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    Visual Studio Service Pack Not Totally Compatible with Vista

    A key Microsoft executive disclosed this week that the coming Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio 2005 may not be totally compatible with Windows Vista -- though it remains unclear what his statements mean. 09/26/2006

  • Neelie Gets a Call from America

    ...and do you have Prince Albert in a can? 09/26/2006

  • Insecurity over Security: Symantec and Microsoft as Competitors

    Help me! I'm alliterating .... 09/26/2006

  • First the Uncool Ipod and Now This

    Your friends won't use this -- trust me. 09/26/2006

  • James Bond and The Keystone Cops: Microsoft Takes On Piracy

    Forgive me, but I couldn't resist all those good puns in one post. 09/26/2006

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    Computer Virus Writers Plan Slow Spread

    Most virus writers no longer seeking widespread fame but money and maintaining anonymity in the process of obtaining it via botnets, says security vendor. 09/25/2006

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    Security Expert Questions Current Methods

    It must say something about our times that Bruce Schneier, a geeky computer encryption expert turned all-purpose security guru, occasionally gets recognized in public. 09/25/2006

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    High-Tech Firms Get Small-Town Benefits

    A dusty gravel driveway leads to an old house once occupied by an Appalachian family. Next door is a little shack that sells hot dogs and ice cream, and a few miles away is a series of coal processing plants. 09/25/2006

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    SEC Awards 'XBRL' Contracts

    The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday announced it has awarded four contracts worth a total $54 million for its program meant to make the information that companies are required to disclose in SEC filings easier for the public to find and understand. 09/25/2006

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    House Panel Subpoenas 3 in HP Scandal

    Three people involved in Hewlett-Packard Co.'s efforts to unmask a boardroom leak have been ordered to testify at this week's congressional hearing on the corporate spying scandal that's so far claimed the company's chairwoman and two directors. 09/25/2006

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    IT News: Microsoft's BI Platform Clocks 35 Percent Revenue Growth

    Also, Microsoft reaches donation milestone, Dice hosts job fair, more. 09/22/2006

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    IBM Ships Web Content Management Update

    IBM announced it is shipping version 6 of its Workplace Web Content Management package, which aims to provide a tightly integrated Web content management and portal solution to, among other things, compete with Microsoft's SharePoint technologies. 09/21/2006

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    HP Spy Scandal Hits New Weirdness Level

    Hewlett-Packard Co. may be the world's largest technology company, but the superlative that better suits it these days is Provider of the World's Strangest Corporate Drama. 09/21/2006

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    Screen-Capture Trojans Ramp Up

    In hopes of fighting Internet fraud, some online banking sites make customers use "virtual keypads" -- a method of entering passwords on the screen, generally with a mouse. 09/21/2006

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    Adobe and Symantec Complain to EC About Vista

    With Windows Vista nearly ready for rollout, two of Microsoft's “frenemies” -- Adobe and Symantec -- are taking their complaints of bundling to the European Commission, according to a story in the Wall Street Journal. 09/21/2006

  • Microsoft Office Live vs. Google

    Tale of the tape. 09/21/2006

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    Windows Recovery Environment Debuts

    Included with Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 is a new tool for aiding help desk personnel in recovering from installations of the new system that have gone south. 09/20/2006

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    Windows CE 6 Heads Out to Manufacturing

    Windows CE 6.0, the latest version of Microsoft's embedded device operating system, has been released to manufacturing -- "RTM" in Microsoft lingo. 09/20/2006

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    Oracle Profit Jumps 29 Percent

    Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Larry Ellison showed his notorious competitive streak Tuesday, when the business software maker reported first-quarter profit jumped 29 percent and revenue soared 30 percent. 09/20/2006

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    U.S. Will Extend ICAAN Agreement

    The U.S. Commerce Department said Wednesday it will extend its oversight of the California organization that handles domain name policies, while finding ways to improve the group's accountability and transparency. 09/20/2006

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    House Requests Documents for HP Probe

    Hewlett-Packard Co., enmeshed in a scandal over the use of deceptive tactics to find a boardroom leaker, on Monday turned over documents requested by the House Energy and Commerce Committee for its investigation of the affair. 09/20/2006

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    Group Says Worldwide DSL Use Jumps

    Worldwide use of DSL technology for broadband access rose 38 percent to around 164 million users in the year to June 30, 2006 boosted by strong growth in the European Union, industry trade group said Tuesday. 09/19/2006

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    Gonzales Calls for ISP Customer Data Retention Law

    Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday that Congress should require Internet service providers to preserve customer records, asserting that prosecutors need them to fight child pornography. 09/19/2006

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    Toshiba To Recall Notebook Batteries

    Japanese electronics maker plans to recall 340,000 notebook computer batteries, some manufactured by Sony Corp. 09/19/2006

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    White House Selects Cybersecurity Chief

    The White House has chosen an industry information security specialist as its cybersecurity chief, filling a job that has had no permanent director for a year. 09/19/2006

