Microsoft offers free small-business software
Microsoft Corp. has turned its accounting suite for small businesses into two separate offerings, one of which users can download for free starting Monday.
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30.10.2006 Ultimate List of Free Windows Software from Microsoft
Microsoft has over 150 FREE Windows & Office Programs available for download -- finding them all is extremely difficult . . . until now.
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2.1.2007 Free Software Foundation trashes Windows 7
And that's exactly what the Free Software Foundation plans to do on Wednesday, staging a demonstration in Boston where it will encourage businesses to throw away Microsoft Windows in favor of free alternatives.
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27.8.2009 Free Gadget: Hard Drive Diagnosis Software
Is there any funny sound generated when your hard drive is in operation? Here I am introducing a free application that can be used to diagnose your hard drive problem.
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27.7.2008 Microsoft: Some Free Vista (+SP1) to Go Along with the Free XP SP2 Downloads?
Free downloads of Microsoft's operating systems have been made available throughout 2007, and the Redmond company is ready to take it one step further.
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5.2.2008 Microsoft changes Software Assurance licensing
Microsoft has made changes to its Software Assurance licensing program, including benefits and asking corporations to pay up for Windows Vista enterprise edition when the new operating system finally ships next year.
Software Assurance (SA) was launched in the US in 2001. Customers paid an annual fee of 25 to 29 percent of the outright licence for the right to upgrade over a two or three year period.
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Microsoft: No Office Software for Linux
Future of open-source software debated at LinuxWorld conference.
Microsoft will not release a version of its Office suite software for open-source rival Linux, though the company is actively studying how Linux works and how it can integrate with the platform, a Microsoft representative says.
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Used Microsoft Software for Sale: Cheap!
When Microsoft software reseller
Disclic began selling secondhand Microsoft software last week, a number of Microsoft watchers proclaimed "They can't do that, can they?"
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15.11.2005 Microsoft Robotics Software Out of Beta
Microsoft on Wednesday officially released its robot software development environment, aiming to put the company in the center of robotics by licensing out its operating system to hobbyists and companies alike.
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13.12.2006 Microsoft: The Advantages of using illegal software
Microsoft has committed large resources into educating people on the illegal use of software and how it harms the industry since the launch of Windows 95.
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22.2.2007 Microsoft tests pay-as-you-go Software
Microsoft has been quietly testing a new "pay-as-you-go" software rental service in South Africa, Mexico, and Romania. The service allows users to pay a monthly fee of around $15 for the use of Office 2003.
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23.2.2007 Microsoft targets more software pirates
Microsoft said Monday that it is taking action against groups that sold copies of Windows and Office discounted for academic use to regular users.
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3.4.2007 Microsoft Releases Backup Software To Testers
Microsoft is rolling out the first release candidate for System Center Data Protection Manager 2007, the vendor's flagship backup and recovery offering.
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4.10.2007 Is Microsoft working on software center for Windows?
Questions arise as to why Windows Vista and Windows 7 have renamed the "Add and Remove Programs" to "Programs and Features", alongside "Windows Updates".
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23.1.2009 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 Microsoft concedes: OneCare antivirus software 'not stellar'
Microsoft Corporation yesterday acknowledged poor test results of its OneCare antivirus software, but promised it would do better by paying more attention to malware actually in the wild. Earlier this month, AV Comparatives, a non-profit site that tests the most popular antivirus products, found OneCare detected 82.4% of nearly half a million pieces of malware.
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18.3.2007 Microsoft Researching Split-Screen Desktop Software
New technology from Microsoft Research India in Bangalore could end the waiting game in offices with limited computers. Researchers are developing software that splits a computer screen in two halves, each side with its own operating system, desktop, applications, cursor and keyboard.
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6.5.2007 Microsoft plans big Vancouver, B.C., software center
Microsoft announced this morning that it will open a software development center this fall in the Vancouver, B.C., area, with room for hundreds of workers.
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6.7.2007 Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool 1.31
The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks computers for infections by specific, prevalent malicious softwareincluding Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoomand helps remove any infection found.
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12.7.2007 Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool 1.35
The hack was performed by two security experts working with Serious Organized Crime Agency, the U.K. government intelligence group.
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13.11.2007 Microsoft files 52 suits over pirated software
Microsoft is ramping up its fight against counterfeit software, this time targeting people alleged to have sold pirated versions of its programs on online marketplaces.
