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1. 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  ...

2. Microsoft confirms no Windows 7 restrictions for netbooks

   (Software/Software Features)

   Friday, 25 September 2009

   Fears that netbook manufacturers would be forced to install a cut-down version of Windows 7 on their machines have been allayed by Microsoft. Fears that netbook manufacturers would be forced to install ...

3. Nintendo lowers Wii price point to $200

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Wednesday, 23 September 2009

   ...  by analysts after Microsoft and Sony lowered the prices of their respective consoles. Indeed, EEDAR's Jesse Divnich told TG Daily in August that Nintendo should decrease the price of its Wii console to ...

4. 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    ...

5. Updated: Analyst confirms imminent Xbox 360 price cut

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Tuesday, 25 August 2009

   EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich has told TG Daily that Microsoft will lower the price of its Xbox 360 Elite to $299 this week. According to Divnich, the Pro model will likely be discounted to $249 and phased ...

6. MS confirms Win7 upgrades available in Europe

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 25 August 2009

   Microsoft UK has confirmed that upgrade versions of Windows 7 will be available in Europe at launch on 22 October. These versions will be the same as those shipped elsewhere in the world, complete with ...

7. Microsoft confirms Windows 7 is done

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 22 July 2009

     Microsoft officially signed off on Windows Vista SE 7 and released the code of the software to manufacturing. The RTM code will be available for select customers and developers beginning on August ...

8. Gates confirms Project Natal for 2010, also for Windows PCs

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Thursday, 16 July 2009

   ... your Windows PC. Bill Gates did not mention an exact launch date for Natal, a gesture recognition technology Microsoft announced as an expansion for its Xbox 360 gaming system at this year’s E3 conference. ...

9. That new Xbox for 2010 … real or fake news?

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Friday, 19 June 2009

   ... statements made at an event. We were accused of the same made-up-story crap, excuse my choice of words here, by Adobe back then as were accused by Microsoft now. Back then, we were chastised by Adobe, ...

10. Browser wars: Is Safari as fast as Apple claims?

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 15 June 2009

    ... 93/100 4. IE: 20/100 No surprises here. Safari and Chrome are ahead of the pack, Firefox is improving and Microsoft is trailing with a significant distance. Round 2: Google V8 A browser benchmark ...

11. Microsoft bleats Beatles Rock Band, says yeah, yeah yeah to Project Natal

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 01 June 2009

    Microsoft kicked off E3 with its world premier of Beatles Rock Band. The company also confirmed the existence of sensor-based technology - codenamed Project Natal - that will be capable of influencing ...

12. Microsoft confirms Windows 7 RC coming next week

    (Software/Software Features)

    Sunday, 26 April 2009

    Microsoft is racing towards a public release of Windows 7. The first release candidate will be made available to the public on May 5, the company said. Redmond (WA) – Microsoft is racing towards a ...

13. UPDATED: Will CES kill Macworld?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 12 January 2009

    ... a large CES presence, joining the likes of Google, Microsoft and several other key industry players. According to those voices, Apple's product lineup would give any tech company at CES a serious run for ...

14. Microsoft confirms SQL Server vulnerable to injection attacks

    (Security/Security Features)

    Tuesday, 23 December 2008

      Today, Microsoft acknowledged that its business class SQL Server database software is vulnerable to the kinds of attacks which inject code into malformed requests. Affected versions include SQL Server ...

15. Microsoft confirms that all versions of IE have critical new bug

    (Security/Security Brief)

    Friday, 12 December 2008

    The unpatched bug in Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) that hackers are now exploiting also exists in older versions of the browser, including the still-widely-used IE6, Microsoft said late yesterday. Today, ...

16. Microsoft considers WebKit transplant for Internet Explorer

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 07 November 2008

      Microsoft’s focus on a proprietary browser engine worked well when the Internet Explorer (IE) dominated the direction of the online world. But long update cycles and a somewhat neglected core ...

17. Juniper confirms Microsoft's Johnson to become new CEO

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Thursday, 24 July 2008

    Juniper Networks confirmed that the man who led Microsoft's (MSFT) bid to buy Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) is leaving the software giant to take a job as Juniper's chief executive. Kevin Johnson, 47 years old, ...

