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- Microsoft on Google Buzz: Been there, done that
- Google Buzz, which sounds like the slightly less confusing successor to Google's "future of e-mail" Wave product, is coming in both consumer and enterprise flavors, according to Google. Are the Softies quaking in their boots? Not exactly. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Social Networking, Groupware, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2010-02-09
- Microsoft's weakest cloud link: The Windows Azure Console?
- It's just one early user's opinion, but it sounds like Microsoft needs to beef up the integrated console component of Windows Azure to keep its cloud-computing customers happy. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Console, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2010-02-09
- Google Buzz: Forget Twitter, Microsoft's SharePoint is a bigger target
- Google launched its new social Gmail experiment dubbed Buzz and the "Twitter killer" comments will be a dime a dozen. But from an enterprise perspective, Google Buzz has a far larger target in mind: Microsoft's SharePoint. by Larry Dignan
- Tags: Google Inc., Twitter Inc., Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Content Management, Collaboration, Groupware, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2010-02-09
- Patch Tuesday: Microsoft plugs critical Windows worm holes
- The company urged customers to prioritize and deploy four updates because of the "critical" severity rating and the fact that "consistent exploit code" is likely within the next 30 days. by Ryan Naraine
- Tags: Denial Of Service, Attacker, Vulnerability, Victim, Exploit Code, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Corp., Small And Medium Business, Attack, CVE-2010-0242, Microsoft Windows, Security, Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2010-02-09
- Microsoft, CEOP adds panic button to IE8 to fight online child abuse
- Microsoft and CEOP, the UK's child protection agency, have teamed up to offer a panic button for IE users. Nothing for Firefox, Chrome or Safari users though; by Zack Whittaker
- Tags: Children, U.K., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Button, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, CEOP, Web Browsers, Internet, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2010-02-09
- How Microsoft uses open source to fight open source
- Microsoft's strategy against open source ties up institutions that are authoritative, creating a benefit for the institution that ties its members to proprietary Microsoft tools. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., British Library, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2010-02-09
- It's Microsoft Patch Tuesday: February 2010
- Justin James gathers the information you need to make the right decision on applying Microsoft's February 2010 patches in your organization.
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Justin James, Patches
- Download resources 2010-02-09
- YouGov: Microsoft outpaces Apple in customer satisfaction
- It seems that Windows 7 gave Microsoft a much needed customer satisfaction boost. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Apple Inc., Customer Satisfaction, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Product Marketing, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Marketing, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2010-02-08
- Microsoft: Windows 7 isn't trashing your battery
- Last week I posted on how there's was a growing believe that a flaw in Windows 7 was causing Windows 7 to permanently trash notebook batteries. Today, Microsoft's president of Windows and Windows Live division Steven Sinofsky responds. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Battery, Microsoft Corp., Sinofsky, Engineering, Microsoft Windows 7, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2010-02-08
- Microsoft's Windows 7 chief: It's not us; it's your batteries
- Windows President Steven Sinofsky posted to the Engineering Windows 7 blog about the growing number of alleged battery-notification issues reported by some customers over the past week. If you want to know all about battery performance, telemetry data, and more, read his full February 8 post. If you don't have...
- Tags: Battery, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Engineering, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2010-02-08
- A leaner, meaner Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate expected later this week
- Microsoft is poised to release the near-final Release Candidate RC test build of Visual Studio 2010 later this week, according to a mention on February 8 on a Microsoft development blog. The Softies are promising a leaner, meaner development suite, with the RC -- the last test build before VS2010...
- Tags: Blog, Release Candidate, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Development Tools, Microsoft Windows, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2010-02-08
- Is Windows 7 reliability fix making PCs less reliable?
- There are reports in a TechNet forum that claim a recently released reliability and stability patch for Windows 7 may end up making some PCs less reliable and stable. The Ars Technica site discovered the thread about the fix, KB977074, late last week. Microsoft officials said they are aware of...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2010-02-08
- Microsoft's innovation disconnect
- Microsoft's has had great difficulty creating new businesses that replace Windows and Office from a revenue standpoint. This is largely due to internal organization that makes it very hard for Microsoft to bring to market the good ideas that Microsoft develops in-house. by John Carroll
- Tags: Innovation, Division, Founder, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mediaroom, Microsoft Windows, Media Center PCs, Team Management, Microsoft Windows 7, Strategy, Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Management, Office Suites, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2010-02-08
- BriefingsDirect analyst panelists peer into crystal balls for latest IT growth and impact trends
- We ask our distinguished panel of analysts and experts for their top five predictions for IT growth through 2010 and beyond now that the IT spending recession appears to have bottomed out. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Google Inc., Software-as-a-service, Solution, Collaboration, Analytics, Information Technology, Vendor, SOA, Microsoft Corp., Service, Enterprise, Cloud, Mobile Platform, Labor Market, Architects, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Financial Planning, Web Services, Software, Marketing, Data Management, Management, Finance, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2010-02-08
- How do I create shutdown shortcuts in Microsoft Windows 7?
- Creating shortcuts to shutdown or power down a PC running Microsoft Windows 7 is easy but does require specific commands. Mark Kaelin shows you how.
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Mark W. Kaelin, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Download resources 2010-02-08
- More Windows Mobile 7 rumors; will it really not support multi-tasking?
- Mobile World Congress is kicking off on 15 February and with the start date getting closer and closer the rumors of announcements is starting to kick into high gear. Rachel wrote last week that it looks like Windows Mobile 7 may be shown off and announced at MWC. Microsoft still...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Mobile World Congress, Microsoft Windows, Mobile Operating Systems, Operating Systems, Mobile Applications, Handhelds, Wireless And Mobility, Software, Hardware, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2010-02-06
- Word Recovery Toolbox 1.0.5 (Windows)
- Word Recovery Toolbox can easily repair damaged documents and templates in Microsoft Word format. The program permits to avoid critical data. Actually, Microsoft Office package and Microsoft Word in particular represent a widespread program, that can process any document, for private and corporate use. First of all, Word Recovery Toolbox...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Recovery ToolBox, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2010-02-06
- Windows 7 battery update: Still no conclusive findings
- Microsoft and its PC maker partners are continuing to investigate battery problems which some Windows 7 users have said they've been experiencing. So far, there's nothing new to report, Microsoft officials said on Friday, February 5. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Battery, Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, Engineering, Microsoft Windows 7, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2010-02-05
- Microsoft to phase out its enterprise search offerings for Linux and Unix
- Microsoft is going to be phasing out support for Unix and Linux platforms for its FAST enterprise search products as of their next release (some time after 2010). Microsoft shared that information, as well as other news about its near- and longer-term search plans as part of its latest update...
- Tags: Enterprise Search, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Cloud Computing, Search, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2010-02-05
- Microsoft, Facebook expand search partnership; Facebook to sell own ads
- Microsoft and Facebook have revised their search pact into a global deal where the social networking giant will sell its own ads and get more of Bing's features on its Web results. In a blog post, Microsoft outlined the changes: Facebook users will get...
- Tags: Facebook, Advertisement, Partnership, Microsoft Corp., Advertising & Promotion, Business Structures, Marketing, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2010-02-05
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