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Did NSA Put a Secret Backdoor in New Encryption Standard?

2007-11-19T03:35:00.001-08:00

Wired News - Random numbers are critical for cryptography: for encryption keys, random authentication challenges, initialization The Rocky History of Rockers in Videogames Microsoft Retools Zune to Target Apple's Flaws Real Geek Heart Beats in Xkcd's Stick read more

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Links to other sources of news and commentary

2007-11-18T23:29:00.003-08:00

Links to other sources of news and commentary
Online Journal - The argument by Microsoft ( MSFT ), Google ( GOOG ), Intel ( INTC ), and others is that there are not enough tech workers in the U.S. Anti-Bush Sign Has Bridge World in an Uproar In the genteel world of bridge, disputes are usually handled quietly and

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Did NSA Put a Secret Backdoor in New Encryption Standard?

2007-11-18T23:29:00.001-08:00

Micronet's blog

2007-11-18T19:26:00.001-08:00

Network World Fusion - In a recent Q&A interview in Information Week, Bill Hilf was reported to be revealing Microsoft's open source "strategy." But a scathing review of the Q&A was posted on the ZDNet blog "Shared software, shared processes" (an online publication that read more

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On a Laptop Mission for Kids

2007-11-17T23:06:00.001-08:00

On a Laptop Mission for Kids
Washington Post - Negroponte counterattacked early this year, publicly accusing the tech leaders of trying to undercut his program because it didn't use Intel microprocessors or Microsoft's operating system. In July, Barrett softened his stance and joined the board of

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EU Win Over Microsoft Gives Ball To Linux -- Can It Run With It?

2007-11-17T19:02:00.003-08:00

Information Week - The European Union said Monday that Microsoft is now in compliance with its antitrust rulings -- paving the way for greater use of open source operating systems like Linux in the workgroup server market. The question is whether such systems will make read more

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This month's news

2007-11-17T19:02:00.001-08:00

This month's news
Out-Law - A coalition of the biggest names in internet publishing is campaigning for the reversal of a US court ruling that leaves some publishers liable for comments made by internet users. Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Yahoo! have all petitioned the court.

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Microsoft signs patent pact with Samsung

2007-11-17T10:56:00.001-08:00

Microsoft signs patent pact with Samsung
Silicon.com - As part of an ongoing effort to secure more patent cross-licensing deals, Microsoft said it has signed a pact with Korea's Samsung Electronics. As with Microsoft's recent deal with Fuji Xerox, the software maker specifically notes that the deal will

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Business Calendar

2007-11-17T02:49:00.001-08:00

Business Calendar
Baltimore Sun - American Marketing Association // Microsoft Office new tricks breakfast seminar, 7:45 a.m., Morton's Steakhouse, Sheraton Inner Harbor, 300 S. Charles St., Baltimore. Nonmember cost is $40. Reservations must be made by Nov. 26. Call Courtney Butler

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Breaking Down Digital Barriers: International Study Examines the Issue

2007-11-16T22:46:00.001-08:00

Breaking Down Digital Barriers: International Study Examines the Issue
Forbes - The research was sponsored by Microsoft Corporation. The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School is proud to celebrate its tenth year as a research program founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its

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Microsoft would settle for silver

2007-11-16T18:42:00.001-08:00

Globe and Mail - Please let us know if this reader’s comment breaks the editor's rules and is obscene, abusive, threatening, unlawful, harassing, defamatory, profane or racially offensive by selecting the appropriate option to describe the problem. Do not use this read more

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Archive for: November, 2007

2007-11-16T14:37:00.003-08:00

ZDNet Blogs - One thing that I’ve noticed about Windows Vista is that Microsoft seems to have hired robots to write the error messages that the OS displays, and that these robots are writing error messages so that other robots can understand them. I want a read more

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Deutsche Telekom and Neuf Cegetel agree on T-Online

2007-11-16T14:37:00.001-08:00

Deutsche Telekom and Neuf Cegetel agree on T-Online
Advanced Television - According to research by Microsoft and Screen Digest more than 60 per cent of consumers in seven developed countries would consider switching TV service providers to obtain the features and content they want, at current

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Computing Heads for the Clouds

2007-11-16T06:31:00.001-08:00

BusinessWeek - All of these are examples of the frenzy around cloud computing," says Dan Reed, a longtime supercomputing researcher who will start work as Microsoft's ( MSFT ) director of Scalable & Multicore Computing on Dec. 3. Fueling that frenzy, says Reed, is read more

