Microsoft to offer code protection, validation to other software developers
Microsoft is planning to deliver on October 1 to third-party software developers a set of technologies that will allow them to add code protection and activation mechanisms to their own software.
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13.7.2007 300 Top Software Developers Worldwide in New Microsoft Development Center
Even as early as July 5, 2007, Microsoft announced that it was extending north of Redmond and into Canada.
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11.9.2008 Why Vista Matters to Developers
To some, Windows Vista is Microsoft's most secure operating system ever. To others, it's the most Mac-like. But from a developer standpoint, it's the first proving ground for Microsoft's new family of managed programming interfaces that have been under development for the past five years.
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13.2.2007 Windows loses ground with developers
Microsoft's Windows platform is losing traction as a target for application developers in North America but still is the dominant platform, according to Evans Data survey results being released on Tuesday.
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3.7.2007 Firefox 3.1 Alpha 2 For Developers and Testers
Mozilla developer centre released its Firefox 3.1 Alpha 2 today. Codenamed as Shiretoko Alpha 2, developers or testers who would like to give it a try can download it.
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9.9.2008 Analyst: Vista's UAC Will Reform Developers
When it comes to the new security functions in Windows Vista, User Account Control is the one people tend to scratch their heads over, Gartner Analyst Neil MacDonald said during his presentation on implementing Vista security at Gartner's IT Security Summit here on June 4.
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8.6.2007 Microsoft Developers Conference Slated For October
Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) plans to hold its next Professional Developers Conference (PDC) from October 27 to 30, 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
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7.12.2007 Microsoft Gives Developers 60-Day Deadline IE Extension
Microsoft is moving toward permanently modifying the way Internet Explorer renders multimedia content on Web pages, as part of the terms of its patent settlement with Eolas.
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29.3.2006 TechEd 2007 Preview: Now It's Developers' Turn to Make Changes
With Windows Vista already a firmly entrenched product in many homes and some businesses, and with Windows Server 2008 cruising toward a final release in the second half of this year, Microsoft may feel it's time for its many partners and developers with an interest in Windows' success to stand and deliver.
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4.6.2007 Google to Give Developers Access to Trends API
Google will eventually give programmers access to an API for its Trends analysis tool.
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5.12.2007 Vistas big problem: 92 percent of developers ignoring it
And to think Microsoft used to be popular with the developer crowd...
Not anymore. A recent report from Evans Data shows fewer than one in 10 software developers writing applications for Windows Vista this year. Eight percent.
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17.6.2008 Microsoft changes Software Assurance licensing
Microsoft has made changes to its Software Assurance licensing program, including benefits and asking corporations to pay up for Windows Vista enterprise edition when the new operating system finally ships next year.
Software Assurance (SA) was launched in the US in 2001. Customers paid an annual fee of 25 to 29 percent of the outright licence for the right to upgrade over a two or three year period.
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Microsoft: No Office Software for Linux
Future of open-source software debated at LinuxWorld conference.
Microsoft will not release a version of its Office suite software for open-source rival Linux, though the company is actively studying how Linux works and how it can integrate with the platform, a Microsoft representative says.
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Used Microsoft Software for Sale: Cheap!
When Microsoft software reseller
Disclic began selling secondhand Microsoft software last week, a number of Microsoft watchers proclaimed "They can't do that, can they?"
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15.11.2005 Google developing eavesdropping software
The first thing that came out of our mouths when we heard that Google is working on a system that listens to what's on your TV playing in the background, and then serves you relevant adverts, was "that's cool, but dangerous".
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3.9.2006 Tesco.com moves into software sales
Tesco has announced it is to move into the software market, with the launch of a range of low-cost office productivity applications set to challenge Microsoft, Symantec and other big-name incumbents.
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4.10.2006 Microsoft Robotics Software Out of Beta
Microsoft on Wednesday officially released its robot software development environment, aiming to put the company in the center of robotics by licensing out its operating system to hobbyists and companies alike.
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13.12.2006 MySpace plans parent software
MYSPACE plans to offer free parental notification software in a bid to appease government critics, The Wall Street Journal has reported.
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18.1.2007 Microsoft: The Advantages of using illegal software
Microsoft has committed large resources into educating people on the illegal use of software and how it harms the industry since the launch of Windows 95.
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22.2.2007 Microsoft tests pay-as-you-go Software
Microsoft has been quietly testing a new "pay-as-you-go" software rental service in South Africa, Mexico, and Romania. The service allows users to pay a monthly fee of around $15 for the use of Office 2003.
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23.2.2007 Genuine Software Initiatives First Year and Beyond
This first year represents only the beginning of a marathon, and Microsoft is committed to this race, says Cori Hartje, Microsoft's anti-piracy director.
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2.4.2007 Microsoft targets more software pirates
Microsoft said Monday that it is taking action against groups that sold copies of Windows and Office discounted for academic use to regular users.
