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 Microsoft says Zune executive to leave the company
A senior Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile , Research) executive who oversaw the launch of its Zune digital music player plans to leave the company, the world's largest software maker said on Wednesday.
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1.2.2007 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 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 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 project’s 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 Microsoft’s 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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16.10.2007Microsoft 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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15.02.2008Zune 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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01.02.2007Former Earthlink chief leaves Helio CEO post
Mobile virtual network operator Helio has announced that former SK Telecom CEO Wohnee Sull will take over as its chief executive...
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30.01.2008Adobe's PDF chief leaves for venture firm
John Brennan, the executive in charge of PDF, Flash, and other platform technologies at Adobe, has resigned to join Silver Lake, a private equirty
firm that has previously hired away the likes of Michael Capellas from HP and Ed Zander from Sun...
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15.03.2008Yahoo stalwart Weiner leaves for two greener VC pastures
Adding another stone to the sinking ship of employee morale at Yahoo, long-time company stalwart Jeff Weiner has finally decided to leave, exiting to
take on the role of "executive in residence" at two venture capital firms...
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17.06.2008Gates picks challenging year to leave Microsoft
Just as Microsoft's past year was characterized by launches, the next will be defined by a departure.
But even as Bill Gates
leaves his full-time executive role, the company will be grappling with some of the biggest competitive challenges in its history, particularly on the
Internet.
Here's our annual look at what to watch at the company in 2008.
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31.12.2007Internet pioneer leaves oversight group
In the 1970s, Vint Cerf played a leading role in developing the Internet's technical foundation. For the past seven years, he's faced the more
daunting task of leading a key agency that oversees his creation.
After fending off an international rebellion and planting the
seeds for streamlining operations, Cerf is stepping down this week as chairman of the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers.
"My sentence is up," Cerf said with his characteristic sense of humor, which he and others credit for helping him steer the organization
through several high-profile battles from which it emerged more stable and stronger.
Cerf, 64, who's also a senior executive at
Internet search leader Google Inc., joined ICANN in 1999, a year after its formation to oversee domain names and other Internet addressing policies.
Cerf was elected chairman in 2000 and leaves the unpaid position after Friday's board meeting in Los Angeles because of term limits.
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29.10.20073Com Gets New CEO
After the failure of a $2.2 billion buyout last fall of electronics company 3Com, Edgar Masri is leaving as chief executive and being replaced by
Robert Mao, who served as 3Com's executive vice president for corporate development from August 2006 to March 2007. The shuffling in 3Com's
executive ranks, announced after markets closed Tuesday, leaves Ronald Sege as president and chief operating officer, effective when he arrives at
3Com on Wednesday. A news release from 3Com did not offer a reason for Masri's departure as CEO.
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30.04.2008Flaw 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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04.03.2008Microsoft gives shareholders greater input on executive pay
Executive compensation can be quite a big deal if you're a shareholder with a company; as you'd expect, people want to be able to have a say
on whether or not a high ranking member of an organization is getting paid at appropriate rates. Microsoft, the huge company that it is, is aware of
this, and voted on Friday to allow its shareholders to have this very ability, according to CNET.
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20.09.2009ISP 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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07.10.2005Transcript of Ballmer's
Executive Memo
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
has issued an executive memo
explaining the company's new
push to deliver software that
targets small and midsize
businesses. Read on for a
transcript of the memo, which
coincides with the start of
the Microsoft Business Summit
in Redmond...
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07.09.2005Skyfire 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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05.12.2007Unpatched 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. The flaw in Microsoft's Access database software came to light just as Microsoft issued its patches
for the month on July 8. The problem is within the Snapshot Viewer ActiveX control, which allows someone to see an Access report without launching the
software.
Attackers are actively exploiting the vulnerability by either creating Web pages or hacking existing Web pages to host the
attack. The hackers lure people to the pages through spam or an instant message.
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04.08.2008Photoshop guru leaves Adobe for Microsoft
Mark Hamburg, a programmer who worked on Photoshop since version 2.0 and helped lead development of the newer
Photoshop Lightroom, has left Adobe Systems
for a new job at Microsoft.
Martin Evening, a Lightroom expert and author, reported Hamburg's new job on
his blog Friday, saying Hamburg will be involved
in user experience work. A Microsoft representative confirmed the new hire but didn't share further details.
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28.04.2008Linden Lab CTO leaves the real world of Second Life
In an apparent split at the top, one of Second Life's founding employees has left the company, and his former boss apparently bids him a heartfelt
good riddance...
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13.12.2007First Gates-Seinfeld ad leaves folks scratching their heads!
The first Windows ad from Crispin Porter + Bogusky, the ad agency that won the big $300 million contract with Microsoft, features Jerry Seinfeld
and Bill Gates. It has made its appearance on television, but you can watch it on YouTube, at the Windows homepage, stream it, or download it straight
from Microsoft. Everyone at the Orbiting HQ gives the ad a big WTF, me included. Compare it to the HP ad Seinfeld did last year, and you've really
got to wonder what the hell happened.
The ad is set mainly in a shoe store. Microsoft and Windows are only mentioned once in the whole
commercial, and we only see the Vista logo right at the end. One thing is for sure: this ad definitely does not start to tell "the real Vista
story." Maybe it's lame, but the commercial is actually quite a big deal. It marks the largest consumer marketing campaign in the history of
Microsoft. According to a press release, this ad is only the beginning...
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06.09.2008Xbox Chief Peter Moore Leaves Microsoft
UPDATED Less than a day
after he chastised Sony for
failing to be successful in
Japan with the PlayStation 3,
Microsoft's Xbox chief Peter
Moore has abruptly resigned
from Microsoft. Moore will
become president of EA's
Sports division...
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