WinInfo Short Takes: Week of December 5, 2008
An often irreverent look at some of the week's other news, including the resumption of the 5-day work week, my Windows 7 release date predictions, Microsoft: car maker, Microsoft's new online business chief, IBM and Ubuntu waste time and money, and more
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Microsoft: Save Money ... By Paying for Software
Microsoft this week adopted an interesting tactic in its long-running battle with open source software: Businesses looking to save money over the long haul should simply pay for software instead of moving to free, open source solutions. The rationale?
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Windows Live Wave 3 Services Launch Begins
Late Tuesday, Microsoft began rolling out the services portion of its Windows Live Wave 3 launch. The company is shipping an unprecedented number of new and improved services that build off the success of Hotmail and Windows Live Messenger and attempt
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Microsoft Delivers Service Pack 2 Beta 2 for Vista, Server 2008
Microsoft on Tuesday announced the availability of the Beta 2 version of Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Since both operating systems were developed from the same code base, they have a common servicing structure and thus
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Microsoft Touts Xbox 360 'Black Friday' Success
Microsoft this week revealed that its Xbox 360 video game console outsold its Sony PlayStation 3 rival 3-to-1 on "Black Friday," which curiously describes the three day weekend after Thanksgiving, a period that unofficially kicks off the holiday selling
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Microsoft's On-Premise Systems Are Better than Ever
With all the hype about cloud computing, there's still a huge demand for traditional on-premise server products.
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New Microsoft/Yahoo! Deal? No
On Sunday, the Times of London reported that Microsoft had renewed talks with failing Internet giant Yahoo! and would manage its search engine for 10 years, while Yahoo! would retain control of its email, messaging, and content services. This report
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WinInfo Short Takes: Thanksgiving 2008 Special Edition
An often irreverent look at some of the half-a-week's other news, including the wonders of a four-day weekend, cybercondria, Microsoft confuses customers ... on purpose, Kumo, Xbox 360 sales, a Blockbuster set-top box, The Beatles, and so much more
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Ballmer Faces Deposition in Vista Capable Trial
If Microsoft's controversial 'Vista Capable' lawsuit heads to trial, the company's CEO, Steve Ballmer, will be forced to appear in a court deposition to answer questions. That was the ruling this week of US District Judge Marsha Pechman, who denied a
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Vive La Difference!
When it comes to the transition to cloud computing, there's little doubt that it's going to be a painful and lengthy shift.
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Google Seeking to Bundle Chrome Browser with New PCs
Google this past weekend said that it will finalize its Chrome Web browser in January and then seek to boost its user base by seeking distribution deals with PC makers. The news comes on the heels of a OneStat.com Web browser survey suggesting that Chrome
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Microsoft Delays IE 8 to Early 2009
Microsoft last week quietly revealed that it has delayed the final release of its next Web browser, Internet Explorer (IE) 8, from late 2008 to early 2009. The delay was made to address a much wider than expected range of issues discovered in the
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What You Need to Know About Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 is a capable virtual machine management solution--even for heterogeneous environments.
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Paul's Picks
Learn how the betas for these newest web browsers rate: Google Chrome and Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 Beta 2—and whether they're worth trying.
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WinInfo Short Takes: Week of November 24, 2008
An often irreverent look at some of the week's other news, including a Vista Capable dismissal request, Zune price reductions, Morrow musings, Novell and Microsoft sitting in a tree ... two years later, Yahoo!, IE 6 on Windows Mobile, and so much more
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Microsoft Updates Zune Subscription to Include Free Music
Users of Microsoft's Zune Pass subscription currently pay $15 a month to gain access to millions of music tracks via the Zune Marketplace, but until today, that music became unaccessible if they let their subscriptions run out. Now, however, Microsoft
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Ballmer: Yahoo! No Bargain at Any Price
At Microsoft's annual shareholder meeting this week, CEO Steve Ballmer emphatically closed the door on the possibility that his company was interested in purchasing ailing Internet giant Yahoo!. His frank assessment of the situation sent Yahoo!'s stock
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Xbox 360 Overhaul Arrives with New UI, Avatars
Xbox 360 owners who logon to the system's Xbox Live system this morning will receive the most significant functional change yet to the console's user interface, or dashboard. Dubbed the New Xbox Experience, this new front-end features a completely new
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Microsoft Kills OneCare, Will Launch Free Security Solution
Microsoft on Tuesday announced that it would retire its $50-a-year security subscription product, Windows Live OneCare, and replace it with a free solution codenamed "Morro." Unlike OneCare, however, Morro will focus only on core anti-malware features and
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Yang Steps Down as Yahoo! CEO
Yahoo! cofounder Jerry Yang has reached a "mutual" agreement with the company to step down as CEO as soon as a replacement can be found. The arguably overdue move comes as the struggling Internet company continues to lose value and one-time suitor
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