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3.4.2007 Top Security Software of 2007
2007 has been a busy year when it comes to computer security, with all kinds of threats aiming to be deployed on people's computers.
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30.12.2007 Google to Introduce Online Spreadsheet Software
Google Inc. will begin rolling out it's new online spreadsheet software today to a limited few in a move that sees the web maestros taking on Microsoft's Excel with a completely free alternative.
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6.6.2006 Software Notebook: How does Gates shape up as a seer?
Bill Gates has recently been prognosticating all over the place, offering his thoughts on the future of newspapers, television, advertising, communications, telephones and many other areas of business and technology.
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22.5.2007 Microsoft Releases Backup Software To Testers
Microsoft is rolling out the first release candidate for System Center Data Protection Manager 2007, the vendor's flagship backup and recovery offering.
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4.10.2007 Is Microsoft working on software center for Windows?
Questions arise as to why Windows Vista and Windows 7 have renamed the "Add and Remove Programs" to "Programs and Features", alongside "Windows Updates".
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23.1.2009 Windows 7 Software Logo Toolkit Beta Available
The resources designed for developers to have their products labeled with the Compatible with Windows 7 logo have evolved into Beta stage.
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29.5.2009 Free Software Foundation trashes Windows 7
And that's exactly what the Free Software Foundation plans to do on Wednesday, staging a demonstration in Boston where it will encourage businesses to throw away Microsoft Windows in favor of free alternatives.
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27.8.2009 How to check software or hardware for Windows 7 compatibility
Microsoft has put up an extremely useful site that will allow you to check your software and hardware for Windows 7 compatibility.
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27.10.2009A new SDK for OOXML aims to mobilize developers
There are any number of varying definitions of "interoperability," but developers take it to mean the ability to get into the software and
make it work right. So today's announcement from Microsoft of a finalized OOXML SDK could be more important than even a victory at the ISO...
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13.03.2008Developers want Ballmer to show money
Australian developers have asked Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer what the company will do to address a Microsoft coding landscape that hasn't offered
financial rewards like those available to iPhone and Facebook developers.
In the lead-up to Ballmer's visit to
Sydney this Thursday, the
software giant has asked developers to submit questions on its
forum which it plans to relay to Ballmer on the day.
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05.11.2008Microsoft Cleared of Violating Pact
Microsoft has been cleared of
allegations that it violated a
court agreement to help
software developers make their
programs compatible with
Microsoft software.
Microsoft - in a deal with
the Justice Department, 17
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was ordered in 2002 to share
software hooks known as
application programming
interfaces, or APIs, which let
different programs work
together.
Des Moines
attorney Roxanne Conlin
alleged in January that
Microsoft has not disclosed
certain APIs to software
developers. She shared her
evidence - including expert
testimony - with the Iowa
attorney's office and the
Justice Department.
In court documents filed
Tuesday, the plaintiffs found
the allegations were not
supported...
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21.06.2007Sun explores parallel universe with Studio 12
Sun Microsystems today
released Sun Studio 12, its
latest IDE (integrated
development environment) for
C, C++ and Fortran. It's
http://developers.sun.com/suns
tudio/downloads/>freely
available for Solaris and
Linux software platforms and
the update will be useful for
developers building multi-core
and multi-threaded
applications, the company
says.
Sun hopes that
a combination of visual
development for profiling and
tuning and such like, with
juiced-up performance using
compilers for Solaris will
convince GNU/Linux developers
to pick Sun Studio 12, over
Eclipse or tools using the
Free Software Foundation's
popular GNU Compiler
Collection (GCC).
Previous versions of
Studio supported Linux in the
IDE and tools but not
compilers. Sun aims to provide
developers with the freedom of
compiling to Linux or Solaris,
without re-writing code, while
also giving access to the fast
Solaris architecture...
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04.06.2007Microsoft: Multicore Chips Are
Changing PC Software Design
The 'free lunch' for
software developers is over,
Microsoft executive says...
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27.10.2005AMD proposes CPU extensions for multi-core apps
AMD is announcing plans to
extend its CPU instruction set
Tuesday to make it easier for
software developers to exploit
the power of multi-core
processors when building
applications.
The company's Hardware
Extensions for Software
Parallelism initiative
represents an effort to help
hardware and software become
better integrated, said
Margaret Lewis, vice president
of software engineering at
AMD.
AMD
stressed that converting
single-threaded software to be
multi-threaded is a highly
specialized skill and a
challenge for developers. The
extensions initially focus on
performance analysis via the
company's new "Light-Weight
Profiling" specification
accessible
on
AMD's site. This
technology will enable
real-time feedback for
performance optimization that
can be directly used by
software, said Earl Stahl,
vice president of software
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14.08.2007Report: Piracy Software Loses Continue to Rise
While the rate of piracy
worldwide has stayed fairly
stable, the cost of the
problem to software developers
continues to rise as the
market continues to grow, the
Business Software Alliance
said on Tuesday...
