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RSA: Microsoft launches trusted Internet initiative; Aims for security dialogue

RSA: Microsoft launches trusted Internet initiative; Aims for security dialogueFirst trolln/tRE: RSA: Microsoft launches trusted Internet initiative; Aims for security dialogueMicrosoft is going in the right direction with this. Security is really becoming the thing Microsoft will be known for and this initiative should help. Its going to...

Tags: Microsoft Launches, Internet initiative, Microsoft Corp., RSA Security Inc., security, security dialogue, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-04-08

Microsoft launches its alternative to Amazon's SimpleDB

Microsoft launches its alternative to Amazon's SimpleDBMap Reduce, massive paralllel?I understand I can store unlimited information, and use REST to store/retrieve that information. I suppose that the REST command will contain a SQL- or LINQ-like statement in one shape or another will be passed in the REST command.The key piece...

Tags: Databases, Amazon SimpleDB, Microsoft Launches, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., database

Discussion threads 2008-03-06

Microsoft launches Forefront Security beta

Microsoft launches Forefront Security betaSo, do we have to look forward to Symantec weighing inwith some lawsuit or friend of court to the EC?

Tags: Microsoft Launches, security, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-09-29

Microsoft launches effort to woo advertisers

Microsoft launches effort to woo advertiserslike anybody caresdream on M$....you are doomed!Yes, like anyone cares, LoserGeekWell, Mr. LinuxCreep, I have to give you credit for being predictable, though for the life of me I can't credit you for anything else. Sure enough, the instant there is some ZdNet article...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft launches effort, Microsoft Launches, Google Inc., in-game advertising

Discussion threads 2006-09-25

Microsoft launches 'Genuine' antipiracy initiative

Microsoft launches 'Genuine' antipiracy initiativeIt doesn't matter, everbody will be using SolarisSolaris is the geek's drug of choice and will rule the world, and isn't even pirated despite the costs. Truly a wonderful world with it. LOL.Pffffssstttt...Surely you jest?Although desktop users NEED an alternative, I don't think anyone...

Tags: Piracy, Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, antipiracy initiative, Sun Solaris, Microsoft Launches, antipiracy, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-03-09

Microsoft launches antispam tools, services

Microsoft launches antispam tools, servicesE-commerce will change for good....Microsoft's foray into these online services can only help to boost the fortunes of online retailers all over the world. Microsoft has made a name for itself by providing world class secure and standards based products for consumers. Now ISP's can feel...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), E-mail, Spam, PRODUCTIVITY, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Launches, antispam tool, Internet Service Provider, anti-spam, tool

Discussion threads 2005-05-26

Microsoft launches video download service

Microsoft launches video download serviceiTunes for video? Now I know what to do with all my contentHmmm, I wonder what it takes to become a content provider for Microsoft. Ever since I put a Video portal on my website It's been growing by 30% a week.http://videos.streetfire.netSomehow I don't...

Tags: Corporate communications, Cyberthreats, Web technology, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Launches, video

Discussion threads 2005-03-30

Additional Resources

Open-source Castle Project founder joins Microsoft

Hamilton "Hammett" Verissimo, the founder of the open-source Castle Project, is joining Microsoft on August 11 as a program manager on the Microsoft Extensibility Framework MEF team. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Team, Microsoft Corp., Team Management, .Net, Open Source, Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-07-18

The perils of information overload

Employees from technology companies including Intel, Microsoft, IBM, and Google have banded together to combat information overload, which they call "the world's greatest challenge to productivity." As the new nonprofit Information Overload Research Group gets off the ground, CNET News intern Holly Jackson hit the streets of San Francisco...

Tags: News, holly jackson, google, ibm, dell, intel, cell phones, internet, email, iphone, apple, information, overload, but no tags matched

Videos 2008-07-18

Has Microsoft pulled the plug on Windows Easy Transfer Companion?

