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 Gates Announces New Portable Media Centers
Possibly reinvigorated by the success of the video-enabled iPod, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates once again placed his support behind the fledgling Portable Media Center platform at CES 2006 Wednesday evening.
Gates announced three new partners and demoed the recently launched Vongo movie download service from Starz.
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5.1.2006 Napping data centers could cut energy use by 75%
Researchers at the University of Michigan have announced a plan to save up to 75 percent of the energy that power-hungry computer data centers consume by putting idle servers to sleep when theyre not in use.
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8.3.2009 Microsoft Launches WorldWide Telescope
Microsoft launched its WorldWide Telescope late Monday. The free Web-based application allows users to zoom around the universe and browse through the galaxy on their own or take guided tours of different outer-space destinations developed by astronomers and academics.
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13.5.2008 Microsoft Opens Up Beta Development
The days of waiting six months for a new Windows beta release are over, Microsoft declared at PDC 2005 in Los Angeles. Learning from its community technology preview (CTP) programs, the company will issue monthly test releases of Windows Vista moving forward.
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Microsoft announces six new products in development
Microsoft today announced new products in development and is giving everyone a chance to test them. Here's a quick run-down as to what the new products are and how to beta test them for free!
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Microsoft Pushes Cloud Development
Opinion: Microsoft's Volta project is an effort to "democratize the cloud." Microsoft is at work on a project to enable everyday developers to build Web applications, just as easily as folks have built Visual Basic applications over the years.
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30.10.2007 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 Microsoft and Ford to Announce Joint Development Project
As 2007 dawns on us, automaker Ford and software powerhouse Microsoft are expected to announce plans for Windows based, in-car computers.
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31.12.2006 Microsoft previews development version of Office 2008 for Mac
Microsoft Corp. at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco this week is offering attendees a sneak preview of Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac. Well, part of it, at least.
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11.1.2007 Bill Gates Celebrates Worldwide General Availability of Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System
From Times Square in New York City, join Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates for a live webcast celebrating the worldwide launch of Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System.
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28.1.2007 Microsoft Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" Community Technology Preview - Development Tools for WinFX
Overview
The Microsoft Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" Community Technology Preview - Development Tools for WinFX (CTP) provides developers with support for building WinFX applications using the final released version of Visual Studio 2005.
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20.1.2006 How the Web Went Worldwide
For an educational bit of Sunday reading, the BBC have posted an article on the technology section of their website documenting the web's mysterious early days.
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6.8.2006 Bing Is Live Worldwide
Microsoft's next-generation search engine, scratch that, decision engine, is now live worldwide. The Redmond company started rolling out Bing, formerly codenamed Kumo, on May 28, 2009, and is right on track to completing the introduction of the evolution to Live Search by June 3rd.
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1.6.2009 Windows 7 Available Worldwide Today
The official launch event of Windows 7 is still hours away, but the latest iteration of the Windows client from Microsoft has already hit the market, as initially scheduled, today October 22nd, 2009.
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22.10.2009 6 Months Later - Windows Vista Worldwide
There is little doubt that the Windows operating system accounts for the lion's share of the operating system market worldwide.
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4.8.2007 One billion PCs worldwide by end of 2008
More than one billion PCs will be in use worldwide by the end of 2008, fuelled by high growth rates in emerging markets such as the Bric bloc of countries: Brazil, Russia, India and China.
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11.6.2007 Virtual Earth, Full of Stars, via WorldWide Telescope
At the end of September, Microsoft made available a new version of Virtual Earth 3D, complete with a new 3D control.
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7.10.2008 Worldwide Software Piracy Rate Holds Steady at 35%
A new study reveals that 35% of the software installed in 2006 on personal computers (PCs) worldwide was obtained illegally, amounting to nearly $40 billion in global losses due to software piracy.
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16.5.2007 Steve Ballmer Live Webcast at the Worldwide Partner Conference
Live Webcast On Tuesday, July 10th at 11:15 a.m. Mountain Time.
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11.7.2007 Application Development Security Guidance for .NET 2.0
Summary - This page explains the rationale behind the patterns & practices Security Guidance for .NET Framework 2.0 project and provides an index into the guidance. You can use the guidance referenced on this page to improve both the security of your applications and your approach to building secure applications.