18. Greenpeace confirms hazardous materials in game consoles

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 20 May 2008

    ... in its products.     There are reasons why Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony do not advertise their game consoles as being especially environmentally friendly. One may be that customers simply ...

19. DVDs come under pressure from the-same-day iTunes digital releases

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Friday, 02 May 2008

    ... puts greater pressure on competing services, most notably Microsoft's Xbox Marketplace, Amazon's Unbox, the Vudu set-top box and the upcoming box from Blockbuster. A 30-day exclusivity windows had been ...

20. Sun spills the beans on upcoming Intel/Microsoft announcement

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 17 March 2008

      Intel and Microsoft are planning a make a major announcement about a “joint research undertaking with universities” tomorrow. While we already speculated this announcement will have something ...

21. Next Windows OS reportedly set for 2010

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 14 March 2008

    The seventh generation of Microsoft's operating system software is scheduled for a release in the year 2010.  According to Softpedia, development of Windows 7 began on the release of Windows Vista. ...

22. VIDEO: Epic confirms Gears of War 2

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 20 February 2008

    Without showing any in-game footage or game mechanic details, Epic Games confirmed it is working on a sequel to the 2006 hit Gears of War, and is slated for a November 2008 release. San Francisco (CA) ...

23. HD DVD’s rise and fall: A timeline

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 19 February 2008

    ... ranging from the very beginnings in November 2003 to the shutdown of HD DVD today. The list allows you to recall the role of publishers, hardware companies, the Playstation 3 as well as Microsoft, which ...

24. Google confirms cell phone plans

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 05 November 2007

    ... mobile operating system market include Microsoft, Research in Motion, Palm, and Nokia's Symbian. A software development tool kit for Google's new platform is planned to be available by next week. ...

25. EU court confirms 497 million Euro fine against Microsoft

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 17 September 2007

    Microsoft started the new week with bad news out of Europe, as the European Union's Court of First Instance (CFI) confirmed a hefty antitrust fine in the amount of nearly $700 million. Brussels ...

26. Game consoles 2007: It's Nintendo's market to lose

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Tuesday, 14 August 2007

    ... dominate phones. But to ensure the success of Blu-ray they had to delay the game system and invest into the PS3 over twice (in premium form) what a Nintendo Wii costs. This allowed Microsoft to gain a ...

27. Microsoft confirms security issues in Xbox Live

    (Security/Security Features)

    Tuesday, 27 March 2007

    Microsoft has admitted to security problems with the Xbox Live online service. The system is still technically sound and has not been hacked. However, programming director Larry Hryb from Xbox Live has ...

28. Ecma confirms Microsoft's Office Open XML format as standard

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 08 December 2006

    Microsoft has taken the next hurdle on the way to the rollout of its next-generation software package. The approval of Office Open XML (OOXML) as industry standard concludes Microsoft's often seemingly ...

29. Nintendo confirms sales of 600,000 Wii consoles in first week

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 27 November 2006

    ... sold for an average of $427.82. Activity for Microsoft's Xbox 360, which is available in most electronics stores at any time, was dramatically less: Between November 12 and November 24, 331 Xbox 360 units ...

30. Plextor to ship Blu-ray burner in October

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 28 August 2006

    ... WinDVD BD enables users to enjoy the high-def movies on their computers. Related article: Microsoft confirms 32-bit Vista will not play HD discs  ...

31. Toshiba will manufacture wireless Zune for Microsoft, photos reveal

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 25 August 2006

    A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed to Reuters this afternoon that an MP3 player, for which Toshiba has filed for a license with the FCC, is actually the Zune player that Toshiba will apparently be manufacturing ...

32. Microsoft confirms 32-bit Vista will not play HD discs

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 25 August 2006

    Microsoft officials have confirmed an earlier TG Daily report about High Definition playback on Windows Vista. At the Tech. Ed 2006 conference in Sydney Australia yesterday, Microsoft's Senior Program ...

33. Microsoft confirms 'Zune' device to compete with Ipod

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 21 July 2006

    In an exclusive interview with Billboard magazine that appeared only in print today, MSN entertainment marketing vice president Chris Stephenson officially stated Microsoft is indeed working on an MP3 ...

34. Apple confirms Mac OS X 'Leopard' the topic of Jobs' August keynote

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 26 June 2006

    ... what's behind the curtain? It's a safe bet that Jobs will want to make available as many Vista-like features as possible before Microsoft rolls out its next operating system to the general public next ...

