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1. 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  ...

2. 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 ...

3. 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 ...

4. 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 ...

5. 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 ...

6. 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 ...

7. 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 ...

8. 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 ...

9. 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, ...

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

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 29 October 2009

    A Microsoft executive has reportedly claimed that the Xbox 360 offers the "best FPS games." The spokesperson also insisted that the 360 would always remain a "gaming console at heart."A Microsoft executive ...

11. Ubuntu bug subjects TG Daily hack to wrath of fanbois

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    ... spittle-flecked invective suggesting we were variously too old, too young, too stupid, in the pay of Microsoft or simply just an asshole. We were particularly taken with the number of Linux supporters ...

12. Kingston accelerates Windows with 40GB SSD

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 26 October 2009

    Kingston has introduced a bootable 40GB SSD drive. According to company spokesperson David Leong, the SSDNow V drive is "aimed primarily" at desktop users as a "performance upgrade" for existing systems. ...

13. White House dumps Bush' CMS for Open Source

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 26 October 2009

    ... probably make Microsoft gnash its teeth. Microsoft has an office in Washington DC not far from the White House so its lobbying obviously hasn't succeeded in this case. ...

14. Geeks Are Losers

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Friday, 23 October 2009

    ... died and were maimed as the US marched relentlessly toward defeat. Less awful, though equally wrong-headed, was Bill Gates' tenure as CEO of Microsoft. He saw nothing in the least bit wrong about bullying ...

15. AMD joins Windows 7 launch party

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 22 October 2009

    AMD has congratulated Microsoft on the official launch of its long-awaited Windows 7 operating system. According to AMD spokesperson Margaret Lewis, the two industry heavyweights "closely collaborated" ...

16. Opinion: Ditching Windows has never felt so good

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Wednesday, 21 October 2009

    Microsoft has launched yet another iteration of its infamous Windows operating system. Fortunately, I have chosen to opt out of the Microsoft universe and am well on my way to becoming a loyal disciple ...

17. Video game industry halts downward spiral

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... helped to improve sales numbers. She added that Microsoft's "Halo 3" was rated the top-selling game with sales of 1.52 million copies, while Nintendo's "Wii Sports Resort" sold 442,000 units. Meanwhile, ...

18. 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 ...

19. Moving to Windows 7 will be "inevitable" - report

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 15 October 2009

    Windows 7 is not a major architectural shift but "builds on the plumbing changes Microsoft made in Windows Vista," according to a report from a market analyst.Windows 7 is not a major architectural ...

20. Windows 7 to trigger notebook replacement sales

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 14 October 2009

    ... to the notebook market, according to a report from DRAM Exchange. But although the release of Microsoft's latest operating system will trigger replacement sales up to the end of this year, the real effect ...

21. Windows 7 won't be successful until 2011

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 13 October 2009

    News Analysis Microsoft's future begins next week. That's when the company ships Windows 7, its latest operating system. If Microsoft stumbles with Windows 7 as it did with Vista, people will start ...

22. Windows, users, guns and stupidity

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Monday, 12 October 2009

    Opinion: Our earlier story on how fast or slow Windows 7 boots and shuts down has attracted some critical acclaim and some critical unacclaim from people who obviously didn’t bother to read the story ...

23. 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 ...

24. Giorgio Armani unveils $1,000 luxury mobile phone

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Friday, 09 October 2009

    ... moment of one's business and private day." The phone, which would make even the Great Gatsby blush, features a 3.5 inch AMOLED touch-screen, Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5 and a QWERTY keyboard hybrid. ...

25. Free Software Foundation goes mad

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Thursday, 08 October 2009

    ... working for social change and improvement on software owned and controlled by Microsoft is leading society into an era of digital restrictions, threatening and limiting our freedoms,” bleats FSF executive ...

26. IBM’s head is in the clouds

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 05 October 2009

    ...  LotusLive iNotes cloud service works with Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange or operates as a standalone product. IBM says the LotusLive cloud mail platform supporting the service already has more ...

27. AT&T launches Windows and tilt phones

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Sunday, 04 October 2009

    AT&T has announced six new phones, including its first models based on Microsoft's new Windows Mobile 6.5 OS.AT&T has announced six new phones, including its first models based on Microsoft's new ...

28. Nvidia and "Starting the Next Age of Personal Computing"

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Opinion)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    Column I’m at the Nvidia GPU Technology conference and it suddenly hit me that we are at the forefront of another massive change in the computer industry.   Column I’m at the Nvidia GPU Technology ...

29. Nvidia unshackles Visual Studio with Nexus GPU integration

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    Nvidia has introduced an advanced development environment for massively parallel computing. Nexus - which is integrated into Microsoft Visual Studio - includes tools that simultaneously analyze the efficiency, ...

