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1. Steam bans Modern Warfare "grey market" keys

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Saturday, 21 November 2009

   ... Will Not End Recession Microsoft locks out thousands of gamers 
Infinity Ward deploys Modern Warfare 2   ...

2. Weekly hardware roundup

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Saturday, 21 November 2009

   ... face of other major players in the PC sector, Dell's results were disappointing. Chip giant Intel, software giant Microsoft and PC rival Hewlett Packard have all shown recent signs of growth.  ...

3. Microsoft: No backdoor in Windows 7

   (Security/Security Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   But NSA admits involvement in OS security guide Microsoft has rebuffed reports that a "backdoor" was deliberately coded into its Windows 7 operating system. "Microsoft has not and will not put 'backdoors' ...

4. Nvidia auctions "ultimate" gaming system on eBay

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ... DA1000 Power Supply Case Accessories by Performance PCs Case LED Lighting by Oznium Logitech G19 Gaming Keyboard Custom Nvidia Themed Razer Boomslang Mouse Microsoft Windows 7 x64 Ultimate Edition provided ...

5. Dell disappoints despite chip up-tick

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ... players in the PC sector, Dell's results were disappointing. Chip giant Intel, software giant Microsoft and PC rival Hewlett Packard have all shown recent signs of growth. That poses questions about whether ...

6. Xbox modders unite in class action suit

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   Convenient timing, they say Somebody was bound to have a go: Texas-based law firm AbingtonIP is organising a class-action suit against Microsoft over the company's ban on modified Xboxes. "Although modification ...

7. Steve Ballmer hallelujahs Windows 7

   (Software/Software Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   The lid it is lifted Delightfully understated Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has finally lifted the lid on how well Windows 7 sales have been doing. Previously Ballmer has only told the world that the operating ...

8. Sony takes on Apple's iTunes

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   ... poised to "regain control" of console market 
Gamers ditch Xbox 360 for PS3 sequels 
Microsoft: Xbox 360 has the "best" FPS games  ...

9. Microsoft claims "fantastic" Windows 7 sales

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   But refuses to divulge any details or sales figures Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told an annual shareholder's meeting that sales of Windows 7 have met the company's expectations. Ballmer, who was quoted ...

10. Google rolls out Chrome OS source code

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    ... OS 
The world waits for Google's Chrome OS Microsoft accelerates JavaScript with IE9 Chrome OS: Lame Copy or Amazing new OS? 
Google preps Mac Chrome beta for holiday launch  ...

11. Rumor: Sony planning Firefox PS3 port

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    ... market Microsoft: Xbox 360 has the "best" FPS games   ...

12. The world waits for Google's Chrome OS

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    ... operating system that is presumably intended to challenge the dominance of Microsoft and Apple.  It's not an easy thing to build an operating system but these days it's very much harder to make ...

13. Chinese court halts Microsoft OS sales

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    Over copyright violation Microsoft, always happy to defend its own products, has been ordered to stop selling some versions of Windows in China, after a court found it had violated a licensing agreement. ...

14. Microsoft accelerates JavaScript with IE9

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    Plays catch up with Firefox and Chrome Microsoft has confirmed that Internet Explorer 9 will offer significantly faster JavaScript performance compared to earlier iterations of the browser. According ...

15. Be a Martian, says NASA

    (Space/Space Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    And make some coffee while you're at it NASA and Microsoft are roping in the public to 'be a Martian', helping improve Martian maps and take part in research tasks. "We're at a point in history where ...

16. Microsoft Bing grows its market share a bit

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    ...  65.4% 0.5 Yahoo sites 18.8% 18.0% -0.8 Microsoft ...

17. Chrome OS: Lame Copy or Amazing new OS?

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    ... say the words “Chrome OS” to Jobs several times a day because, after all, laughter is the best medicine.   If true Google may be responsible for making Jobs immortal.  Was Google Feeling Sorry for Microsoft? ...

18. Adobe upgrades Flash player with improved HD support

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    ...  Microsoft takes on Adobe with Silverlight 3 AMD says Fusion will knock Intel for six. Or five  ...

