Microsoft Web Executive Leaves
Microsoft Corp. announced the departure of several executives Thursday, among them Steve Berkowitz, senior vice president of Microsoft's online business group, a Silicon Valley veteran recruited to help fix its unprofitable Web business.
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15.2.2008 Unpatched Microsoft Flaw Leaves IE6 at Risk
A vulnerability in as-yet unpatched Microsoft software poses a more severe threat to Internet Explorer 6 users than those on the next version of the browser, security vendor Symantec has warned.
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4.8.2008 Microsoft Makes Its Own Vista SP1 vs. XP SP2, Leaves XP SP3 Out
Ever since the advent of Window Vista, at the end of November 2006 for businesses and in January 2007 for the general public, Microsoft has virtually invited the comparison between the two operating systems.
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8.5.2008 Vista SP1 RC Leaves XP SP2 in the Dust, but What About XP SP3?
Although Microsoft has indicated a strong disapproval of benchmarking tests involving development milestones of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, the temptation is simply too big to ignore.
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17.1.2008 Windows XP SP3 Twice as Fast as Windows Vista Leaves Vista SP1 in the Dust
Forget about Windows Vista. And forget about Windows Vista SP1. Microsoft's latest Windows client has been quite sluggish to begin with. This in both consumer adoption and in terms of the performance it delivers.
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27.11.2007 Microsoft releases free ebook: Introducing Microsoft Visual Basic 2005
Get a focused, first look at the features and capabilities in Microsoft Visual Basic 2005, Visual Studio 2005, and the .NET Framework 2.0. If you currently work with Visual Basic 6, these authors fully understand the adoption and code migration issues you'll encounter.
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12.4.2006 Microsoft SQL Server Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005
The Microsoft SQL Server Management Pack provides both proactive and reactive monitoring of SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2000 in an enterprise environment. Availability and configuration monitoring, performance data collection, and default thresholds are built for enterprise-level monitoring. Both local and remote connectivity checks help ensure database availability.
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5.6.2006 Microsoft Pre-Release Software Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 - September CTP
The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 (formerly known as WinFX), is the new managed code programming model for Windows. It combines the power of the .NET Framework 2.0 with new technologies for building applications that have visually compelling user experiences, seamless communication across technology boundaries, and the ability to support a wide range of business processes.
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24.9.2006 Podcasts: Microsoft IT Showcase: How Microsoft IT Architects and Configures DFS Replication
Edit: Something close to my heart! I sure hope the R2 changes to DFS are as good as they sound in all the marketing documents!
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25.2.2006 Microsoft Showcases Platform Advancements in the 2007 Microsoft Office System
Second annual Microsoft Office System Developers Conference highlights opportunity for custom solutions development utilizing innovations in the 2007 release.
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23.3.2006 Microsoft set to beta Microsoft Security Essentials June 23
Microsoft confirmed today that they plan to release a public beta of Microsoft Security Essentials (formerly codenamed Morro) on June 23.
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18.6.2009 Microsoft is 30 years old today! have a look at the Microsoft Timeline
It's hard to believe that Microsoft is already 30 years old. The company that made Redmond, Washington, a household name was actually founded in 1975 in another city by two young Seattle men, one of whom was a college dropout. From this inauspicious beginning came an equally improbable vision: A personal computer on every desk and in every home. Thirty years later, it seems so obvious. But at the time, when only a handful of people knew what a personal computer was, it was a great leap of faith and daring.
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Microsoft Windows Microsoft Application Verifier 3.2.0038
Application Verifier is a runtime verification tool for unmanaged code that assists in quickly finding subtle programming errors that can be extremely difficult to identify with normal application testing.
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26.7.2006 Microsoft executive: Pirating software? Choose Microsoft!
Microsoft doesn't want you to pirate their software, but if you must choose between illegally installing Windows or a competitor's operating system, Microsoft would prefer that you choose them.
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15.3.2007 Microsoft releases new Ultimate Extras - Microsoft Tinker
Microsoft has silently released 3 updates for Windows Ultimate users today.
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23.9.2008 Microsoft trademark reveals Microsoft Store logo
A fortnight ago, detailed plans of the long anticipated Microsoft Store were revealed in all its theoretical glory when Gizmodo published over 50 slides from a Powerpoint presentation prepared by the projects consultancy firm.
