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The Weekly Round-Up: 11.04.08
Round-Up announced this week that it's testing the use of Google ads on some of its search pages, raising the possibility of a significant shift from its present advertising strategy. HP UK's managing director Stephen Gill has claimed that many large... [11 Apr 2008]
$10bn Vista launch is Microsoft's biggest ever
News Speaking at the UK business launch of Vista at Emirates Stadium in London - itself an early user of the technology - Microsoft's UK managing director Gordon Frazer said Vista is the result of the company's biggest beta testing programme ever as... [30 Nov 2006]
Time running out for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance
News Besides involving process owners, SAP also appointed SOX champions, who handle SOX 404 related tasks such as effectiveness testing, said Metzger. A direct reporting line to the executive board was established and an issue evaluation committee was... [26 Jul 2006]
Browser wars: Dell and Google to buddy up?
News A Google representative confirmed the two companies were testing the search giant's products on new Dell PCs, but declined to comment further. These preloaded toolbars also give PC companies a way to supplement their revenue without any additional... [08 Feb 2006]
Microsoft dishes up test version of new file system
News It should also work on Tablet PC and Media Center editions of the OS but Microsoft has done limited testing of WinFS with those flavours. Quentin Clark, director of program management for the new file system, said: "I would certainly not... [30 Aug 2005]
Collaboration takes centre stage for Office 12
To get a good understanding of where Microsoft is headed with Office, Hilf suggested taking a look at Microsoft Office Communicator 2005, an instant messaging add-on to Office that is in beta testing. [17 May 2005]
XP Starter Edition off to a slow start
We'll be testing several go-to-market approaches," said Mike Wickstrand, Microsoft's director of Windows product management. We're not focused on Starter Edition," said Kharisma Shintara, director of Arta Computer Centre, a computer assembler in... [18 Mar 2005]
XP Starter Edition off to slow start
News We'll be testing several go-to-market approaches," said Mike Wickstrand, Microsoft's director of Windows product management. Kharisma Shintara, director of Arta Computer Centre, a computer assembler in Indonesia that has licensed Microsoft's scaled... [18 Mar 2005]
IT department headed for extinction?
Comment Tim Murfet, head of technical consulting at Accenture, says that IT departments will draw a line between development and more tactical or strategic elements such as defining business specifications, change control, programme management and... [21 Feb 2005]
Longhorn beta to arrive 'by June'
The third major component, a reworking of the Windows file system known as WinFS, has been delayed past Longhorn's release and is expected to be in beta testing when Longhorn ships. There will be a beta 1 of Longhorn.happening in the first half of... [08 Feb 2005]
Microsoft users to test patches
As part of Microsoft's Security Update Validation Program, the software behemoth has implemented a closed beta testing programme, to allow outsiders to trial the patches for compatibility before they roll them out further. [14 Jan 2005]
Microsoft forges ahead with anti-spam sender ID scheme
News AOL has been testing a system called Sender Permitted From, or SPF, that uses the domain name server (DNS). the web portal is testing its so-called DomainKeys system for Yahoo! We are eager to see the results of some rounds of testing by other... [13 Aug 2004]
CIO Jury: Windows XP Service Pack 2 - The verdict
News Time and resources needed for testing SP2 before rolling it out across the company will be a factor, according to Graham Yellowley, director of technology at Tokyo-Mitsubishi bank, who doesn't plan to install it until the fourth quarter this year. [10 Aug 2004]
Google ready for Microsoft search face-off
News Search company Google is testing software that lets people navigate the web without opening up an internet browser, placing itself in a field that Microsoft has designs on - desktop search. Matthew Berk, a director at Jupiter Research, said the... [07 Nov 2003]
Amazon expands into search technology
News Google has been testing product comparison engine Froogle since December, while Yahoo! Rob Leathern, director and senior analyst at Nielsen/NetRatings, said: "It speaks to the fact that the whole search space is still evolving, not only in the... [26 Sep 2003]
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