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Microsoft Open Sourcing Internet Tools

At its Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft announces the release of Version 4.0 of the .NET Micro Framework and says it…

15 years ago

Novell Plug-In Lets Linux Developers Use Visual Studio

Signs emerge of a bridge between Windows and Linux - but will developers take it?

15 years ago

Windows 7 Advertising Gets Personal

Forget a picture of a loved one, Microsoft is letting key advertisers take over the desktop images and audio of…

15 years ago

Open Source Code Lifted For Windows 7 Download Tool

Microsoft admits that a third-party developer lifted open-source code from the GPLv2-licensed ImageMaster project in creating its free Windows 7…

15 years ago

Microsoft Upgrades Windows Marketplace

Microsoft has announced new shopping, anti-piracy and developer-friendly upgrades to the Windows Marketplace for Mobile app store.

15 years ago

Microsoft Cracks Down On Piracy With Twitter Feed

Microsoft has launched a dedicated Twitter feed for its anti-piracy enforcement team in an attempt to curb unauthorised file-sharing

15 years ago

eWEEK Webinar Bridges Windows And Linux

eWEEK Europe presents a webinar on 9 December, designed to help you get the best out of combining Microsoft and…

15 years ago

Parallels Desktop Enters Windows-On-Mac Market

Competition is hotting up in the Windows-on-Mac market with the the release of Parallels Desktop 5, which also now ships…

15 years ago

Windows 7 and Server Bug Reported After Patch Tuesday

A security researcher discovers a bug that could be used to trigger a crash in Windows 7 and Windows Server…

15 years ago

Microsoft Hits Back At Sophos Windows 7 UAC Claims

A Microsoft executive accuses security company Sophos of sensationalising claims that Windows 7's User Account Control is ineffective at fighting…

15 years ago

Novell Pushes Benefits Of Microsoft Protection

Microsoft and Novell celebrated the third year of their interoperability agreement at a conference in Seattle

15 years ago

Three Critical Fixes For Microsoft Patch Tuesday

Microsoft's monthly Patch Tuesday will include six security bulletins, three of which are rated 'critical'

15 years ago

Microsoft Windows 7 Beats Early Vista Sales by 200 Percent

Boxed Windows 7 sales were three times as high as those of Vista during the products' first few days of…

15 years ago

Microsoft Cuts Another 800 Jobs Worldwide

Microsoft confirms plans to cut another 800 employees from its worldwide payroll, as part of its longer-term plan to eliminate…

15 years ago

Microsoft Goes On Cloud Cost Cutting Offensive

Microsoft cuts the prices of its Business Productivity Suite as it seeks to block cloud-based competition from Google, Oracle and…

15 years ago

Microsoft Invests £60K In Open Source Apache Foundation

Microsoft may have helped its status with the open-source community by reiterating its pledge to deliver $100,000 (£60,700) to the…

15 years ago

Ditch Microsoft, Save £269m Says Hungarian Open Source Group

Despite a struggling economy and public debt, the Hungarian government continues to spend millions on Microsoft licences when cheaper alternatives…

15 years ago

Cloud Ushers In New Security Frontier

Widespread adoption of cloud computing is likely to entail a plethora of management and security challenges, warns original Windows NT…

15 years ago

Conficker Infections Reach 7 Million

Despite reports to the contrary, the Conficker worm has not yet turned and has now infected up to 7 million…

15 years ago

Microsoft Talks Speech-Recognition Despite Windows 7 Touch

Although Microsoft integrated touch-screen capabilities into Windows 7, at least one Microsoft executive suggests that the next stage in user…

15 years ago

Microsoft Web Apps Compatibility Issue Revealed

Testing has revealed some editing problems associated with documents from older versions of Microsoft Office, when using Office Web Apps

15 years ago

Microsoft Apes Apple With Windows 7 Hardware Push

The software giant says its hardware leads the industry, and has opened its first retail store... which sounds a bit…

15 years ago

Microsoft Warns Against Illegal Windows 7 Upgrades

Microsoft posts a response to information drifting around the Internet that Windows 7, its new operating system, can be installed…

15 years ago

Microsoft Issues Updates For Vista, Windows Server 2008

As the launch frenzy of Windows 7 dies down, Microsoft has pushed out platform updates for both Windows Server 2008…

15 years ago

Opera Boss Welcomes Browser Ballot In IE Case

The CEO of Opera, Jon Tetzchner, talks to eWEEK about some of the latest developments in the antitrust case it…

15 years ago

Microsoft Sends Mixed Messages On Consumption

Microsoft is encouraging adoption of its Windows 7 operating system - even if that means replacing working XP machines -…

15 years ago

Problems Reported With Windows 7 Downloads

Microsoft and partner Digital River are working to solve the problem of users experiencing download and install errors with the…

15 years ago

Microsoft Lets Netbook Owners Download Windows 7 To USB

Microsoft is allowing netbook users to download Windows 7, its new operating system, onto a bootable USB or burn it…

15 years ago

Google Says GMail and Wave Paving Way For Chrome OS

A Google executive said complex Web applications such as Gmail and Google Wave are paving the way for major adoption…

15 years ago

Microsoft Launches Windows 7 Kindle E-Reader Add-on

Microsoft announced during the Windows 7 launch that it had partnered with Amazon.com to create an application, "Kindle for PC,"…

15 years ago