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Microsoft warns of IE7 lock-in with XP SP3
Submitted Saturday, May 10, 2008 @ 04:51 PM
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computerworld.com -- Microsoft Corp. has warned users updating to Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) that they won't be able to downgrade from Internet Explorer 7 to the older IE6 without uninstalling the service pack.
The warning first appeared in a post Monday to a company blog written by the Internet Explorer development team. Microsoft released Windows XP SP3 to Windows Update as an optional download Tuesday. See the complete story here.
Gateway ships retail PCs with 64-bit Windows Vista
Submitted Tuesday, May 06, 2008 @ 07:24 AM
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tgdaily.com -- You knew it was coming. Gateway, to our knowledge, has become the first large PC vendor to ship most of its retail PCs with the 64-bit version of Windows Vista Home Premium. The refreshed product line also brings back an Intel quad-core processor, which had been dumped by the company in the previous product cycle. See the complete story here.
Yahoo CEO open to more Microsoft talks
Submitted Tuesday, May 06, 2008 @ 06:16 AM
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washingtonpost.com -- Yahoo Inc chief Jerry Yang signaled a more open stance towards Microsoft Corp on Monday, saying he had been seeking common ground when the software maker abruptly ended deal talks. See the complete story here.
Microsoft Withdraws Bid for Yahoo
Submitted Monday, May 05, 2008 @ 04:12 AM
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nytimes.com -- Microsoft said Saturday that it was abandoning its blockbuster bid to acquire Yahoo after it raised its offer by $5 billion but Yahoo rejected it as still too low. See the complete story here.
Microsoft gives details of massive web attack
Submitted Monday, April 28, 2008 @ 02:41 AM
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arstechnica.com -- On April 17, 2008, hundreds of thousands of pages on legitimate domains—including several at the United Nations and in the UK government—were attacked. Many of these sites ended up serving malware by redirecting users to malicious pages using JavaScript and IFRAMES. Users' PCs were loaded with a malware program that tried eight different exploits in an attempt to hijack the system. See the complete story here.
Adobe patches 'Pwn to Own' bug in Flash Player
Submitted Wednesday, April 09, 2008 @ 11:24 PM
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computerworld.com -- Adobe Systems Inc. yesterday plugged the Flash Player hole used by a hacker two weeks ago to take down a Windows Vista machine and claim a $5,000 prize in the "Pwn to Own" exploit challenge.
Adobe's update to Flash Player -- the popular program and browser plug-in used to view online content -- patched seven vulnerabilities, including several that could be used by attackers to hijack machines running the flawed software. Among the seven was the one used to break into a Fujitsu notebook during the hacker contest sponsored by 3Com Inc.'s TippingPoint, which operates a bug bounty program called Zero Day Initiative. See the complete story here.
Last gasp? Yahoo and Google talking search ad deal
Submitted Wednesday, April 09, 2008 @ 11:22 PM
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venturebeat.com -- When Microsoft’s offer to acquire Yahoo was made public, Google stated it would be willing to help Yahoo fend off the acquisition in anyway it could. It’s now or never. See the complete story here.
Microsoft CEO sets deadline for Yahoo deal
Submitted Monday, April 07, 2008 @ 12:18 AM
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uk.reuters.com -- Yahoo Inc has three weeks to accept Microsoft Corp's $31-a-share cash-and-stock offer or Microsoft may lower its bid and take its offer to Yahoo investors, Microsoft said on Saturday. See the complete story here.
Gates sees next Windows "sometime" in next year
Submitted Friday, April 04, 2008 @ 04:43 PM
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news.yahoo.com -- Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates said on Friday he expected the new version of Windows operating software, code-named Windows 7, to be released "sometime in the next year or so.". See the complete story here.
Microsoft Extends XP Through 2010 for Ultra-Low-Cost Laptops
Submitted Friday, April 04, 2008 @ 12:19 AM
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washingtonpost.com -- Microsoft confirmed Thursday that it will extend the sales of Windows XP Home to OEMs beyond the current deadline of June 30, 2008, to accommodate a new class of ultra-low-cost PCs (ULCPCs) that are just beginning to pepper the market. See the complete story here.
