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 Microsoft: 60,000 Vista biz seats to be deployed on launch day
While Microsoft is still over a month away from its expected business launch of Windows Vista, company officials are starting now to make the case for why business customers should upgrade to the next version of Windows.
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30.9.2006 Microsoft researchers follow Web spam money trail
Using a homegrown tool called Fiddler, researchers at Microsoft have come up with a system to track the money that flows from big-name advertisers to search engine spammers.
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22.3.2007 Symbian Series 60 takes on Apple and Google
Symbian has released the latest version of its Series 60 (S60) mobile phone operating system, and has added features to make it more competitive with Apple's iPhone and Google's Android.
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3.10.2008 Microsoft says Windows Vista sales reach 60 million
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile , Research) had sold 60 million Windows Vista licenses as of the end of June, including 20 million copies sold since mid-May, the company said on Thursday.
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27.7.2007 Boot Camp: the day after
Now that Apple's Boot Camp is in the wild, there's very little to be said about booting into alternate operating systems on the Mac, right? Wrong! Because, not surprisingly, no sooner did Apple take the wraps off its little 30th birthday suprise, than Mac owners (or non-Mac owners who could cajole friends into lending them their Macs for a spell) began to put the Apple boot manager through its paces.
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6.4.2006 New Report of A Word Zero Day
We are investigating reports of another new vulnerability in Microsoft Word – initial investigation has shown that this is a different issue to that reported in Microsoft Security Advisory 929433.
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11.12.2006 Two Server Releases, One Day
It's a busy day on Microsoft Connect today, as two new, and anxiously awaited downloads appear. It seems that both Beta 2 of Windows Home Server as well as the February CTP of Windows Server codenamed "Longhorn" have been released.
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17.2.2007 WinHEC 2007: Day 1
Today I saw some really cool stuff at WinHEC 2007. WinHEC truly "advances the platform" this year with the platform being Windows Vista and Windows Server.
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17.5.2007 WinHEC 2007: Day 2
On my second day at WinHEC I really wanted to make it a point to stop by the Expo Hall and take a closer look at all the really cool hardware.
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20.5.2007 Day 1 with a new Dell and Vista
Last Monday, the UPS guy showed up with a new Dell C521. It’s destined to take over as my Vista Media Center machine, but right now it has a more important role to play: It’s the first machine I’ve bought with a fresh OEM installation of Windows Vista.
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14.6.2007 Vista SP1 - Day 1
On Monday the 4th of February Microsoft announced that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 had been released to manufacturing.
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7.2.2008 Vista: The Return, Day Two
I can only describe my full-time return to Windows Vista as an experience in increasing friction.
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17.9.2008 Zune's slow first day no surprise
Donna Murphy is no fan of the ubiquitous iPod music player so on Tuesday she became one of the first to buy Microsoft's new rival Zune device.
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15.11.2006 Vista day looms tomorrow
ANALYSTS ARE are being invited to the release of Microsoft's long awaited Vista operating system and Office 2007 tomorrow.
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29.11.2006 Ready for a new day? The new Microsoft site!
In just a few hours, the business launch of Windows Vista will take place at the NASDAQ headquarters.
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30.11.2006 MS investigates Word zero-day
Microsoft has issued a Security Advisory that warns of exploits for a previously unknown (zero day) hole in various versions of Microsoft Word.
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6.12.2006 Just in time for the holidays another Microsoft 0-Day
Microsoft has received and acknowledged that a new 0-Day exploit is public, and the proof-of-concept code announced for it is valid today on their Security Blog.
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26.12.2006 A Microsoft Code Name a Day: Cosmos
I’m resuming my Microsoft Code Name a Day series that I started in December 2006. The goal: To provide the back story, each day in August, on one of Microsoft’s myriad code names.
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9.8.2007 A Microsoft Code Name a Day: Avalanche
I’m resuming my Microsoft Code Name a Day series that I started in December 2006. The goal: To provide the back story, each day in August, on one of Microsoft’s myriad code names. Some of these code names might be familiar to Microsoft watchers; others (hopefully) will be brand-new.
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10.8.2007 Microsoft Code Name a Day: Harmonica
I’m resuming my Microsoft Code Name a Day series that I started in December 2006. The goal: To provide the back story, each day in August, on one of Microsoft’s myriad code names.
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16.8.2007 A Microsoft Code Name a Day: Magellan
I’m resuming my Microsoft Code Name a Day series that I started in December 2006. The goal: To provide the back story, each day in August, on one of Microsoft’s myriad code names.
