Microsoft Launches CodePlex
Microsoft went live with
the beta version of its CodePlex site. The site, which is coded in C# and is built on top of a hosted version of Microsoft Team Foundation Server platform, includes support for wiki-based team communiction, to RSS feed aggregation, to forums.
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17.5.2006 Microsoft launches new homepage
Tech Dude writes on Back Page News: On December 14 we introduced a new home page for Microsoft.com.
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15.12.2006 Microsoft Launches Linux Website
Microsoft Thursday at LinuxWorld is expected to unveil a new website for users to find information about its Linux and open-source interoperability efforts, according to the executive in charge of those plans.
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7.4.2006 Microsoft Office Live Launches in US
As expected, Microsoft on Wednesday officially removed the "beta" tag from
Office Live after nine months of testing and launched the service in the Unites States.
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15.11.2006 Microsoft Launches Translation Service
Microsoft launched a service for automatic translation called Windows Live Translator. The site lets you translate a text limited to 500 words or a web page from English to German, Dutch, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Russian.
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9.9.2007 Microsoft Launches Windows Mobile 6.1
At CTIA Wireless 2008, Robbie Bach unveiled new features for an update to Windows Mobile, which includes enhanced features for socializing like threaded text messaging and features for simpler navigation.
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2.4.2008 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 Launches New Website : WindowsAndMe
WindowsAndMe is a new website launched by Microsoft. It will be the place where the Windows community at large will come together to share their experiences, explore the magical world of Windows and learn to make the most of their digital experience.
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28.6.2008 LG Launches Microsoft-Powered DVR
Aiming to take on the popular TiVo DVR, LG on Wednesday introduced its combination digital video recorder and DVD recorder based on Microsoft technology. The LRM-519 would be the first set-top device to use the Microsoft Program Guide, a TiVo-like service being offered by the Redmond company.
The device includes a 160GB hard drive and will run on Windows Media Center Technologies. The DVD recorder will support a range of recording formats, including DVD+R, DVD-R and DVD+R Dual Layer discs. Users will also be able to expand the storage space of the unit by connecting external hard drives to the DVR's 2 USB ports.
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24.11.2005 Microsoft Launches Hosting Partner Program
Program provides hosting community with technical tools and resources to help lower costs and increase average revenue per user.
Microsoft Corp. today announced the Microsoft Hosting Program, a free offering that provides hosting companies with technical tools and resources to help them deploy and manage Microsoft? products.
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27.11.2005 Microsoft Launches Office Live Beta
Microsoft announced today the immediate availability of Microsoft Office Live.
Microsoft Office Live is Microsoft's corporate version of Internet based services. The company plans to offer different Office Live versions which will be free during beta and have fees attached thereafter.
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16.2.2006 Microsoft Launches IE7 Bug Database
Testers will need a Passport account to access the Internet Explorer Feedback site.
Microsoft Corp. has launched a public bug database for Internet Explorer 7, which is currently in beta.
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28.3.2006 Microsoft launches Popfly, Alpha Invite Only
Microsoft has announced the alpha version launch of a new product called Popfly, a tool designed to help non-programmers in creating, sharing, and embedding mashups of content, feeds, web pages and gadgets.
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19.5.2007 Microsoft launches new-look MSN for mobile phones
Microsoft Corp. launched a redesigned MSN portal optimized for mobile phones on Sunday, stepping up its offering at a time when more powerful devices increase the demand for richer content on handsets.
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18.6.2007 Microsoft Launches Windows Live Services
This new generation of Windows Live services will be available in 36 languages and 59 countries across the world.
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6.11.2007 Microsoft launches new Windows Mobile homepage
Microsoft has launched an updated version of the Windows Mobile homepage over on Microsoft.com, powered by Silverlight.
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1.7.2008 Microsoft launches Windows 7 developer contest
Microsoft is challenging developers to write an "amazing Windows 7 application" in exchange for a trip to LA for PDC09, and up to $17,777 in cash.
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15.7.2009 Microsoft Launches Windows Live QnA Beta
Ask any question and get answers from people in the know -
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7.5.2006 Microsoft launches court battle to evict cybersquatters
People surf the Internet at a cybercafe in 2004. Microsoft is launching a string of court actions in the United States and Europe against cybersquatters.
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15.3.2007 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 Launches New Xbox 360 Console for Families
New console includes five games, wireless controller and storage to save games — all for the incredible value of $279.99.
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23.10.2007 Microsoft Launches New Windows Vista Ultimate Extras
Despite no announcement being made on UltimatePC.com, Microsoft have released a new sound scheme and a content pack for Windows DreamScene as part of its Windows Vista Ultimate Extras offerings for customers who purchased the Ultimate edition of Vista.
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22.4.2008 Microsoft launches new low-cost PC effort in India
Microsoft has launched another low-cost PC effort in India, this time partnering with chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices in an effort to get more computers into the hands of students.
