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- The month ahead: How the iPhone 3GS is faring
- With earnings season looming, ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das and senior editor Sam Diaz look ahead at July and discuss what's on deck for the big four: Apple, Yahoo, Google, and Microsoft. We all know ad spending has tapered, but what does that mean for Google? And will Windows...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Financial Accounting, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Earnings, Apple, Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, Steve Jobs, iPhone, Carol Bartz, Search, Android, Windows 7
- Videos 2009-07-02
- 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
- What a difference a name makes: What if Live Search did Tweet searches?
- The Bing phenomenon continues and one day Microsoft's search rebranding effort may make a great marketing case study. Microsoft renamed its search Bing, added some neat logic, focused on important verticals. Microsoft has even snared a bit of search market share and has generated buzz unforeseen among tech's peanut...
- Tags: Microsoft Live Search, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Tweet, Bing Phenomenon, Web 2.0, Marketing Research, Internet, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-02
- Touch in Windows 7: Just for show?
- Support for multitouch input is one of the most tangible ways that Windows 7 differs from its predecessors. But will many people actually get their hands on the technology? There's a reason the first thing in Windows 7 that Microsoft chose to show publicly was its support...
- Tags: Touch Screen, Notebook, PC, Microsoft Corp., Computer, NextWindow, N-Trig, Software Collection, Microsoft Windows 7, Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Operating Systems, Software, Microsoft, Windows 7, Windows 7 beta, touch, multitouch, Ina Fried, News.com, Ina Fried, News.com
- News items 2009-07-02
- Speak-A-Message 4.0.3 (Windows)
- Voice messages are faster to create, more personal and more expressive. Speak-A-Message produces very small audio files and recipients don't need Speak-A-Message for playback. Free for home use. Besides voice email, Speak-A-Message can be used to record voice notes, add audio comments to MS Wordtm documents or MS PowerPointtm presentations....
- Tags: Audio, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Inventivio, Voice Message, Speak-A-Message, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2009-07-02
- Microsoft to offer Family Pack for Windows 7 Home Premium
- Every time the subject of OS licensing comes up, Apple's defenders point to the OS X Family Pack as one of the biggest differentiators between their favorite OS and Windows. But it looks like that difference is likely to go away when Windows 7 is released. I've got the text...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2009-07-01
- Microsoft clips Butterfly program's wings
- Microsoft clips Butterfly program's wingsIt's important to get the punters money inand then let them do the debugging.We'll be seeing this with Windows 7 pretty soon as the shareholders must be getting twitchy by now ;-)
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-01
- 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
- Why Windows 7 should be free
- Why Windows 7 should be freeAm I the only one who had zero problems with Vista?This issue has been debated thoroughly across zdnet, so I have no desire to rehash it. But I am still not convinced that Vista's problems are systemic...and I think they are more a PR issue....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-07-01
- Why Windows 7 should be free
- After the Vista fiasco, Microsoft owes its long-suffering customers more than a "screaming deal." They're owed an apology from Steve Ballmer - and a free copy of Vista SP3 Windows 7. The backstory Vista's market failure was not a surprise inside Microsoft. Senior development execs -...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows 7, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2009-07-01
- Report: Microsoft chooses ad agency for Pink phone campaign
- Report: Microsoft chooses ad agency for Pink phone campaignThe New iPhone 3G ...... turns pink all by themselves. Don't know if that's patentable.^o^Johnny Come LatelyIs this going to be the "iPhone Killer"?I don't care who the ad agency or manufacturer is, MS is too late and the market...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Advertising & Promotion, Pink, phone, advertising agency, Microsoft Corp., advertisement
- Discussion threads 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 Software Inventory Analyzer 5.0 (Windows)
- The Microsoft Software Inventory Analyzer MSIA is a tool designed to help small and medium-sized businesses inventory their key Microsoft software. It's easy to use, lets you perform the inventory yourself, and works whether you have a single computer or are part of a networked environment. After running the tool,...
- Tags: Software, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Software Inventory Analyzer, Productivity, Smb/Sme, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Software downloads 2009-07-01
- Microsoft to push IE 8 to more business users in August
- Microsoft to push IE 8 to more business users in AugustFINALLY!Please...Please... Please TO ALL corporations and individuals: upgrade away from IE 6.. PLEASE! You don't have to go to IE 8...firefox, chrome, Opera..will do. But for the love of Pete... IE 6 needs to go. TO MS: THANKS for...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE 8, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft Corp., IE8
- Discussion threads 2009-06-30
- 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 seeks a name for its new Office Web Apps suiteGiggle ME j/k nt Office Web Apps"Office Web Apps" sounds just about right to me.Since they never use the cool names anyway...Why not just call it Office for Web. :)Or the slightly more elegant "Remote Office". :)RE: Microsoft seeks a...
- Tags: OpenOffice, Bing, Microsoft Office, Office Web Apps, Office Web, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office 2010, Web application
- Discussion threads 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
- Will Stallman C# warning fall flat?
- Will Stallman C# warning fall flat?Is this any different than Java?There are positive reasons to have someone hold the patent, mainly, that there is only one captain of the ship. I support open source, but the hitorical problem with it and UNIX has been forking. Some propeller head messes with...
- Tags: .NET, Programming languages, C#, Stallman C#, Stallman, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-30
- Will Stallman C# warning fall flat?
- Stallman's fear is that Microsoft will use its software patents to force open source C# implementations, and applications, underground. Any move toward bringing C#, which Microsoft developed and Mono, which Microsoft supports, into the center of the Linux community must therefore be resisted. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Stallman, C#, .Net, Programming Languages, Open Source, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-06-30

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