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The next generation of security threats

December 5, 2007 Forget widespread worms. Nowadays, limited-scale threats like targeted e-mail attacks are causing the most concern. TAGS: security threat, Del.icio.us, Digg, hacker, security, generation, conference, Microsoft Windows Vista, threat, rootkit, Microsoft Corp., developer, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft looks to improve its name game

July 17, 2007 After years of being the butt of jokes for its convoluted product naming, the company wises up about appellations.Photos: Cool names, disappointing products TAGS: brand strategy, Microsoft Silverlight, general manager, Redmond, brand, conference, Microsoft Corp., Apple iPod, Apple Computer, video, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

Microsoft to Google: Hands off enterprise search

July 13, 2006 COO Kevin Turner says Redmond will fight to win the corporate search market--"it's our house." TAGS: enterprise search, Kevin Turner, COO, Steve Ballmer, Google Inc., IBM Corp., conference, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Week in review: Microsoft and Google get touchy

May 30, 2008 Microsoft shows off plans for new Windows interface, while Google shows off Android capabilities. Also: future in the stream. TAGS: Rupert Murdoch, Jerry Yang, Week in review, CEO, Bill Gates, Google Inc., conference, Microsoft Corp., blog, interface, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows

Reversal: Next IE divorced from new Windows

February 15, 2005 update Version 7.0 of the browser will launch ahead of the next update to Windows, as Microsoft shifts plans. Is Microsoft reacting to Firefox's popularity? TAGS: Microsoft Longhorn, reversal, Bill Gates, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, RSA Security Inc., Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, security, conference, Microsoft Windows Update, San Francisco, Microsoft Corp., service pack, Mozilla Corp., Microsoft Windows

Gates looks to expand view beyond Windows

March 20, 2006 At Mix conference, Microsoft appeals to Web developers, commits to more IE updates. Video: Gates' Mix '06 keynote Photo: Gates shrugs at Mix '06 TAGS: web technology, Bill Gates, Web application, RSS, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, conference, chairman, developer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, IBM Corp., desktop computer, photograph, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, PC

Week in review: Microsoft's cloudy future

July 13, 2007 Microsoft is planning an ambitious makeover to its Internet services, the E3 game confab focuses more on entertainment, and what lays ahead in Apple's iFuture is anyone's guess. TAGS: Steve Ballmer, Week in review, conference, Microsoft Windows Live, reader, Internet service, developer, asset, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, server, Microsoft Windows

Leopard nipping at Vista's heels

August 8, 2006 The new Mac OS is due in spring, which would put it after Vista. But if the Windows update slips again, that could let Apple get in first. TAGS: Steve Jobs, Apple Computer, photocopier, Microsoft Windows Vista, Redmond, Microsoft Windows XP Media Center, conference, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, developer, Microsoft Windows Update, Apple Macintosh, operating system, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Windows XP outshines Vista in benchmarking test

November 27, 2007 Vista with the beta Service Pack 1 fails to keep pace with its predecessor in a series of productivity tasks using the Office 2007 software. TAGS: service pack, benchmarking, Microsoft Windows Vista, spokesperson, Microsoft Office 2007, conference, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Office, operating system, Microsoft Windows, PC

Microsoft opens up on Web strategy at Mix '07

April 30, 2007 Ray Ozzie, other executives to talk up scripting languages for Silverlight and online services at the Web development conference. TAGS: Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Silverlight, mashup, API, online advertising, Web service, Web application, Microsoft Corp., developer, conference, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows

Week in review: Vista release on the horizon

November 10, 2006 After five years of development and many delays, Microsoft says the update to Windows is ready to be released to consumers. TAGS: Week in review, computer company, Net Neutrality, Microsoft Windows Vista, Democrat, reader, bug, conference, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

Microsoft enlists developers for Live push

June 9, 2006 At the TechEd conference next week, CTO Ray Ozzie is expected to discuss how the software giant's online services initiative will be key for its traditional audience: IT pros and developers. TAGS: TechEd, IT professional, Ray Ozzie, developer, Microsoft Windows Live, mashup, Google Inc., API, Microsoft Corp., small business, conference, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft reaches out to developers with Live

March 22, 2006 Software giant launches Windows Live Developer Center to entice coders to write "mashup" apps on its hosted services. TAGS: mashup, MSN Search, gadget, MSN, Bill Gates, developer, Microsoft Windows Live, MSN Messenger, API, Microsoft Corp., conference, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Gates sizes up the Web's next generation

March 21, 2006 Microsoft's chairman says it's time to embrace new Web trends, from programmable sites to ad-funded hosted services. Video: Rebirth of the cool Video: Gates keynote at Mix '06 TAGS: Bill Gates, Web 2.0, Microsoft .NET, conference, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., video, security, Microsoft Windows

RSA confab: Boom times for security

February 13, 2006 No longer just for cryptogeeks, RSA Conference attracts big-name speakers, product launches, underscoring security's growing importance. TAGS: RSA Security Inc., Bill Gates, conference, data security, Symantec Corp., security company, security, anti-spyware, event, California, CEO, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Zend Web tools adapted for Windows

October 31, 2006 Partnership with Microsoft is meant to improve Zend's open-source PHP tools for creating dynamic Web pages. TAGS: Zend Technologies Ltd., PHP, Apache Software Foundation, Linux, open source, CEO, conference, Microsoft Corp., database, server, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Web plan takes aim at Google

September 8, 2005 Mirroring efforts at Google, Yahoo and elsewhere, software maker to offer developers tools to build online applications. TAGS: MSN Search, API, Simple Object Access Protocol, developer, MSN, Web development, mirroring, Google Inc., Web service, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., software company, conference, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users'

April 11, 2008 By way of the User Account Control feature, company set out to force independent software vendors to make their code more secure, says manager. TAGS: ISV, ecosystem, RSA Security Inc., secure, prompt, myth, software company, Microsoft Windows Vista, San Francisco, conference, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
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