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AT&T rises to Microsoft's Surface

AT&T rises to Microsoft's Surface

Touch-screen system to make commercial debut with mobile carrier.
Shaun Nichols Apr 3 2008 7:31AM Hardware
Ovum: Microsoft’s vision for IT service providers and software developers

Ovum: Microsoft’s vision for IT service providers and software developers

Microsoft provided an update on everything that it sells to service providers including software and services that operators use to run their internal businesses, which account for an overwhelming portion of the revenue.
Lilia Guan Feb 15 2008 3:16PM Software
Seven patches to cap Microsoft's year

Seven patches to cap Microsoft's year

At least three critical patches will be released when Microsoft distributes its monthly security update..
Shaun Nichols Dec 11 2007 7:03AM Security
Microsoft's Bill Hilf reveals its open source strategy

Microsoft's Bill Hilf reveals its open source strategy

Bill Hilf, the man in charge of Microsoft's strategy for living in harmony with Linux lays out the company's opportunities with open source and the open source business model.
J. Nicholas Nov 19 2007 7:37AM Software
Microsoft’s Viridian is now Hyper-V

Microsoft’s Viridian is now Hyper-V

Microsoft has given a new name to its server virtualisation hypervisor technology and said that it will offer a version that does not require Windows Server to be installed.
IT Week Nov 13 2007 10:04AM Software
Microsoft's EU patent pledge incompatible with GPL

Microsoft's EU patent pledge incompatible with GPL

Linux vendors will be unable to license Microsoft's interoperability patents under the terms that were mandated by the European Commission, open source legal experts argue.
Tom Sanders Oct 25 2007 7:40AM Software
OSI approves Microsoft's open source licenses

OSI approves Microsoft's open source licenses

The Open Source Initiative has approved the Microsoft Public Licence and Microsoft Reciprocal Licence, officially branding them as open source licences.
Tom Sanders Oct 17 2007 7:12AM Software
Linux group calls Microsoft's bluff

Linux group calls Microsoft's bluff

The head of the Open Invention Network (OIN) has dismissed Microsoft's claims that Linux violates over 200 of its patents.
Iain Thomson Oct 5 2007 7:36AM Software
Google balks at Microsoft's open source licence

Google balks at Microsoft's open source licence

Google has lashed out at Microsoft's request to approve its shared source licence as an official open source licence.
Tom Sanders Aug 21 2007 10:29PM Software
Users lament Microsoft's overpriced Software Insurance

Users lament Microsoft's overpriced Software Insurance

26 percent of SA customers axing overpriced contracts.
Tom Sanders Jul 10 2007 1:59PM Software
Australian Hyro benefits from Microsoft buy

Australian Hyro benefits from Microsoft buy

Australian-based digital services company, Hyro, said it will benefit from Microsoft’s aQuantive acquisition.
Sarah Falson May 24 2007 2:38PM Software
US experts question Microsoft's aQuantive buy

US experts question Microsoft's aQuantive buy

Market-watcher, Ovum, is questioning whether Microsoft's US$6 billion (A$7.3 billion) offer is too high a price to pay for online marketing agency aQuantive.
Robert Jaques May 22 2007 11:59AM Software
Microsoft’s Imagine Cup calling for Aussie submissions

Microsoft’s Imagine Cup calling for Aussie submissions

Microsoft is urging Australian university students to promptly submit entries to its Imagine Cup competition for a chance to showcase their talents globally and win a share of the US$170 000 in prizes.
Negar Salek Apr 18 2007 12:57PM Training & Development
Microsoft's Live OneCare fails anti-virus test

Microsoft's Live OneCare fails anti-virus test

Microsoft's security software, Live OneCare, has finished last in an anti-virus trial - the second test it has failed in less than a month.
Fiona Raisbeck Mar 6 2007 12:07PM Security
Experts praise Microsoft's Patch Tuesday format

Experts praise Microsoft's Patch Tuesday format

Convenience of regular updates worth the risk, say researchers.
Shaun Nichols Mar 2 2007 8:26AM Security
Microsoft's XML standard under fire

Microsoft's XML standard under fire

Open standards alliances rain on Redmond's parade.
Robert Jaques Jan 30 2007 9:42AM Software
Novell to support Microsoft's Open XML

Novell to support Microsoft's Open XML

Vendor bridges gap between Open Document Format and Open XML.
Tom Sanders Dec 6 2006 8:57AM Software
Sophos, eEye in favor of Microsoft's PatchGuard

Sophos, eEye in favor of Microsoft's PatchGuard

While the largest IT security vendors continue to attack Microsoft on the new kernel patch protection in its Vista operating system, many of their competitors are coming forward to defend the software giant.
Ericka Chickowski Oct 24 2006 3:14AM Security
McAfee blasts Microsoft's 'hollow security promises'

McAfee blasts Microsoft's 'hollow security promises'

Security vendor McAfee no longer has any confidence that Microsoft will cooperate with independent security vendors and allow them to protect the forthcoming Windows Vista operating system.
Tom Sanders Oct 20 2006 9:42AM Security
Rivals not convinced of Microsoft's Vista offer

Rivals not convinced of Microsoft's Vista offer

While Microsoft has made a lot of fanfare about the concessions they announced last week regarding kernel access to 64-bit Vista, the leading IT security manufacturers said this week that what Microsoft eventually offers them may be too little, too late.
Ericka Chickowski Oct 19 2006 7:00PM Security

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