WinInfo Short Takes: Week of November 23, 2009
An often irreverent look at some of the week's other news, including some post-PDC some soul searching, a Google Chrome OS announcement and a Microsoft response, Windows 7 off to a supposedly strong start, the Jonas Brothers and Xbox 360, and so much more
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PDC 2009: Microsoft Announces Office 2010 Public Beta
Microsoft on Wednesday announced the public availability of Office 2010, which includes versions of the productivity suite, SharePoint Server 2010, Project 2010, Visio 2010, Office Web Apps for businesses, and Office Mobile 2010.
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PDC 2009: Microsoft Pushes Windows 7 to Developers
Microsoft Windows Chief Steven Sinofsky took to the PDC 2009 keynote stage on Wednesday morning to bask in the afterglow of Windows 7's successful launch and ask that developers create new applications that build on Windows 7 technologies.
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PDC 2009: Microsoft Launches Cloud Computing Platform
Microsoft launched its forthcoming cloud computing platform, Windows Azure, on the opening day of its PDC 2009 event in Los Angeles.
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PDC 2009 Opens: Mid-Week Short Takes
Today, Microsoft takes the stage for the first of two days of PDC keynote addresses, with the software giant promising big surprises at each.
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Microsoft Offers First Peek at Feature-Complete Office 2010
Office 2010 beta is now available to MSDN and TechNet members, and will be coming soon to the public.
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Inside Story: How Microsoft's Open Source Code Theft Was Discovered
On Friday, Microsoft completed its investigation into a little-known tool it provides to Windows 7 customers and determined that it illegally utilizes open source code.
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WinInfo Short Takes: Week of November 16, 2009
An often irreverent look at some of the week's other news, including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, PDC 2009 next week, Microsoft's copying of OS X features in Windows 7, a lack of Windows 8 news, an ad-supported Office 2010 beta, and much, much more
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Bing Partners with Wolfram|Alpha
Microsoft on Wednesday announced the immediate availability of Bing search results that are bolstered by data from the ambitious Wolfram|Alpha project.
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Microsoft Disconnects Xbox 360 Cheaters
Microsoft this week banned "a small percentage" of Xbox 360 gamers from the Xbox Live online gaming network, citing violations of the company's terms of service.
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Microsoft Delivers November 2009 Security Updates
As part of its monthly security update cycle, Microsoft yesterday delivered six new security updates that fix 15 vulnerabilities in various products.
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Microsoft Fires Back at Deceptive Windows 7 Claims by Sophos
After security researchers at Sophos tried to garner cheap headlines with an overly-sensational non-story about how Windows 7 supposedly failed to prevent 80 percent of malware attacks, Microsoft finally fired back.
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Microsoft Pitches Exchange 2010
The Exchange 2010 message is familiar: By loading up on the latest Microsoft technologies, the company says, you can save money in the long run.
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Microsoft Digital Forensics Tool Leaks Online
A secretive Microsoft utility called Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE) has leaked online.
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WinInfo Short Takes: Week of November 9, 2009
An often irreverent look at some of the week's other news, including some more Windows 7 sales momentum, some Sophos stupidity, Microsoft's cloud computing self-loathing, more whining from the browser makers, Zoho's "Fake Office," and much, much more
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Microsoft Completes Layoffs
Microsoft on Wednesday announced that it was laying off 800 more workers, bringing its previously-announced layoff plan to a close.
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Windows 7 Sets Sales Record
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer described Windows 7's first ten days of sales as "fantastic" while in Japan yesterday.
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MSN Gets Major Overhaul
Microsoft today announced the first major overhaul of its MSN web portal in several years, providing a fresh, less-cluttered look, integration with popular social networks, and interesting new local capabilities.
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Microsoft Preps New CTP for SQL Server 2008 R2
At the SQL PASS Conference this week, Microsoft announced that it will soon deliver a third CTP pre-release version of its upcoming SQL Server 2008 R2 database server.
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What You Need to Know About Office Web Applications
Office Web Applications are four web-based applications that provide an Office-like user experience and a good percentage of the functionality one would expect from a traditional Office application. And there’s the challenge: Is “good percentage” enough?
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