Microsoft Buys Anti-Rootkit Vendor Komoku
Submitted Monday, March 24, 2008 @ 12:35 PM
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informationweek.com -- Microsoft said it has acquired Komoku, a small, veteran-owned security software firm that specializes in anti-rootkit products. See the complete story here.
Firefox boss slams Apple for trying to sneak Safari onto Wind...
Submitted Sunday, March 23, 2008 @ 02:01 AM
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blogs.guardian.co.uk -- John Lilly, the chief executive of Mozilla, has attacked Apple for what looks like a deceptive attempt to get Windows users to install its Safari browser as an "update" when it's no such thing. See the complete story here.
Angry Vista users vent over SP1 driver issues
Submitted Saturday, March 22, 2008 @ 06:31 PM
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computerworld.com -- Confused and angry users are blasting Microsoft Corp. on its own Vista blog over the requirements for downloading Service Pack 1 (SP1). And an industry analyst feels their pain. See the complete story here.
Microsoft releases Vista SP1
Submitted Tuesday, March 18, 2008 @ 01:23 PM
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news.zdnet.co.uk -- Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) went onto Microsoft's Download Center website on Monday, fulfilling Microsoft's claim that it would be made available by mid March. According to Microsoft, the service pack will be pushed out via automatic updates to all Vista users next month. See the complete story here.
Apple introduces Safari 3.1, with some HTML 5 support
Submitted Tuesday, March 18, 2008 @ 11:42 AM
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betanews.com -- Apple on Tuesday released version 3.1 of its Safari Web browser for both Windows and Mac. The incremental update does little in the way of introducing new features, although the company is using it to usher in the next generation of Web standards. See the complete story here.
WordPerfect antitrust case greenlighted by the Supreme Court
Submitted Monday, March 17, 2008 @ 11:59 AM
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arstechnica.com -- Microsoft and Novell are partners now, but the companies used to be fierce competitors in the office software space. We know how that war turned out: Word and Excel gradually squeezed WordPerfect and Quattro Pro out of the market, and Novell eventually got out of the office software business. Today, the Supreme Court rejected Microsoft's attempts to halt an antitrust lawsuit filed by Novell, ruling that the case can proceed to trial (Chief Justice John Roberts, a Microsoft shareholder, recused himself from the case). See the complete story here.
Hack into a Windows PC - no password needed
Submitted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 @ 05:12 PM
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theage.com.au -- A security consultant based in New Zealand has released a tool that can unlock Windows computers in seconds without the need for a password.
Adam Boileau first demonstrated the hack, which affects Windows XP computers but has not yet been tested with Windows Vista, at a security conference in Sydney in 2006, but Microsoft has yet to develop a fix. See the complete story here.
At Redmond, Wikipedia becomes Micropedia
Submitted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 @ 03:37 PM
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news.com -- Aiming to build on the metaphor popularized by Wikipedia, a pair of Microsoft researchers have built Micropedia, an internal wiki cataloging every person and project within the company. See the complete story here.
Microsoft cuts price for boxed Vista
Submitted Friday, February 29, 2008 @ 08:49 AM
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news.yahoo.com -- Microsoft Corp. will cut the price of some versions of Windows Vista, the software maker said late Thursday.
The move came a day after court filings revealed internal dissent over which Windows XP computers would be considered capable of running the new operating system — and a feeling on at least one executive's part that the company had "botched" the marketing of computers as "Vista Capable.". See the complete story here.
Microsoft Unveils Windows Server 2008
Submitted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 @ 06:05 PM
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pcmag.com -- It's been more than five years in the making, but it's finally here.
Windows Server 2008 hit the streets Wednesday with a glitzy Los Angeles launch event that also included sneak peaks of Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008. See the complete story here.
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