More than two years ago, Microsoft purchased Apptimum, Inc., which had developed two system utilities for transferring programs and settings from one computer to another. Roughly six months later, around the time Windows Vista was released to corporate customers, Microsoft announced that it would release the software under a new...

Tags: Team, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Legg Mason takes Yahoo's side vs. Icahn; Yang takes campaign to home page

Updated: Yahoo's argument that billionaire investor Carl Icahn is a short-timer with no clear plan to run the company has won over a key investor: Legg Mason. In addition, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is taking the company's campaign to its home page. In a broadcast to employees...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Legg Mason Inc., Board, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Microsoft's search ambitions are its Vietnam

Is Microsoft fighting an unwinnable war with its online business and search obsession? It's a valid question and one that needs to be asked. At some point you have to wonder if Microsoft's Google envy is its Vietnam. As Mary Jo Foley noted Microsoft's answer to its...

Tags: Business, Microsoft Corp., Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Yahoo may revisit News Corp if AOL dims: source

Yahoo is unlikely to get into a bidding war over AOL with Microsoft because Yahoo could instead renew talks over News Corp's Web properties. NEW YORK--Yahoo is unlikely to get into a bidding war over AOL with Microsoft because if Microsoft gets in the way, Yahoo could instead renew...

Tags: America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft-Icahn Proposal, Financial Accounting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Finance, Investment, Reuters, Yahoo, Microsoft, Microhoo, merger, News Corps, AOL

News items 2008-07-18

Why does open source need a villain?

Jobs' Apple simply does not pose the same threat to open source Gates' Microsoft did back in 2005, when ZDNet launched this blog. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Steve Jobs, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Office 2008 vs. iWork vs. NeoOffice vs. OpenOffice

The more I use these, the more I really don't care for iWork. Sure, Keynote makes some darned pretty presentations, but NeoOffice and OpenOffice for the matter cuts the mustard quite handily. For real polish, you still can't beat Office 2007/2008, as much as I hate to admit...

Tags: Suite, Apple iWork, Office 2008, NeoOffice, X11, OpenOffice, Open Source, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Microsoft Fiji beta over; final 'TV Pack' due soon

Microsoft is done testing "Fiji," its update to Windows Media Center and is preparing to release the product -- officially known as "Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008 -- via PC makers. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Windows Media, Media Center PC, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Media Center, TV, Beta, Tester, Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows, Digital Media, Digital Music, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Tough love: Linux needs more haters

[The opinions expressed here are mine alone, and not those of Google, Inc. my current employer.] I've been spending far too much time reading a blog recently. Normally I dislike reading blogs, or as my friend from the IT News site "the Register" Andrew Orlowski calls them;...

Tags: Blog, LinuxHaters, LinuxHater, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Blogging, Software, Internet, Jeremy Allison

Blog posts 2008-07-18

News to know: Google, Microsoft; AMD; Cybercrime arrest

Notable headlines: Earnings wrap: Larry Dignan: Can Dirk Meyer save AMD? News.com: AMD's Ruiz steps off the roller coaster Google earnings fall short; says it can thrive in down economy. Techmeme Sam Diaz: IBM: Big Blue beats expectations Microsoft: $60 billion...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., IBM Corp., Keyboards, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Asset Management, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Components, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Techie's green pet: IDC develops new report card for tech asset recyclers

Does your IT services company make the grade when it comes to retiring and disposing of technology assets in the greenest way possible? Researcher IDC has come up with a new certification and weighting system for IT assess disposal functions that it is calling the Green Recycling...

Tags: Asset, Card, International Data Corp., Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-17

Open source should support Apple over Psystar

Open source should support Apple over PsystarYou're offBSD and GPL are licensesEULA is a contractRE: Open source should support Apple over PsystarDon't get into this argument. "License not Contract" is a magical phrase used by Open Source 'backers' who want to rationalize the idea that using someone's code without permission...

Tags: EULA, open source, Apple Inc., GPL, Joomla

Discussion threads 2008-07-17