Overview - The purpose of this project is to provide world-class security guidance for Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 centered on the following themes: Security engineering, Application scenarios, Technical guidance
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Windows Vista Secure Development Lifecycle
The true question about Windows Vista security is are users going to experience the same improvements over Windows XP, as Windows Server 2003 delivered over Windows Server 2000.
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26.2.2007 Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Development Started ?
Once again Wzor.info has posted a controversial post about Microsoft windows 7. As per Wzor Microsoft has started working on Windows 7 Service Pack 1 labeled as 7138.0.090523-xxxx-winmain_win7xxx_sp1_x, though compilation date can not be found as build number is blocked in a screenshot posted by wzor.
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29.5.2009 New XP SP3 CTP Development Milestone Available for Download
Microsoft is debuting the second round for Service Pack 3 for Windows XP, almost four months since the service pack was released to manufacturing for the XP client at the end of April 2008.
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13.8.2008 Windows 7 Aero Snap Development Started in Early 2007
Back on February 13, 2007, just a few weeks after Windows Vista hit the shelves, Kevin Kutz, director, Windows Client, revealed that Microsoft had started working on the next iteration of the Windows client.
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18.3.2009 Free XP Virtual Machine image for IE6 web development
Different versions of Internet Explorer are unable to run side-by-side on a single Windows machine without patching various files.
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2.12.2006 Development on Windows 7 Began Before Windows Vista Was Even Over
Whether Steven Sinofsky, Senior Vice President, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group, likes it or not, Windows 7 fresh out of Redmond's oven took the limelight away from XP SP3 and Vista SP1, as the service packs are still cooking.
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1.2.2008 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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24.9.2006IBM spends $300 million on data centers with 'virtual workplaces'
Today, IBM announced a $300 million investment around building upon its 154 existing data centers in 2008, with the addition of 13 new "Business
Resilience" service delivery centers in ten countries, including the US...
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21.08.2008Creating a Greener Data Center
Many data centers cost more to build and power than the IT services they support, so Microsoft is leading the industry to make data centers more
efficient...
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02.04.2009Greece turns to Microsoft to boost IT performance
Greece signed an agreement with the world's biggest software company, Microsoft, on Monday to establish IT development centers in an effort to boost
the country's competitiveness.
The agreement, signed by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Greece's finance minister calls for
the creation of centers to provide IT and business development skills.
"From being a laggard, Greece in a short amount of time
is dynamically becoming a leader in the use of new technologies," Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis said at the signing ceremony.
"Investment in advanced technology ... is a prerequisite for a break with the past, which is something the country needs, and for it to be a
knowledge leader.
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29.01.2008Microsoft Expanding Canadian Operations in Greater Vancouver Area
Microsoft Corp. today
announced that it intends to
expand its presence in Canada
by opening a new software
development center in the
greater Vancouver, British
Columbia, area. The Microsoft
Canada Development Centre will
open in the fall of 2007 and
will be home to software
developers from around the
world.
Microsoft is
a global company, and our
greatest asset is smart,
talented, highly skilled
people, said S. Somasegar,
corporate vice president of
the Developer Division at
Microsoft. Our goal as a
company is to attract the next
generation of leading software
developers from all parts of
the world, and this center
will be a beacon for some of
that talent.
The
Microsoft Canada Development
Centre will operate as one of
a handful of development
centers outside the companys
Redmond, Wash., headquarters;
the others are located in
North Carolina, Ireland,
Denmark and Israel. ..
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05.07.2007Microsoft Startup Accelerator Program Expands Support for Innovative Startups Worldwide
Building on its commitment to support startups developing innovative software solutions on the Microsoft platform, Microsoft Corp. has added more than
30 companies to the
Microsoft Startup Accelerator Program. Launched in October 2007, the program is designed to
help startups accelerate software development and market visibility through customized engagement plans comprising access to premier support staff,
software licenses and subscriptions, new technologies, and/or access to Microsoft Technology Centers for software testing and architecture guidance.
Nearly 20 companies were initially selected to join the program; today it is supporting more than 50 emerging businesses.
