Wednesday, 30 March 2011

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Microsoft's "odd couple" odder than we ever knew
CBS News
We'll have to wait for the answers until April 17 when it goes on sale but a new book written by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen portrays -presumably now ex-buddy - Bill Gates as a not-so-nice guy who sought to chisel his rightful share of the company. ...
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CBS News
Apple's iPhone 5 Delay Just Opened The Door For Google And Microsoft
The Business Insider
But Apple's delay of the next iPhone--the iPhone 5--has opened the door a crack for Android (and even Research in Motion and Microsoft) to regain some ground. And if the delay is indicative of some sort of problem at Apple, the door could swing wide ...
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The Business Insider
Xbox 360 DVD Gets 1GB Extra Space in Dashboard Update?
PCWorld
Pixel-nitpicker Digital Foundry reports that a Microsoft may be beta-testing Xbox 360 DVDs that yield back about 15 percent storage space the company previously marked for exclusion. Marked for exclusion why? According to DF's source, Microsoft's been ...
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Microsoft and Apple hire linguists to dispute 'App Store' claim
Digitaltrends.com
Microsoft has filed an objection over Apple's objection to Microsoft's objection. It's just the latest round in the two computing giants' fight over Apple's trademark claim on "App Store." Microsoft yesterday filed a complaint (PDF) that included the ...
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Digitaltrends.com
Report: Microsoft sending Windows 8 to PC vendors
CNET (blog)
by Don Reisinger Microsoft may be sending its PC vendor partners early versions of the Windows 8 operating system. Citing anonymous sources, Microsoft enthusiast site WinRumors says that Hewlett-Packard, among other vendors, are currently receiving ...
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Microsoft Strategy Officer Casts Doubts on Tablets
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Mr. Mundie has cast doubts on the longevity of the tablet Microsoft, which famously missed the significance of the internet and was very late in having a credible smart phone operating system, has cast doubt on the longevity of the tablet. ...
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Microsoft's Chief Marketer Steps Down After 22 Years
TechCrunch
Microsoft has had its share of executive departures lately. The latest one to exit the software giant is Mich Mathews, senior vice president for Microsoft's Central Marketing Group and one out of only two women on the company's senior leadership team, ...
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Microsoft SA invests in BEE firms
Independent Online
Microsoft South Africa will invest R475 million in four black-owned software firms to meet mandatory black economic empowerment (BEE) targets. The deal is in place of selling a stake to black investors. "One of the metrics we will be using to measure ...
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Microsoft claims IE9 is the most battery-friendly Web browser
Digitaltrends.com
Microsoft's own study has revealed that its Internet Explorer 9 beats out the competition when it comes to energy consumption -- under certain conditions. Bold claims of superiority have been known to occur throughout the course of the browser wars. ...
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Microsoft to provide World Cup software
Stuff.co.nz
Live coverage of the Rugby World Cup 2011 will be streamed around the world using Microsoft's Silverlight Player as part of the company's $2 million sponsorship of the event. Microsoft New Zealand managing director Paul Muckleston said most of the ...
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Artist makes beautiful light with Microsoft's Kinect
CNET
For months, we've known that Microsoft's Kinect could help make video games fun. But who knew that it projects such beautiful light? Until San Francisco Bay Area artist Audrey Penven and some friends started taking pictures of themselves playing Kinect ...
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Microsoft releases Windows Home Server 2011
Inquirer
By Lawrence Latif Microsoft's WHS 2011 is the second version of WHS, which was first released in 2007 and generally well received. However Microsoft raised the ire of users when it announced that it was dropping the popular Drive Extender feature in ...
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Microsoft rolling out first major Windows Phone 7 update in phases
FierceMobileIT
Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) first major update to the Windows Phone 7 will happen slowly to make sure there aren't any snafus like customers experienced in February when they downloaded WP7's very first update to the new platform. ...
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Hostway Now Offers Hosted Microsoft Exchange 2010
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Hostway Corporation, a global leader in infrastructure and cloud services, today announced it is now offering Microsoft Exchange 2010, the leading corporate email platform in the world. Hosted Exchange 2010 offers several new capabilities for business ...
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Has Google learned Microsoft's antitrust lessons?
CNET (blog)
by Jay Greene For anyone who followed Microsoft's testy battles with competition regulators 10 years ago, Google's current antitrust problems may provoke more than a modest sense of deja vu. Google dominates the Internet search advertising business and ...
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CNET (blog)
Microsoft checks out indie game vote-rigging claims
TG Daily
Microsoft's investigating claims that some Xbox.com users have been manipulating the service by posting false ratings for games in its Xbox Live Indie Games (XLBIG) section. Robert Boyd of developer Zeboyd Games says he first suspected something was up ...
