When Bill Gates met Steve Jobs
Here are some photos and cartoons of Bill Gates met Steve Jobs.
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29.5.2007 Microsoft and Yahoo met to discuss merger: sources
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Senior executives from Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) and Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O: Quote, Profile, Research) met on Monday to discuss Microsoft's takeover bid for the company, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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14.3.2008 Vista Feature Will Enhance Online Newspaper Reading
Even if you're reading All the News That's Fit to Print on an ultra-mobile computer, it may soon look and feel the same way it does spread out with your morning coffee ? minus the ink-stained fingers, perhaps.
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4.5.2006 True Windows Vista RTM Build screenshots online
Here are some screenshots of the real thing.
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9.11.2006 Game Developer Says Vista Breaks Casual Online Games
The world is still absorbing all the added features and security of Windows Vista, game developers and casual gamers may have something to be unhappy about when it comes to the Microsofts operating system.
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31.1.2007 The Online High School
The BBC News website has published an article about the first ever online school, where pupils attend virtual classes by simply logging on.
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29.9.2006 How Microsoft spends its money online
Microsoft's online spending plans will be a central topic today at the company's annual meeting with financial analysts, as detailed in this post yesterday.
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24.7.2008 Google to Introduce Online Spreadsheet Software
Google Inc. will begin rolling out it's new online spreadsheet software today to a limited few in a move that sees the web maestros taking on Microsoft's Excel with a completely free alternative.
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6.6.2006 Google Opens Online Word Processor
Google late Thursday re-opened its Writely beta online word processing application, which the search engine acquired in March. Because the service was being transitioned to Google's servers, it was not accepting new accounts until today.
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19.8.2006 More on ad based MS Works online
Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday it may offer a free, advertising-supported version of its basic word processing and spreadsheet software, in an apparent bid to fend off a nascent challenge from Google Inc. in the business software market.
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22.9.2006 Microsoft Loses More Ground In Online Search
Microsoft continued to lose market share in online search in November, while rivals Google and Yahoo made significant gains, a monthly U.S. study shows.
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22.12.2006 ESET releases Online Scanner - Beta
ESET, a global provider of antivirus software, today announced a release of its new online scanning service. Powered by award-winning ESET NOD32 Antivirus software, ESET Online Scanner is a free Web-based service that enables computer users to perform a comprehensive system scan to check for and clean viruses, spyware, and other malwarewithout uninstalling their existing antivirus solution.
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4.7.2007 Black Friday brings down online retailers
Amazon, like many other online retailers were brought down yesterday from eager users trying to get their hands on some limited offers from the sites.
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29.11.2008 Online Windows 7 event: MSDN Unleashed
On February 28, Microsoft organizes an indepth Windows 7 event in Irvine California.
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22.2.2009 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 Microsoft Origami Project pictures leaked online
Just three days before an official announcement it to me made from Microsoft it appears photos of the new Origami Project have been leaked online.
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6.3.2006Just three d Office 14 to add more online document sharing
Microsoft wont be turning Office 14 into a completely Web-ified productivity suite, a la Google Docs.
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13.2.2008 Free Online Windows 7 Compatibility Technical Support
Having learned the incompatibility lesson the hard way with Windows Vista, Microsoft is pouring a consistent amount of efforts into ensuring that the next iteration of the Windows client will work smoothly from the get go with as many applications as possible.
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15.6.2009 The New York Times to Enhance Online and Offline Reading Experience
SEATTLE - April 28, 2006 - Today at the American Society of Newspaper Editors convention, The New York Times and Microsoft Corp. unveiled a prototype of a new PC-based software application for news distribution called Times Reader. Available for download in the coming months, Times Reader is a New York Times application that takes advantage of Microsoft Windows Vista, the next generation of the Windows client operating system, to enhance the online and offline reading experience of The New York Times.
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29.4.2006 Microsoft helps fight online child abuse in India
What is that evil, evil Microsoft up to now? The software giant is working with the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC) and the international police force Interpol to help Indian law enforcement agencies, such as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in how to use technologies, tools, and procedures for countering cybercrimes against children.
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20.1.2007 Tons of Genuine Windows Product Keys Published and Available Online
There is an entire library of Windows product keys available online, only a Google search away. And we all can agree that that's by no means very far.
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18.4.2007 Enjoy Online Virtual Windows Operating System in Your Browser
So you have recently moved to Linux/Mac operating system from windows but you are missing Windows interface and want to spend some time on Microsoft windows but dont have access to windows, if this is scenario for you.
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7.7.2009 Windows 7 Family Pack Available for Pre-order Early Online
A special Windows 7 upgrade package for households with more than one PC is now available for pre-order online ahead of schedule and at a discount from Microsoft's previously announced price.
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31.8.2009 Windows Live OneCare Beta v2.0 Online Backup Today!