When
we launched the Microsoft Startup Accelerator Program last fall, our goal was to identify innovative early-stage startups that were a strategic fit
for Microsoft and to create an exceptional opportunity for them to work with us and our global customer base for mutual success, said Danl Lewin,
corporate vice president of Strategic and Emerging Business Development at Microsoft. We are very pleased with the excitement and momentum behind the
program from the entrepreneurial community, and we will continue to focus on expanding the program to support the success of an even broader set of
startups worldwide.
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22.01.2008Microsoft to open two new data centers
After postponing the development of one data center and losing a couple of high-level managers in its data center group, Microsoft said it will soon
open new facilities in Dublin, Ireland, and Chicago.
The data centers will support Microsoft services such as its new search
offering, Bing, and Azure, its cloud computing platform.
The Dublin facility, to open on Wednesday, will be the largest for
Microsoft outside of the U.S. It covers 303,000 square feet and uses outside air to cool the facility, for power consumption savings.
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30.06.2009London Olympics presents unexpected problem for data centers
Global data centers are finding themselves unable to implement potentially energy-saving initiatives because doing so may require short bursts of
energy that exceed caps imposed by power companies, said one Sun official yesterday...
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28.11.2007How to build a cloud: Debra Chrapaty on data centers
So what is "the cloud", and why is it so important? Specifically, the cloud is a network of data centers, a system that will soon dwarf what exists
today, a system that Microsoft is furiously building out. In addition to data centers online now or soon to be in Quincy, WA, Chicago, San Antonio,
Ireland, Irkutsk, and a just announced (in this video?) a new center in Iowa, if you listen to
Debra Chrapaty talk to Om Malik at Structure 08, Microsoft
is just getting started...
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01.07.2008IBM commits $300 million to disaster recovery build-out
IBM is investing $300 million to build 13 new data centers that will help customers around the world recover from disaster by storing their data
remotely in a cloud-based storage model.
The data centers, to be built this year, will be spread worldwide in locations including
Hong Kong, Tokyo, Paris, London, Beijing, Poland, Italy, New Jersey, Germany, Brazil, India and South Africa.
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21.08.2008Windows Vista by August 31,
Last Tuesday,
Microsoft announced that
Gordon Mangione, the vice
president of the Security
Technology Unit, was leaving
the company to pursue other
interests. Mangione's
departure comes at a critical
time for a company that has
seen several new updates to
its product line, and is
expecting many more with the
upcoming release of Windows
Vista. Even with Vista's
crunch time rapidly
approaching, Microsoft has not
been shy about performing
executive
retooling.
In July, Ars reported on the
trial of Kai-Fu Lee, a former
vice president of Microsoft's
Interactive Services Division,
who was hired by Google and
then sued by Microsoft for
breaking his non-compete. Not
only did Lee win the case, but
he also tarnished Microsoft's
reputation for organization
when he portrays the company
in a state of disarray, citing
a lack of communication in
product development centers
and interoffice
disputes.
Lee,
who opened Microsoft's
research lab in China in 1998
and moved to headquarters in
Redmond, Wash., two years
later, fretted over what he
saw as repeated missteps. In
court he detailed how the more
than 20 product-development
centers in China tripped over
one another, duplicating
efforts and even fighting over
the same job candidate. Lee
called the company
"incompetent."
Since Lee's trial,
Microsoft has been publicly
revamping its management
system through both words and
actions...
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28.11.2005Worldwide Partner Conference 09 - Ballmer Keynote
Microsoft's annual Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) day 2 kicks off today at 8:30am CDT (see all time zones). Allison L. Watson, head of the
Worldwide Partner Group at Microsoft will feature again at WPC, introducing the keynote speakers and interviewing live audience members. Steven
Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft, will be the primary keynote speaker of the day. Ballmer oversees Microsoft as a whole after assuming
full management responsibility for the company in 2000. Previously, Ballmer has headed several Microsoft divisions, including operations, operating
systems development, and sales and support. Bob Muglia, president of the Server and Tools Business (STB) at Microsoft, will also join Ballmer in
todays keynotes.
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14.07.2009Bush admin. official: IT back-offices 'centers of enormous waste'
Speaking at an official United Nations function in New York this morning on technology and climate change, a DOE official denounced the world's data
centers for their role in contributing to global climate change...
