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1. 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' ...

2. 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 ...

3. 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 ...

4. Why Apple should license Windows 7

   (Software/Software Opinion)

   Tuesday, 03 November 2009

   ... ago someone saying the same thing about Apple moving to Intel or ever again licensing Microsoft technology at all and currently the MacOS runs on Intel and Apple has licensed Active Sync from Microsoft. ...

5. Snow Leopard glitch means Windows 7 runs faster - on Macs

   (Software/Software Features)

   Monday, 02 November 2009

   ... the Microsoft product was driving their iMacs better.  The conclusion can only be that it is a driver problem within Snow Leopard which is not controlling the big iMacs' graphics hardware properly.  ...

6. Windows 7 upgrades crash and burn

   (Software/Software Features)

   Monday, 26 October 2009

   ...  "My upgrade failed in last step. And now it is in continuous loop," wrote Manjigani in a post on Microsoft's official forum. "I let it run overnight hoping that it will fix itself, but no luck. I really ...

7. The best IT vendor CEO of the decade is...

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   Friday, 16 October 2009

   ... also-rans. Over at Microsoft, despite sitting on a pile of money, an adjudicated monopoly, a vast market share, a devoted following, smart employees, and much more in his favor, Steve Ballmer did very ...

8. Keep on blogging in the free world

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   Monday, 12 October 2009

   ... to inject a point of view and a real person into a community discussion. Blogging is not press releases and mission statements. It's a process. Microsoft has a huge blogging community. You can't shut ...

9. Windows 6.5: Living in a Post iPhone World is a Bitch

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Tuesday, 06 October 2009

   In watching Microsoft deal with the world since the iPhone launched you have to wonder if the Robbie Bach and the other Microsoft executives leading the Windows Mobile Effort think they somehow dropped ...

10. Uniloc prepares to fight for its $388 million

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    Uniloc is refusing to take its court defeat lying down, and is to appeal against the shock overturning of its successful patent infringement claim against Microsoft. Uniloc is refusing to take its court ...

11. Judge overturns Microsoft patent judgement

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 29 September 2009

    A district judge has overturned a jury verdict that hit Microsoft with the world's largest ever patent damages. A district judge has overturned a jury verdict that hit Microsoft with the world's largest ...

12. Intel and Apple are at the crossroads

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Wednesday, 23 September 2009

    ... be the last truly great Intel CEO. It is amazing how companies seem to lose their way once a founder that has been so instrumental in driving the company to success departs.  Microsoft just ...

13. Microsoft sues over "malvertising"

    (Security/Security Features)

    Thursday, 17 September 2009

    Software giant Microsoft is suing the writers of scareware code of the type that hit the New York Times over the weekend.Software giant Microsoft is suing the writers of scareware code of the type that ...

14. Bethesda to disperse Fallout 3 DLC for the PS3 on September 24

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 17 September 2009

    ... for Fallout 3 DLC Bethesda to update PS3 owners on Fallout 3 DLC status Bethesda preps Fallout 3 DLC for PS3, confirms Mothership Zeta Bethesda blames Microsoft for Broken Steel snafu    ...

15. i4i challenges Microsoft's 'weak defenses'

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 09 September 2009

    i4i has challenged Microsoft's claims over a disputed custom XML patent by filing a responding brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. As TG Daily previously reported, the ...

16. Gray screen of death hits Snow Leopard

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 03 September 2009

    Apple is maintaining its innovative policy of 'Think Different' by offering an alternative color scheme to Microsoft's Blue Screen of Death. Cupertino (CA) - Apple is maintaining its innovative policy ...

17. Industry heavyweights gang up against Google

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 20 August 2009

    Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo have added their not inconsiderable weight to a coalition opposing Google's plans for scanning books. Silicon Valley (CA) - Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo have added their not ...

18. Win7 'showstopper' bug fails to materialize

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 06 August 2009

    ... be gobbling up memory as if there was no tomorrow, eventually resulting in a blue screen of death. Steven Sinofsky, president of Microsoft's Windows division, said the company was aware of the issue and ...

