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Microsoft's Silverlight Vision

PC World - Sun Nov 22, 9:52 am ET

Silverlight will "optimize everywhere," Microsoft tells developers conference.

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Microsoft Study Sees Growing Threat of Computer Worms
Enterprise Security Today - Sun Nov 22, 3:07 am ET
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.
Sophos, Microsoft Disagree on Windows 7 Security
Enterprise Security Today - Sun Nov 22, 3:08 am ET
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, Other Rivals Slam Google Chrome OS
Slashdot - Sat Nov 21, 5:14 pm ET
CWmike writes "Microsoft is, predictably, not all that impressed by Google Inc.'s demonstration of its upcoming Chrome OS. 'From what was shared, it appears to be in the early stages of development,' a Microsoft spokeswoman said. 'From our perspective, however, our customers are already voicing their approval of the way Windows 7 just works — across the Web and on the desktop, and on all sizes ...
Microsoft Denies Claim of 1 Million Banned 360s
1up.com - Sat Nov 21, 3:38 pm ET
Right around last week's release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 , Microsoft issued a wave of Xbox Live bans, with some reports saying they totaled between 600,000 to as many as 1 million modified consoles. While the extent of the bans was certainly immense (a glance at Craigslist following the culling proved that conclusively enough), Xbox Live general manager Marc Whitten denies the number ...
Week in Microsoft: Windows 7 meets the GPL, MinWin, FUD
Ars Technica - Sat Nov 21, 10:24 am ET
Let's look back at the week that was in Microsoft news. Here were the top stories: Inside "MinWin": the Windows 7 kernel slims down : Back in 2003, Microsoft assembled a team of engineers to rethink the lowest levels of Windows, so that the OS could be more easily slimmed down and secured to run in servers and embedded applications. That project, called "MinWin," has now started to bear fruit ...
Ask.com Sale: Upside for Microsoft, IAC
Red Herring - Sat Nov 21, 11:09 am ET
Financial analysts and search engine marketing industry execs see financial benefit in prospect of a Microsoft-Ask.com deal.
Microsoft previews Rx for asynchronous programming
InfoWorld via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 1:36 pm ET
Microsoft is previewing extensions for .Net catering to asynchronous and event-based programming.
Microsoft offers about 24K training vouchers in NC
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 11:58 am ET
Microsoft Corp. is giving away nearly 24,000 vouchers to North Carolina residents who want to improve their computer skills so they can improve their lot in the work force.
Microsoft and Rivals Trash Talk Google Chrome OS
PC World - Sat Nov 21, 12:08 am ET
Microsoft was, predictably, not all that impressed by Google's demonstration of its upcoming Chrome OS.
Microsoft roadmap pegs Windows 8 release for 2012, or just after the world's end
Engadget - Sat Nov 21, 12:27 pm ET
It's somewhat hard to believe that we're already talking about Windows 8 given that Windows 7 just hit the shelves two months ago, but you know the engineers at Microsoft are already planning ahead. According to a roadmap constructed over at Microsoft Kitchen -- based around whispers heard through the grapevine on the eventual release of the next Windows Server -- the next iteration of Windows ...
New York Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof Bashes Microsoft Bing
Seattle Weekly - Sat Nov 21, 12:08 pm ET
While several nice things have been written about Microsoft's new Bing search engine, including by his NYT colleague David Pogue, op-ed columnist Nicholas Kristof does not agree. In a scat... Continue reading "New York Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof Bashes Microsoft Bing"
Microsoft launches beta tests of free Office 2010, 'streaming' delivery
Network World - Sat Nov 21, 4:58 am ET
Microsoft has launched new betas for its free Office suite and for the "streaming" technology it will use to deliver some paid versions of Office 2010 next year.
Microsoft's embrace of MySQL could kill it
CNET - Fri Nov 20, 2:09 pm ET
Microsoft is now offering support for MySQL, which should give pause to every open-source company that expects to make money through support subscriptions.
Microsoft Partners Yawn In Chrome's General Direction
ChannelWeb - Fri Nov 20, 6:25 pm ET
Color Microsoft solution providers unimpressed with the limited details Google provided this week on its forthcoming Linux-based Chrome OS.
Microsoft Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Due
PC Magazine - Fri Nov 20, 12:22 pm ET
Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 will be available on November 24 in all shipping languages, Microsoft announced Thursday.
Ex-Microsoft executive gets ND's highest honor
Seattle Times - Fri Nov 20, 8:57 pm ET
A philanthropist and former Microsoft Corp. executive who built a big-time company with small-town people is the recipient of North Dakota's highest honor, the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider award.
Microsoft, Linux rivals mock Google Chrome OS
TechWorld - Fri Nov 20, 1:33 pm ET
Operating system crippled by reliance on web access Microsoft is, predictably, not all that impressed by Google's demonstration of its upcoming Chrome OS, but neither were a number of potential rivals in the Linux and instant-on operating system space.
Microsoft denies building security 'backdoor' in Windows 7
TechWorld - Fri Nov 20, 1:32 pm ET
Privacy organisations shouldn't read too much into NSA involvement it says Microsoft has denied building a backdoor into Windows 7, responding to concerns from privacy organisations after it was revealed that the National Security Agency (NSA) had worked on the operating system.
Remote cloud control for Microsoft Windows
TechWorld - Fri Nov 20, 1:32 pm ET
Quest software launches SaaS management software Quest Software has announced the launch of its first set of Software as a Service (SaaS) Windows management solutions. Quest OnDemand will be hosted on Windows Azure, securely managing IT environments by leveraging Microsoft's Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) and Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) 2.0. The first solutions are currently ...
Microsoft Takes Users Behind Bing
WebProNews - Fri Nov 20, 3:48 pm ET
Microsoft has launched a new site for Bing, where users can go to find out the latest features that have been implemented into the search engine (excuse me, "decision engine"). The site's called Behind Bing . "You can see each feature in action though a screencast, see me talk about why we did it the way we did (for those who like to geek out), and get some drill-down details," says Bing's ...