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1. Bill Gates' new mission: Saving lives

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   Monday, 26 January 2009

     When you already have transformed the way the world works, what do you do with the second half of your life? Ask Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, the insanely rich guy we so often loved to hate, ...

2. Macworld 2009: Apple unleashes iWork '09 and cloud-based iWork.com beta

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 06 January 2009

   ... Microsoft Office Live. Presentation software Keynote is enhanced with new slide transitions that include sleek Swing effect that flips through images in the style of TV commercials. New chart effects, ...

3. Wrap-up: AMD outlines a bright future at Technology Analyst Day

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Thursday, 26 July 2007

   ... these new compute abilities are permeating into other industries. Hector and a representative from Microsoft both talked about how much the industry is in a state of change right now. One that's absolutely ...

4. Safari 3.0 beta hit with six vulnerabilities within hours after launch

   (Security/Security Features)

   Tuesday, 12 June 2007

   ... security features that have been available in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7 or Firefox 2 – such as an anti-phishing filter. Some Mac-focused websites mentioned that Safari will be receiving ...

5. Photosynth 3D image browser gets first real world app

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 06 June 2007

   BBC is the first company to test a commercial use of Microsoft’s Photosynth 3D image browser: Photosynth connects images in a three-dimensional way to enable interactive sightseeing on the PC screen. ...

6. Microsoft preps 12 patches for February

   (Security/Security Features)

   Friday, 09 February 2007

   In a blog posting at Microsoft's Technet site, Microsoft security program manager Christopher Budd announced details about February's monthly security update, which will be available to Windows ...

7. UPDATE: Google combines spreadsheets and word processing

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 11 October 2006

   ... find words or phrases throughout all documents. This list of features gives Google some advantages over the current market leading Microsoft Office. However, Office software is still equipped more sophisticated ...

8. Microsoft releases mainstream cluster software to production

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Friday, 09 June 2006

   Developed to increase Microsoft's credibility in the high-performance computing (HPC) space and to take advantage of the rapidly growing x86-based server market, Microsoft today released its first server ...

9. Microsoft's Gates outlines Windows "trust ecosystem"

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Tuesday, 14 February 2006

   Living up to his "Person of the Year" reputation for giving keynote addresses, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates opened up this year's annual RSA security conference by outlining once again his company's ...

10. Microsoft to release patch for power drain bug

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 14 February 2006

    Two weeks ago, TG Daily reported that USB 2.0 devices can cause excessive power consumption in notebooks. After further extensive testing, which involved Intel and Microsoft, an ACPI driver has been singled ...

11. Former Cray chief scientist joins Microsoft as "technical fellow"

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 09 December 2005

      Shortly after having announced to expand the reach of the Windows operating system into the supercomputer arena, Microsoft is adding staff to support its new effort. Shortly after having announced ...

12. Microsoft outlines supercomputing strategy

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 15 November 2005

    Microsoft expands Windows into a new territory of computing: Today the company released the Beta 2 of Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, which aims to take supercomputing "mainstream" and make high ...

13. Microsoft, Intel support for HD DVD may be limited to promotion, not standards

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 27 September 2005

      During a day in which Microsoft announced a highly-publicized alliance with PDA manufacturer Palm, and Intel announced two new low-power Xeon processors, the two companies also quietly announced ...

14. Microsoft outlines Xbox Live changes

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 08 September 2005

      With the forthcoming launch of the Xbox 360, Microsoft's online gaming service Xbox Live is taking center stage. With the forthcoming launch of the Xbox 360, Microsoft's online gaming service ...

15. Sakaguchi outlines Xbox 2 RPGs

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

    Monday, 28 February 2005

    ... the two RPGs that his development studio Mistwalker has signed on to produce for Xbox 2. Speaking in an interview on Microsoft's Japanese Xbox website, Sakaguchi-san said that "One of the games will be ...

16. Microsoft and Sun Deliver Joint Proposal for Injunction Settlement to Court

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 21 January 2003

      On Monday, Microsoft and Sun Microsystems delivered a plan to the U.S. On Monday, Microsoft and Sun Microsystems delivered a plan to the U.S. District Federal Court Judge spelling out how Microsoft ...