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CWmike writes "Microsoft is, predictably, not all that impressed by Google Inc.'s demonstration of its upcoming Chrome OS, saying '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 ...
YouTube video of employees dancing at Mission Viejo's new Microsoft store dance draws critical reviews.
I know Microsoft has only recently broken ground on Internet Explorer 9, but why would you ever release a graph in which you were the admitted worst at a task? The graph above is a JavaScript...
NASHVILLE, TN--(Marketwire - November 20, 2009) - Guests from Microsoft and Alpha Software will appear on radio talk show Let's Talk Computers. Microsoft ( NASDAQ : MSFT ) is the worldwide leader in software, services, and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. Alpha Software has over 1 million users by focusing on building desktop and web databases quickly and ...
At Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference 2009 ( PDC09 ), the Microsoft Surface team announced the broad availability of the Microsoft Surface Software Development Kit (SDK) Workstation Edition. It has actually been available on the Microsoft Download Center (144.2MB) since earlier this month, but only now has it been made official. Developers interested in the Microsoft Surface can now ...
Purchasers of the mapping and directions service are likely to be other mapping giants, such as Microsoft, sources say.
Microsoft is the largest software vendor, but most people still do not think of it as a security vendor. Attitudes need to change. Its Trustworthy Computing' initiative has transformed its business, and it now has a massive security-related operation.
Microsoft today denied that it has built a backdoor into Windows 7, a concern that surfaced yesterday after a senior NSA (National Security Agency) official testified before Congress that the agency had worked on the operating system. "Microsoft has not and will not put 'backdoors' into Windows," a company spokeswoman said, reacting to a Computerworld story Wednesday.
Microsoft will be compliant with industry standards in Internet Explorer 9 such as HTML 5 , but Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows and Windows Live division, decried the habit of vendors getting ahead of the process.
Microsoft Sold More Windows 7 Than Other OS: WSJ
Developers can get hands on software preview Microsoft has launched its first public beta of Office 2010, posting the preview for download on its website.
Version 4 to beef up out of browser application support Microsoft revealed on ambitious plans for the next version of its Silverlight browser plug-in technology for rich Internet applications, including faster startup times and software development improvements as well as more capabilities for running applications outside of a browser.
Next generation IE to render JavaScript faster Microsoft today claimed that its next browser, Internet Explorer 9, has nearly closed the JavaScript performance gap between itself and rivals made by Mozilla and Google, even though the browser has been in development only a few weeks.
Developers to bake access control into applications Microsoft will pass out beta code that it hopes will define the next evolution of directories. It's a modular addon that is built on a database and designed to add querying capabilities and performance never before possible in a directory.
It doesn't have to be war. Chrome OS is something Microsoft can actually benefit from, if only it will relax and see the opportunities the new OS offers everyone.
Google isn't launching its Google Chrome operating system quite yet—but it is ready to talk about it. During an event Thursday, VP of product management Sundar Pichai said the operating system was a year away from launch but said the company had "made tons of progress" on what will certainly be its biggest assault on Microsoft yet.
Everyone loves Microsoft interactive table, Surface--just check out our list of killer Surface apps to see why. So it's good news that this week Redmond announced it would be opening up the Surface software developer kit, or SDK, to the public. It will also be freely available through Surface.com . To celebrate the occasion, Microsoft announced the winner of their developer contest , which was ...
Computerworld - Microsoft Corp. is, predictably, not all that impressed by Google Inc.'s demonstration of its upcoming Chrome OS today, but neither were a number of potential rivals in the Linux and instant-on operating system space.
Microsoft didn't mention numbers but the news around Windows 7 -- its much-ballyhooed operating system -- is good, very good, according to CEO Steve Ballmer. Windows 7 has sold twice as many copies than any previous version of the operating system ...
jenkin sear writes "Data visualization guru Edward Tufte developed Sparklines, a great way to display condensed data as an inline graphic. Excel's new version has incorporated the design element — and Microsoft has applied for a patent on them — without so much as a by-your-leave from Tufte." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Microsoft on Monday released betas of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 to its MSDN and TechNet subscribers. The new Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 betas can be downloaded using links at this Microsoft blog . As for the general public, they just have to wait.