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14.12.2007 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 Microsoft Wins 500,000 Phone-Software Order
Microsoft Corp. won its biggest-ever contract for mobile-phone software, an order from the U.S. Census Bureau that covers 500,000 handsets.
Microsoft, the world's biggest software maker, plans to unveil the deal today, general manager Scott Horn said in an interview.
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5.4.2006 Founder to Install $250M Worth Microsoft Software in China
Founder Technology Group Corp., one of China?s largest PC makers, signed a Windows cooperative engagement agreement with Microsoft.
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13.4.2006 Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830)
The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 computers for and helps remove infections by specific, prevalent malicious softwareincluding Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom.
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12.9.2006 Microsoft pre-paid cards to check software piracy
Check piracy of its software, Microsoft on Wednesday announced that it would launch pre-paid cards in India before this year-end.
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17.9.2006 A Software Compatibility List for Microsoft Windows Vista RC 1
Iexbeta has a nic Wiki page with a huge list of software and its compatibility with Windows Vista.
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29.9.2006 Microsoft to offer code protection, validation to other software developers
Microsoft is planning to deliver on October 1 to third-party software developers a set of technologies that will allow them to add code protection and activation mechanisms to their own software.
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13.7.2007 Microsoft Integrates Electronic Software Distribution Into Updated Windows Marketplace
Site offers more than 60,000 Windows-compatible software titles online for safe, secure downloads.
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28.8.2006 The Man Who Would Change Microsoft: Ray Ozzie's Vision for Connected Software
Ray Ozzie has a long and storied history of technological innovation, with accomplishments that include creating Lotus Notes and founding Groove Networks.
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14.4.2007Microsoft ends free software for monitoring giveaway
Microsoft pulled the free software offer from its Web site Tuesday, which made free copies of Vista and Office among other applications available in
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12.12.2007Ex-Microsoft employee: Free software will kill the company
CIO has posted an article about a man named Keith Curtis, a previous programmer for Microsoft, who has come out with the dramatic statement that free
software will be the downfall of the Redmond company. Curtis, who was with Microsoft for 11 years, believes that free and open source software is
technically superior to the proprietary alternative because it lets developers collaborate and innovate.
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27.05.2009Free Software Foundation releases GPL version 3
The Free Software Foundation
(FSF) today released version 3
of the GNU General Public
License (GNU GPL), the
world's most popular free
software license.
Since we founded the free
software movement, over 23
years ago, the free software
community has developed
thousands of useful programs
that respect the user's
freedom. The programs are in
the GNU/Linux operating
system, as well as personal
computers, telephones,
Internet servers, and more.
Most of these programs use the
GNU GPL to guarantee every
user the freedom to run,
study, adapt, improve, and
redistribute the program,
said Richard Stallman, founder
and president of the FSF.
Version 3 of the GNU GPL
strengthens this guarantee, by
ensuring that users can modify
the free software on their
personal and household
devices, and granting patent
licenses to every user. It
also extends compatibility
with other free software
licenses and increases
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30.06.2007Microsoft preparing to release free anti-virus software
According to Reuters, Microsoft is getting set to release free anti-virus software for Windows to compete with the likes of Symantec and McAfee. The
software product, codenamed "Morro" after a beach in Sao Paolo, Brazil, is already being tested by Microsoft employees and a trial version will be
made available "soon". Although it is difficult to gauge the effects this move by Microsoft will have over the long term, the announcement appears
to have contributed to a recent 0.5% decline in Symantec shares and a 1.3% drop in McAfee shares, while Microsoft's stock price has risen 2.1%.
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11.06.2009Free Software Takes On Microsoft Office
The growth of broadband Internet has spawned a number of new free software applications that offer similar functionality to Microsoft Office.
Pierre Avignon is no pirate, but he does not believe in paying for software. His computer is filled with programs like Symphony -- a free
suite that he downloaded from an International Business Machines Corpwebsite (
http://symphony.lotus.com).
It performs work for which he used to rely on Microsoft Corp's Word word
processor, Excel spreadsheet and PowerPoint presentation builder, all components of the Microsoft Office software suite.
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10.05.2008Microsoft takes on the free world
Microsoft claims that
free software like Linux,
which runs a big chunk of
corporate America, violates
235 of its patents. It wants
royalties from distributors
and users. Users like you,
maybe.
Free
software is great, and
corporate America loves it.
It's often high-quality stuff
that can be downloaded free
off the Internet and then
copied at will. It's
versatile - it can be
customized to perform almost
any large-scale computing task
- and it's blessedly
crash-resistant.