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15.05.2007Apple's App Store schizophrenia driving developers crazy
Apple's iPhone is, by all accounts, a success, and Apple may be on track to sell 5 million iPhone 3Gs this quarter. A big part of that success has
come from the array of software options available from the App Store, the sole distribution point for third-party iPhone software. Though many
developers are selling a lot of software, a significant number are becoming frustrated and angry due to Apple's recent decisions regarding which apps
are fit for distribution; the situation has been made worse by reports that Apple has a policy that makes the rejection letters subject to a NDA.
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29.09.2008Has software development spawned the sprawl of PC servers?
The software development process played a key role early on in spawning the sprawl of distributed Windows and Linux servers. But software developers
and the organizations they work for can now start to curtail these costs through the centralization of all or most computing tasks...
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27.02.2008Apple drops iPhone NDA, frustrated developers voice their joy
Under pressure from developers, Apple has dropped the controversial NDA clause previously imposed on its iPhone OS. Many developers are expressing
their happiness on Twitter and elsewhere online, sometimes in pithy language...
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02.10.2008Microsoft to help Eclipse developers make Java apps look Vista-native
In a growing effort to show the world it is embracing the open source community, Microsoft announced it will work with the Eclipse Foundation to allow
Java developers to make software applications that look native to the Windows Vista operating system...
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21.03.2008New Snow Leopard build (10A286) seeded to developers
Apple has seeded a new build of its upcoming operating system, Snow Leopard, to developers of Apple software. The news is being reported by website
World of Apple, and they have said that the new build features a new QuickTime, and a new Cocoa-based Finder. It's also interesting to note that
Apple is further endorsing that developers try running the build in 64-bit, showing that they still strongly wish to make the switch to it. Here are
the, as World of Apple mentions, strangely short build notes: New Content This seed contains some major new changes in the following areas:
QuickTime Player: The new QuickTime Player has a new minimal UI and is focused on playback.
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07.03.2009Microsoft to hand out early
code
Looking to drive
demand for a wave of
forthcoming products,
Microsoft will fill the
pockets of developers this
week with early versions of
several programs, including
the latest "build" of
Windows
Vista.
At
the software giant's
Professional Developers
Conference in Los Angeles,
Microsoft is planning to
provide programmers with the
code for an early version of
Vista, as well as Visual
Studio 2005 and SQL Server
2005, both of which will be
released in November. Vista,
the client version of the next
release of Windows developed
under the code name Longhorn,
is expected to be released
next year.
The
company will distribute the
software on Tuesday following
morning keynotes by Bill
Gates, Microsoft's chief
software architect, and Jim
Allchin, the group vice
president in charge of
Windows.
In
addition, company executives
are hosting several sessions
at which they plan to lift the
hood on the inner workings of
Microsoft's Office 12 suite
and encourage developers to
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12.09.2005Ballmer: Its all about Web developers
Mary Jo Foley: Plain old developers are so passe. Now its all about Web developers, Web developers, Web developers!
Microsoft
CEO Steve Ballmer, at the prodding of an audience member of Mix 08, updated his famous
developers, developers, developers chant.
(Istartedsomethings Long Zheng is hosting a clip of
Ballmers latest monkey boy dance on
his Web site.)
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07.03.2008Android to include more apps Monday, and some won't be free
Android open source developers will be able to start charging for their software in January, Google announced today. Meanwhile, Google's online store
for mobile software -- now containing only a few dozen applications -- is still in beta...
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24.10.2008AOL to share ad money with AIM developers
With search and social networking sites vying hard for developers' attention, AIM Money -- an incentive launched today -- is giving developers a cut
of the action on ad revenues derived from their AIM-based applications...
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10.06.2008Google Acquires PeakStream
Google said Tuesday that it
had acquired software company
PeakStream, which specializes
in software to assist
developers in programming for
multi-core processors...
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07.06.2007Multi-core processors: Interplay of hardware and programming models
Multicore architecture has created a little frenzy among programming language designers and software developers to hone up their concurrent and
parallel programming skills. But is this push one way? Is it just the hardware driving the software and language design in multi-core era? Rajesh
Karmani continues his article series on TG Daily which focuses on a dramatic shift in software development techniques to help developers exploit the
horsepower of multi-core processors.
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21.05.2008Introducing Nokia, the software company
As Nokia debuts new services and acquires yet more developers, we're beginning to see the global cell phone leader emerge as a fully-fledged software
producer. This from a company whose executives had set its sights on the Internet...
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10.09.2008More Windows 7 E details emerge
Microsoft has revealed a few more details about Windows 7 E, the version of their next operating system that will be released in Europe without
Internet Explorer. The information is primarily focused at developers who may be affected when creating applications that use Internet Explorer based
controls but also provides some more general information. The details, posted on the Windows 7 for Developers blog, reveal that using Windows 7 E
will be similar to using the full version of Windows 7 but with the Internet Explorer component disabled. This is also how they suggest that
developers can test their software for compatibility with Windows 7 E, as builds of it are currently unavailable to testers.
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