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5.8.2009 Microsoft Launches Microsoft TalentLab in The Netherlands
Demand for ICT specialists is growing; new portal site advertises job vacancies at Microsoft partners with guaranteed training.
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25.3.2007 Microsoft 4 Patas
Four different wallpapers with those that are considered men best friend. Besides that, icons and sounds give a special touch in this theme, that is already a success in those that love dogs.
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5.1.2006 What Microsoft has that Linux
Microsoft has seven "Microsoft Across America" trucks cruising the country, visiting Microsoft Partners at their request to show off the latest Windows wonders. At last count, there were exactly zero (0) "Linux Across America" trucks.
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15.8.2006 Microsoft isn't done with Vista yet
There is still more work to be done on Windows Vista, said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, on the day the company's highly-anticipated operating system is officially released to enterprise customers.
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2.12.2006 Why Does Everyone Hate Microsoft?
I'm doing a short project on Microsoft and its impact on society.
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15.12.2006 A word with you, please, Microsoft
If Microsoft's 1976 was all about "hobbyists" and "Altair," then its buzzwords for 2006 were things such as "connected entertainment," "interoperability," "Zune," and "Windows Vista."
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2.1.2007 Microsofts IE 8.0: More than just vaporware
When I mentioned in a post yesterday that I had heard there was an alpha build of Internet Explorer (IE) 8.0 circulating inside Microsoft, some were skeptical.
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15.1.2007 Microsoft Feeds Plus
Microsoft Feeds Plus is an
Internet Explorer 7 add-on for Windows XP/2003/Vista that makes your feed reading experience easy and efficient. You can read your feeds in a combined view (aggregate feeds) and get pop-up notifications when there are new items to read.
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27.1.2007 Microsoft Wants Yahoo
Stung by the loss of Internet advertising firm DoubleClick to Google last month, Microsoft has intensified its pursuit of a deal with Yahoo!, asking the company to re-enter formal negotiations, The Post has learned.
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5.5.2007 Microsoft: Why the Silence about IE 8.0?
Two years ago, Microsoft used the Bill Gates keynote at its MIX conference as the launch pad for Internet Explorer (IE) 7.0, which shipped last year. However, this year at MIX07, news of the next IE version, which Microsoft has confirmed is in development, was not to be had.
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6.5.2007 Microsoft Seadragon
Seadragon is an incubation project resulting from the acquisition of Seadragon Software in February. Its aim is nothing less than to change the way we use screens, from wall-sized displays to mobile devices, so that visual information can be smoothly browsed regardless of the amount of data involved or the bandwidth of the network.
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6.6.2007 Microsoft Got Hacked!
The official Microsoft U.K. Domain was attacked and defaced by a hacker identified as rEmOtEr. Microsoft confirmed that the hack has been successful. rEmOtEr altered a webpage in the Microsoft.co.uk domain with two images and multiple references to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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1.7.2007 Microsoft Gives Up on Antitrust
Microsoft has long been a landmark of monopoly worldwide. But this detail is about to change as the Redmond company has evolved, following the various antitrust rulings against it both at home and abroad. In this context, Microsoft has suffered antitrust scrutinies not only in the U.S. but also in the European Union as well as in South Korea.
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16.10.2007 Microsoft ThinSight
A computer screen that also acts as a two-handed touch interface and a crude infrared camera has been developed by researchers at Microsoft's labs in the UK.
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23.10.2007Microsoft Web Executive Leaves
Microsoft Corp. announced the departure of several executives Thursday, among them Steve Berkowitz, senior vice president of Microsoft's online
business group, a Silicon Valley veteran recruited to help fix its unprofitable Web business. Berkowitz will hand off his duties to three insiders:
Satya Nadella, currently in charge of search and search advertising engineering; Bill Veghte, a Windows marketing executive; and Brian McAndrews,
formerly the chief executive of online advertising group aQuantive, which Microsoft acquired last year. Berkowitz joined Microsoft in 2006 after
turning around Oakland, Calif.-based Ask.com, which, with related sites, was acquired by InterActiveCorp for $2.3 billion during his tenure as
chief executive; no reason was given for his departure, and he will stay through August to help with the transition.
Brought in to help
turn around Microsoft's own Web business, Berkowitz was charged with expanding the audience on its disparate MSN and Windows Live sites - making
them more attractive to advertisers - and forging new business relationships, such as the ad partnership announced last summer with social news site
Digg.com. With Berkowitz's departure, all advertising efforts will be consolidated under McAndrews. MSN head Joanne Bradford will report to
Nadella. Microsoft spokesman Lou Gellos said today's announcement is unrelated to the Yahoo negotiations.