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    Allchin's Last Act: Vista Pitchman

    After 16 years at Microsoft, Jim Allchin, co-president of the company's Platforms and Services Division, is retiring in a couple of months -- when much-delayed Windows Vista finally ships to customers. 09/19/2006

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    Microsoft Launching Online Video Service

    Microsoft Corp. is hoping to tap the explosive popularity of online video sharing by joining startups and major Internet rivals with its own video service. 09/19/2006

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    Beta 2 of System Center Essentials Ships

    Microsoft is shipping Beta 2 of its new System Center Essentials 2007 systems management product. 09/19/2006

  • Microsoft Knows No Bounds

    Will you be hoisting a Microsoft beer? It's not totally impossible. 09/19/2006

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    IT News: LCD TVs May Hamper Holiday PC Sales

    Also, Microstrategy wins appeal; Zune details. 09/18/2006

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    Microsoft Works to Close Hole in Windows Media

    Microsoft scrambles to update Windows Media after a hacker released a program that circumvents a safeguard designed to prevent people from freely copying digital movies and songs. 09/15/2006

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    Another Microsoft Exec Leaves

    John Lauer, who headed Microsoft’s Small and Midsize Solutions & Partner Group, announced he is leaving the company to launch his own startup. 09/15/2006

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    RSA Security Holders Approve Takeover

    RSA Security Inc. said its shareholders approved the company's $2.1 billion acquisition by data storage provider EMC Corp. 09/15/2006

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    Researchers Seeking Petaflops

    Supercomputers that perform trillions of operations every second are helping scientists probe life's deepest complexities. 09/14/2006

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    Sony Copy Protection Woes Linger for Some Users

    The copy protection program that Sony put on CDs last year is still posing a threat to computer users running certain versions of AOL or PestPatrol antivirus software. 09/14/2006

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    Gov't Security Tests Find Holes

    Fake cyberattackers and hackers largely foiled government and industry attempts to fight back quickly and effectively during a test of computer security systems. 09/14/2006

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    Princeton Prof Hacks E-Vote Machine

    A Princeton University computer science professor added new fuel Wednesday to claims that electronic voting machines used across much of the country are vulnerable to hacking that could alter vote totals or disable machines. 09/14/2006

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    Longhorn Server Tech Preview Bows

    Microsoft is shipping the latest Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Windows Server "Longhorn," according to statements posted on a company blog last weekend. 09/14/2006

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    Microsoft Ships Refresh of Office 2007 Beta 2

    Microsoft quietly announced Thursday that it is shipping the Beta 2 technical refresh of Office 2007. 09/14/2006

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    Microsoft Seeks Hardware Revenue in Piracy Markets

    Microsoft sees potential to sell computer keyboards, mice and other hardware in emerging markets where software sales are hampered by widespread piracy. 09/14/2006

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    Alleged Aussie Spammer Under Investigation

    An Australian man is under investigation for sending more than 2 billion junk e-mails in one year to promote Viagra. 09/14/2006

  • Patches for Patches Could Lead to Tough Questions

    Microsoft security products might be a hard sell. 09/14/2006

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    Gates on Witness List in Iowa Antitrust Suit

    One of the last remaining consumer class-action antitrust lawsuits filed against Microsoft Corp. in a state court is set to go to trial in November, and Bill Gates is on the witness list. 09/13/2006

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    Windows Live Search: Ready for Prime Time?

    Microsoft's announcement on Monday that its long-awaited Windows Live Search service is officially out of beta test and ready for use signals its biggest move to date to challenge search giant Google for both consumers and businesses. 09/13/2006

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    Zotob Virus Writers Jailed in Morocco

    Two Moroccan men have been sentenced to prison terms for helping write the Zotob computer virus that attacked major U.S. networks last year, a court official said Wednesday. 09/13/2006

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    Microsoft Promises Not To Sue Over XML Specs

    To encourage adoption of Web services by developers, including open source projects, Microsoft has announced a promise not to sue for use of its proprietary XML specifications. 09/13/2006

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    Nadella To Replace Burgum on Dynamics Team

    Microsoft announced Tuesday that veteran manager Satya Nadella will succeed Doug Burgum as head of the company's Business Solutions group, which develops and markets the Dynamics brand of small and mid-sized business applications. 09/12/2006

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    Web Site Owner Gets 7 Years for Piracy

    The owner of one of the nation's largest Internet software piracy Web sites has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison. 09/12/2006

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    Microsoft Ships PDF Add-In for Office 2007

    Users who have wanted to save Microsoft Office documents in Adobe's PDF (Portable Document Format) were frustrated earlier this year when Redmond announced it would not include the capability as a native function in Office 2007 as it had previously announced. 09/12/2006

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    HP Chair To Step Down in Aftermath of Company Leak Probe

    Hewlett-Packard Chairwoman Patricia Dunn took the fall Tuesday after admitting she authorized an investigation that relied on "inappropriate techniques" to uncover who was leaking boardroom secrets to the media. 09/12/2006

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