I was looking in my inbox tonight and I came across what I thought was just another Windows Live OneCare message.
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22.9.2007 Disable and Remove URGE Online Store in Windows Media Player 11 (WMP11)
Windows Media Player 11 (WMP11) for Windows XP is the latest Windows Media Player (WMP) for Windows Vista, and available as free standalone program downloadable from Micrsoft for genuine Windows XP SP2 users. WMP 11 features Windows Vista-like feel and touch user interface, plus several other improvements and enhancements.
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20.11.2006 Say Bye-Bye to Online Privacy
Are you afraid that your kids/employees/etc. are carrying out some sort of illegal activity over the Internet, and that's why you want to keep an eye on them at all times?
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2.3.2007 How to Install Vista Language Packs MUI on all versions of Vista + video tutorial
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic, Vista Home Premium, and Vista Business versions of the Microsoft licensing restrictions can only preserve a language!
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23.9.2008 The Vista Built-in Super Administrator Account Has Survived in Vista SP1
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is designed to evolve the RTM version of the latest Windows client from Microsoft, made available in November 2006 to business customers, and in January 2007 to the general consumers.
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15.2.2008 Vista SP1 Is Out, XP SP3 Old News, the Pink Edition of Vista Is In
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is now nothing more than water under the bridge, now that the service pack was released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, shipping to general users on March 18.
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27.3.2008 Tell Hasta la Vista to XP - Time to Upgrade to Vista SP1
Like it or not, this is the right time not only to upgrade to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 but also to tell hasta la vista to Windows XP.
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30.6.2008Yahoo fills in details on its Open Strategy, preps homepage makeover
Last spring, Yahoo issued a strategy announcement pointing to greater 'openness.' This week, Yahoo's vision met reality, as the company met with
application developers and journalists to spell out some of the specifics of its plan...
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12.09.2008H-1B limits met after just one week of petitions
As the debate continues over foreign-born students educated in America taking their skills to other countries, the US continues to limit the number of
non-citizen students working here to a number that can be met in under one week's time...
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09.04.2008Yahoo to Support New Online
Library
Yahoo said on Monday that it
would lead a group that would
aim to make books and
traditional media more
available on the Internet,
while being respectful of
copyrights. Google had
launched a similar project
last year, but met strong
resistance from authors...
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03.10.2005Cali. Laptop Thief May Get Life in Prison
A state appeals court this
week in California upheld a
ruling against a man who broke
into the apartment of a woman
he met through an online
dating service, which may
result in a life sentence due
to their "three
strikes" law...
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30.06.2007More clues: Why Microsoft backtracked on its Vista virtualization plans
Last week, Microsoft nixed at
the last minute planned
changes to its Windows Vista
end-user license agreement
(EULA) that would have
broadened virtualization
rights. Since then,
speculation has been mounting
as to why Microsoft did this.
Fear of Mac OS X and
Linux on the desktop? A desire
to thwart Parallels and
VMWare? DRM concerns?
Queries to Microsoft
regarding why company
officials nixed the planned
easing of Vistas virtualiztion
license were met with We have
nothing further to say.
Period.
I realized
over the weekend that none of
us press/bloggers who was
briefed by Microsoft on the
planned changes had run the
text of the EULA wording
Microsoft officials provided
to us. Maybe one of you out
there will see some clues the
rest of us missed as to why
Microsoft decided to continue
to ban users from running
legally Vista Home Basic or
Vista Home Premium in
virtualized environments...
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25.06.2007Microsoft Announces Vista Purchase Options
Microsoft elaborated on its
purchase options for the
release of Windows Vista.
Among the options are online
upgrades to higher tiers, a
family discount, or online
purchase and direct download
via Windows Marketplace...
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18.01.2007Amazon Begins Selling Windows
Vista
Online retailer Amazon.com has
begun to accept pre-orders for
Windows Vista, which it says
"will be released on
January 30, 2007." The
company is charging $399 USD
for the Ultimate Edition of
Vista, $239 USD for Home
Premium and $199 USD for Home
Basic. Vista Business is
priced at $299 USD...
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29.08.2006Vista Breaking Online Games, Says Developer
Even with the operating system
released to the public,
Microsoft cannot seem to catch
a break with Windows Vista.
The latest complaints come
from game developers, who say
the OS' parental controls are
so strict they're disrupting
gameplay...
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31.01.2007Vista promotional registration site now fully operational
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Clarity on Windows Vista
Milestones
In the ever-changing release
schedule for Windows Vista,
nothing stays constant. But
according to internal
Microsoft documentation, the
following dates are correct
for the next several major
milestones in the
product.
Currently, Microsoft plans
to ship the feature-complete
internal build on January 31,
2006, and then ship a
near-feature-complete
Community Technology Preview
(CTP) build to testers on
February 17. (To date, more
than 50 product teams have
submitted code for the
feature-complete builds.)
