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Ars Technica (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
At PDC 2009, Microsoft demonstrated Silverlight video streaming to an iPhone. While Microsoft user experience platform manager Brian Goldfarb said that Microsoft "worked with Apple" to make it happen, don't expect plug-ins for Mobile Safari to start flooding the App Store. Instead, Microsoft worked to make its IIS7 server software capable of sending an QuickTime-compatible stream to an iPhone...
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Ars Technica (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Microsoft has been issuing takedown notices for publicly hosting its leaked Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor ( COFEE ) tool. The company sent off "Demand for Immediate Take-Down: Notice of Infringing Activity" to companies hosting websites that offered the tool. The e-mails all start with the following standard statement: "Microsoft has received information that the domain...
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Ars Technica (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Australia and Canada have both approved the proposed Microsoft-Yahoo search and advertising deal, making them the first regulators in the world to sign off on it, giving Microhoo two fewer antitrust authority groups to worry about. "Microsoft and Yahoo! have been notified that Australian and Canadian authorities have separately concluded their reviews and have no objections to our proposed search...
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MSDN France (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Windows Internet Explorer 8 offers features to enhance the online holiday shopping experience.
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MSDN France (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
NComputing supports Microsoft Windows Server technology platform.
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MSDN France (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Creator of award-winning “ItzaBitza” celebrates first year of success with a new interactive drawing and reading game designed to engage early readers.
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Ars Technica (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
I'm virtually exhausted. After last week's review of VMWare Fusion 3 and this week's review of Parallels Desktop 5, it's been a weird couple of weeks. I'm having this recurring virtualization nightmare where a penguin wants to share something with me but can't. Then Windows Aero calls to me in a fuzzy voice like that teacher from Charlie Brown. But you're not here to read about my dreams. On to the...
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MSDN France (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Video displays powered by Windows 7 light up iconic store’s display windows, while Windows 7 lounges give shoppers a look at the new operating system.
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Ars Technica (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
So you spent $70 on the Apple Magic Mouse and then you realized it would only work with your Mac. Never fear! Apple last month posted Bluetooth Update 1.0 for Windows , which improves the performance of the Apple Bluetooth devices when running Windows XP and Windows Vista on a Mac computer using Boot Camp. Inside are the goods you need: Magic Mouse drivers for Windows even if you aren't using Boot...
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Ars Technica (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
When we first started posting news tidbits regarding Windows 8, we warned readers not to expect the operating system to arrive until 2011 at the earliest, and we noted that 2012 was more likely. After the problems caused by the long gap between the releases of Windows XP and Windows Vista, Microsoft said that starting with Windows 7, the company would work really hard to follow a three-year release...
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MSDN France (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Ten years ago, Microsoft opened the Silicon Valley Campus, giving the company a foothold next door to the company's biggest competitors. Today, the site is Microsoft's second largest in the United States.
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Ars Technica (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
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...
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Ars Technica (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The litigation between Ancora Technologies, Miki Mullor, and Microsoft reached a settlement both in respect of the patent infringement claim and Microsoft's claims against Mullor, Ancora's founder and former Microsoft employee. All claims between the three parties have been resolved; they have agreed to deny any and all liability, and have released each other from all claims of the litigation, but...
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Ars Technica (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
College isn't cheap these days, even if you're attending public university. In that case, pretty much any discount offered to students is welcome. Microsoft's Mac Business Unit has just announced that it's offering a special discount on the full Office 2008 Business Edition for US college students, offering them a 70 percent discount off the usual retail price. Even if you're not a college student,...
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