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Week in review: Yahoo merges with...Icahn

July 25, 2008 Activist investor agrees to join the Internet company's board, though Microsoft appears ready to move on. Also: An Apple a day. TAGS: Kevin Johnson, settlement, Yahoo! Inc., Jerry Yang, Week in review, Internet search, Internet company, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows Vista, Forrester Research Inc., Microsoft Corp., CEO, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows

New milestones for Windows

February 4, 2008 With Vista now into its second year, CEO Steve Ballmer says Microsoft is "turning the corner" in its enterprise efforts. TAGS: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows Vista, CEO, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., operating system

Week in review: On Microsoft's mind

May 2, 2008 Tech world waits for word on Yahoo, while Microsoft grapples with software challenges. Also: Net music on the court docket, and how green is our Valley? TAGS: cash register, Yahoo! Inc., workforce, Microsoft Windows Vista, shareholder, Week in review, glitch, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, operating system

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, Google Inc., CEO, Bill Gates, blog, Microsoft Corp., conference, Yahoo! Inc., interface, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft offers free support for Vista SP1 installs

March 25, 2008 Software giant says it will give free support until March 18, 2009, to those experiencing difficulty installing Service Pack 1.(By Suzanne Tindal of ZDNet Australia) TAGS: service pack, spokesperson, Microsoft Windows Vista, agreement, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Ballmer: Microsoft is thinking green

March 5, 2008 At the CeBit technology show in Hannover, the chief executive says the software giant is focusing on lowering energy consumption. TAGS: Hannover, Steve Ballmer, CeBit, Microsoft Windows Vista, requirement, survey, Microsoft Windows XP, CPU, U.K., information technology, Microsoft Corp., CEO, PC, Microsoft Windows, operating system

Software shifts for Microsoft

January 4, 2008 As a new year begins, the titan of Redmond is tinkering away at applications from years gone by. TAGS: Redmond, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Corp., MSN, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Gartner: Large businesses shouldn't skip Vista

December 7, 2007 Companies planning to wait for successor Windows 7 may face support issues and a rushed migration, research firm warns. TAGS: Gartner Inc., migration, Microsoft Windows Vista, ISV, application development, Microsoft Windows XP, software company, Microsoft Windows 2000, organization, operating system, Microsoft Windows, research company, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft strikes back at Opera antitrust claims

December 14, 2007 Software giant denies abusing its market position and says it has no intention of unbundling IE and Windows. TAGS: Opera Software, antitrust, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., PC company, Microsoft Windows, operating system, PC

Microsoft: Vista SP1 will break these programs

February 21, 2008 List of applications affected by service pack installation include Trend Micro's Internet Security 2008 and the Times Reader. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Vista, Trend Micro Inc., service pack, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, security

Microsoft woos hobbyist developers

April 17, 2008 Company is trying to boost interest in noncommercial software development around Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 and Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition. TAGS: hobbyist, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, hardware maker, software development, Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Microsoft pulls Vista SP1 update

February 20, 2008 The company retracts a prerequisite update for downloading Vista Service Pack 1 after some customers complain of problems. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., blog, Microsoft Windows, hard drive, PC

Gates explains why Microsoft needs Yahoo

February 20, 2008 A main driver of the takeover bid is the desire for "great engineers," says Microsoft's chairman. Plus: Windows 7 and other future tech. TAGS: Bill Gates, Yahoo! Inc., engineer, engineering, combination, portal, vision, Microsoft Corp., chairman, Google Inc., work, Microsoft Windows

Kaspersky inadvertently quarantines Windows Explorer

December 21, 2007 A false positive in company's antivirus products leads to quarantine or deletion of some Windows users' copies of explorer.exe. TAGS: Kaspersky Lab, Microsoft Windows Explorer, antivirus, antivirus company, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, operating system

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: prompt, ISV, myth, secure, ecosystem, RSA Security Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, software company, manager, San Francisco, security, Microsoft Corp., conference, Microsoft Windows

Week in review: Windows woes

February 29, 2008 The EU slaps Microsoft with a record penalty, but will a Vista price cut help pay the fine? Also: Pakistan hijacks YouTube, and game publishers square off for market domination. TAGS: fine, antitrust, compliance, Steve Ballmer, European Union, Week in review, litigation, Microsoft Windows Vista, commission, reader, pricing, Microsoft Corp., software company, operating system, Microsoft Windows, e-mail
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