19. T-Mobile starts selling Sidekick phones again

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    But price is somewhat cheaper The phone hit by a Microsoft server crash over a month ago is now back on the market - and it's cheaper. Sidekick is back up for sale on the T-Mobile web site but now it ...

20. Microsoft issues Windows 7 security advisory

    (Security/Security Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    Situation "actively" monitored Microsoft has confirmed that it is "investigating" reports of a possible denial of service vulnerability in the Windows Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. However, the ...

21. Put your faith in the cloud

    (Security/Security Opinion)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    ... or the Microsoft's Sidekick service losing (then recovering) user information at T-Mobile. Those stories make you mistrust the cloud as a data repository. So you continue to do the data management work ...

22. Sprint launches Palm Pixi smartphone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Sunday, 15 November 2009

    ... Additional specs include: Network  - Dual-band CDMA2000, 3G: EvDO Rev A. Display - 2.63-inch multitouch screen, 18-bit color, 320x400 resolution. Email - Microsoft Exchange Direct Push, POP3/IMAP, YahooMail, ...

23. Nvidia CEO says he is "all" Apple

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 13 November 2009

    ... Burke told TG Daily. "Their reputation for providing quality products people love is well-earned and we are proud to be a part of their platforms." See Also Apple plans 50 new stores Microsoft: Windows ...

24. Microsoft to ship Linux tools

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 13 November 2009

    Road to Damascus momentProprietary software giant Microsoft is getting into peddling Linux tools. The Redmond outfit has just bought the Teamprise-related assets of SourceGear which will mean developers ...

25. Apple plans 50 new stores

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 13 November 2009

    ...  Microsoft will no doubt be feeling a little outclassed. It recently opened its first two stores, in Scottsdale, Arizona and Mission Viejo, California. See Also Microsoft to fight Apple with own retail ...

26. Wii regains top hardware spot as PS3 sales slip

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    ... units in the US, followed by 321,000 for Sony's PS3 and only 250,000 for Microsoft's Xbox 360. 
 Meanwhile, US retail console games sales plummeted 18 percent year-on-year.  Nevertheless, Naughty Dog ...

27. We didn't copy Windows 7 from Mac OS. Did we?

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    Unseemly row surfaces Microsoft has rebutted Microsoft statements that it based the look and feel of Windows 7 on the Apple Mac OS. Yesterday, a Microsoft manager said that what his company had tried ...

28. Bill Gates says people get paid too much

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    Richest man in the world in jawdropping statement Bill Gates is only worth $40 billion this year, according to the latest Forbes report - down $18 billion but once again the world's richest man. So perhaps ...

29. Microsoft integrating Wolfram Alpha and Bing

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    Tanks on Google's lawn On its Bing Blog, Microsoft has revealed it is working to bolt together high-powered search engine Wolfram Alpha and its own Googlealike, Bing. According to MS program manager ...

30. How TG Daily is put together

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    ...  The evil Dr Spinola is an atheistic old drunkard who hates Crackberrys, Linux, Apple and loves every bit of software made by Microsoft. He eats meat, preferably raw, and freshly killed. They bumped into ...

31. Zune shifts into high gear with 6 HD games

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    Tegra processor gets a workout Microsoft has released six free games for the Zune HD. The titles - which are all free - include PGR: Ferrari Edition, Audiosurf Tilt, Lucky Lanes Bowling, Vans Sk8: Pool ...

32. Microsoft: Windows 7 "looks and feels" like Mac OS X

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    True confessions from Redmond A Microsoft official has finally admitted that Windows 7 was heavily influenced by Mac OS X. "One of the things that people say an awful lot about the Apple Mac is that ...

33. Microsoft readies five million Natal units for launch

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    November 2010, 14 games, fifty bucks UK gaming site MCV has published the first details of Microsoft's Project Natal controller for the Xbox 360. Sources say the innovative gaming controller will be released ...

34. Microsoft locks out thousands of gamers

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    If you can't play nicely, you can't play at all Microsoft has disconnected thousands of Xbox Live gamers, claiming they have modified their consoles to play pirated games. Reports suggest that as many ...

