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Postpones release of netbook upgrade tool after admitting it copied code Microsoft has delayed re-releasing a Windows 7 installation tool that it has admitted included open-source code, saying that it's still testing the revamped utility.
Even though the US is heading into turkey weekend the discussion around Microsoft cutting deals to de-list from Google and go strictly with Bing with any newspaper organization willing to listen continues unabated. In two past posts here at The Inquisitr I have written about how stupid this idea is and could end up hurting Microsoft [...]
Eugen tips news that Microsoft has sent DMCA takedown notices to several websites to stop them from offering the Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE) tool for download after it was leaked earlier this month. One of the sites, Cryptome.org, has posted their correspondence with Microsoft over the software. "... Microsoft contacted Network Solutions, which hosts Cryptome, and since ...
Microsoft has delayed re-releasing a Windows 7 installation tool that it has admitted included open-source code, saying that it's still testing the revamped utility. The company now plans to issue a new version of Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool (WUDT) in the "next few weeks," said Peter Galli, Microsoft's open-source community manager in a post to the firm's Port25 blog last Friday.
Microsoft launched the beta of Office Home and Business 2010 over the weekend and is delivering the preview using its new "streaming" download technology. The beta was the second that Microsoft made available to the general public, and followed the enterprise-grade Office Professional Plus 2010 test edition that it unveiled last week .
Microsoft just announced that its Office 2008 for Mac Home & Student Edition office suite will cost just $99 from Friday 11/27 through Monday 11/30. That's $50 off the standard price.
Analysts cautioned Wednesday not to read too much into the coming departure of Microsoft Corp. finance chief Chris Liddell, which was announced Tuesday.
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. , the world’s largest software maker, said Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell will resign after 4 1/2 years to seek a new position that broadens his career.
We've been doing some more digging on the definitive moves by Microsoft to woo newspapers over to Bing and away from Google, a story we broke two weeks ago . Since then there have been some follow-up by various media outlets, notably the Financial Times this week which confirmed that Microsoft had had discussions with News Corp to “de-index” its news websites from Google. Who approached who ...
Microsoft Corp's Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell is to leave the company at the end of the year, indicating that he is looking for a bigger job at another company.
Microsoft has launched a new mobile ad product that combines mobile search and display. Called "Microsoft Mobile Marketplaces," it should not be confused with Microsoft's "Windows Marketplace for Mobile," which is its new app store on Windows phones.
VMware and Microsoft are ramping up their virtualization games with relatively new releases. Scott Lowe compares and contrasts some of the major features in vSphere and Hyper-V R2.
Microsoft's CFO swap is not expected to impact investors, despite the departure of the company's finance guru.
Technology stocks closed trading mostly with gains on Wednesday, though sector leader Microsoft Corp. was in the red following news that its chief financial officer is leaving at the end of the year.
Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell plans to leave the company at the end of the year after managing the software giant's finances for nearly five years, Microsoft said Tuesday.
REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. and eBay Inc. today announced they are partnering to offer eBay Daily Deals through a new Internet Explorer 8 Web Slice for the holidays.
Microsoft Corp. announced Wednesday that Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell will resign after 41/2 years to seek a new position that broadens his career. 1/2 years to seek a new position ...
You know, we've pretty much all been enamored with the Zune HD's industrial design , but one unintended consequence for Microsoft was that it made its console look even more childish and toylike. It was inevitable, then, that a group of industrious Swedes would take up arms against this injustice and right the world with their Elegant Edition mod. Featuring three 120mm cooling fans, an aesthetic ...
Worldwide, the greatest threat remained attacks via fake security software. More than 13 million such attacks were blocked by computers with the help of Microsoft software in the first half of 2009. Nonetheless, a year ago, that figure was 16.8 million.
Security firm Sophos says Windows 7 is far from secure and highly vulnerable to the latest viruses. Microsoft insists Windows 7 builds on features in Windows Vista, "the most secure Windows operating system ever released."
Microsoft has been issuing takedown notices for publicly hosting its leaked Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor ( COFEE ) tool. The company sent off "Demand for Immediate Take-Down: Notice of Infringing Activity" to companies hosting websites that offered the tool. The e-mails all start with the following standard statement: "Microsoft has received information that the domain listed ...
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