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28.6.2007 Microsoft Romania Launches Gadget Competition for Windows Vista
Microsoft Romania has just launched a gadget competition for Windows Vista and Windows Live. Essentially, the contest is nothing more than a repeat of the Windows Vista Gadgets Competition on Code Project, with the sole exception that entries can now be submitted for both the client and the cloud Microsoft operating systems.
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10.9.2007 Microsoft launches new Xbox360 Elite bundle with 2 gold games
CHOOSE YOUR DESTINY AND FINISH THE FIGHT WITH THE XBOX 360 GAME OF THE YEAR BUNDLE
For a Limited Time, Get “Fable II” and “Halo 3” with Xbox 360 Elite.
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20.4.2009 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 Releases XNA Game Studio Express and Launches XNA Creators Club
Global game development competition, “Dream-Build-Play,” offers an opportunity for winner’s game to be published on Xbox Live Arcade.
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12.12.2006 Halo 3 Launches Tonight!
Over 10,000 retailers across the US are opening their doors at midnight solely for the launch of Halo 3. Just as this (work) day was approaching an end, this came in.
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24.9.2007 Windows Sidebar Gallery Launches
In preparation for the public release of Windows Vista Beta 2, Microsoft put live over the weekend a beta Web site for hosting gadgets that run within the Windows Sidebar.
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31.5.2006 Google Launches New Blogger Beta
Google on Monday took the wraps off a new version of its Blogger service, which adds a number of new features in an attempt to catch up to its rivals. On the list of additions are categorizing posts with labels, controlling who can read a blog, and modifying the design without editing HTML.
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16.8.2006Q&A: Microsoft Launches Windows HPC Server 2008 at Leading Wall Street Event
At the 2008 High Performance on Wall Street event, U.S. Capital Markets Industry Solutions Director Craig Saint-Amour and Director of HPC Marketing
Group Vince Mendillo discuss how Microsofts new high..
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22.09.2008Microsoft launches their own online "Microsoft Store"
Microsoft has launched their first online store - Microsoft Store. Users can now buy directly from the store, straight from the source! The Microsoft
Store offers the largest selection of Microsoft software, devices and hardware in one place It is currently available to US, UK, Germany and Korea.
Japan, France, Spain and the Netherlands are in the pipeline and more countries will be added throughout the year.
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14.11.2008Acer launches new netbook, promises WiMAX
Call them sub-notebooks, netbooks, UMPCs, or what one clever Engadget poster deemed them: "Liliputers," the biggest hardware launches
at Computex in Taipei this week fall into the umbrella category of "smallest."..
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03.06.2008iPhone 3G launches to huge crowds around the world
At 8am, the iPhone 3G officially went on sale across the US following launches in Europe and Asia. Crowds in the hundreds showed up before dawn at
Apple and AT&T stores, but activation problems stalled lines shortly after 9am...
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11.07.2008Microsoft launches Thrive for IT professionals
In this economic downturn, IT professionals around the world are faced with challenges they never thought they would face in their careers. From
reducing costs to advancing current technology, companies across the globe are looking for resources to help them make it through these tough times.
We all know that Microsoft is one of the worlds most successful corporations, so the company has launched a website called Microsoft Thrive. The
website is entirely Silverlight-based, with Microsoft CIO (Chief Information Officer) Tony Scott introducing you to the program on the home page.
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17.02.2009Microsoft launches Windows 7 developer contest
Microsoft is challenging developers to write an "amazing Windows 7 application" in exchange for a trip to LA for PDC09, and up to $17,777 in
cash. Code7 is a special coding contest for developers. "It is a way for you to cash in on your knowledge and skills" said Yochay Kiriaty, Windows
7 Technical Evangelist, in a Windows Blog team post.
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15.07.2009Microsoft Launches 'Dream Server'
This morning Microsoft officially released Small Business Server 2008 and Essential Business Server 2008. The venue was surprising.
Microsoft launched its new server products virtually, via Webcast, which is unusual for the company. Typically, Microsoft launches products of
this caliber during a live in-person event. The launch was live, but via Webcast.
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12.11.2008Microsoft launches a Dynamic Data Center Tool Kit for hosting providers
While VMware is working hard to recruit the hosting providers of tomorrow, tempting them to jump on the the cloud computing bandwagon with its
upcoming vCloud APIs, Microsoft continues to focus on the hosting providers of today.
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12.03.2009Microsoft launches OneApp for feature phones
Microsoft has announced OneApp, a new software application that enables feature phones to access mobile apps like Facebook, Twitter, Windows Live
Messenger, amongst other popular apps and games. Feature phones are mobile phones that are capable of running some apps but that lack the
capabilities of smartphones. Old phones and phones found in emerging markets are deemed "feature phones". According to Microsoft more than half of
the people in the world own mobile phones but many struggle to access popular mobile applications.