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22.8.2007 A Microsoft Code Name a Day: Stirling
I’m resuming my Microsoft Code Name a Day series that I started in December 2006. The goal: To provide the back story, each day in August, on one of Microsoft’s myriad code names.
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27.8.2007 The SP1 upgrades continue - Day 2
Today I carried out the most critical SP1 upgrade so far - I upgraded my main system.
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8.2.2008 Microsofts Codename a day: Geneva
As I announced last week, I’m holding a short but sweet Microsoft codename contest this week, with the prize being a free signed copy of my Microsoft 2.0 book (which I will ship anywhere in the world to the winner).
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27.8.2008 IE users beware: Zero-day attacks
Malicious hackers are launching code execution exploits against new, unpatched vulnerability in the Microsoft Video ActiveX Control, the company warned in an advisory.
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6.7.2009 Microsoft Fixes Patch Day Glitch
Following reports by some customers of problems when implementing Redmond's latest set of patches, Microsoft has shipped an update to its Software Update Services 1.0 patch system. Once the new script is applied, the patches will no longer show up as "unapproved."
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23.12.2005 Office Live Beta Expected 'Any Day Now'
While Microsoft has been fielding left and right new Windows Live services betas, the company has said next-to-nothing about its Office Live beta plans. But it sounds as if that silence is about to end.
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13.1.2006 New Zero-Day Bug Crashes Internet Explorer
Because the vulnerability can be exploited by a single malicious HTML tag, IE could be brought to its knees if its user simply surfed to a nasty Web site.
Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser crashes when attacked through a new unpatched vulnerability, security companies warned Friday.
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18.3.2006 Microsoft Rocked by New IE Zero-Day Flaw Warning
Barely two weeks after shipping an Internet Explorer security makeover to cover a wave of drive-by malware downloads, Microsoft is scrambling to address the public disclosure of a new zero-day vulnerability that could be used in code execution attacks. The Redmond, Wash.
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26.4.2006Philips Intros New Digital Music Players
Philips added two new players to its digital music lineup on Thursday, boasting more capacity, PlaysForSure compatibility and color screens to allow users to store and view JPEG photos. The GoGear HDD1630 and HDD6330 will have 6GB and 30GB capacities.
<br><b>Photos:</b> <a href="http://www.betanews.com/slideshow/Philips_GoGear_MP3_Player/59">View images of Philips' new MP3 players</a>..
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01.09.2005Sun Offers 60-day Niagara
Server Trial
Multicore, multithreaded chip
powers small-business servers...
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20.12.2005The Hidden Money Trail
Those programs that pelt you
with ads and bog down your PC
are financed by some of
America's largest companies...
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03.10.2005Microsoft Gives Developers
60-Day 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. Because the changes it
is making have the potential
to be disruptive, Microsoft is
giving developers a one-time,
60-day extension to re-author
certain Web pages, Microsoft
told partners, in the hopes of
warding off potential
difficulties for pages and
applications that make use of
ActiveX. Microsoft will
institute the required IE
changes as part of a
cumulative IE security update
due out April 11.
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29.03.2006Ants inspire new generation of security software
The way ants behave when their colony is under threat is the inspiration behind a new generation of network security software, which has been
successfully deployed by security experts. By mimicking the behaviour of real ants, security experts hope this method will defeat computer worms
faster than conventional security software. Glenn Fink, a research scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington, came
up with the idea. In the natural world ants wonder about randomly, returning to the colony when they find a threat or food. On the way back, they
leave a trail of pheromones. As other ants find the trail, they follow it and reinforce it.
Read full story.....
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28.09.2009Apple claims $30 million in iPhone software sales
CEO Steve Jobs said that nearly 60 million applications have been downloaded, generating about $1 million in sales per day for the company...
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11.08.2008Nikon Digital Cameras Get Innovative
Camera manufacturer Nikon added several new digital cameras to its lineup, including a pocket-sized model that includes 10x optical zoom, and two additions to its Coolpix line that include Wi-Fi capabilities. Prices range from $399.95 to $549.95 USD.
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02.09.2005NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Blazes Trail to Age of Digital Recordkeeping
Microsoft HealthVault and Microsoft Amalga will give patients unprecedented online access to medical information...
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07.04.2009IBM prints with molecules
Researchers at IBM and
ETH Zurich have devised a way to print patterns with molecules. Using the
technique, particles are precisely arranged on a soft, rubbery template. A glass or silicon plate is laid on top of the soft template, and the
particles transfer to the glass or silicon.
The pattern on the solid substrate then can be exploited in a number of ways,
according to Heiko Wolf, researcher in nano-patterning at the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory. It can be used to mass-produce patterns. The picture
included here is a reproduction of a 17th century drawing of the sun originally done by Robert Fludd. It was created by placing 20,000 gold particles,
each about 60 nanometers in diameter, with the IBM-ETH technique. At 60 nanometers, each particle is one one-hundredth the size of a human blood cell.
