Mozilla accepts, will work with Microsoft to see Firefox, Thunderbird work on Vista
Mozilla has accepted Microsoft's offer for the two competitors to work together to ensure Mozilla's Firefox web browser and Thunderbird email suite work more seamlessly on Redmond's upcoming Windows Vista operating system (OS).
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25.8.2006 IE8 Beta 2 Next Month, Final IE8 by the End of 2008
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is scheduled to drop next month, with the final version of the successor of Internet Explorer 7 confirmed for availability by the end of 2008.
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29.7.2008 Hacker at work
Bill Gates: How I work
Not much of a paper chase for Microsoft's chairman, who uses a range of digital tools to do business.
Bill Gates, chairman and chief software architect, Microsoft, U.S.A.
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5.4.2006 When colleague is boring in work
ISPs don't work for the RIAA?
The EFF chimes in on the leaked RIAA letter that earlier this week exposed the industry's new effort to avoid the legal process in their campaign against p2p file traders.
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15.2.2007 Microsoft Goes Back to Hotmail
Just on the heels of another great release for the beta (M9), I’d like to share some interesting news to our loyal users. When we launch the mail service worldwide, it will be named Windows Live Hotmail.
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8.2.2007 Web IM in Hotmail!
Yes, you’ve been asking us, and we promised you’d get it soon. Well, the moment you’ve been waiting for has finally arrived: instant messaging from the web is here!
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21.4.2009 Will My Applications Work on Windows Vista?
One of the big concerns of anyone considering moving to Windows Vista is? How many of my applications will work on Windows Vista?
We have spent a lot of time trying to answer that very question for our company so I will share with you some of the common problem areas we found for applications to help give you an idea of what applications might have problems for you.
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8.1.2006 Microsoft: Lots of CSS Work Still to Do
Internet Explorer program manager Markus Mielke acknowledged that Microsoft has a long road ahead in efforts to achieve CSS standards compliance, saying IE7 was only a "stepping stone." The company has made over 200 "behavior changes" for CSS 2.1, which it outlined Tuesday.
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23.8.2006 Windows Vista: More Work in Progress
Today, Gartner analyst Michael Silver asked, "Will Vista be done by 30 January 2007?" His answer: "No."
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5.1.2007 New Hotmail Beta Features Revealed
Microsoft has released to the public a full list, with pictures and FAQ, on how to use the new Hotmail Beta system. Similar to Microsoft Outlook, the new "Mail Beta" takes on a new ease-of-use look and feel. Check out the full featured release from Microsoft below.
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Microsoft to bring Hotmail onto the desktop
Microsoft has started beta testing software that will take its Web e-mail onto the desktop.
This week, Microsoft served up the first test version of Windows Live Mail Desktop, a free Windows program that will let users manage multiple e-mail accounts. The software is designed to work with Windows Live Mail, the successor to Hotmail that is also in beta testing.
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31.3.2006 Hotmail used to launch extortion scam
A Hotmail user logged into their account this week to find that scammers had deleted all their e-mails except for one, which was from a hacker demanding cash in exchange for restoring the lost information, according to Websense.
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15.12.2006 Microsoft Halting Work on "Photoshop Killer"?
According to ZDNet, Microsoft is halting production work on software that had been described as a serious contender to Adobe Photoshop. Previously code named Acrylic, the software was released as a development preview last year, and is currently available for download from Microsoft (see link below).
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13.3.2006 Bill Gates says U.S. education system needs work
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said Monday that the U.S. higher education system is the envy of the world but primary and secondary schools are failing to adequately prepare students for college.
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14.11.2006 The Ways Vista Makes Office Work Better
Microsoft's co-launch of Office 2007 and Windows Vista to the general public was the first time since Windows 95 that the company released an operating system and office productivity suite on the same day. And it may be (a bit) more than just coincidence or a marketing push.
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31.1.2007 Ballmer describes Vista as work in progress
Steve Ballmer has admitted that Vista is "a work in progress", and admitted the company has to learn lessons from its release.
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18.4.2008 Hotmail users report connection issues
Several users of Microsoft's Hotmail service reported having problems with the free e-mail service on Tuesday. Microsoft late Tuesday confirmed the issue and said it has been fixed.
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19.4.2006 Windows Live Hotmail Set for May US Release
Microsoft is preparing to launch Windows Live Hotmail in the United States by next month, although customers in India and Belgium will begin seeing the updates later this week, the company is expected to announce Tuesday.
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17.4.2007 Windows Live Hotmail Launches in US on Monday
As first reported by BetaNews in mid-April, Microsoft is on track to launch Windows Live Hotmail in the United States on Monday, sources are now confirming.
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5.5.2007 Thousands of Hotmail passwords leaked online
We has received information regarding a possible Windows Live Hotmail "hack" or phishing scheme where password details of thousands of Hotmail accounts have been posted online.
