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Microsoft pulling Live Framework test bits
News Introduced at last fall's developer conference, Live Framework, which is essentially the developer side of Live Mesh, is being folded into Windows Live.
Tags: Business applications, Conference, Microsoft Windows Live, Web-based Application, Developer, Community Technology Preview, Microsoft Windows, blog, desktop, blog posting
Moonlight 2.0 goes beta
News New test version of the Silverlight-on-Linux software incorporates Silverlight 2.0 as well as a few features from Silverlight 3.0.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Microsoft Silverlight, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Beta, Mozilla Web browser, Linux, blog, blog posting
Microsoft sues over malicious online ads
News Software maker says it filed five lawsuits Thursday in the United States to try to slow the growing threat.
Tags: Network security, Internet advertising, Online Advertising, IM, New York Times Co., malicious code, ad network, Web Site, blog posting, Network security
Windows Home Server update delayed
News Compatibility issues with Windows 7 have delayed the planned Power Pack 3 update until later this year.
Tags: App servers, E-mail servers, Web servers, File servers, Server platforms, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Microsoft Windows 7, software company, File servers, Server
Microsoft reverses decision on Exchange 2007 support
News After notifying customers and partners that Exchange Server 2007 wouldn't be able to run on Windows Server 2008 R2, the Exchange team has reversed its decision.
Tags: E-mail servers, Microsoft Corp., Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, blog, general manager, blog posting
Beware fake Snow Leopard sites
News Security firm Trend Micro warns of Web sites that purport to offer free copies of forthcoming new Mac OS but instead deliver malware.
Tags: Mac OS, Viruses and worms, Antivirus software, Antivirus Software, Domain Name, Trend Micro Inc., Phishing Web Site, Apple Macintosh, antivirus company, DNS
New Firefox patches authentication security holes
News Mozilla addresses two critical problems related to the browser's handling of authentication processes, which could let an attacker see encrypted data or take over a machine.
Tags: Data security, Network security, Authentication, Security, Mozilla Corp., computer, Mozilla Firefox, blog, blog posting, Network security
Windows 7 bug likely not a 'showstopper'
News Microsoft says it is looking into reports of a bug in the final version of Windows 7, but the head of the business says it has yet to reproduce the issue in question.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Security Management, Microsoft Windows 7, Issue, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Developer Network, patch management, Microsoft Windows, blog, disk
Google fixes severe Chrome security hole
News A cross-site scripting vulnerability in Google's browser could let an attacker use a different browser to make Chrome do his bidding.
Tags: Web browsers, Spam and phishing, Security, Google Inc., Web Browser, local disk, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, program manager, JavaScript
Windows 7 not soup yet
News Software maker reiterates it hasn't yet signed off that Windows 7 is final, though it still expects to do so later this month. Volume-license customers can order Windows 7 through partners starting September.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Survey, Quest Software Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, volume-license, Microsoft Windows, blog, blog posting
Google warns entire Internet is malware
News For about an hour Saturday morning, Google listed every site on the Internet as potentially harmful to your computer. At first, Google blamed the problem on StopBadware.org but later had to eat crow.
Tags: Search, Web sites, Web 2.0, Malware, Google Inc., Site, Computer, PST, StopBadware.org, Berkman Center
Google Translate speaks 10 new languages
News The translation service adds Swedish, Hindi, Danish, seven other languages, and the ability to guess the language that text needs to be translated from.
Tags: Search, Web 2.0, Language, Google Inc., India, Prague, News.com, blog, blog posting, Search
Microsoft beats Apple, Ubuntu on OS updates
News During the second quarter of 2008, Windows Update was always available, Apple's was not far behind, and Canonical's Ubuntu lagged by comparison, test shows.
Tags: Business applications, Software, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Open source, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Uptime, Ubuntu
Microsoft says YouTube blocking was a glitch
News Software maker says third party that handles blocking of Web links made a mistake that led to some addresses being blocked.
Tags: Web sites, Instant messaging, Network security, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., MSN Messenger, Microsoft Windows Live, YouTube Inc., YouTube Video, IM
Microsoft finalizes Exchange 2010
News The e-mail and communications server becomes the first of the 2010 wave of Office products to hit that milestone.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office, communications server, leadership team, Microsoft Corp., Berlin, Server, Microsoft PowerPoint, e-mail, leadership