30. Microsoft finally gets anti-malware right

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 30 September 2009

    Review: Farewell, old friend. After years of relying on the excellent AVG Free antivirus package, I’ve finally replaced it - with Microsoft’s new Security Essentials. Review: Farewell, old friend. After ...

31. Apple's new Macs better be cheap

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Tuesday, 29 September 2009

    ... very price sensitive. Add to this that Microsoft will generate a lot of interest among buyers with the impending release of Windows 7. I'm not going to argue whether it's better or worse than Snow Leopard, ...

32. Nvidia teams up with Microsoft for HPC

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 28 September 2009

    Nvidia is to work with Microsoft to use its Tesla GPUs for high performance parallel computing using the Windows HPC Server 2008 operating system. Nvidia is to work with Microsoft to use its Tesla GPUs ...

33. 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 ...

34. Microsoft shareholders get say on pay (sort of)

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Sunday, 20 September 2009

    So, how much do you reckon Steve Ballmer ought to earn? If you're a Microsoft shareholder, you'll get to decide - as long as you come up with a figure that the board approves of. So, how much do you ...

35. 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 ...

36. Exclusive content boosts game sales

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 08 September 2009

    A new study says that exclusive content plays a significant role in driving video game sales. The Xbox 360 version of Fallout 3 - which boasts exclusive paid DLC - outsold the PlayStation 3 SKU by nearly ...

37. Microsoft ditches 'classic' Zune models

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 02 September 2009

    Microsoft has finally decided to retire its "classic" Zune models, including the 8, 16, 80 and 120. According to Paul Thurrott, the upcoming Zune HD will be the "only" MP3 device type sold by the Redmond-based ...

38. Server sales continue to plummet

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 01 September 2009

    ... percent share and Sun with 17.3 percent share. Microsoft Windows based servers suffered a 27.7 percent decline year over year. Linux server revenue fell 28.9 per cent year on year. Unix servers fell 30.9 ...

39. Microsoft in Photoshop scandal

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 26 August 2009

    Microsoft has apologized for removing a black person from a picture on its Polish site and replacing him with an unidentified caucasian male. Redmond (WA) - Microsoft has apologized for removing a black ...

40. Microsoft attacked over Windows 7 'sins'

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 26 August 2009

    The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has launched a scathing attack on Microsoft and Windows 7. Boston, MA - The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has launched a scathing attack on Microsoft and Windows ...

41. Google: Ah, Mr Bond. I've been expecting you…

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Tuesday, 25 August 2009

    ... usually works quite well, as does 'Blackberry', 'iPhone' and 'Microsoft security blunder'. Try it for yourself - file a piece with the headline "Microsoft security blunder trashes skank's iPhone" and ...

42. Microsoft Fable promises tyranny, poverty and injustice

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 19 August 2009

    Microsoft has announced Fable III at gamescom in Germany. The new game will be available on the Xbox 360 in time for Christmas. Cologne, Germany - Microsoft has announced Fable III at gamescom in Germany. ...

43. Nokia challenges RIM with Microsoft-Symbian alliance

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 12 August 2009

    Microsoft and Nokia have formed an alliance against RIM by agreeing to jointly develop applications for Symbian-based mobile devices. According to Microsoft, Nokia will begin shipping Office Communicator ...

44. Smartphone downloads to top 6.67 bn by 2014

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 12 August 2009

    ... information, and personalization requirements of the mobile user," says Frost & Sullivan Industry Analyst Vikrant Gandhi. "For example, Apple, Google, Nokia, Palm, and Microsoft have either already ...

45. War declared: Apple’s Cult Takes on Google’s Borg

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Tuesday, 11 August 2009

    ... while past conflicts, like Microsoft kicking IBM into the PC weeds a generation ago and Google more recently knocking Microsoft down a peg or two, typically involved relative newcomers picking off established, ...

46. Will Windows Mobile become extinct?

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Wednesday, 29 July 2009

    Analyst Opinion - Microsoft has been a key player in the mobile device market since the early days of smartphones with its Windows Mobile Operating System (OS). And because of its affinity to the Windows desktop ...

47. 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 ...

48. Claws out in Splinter Cell snub catfight

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 22 July 2009

    ... of Kikizo had his own interpretation of Ubisoft's latest explanation. "Presumably this means Aaron Greenberg (Microsoft Xbox 360 and Live product manager) popped across the Atlantic and force-fed Yves ...

49. Third party software slows Internet Explorer

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 21 July 2009

    Internet Explorer 8 might appear slower than other browsers because of the way it interacts with third party software, Microsoft has claimed. Redmond (WA) - Internet Explorer 8 might appear slower than ...

50. Google goes postal down-under

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 20 July 2009

    ... in New Zealand. NZ Post announced a three-year deal that will see the State Own Enterprise's 2100 postal services staff ditch Microsoft Office, Exchange and Outlook in favour of Google Apps Premier. ...