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Propalms, Inc. Wins Contract With State-of-the-Art Catholic School for

2007-11-15T07:06:00.001-08:00

Propalms, Inc. Wins Contract With State-of-the-Art Catholic School for
MSN MoneyCentral - About Propalms, Inc.: Propalms TSE, the complete Server-Based Management solution that extends Microsoft Terminal Services 2000/2003, offers features such as Application Publishing, Seamless Windows, Resource-based Load balancing, and Web-based

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Poll: IMs Help Teens Avoid Embarrassment

2007-11-15T03:01:00.003-08:00

Philadelphia Inquirer - AOL, Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have the most popular instant messaging programs, which collectively handle several billion IMs daily. People reported IMing slightly less than they did in a similar AP-AOL survey last year. Industry analysts said read more

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Singapore bans video game over lesbian love scene

2007-11-15T03:01:00.001-08:00

MSN UK News - Singapore has banned an Xbox video game because it contains a sex scene between a woman and a female alien character, the city-state's censors said Thursday. "Mass Effect," a futuristic space adventure published by Microsoft Corp., has been banned read more

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Golden Agri, HSBC, Jardine Cycle: Asia Ex-Japan Stock Preview

2007-11-14T19:53:00.003-08:00

Golden Agri, HSBC, Jardine Cycle: Asia Ex-Japan Stock Preview
Bloomberg - The world's largest maker of handsets using Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system said sales will rise at least 10 percent next year as it releases models with more features. Shipments of handsets will increase by about 20 percent in

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Comcast, Microsoft to bring tech tools to smaller firms

2007-11-14T19:53:00.001-08:00

Detroit Free Press - Comcast Corp. said it has partnered with Microsoft Corp. to launch a new Internet-based product for small and medium-sized businesses in Michigan and the rest of the country. Microsoft Communication Services from Comcast will provide small and medium read more

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Microsoft Opens Up Customer Care Framework

2007-11-14T15:50:00.001-08:00

Information Week - Microsoft on Wednesday launched the latest version of it Customer Care Framework, which includes better technology for connecting the customer-support software to third-party applications. CCF is built to be the desktop presentation layer for the read more

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Fidelity brokerage assets increase to record $1.96t

2007-11-13T02:11:00.001-08:00

Fidelity brokerage assets increase to record $1.96t
Boston Globe - In a bid to one-up Apple, Microsoft said it will engrave designs by contemporary artists on the back of its Zune media players free of charge starting today, when the new line goes on sale. Microsoft Corp.'s Zune Originals include work from 18

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Microsoft buys Musiwave; Zune Wi-Fi store?

2007-11-12T18:06:00.001-08:00

MacNN - Microsoft today announced its intent to acquire Musiwave , a French firm primarily focused on mobile music services to cellular carriers and to labels. The deal will allow Microsoft to "explore new areas in the mobile space," according to the company read more

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Virtual Iron Announces Plans to Join Microsoft's Server Virtualization

2007-11-12T09:58:00.001-08:00

Forbes - Virtual Iron Software (www.virtualiron.com), a provider of enterprise-class server virtualization software solutions, today announced its plans to join Microsoft's Server Virtualization Validation Program when available in June 2008. With this read more

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The iPhony

2007-11-12T05:53:00.001-08:00

Boston Globe - A slew of other fake bloggers are out there skewering their alter egos - Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer, Sun Microsystems chief executive Jonathan Schwartz, and Bill Gates all have their own fake blogs. So what's next for Apple? Fake Steve read more

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Union Wireless seeking Network Administration Specialist in Mountain

2007-11-12T01:51:00.001-08:00

CRN - In an interview with CMP Channel, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates touted the vendor's entrance into the VoIP market as an evolution that will change the way customers communicate. He also downplayed the likelihood of Google and open-source VoIP staking read more

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VMware Fusion 1.1 Adds Leopard Support, More

2007-11-11T21:47:00.001-08:00

Mac Observer - VMware announced the immediate availability of VMware Fusion 1.1 on Monday. The updated version of the desktop virtualization application added support for Mac OS X 10.5, Unity, and more. VMware Fusion 1.1 also improved support for Microsoft Windows read more

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Game review: ‘The Orange Box,’ 4 1/2 stars