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15.02.2008Inside Microsoft's plan to bring in outside talent
Before Brian McAndrews agreed to take charge of a crucial piece of Microsoft Corp.'s online advertising business, he insisted on a key condition:
that he be granted certain power over the engineering part of the operation.
The new job didn't have to include that authority,
but Mr. McAndrews, new to the company, argued that to succeed in his mandate - leading the charge against Google Inc. - he needed it. And in
Microsoft's engineering-driven culture, such a team could promise something else for Mr. McAndrews: longevity as a Microsoft executive.
That Microsoft granted his request illustrates a new approach Chief Executive Steve Ballmer is taking as he tries to expand the Redmond,
Wash., company into new areas from online music to videogames to Internet advertising. Mr. Ballmer has found he must tap outsiders rather than rely so
heavily on homegrown managers as in the past.
How Microsoft fares with Mr. McAndrews will be a test for Mr. Ballmer, who has
tried over the years to make the company a more hospitable place for outside talent. Another test will be Don Mattrick, whom Microsoft hired this
summer to head its videogame group after a long career as a top executive at game giant Electronic Arts Inc. ..
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26.09.2007Microsoft Advertising: A One-Stop Shop for Advertisers, Agencies, and Publishers
Q&A: Brian McAndrews, Senior Vice President, Advertiser and Publisher Solutions, discusses major accomplishments and developments during his first
year at Microsoft, his priorities for the coming year, and advertising technologies in development at Microsoft...
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20.05.2008Microsoft Closes $6 billion Buyout of aQuantive
As part of an online
advertising push designed to
leapfrog Yahoo and present a
serious challenge to Google,
Microsoft has just closed a
$6 billion deal with
digital marketing company
aQuantive. As the software
industry begins a shift from
traditional desktop programs
to web-based applications, MS
fears the disruption could
affect all of its products in
ways yet unknown; the purchase
of aQuantive is designed to
help the company stay
profitable during the
transition period.
" Our goal is to be No. 1
or No. 2, " Kevin Johnson,
president of Microsoft
Corp.'s platforms and
services division, said in an
interview last week. Johnson
added that units in the two
companies (MS and aQuantive)
are being combined and
reorganized to provide an
advertising platform to
support new Web-based
services. A new advertising
and publishing solutions group
is being formed, under a plan
Johnson and aQuantive Chief
Executive Brian McAndrews
outlined last week with The
Associated Press. The group,
to be led by McAndrews,
includes aQuantive's
ad-serving technologies and
tools for tracking the success
of online ad campaigns, and
DrivePM, which extends
Microsoft's ability to sell
Web ads to aQuantive's broad
network of top sites.
AQuantive's Avenue
A/Razorfish, a well-regarded
Web design and online
advertising agency, will
operate " at arm's
length, " McAndrews
said.
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14.08.2007Microsoft: Google gets undue credit for ad conversions
Google undeservedly has gotten all the credit for many clicks on the online ads it delivers via its search engine, but Microsoft wants to put a stop
to that. So said Brian McAndrews, senior vice president of Microsofts Advertiser Publisher Solutions Group during a panel discussion at the Web 2.0
Summit in San Francisco Thursday. Currently, systems for tracking ad conversions and analyzing online marketing campaigns focus on the last ad a user
viewed or clicked on, he said. This gives all credit to that last publisher and not to others the user may have been at before and influenced the user
to seek more information about the advertiser, McAndrews said.
In particular, this situation has unfairly benefitted Google because many
times someone will see a display ad on a site and go to Google, search for the vendors name, and then click on the vendors text ad served by Google,
he said. But Microsoft is developing a technology called "conversion attribution" that will track the trail of ads seen by a user, so that
advertisers get a more complete understanding of how effective their marketing campaigns are, he said.
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19.10.2007Microsoft Announces Acquisition of Navic Networks
Microsoft Corp. today announced the acquisition of Navic Networks, a leading provider of television advertising solutions. Navics technologies include
sophisticated campaign management tools that use relevant data to optimize the delivery and placement of targeted interactive television media and
through Admira provide a unified ad network for targeting audiences across television advertising inventory. With the addition of Navic solutions,
Microsofts comprehensive advertising platform will be able to facilitate enhanced digital advertising across online and offline environments.