A
broad community of developers,
from individuals to large
companies like IBM, is
constantly working to improve
it and introduce new features.
No wonder the business world
has embraced it so
enthusiastically: More than
half the companies in the
Fortune 500 are thought to be
using the free operating
system Linux in their data
centers.
But now
there's a shadow hanging over
Linux and other free software,
and it's being cast by
Microsoft. The Redmond
behemoth asserts that one
reason free software is of
such high quality is that it
violates more than 200 of
Microsoft's patents. And as a
mature company facing
unfavorable market trends and
fearsome competitors like
Google, Microsoft is pulling
no punches: It wants
royalties. If the company gets
its way, free software won't
be free anymore.
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14.05.2007AOL Offering Free Antivirus
Software
AOL on Monday release a free
software-based virus scanning
service powered by technology
from Kaspersky Labs. The
software includes technology
to enable real-time scanning
of files and e-mail, and would
update automatically each
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07.08.2006Microsoft offers free software to Louisiana SMBs
Microsoft is working with state officials in Louisiana to offer Windows and Office software free for a year to small businesses still feeling the
effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Microsoft on Monday unveiled a new program, called the Software License Relief Program,
in conjunction with the 2007 Hope & Recovery Summit, which is commemorating the second anniversary of both storms. Microsoft is working with the
Louisiana Small Business Development Center (LSBDC) to offer the program, which will launch next month and gives eligible small businesses access to
software from Microsoft, including Windows and Office, free of charge for a year.
The program doesn't come without a catch,
however -- there are eligibility requirements for businesses, one of which is to purchase a three-year Microsoft Open Value License that spreads out
software license payments over three years. Open Value bundles core software offerings from Microsoft into one license. After purchasing the software,
businesses can bring the first year's invoice to any LSBDC, and Microsoft will pay the bill. The businesses themselves are responsible for the last
two years of the license.
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28.08.2007What's Cheaper: Free Software, Or Pirated Windows?
Ask anyone who regularly
downloads movies, software and
music without paying for any
of it. Ask them what they find
to be cheaper, Microsoft
Windows or Linux. If they
really think about it, theyll
tell you that Windows is
cheaper, because both of them
are free, and free Windows is
coming in at a huge
discount.
The fact of the matter is
that, in the home, software
piracy is rampant. Its why
software that sells to
businesses continues to grow
(Office, Adobe Creative Suite)
while games sales keep
dropping and Microsoft Works
is given away for free. So
many people use file sharing
networks, get copies from a
friend, or even buy $400
computers pre-loaded with
thousands of dollars of
software. They view it as a
way of life.
Dave
Gutteridge has a great article
titled Windows is
Free explaining how
Linux has a practically
impossible time competing with
Windows because anyone whod
switch on price can just
pirate Windows. For many home
users, Windows is as free as
Linux, and from a cost/benefit
position, Windows is
cheaper.
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17.08.2007Wikimedia Foundation Requests The Free Software Foundation Modify GFDL
The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has resolved to formally request the Free Software Software Foundation (FSF) modify the GNU Free
Documentation License (GFDL) so that mass collaborative projects such as Wikipedia can use and license existing GFDL content under the Creative
Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC-BY-SA) license.
We are grateful for the wonderful work the Free Software Foundation and
Creative Commons have done thus far. Without their support and wisdom, Wikipedia would not be where it is today. As the worlds largest repository of
free content, this step enables Wikipedia and its sister projects to become more compatible with other free culture projects, said Jimmy Wales,
Wikipedia Founder.
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09.12.2007Apple Releases iTunes 7.2, Launches iTunes Plus (DRM Free)
Apple released iTunes 7.2
updated in the Mac OS X
Software Update tonight, which
offers support for "iTunes
Plus", Apple's new DRM-free
$1.29 offerings announced in
April.
With iTunes
7.2, preview and purchase
iTunes Plus musicnew
higher-quality, DRM-free music
downloads from participating
music labels.
Despite the software
update, the Apple iTunes Store
itself does not show any
DRM-Free music currently
available for purchase. The
DRM-Free launch will likely
occur later this morning (Wed,
May 30th)...