19. Too many friends: Bill Gates ditches Facebook

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 29 July 2009

    ... friend requests from people Gates has never heard of apparently did not make sense for the Microsoft co-founder. Will his marketing advisor agree? Chicago (IL) – Bill Gates was a on a good pace to win ...

20. Microsoft offers EU compromise proposal

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 24 July 2009

    Microsoft has offered the European Union a compromise proposal in an effort to address competition law issues related to Internet Explorer (IE) and interoperability.San Francisco (CA) - Microsoft has offered ...

21. Microsoft in EU antitrust talks

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 07 July 2009

    Microsoft is holding preliminary talks with the EU to resolve investigations into the market position of Word and Excel after receiving complaints that the software giant doesn't provide adequate formatting ...

22. HP promises free Win 7 upgrade

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 25 June 2009

    ... Other drivers will be made available on the company's support site. A spokeswoman for the company said that the upgrade would be available in Europe only as a clean installation in line with Microsoft's ...

23. Steve Ballmer admits Microsoft’s biggest mistake

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 18 June 2009

    During his address at the Executives Club Chicago, Steve Ballmer opened himself up to a little question and answer session in which I am sure he now regrets. The crowd went completely silent and you could ...

24. Ballmer announces 2010 Xbox 360 at The Executive Club Chicago

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 18 June 2009

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer spoke at The Executive’s Club of Chicago today, discussing “the role of innovation in changing economic times.” TG Daily covered the event live from the Hilton Chicago. During ...

25. Microsoft aims its legal guns at click fraudsters

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 16 June 2009

    Microsoft yesterday filed suit against three individuals, three companies and several John Does allegedly involved in a massive click fraud scheme on Microsoft’s AdCenter network. Microsoft is asking ...

26. Computers ain’t anything like cars

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Tuesday, 19 May 2009

    ... bet IBM said the same thing a generation ago. Likewise Microsoft a decade back. Even mighty GM saw itself as invulnerable for much of its history. Let’s clarify something else: Just because something’s ...

27. Microsoft issues critical PowerPoint patch

    (Security/Security Features)

    Tuesday, 12 May 2009

    Microsoft has issued a critical PowerPoint patch. The latest security update fixes several vulnerabilities that could allow malicious remote code execution. "An attacker who successfully exploited ...

28. Microsoft issues bonds. James bonds

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 11 May 2009

    ... company in the known cosmos has decided to issue "bonds" - a financial vehicle that could raise as much as $4 billion for the Redmond outfit. We can only speculate on the reasons for this. Microsoft ...

29. The Gaming Renaissance Movement

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Friday, 08 May 2009

    ... to be 53,900. That puts the current game industry layoffs in the North American market at 12% of the total workforce. On top of the layoffs, at least 13 studios including Microsoft’s ACES Studio and ...

30. No more betas for Firefox 3.5: Browser on track for Q2 launch

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 28 April 2009

    ... in late Q2.        Other than it is the case with the beta versions of Safari and Internet Explorer, Mozilla treats Firefox beta software as pure developer software. Apple and Microsoft ...

31. New Apple ads aims at usual PC weaknesses

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 21 April 2009

    ... They may get a bit old, but they are still very effective for Apple. Not surprisingly, Apple ads follow and respond to Microsoft’s recent ad attacks. The new advertisements can be viewed via the Apple ...

32. Man sues Microsoft, Google for $30,000,000

    (Software/Software Features)

    Sunday, 19 April 2009

    A Utah man is suing Microsoft, Google and Bill Gates for $30,000,000 alleging that his email accounts were blocked by the companies.Chicago (IL) - A Utah man is suing Microsoft, Google and Bill Gates ...

33. Microsoft: Spam level now at 97%

    (Security/Security Features)

    Thursday, 09 April 2009

    It seems that Bill Gates’ 2004 prediction that there would be no spam anymore within a couple of years was wrong. According to Microsoft’s latest Security Intelligence Report, the number of spam messages ...

34. Texas Senate severely limits Vista purchasing for gov computers

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 03 April 2009

    ... negative precedent. But Hinojosa claimed: "The reason we are so vendor-specific is because Microsoft has a monopoly on government PCs." A November 2008 survey conducted by the Texas state comptroller ...