Windows Vista Beta 2 is due on
April 12, followed by a
release candidate (RC) build
in July and release to
manufacturing (RTM) in August.
Assuming this last date is
met, the general release of
the product will occur in
October.
jcxp.net - 22.01.2006
Up Close: Lenovo's new consumer IdeaPads
BetaNews met up with Lenovo at CES for some hands-on time with the new consumer-oriented IdeaPad notebooks...
betanews.com - 09.01.2008
New Norton Vista tool trades UAC for online feedback
The latest freeware tool from Norton Labs offers to do Vista users a favor by turning off many of those annoying User Access Control prompts. If
you're wondering what Symantec wants in return...so were we...
betanews.com - 11.10.2008
User Accounts: The Foundation
of a Safe and Secure Windows
Vista System
Columnist Dan DiNicolo
explains how to implement user
accounts and Parental Controls
in Windows Vista for better
security and a safer online
experience...
microsoft.com/windowsvista - 08.09.2006
Vista SP1 fails to spark migration
Microsoft's latest efforts to persuade customers to upgrade to its much-maligned Vista operating system have met with a cool response from users.
Historically, Microsoft's first service pack for one of its marquee products – such as Windows – provides the impetus for users to
upgrade. As Gartner analyst, Stephen Kleynhans recently noted, customers see SP1 as the sign that the OS has reached maturity and is ready for
enteprise deployment.
But even the offer of free support for using installing Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) and tools to lower implementation
cost, the user response has been one of stony indifference. Vista SP1 includes a number of fixes for bugs that have plagued the operating system, as
well as improved support for drivers. It initially became available to download from Microsoft's website and will be included as part of the
Window's Update feature from mid-April.
neowin.net - 28.03.2008
Steve Ballmer is misunderstood
Anand Iyer: In the wake of the Microsoft-Yahoo acquisition proposal, I've met quite a few disappointed Yahooligans. And they are not disappointed
that they'd be working at Microsoft, they are disappointed that they'd be working for Steve Ballmer. And it's not just the Yahooligans - I can't
tell you how many random people I've met who just simply hate Ballmer. And none of their experiences have been personal. I can see how Ballmer can
come across as a mean, shrewd and cocky person who likes to eat babies and kills people for sport, but I'm here to tell you that Ballmer is probably
the most intelligent, tactical and loyal person I've ever known. Clearly, this is going to be hard to digest especially considering I work at
Microsoft.
winbeta.org - 22.02.2008
E.L. family to star online in ad campaign for Vista
For the Nelson family, computers are a way of life.
Particularly computers that run Microsoft Corp.'s new Vista operating
system. The family uses them for everything from watching movies and channel surfing to coordinating schedules and instant messaging.
Now, the Nelsons are about to be poster children for the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant. The company has just wrapped filming the family
using Vista as part of a new online advertising campaign.
"They
were looking for somebody who was using Vista in the way they want it to be used," said Mark Nelson, an information technology consultant.
"Microsoft hadn't seen a consumer do it before."
winbeta.org - 14.10.2007
Zune Meets One Million Goal
Microsoft said last week that
it had met its previously
stated goal of selling one
million Zunes by the end of
the company's fiscal year,
which occurred on June 30...
betanews.com - 23.07.2007
Vista turns one, and businesses start to come around... slowly
The secret weapons: SP1 and free and easy deployment tools
When Microsoft Corp. released Windows Vista to businesses
exactly one year ago, near-term expectations weren't high.
Experts widely predicted that Vista, even if
it was bug-free and proved to be an immediate hit with consumers, would only slowly catch on with corporations.
For instance,
Gartner Inc. forecast at the time that fewer than 5% of PCs worldwide would be running a business version of Vista by the end of this year.
One year on, it's unclear whether Microsoft has met even those pessimistic projections. In July, Redmond said enterprises had renewed 42 million Windows licenses that made them eligible for Vista. Trouble is, Microsoft also admitted
that the vast majority of those 42 million PCs were likely still on XP, though the company claims it has no accurate way of tracking this. Microsoft
has not provided a more up-to-date figure in the last
4 months.
winbeta.org - 30.11.2007
HP spells out plans to get more 'bang' from its R&D bucks
After announcing a reorg of its laboratories today, Hewlett-Packard met with its 600-strong R&D staff to tell them they'll be distributed across 23
different teams, with names like 'Face Bubble,' 'Cloud Print,' and 'Cloud View.'..
betanews.com - 08.03.2008
RIM reports a season of good cheer
Research in Motion's Q3 2009 report confirmed that the company met its revised projection from earlier in the month, and indicated that perhaps
things aren't so bad in the "land-grab" wireless-handset market...
betanews.com - 19.12.2008