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5.10.2009 Pinned: Unconfirmed: Sony may work with Microsoft over PS3
Sony expects to ship over 100 million PlayStation 3 (PS3) game consoles, according to Tetsuhiko Yasuda, Sony Computer Entertainment Asia's corporate executive managing director and senior vice president of Asia. He also said Sony may work with Microsoft in the future.
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18.2.2006 Microsoft "Hack Day" is creative play at work
A group of 75 Microsoft developers set out Thursday to brainstorm at an internal event called "Hack Day."
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8.4.2006 MS-ManiC: Microsoft steps up its multicore work
Microsoft officials have been talking up, as of late, the need for some fundamental changes in software design and development to accommodate the shift to many cores on client systems.
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23.8.2007 XP MCE 2005 Hotmail Add-in Due Soon
According to Sean Alexander (Microsoft Group Product Manager Windows Vista) an add-in for Hotmail functionality in Windows Media Center Edition 2005 is due for release next week.
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MSN Hotmail hits 1GB storage limit
Microsoft Corp on Wednesday announced a global storage upgrade for MSN Hotmail accounts by increasing the storage limit from 250 MB to 1 GB. Also extended was the expiration period for inactive accounts from 30 days to 60 days for accounts that are more than two years old.
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17.11.2006 Microsoft Prepares to release Windows Live Hotmail
Windows Live Hotmail (previous named Windows Live Mail) testers have received an e-mail from Microsoft with the words "we're getting ready to launch" although there is no notice of a date.
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2.5.2007 Microsoft Launches Windows Live Hotmail Worldwide
Built from the ground up, the new Windows Live Hotmail is now safer, more powerful and available virtually anywhere.
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7.5.2007 Windows Live Hotmail wave 3 rollout begins
As we reported on last week, Microsoft has been prepping a big refresh for Windows Live Hotmail users. Starting this week, users should begin noticing changes to their interface.
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30.9.2008Lukewarm reaction to first IE8 beta
Yesterday at the
MIX '08 session,
Microsoft employees Ray Ozzie, Dean Hachamovitch and a host of Microsoft partners touted the new Silverlight and IE8 betas to what could be seen (from
my perspective) as a lukewarm reception from the attending crowd, despite the
non apparent excitement from the IT staff at Aston
Martin showing off how they now are able to sell cars to potential buyers, and the Hard Rock Cafe before them, showing off their immense collection of
celebrity memorabilia using the Silverlight technology; even if the latter preferred to use the Firefox browser in doing so!
Neowin members
were among the first that were able to
download Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1, because we had already posted the page where the download links were, but up until noon
yesterday, remained inactive until the first
MIX
'08 keynote was drawing to a close.
One Neowin member said "I can’t even edit my own posts on this. I have to create a new
post." while another noted "Is not bad, I like what I see by now... Live Hotmail doesn't work for me with IE8 but I can get it work with Emulate
IE7 button". It does seem strange that Hotmail doesn't work in "IE8 mode", another Neowin member, Brandon Live, reminded beta users:
"Remember, this release is targetted
at web developers. There are a few other nice new user-facing features (crash recovery, and not having to
open new windows for Protected Mode IE to be on/off for different tabs, etc), but this is far from the complete IE 8 experience". View the whole discussion thread here.
What is your experience
with IE8, did you go back to IE7 or another browser? We'd be interested to hear your comments.
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neowin.net - 06.03.2008
Google patches Chrome browser to work with Hotmail
LiveSide: Weve been seeing lots of complaints on Twitter and
elsewhere about Hotmail not working in Googles new browser, Chrome. So today,
rather than waiting for Hotmail to address the problem, Google patched Chrome to work with Hotmail, by adding support for User Agent spoofing and
appearing to Hotmail as if it were a Safari browser instead. A quick check using the latest Chrome install seems to work fine with Hotmail
(truthfully been to busy playing with Windows 7 to spend much time with Chrome, but there have been lots of mentions of problems)...
winbeta.org - 29.01.2009
On second thought, IE8 will default to full Web standards
Should Microsoft choose for IE8 to follow the standards developers want or the ones they use ? It's been a tough call, and late
yesterday, the company reversed that call. Unlike IE7, IE8 will by default use "Standards mode."..
betanews.com - 04.03.2008
IE8 JavaScript Benchmarks -- It's faster
One of the things immediately noticeable in the latest beta (beta 2) of Internet Explorer 8 was how much faster it is. I thought I'd see for myself
how much faster it really is by running a JavaScript benchmark, since that is one thing that really has slowed down IE in comparison to its
competitors. Google has put a benchmark it used while creating their Chrome browser live on the web, but it also lets us see how IE8 stacks up against its
predecessor. So I ran it.