35. Firefox 'most insecure browser'

    (Security/Security Features)

    Tuesday, 10 November 2009

    Not much of a birthday present for Mozilla Firefox accounts for almost half of all browser vulnerabilities. Mozilla's finest is responsible for 44 percent of all browser flaws, Apple's Safari takes second ...

36. Google, Microsoft, Yahoo others sued over mapping software

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    ... for the Eastern Distric of Texas, Marshall Division. That's a fast tracking patent court. The defendants include Expedia, Google, Microsoft, the Washington Post, Ticketmaster, Travelocity, Tripadvisor, ...

37. Microsoft rolls out Exchange 2010

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    Fair exchange is no robbery Software giant Microsoft said it has released Exchange 2010 with a slew of additional functions. Microsoft is claiming that Exchange Server 2010 customers can save up to 70 ...

38. Murdoch plans to block Google News

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    ...  "The people who simply just pick up everything and run with it - steal our stories, we say they steal our stories - they just take them," he added. "That's Google, that's Microsoft, that's Ask.com, ...

39. Microsoft preps critical security updates

    (Security/Security Features)

    Friday, 06 November 2009

    Tuesday patch blitzkrieg Microsoft has confirmed that it is preparing a number of critical patches for both Windows and Office. The 6 updates - three of which are critical - address 15 vulnerabilities ...

40. Microsoft launches Halo Waypoint

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 06 November 2009

    Legends arrive on Xbox Live Microsoft has launched its long-awaited Halo Waypoint for Xbox Live members. The portal offers full-episode previews of Halo Legends, along with developer interviews, trailers, ...

41. Tool stops search engines gathering your data

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 06 November 2009

    ... privacy is preserved," said Alexandre Viejo, a researcher at the Computer Engineering Department of the Rovira i Virgili University. Search engines such as Google, Yahoo and Microsoft Live search save ...

42. Twitter turns UI thinking on its head

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 06 November 2009

    Cheep, cheep cheep, yeah Adobe, Apple. IBM, Microsoft, and other "platform companies" go to great lengths to assure that application developers adhere to stringent user interface guidelines so that their ...

43. Nvidia reports 3Q revenue jump

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 06 November 2009

    ... revenue and was up 11 percent quarter-over-quarter.    Consumer and entertainment business - represented 7 percent of total revenue as the first Tegra-based products, Microsoft Zune HD and Samsung's M1, ...

44. Windows 7 sales outpace Vista adoption

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    Microsoft finally gets it right Initial sales of Microsoft Windows 7 have reportedly "surpassed" those of Vista by 234 percent. According to the NPD Group, a combination of pre-sale discounts and a lack ...

45. Gamers ditch Xbox 360 for PS3 sequels

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    ... significant' given Microsoft and Sony's disparate console install bases (Microsoft leads Sony roughly two-to-one in the US)?" asked Peckham. "Does the study refer only to gamers who already own both an ...

46. Apple reverses Atom Snow Leopard ban

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    ... petty attempt by Apple to control things. Microsoft would get a **** storm if they were to do something similar to Apple branded hardware." 
Although the latest build of Snow Leopard supports the Atom ...

47. Parallels takes on VMware

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 04 November 2009

    ... than previous iterations of the platform. "As the OS battles rage between Microsoft, Apple and Linux, we provide a completely customizable solution that enables people to use the applications they need ...

48. Apple's small-minded strategy

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Wednesday, 04 November 2009

    ... strange about the whole thing, though, is that someone inside Apple thinks making life more difficult for its software customers is good for business. That's how Microsoft is supposed to think. Not the ...

49. Microsoft overhauls MSN home page

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 04 November 2009

    Microsoft is giving its MSN home page a revamp, with a new, more open look and integrated Facebook and Twitter feeds. Microsoft is giving its MSN home page a revamp, with a new, more open look and integrated ...

50. Sony Ericsson Android lumbers into view

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 03 November 2009

    ... auto focus, geo tagging, image/video stabilizer, smile detection, touch focus and video recording. Messaging - E-mail, Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, picture messaging (MMS), predictive text input, SMS. ...