35. Job posting confirms Microsoft is working on DirectX physics

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 21 June 2006

    Extreme Tech has published a link, to Microsoft's career web site that provides some information on Microsoft's thought on physics in computer games. Extreme Tech has published a link, to Microsoft's ...

36. Microsoft banks on Xbox 360 installed base, cross-platform gaming

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 09 May 2006

    Microsoft confirms the latest new entries in its favorite franchises, including Halo 3 and D.O.A. , in a bid to establish itself as the next-gen console that's already established. But Nintendo had, by ...

37. ATI releases DirectX 10 SDK

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 19 April 2006

    Game developers and animation artists today received a new software development kit (SDK) based on Microsoft's upcoming DirectX 10 multimedia engine. The software will allow a first peak at new effects ...

38. Oracle confirms Ellison has sights on Novell, SUSE Linux

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 17 April 2006

    ... a legitimate challenger to Microsoft Windows. Ellison has historically considered himself and his company predominate challengers to anything Microsoft. Long-time Linux journalist Steven J. Vaughn-Nichols, ...

39. Microsoft issues formal objection to EC deadline, Gates confirms

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 02 February 2006

    In an interview with the Polish news network TVN 24, which is covering the Microsoft Government Leaders Forum in Lisbon, Microsoft CEO Bill Gates confirmed that his company is seeking an extension from ...

40. Warner Bros. joins Blu-ray Disc Association, plans to release Blu-ray titles

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 20 October 2005

    ... the adoption of ""mandatory managed copy,"" the iHD interactive layer that Microsoft and Disney co-produced, and other more consumer-friendly measures. ""We recognize Warner Bros.'s participation in the ...

41. Symantec provides antitrust information on Microsoft to European Commission

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 07 October 2005

      Symantec confirms to TG Daily that it complied with a European Commission request for information in connection with its investigation of Microsoft. UPDATE 1:22 pm CT -- 7 October 2005 Cupertino ...

42. Microsoft confirms Q4 Xbox 360 launch

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

    Monday, 25 July 2005

      Today at the Xbox Summit 2005 in Japan, Microsoft corporate vice president of worldwide retail sales and marketing Peter Moore reconfirmed that the Xbox 360 will be launching as scheduled in Japan, ...

43. Microsoft reconfirms Longhorn targets

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 08 July 2005

      Beta 1 of Longhorn is still on track for this summer, Microsoft corporate VP of developer and platform evangelism told attendees of Microsoft's worldwide partner conference during a Friday morning ...

44. Midway confirms support for Xbox 360

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

    Saturday, 28 May 2005

      US publisher Midway has confirmed that it intends to support Microsoft's Xbox 360 console in future despite having no software ready for the system's Q4 launch, with seven titles for the platform ...

45. New Internet Explorer to get tabs

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 16 May 2005

      A post on microsoft-watch.com links to the the Microsoft Internet Explorer Weblog that confirms the upcoming browser will introduce Firefox-like tabs. A post on microsoft-watch.com links to the ...

46. Gates: New MS Office coming in 2006

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 11 May 2005

      Tuesday, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates shined some light on the arrival of Office 12. Tuesday, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates shined some light on the arrival of Office 12. According to Gates, ...

47. Microsoft confirms critical Win2K flaw

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 22 April 2005

      Software engineers at Microsoft's security research center on Thursday confirmed a potentially dangerous security hole in fully patched Windows 2000 systems that could put users at risk of malicious ...

48. Microsoft confirms Windows XP64 will be OEM only

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 30 June 2004

      A product manager at Microsoft has told developers how his firm proposes to market and sell Windows XP64 - the version of the OS that will support iAMD64 chips from AMD and Intel. A product manager ...

49. Microsoft confirms EC appeal

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 09 June 2004

      Microsoft has confirmed that it is taking the EC back to court to appeal against the €497m fine imposed on the company. Microsoft has confirmed that it is taking the EC back to court to ...

50. Microsoft confirms delay of Virtual PC 7

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 13 May 2004

      Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit (MacBU) confirmed that the upcoming version of Virtual PC would not ship with Office 2004 when it is officially released next week. Microsoft's Macintosh Business ...