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Developers wary of cloud lock-in
News Software developers want a standards-based cloud, and for platforms to provide tools that will allow them to deploy apps to the cloud quickly.
Tags: Security, Google Inc., Open Source, Tool, Abiquo, Azure, Developer, Sun Microsystems Inc., Environment, PaaS
Microsoft pulls Windows 7 download tool
News Software giant takes down tool aimed at making it easier to put Windows 7 on Netbooks after blogger raises question about whether the software improperly uses open source code.
Tags: Open source, Open Source, Microsoft Corp., software, GPL, Tool, USB, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Linux
Red Hat and Microsoft support mixed virtualization
News It is now possible to deploy supported virtualization environments that combine Red Hat Linux with Microsoft Windows Server, the two companies have announced.
Tags: Virtualization, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Will there be too many chefs cooking India's UID broth?
Blogs Today's newspapers carry a photograph of Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz offering a bouquet of flowers to India's Prime Minister M...
Microsoft's Mehdi on financial impact of Yahoo deal
News Microsoft's Yusuf Mehdi says that once the two companies have a single paid search platform both should see double-digit increases in revenue per search.
Tags: Search, Yahoo! Inc., Credit Suisse Group AG, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Paid Search, Arizona, San Francisco, ComScore Networks Inc., financial
Microsoft chops price of its hosted software
News Redmond says it's cutting by a third the monthly subscription fee for those using a hosted version of Exchange, SharePoint, and Office Communications Server.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Microsoft Office, Google Inc., Autodesk Inc., Aon Corp., Chile, Microsoft Corp., software, Blockbuster Inc.
Microsoft: November security updates are fine
News The company's investigation into matter finds there is nothing in the latest Windows updates that should lead users to encounter a so-called "black of screen of death."
Tags: Microsoft Windows, PC security, Security Management
Microsoft cuts 800 more jobs
News The latest workers to have their jobs eliminated are being notified, in what Microsoft said completes personnel reductions announced earlier this year.
Tags: Layoffs, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Money, job, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, Small Business, layoff, Silicon Valley
Microsoft moves MSN Video under Bing umbrella
News Software maker said on Tuesday it is combining its video search and MSN content under the Bing brand as part of fall refresh.
Tags: Video, Web sites, MySpace, CBS Corp., CBS Interactive Inc., TV, Microsoft Corp., Web sites, Mouse, YouTube Inc.
Google, Bing continue gains at Yahoo's expense
News Over last several months fewer and fewer searches have been performed on Yahoo's sites, with market leader Google and upstart Microsoft seeing the benefits.
Tags: Search, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Internet search, Microsoft Corp., U.S., Asia-Pacific, ComScore Networks Inc., Yahoo Search, barrier
Microsoft announces Project 2010 beta
News Enhancements to the project-management application include improvements to the user interface based on the Office ribbon technology.
Tags: Business applications, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Microsoft Project, Arizona, Beta, director of marketing, 64-bit, ZDNet, ActiveX, Microsoft SharePoint
End of an era for Office 2000
News Support for Office 2000 expired Tuesday, 10 years after Steve Ballmer announced a Web-based version of the productivity suite.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Office suites, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, productivity suite, software-as-a-service, online application, Web, Microsoft Office, Office suites
Europe to test Microsoft browser ballot system
News The EC has said it is happy with concessions made by the software giant to provide a choice of browsers, while Microsoft will make technical docs available to developers.
Tags: Business applications, Microsoft Windows, Web browsers, Commission, European Commission, Microsoft Corp., software, Business applications, Web Browser, Europe
Microsoft puts its 'signature' on PCs
News In its online and retail stores, Microsoft is selling computers loaded with all of its online software including its Windows Live, Zune, and Security Essentials products.
Tags: Personal Computers, Windows 7, Computer, Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft Corp., software, Windows 7, Web Browser, software company, Hardware
Can Windows 7 'reset' Microsoft shares higher?
News Applause for Windows 7, cost-cutting, and an earnings surprise have stirred hope that Microsoft's stock will revive. Will businesses buy the upgrade?
Tags: Windows 7, Business applications, Operating System, Computer, Microsoft Corp., Business applications, Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Stock
