Yahoo!, Microsoft ink Web search agreement
AFP - Fri Dec 4, 8:16 pm ETYahoo! and Microsoft announced that they have finalized the details of their planned Internet search and advertising partnership.
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Mathematical Notation Gets Upgrade
Wired News - Fri Dec 4, 1:26 pm ETWhen existing mathematical symbols wouldn't do the trick, Microsoft researcher Byron Cook and artist Tauba Auerbach drew up a new set, and they hope to have them included in LaTeX, the typesetting program mathematicians use to publish their work.
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Bing bonked by service outage Thursday, Microsoft configured the wrong server
BetaNews - Fri Dec 4, 1:23 pm ETFor about 40 minutes starting at approximately 9:30 pm EST Thursday evening, by Betanews estimates, the main page of Microsoft's Bing Web site was inaccessible to users. In its place was a message filled with hexadecimal code, leading off with the message, "This isn't the page you wanted!"
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Microsoft, don't hang up on Windows Mobile, but do call for help
BetaNews - Fri Dec 4, 1:23 pm ETYes, Windows Mobile is down -- really low -- but the operating system isn't bad. The mobile OS is good at the core, meaning the kernel, and multitasks pretty well. It's the user interface and partner model that needs a makeover -- and awfully fast.
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Microsoft releases next two pieces of Forefront security suite
Network World - Fri Dec 4, 1:14 pm ETMicrosoft Thursday released two more pieces of its Forefront suite that is core to its strategy to merge security and identity technology with software that stretch across clients, servers and the network edge
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Bing goes down for a half hour
Network World - Fri Dec 4, 1:11 pm ETA day after trumpeting various enhancements to Bing, including the beta version of an improved mapping service, Microsoft had to apologize for a widespread outage that kept the search engine offline for about 30 minutes on Thursday evening.
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Bing Maps Beta: Microsoft Should Repent and Simplify
Network World - Fri Dec 4, 1:11 pm ETMicrosoft has released a new beta of the map function inside its Bing "decision engine." After only a few minutes with the Bing Maps beta, just like Microsoft promises, I was able to make a decision: Enough already.
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IT managers cool on Windows 7 upgrade
Network World - Fri Dec 4, 1:09 pm ETMicrosoft could find Windows 7 harder to reluctant UK IT managers than they think. According to a survey of high-level staff, fewer than half see the new OS being installed on company laptops in the next 18 months.
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Behind last night's Bing outage
CNET - Fri Dec 4, 1:09 pm ETMicrosoft says that a change that was being tested was mistakenly moved onto the live site, causing Thursday night's sitewide outage.
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Microsoft tweaks browser ballot as EU antitrust deal nears
Network World - Fri Dec 4, 1:08 pm ETMicrosoft has revamped the browser ballot screen demanded by European Union antitrust regulators and may get final approval as early as Dec. 15, a source familiar with the case said.
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Microsoft opens its Reno doors
Reno Gazette-Journal - Sat Dec 5, 4:41 am ETMicrosoft Licensing, a major employer but quiet presence on the Reno map for 12 years, opened its doors this week to area business leaders as it grows more visible in the community.
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Microsoft-Yahoo partnership inked
Denver Post - Sat Dec 5, 3:27 am ETMicrosoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. have signed off on their plan to team up against Google Inc. in the lucrative Internet search market.
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Sophos, Microsoft Disagree on Windows 7 Security
Enterprise Security Today - Sat Dec 5, 3:05 am ETSecurity 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."
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'Black Screen' Overhyped and Not Microsoft's Fault
Enterprise Security Today - Sat Dec 5, 3:02 am ETBritish security firm Prevx has conceded that Microsoft security patches were not the cause of a Windows issue labeled the Black Screen of Death.
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IE Vulnerability Heads Microsoft's Patch Tuesday List
Enterprise Security Today - Sat Dec 5, 3:02 am ETPatch Tuesday will address a vulnerability in Internet Explorer severe enough that Microsoft considered an out-of-band patch. Microsoft's Patch Tuesday also addresses a Windows Server 2008 flaw that could be disruptive and a Project 2000 problem.
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Microsoft, Yahoo Take Next Step In Search Alliance
WGAL 8 Susquehanna Valley - Fri Dec 4, 8:52 pm ETMicrosoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. have signed off on their plan to team up against Google Inc. in the lucrative Internet search market.
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Reno's Microsoft outpost has grown from 40 to 250 employees
Carson Times - Fri Dec 4, 7:34 pm ETMicrosoft Licensing, a major employer but quiet presence on the Reno map for 12 years, opened its doors this week to area business leaders as it grows more visible in the community.
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Microsoft, Yahoo Finalize Search Deal
CIO - Fri Dec 4, 6:58 pm ETMicrosoft and Yahoo have finalized the terms of a broad search and advertising agreement intended to help them compete more effectively with Google.
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Microsoft, Yahoo seal search deal
MSNBC - Fri Dec 4, 6:46 pm ETMicrosoft and Yahoo have signed off on their plan to team up against Google in Internet search.
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KTVN Channel 2 - Reno Tahoe News Weather, Video - Microsoft, Yahoo take next step in search alliance
KTVN Reno - Fri Dec 4, 6:35 pm ETSAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Microsoft and Yahoo have signed off on their plan to team up against Google in Internet search. The step announced Friday seals the terms of a preliminary agreement announced in late July.
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Microsoft, Yahoo take next step in search alliance
Seattle Times - Fri Dec 4, 6:24 pm ETMicrosoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. have signed off on their plan to team up against Google Inc. in the lucrative Internet search market.
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