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., America Online Inc., Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Google Chrome, Government, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-11-20
- Chrome OS will give Microsoft a run for their money
- SilverLight draws circles around Google's gimmickCompare SL's demo w/ that of ChromeOS and see it for yourself the truth: The former completely owns the latter.RE: Chrome OS will give Microsoft a run for their moneyWhat kool aid are you drinking? NOTHING is secure, and Google wants to take over everything....
- Tags: Operating systems, Google Chrome OS, Chrome, Google Inc., Chrome OS, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Ford Motor Co.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Chrome OS will give Microsoft a run for their money
- Ballmer just laughs off the operating system being developed by Google and now the open source community, but you can't deny that Google's lined up to hit a home run. by Garett Rogers
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2009-11-19
- Microsoft still working on an Adobe Lightroom competitor, but with a social twist
- Maybe MS needs myLife instead of focusing on cloud everything.I've been a Windows user since Windows 1.0 on MS-DOS. I used Multiplan and Word with a mouse before Windows even existed. Over the years I've purchased so many copies of MS Office, OS upgrades, mice, keyboards, joysticks, development environments (MASM,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., photograph, Microsoft Windows Vista, Adobe Lightroom, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Microsoft finds security hole in Google Chrome Frame
- HAHA! Way to go Microsoft! They basically just told Google to suck it! The best part is they were right the whole time. Yet people blindly defended Google. It would seem Google has more software issues than anyone else.RE: Microsoft finds security hole in Google Chrome FrameI'm not...
- Tags: Web browsers, security, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., attack surface, Google Chrome
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Microsoft finds security hole in Google Chrome Frame
- A security researcher in the Microsoft Vulnerability Research MSVR has discovered a "high risk" Google Chrome Frame security vulnerability that could allow an attacker to bypass cross-origin protections. by Ryan Naraine
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Chrome, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-11-19
- Microsoft still working on an Adobe Lightroom competitor, but with a social twist
- It's been almost two years since I first got tips about Microsoft "SmartFlow," a product which allegedly was going to be a competitor with Adobe's Photoshop Lightroom post-production software for professional photographers. I had thought that incubation project may have been quietly eliminated somewhere along the way. But it's still...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Lightroom, Twist, Microsoft Corp., Tools & Techniques, Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-11-19
- 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
- NComputing announces new Microsoft partnership
- interestingThis will be very interesting as we shall finally see what kind of license is required for running a virtualized desktop OS. Will it be TS CAL license, VECD license etcThis will set a precedence for the rest of the market as there ARE other virtualization solution similar to NComputing...
- Tags: Business structures, Desktops, Microsoft Corp., NComputing, Microsoft partnership, IT Skills, partnership
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Microsoft Silverlight 4.0 Beta (Windows)
- Silverlight 4 delivers a full suite of powerful capabilities to business application developers, bringing the best-of-breed .NET platform to browser-based experiences. Silverlight provides an ideal platform for developing and deploying modern business applications for both customer facing and staff-facing applications.
- Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Business Application, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Silverlight 4, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2009-11-19
- NComputing announces new Microsoft partnership
- I've featured NComputing a few times in this blog, largely focusing on their solutions that turn a single workstation into as many as 10 workstations using thin client technologies. In particular, I wrote about NComputing's successful bid beating out Intel and OLPC to provide thin-client computers to as many...
- Tags: Virtualization, Partnership, Thin Client, Server, Microsoft Corp., Computing, NComputing, Microsoft Windows, Thin Clients, Terminal Services, Business Structures, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Finance, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
- Pivot: Microsoft's experiment to 'view the Web as a web'
- Seahorse CodenameYou have very good sources.RE: Pivot: Microsoft's experiment to 'view the Web as a web'It requires an invitation, got any to give?invitationsJust send a request to the team, they should give you one. Instructions are found on www.getpivot.comRE: Pivot: Microsoft's experiment to 'view the Web as a web'already...
- Tags: Channel management, Web, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Pivot: Microsoft's experiment to 'view the Web as a web'
- Microsoft's Live Labs -- its Research and MSN mash-up -- fielded a new test project on November 18 known as "Pivot." Pivot (not to be confused with Microsoft's recently renamed PowerPivot) is meant to combine search, browsing and recommendations to create a more unified Web experience, according...
- Tags: Web, Microsoft Corp., Channel Management, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
- (A PDC peek at a Microsoft server container (photos))
- Free cooling?Can this contain take advantage of the ambient temperature during the winter? And are their freeze protection measures? RE: (A PDC peek at a Microsoft server container photos)Blooty Marvelous i want that woone !And like mobile phone and microwave and sat base/earth stations i am guessing...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Server, PDC, photograph, server
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Microsoft shares a few tidbits on IE9 and (lots) more on Silverlight 4
- Safari? What Safari ? :-)http://www.tgdaily.com/software-features/39495-safari-4-beta-first-browser-to-hit-100-score-in-acid3-testI know, Steve doesn't like Apple but you're supposed to be a journalist? ;-)Google chrome?IE like Microsoft is stumbling around in a new ecosystem in which spending thousands of dollars is not an option.Plus, it locks you into a insecure OS platform with...
- Tags: Web browsers, Scripting languages, Spell Check, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Internet Explorer, HTML5, JavaScript, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Microsoft shares a few tidbits on IE9 and (lots) more on Silverlight 4
- Microsoft shared some information about what's coming in Internet Explorer 9 and Silverlight 4 during its November 18 Professional Developers Conference PDC keynotes. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
- Microsoft Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 public betas now available for download
- Microsoft still firmly planted in the LAST century.NTLinux Kernel speaks?Hmmm, I'd fear for the future of Linux if this is what comes out of it. You'd think the "many eyes" would have caught such silly logic in the kernel years ago...and looking ready to dominate this oneas well.Google is...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, public beta, Microsoft SharePoint, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux, Office suites, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Microsoft Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 public betas now available for download
- Microsoft released on November 18 the public beta of Office 2010. It can be downloaded by anyone for free, as of 1 pm ET today, as can new public betas of SharePoint Server 2010 and Office Web Apps. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Public Beta, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Content Management, Microsoft Office, Enterprise Software, Software, Office Suites, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
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