2007-11-11T17:45:00.003-08:00

Navy Times - Available now for Windows PCs and the Microsoft Xbox 360 (and coming soon for Sony’s PlayStation 3), “The Orange Box” jams five games into one box: the previously released award-winning sci-fi thriller “Half-Life 2,” the stand-alone read more

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Britain should flaunt its knowledge

2007-11-11T17:45:00.001-08:00

Britain should flaunt its knowledge
Financial Times - But whether it is new forms of innovation, such as working with consumers to develop software, like Microsoft, or new forms of capacity to respond to consumer tastes – the way Zara organises stores around 15- day rather than 90-day stock cycles, or

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Game review: ‘The Orange Box,’ 4 1/2 stars

2007-11-10T15:59:00.001-08:00

Game review: ‘The Orange Box,’ 4 1/2 stars
Navy Times - Available now for Windows PCs and the Microsoft Xbox 360 (and coming soon for Sony’s PlayStation 3), “The Orange Box” jams five games into one box: the previously released award-winning sci-fi thriller “Half-Life 2,” the stand-alone

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Shares plunge after banks warn of further losses

2007-11-10T07:50:00.001-08:00

Seattle Times - Microsoft, one of the 30 Dow stocks, fell $1.01 to $33.73 Friday and fell 9 percent for the week. Boeing, also a Dow stock, slid $2.07 Friday to $94.21 and sank 3.6 percent for the week. Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Wachovia all said the credit read more

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Network World 360

2007-11-10T04:47:00.001-08:00

Network World 360
Network World Fusion - Microsoft introduces a free search server for enterprises; Symantec discusses its integration strategy surrounding its $350 million acquisition of Vontu. Listen Permanent Link November 06, 2007 Dell buys

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Altair Announces Interoperability of PBS Professional with Microsoft

2007-11-10T00:44:00.001-08:00

Altair Announces Interoperability of PBS Professional with Microsoft
PR Newswire - TROY, Mich., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Altair, a leading global provider of technology and services that empower client innovation and decision-making, today announced the seamless integration of Altair's PBS Professional workload management solution

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On the edge of a Microsoft Channel 9 for IT pros?

2007-11-09T20:40:00.001-08:00

ZDNet Blogs - Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 6:02 am Categories: Corporate strategy , Web 2.0 , Web video , Web conferencing Tags: Information Technology , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft TechNet , Terminal Services , Strategy , Management , Mary Jo Foley There’s a read more

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Microsoft Surface tabletops delayed until spring 2008

2007-11-09T12:31:00.001-08:00

Microsoft Surface tabletops delayed until spring 2008
ZDNet Blogs - Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 6:34 am Categories: Research Tags: T-Mobile , Microsoft Corp. , Surface , Keyboards , Tools & Techniques , Game Players , Corporate Communications , Monitors & Displays , Hardware , Peripherals , Management , Consumer

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Microsoft Xbox 360 to get parental time control feature

2007-11-09T00:20:00.001-08:00

TechWhack Games - Microsoft wants to make their Xbox 360 more appealing to families with kids. The company going to provide a new feature to the console owners which would allow parents to set time control features. This would enable them to limit the amount of time read more

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Editorial: U.S. firms shouldn't abandon values overseas

2007-11-08T05:02:00.003-08:00

Silicon Valley - But Yahoo, Google, Microsoft and others are working with academics and human rights groups to develop a code of conduct in countries that censor the Internet. At least there's a consensus that something must be done. But it has to be more than lip read more

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HDTV a good bet for holidays

2007-11-08T05:02:00.001-08:00

HDTV a good bet for holidays
Baltimore Sun - Sony, which lost the VCR wars in the 1980s, developed the Blu-ray standard, while Toshiba (backed by Microsoft) is the leader of the HD DVD gang. Each side has tried to line up movie studios to issue titles exclusively in its format, which forces

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The Tech Museum Awards: Technology Benefiting Humanity Honors Five

2007-11-08T00:57:00.003-08:00

The Tech Museum Awards: Technology Benefiting Humanity Honors Five
Forbes - Microsoft Education Award TalkingITGlobal: TakingITGlobal.org, is a free multilingual online platform that employs Web 2.0 community tools supporting youth creating change in their communities and around the world. Online community users can

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HDTV a good bet for holidays