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25.08.2009Microsoft launches Recite: Technical Preview
If you're a Windows Mobile fan Microsoft has just launched a technical preview of it's upcoming release of Microsoft Recite. The application
will record short clips of notes, and you can later search for a specific phrase and be displayed by shades of blue in order of the strongest result.
The application doesn't use voice recognition but uses voice patterns, which has been noted to give better results when searching through your
notes. It's as simple as one, two, three: During this technical preview only a limited number of devices are officially supported.
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16.02.2009Microsoft officially launches new search at Bing.com
After several months in the planning, Microsoft has finally taken the covers off its new web search engine, Bing. Set to go live in under a week, Bing
is not just a rebranding of Microsoft's previous search site Live Search but is a major update introducing new features and a new interface,
touted as a "decision engine". Having been in internal testing for a while under the codename of Kumo, Bing was unveiled today - as expected - at
the All Things Digital D7 conference by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Bing is expected to start rolling out in the coming days with worldwide
availability expected by June 3.
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28.05.2009Cuba launches Linux distro to combat Windows
The Cuban government has launched its own Linux distribution, dubbed "Nova", this week as it attempts to drive up the use of Linux in the country,
and to lead the country away from what it views as U.S. dominance. According to Reuters, Cuba sees the use of Microsoft's operating system as a
potential threat, because "U.S. security agencies have access to Microsoft codes." Until May last year, citizens of Cuba were not allowed to own a
computer, but when PCs went on sale, they came pre-installed with Microsoft Windows XP, despite the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba.
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13.02.2009Microsoft launches Windows Live Messenger for Kids
Microsoft has just launched Windows Live Messenger for Kids, however there is a bit of a twist. The service is currently only available in German, and
is aimed at 8-10 year olds. It is actually a form of web messaging, but requires a download and installs a executable. A Microsoft Spokesperson told
me in an e-mail that, "Windows Live Messenger for kids is specifically designed to provide a safe entry in the Instant Messaging world." The concept
behind this release is that parents are the ones who create the account for their children and are present when they sign in. The parents must then
approve who appears in the contact list.
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05.03.2009Microsoft IP Ventures Launches Irish Startup
Microsoft's IP Ventures program made its first-ever business launch, InishTech, a Dublin-based technology company that will handle Microsoft's
Software Licensing and Protection (SLP) Services. In addition to Microsoft, other tech companies such as Google and Intel also have substantial
venture-capital arms devoted to investing in an array of new technologies and startups.
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09.06.2009Microsoft launches clothing line called Softwear
It has been said that a person's clothes show the world who they are. Microsoft is looking to cater to the "hip but geeky" crowd with their new
line of clothing, in partnership with rapper Common, called Softwear. (Haha, get it? Software? Nevermind…) According to the official site,
"This collection inspired and created by Common exhibits the parallels between two groundbreaking movements of the 80s: personal computing and
hip-hop. Microsoft, and Common, pioneers of their respective crafts, pushed the envelope of what was expected and even what was accepted. Through
lyrical expressions and enabling connectivity, the world was changed.
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28.02.2009Microsoft Launches Exchange, SharePoint Services
Microsoft dove deeper into the software-as-a-service (SaaS) market today with the general release of Exchange Online and Office SharePoint Online,
offering the hosted applications both directly and through solution providers.
The general availability of hosted Exchange e-mail
and SharePoint collaboration server come as no surprise; Microsoft has carried beta versions of the two services for months on its Microsoft Online
Services portal and each application has been in a massive channel beta program.
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17.11.2008Microsoft launches XBox 360 Gold giveaway
Even with recent news that Microsoft is planning on laying off about 17% of it's employees, the software giant launched it's Lunar New Year
promotion. From now until February 15th 2009, residents of Hong Kong will have an opportunity to win some golden XBox 360's. Although these
consoles are not solid gold, they are worth a lot more than what participants will have to pay to enter the competition. To enter the competition you
need to purchase a XBox 360 with a 60GB hard drive or an XBox 360 elite. The last step is sending an e-mail to Microsoft explaining why you love your
XBox.
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17.01.2009Xbox 360 Will Remain Scarce
Microsoft launches console in
Japan, says it will be in
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12.12.2005Microsoft launches Windows Mobile Training website
Microsoft has just launched the Windows Mobile Training website, where smartphone users can get a lot of new information. There is a lot of content
available here, including how-to demos, courses, documents, sales tools, presentations and more!
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08.01.2008Microsoft launches MSN Video Player, streaming TV shows [UK]
Microsoft has taken the covers off its' latest venture into the video on demand market with the launch of MSN Video Player. MSN Video Player will
be available exclusively in the UK and will offer over 300 hours of free content from both BBC worldwide and producer All3Media, responsible for shows
like peep show and shameless. Microsoft will be running a 6 month trial of the player during which time Ashley Highfield, Microsoft's managing
director and vice president of consumer and online, claims that the company has sold out of its advertising space to fund the MSN Video Player.
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