Television media represents the largest percentage of advertisers and agencies media budget today, said Brian McAndrews, senior vice
president of the Advertiser and Publisher Solutions Group at Microsoft. Together, Navic and Microsoft will deliver addressable television advertising
solutions to help our partners better manage media spend by increasing advertiser reach and ROI, and maximizing publisher yield on television
advertising.
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18.06.2008Microsoft and EDGAR Online Team Up on Advertising and Content
Microsoft Corp. and
EDGAR Online Inc. today announced a strategic alliance in which the
two companies will collaborate to bring relevant advertising to the EDGAR Online audience and content to the MSN portal. EDGAR Online is a premier
source of financial information and corporate intelligence and is a leading provider of Extensible Markup Language (XML)- and Extensible Business
Reporting Language (XBRL)-tagged data and information. Through the deal, Microsoft will be the exclusive third-party provider of display, contextual
and video advertising for EDGAR Online and its global audience of more than 2 million unique visitors per month, and EDGAR Online will provide
content, such as Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing documents, to MSN Money.
EDGAR Online attracts a highly
targeted audience with its deep business and financial content, and coupling that audience with Microsofts advertising technologies is going to be a
winning combination for advertisers, said Brian McAndrews, senior vice president, Advertiser and Publisher Solutions at Microsoft. The inclusion of
EDGAR Online as a syndicated advertising partner site and the addition of its content to MSN Money will add value for our users and will help
advertisers reach an even broader audience in this highly attractive financial vertical...
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16.01.2008Microsoft Announces Acquisition of Rapt
Microsoft Corp. today announced plans to acquire Rapt Inc., the leading provider of advertising yield management solutions for digital media
publishers. Rapts technology, along with its information and advisory services offerings, will become key components of the Atlas Publisher Suite,
part of Microsofts Advertiser and Publisher Solutions Group. With the inclusion of Rapt, the Atlas Publisher Suite allows Microsoft to provide its
customers with integrated asset and inventory management, forecasting, yield and sales management, and ad delivery and operations.
Online publishers have a complex array of needs, and they require more attentive and sophisticated partners to help them solve these challenges,
said Brian McAndrews, senior vice president of the Advertiser and Publisher Solutions Group at Microsoft. With this acquisition, we are uniquely
positioned to help publishers succeed on all fronts. Our end-to-end solution will include workflow tools, ad package and delivery, turnkey
distribution, content partnerships, and yield management and optimization.
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14.03.2008Steve Ballmer Email Regarding Dr. Qi Lu
Steve Ballmer sent an email to Microsoft employees earlier today regarding the addition of their latest staff member - and it's a big one!
Dr. Qi Lu, former Executive Vice president at Yahoo, has been hired to take on the role of President of Microsoft's search division.
Ballmer goes on to explain some credentials that Lu has acquired over his years of experience.
It seems as though this is finally the
right choice for Microsoft; they seem to have good faith that Lu will perform well for them, and get them 'back in the game' after drawing a few
"miss-a-turn" cards along the way.
Read the email by clicking the "More" link below.
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05.12.2008Google slapped with libel claim
Google links to more than
11.5bn web pages - and it's
responsible for the content
posted to every single one
them. At least, Brian Retkin
thinks so.
The
48-year-old Londoner has filed
a defamation action against
the American search giant,
claiming that Google refuses
to remove links to sites that
libel his company, dotWORLDS.
Retkin's story was first
reported
in The Independent ,
although the paper incorrectly
claimed that he had "sued"
the California-based outfit.
He and his lawyer have issued
a "pre-action protocol,"
threatening to sue if Google
doesn't comply with their
demands.
"They've
removed libel about us before,
but it has re-appeared on
their UK website,"Retkin told
The Register. "We believe
this leaves them open to
action."..
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03.07.2007Zune HD under fire: the Brian Seitz interview
It's a very special MP3 Insider this week as Donald and Jasmine drag Zune marketing guru Brian Seitz kicking and screaming into the podcast studio
for a good old-fashioned live grilling. Actually, Brian came willingly and proceeded to graciously answer a veritable boatload of questions from the
hosts as well as the CNET Live audience. Now you can find out all you're dying to know about Zune HD music playback, Wi-Fi integration, games, apps,
availability, and more. And for those video podcast converts, we've got some up-close and personal shots of the Zune HD's onscreen interface. Tune
in to the longest MP3 Insider EVER for all the gory details.