2007-11-08T00:57:00.001-08:00

Baltimore Sun - Sony, which lost the VCR wars in the 1980s, developed the Blu-ray standard, while Toshiba (backed by Microsoft) is the leader of the HD DVD gang. Each side has tried to line up movie studios to issue titles exclusively in its format, which forces read more

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Certiport-Sponsored Competitions for Microsoft(R) Office and Certiport

2007-11-07T20:56:00.001-08:00

Certiport-Sponsored Competitions for Microsoft(R) Office and Certiport
Forbes - Certiport today announced the launch of the Certiport 2008 Worldwide Competition on Microsoft Office and the IC(3) World Cup(TM). Entering its sixth year, the Worldwide Competition on Microsoft Office boasts more than 115,000 students from over 70

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Wall Street sinks as credit fears rise

2007-11-07T16:48:00.001-08:00

Wall Street sinks as credit fears rise
CNBC - On the Nasdaq, shares of Microsoft Corp dropped 2.4 percent to $35.52, adding to losses triggered on Tuesday by brokerage Goldman Sachs when it dropped the software maker from its "buy" list. U.S. crude oil prices hit a record above $98 a

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Seattle-area voters reject tax plan for roads, rail

2007-11-07T12:46:00.003-08:00

Seattle-area voters reject tax plan for roads, rail
Reuters - The measure's supporters had included many public officials, labor unions and regional business heavyweights such as Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O: Quote , Profile , Research ) and Boeing Co. (BA.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) A notable opponent was King County

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Facebook is marketing your brand preferences (with your permission)

2007-11-07T12:46:00.001-08:00

International Herald Tribune - Zuckerberg said that Facebook had discussed the new program with Microsoft before signing a $240 million deal that allowed Microsoft to sell display ads on its site. The new breed of recommendation-related ads are not a part of that deal, he said. read more

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Peoples Energy Corporation Purchases a License Under The Ronald A

2007-11-07T04:41:00.001-08:00

Forbes - Business Machines (IBM), KeyCorp, LaSalle Bank Corporation, Marriott International, Inc., MCI Inc., Mediacom Communications Corporation, Mellon Financial Corporation, Merck & Co., Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., Metris Companies Inc., Microsoft, MoneyGram read more

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Microsoft CIO fired; reasons aren't divulged

2007-11-07T04:40:00.001-08:00

Microsoft CIO fired; reasons aren't divulged
Seattle Times - Microsoft said it fired Chief Information Officer Stuart Scott for violating unspecified company policies. The company terminated Scott after "an investigation for violation of company policies," said spokesman Lou Gellos, who declined to give

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Movers Roundup: Microsoft Falls

2007-11-07T00:34:00.001-08:00

MSN MoneyCentral - Kindred Heathcare Ord Shs ( KND ) Stock Quote , Chart , News , Add to Watchlist (AP) - Among the stock activity stories for Tuesday, Nov. 6, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of software developer Microsoft Corp. declined Tuesday after read more

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Microsoft and USO Announce Microsoft Above and Beyond Award Winners

2007-11-06T20:32:00.001-08:00

Microsoft and USO Announce Microsoft Above and Beyond Award Winners
PR Newswire - NEW YORK, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp., in collaboration with the United Service Organizations (USO), is proud to announce the winners of the Microsoft Above and Beyond Awards. The awards recognize the contributions of citizens

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Google's Android not what you think

2007-11-06T16:28:00.003-08:00

ZDNet Australia - Instead, there's a three-way split between Linux, Symbian and Microsoft, with Microsoft currently bringing up the rear. Google will be happy if Android keeps things that way. It will be happy already that it has recruited handset maker HTC, Microsoft read more

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Microsoft Chief Information Exec Fired

2007-11-06T16:28:00.001-08:00

Microsoft Chief Information Exec Fired
Newsday - REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. has fired its chief information officer, saying he violated company policies, but a spokesman declined to give the exact reason for the dismissal. "Stuart Scott's employment with Microsoft was terminated after an

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Market flat as Microsoft and oil drag

2007-11-06T12:23:00.001-08:00

CNBC - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks erased gains and were little changed on Tuesday as a brokerage's dour view on Microsoft Corp weighed on technology shares, while investors worried that record crude oil prices could squeeze consumers and read more

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ESPN, Microsoft ink deal to provide sports programming on Xbox 360