I ran the test on a 2.8GHz P4 running Windows Vista.
* IE7 benched in at 24, 23
and 29 for an average of 28.6
* IE8 received 37, 40 and 40 for an average of 39
As you can see, IE8 is about 36% faster than IE7 in JavaScript! While it's a good improvement, we can still see that work needs
to be done, and will surely increase with every beta release we see of IE8...
jcxp.net - 04.09.2008
Do you want to work for Microsoft (USA)?
Via Kris' Blog:
Microsoft has introduced a new referral program that allows employees to refer external
candidates for hire.
If you want to work for Microsoft, email me your resume at k.blog@hotmail.com with "Candidate" as the first word in the subject line.
I'll
evaluate your resume and then make a referral for you to HR, if I think you'll be a good candidate.
winbeta.org - 24.09.2007
Microsoft confirms Hotmail POP3 access for US and Brazil
Earlier, you may remember Neowin reporting that the Windows Live team had added POP3 functionality to their Hotmail service. Unfortunately, it has
only available in select countries, but now they've expanded. A blog post from the Windows Live Hotmail team has confirmed that you can now get
POP3 Hotmail access in the United States, and Brazil. Microsoft has been adding more features to Hotmail over the last week and had promised POP3
access for the US and Brazil would be coming this week, and they have delivered. Previously, United States users of Hotmail had to change their
country to get access on mobile devices. Now it's natively supported, ready to go.
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neowin.net - 13.02.2009
IE8, and why fixing that pesky 'tab issue' sealed the deal
In my most recent piece, "IE8, and why it's almost my default browser", I outline a couple of factors that inhibited IE8 from holding the
default browser position on my PC. Since writing that article, due in part to some helpful Neowin members and some quality time with IE8, I have since
awarded IE8 that coveted position on my PC and have promptly thrown Google Chrome to the curb. Perhaps the most taxing of my issues was what has been
colloquially referred to as the 'tab issue'. Many users have complained of severe delays when opening new tabs in Internet Explorer.
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neowin.net - 03.04.2009
Microsoft continues to warn of IE8 lock-in for XP SP3 users
Last year when Microsoft launched Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2, Jane Maliouta announced that consumers using Windows XP SP3 would be locked-in with the
IE8 if they had installed the IE8 beta prior to upgrading to SP3. Microsoft again yesterday issued that same warning to it's consumers. If you are
still one of the millions of users on Windows XP with SP3 installed, Microsoft has provided crucial steps to follow if you're ready to upgrade to
IE8 RC1. You can obtain IE8 RC1 from the links on this page. To see if you're one of the people who will have IE8 locked in, follow these steps.
Is your computer running Windows XP SP3?
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neowin.net - 27.01.2009
IE8 and Reliability
Andy Zeigler: Developing technologies that work reliably on their own and as part of the computing ecosystem is core to our mission and is an
important part of our commitment to Trustworthy Computing. Our customers and partners expect technologies and services they can depend on anytime,
anywhere, and on any device. We focus on constant improvements to the dependability of our technologies and services.
For
Internet Explorer, reliability means that the browser should always start quickly, perform well, connect to the Internet, and show Web sites without
crashing or hanging. Most users want their browser to work, recover smoothly after a crash, and display the Web correctly. Users are not as concerned
with what causes the problem, whether that be a poorly functioning add-on or poorly performing website. As part of our ongoing commitment to improve
reliability, we have done a great deal of work in IE8 to make the browser more robust in all of these areas: performance, recovery and display. In
particular I will discuss...
winbeta.org - 29.07.2008
Opera: Browser market is brokenthanks to Microsoft
With recent news about Internet Explorer 8's imminent beta,
Microsoft's long and checkered history with web standards compliance has been hurled back into the harsh, unflattering spotlight. Even though IE8
will have a new "standards compliant" mode, it won't be
perfect, stirring up a new wave of grumbling about Microsoft's attitude and position in the browser market.
Opera CTO
Håkon Wium Lie has weighed in with a new editorial at The Register
about "How to fix Microsoft's browser issues." He begins by stating that because of Microsoft's monopolistic practices, no real
browser market exists, and the company doesn't feel the need to actually listen to its users. "A monopoly doesn't have to consider its
customers' wants or needs. In a functioning market, vendors must consider such things in order to compete successfully. But the market isn't
functioning," Lie wrote.
winbeta.org - 20.02.2008
Support for IE8 pre-released versions extended
The IE8 beta 2 support page has been updated again and the support for IE8 pre-released versions has now been bumped to until March 31st, 2009. This
could indicate that the final product may be released during April. Dean Hachamovitch, General Manager, Internet Explorer had officially announced
earlier that there will be one more public update of IE8 in the first quarter of 2009, followed up by the final release. Currently, the IE8 Beta
testers can download the latest partner build and the rest can download the Beta 2 which is available to public. The current IE build version the
beta testers can download is 8.0.6001.18344 and the one available in the leaked Windows 7 Beta 1 is 8.0.7000.0.