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27.11.2007Microsoft India announces innovation framework
Microsoft Corporation India today launched the Microsoft Innovation Framework, aimed at fostering the growth of local software economy. It plans to
set up the worlds first Innovation Triangle Park (ITP) in Pune as part of this framework.
The ITP will comprise multiple
Microsoft innovation centers focused on three different areas including skills and intellectual capital, industry partnerships and funding, that are
vital for software companies looking to create intellectual capital.
Based on a long-term effort involving multiple private and
public partnership, Microsoft has already entered into alliances with the Symbiosis International University and College of Engineering, Pune, and
Nasscom. Microsoft will contribute its expertise from over 100 Microsoft Innovation Centers, 15 Microsoft Technology Centers and five Microsoft
Research Centers across the globe to create a world-class facility.
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08.10.2007Google, Microsoft spark interest in modular data centers, but benefits may be exaggerated
Interest in modular data centers is growing, fueled by high-profile endorsements from Microsoft and Google. But the model raises new management
concerns, and efficiency claims may be exaggerated.
Modular, containerized data centers being sold by vendors such as IBM, Sun
and Rackable Systems fit storage and hundreds, sometimes thousands of servers into one large shipping container with its own cooling system. (See
photos in our related
slide show.)
Microsoft, using Rackable containers, is building a data center outside Chicago with more than 150 containerized data centers, each holding 1,000 to
2,000 servers. Google, not to be outdone, secured a patent last year for a modular data center that includes "an intermodal shipping container and
computing systems mounted within the container."
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13.10.2008Microsoft Expands Commitment to Accessibility and High-Quality Education Across Asia Pacific
Today, in his keynote address at the Government Leaders ForumAsia (GLF Asia) in Jakarta, Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates announced several new
programs, partnerships and offerings that strengthen Microsofts commitment to and investment in delivering accessible technology and transforming
education for citizens across the Asia Pacific region and around the world.
The announcements include new education tools for
people with special needs; the extension of an important skills development and certification program available through Internet cafes (iCafes) in the
Philippines; the further progress of Microsofts flagship K12 education program Partners in Learning, which has now achieved a milestone number of 100
million students reached worldwide; and the expansion of Microsoft Innovation Centers in Indonesia with Pelita Harapan University.
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09.05.2008Microsoft Unveils New Opportunities for Partners at Worldwide Partner Conference 2007
Q&A: At the company's annual
worldwide partner gathering,
the head of Microsoft's
worldwide partner program
discusses how the evolution of
the companys software delivery
model opens new business
opportunities for partners...
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11.07.2007Microsoft Research Energy-Efficiency Work Reaps Rewards
These days, more than ever, its important for computing to be energy-efficient. Particularly in data centers, energy requirements represent a
significant portion of operational costs, and power and cooling needs help dictate where data centers can be located, how close to capacity they can
operate, and how robust they are to failure...
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10.08.2009Microsoft Hardware Kicks Off 25th Year with Pioneering New LifeCams and Notebook Mice
Q&A: Matt Barlow, director of Worldwide Marketing and Business Development for Microsoft Hardware, discusses 25 years of hardware milestones and what
the group is working on today...
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19.09.2007HP Tops Dell in Worldwide PC Sales
While the growth of the PC
market worldwide continued to
slip by almost two points from
9.8% in the second quarter to
7.9% in the third, apparently
no one sent that memo to
Hewlett-Packard. For the first
time in years, HP's worldwide
PC market share just barely
tops that of Dell's...
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20.10.2006Microsoft Settles on Sites for Search Centers in Europe
Faced with the question of whether to build its European search technology center in France, Germany or the U.K., Microsoft's answer is "all
three," CEO Steve Ballmer said during an event in Paris on Thursday. Microsoft had been hinting since earlier this year that it would pick one of the
three countries to build a research center to develop new search technologies.
However, Ballmer said the company will conduct the research
in London, Munich and on the outskirts of Paris so as to be closer to customers and to attract the best staff. Ballmer was coy about how much the
company will spend on the new search centers, saying only that it will recruit several hundred engineers to work in them.
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