2007-11-06T00:10:00.001-08:00

ESPN, Microsoft ink deal to provide sports programming on Xbox 360
Forbes - SAN FRANCISCO (Thomson Financial) - ESPN, a unit of Walt Disney Co. , and Microsoft Corp. said Monday they have signed an agreement that will add full-length games, television shows and video game programming to Microsoft 's Xbox Live network on Xbox

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Microsoft defends Facebook stake

2007-11-05T07:53:00.001-08:00

ABC News - MUMBAI (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Monday his firm's acquisition of a 1.6 percent stake in socializing Web site Facebook for $240 million was an important investment, not a mistake. "We didn't make a mistake read more

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Microsoft Irks Watchdogs with Claria Downgrade Explanation

2007-11-05T03:48:00.001-08:00

Microsoft Irks Watchdogs with Claria Downgrade Explanation
eWeek - Nash attributed the current Windows AntiSpyware rating system to its "legacy with Giant Software," whose product Microsoft purchased late last year and upon which Windows AntiSpyware is based. Even as Microsoft was explaining the decision, anti

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MySpace reveals 'targeted' ads

2007-11-04T23:44:00.001-08:00

MSN MoneyCentral - More than 50 advertisers have signed up to the MySpace scheme, including Procter & Gamble, Microsoft, Ford and Toyota. "We are able to take standard media and make it smarter media," said Adam Bain, chief technology officer for Fox Interactive Media read more

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Linux Losing Market Share to Windows Server

2007-11-04T19:41:00.001-08:00

Linux Losing Market Share to Windows Server
eWeek - Tech Analysis: Part One: In this multi-part series, DesktopLinux.com columnist and operating system curmudgeon Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols pits Microsoft's latest wares—Vista—against Linux's fair-haired boy—Ubuntu—to see how the pinnacle of

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Separate addresses with semi-colons

2007-11-04T15:37:00.003-08:00

Separate addresses with semi-colons
CNBC - The New England Patriots vs. the Indianapolis Colts is a touchdown for the NFL business, with CNBC's Darren Rovell Sports Call 02 Nov 2007 The New England Patriots vs. the Indianapolis Colts is a touchdown for the NFL business, with CNBC's

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Thread: Comments for: "I Need Your Help To Fix My Spam Problem"

2007-11-04T15:37:00.001-08:00

Thread: Comments for: "I Need Your Help To Fix My Spam Problem"
CRN - Unix/Linux systems tend to be more RFC compliant than Microsoft Exchange for example, but this isn't the only problem. I've read recent reports that state most spam these days come from PC's that are infected and spewing out spam. Since this is the

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Windows XP Service Pack 2

2007-11-04T11:34:00.001-08:00

Windows XP Service Pack 2
PC World - It's an unsafe world out there for Windows-based computers. Microsoft wants to address the problem with its new megapatch, Service Pack 2 for Windows XP. It's an unsafe world out there for Windows-based computers. Microsoft wants to address the

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'Zlob' blues best-treated with a dose of 'tango'

2007-11-04T07:28:00.001-08:00

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - The first one is the Microsoft.NET Framework which comes up on the computer constantly. When hitting the continue button nothing happens. The other problem is Photo Gallery. This also keeps popping up. It tells me to put in the CD for the photo read more

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Separate addresses with semi-colons

2007-11-04T03:25:00.003-08:00

Microsoft's SOA Strategy Is Ambitious, But Half-Baked

2007-11-04T03:25:00.001-08:00

Information Week - Microsoft last week unveiled what will become known as its Oslo vision: a simpler, cheaper service-oriented architecture for Windows that can be implemented inside and outside the corporate firewall. Oslo is a major departure for Microsoft. Instead read more

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Techs Dodge Blue Chip Downdraft

2007-11-04T00:17:00.001-07:00

InternetNews.com - Cable & Wireless Case Study: Integrated Security Solution Makes Protection Easy By deploying a Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server solution, Cable & Wireless was able to implement a new security software solution to help better protect read more

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Spyware and adware are bedeviling IT managers, as vendors roll out new

2007-11-03T16:12:00.001-07:00

Spyware and adware are bedeviling IT managers, as vendors roll out new
eWeek - Motorola RF Management Suite. See more. Stress less CDW•G. We're there with whatever you need, when you need it. Learn how to be a retail visionary with Motorola. Astonishing color prints. Black and white prices Defy all challenges. Microsoft® Visual

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DOS lives! Secrets of the Windows command prompt