The technique could be used to place particles as small as 2 nanometers wide. (A nanometer is a billionth of a meter. A human hair is about 60
microns, or 60,000 nanometers, wide.)
IBM used the system to arrange gold particles onto a piece of silicon. The gold particles
in turn served as a catalyst to make nanowires. Some believe nanowires could one day replace components in transistors...
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11.09.2007Microsoft Offers 60-Day
ActiveX Reprieve
Microsoft has acknowledged
that a planned update to the
way Internet Explorer renders
multimedia on Web pages could
cause some serious problems,
and promised to give
developers an extra two months
to modify their pages to
ensure a smooth transition...
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29.03.2006Intel extends its winning streak, but a bad storm is coming
It has reclaimed the honor of being the world's leading CPU manufacturer in every important respect. But like a kid with a hole in his Easter basket,
Intel's leaving a trail behind it: Its flash memory business could be its Achilles' heel...
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16.04.2008PDC 2008: Azure is, and isn't, Microsoft's answer to everyone else's challenge
Anyone who thinks Microsoft isn't capable of responding to a serious challenge doesn't know Microsoft. It's the familiar puzzle, put together the
same way: Let others blaze the trail, then wait for an opening and leverage resources...
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27.10.2008Snocap Lays Off 60 Percent of Workforce
In a sure sign of trouble for the concept of legal peer-to-peer downloading, Snocap disclosed Thursday that it was laying off 60 percent of its
workforce...
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12.10.2007Hathaway preps for 60-day sprint to Obama's cyber-czar post
President Obama's likely appointment of Melissa Hathaway to the National Cyber Advisor post isn't just a nod to bipartisanship currently taking a
battering on Capitol Hill, but an indication of the administration's new thinking...
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10.02.2009'60 Minutes' Coming to Yahoo
in Fall
CBS announced Thursday that it
had struck a deal to broadcast
video content from "60
Minutes" on Yahoo's media
properties. The service would
begin this fall, with a
special preview of the
programming available March 26
featuring an interview with
Tiger Woods...
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24.03.2006Answers.com Links Up with
Wikipedia
Wikimedia announced on
Thursday that it had reached a
deal with Answers.com to offer
users answers to queries from
content included in the
Wikipedia. Called "1-Click
Answers, Wikpedia
Edition," the site is
expected to go live in early
2006, after a 60-day trial
period in beta...
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22.10.2005E-mails Reveal FEMA
Incompetence
While they may not leave
behind a paper trail, e-mails
and BlackBerry messages can be
just as damaging, former FEMA
director Michael Brown learned
this week. His electronic
correspondence during the
Katrina crisis was released by
a Louisiana congressman, and
highlights a lack of
leadership amidst an unfolding
tragedy...
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05.11.2005Running the numbers on Vista
Sales of boxed copies of Windows Vista continue to significantly trail those of Windows XP during its early days, according to a soon-to-be-released
report.
Standalone unit sales of Vista at U.S. retail stores were down 59.7 percent compared with Windows XP, during each
product's first six months on store shelves, according to NPD Group. In terms of revenue, sales are also down, but the drop has been less steep, at
41.5 percent. The findings largely mirror the sales pattern NPD saw for Vista during its first week on the market in January.
"It's just not doing well," NPD analyst Chris Swenson said of Vista's performance at retail stores, though adding that most people get their
OS on new PCs, with only a minority of customers purchasing boxed copies.
Microsoft also agreed that an analysis of boxed copy
sales is not representative of Vista's momentum, noting the trend of people getting a new operating system with a new PC has further accelerated with
Vista.
"While we can't comment on the findings of a report we haven't seen, we continue to be on track in all segments we
follow," the company said in a statement to CNET News.com. "As of this summer, more than 60 million licenses have been sold."..
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12.09.2007Sony Ramps Up Production of 50GB Blu-ray Disc
Sony said Monday that it now
had six production lines in
operation producing the
company's 50GB Blu-ray disc.
Production will be ramped up
to 60,000 discs per day, the
company said...
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20.11.2006Sony Stakes Its Bet on 60 GB PlayStation 3 in North America
In a statement to the gaming
press yesterday, Sony Computer
Entertainment spokesperson
Dave Karraker acknowledged
reports - apparently based on
statements from resellers in
the field - that his company
will discontinue manufacturing
the 20 GB version of
PlayStation 3 for North
America, concentrating instead
on the 60 GB edition...
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