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- Start-up sues Google over e-mail switching tool
- Start-up sues Google over e-mail switching toolSo much for "do no evil"tisk tiskyou cant sign confidentiality statements with a company for a specific product, then create similiar code that works and say.. "i made this on my own". Bet google just buys this company.Prior art......Importing data from one email...
- Tags: thing people, tool, e-mail, Google Inc., prior art
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
- Microsoft earmarks another $200 million for Windows advertising
- Microsoft earmarks another $200 million for Windows advertisingI'd say adress the non OEM market.$399 for Ultimate was crazy. When you can purchase an entire computer with Ultimate for $599, you know the OEMs are getting a huge break. Over time, MS has "encouraged" people to buy from OEMs...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, advertisement, marketing, Microsoft Windows, WinMobile
- Discussion threads 2008-06-20
- Opera ships security patches, adds malware blocker
- Opera users, get your browser patching engine ready. The Norwegian software maker has released version 9.5 as a recommended security and stability update that includes patches for at least three serious security vulnerabilities. The update, available here for download, patches the following: ...
- Tags: Opera Software, Vulnerability, Malware, Image, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Security, Patches, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-06-12
- Are all (Microsoft and Apple) sync services created equal?
- Apple's introduction of the successor to .Mac -- a k a, MobileMe -- raises the question as to what's taking Microsoft so long to roll out Live Mesh. There aren't a whole lot of details yet available on MobileMe, other than that it will allow cloud-based synchronization...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Windows Live Service, Microsoft Windows, Team Management, Storage, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- Gates to look back, ahead on tools in his last Microsoft keynote
- Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates will continue his long goodbye on June 3 with his last public tradeshow keynote at the company's TechEd Developers Conference in Orlando. (Gates will no longer be engaged in day-to-day responsibilities at Microsoft as of July 1, so that he can work more...
- Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, TechEd, Microsoft Corp., Community Technology Preview, Tool, Modeling, Parallel Extensions, Research & Development, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- Microsoft readies new 'don't blame Windows' tool
- Microsoft has begun privately beta testing a new tool, known as "Windows Advisor," which is aimed at helping consumers better pinpoint why their Windows machines might not be up to snuff. Microsoft officials have been saying that Windows -- and especially the much-maligned Windows Vista -- isn't...
- Tags: PC, Advisor, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Investment, Software, Finance, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- What we do know about Windows 7
- Since Microsoft still isn't willing to talk -- or even comment on any of the information its own employees already have discussed publicly -- about Windows 7, I thought I'd make a list of the many things that are known already about Windows 7 (beyond the 2010 due date). ...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Microsoft looks to buy search share (again)
- At its advance08 ad summit this week, Microsoft is rolling out yet another push to grow its Web search share by rewarding users with cash. As described by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, via the new "Live Search Cashback" program, Microsoft will pay a portion of a purchase price...
- Tags: Advertisement, Microsoft Corp., Portals, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-21
- Microsoft's $300 million makeover
- Remember that $300 million consumer ad campaign that Microsoft awarded earlier this year? New specifics are emerging on how the ad agency that won the deal -- Crispin Porter + Bogusky -- is starting its task of rebranding Microsoft as a cool company. Crispin Porter counts Burger...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Specifics, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Strategy, Marketing, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- Microsoft takes its ball and leaves Yahoo on the Web 2.0 playground
- Some -- probably many -- are going to portray Microsoft's decision announced on May 3 to withdraw its Yahoo bid as a victory for Yahoo and a defeat for Microsoft Chairman Steve Ballmer & Co. Me? I see this as the smartest thing Microsoft could do. In...
- Tags: Web, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web 2.0, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Investment, Internet, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-03
- Another reason Microsoft should give up on Yahoo: Morale
- Companies at least publicly traded ones are beholden to shareholders. But they also are beholden to their employees. And while most Softies are afraid to state for the record that they think Microsoft should abandon its takeover of Yahoo, that opinion is a real and prevailing sentiment among many in...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Microsoft Windows, Professional Development, Investment, Finance, Operating Systems, Software, Career, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Ten things to know about Microsoft's Live Mesh
- Microsoft took the wraps off Live Mesh at 9 p.m. PDT on April 22, just ahead of the service's official debut at the Web 2.0 Expo this week. (Here's a bunch of screen shots of what testers can expect to see when Microsoft kicks off its...
- Tags: Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
- Does Microsoft have a gameplan for Groove?
- It's been ages since Microsoft has said much of anything about Groove, one of its most celebrated acquisitions. By buying the floundering Groove Networks in 2005, Microsoft got its current Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie (as well as Ozzie's brother Jack and other Groove folks), as well...
- Tags: Groove Networks Inc., Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., UI, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-18
- Better the Windows Vista devil you know than the Windows 7 one you don't?
- Forrester Research is advising its clients against skipping Windows Vista when planning their operating system deployments. But one of the reasons Forrester is using -- because Vista's successor, Windows 7, will no doubt will be late -- is not a good assumption, in my book. As crazy...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Forrester Research Inc., Sinofsky, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-16
- There's more than one way to mesh
- On April 15, startup Syncplicity, was hatched. Syncplicity's management team includes a number of former (and near-former) Softies -- including Steven Hazel, a former employee of FolderShare. Microsoft acquired FolderShare, a file-sync vendor, from ByteTaxi in 2005 and recently updated the service for the first time in...
- Tags: Web, Groove Networks Inc., Advisor, Microsoft Corp., Syncplicity, FolderShare, MJF, Synchronization Service, Peer To Peer (P2P), Groupware, Storage, Investment, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Finance, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-15
- Former Softie getting the old band back together?
- Former Microsoft platforms chief -- who, these days, is heading up cloud computing at EMC -- might be trying to get at least some of the old Microsoft band back together again. According to a few different sources who asked not to be named, Maritz has hired...
- Tags: Cloud Computing, Microsoft Corp., EMC Corp., Smart Desktop, Storage, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-11
- Microsoft releases public Beta 1 of Stirling security bundle
- On April 8, Microsoft made available to any and all interested testers a public beta of "Stirling," a bundle of several of next-generation versions of its security and management wares. The elements of Stirling include Forefront Client Security, Forefront Security for Exchange Server, Forefront Security for SharePoint...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Stirling Beta, Security, Servers, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-08
- Windows 7: The delivery-date speculation continues
- Over the past couple of days, I've noticed more new speculation about Microsoft's timetable for delivering Windows 7, the next version of Windows. Now, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates' words are being parsed for hidden meanings. According to my News.com colleague Ina Fried, Gates said this week during...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Windows Client Milestone, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-04
- Forrester: Forget Macs. In business, it's still all about Windows
- In spite of the continual noise around Macs gaining marketshare, Windows still totally and completely rules the enterprise roost. That's another of the findings of the Forrester Research report I cited earlier today -- "Enterprise Desktop And Web 2.0/SaaS Platform Trends, 2007. Consumer love...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Forrester Research Inc., Upgrades, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-03-31
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