2007-11-03T12:07:00.003-07:00

DOS lives! Secrets of the Windows command prompt
Computerworld - Most old DOS programs lost Windows compatibility after the release of Windows 98, and Microsoft even held a mock funeral for the once-dominant PC operating system about a decade ago. Yet despite Windows' glorious graphical goodness, a wispy memory of

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Microsoft Offers a Complex Windows Vista vs. Windows XP Perspective

2007-11-03T12:07:00.001-07:00

Microsoft Offers a Complex Windows Vista vs. Windows XP Perspective
Softpedia - A new standard of security is an integer aspect of the evolution puzzle represented by the move from Windows XP to Windows Vista. The Redmond company applauded not only the Wow factor of its latest Windows client, but also a new milestone in user

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Worm Attacks

2007-11-03T08:03:00.001-07:00

eWeek - Motorola RF Management Suite. See more. Stress less CDW•G. We're there with whatever you need, when you need it. Learn how to be a retail visionary with Motorola. Astonishing color prints. Black and white prices Defy all challenges. Microsoft® Visual read more

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Should Microsoft join or fight the OpenSocial?

2007-11-03T04:00:00.001-07:00

Should Microsoft join or fight the OpenSocial?
ZDNet Blogs - In all the conversation this week about Google’s OpenSocial launch , Microsoft’s own social network — Windows Live Spaces — is absent from just about every blog post, article and discussion. Instead, most pundits are positing that the new

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Microsoft stock at highest point in 6 years

2007-11-02T23:57:00.001-07:00

Seattle Times - Microsoft stock climbed to the highest in six years after a Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. analyst said the shares were undervalued based on the company's growth potential. Microsoft rose $1.24, or 3.5 percent, to $36.81 Wednesday, the highest since June read more

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Microsoft, RComm plan tech tie-ups

2007-11-02T18:53:00.001-07:00

Hindustan Times - Anil Ambani is joining hands with Bill Gates. Ambani's Reliance Communications is understood to have tied up with Microsoft, world’s largest software firm, for several technological collaborations, including software for Internet Protocol read more

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Week in review: Go go Google

2007-11-02T16:50:00.001-07:00

Week in review: Go go Google
ZDNet - By comparison, Microsoft sold 20 million copies of Windows Vista in the first month it went on sale. And as of last week, Microsoft had sold 88 million copies of Vista . The sales numbers brought out the usual debates about which operating system is

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The unofficial directory of the ‘OpenSocial Alliance’ (26

2007-11-02T14:47:00.001-07:00

ZDNet Blogs - I think the name “OpenSocial Alliance” seems appropriate given how this is starting to shape up into a large group of online companies against Microsoft and FaceBook (at least until one or both of the latter two companies decide to embrace read more

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Everex notebook to spur 'Jobs effect' for Linux

2007-11-02T10:44:00.003-07:00

MacNN - Microsoft has typically held control of the low-end computer space but is widely believed to have inadvertently sabotaged its markeshare with Windows Vista. The operating system requires considerably faster components and is known to run slowly on read more

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Citigroup, JPMorgan, AIG lead Dow industrials down on writedown

2007-11-02T10:44:00.001-07:00

CNBC - NEW YORK - Shares of Citigroup Inc. fell to the largest midday loss on the Dow Jones industrial average Friday after an analyst said investment banks could write down more than $10 billion in bad debt during the third quarter. Thirteen of the 30 Dow read more

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My Mac mini - Initial thoughts

2007-11-02T08:42:00.001-07:00

ZDNet Blogs - I got the system hooked up to an LCD panel and a Microsoft keyboard and mouse (oh, the irony!) and I hit the power button and waited … … and waited … and waited some more. I hit the power button again. Nothing. I hit the power button read more

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A Storm before the calm?

2007-11-02T04:38:00.001-07:00

Guardian Unlimited - Microsoft made a significant dent in Storm in September by adding a detection signature to its Malicious Software Removal Tool; overnight, infection rates dropped by 20%. What's most interesting about his work, though, is that it shows how the authors read more

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Think Partnership Third Quarter 2007 Financial Results

2007-11-01T16:23:00.001-07:00

Think Partnership Third Quarter 2007 Financial Results
MSN MoneyCentral - Two more programs were also launched on the Microsoft network. -- Released PrimaryAds UK, a localized version of the PrimaryAds CPA (cost per acquisition) affiliate network. PrimaryAds UK is designed to connect advertisers to a

