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Microsoft slapped with US$388M patent verdict
News U.S. federal jury finds the product activation method used in some versions of Windows and Office infringes on Uniloc patent held by its Singapore subsidiary.
Tags: Patents, Piracy, Verdict, Microsoft Corp., Rhode Island, Microsoft Office XP, encryption technology, Singapore, Uniloc Corp., software company
Microsoft backs up disk-based backup plans
News With 20 partners already lined up, analysts speculate that the software giant will focus on the market's low end--at least initially.
Tags: Business applications
Wozniak shuts down Wheels of Zeus
News Wireless start-up formed by Apple Computer co-founder Steve Wozniak bites the dust.
Tags: Business plans, Mobile/Wireless, Consulting, Operations
Dude, Putin is so not getting a Dell
News commentary At Davos, Russia's prime minister tells Michael Dell his country doesn't need help and his residents "are not invalids".
Tags: Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, Davos, PC Company, World Economic Forum, Ina Fried, News.com, founder, Prime Minister, CNET Networks Inc.
Report: Microsoft to unveil Kumo search engine next week
News Company expected to demo its next-generation search technology at the D:All Things Digital technology conference, according to reports citing unnamed sources.
Tags: Search, Microsoft Corp., Conference, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Search Engine, Spokesperson, Ina Fried, News Corp., Search Technology
Palm picks new pilot to run company
News Ed Colligan is stepping down as chief of the smartphone maker, and Jon Rubinstein takes over.
Tags: Handhelds, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Smart Phone, Ina Fried, Apple iPod, CEO, Apple iPhone, CNET Networks Inc., industry
Motorola: Windows Mobile 7 will arrive in 2010
News Motorola's chief executive lets it slip during his company's earnings call. Microsoft says it has "nothing to announce".
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Storage, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile applications, Mobile platforms, Microsoft Corp., Mobile, Motorola Inc., operating system, Microsoft Windows Mobile
Palm calls it a comeback with the Palm Pre
News Palm has finally demonstrated its next-generation operating system on a new smartphone called the Pre, leaving out many details but impressing early reviewers.
Tags: Wireless e-mail devices, PalmOS, 3G (Third Generation), Palm Inc., Apple Inc., computing company, Ina Fried, hardware keyboard, touchscreen phone, phone
Microsoft releases beta of Morro antivirus
News The company has posted a beta of its free antivirus software, Microsoft Security Essentials, for testers in the United States, China, Israel and Brazil.
Tags: Antivirus software, Microsoft Windows, Rootkit, Mary Jo Foley, antivirus, Ina Fried, Beta, antipiracy, ZDNet, U.S.
Office 2008 for Mac feels need for speed with new service pack
News Microsoft is releasing the second service pack update to Office 2008 for Mac, the company said Monday.
Tags: Software, Business applications, Service Pack, Apple Macintosh, Ina Fried, Software, Microsoft Office Live Workspace, Apple Safari, File-sharing, Microsoft Office
Microsoft to offer free consumer security suite
News Software giant cans fee-based security and Windows Live OneCare service in favor of free consumer software focused on protecting PCs against malware.
Tags: Security, Antivirus software, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, Websense Inc., OneCare, software, Symantec Corp., McAfee Inc.
Microsoft and EMC renew their vows
News The first three years of formal partnership between the companies went so well, they've signed up for another stint focused more on storage and virtualized environments.
Tags: Storage, Data centers, Personal storage, Storage management, Storage software, Virtualization, Content Management, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, EMC Corp.
Study: 'Huge jump' in Microsoft flaws since last year
News The past year has seen a massive increase in the number of flaws found in Microsoft software, according to vulnerability-scanning company Qualys.
Tags: Security Management, Security applications/tools
IE 8, Firefox 3 to tackle malware
News It's browser wars all over again. Updates coming soon from Microsoft and Mozilla promise better protection against phishing, spyware, and other maladies.
Tags: Web browsers, Security, Viruses and worms, Spam and phishing
Yahoo launches customized IE7 beta
News The lines are being drawn in the search wars, with Yahoo and Microsoft squaring off against Firefox and Google.
Tags: Web sites, Web browsers, Search, Web services
