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Microsoft earmarks $1.5bn for Yahoo! staff

News Microsoft plans to set aside $1.5bn for employee retention at Yahoo! lawyer noted Microsoft had informed the company it "earmarked $1.5bn for employee retention at Yahoo! Employees at Tellme Networks apparently did much better when they were...

Tags: staff, yahoo, microsoft

[30 Apr 2008]

<strong>Microsoft</strong> gets serious about business apps

Microsoft gets serious about business apps

News Microsoft has laid out its plan for expanding its reach in the business applications market, with a software suite intended to help companies do everything from cut pay cheques to ringing up shopping at a checkout counter.

[19 Sep 2002]

<strong>Microsoft</strong>-AOL settlement - a win-win?

Microsoft-AOL settlement - a win-win?

News Microsoft has been very pragmatic in putting its anti-trust issues behind it," said Rich Gray, an anti-trust lawyer in Silicon Valley who's tracked Microsoft anti-trust battles for years. Gartenberg said AOL also benefits from Microsoft...

Tags: steve case, parsons, ie, netscape

[30 May 2003]

<strong>Microsoft</strong> suffers further embarrassment

Microsoft suffers further embarrassment

News Microsoft's trustworthy computing initiative got off to a rather inauspicious start yesterday when it emerged someone had taken the domain to compile a list of Microsoft's recent security gaffes. Visitors to www.trustworthycomputing.com are taken...

[08 Feb 2002]

Microsoft's Simulation Exams Don't Live Up to the Hype

whitepaper For the most part, Microsoft's certification team, which is now part of the department named Microsoft Learning, does excellent work with their certification exams. Microsoft Learning recently added performance-based simulation questions to their...

Tags: training and certification, learning, simulation, questions

[16 Jun 2006]

Fixed: Microsoft issues Zune update

News Microsoft has released a minor update to its Zune software aimed at fixing several issues, including one that was causing some users to hear skipping when playing back purchased songs. Microsoft also noted the Zune held its number two spot in NPD's...

Tags: microsoft, zune

[29 Mar 2007]

Microsoft calls for Linux showdown

News Microsoft has challenged the Linux community to a Windows NT vs Linux showdown, to back up its claims that NT runs faster under a heavy load than its open source counterpart. But the Linux community responded in force, claiming the test was not...

[14 May 1999]

Microsoft Clustering for Exchange 2003, Including HP Cluster Extension EVA White Paper

whitepaper As communication with email has now become a business-critical activity, providing users immediate and consistent access to Microsoft Exchange environments is a significant goal. Additionally, the need to disperse clusters across distance is...

Tags: exchange, environments, microsoft exchange, clusters

[05 Apr 2006]

Microsoft tech tapped by mobile web start-up

News A start-up called ZenZui is leaning on Microsoft's research labs to try to find a better way to view web content on mobile devices. Microsoft said it will get an equity stake in ZenZui but did not disclose any other financial terms of the deal.

Tags: zenzui , microsoft

[28 Mar 2007]

Microsoft and DoJ both gain from latest anti-trust ruling

News The anti-trust case against Microsoft has been sent to the Supreme Court for appeal and all business restrictions against the company have been suspended, following a decision by the US district court yesterday.

[21 Jun 2000]

<strong>Microsoft</strong> offers source code to 2,300 parties - 150 say yes

Microsoft offers source code to 2,300 parties - 150 say yes

News Despite the apparent fervour surrounding software source code only 150 organisations worldwide have taken up Microsoft's offer to share the inner secrets of the Windows operating system. Users get to see 90 per cent of the operating system code...

[19 Sep 2002]

'Patent violation': Microsoft moans about open source

News Microsoft claims free and open source software violates more than 230 of its patents, according to a magazine report. In an interview with Fortune, Microsoft top lawyer Brad Smith alleges the Linux kernel violates 42 Redmond patents, while its user...

Tags: open source, microsoft, patent

[14 May 2007]

<strong>Microsoft</strong> joins Bluetooth bandwagon with a flurry

Microsoft joins Bluetooth bandwagon with a flurry

News Microsoft is putting its considerable weight behind Bluetooth with a medley of enabled hardware including keyboards and mouses. However, there are concerns within the industry that Microsoft's backing for Bluetooth, which comes almost three years...

[18 Apr 2002]

Microsoft strips features from 'Viridian'

News Microsoft said on Thursday it is pulling features out of the initial version of its 'Viridian' hypervisor to avoid having to delay the virtualisation technology. He added: "For a (version) 1.0 virtualisation offering to be missing critical features...

Tags: viridian, virtualisation

[11 May 2007]

<strong>Microsoft</strong> licence deadline approaches

Microsoft licence deadline approaches

News IT directors are being urged to sign up to the new Microsoft licences before the 31 July deadline. The changes to Microsoft's licensing policies were announced last year, but were delayed twice because of customer resistance.

[21 May 2002]

Microsoft chases Oracle, SAP with hosted CRM

News Microsoft has launched a long-awaited update to its customer relationship management (CRM) software, which will for the first time include subscription-style pricing. It also adds marketing management and service scheduling capabilities, along with...

Tags: oracle, sap, crm, microsoft

[06 Dec 2005]

Microsoft gears up for anti-trust resumption

News The Microsoft anti-trust trial resumes this month, with both sides calling industry insiders to the witness box. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) is calling IBM executive, Garry Norris, to bolster its argument that Microsoft's market dominance...

[04 May 1999]

Microsoft patches 'the class of 2007'

News Microsoft has released fixes for 19 security flaws in several of its products, including Internet Explorer 7, Office 2007 and Exchange 2007. Microsoft's MS07-027 update fixes six flaws in Internet Explorer that could be exploited through malicious...

Tags: microsoft, patch

[09 May 2007]

<strong>Microsoft</strong> patching has finally matured, say security pros

Microsoft patching has finally matured, say security pros

News Security professionals say Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative may finally be improving their lives because the latest patches and fixes being distributed by Redmond rarely break other applications.

[02 Apr 2004]

Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000 - The Armada Advantage

whitepaper Compaq provides industry -leading performance and support for Microsoft Windows NT throughout the current Compaq Armada product line. This white paper describes the support and features of the Compaq Armada notebook family with Microsoft Windows NT...

Tags: windows nt - 2000 - 2003, microsoft windows, compaq, nt

[24 Feb 2004]

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