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Glenn Greenwald

2007-10-31T09:58:00.001-07:00

Salon - Col. Boylan now refuses to respond to any of my emails or other inquiries. He is also refusing to respond to at least one journalist whom I know is working on a comprehensive article on this matter. But he has been quite busy responding -- often at read more

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Judge Extends Microsoft Timeframe

2007-10-31T07:57:00.001-07:00

Judge Extends Microsoft Timeframe
FOX News - SEATTLE — A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has extended the timeframe for considering several states' arguments for five additional years of oversight of Microsoft Corp.'s competitive practices, and the software maker's arguments against that

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Zen Studios Offers Free Buccaneer Expansion Table for Pinball FX

2007-10-31T06:53:00.001-07:00

Forbes - The Buccaneer expansion table will be "free booty" for owners of the full version of Pinball FX (available for 800 Microsoft Points, or $10 USD). Buccaneer will feature several different modes of play and includes an additional dedicated achievement read more

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Lazard Ltd Reports Record Nine-Month and Third-Quarter 2007 Results

2007-10-31T04:51:00.001-07:00

MSN MoneyCentral - sale to National Grid, Chicago Board of Trade's $11.1 billion merger with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Alinta's A$9.2 billion sale to a consortium of Babcock & Brown and Singapore Power, Dollar General's $7.3 billion sale to KKR, Microsoft's read more

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The road to Nirvana?

2007-10-31T02:49:00.003-07:00

The road to Nirvana?
Silicon Republic - Matt Dunstan, application platform group manager at Microsoft UK, said these developments do not necessarily mean that IT is being de-emphasised; the reverse may in fact be the case. “I’d take that as a sign of progress,” he said. “The

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Consumer confidence drop spooks market; Dow falls 77

2007-10-31T02:49:00.001-07:00

Consumer confidence drop spooks market; Dow falls 77
Baltimore Sun - The technology-dominated Nasdaq performed better than the other indexes, helped by continuing strength in such bellwethers as Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. Apple rose $1.91 to $187; Microsoft rose $1, or 2.9 percent, to $35.57; and

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Microsoft upgrades adCenter; kicks off ad-analytics beta

2007-10-31T00:46:00.001-07:00

ZDNet Blogs - Microsoft is doing more than snapping up advertising companies and cementing ad partnerships. On the infrastructure side of its growing advertising business, It also is continuing to refine its platform and tools for its existing customer base. The read more

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Microsoft Sees The Future Of Software In Modeling

2007-10-30T20:44:00.003-07:00

Information Week - Microsoft is about to move into the software modeling market previously occupied by the likes of IBM Rational tools and Telelogic's automotive, vertical industry modeling tools. In a series of announcements slated for Tuesday on its Redmond, Wash read more

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Luxury condos fast sellers on Kauai

2007-10-30T20:44:00.001-07:00

Luxury condos fast sellers on Kauai
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Last updated October 30, 2007 5:01 p.m. PT Luxury condos fast sellers on Kauai THE ASSOCIATED PRESS POIPU, Hawaii AP LOCAL HEADLINES · Microsoft gets more time to fight antitrust oversight extension · Kingston, WA, man is undergoing mental

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Microsoft talks SOA futures but not dates

2007-10-30T18:41:00.003-07:00

Microsoft talks SOA futures but not dates
ZDNet Blogs - Can you talk futures without dates? The Microsoft Application Platform team is out to prove that it can be done. At this week’s Microsoft’s 2007 Service Oriented Architecture and Business Process Management (SOA and BPM) conference in Redmond

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Digg 'will grow by letting others copy us'

2007-10-30T18:41:00.001-07:00

Guardian Unlimited - But Adelson - who recently signed a three-year deal which will see Microsoft provide exclusive advertising to the site - said that he was not interested in selling the company, which he believed deserved a valuation in excess of $100m. "Digg, in and read more

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IntelliStick(TM) Awarded 'Popular Mechanics Editor's Choice' at SEMA

2007-10-30T16:39:00.001-07:00

IntelliStick(TM) Awarded 'Popular Mechanics Editor's Choice' at SEMA
Forbes - Data is readily accessible through any Microsoft(R) Windows(R)-based Bluetooth(R)-enabled PDA, cell phone or laptop. "We are honored to receive this award by the prestigious Popular Mechanics Magazine, the leading technology publication," said Keith

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Stocks Close Lower As Investors Await Fed Decision on Rates