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12.08.2009So how did Microsoft ship Office 2007 SP1 so "Early"?
Brian Smith: Blogging in Microsoft does allow a great deal of freedom to the blogger, but the final test before hitting "publish" is always to think
"What would this story look like on the front page of the New York Times, or Wall Street Journal". I think the worst case interpretation of this
blog might give a headline like "Steve Ballmer got it wrong" says Brian Smith . But hopefully it wouldn't come to that (he didn't get it
wrong anyway) - and it probably wouldn't be the front page, and probably wouldn't even make the Valley View (my local paper) - so here goes...
At the time of the project conference the work on SP1 was going well - still not complete, but homing in on the final few fixes. So
we knew we would soon have a release date we could stick to - but we weren't quite there. Steve Ballmer did a great keynote on the future of project
and work management - along with some demonstrations of what is coming in the next release - and then to Q & A.
The inevitable
question was the date of SP1!
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13.12.2007Flaw leaves Microsoft looking like a turkey
Microsoft engineers worked frantically over the US Thanksgiving holiday to fix a design flaw in Windows that has exposed millions of computers to
hijacking by computer criminals.
By exploiting the design flaw a lone miscreant could take control of vast numbers of home or
office PCs around the world in a single attack. They could read data, steal passwords and monitor internet use or use them to distribute spam or
viruses.
The bug was demonstrated at the Kiwicon hacker conference in New Zealand last week by an ethical hacker, Beau Butler.
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23.11.2007Microsoft's European antitrust point man leaves for Apple
Apple is said to be bringing on a public affairs specialist with years of experience helping Microsoft in its battle with the European Commission's
competition regulators.
Tom Brookes, Microsoft's Brussels-based spokesman on antitrust matters, has resigned his partnership
position at the public affairs consultancy G-Plus, and his responsibility for the Microsoft account, and is understood to be joining Apple, according
to people who work closely with him.
Brookes declined to comment about the move, but confirmed he is leaving G-Plus after almost
four years with the consultancy. Previously he worked for APCO, a large American public affairs and public relations consultancy, where he began his
relationship with Microsoft. He brought the client with him when he joined G-Plus in 2004, and has been the main mouthpiece for Microsoft in Brussels
ever since the March 2004 antitrust ruling against the company.
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04.03.2008Zune Executive Leaves Microsoft
Microsoft said Wednesday that
the head of its Zune music
player division will be
leaving the company to pursue
personal interests. Bryan Lee
will be replaced by J Allard,
who recently oversaw the
company's Xbox business...
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01.02.2007ISP Spat Severs Connections
A contract dispute between
Level 3 and Cogent leaves some
customers cut off from parts
of the Net...
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07.10.2005Skyfire Leaves Beta, Steals Windows Mobile Browsing Crown
Skyfire, the server-compressed mobile browser that promises "the full web," i.e. Flash support, on Windows Mobile and Symbian phones, has graduated
from its
excruciatingly long testing period. In a
word, it's great...
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28.05.2009Exec exodus from Motorola continues as CTO leaves
With CEO Ed Zander on his way out, news came Monday that the company's chief technology officer has also left the company...
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05.12.2007Blogger claims 10-year wait for Microsoft tech support call
The semi-anonymous blogger whose account earlier this week about getting a tech support callback from Microsoft Corp. a decade later generated heavy
interest and conspiracy theories among techies posted a follow-up late Wednesday, in which he insisted "this is not a hoax." The blogger, who
reveals his initials to be BIC and his first name to be Brian, also says that the "back to the future call" was about a downed Internet connection
-- not about a Windows system crash, aka the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). He also wrote: "Microsoft's calling me back is a testimony to their
superior technical support."
In his Wednesday post, Brian "revealed" the phone number that Microsoft technical support left for him,
though, apparently shy now because of the publicity his post has generated, he has not called back. That could help Microsoft confirm the case's
legitimacy. The company earlier said it was taking the incident seriously and trying to trace the incident.
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19.01.2008Windows Head Departs for
Amazon
19-year Microsoft veteran
Brian Valentine, who has led
Windows development since
1998, is leaving the Redmond
company to join Amazon.com.
The news comes just one month
after Microsoft said Valentine
would transition to a new,
unspecified role...
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