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TG Daily
Microsoft brings new Active Views to Hotmail
TechRadar UK
Hotmail lets Living Social put a countdown timer next to the deal of the day so you're never wondering if it's still worth shopping Microsoft is taking advantage of the fact that when you're reading Hotmail on the web, your email is actually a web page ...
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TechRadar UK
Microsoft joining mobile payment push
Bizjournals.com
Microsoft Corp. is working on software that will make it the latest company to enter the battle for mobile payments, Bloomberg Businessweek reports. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) joins other companies including Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) with its Android ...
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Microsoft Releases Global SMB Cloud Adoption Study 2011
Small Business Trends
Redmond, Washington (PRESS RELEASE – March 30, 2011) – Microsoft Corp. released its global "SMB Cloud Adoption Study 2011," which investigates how cloud computing will impact small and midsize businesses (SMBs) in the next three years. ...
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OpenText Metastorm Cloud Application Achieves Microsoft Windows Azure(TM ...
PR Newswire (press release)
The Powered by Microsoft Windows Azure program recognizes that the Metastorm M3 cloud application has met a specific set of functionality and performance requirements set forth by Microsoft. Powered by Windows Azure, Metastorm M3 offers the most ...
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Angry Bird Developer Attacks Microsoft's Game Update Policy
Just Push Start
Rovio the developer behind Angry Birds has today criticized Microsoft's policy and explained why Angry Birds won't be coming to Xbox Live. In an interview with MCV, Rovio's franchise manager Peter Vesterbacka explained that because Microsoft won't ...
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Microsoft-Azerbaijan claimed of multifold increase of revenues
Azerbaijan Business Center
Microsoft-Azerbaijan has announced about multifold increase of revenues during its work at Azerbaijani IT market. Today Microsoft-Azerbaijan's specialist on education projects Emin Akhundov has reported that during the last 5 years the company's ...
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Azerbaijan Business Center
Microsoft Deactivates Rustock, The Biggest Botnet Across The Globe
SPAMfighter News
The infamous Rustock network of bots that once dispatched over 50% of the total junk e-mails of the globe is understandably out of operation following Microsoft, which with the assistance of American security agencies, has grabbed the botnet's reins. ...
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AuraPortal to Exhibit at Microsoft Convergence 2011
PR Newswire (press release)
Microsoft Convergence is the premier Microsoft Dynamics event where attendees can experience first-hand how they can optimize their business and improve their bottom line. This event serves as the annual meeting point for the Microsoft Dynamics ...
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Dell slates iPad business potential as Microsoft exec suggests tablet appeal ...
SlashGear
Meanwhile, Microsoft is casting doubt on whether the tablet segment as a whole is going to stick around at all. Speaking to CIO Australia, Dell global head of marketing for large enterprises and public organisations, Andy Lark, argued that "open, ...
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SlashGear
Microsoft: Kinect research found a way to reduce lag
Destructoid
A paper by Microsoft researchers details potential improvements to the accuracy and speed of the Kinect's sensing processes, though we still don't know if the company will use these findings. The paper details new AI learning routines that can be used ...
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Microsoft to help IT startups in India
Economic Times
KOLKATA: Microsoft Corporation has decided to roll out an overall grant of $100000 for IT startups in India, which are in the product space and specialise in IP creation . The initiative will be launched in mid-April and is aimed at strengthening the ...
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Microsoft to raise license price, add software rights
Network World
By Jon Brodkin, Network World Microsoft is boosting the price of a license that provides client access to Windows Server, SharePoint, Exchange and Systems Center, but is sweetening the deal by giving buyers access to a new endpoint security product and ...
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Microsoft offers strong support to attract tablet PC vendors; HP is in
Digitimes
Microsoft has been negotiating with several notebook and smartphone vendors about launching tablet PC products based on its operating system and is willing to provide support both financial and technical. Hewlett-Packard (HP), which already has its own ...
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Tribridge Congratulates Nine Customers Recognized by Microsoft at 2011 Annual ...
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Tribridge (www.tribridge.com), the 2010 Worldwide Microsoft Dynamics Outstanding Partner of the Year, is proud to announce that nine customers, including four award recipients and five finalists, will be recognized by ...
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Virtual Internet unleashes cheap Microsoft Exchange Email services
DMN Newswire (press release)
The release of Microsoft Exchange allows Virtual Internet to feature ?email cloud collaboration as a new suite of products to accompany its reputation as the first UK hosting provider to simultaneously offer VMware and OnApp Xen enterprise cloud ...
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Blogs16 new results for Microsoft
 
Microsoft's Odd Couple | Business | Vanity Fair
By Paul Allen
From the moment Paul Allen saw Bill Gates, a gangly eighth-grader hunched over a primitive computer, his destiny would involve both the man and the machine. Adapting his memoir, Allen recaps how two dropouts launched a tech behemoth.
The Latest From VanityFair.com - http://www.vanityfair.com/rss/feeds/everything.xml
Microsoft job posting teases Windows Phone Mobile Studio, requires ...