2007-10-30T14:37:00.003-07:00

Stocks Close Lower As Investors Await Fed Decision on Rates
CNBC - re in limbo until the Fed decision and we're in earnings season so there is a lot of uncertainty," said Scott Vergin, portfolio manager at Thrivent Financial. The one bright spot was technology. "Some of the bigger stocks on the Nasdaq, like Microsoft

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Kirtas Technologies to Provide High Quality Digitization Services to

2007-10-30T14:37:00.001-07:00

Forbes - Kirtas Technologies, a leading innovator and provider of digital scanning solutions, today announced it will provide high-quality digitization services to Yale University Library, in conjunction with the company's agreement with Microsoft Corp. to read more

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Google Vs. Zoho: Can Either Replace Microsoft Office?

2007-10-30T12:35:00.001-07:00

Google Vs. Zoho: Can Either Replace Microsoft Office?
Information Week - While Leopard is a significant improvement over previous Mac OS X releases, it has some notable shortcomings. IPhone users, database developers, people still running Classic Mac apps and folks who are obsessive about backing up will find some

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University Hospital Birmingham Maximises Storage Optimisation and

2007-10-30T05:29:00.001-07:00

University Hospital Birmingham Maximises Storage Optimisation and
MSN MoneyCentral - Essential has strategic relationships with Microsoft, Lotus and HP (formerly Compaq/Digital), and is well recognised in the industry as providing quality, high-end solutions, backed up by industry-leading support and consultancy. For more

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Microsoft Hosts Educators Worldwide to Discuss 21st Century Learning

2007-10-30T03:26:00.003-07:00

PR Newswire - HELSINKI, Finland, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nearly 500 teachers, school administrators and education policymakers from more than 50 countries are gathered in Helsinki, Finland, this week for the third-annual worldwide Innovative Teachers read more

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CSR Music'n'Voice dongle design enables versatile headset use in the

2007-10-30T03:26:00.001-07:00

Forbes - the MV Dongle is inserted into a PC's USB port, the system will recognise it as a sound card, and it will automatically work with popular media player software such as Apple iTunes, Windows Media Player, RealPlayer or WinAmp, running on Microsoft read more

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Leno is out in ’09 and O’Brien is in

2007-10-30T01:23:00.001-07:00

Leno is out in ’09 and O’Brien is in
MSNBC - take over ‘The Tonight Show’ in 2009,” NBC Universal President and CEO Jeff Zucker said Monday in New York at an event arranged by Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. (MSNBC is a joint venture between Microsoft

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SchemaLogic Enterprise Suite for Microsoft(R) SharePoint(R) 2007

2007-10-29T23:23:00.003-07:00

PR Newswire - KIRKLAND, Wash., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- SchemaLogic, the leader in Business Semantics Management software for Global 5000 companies, today announced the availability of SchemaLogic Enterprise Suite (SES) for Microsoft SharePoint 2007. With this read more

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Microsoft aquires hospital IT software ffom GCS

2007-10-29T23:23:00.001-07:00

Microsoft aquires hospital IT software ffom GCS
ITnews - If You're Going To Steal Software, Steal From Us: Microsoft Exec Business Objects acquires Inxight Software Borland acquires software development tool IBM acquires Telelogic for its rational software unit Motorola acquires HDTV, IPTV software

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ODF infighting could help Microsoft’s OOXML

2007-10-29T21:19:00.001-07:00

ODF infighting could help Microsoft’s OOXML
ZDNet Blogs - Microsoft’s battle with backers of the Open Document Format (ODF) standard could end up going the way that so many contests do: Won by Microsoft as much — if not more — because of the ineptitude of its competition than by Redmond’s prowess

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Good scare: These coasters deliver the goods

2007-10-29T19:18:00.003-07:00

Good scare: These coasters deliver the goods
MSNBC - To help it compete, Stengel writes its own project-management software. "We build most of our own programs because there is nothing on the market," says Wild. "There is no such thing as 'Roller Coaster Office.' Maybe Microsoft and Bill Gates haven

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Microsoft buys to boost e-health offerings

2007-10-29T19:18:00.001-07:00

Microsoft buys to boost e-health offerings
ZDNet Australia - In a boost to its already clear interest in e-health solutions, Microsoft announced this week plans to acquire Thai clinical workflow software developer Global Care Solutions. The acquisition of Global Care Solutions, based in Bangkok, is designed to

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