Microsoft Makes New Concessions to Settle Browser Case
New York Times - 41 minutes agoMicrosoft will make changes demanded by rivals to how it will allow consumers in Europe to choose a competing Web browser in its Windows software.
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Microsoft is making progress on search: You noticed Bing's glitch
ZDNet - 2 hours 5 minutes agoIt's a happy day for Microsoft's search team. Bing had a half hour outage late Thursday and a few folks actually noticed.
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An In-Depth Look At Pivot, Microsoft’s Newest Data Visualization Tool
TechCrunch - 2 hours 15 minutes agoAt Microsoft's PDC event a few weeks ago, Microsoft Live Labs introduced a new technology, called Pivot, to make sense of interconnectedness between objects on the web. The underlying premise of Pivot is to view relationships between "collections" of individual information on the the web. Many of the connections between items on the web aren't necessarily tangible, but Pivot helps crawl massive ...
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'Black Screen' Overhyped and Not Microsoft's Fault
NewsFactor via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 5:05 pm ETAfter 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 ...
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Microsoft to patch IE zero-day bug next week
Network World - Fri Dec 4, 4:59 am ETMicrosoft 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.
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Microsoft delivers two more pieces of its Forefront enterprise security suite
ZDNet - Thu Dec 3, 2:10 pm ETToday 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
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Microsoft To Fix Zero-Day IE Bug For Patch Tuesday Release
ChannelWeb - Thu Dec 3, 6:31 pm ETMicrosoft plans to release six patches covering 12 vulnerabilities, including a critical IE bug, for its December Patch Tuesday.
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Microsoft, EU Are Said to Modify Deal in Browser Case (Update2)
Bloomberg - Thu Dec 3, 1:59 pm ETDec. 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.
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Microsoft: More Educated Consumers Pirate Less
Tom's Hardware - Thu Dec 3, 9:41 pm ETWhile 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
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Microsoft plays down anti-Google search plans
CNN - Thu Dec 3, 1:36 am ET(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.
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Microsoft, EU Are Said to Modify Settlement in Browser Case
Bloomberg - Thu Dec 3, 12:23 pm ETDec. 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.
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Microsoft Agrees to Browser Ballot Changes
InternetNews.com - Thu Dec 3, 8:53 pm ETBy settling with the EC, Microsoft may also be dodging a huge financial bullet.
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Microsoft on Paying Newspapers to Delist From Google: "That's Not Our Focus" [Search]
Gizmodo - Fri Dec 4, 4:34 am ETThe 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...
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Hot on the heels of Cyber Monday, it's Microsoft's Consumer Action Day
Seattle Times - Thu Dec 3, 7:39 pm ETIn 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.
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Microsoft Warns Piracy Surge Brings Malware
InformationWeek - Thu Dec 3, 6:32 pm ETAmid rising complaints about infected counterfeit software, Microsoft is redoubling its anti-piracy work.
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Windows 8: Microsoft Shifting Focus To Next OS In July 2010
PC World via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 2, 10:23 pm ETVarious job listings posted online this November have hinted at when Microsoft plans to shift its focus to Windows 8.
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Sophos, Microsoft Disagree on Windows 7 Security
Enterprise Security Today - Fri Dec 4, 3:08 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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Microsoft's Bing tries to leapfrog Google Maps
San Francisco Chronicle - Thu Dec 3, 1:13 pm ETMicrosoft 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...
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Bing DOWN: Microsoft's Search Engine Crashes
The Huffington Post - Thu Dec 3, 10:29 pm ETWhat's Your Reaction? For nearly an hour on Thursday, Microsoft's search engine Bing was completely non-functional. Twitter users naturally went to town.
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Microsoft Throws IE Rivals A Bone In Europe
WebProNews - Thu Dec 3, 4:21 pm ETToday, 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 ...
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Two Microsoft Search Dudes Talk About Bing! (BoomTown's Flip Is Waiting by the Phone for the Google Search Gurus' Call!)
AllThingsD Online via Yahoo! Finance - Thu Dec 3, 8:05 am ETYesterday, 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.
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