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Microsoft: ‘Trusted Windows’ still coming, trust us

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-25 Microsoft 13 Comments

After nearly a decade, Microsoft's vision for how to protect especially sensitive information within Windows remains largely that--a vision.

Microsoft’s Ballmer grins and bears Linux–a little

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-20 Microsoft 37 Comments

Despite his fondness for Windows, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says the company will make it easier for businesses to manage a wide variety of machines--including those running Linux.

Microsoft Scrambles to Finish Integration of ‘Yukon’ and ‘Whidbey’

Submitted by Jan Michael Tan 2005-04-18 Microsoft 29 Comments

The software giant is working furiously to put the finishing touches on its integrated SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005.

Microsoft offers EU concessions on server data

Eugenia Loli 2005-04-05 Microsoft 34 Comments

Microsoft has offered the European Commission about 20 concessions over the EU executive's order that it share data with rival makers of servers, the software firm said Monday.

Perspectives on the Shared Source Initiative

Eugenia Loli 2005-03-28 Microsoft 11 Comments

Microsoft's Shared Source Initiative seems like an odd mix for the company when it works openly and a clever shot across the bow of open source when it works selfishly. How can the rest of us reconcile both positions? Microsoft ex-employee Stephen Walli shares his perspectives on the Shared Source Initiative from within and without the company.

Is Microsoft Toast?

David Adams 2005-03-25 Microsoft 116 Comments

Thomas Hazlett, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, looks at the various competitive pressures (Apple, Firefox) facing Microsoft and wonders whether its era of dominance might be on the wane in an editorial at the Financial Times.

Microsoft funding of security report decried

Eugenia Loli 2005-03-25 Microsoft 96 Comments

Two researchers surprised the audience at a computer-security convention last month with their finding that a version of Microsoft Windows was more secure than a competing Linux operating system. This week, the researchers released their finished report, and it included another surprise: Microsoft was funding the project all along.

Microsoft’s Windows Communications Protocol Licence Explained

Submitted by Seb Flyte 2005-03-18 Microsoft 16 Comments

Microsoft is guilty of breaking EU competition law, and has come up with a way to make amends. ZDNet dissects the resulting licence and find a very peculiar world indeed.

EU: Microsoft not complying with order

Submitted by Tudy 2005-03-18 Microsoft 34 Comments

Microsoft's latest offer to comply with sanctions imposed by the European Commission is insufficient to meet the concerns of customers and consumers, a European Commission spokesman said Friday.

Microsoft gets outside the box with software

Eugenia Loli 2005-03-15 Microsoft 23 Comments

A decade ago, Bill Gates and other executives at Microsoft decided that traditional packaged software was dead--all software would eventually be delivered via the Internet.

Microsoft to abandon passwords

Submitted by Tudy 2005-03-15 Microsoft 39 Comments

Microsoft has revealed at a security panel at CeBIT that it is preparing to dump passwords in favour of two-factor authentication in forthcoming versions of Windows.

Microsoft Defends Patch Previews

Eugenia Loli 2005-03-14 Microsoft 4 Comments

The U.S. government will not get a head start on other Windows users when it comes to Microsoft security updates, the company said Friday in response to news report that suggested otherwise.

Microsoft Advocates for Patent Reform

Submitted by Tudy 2005-03-12 Microsoft 54 Comments

Microsoft is commencing a campaign to bring some major changes to U.S. patent system.

Gartner takes Microsoft to task

Submitted by Tudy 2005-02-21 Microsoft 49 Comments

Microsoft should be concentrating on securing Windows instead of trying to challenge security software companies, according to research firm Gartner.

Microsoft’s Martin Taylor Responds

Eugenia Loli 2005-02-15 Microsoft 32 Comments

Slashdot passed on requested questions for Martin Taylor, Microsoft's global general manager of platform strategy, and here is the resulted interview.

Microsoft pitches new Visual Studio tools

Eugenia Loli 2005-02-07 Microsoft 8 Comments

Microsoft says developers that stick with its tools can have their cake and eat it too. Elsewhere, Microsoft is considering the release of source code for a popular tool used to build Windows programs.

Bill Gates on Spiegel

Submitted by Cosmo 2005-02-06 Microsoft 34 Comments

Microsoft founder Bill Gates, 49, talks about the thorny issues of computer security, competition, software bundling and how he lives with the downsides of his wealth and fame. In addition to being the world's richest man, Gates is the founder of the world's most powerful software company.

New technology wave about to break – Bill Gates

Submitted by danjr 2005-02-03 Microsoft 40 Comments

Money certainly isn't everything. But when you’ve worth nearly $50-billion it tends to alter prejudices. In person, Bill Gates might still be a living example of the Super Nerd - gangly, bespectacled, and hugely intelligent with only the pocket protector missing. But unlike most other geeks, when Gates talks, everybody listens. Elsewhere, In an effort to boost sales of Windows, Microsoft has its sights set on its nearest competitor.

Microsoft’s sleeping giant; Server License snubs Open Source

Submitted by Yves R. Crevecoeur 2005-01-28 Microsoft 193 Comments

In reporting its second-quarter financial results Thursday, Microsoft said revenue at its Server and Tools division, which caters to business customers, grew 18 percent, year over year. Licenses sales of Windows server, which competes head-to-head with open-source software Linux and other server operating systems, grew 17 percent, year over year.

MS mulls charging for anti-spyware app

Eugenia Loli 2005-01-27 Microsoft 59 Comments

Microsoft is leaving its options open on charging for full versions of anti-spyware and virus disinfection tools. Speaking in London yesterday, Detlef Eckert, chief security adviser for Microsoft EMEA, revealed there will be a second beta of Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware application. However, the company remains unsure how the product will evolve from then on.

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