35. Complexity kills the computer industry

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Thursday, 02 April 2009

    ... As we look out into the changes that are occurring from the work that Microsoft is doing with regard to rethinking the data center as a system as opposed to a collection of parts and Cisco's entry into ...

36. Android gets two-way syncing of corporate Exchange contacts and calendars

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 27 March 2009

    ... you can already access those by setting up IMAP-based corporate email account in Android's mail program. ContactsCalendarSync works only with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 when Exchange Web Services are ...

37. Microsoft patches critical image file flaw

    (Security/Security Features)

    Tuesday, 10 March 2009

    Microsoft has released its March security update, including one “critical” and two “important” patches. There is also a new version of the company’s Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT). Redmond ...

38. Microsoft's Windows 7 RC Build 7048 reviewed

    (Software/Software Brief)

    Tuesday, 10 March 2009

    ... reworked, and there's some new tweaks and eye/ear candy for those who like flashy operating systems. The image gallery shows compelling proof that Microsoft's OS is making progress. Redmond (WA) - ZD Net's ...

39. Windows 7 has the ability to disable more than just IE8

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 09 March 2009

    First, it was the unveiling of the concept that individuals utilizing Windows 7 would have the ability to turn Internet Explorer either on or off, however now other features included in Microsoft's OS ...

40. Vista Downgrade Lawsuit: Microsoft accused of price gouging

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 09 March 2009

    Microsoft's Windows 7 operating is soon to release, thus putting that which was Vista in the past. Unfortunately, the business practices utilized to put Vista into the limelight, and to have the OS become ...

41. Windows 7 allows users to uninstall Internet Explorer 8

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 05 March 2009

    Microsoft is finally no longer conducting themselves as a dictator as to how an individual utilizes their OS, well, at least in one small way. Now, a new box called Windows Features allows individuals ...

42. Windows Vista SP2 RC live now

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 05 March 2009

    One more opportunity to patch Vista: Microsoft released a near-final version of the second service pack for Windows Vista. If you don’t want to wait until the final version will be available sometime ...

43. Microsoft sues TomTom: All your GPS logics are belong to us

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Thursday, 26 February 2009

    Microsoft has filed a lawsuit in US district court, as well as with the International Trade Commission, against the Netherlands-based TomTom company, manufacturer of a wide array of GPS devices. After ...

44. Class Action lawsuit against Microsoft denied

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 19 February 2009

    Last week it appeared Microsoft might have had a chance at winning this case, but this week their fate seems grimmer. The company may not be required to fork over much dough, however, since the plaintiffs ...

45. Red Hat and Microsoft play nice on virtualization

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 17 February 2009

    Microsoft and Red Hat have joined forces on a virtualization interoperability pact that will be great for customers -- especially those who utilized mixed source. Yesterday, it was announced that each ...

46. Apple fixes OS X exploits, and some in Java

    (Security/Security Features)

    Friday, 13 February 2009

    ... Apple credited the discovery of this issue to Mastenbrook, in addition to Clint Ruoho of Laconic Security and Billy Rios of Microsoft. The security update also patches a series of other vulnerabilities, ...

47. Analysis: Apple's $99 MobileMe vs. Microsoft's free My Phone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 09 February 2009

    ... and Apple's mobile devices, the service isn’t perfect. You could say that Microsoft is playing a catch up game with its upcoming My Phone service, but there will be more than meets the eye and ...

48. Microsoft preparing to retire Windows XP

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 04 February 2009

    Microsoft will soon move its Windows XP operating system away from its current mode of "mainstream support" into an era of "extended support." The change will initiate on April 14, and is designed to ...

49. Google gives us a small glimpse of what could be

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Monday, 02 February 2009

    ... those related to cloud computing.We live in a world trying very hard to move away from individual PCs full of software and stand-alone capabilities, to those based on the cloud computing model. Microsoft ...

50. Google search inoperable, reporting unfounded errors

    (Security/Security Features)

    Saturday, 31 January 2009

    ... intervention to visit the site. Today I was going to update the Windows 7 beta UAC completely vulnerable to malware article to include a link to Microsoft's Software Developer Network (MSDN) on the ...