By Darren Murph
A conclusion for Captain Obvious to draw, this is not. As with most mega-corp job postings, the wording in Microsoft's latest is just obfuscated enou.
Engadget - http://www.engadget.com/
Microsoft Hires Linguist to Oppose Apple's 'App Store' Trademark ...
CNET reports that Microsoft has filed yet another document (PDF) in its case opposing Apple's application for a trademark on the term.
MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors - http://www.macrumors.com/
Microsoft Adding NFC Support to Windows Phone 7 (Report)
By Sarah Perez
Microsoft is adding support for NFC (near field communication) to its Windows Phone mobile operating system, according to a report citing unnamed sources over on Bloomberg Businessweek. NFC technology, which allows for short range ...
ReadWriteWeb - http://www.readwriteweb.com/
Microsoft to Apple: "App Store" as Generic as "Grocery Store ...
By Gregory Ferenstein
Microsoft fired back at Apple this week in the on-going dispute over the trademark of the coveted compound term, "App Store." The dueling legal briefs shows the depth of the age-old rivalry and also reveals a fascinating look into the ...
Fast Company - http://www.fastcompany.com/
Microsoft: Windows Phone Getting Mobile Payment System
By Matt Rosoff
The Windows Phone update is reportedly codenamed Mango, and could appear as soon as this September, although Microsoft's struggles with a minor Windows Phone update this spring may push the major Mango update out until next year. ...
Business Insider - http://www.businessinsider.com/
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen blasts Bill Gates in new book
By Andrew Couts
Though the two have been friends since grade school, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen paints a critical picture of Bill Gates...
Digital Trends - http://www.digitaltrends.com/
Is Microsoft marching fast into NFC mobile payments? | VentureBeat
By Dean Takahashi
Microsoft has lots of partners for Windows Phone software, such as HTC, Samsung and Nokia. But it is in danger of being an also-ran in smartphones and tablets because it hasn't been competitive. Only last fall did Microsoft do a major ...
VentureBeat - http://venturebeat.com/
Microsoft Co-founder Blasts Bill Gates In New Book - TNW Microsoft
By Matt Brian
The book, entitled "Idea Man: A Memoir by the Co-founder of Microsoft," takes aim at Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, who is accused of seeking to take shares from his partner in the company's early days, whilst implying that Gates was ...
The Next Web - http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/
Microsoft unsure if tablets are a fad | 9 to 5 Mac Microsoft ...
By Christian Zibreg
Everyone except software giant Microsoft who remains suspicious of the trend. Because they lack a horse for this race, it isn't shocking they're shooting down tablets. It's the smartphones that are post PC devices, not the tablets, ...
9 to 5 Mac - http://www.9to5mac.com/
Microsoft Co-Founder Hits Out at Gates | Nick Wingfield and Robert ...
By Nick Wingfield and Robert A. Guth | Reporters,...
Bill Gates schemed to take shares in Microsoft Corp. from his co-founder during the early days of the software company following his partner's treatment for cancer, according to a new memoir by the billionaire co-founder, Paul Allen.
All Things Digital - http://allthingsd.com/
Microsoft Reportedly Considering Wireless Payments For Windows ...
By Tom Krazit
Microsoft would join Google (NSDQ: GOOG), which has been quite public about its plans, RIM (NSDQ: RIMM), and possibly Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) in pledging support for NFC technology, which would allow phones to act as wireless payment cards ...
mocoNews - http://moconews.net/
Microsoft shipping Windows 8 to PC builders | BGR
By Todd Haselton
According to several forum posters over at mydigitallife, Microsoft has started issuing Windows 8 to computer manufacturers via its Connect internal testing system — also known as the "Windows 8 and Server vNext Pre-Release Program. ...
BGR - http://www.bgr.com/
Microsoft touts green credentials of Internet Explorer 9
By Edwin Kee
We know that Internet Explorer 9 (IE), with all of its bells and whistles, is still getting trounced by Firefox [...]
Ubergizmo - http://www.ubergizmo.com/
Microsoft preparing "updated disc format" Xbox 360 News - Page 1 ...
Microsoft is currently recruiting US-based beta testers for a forthcoming Xbox 360 system update. A post on Major Nelson's blog today read, "We are conducting an open call for US based participants for a public preview to help us ...
Eurogamer - http://www.eurogamer.net/
Microsoft Says Internet Explorer 9 Is the Most Energy-Efficient ...
By Jolie O'Dell
Microsoft has made many claims about IE9's speed, but now the company is saying the latest version of its browser also bests the competition in terms of energy use.
Mashable! - http://mashable.com/

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Microsoft Disables HTTPS for Hotmail Users in Iran, Sudan (Updated)
Governments in Bahrain, Algeria, Syria, Iran and the Sudan are all free to snoop their citizens' Hotmail accounts today, as Microsoft has inexplicably ...
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