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30.05.2007VMware Releases Free Server
Software
VMware on Wednesday released
the final version of its
VMware Server virtualization
product, the successor to GSX
Server. Just like the beta
release that debuted in
February, VMware is making the
software available free of
charge, much like Microsoft
has done with Virtual Server
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13.07.2006Microsoft Giving Away Free Developer Software To Students
WB: It's actually 11 countries including Canada according to the
DreamSpark
page...
Nathan Weinberg: Microsoft is announcing right now
DreamSpark, a new program that gives free developer, designer and related software to college students in 10 countries.
DreamSpark goes live today in Belgium, China, Finland, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States, and
gives away free stuff like Visual Studio, Expression Studio, and even Windows Server.
For gamers and game designers, an exciting
inclusion in the program is the XNA Game Studio 2.0 software (as opposed to the free Express Edition), as well as a 12-month free membership in the
XNA Creators Club, which means free running of XNA games on the Xbox 360.
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19.02.2008Microsoft Offers Free Accounting Suite
Upping the ante against
Intuit, Microsoft on Monday
released a new accounting
software package for small and
home businesses. The most
alluring feature of the
offering may not be its
Outlook-like interface and
Office integration, but rather
its price: free...
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30.10.2006Microsoft: Multicore Chips Are
Changing PC Software Design
The 'free lunch' for
software developers is over,
Microsoft executive says...
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27.10.2005New open-source license
targets DRM, Hollywood
The new version of the most
widely used open-source
license takes a "highly
aggressive" stance against
the digital rights management
software that's widely
favored in the entertainment
industry, said Eben Moglen,
general counsel for the Free
Software
Foundation.
At
a two-day event here to launch
the General Public License
version 3, which governs use
of countless free and
open-source programs, Moglen
said the license includes
anti-DRM provisions that could
put it in conflict with movie
studios and even digital video
recorder maker
TiVo.
On Monday,
the Free Software Foundation
published a draft of the GPL
version 3, which is expected
to be completed in about a
year. The draft states that
GPL software cannot use
"digital restrictions" on
copyright material unless
users can control
them.
Moglen said
that DRM technology, which
places limits on how consumers
can play movies, music or
other digital content, is
"fundamentally incompatible"
with the principles of the
Free Software Foundation.
Moglen and Free Software
Foundation founder Richard
Stallman are co-authors of the
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19.01.2006Sun Joins Free Software Foundation
Sun Microsystems has become a
"patron" of the Free
Software Foundation, joining
the likes of HP, IBM, Google
and MySQL. The announcement
was made over the weekend at
the FOSDEM conference in
Brussels, and follows Sun's
decision to license Java under
the GPL...
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01.03.2007EFF launches campaign to free phones from software locks
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is asking for the public's help in its new campaign to free cell phones from the software locks. The
Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a U.S copyright law that prohibits circumventing anti-piracy measures that are built into commercial
software. Many cell phone manufacturers and service providers build software locks to protect their business models instead of copyrighted material.
Often users come up with ways to connect to a new service provider or run the software of their choice. But the threat of litigation under the DMCA
has made them adopt the options provided by the manufacturer without further questions.
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28.01.2009I.B.M. to Offer Office Software Free in Challenge to Microsofts Line
I.B.M. plans to mount its most ambitious challenge in years to Microsofts dominance of personal computer software, by offering free programs for word
processing, spreadsheets and presentations.
The company is announcing the desktop software, called I.B.M. Lotus Symphony, at an
event today in New York. The programs will be available as free downloads from the I.B.M. Web site.
I.B.M.s Lotus-branded
proprietary programs already compete with Microsoft products for e-mail, messaging and work group collaboration. But the Symphony software is a free
alternative to Microsofts mainstay Office programs Word, Excel and PowerPoint. The Office business is huge and lucrative for Microsoft, second only
to its Windows operating system as a profit maker.
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18.09.2007GPLv3 claims victory over Microsoft
The Free Software Foundation
will allow the
Microsoft-Novell partnership
under the latest draft of the
General Public License version
3, because it will force
Microsoft to grant patent
protection to all open source
software developers.
The group published a new
draft of the licence on
Thursday. Labelled a
"http://gplv3.fsf.org/gpl3-dd
4-guide.html>Last call"
draft, it suggests that is
offers a last version before
the publication of the final
document that is scheduled for
June.
"We believe we
can do more to protect the
community by allowing Novell
to use software under GPL
version 3 than by forbidding
it to do so," the Free
Software Foundation stated in
a document
(http://gplv3.fsf.org/gpl3-dd4
-rationale.pdf>PDF) that
explained the most recent
changes...
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