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Microsoft joined hands with Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom on Friday to unveil a new deal to sell netbooks at up to 90 percent off their retail price with a 3G mobile broadband contract.
Microsoft showed off a slick new map application and some enhancements to Bing Wednesday. It's trying to win users away from Google's online services, and the search wars are definitely on.
After creating great distress in security circles, an issue with Microsoft Windows has proven relatively minor. The problem, labeled the Black Screen of Death, was initially thought to be widespread. Indeed, British security firm Prevx posted a series of blog items suggesting that several million computers using Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 could be compromised. The company said the problem ...
Microsoft today said it will deliver six security updates on Tuesday, including one that will patch a vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) the company admitted only last week.
Today Microsoft announced its plans for releasing two more pieces of its "Stirling" a k a Forefront enterprise security suite: Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 TMG and Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 UAG. by Mary Jo Foley
Microsoft plans to release six patches covering 12 vulnerabilities, including a critical IE bug, for its December Patch Tuesday.
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. revised a planned antitrust-settlement with European Union regulators after browser makers complained the accord gave the company an unfair advantage, according to two people familiar with the case.
While piracy is one thing that is unlikely to be gone from the software industry any time soon, Microsoft is expressing an attitude that shows the company is more confident against the problem than ever.Besides its WGA protection schemes, Microsof Microsoft - Windows Genuine Advantage - Software industry - Security - Consultants
(FT) -- Microsoft's top search technology executive on Wednesday all but dismissed the likelihood that the company would pay newspaper owners and other publishers for removing their content from Google.
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. revised an antitrust- settlement with European Union regulators after browser makers complained the accord gave the company an unfair advantage, according to two people familiar with the case.
By settling with the EC, Microsoft may also be dodging a huge financial bullet.
The possibility that Microsoft might pay Rupert Murdoch's Newscorp to delist from Google (in favor of Bing) caused a lot of outrage, Giz included. Now we've got a statement from Microsoft in...
In an effort to highlight piracy and counterfeiting, Microsoft made today Consumer Action Day. The company says it has taken 300 enforcement actions in the past few days to combat counterfeiting, including civil and criminal actions in 70 countries.
Amid rising complaints about infected counterfeit software, Microsoft is redoubling its anti-piracy work.
Various job listings posted online this November have hinted at when Microsoft plans to shift its focus to Windows 8.
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 is taking aim at one of Google's most popular services, Google Maps, with a richer version of its own online mapping service that was released in beta on Wednesday. The new Bing Maps uses Microsoft's Silverlight multimedia technology to provide a...
What's Your Reaction? For nearly an hour on Thursday, Microsoft's search engine Bing was completely non-functional. Twitter users naturally went to town.
Today, Microsoft may have given Firefox and Chrome a better shot at grabbing market share in Europe. A report's indicated that Microsoft will appease antitrust regulators - along with its competitors - by showing Windows users a randomized ballot screen for Web browsers. In the olden days (and even now, in a lot of markets), Microsoft would of course just pair Internet Explorer with new ...
Yesterday, BoomTown liveblogged a demo session that Microsoft held for reporters about some new features on its Bing search service, a glimpse at what Twitter and Facebook integration will look like and also the debut of a nifty new beta of its online map service.
SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is close to resolving a standoff with European Union regulators on its Internet Explorer browser, after making last-minute refinements that would give European consumers more choice in their browser, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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