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neowin.net - 31.12.2008
Windows Live Mail Now 'Live Hotmail'
In an attempt to allay
confusion over its new
AJAX-enabled webmail system,
Microsoft said Thursday that
Windows Live Mail was being
renamed to Windows Live
Hotmail. The decision follows
a recent switch to keep the
classic Hotmail interface for
existing users...
betanews.com - 09.02.2007
IE7 vs. IE8 in VSTS 2008 SP1 Load test
As we all know, IE8 is coming out soon (Beta 2 is already released) and one of the major performance changes in IE8 is opening up to 6 concurrent
connections per host, comparing to only 2 in IE7.
So, the question is: Does VSTS have IE8? And if it does, does it really open 6
connections per host?
winbeta.org - 10.10.2008
IE8 RTM expected in March
TechARP has predicted that Microsoft will reach IE8's RTM milestone in March during the last 2 weeks. TechARP expects so because Microsoft plans
to announce the final details of the IE8 RTM schedule and available language versions by March 5, 2009. The malaysian website also expects Microsoft
to determine a time frame for the public release of IE8 via Windows Update by March 8. There was a time gap of 8 weeks between IE7's RC1 and its
public release. A similar 8-weeks time limit applied to IE8's RC1 in January suggests the final build's availability around March 23 according
to TechARP.
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neowin.net - 18.02.2009
Messenger now available in Hotmail
Today Microsoft rolled out a new feature in Windows Live Hotmail, that allows contacts to sign in and use their Web Messenger directly from their
Inbox. The added feature allows contacts to sign in automatically when logging into their inbox, via both Firefox and Internet Explorer (does not
work in Google Chrome). Users can sort through their contact list by groups and categories, as well as see display pictures and send emoticons. This
feature was originally available to France, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, and the UK last month and is now available to Brazil, Canada, China, Germany,
the Netherlands, Norway, and the USA starting today.
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neowin.net - 21.04.2009
Windows 7 testers should upgrade their IE8
Though there is no IE8 release candidate for Win7, there's now another way for testers to apply critical bux fixes.
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betanews.com - 25.02.2009
How to check your Hotmail in Safari (3 or) 4
Like a lot of other issues with Hotmail and non-IE browsers, you just need to change the User Agent string to fool Hotmail into thinking it is dealing
with a browser it knows about. In Safari, this is pretty easy to do. As far as we can tell, however, Safari doesnt remember the User Agent settings
from session to session, so you would need to reset the User Agent for each new session that you want to check your Hotmail account.
winbeta.org - 08.03.2009
Microsoft warns of latest Windows Live Hotmail phishing scam
Microsoft is warning Windows Live Hotmail users of a recent phishing scam that asks for the person's username, password, date of birth, and country
or territory. It's not clear why the software giant has taken the time to warn users of this particular phishing scam, as this definitely isn't the
first Microsoft- or Hotmail-related one. Hopefully, it has nothing to do with its success rate, but it's likely due to the fact that the e-mail
claims it is from the Windows Live Hotmail team, both in the signature and at the start: "This Email is from Hotmail Customer Care and we are sending
it to every Hotmail Email User Accounts Owner for safety."
winbeta.org - 12.08.2008
Free Windows Live Hotmail POP3 access has gone worldwide
About a month ago we reported that Microsoft was rolling out free POP3 access to Windows Live Hotmail customers in select markets. For the vast
majority, including myself, the updates had yet to hit their accounts. Well the wait is over, the Windows Live Hotmail team has officially announced
that POP3 access for all Windows Live Hotmail accounts has now rolled out to every customer. Here are the settings to access your e-mail messages via
POP3: POP server: pop3.live.com (Port 995) POP SSL required? Yes User name: Your Windows Live ID, for example yourname@hotmail.com Password: The
password you usually use to sign in to Hotmail or Windows Live SMTP server: smtp.live.com (Port 25 or 587) Authentication required?
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neowin.net - 13.03.2009
New IE8 build available for program participants
Internet Explorer 8 beta participants today received a surprising e-mail about 'IE8 Partner Build' released to the IE8 Technical Beta to test
and find issues. This build represents a preview of IE8's progress and is best used to verify issues fixed since releasing Beta 2. While Microsoft
believes it to be of adequate quality for you to use, is not as extensively tested as a milestone build, so it is not meant for the general public but
only for testing purposes. Microsoft is not providing any support for this build and henceforth just like in transition from Beta 1 to Beta 2, if you
feel that Microsoft have resolved misfiled your bug, please re-activate the bug.
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neowin.net - 11.12.2008
