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Microsoft to Connect Xbox 360 and PC Gamers |
 ...On Wednesday, the software giant Microsoft Corp. announced the opening of its Live on-line service that will connect users of both Xbox 360 console and PCs. The company stated that the service will open in May. It is to be reminded that Live has attracted about six million Xbox 360 console gamers and now Microsoft looks forward to launch it on new Windows Vista system.
The software giant decided to make this step after i... |
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Animated Cursors is now Windows' Vulnerability |
 ...Users who work with the latest versions of Windows should be aware that they are at a great risk of being attacked by hackers. This statement was made by Microsoft's officials. There is a certain vulnerability in the operating system that can affect all recent versions of Windows, this includes Vista. In a security advisory the company's representatives stated that Windows' software is flawed in a way it operates with its... |
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Microsoft Comes up with New Visitor Attracting Strategies |
 ...Half a year ago Microsoft decided to try another approach in their search engine business, so that they could at least somehow compete with the "big G" - Google.
Microsoft tried to convince the public that the Google's mathematical algorithm gave too many results and actually annoys its users. Microsoft thought it would be better using some other concepts of searching. They said that they'd develop absolutely ground-bre... |
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Microsoft once again pressed by EU over patents |
| ...Once again the software giant, Microsoft, entered into a dispute with the European Commission over patents. The war with Brussels over Microsoft's dominance on the world market continues for seven years. The European Commission asks the company to hand over its technical information on its operating system to the market competitors.
It is worth mentioning that the group was fined in 2004 almost half billion dollars for... |
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Palm to use Linux platform |
| ...rs of a possible buyout.
The smartphone maker for along time has used its Palm operating system and in 2006 expanded its customer base by launching their new Treo smart phones, which were based on Microsoft's Windows Mobile system.
Its new platform based on Linux operating system, according to the company's chief executive Ed Colligan, will be introduced to the product mix as "a new foundation." It is worth mention... |
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Google buys DoubleClick, Microsoft still too far from online ads |
 ... purchase for the company, as it paid $3.1 billion for the DoubleClick, which is almost twice as much as it paid for YouTube last year. Google people consider the fact that DoubleClick did not become Microsoft to be very important too.
The $3.1 billion paid for the DoubleClick, based in New York, made Google one step (and a huge one) closer to becoming an online ad tycoon.
DoubleClick is an ad house, which makes specia... |
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Additional Billion PC Users for Microsoft |
 ...Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman, is going to suggest governments the $3 Student Innovation Suite. Microsoft has developed the program in an attempt to reach more of the overall 5 billion people who do not presently belong to PC owners. By 2015 Microsoft hopes to reach the first billion. Governments will have an opportunity to purchase directly from Microsoft PCs for students to use in their school studies and at home. Gat... |
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Open-Source Infringes 235 Patents, Microsoft States |
| ...The officials from the software giant Microsoft state that the open-source software infringes more than 230 of patents.
Brad Smith, Microsoft top lawyer, stated that the kernel of Linux open-source violates 42 patents and at the same time the users interface along with some other design elements violate another 65 patents. In addition, according to Fortune, OpenSource.org is charged of violating 45 plus 83 more in oth... |
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Google and Salesforce.com to Compete With Microsoft |
| ...lined on its site that both companies are currently in talks for forming an alliance, which is later meant to help Google and Salesforce.com to provide a better competition against the software giant Microsoft Corp.
The two companies need to work out details of their potential partnership. The Wall Street Journal mentioned that the details on Google and Salesforce.com partnership are expected to be announced in the ne... |
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Microsoft Wants to Make The Web More Secure |
 ...Officials from Microsoft said on Sunday that they undertake steps towards making Web search more secure and protect the users' privacy on the Internet.
According to Peter Cullen, Microsoft's chief privacy officer, this action from Microsoft is an answer to the public concern about a recent consolidation of online ad industry. The step was also influenced by the government's regulations concerning online privacy.
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Microsoft Identified percents of its OS as Counterfeit in 2006 |
| ...Microsoft's Windows genuine Advantage program revealed 22% of all operating systems from Microsoft as unauthorized for usage. The WGA is a part of Microsoft's anti-piracy program which is meant to reduce the overall number of pirated copies of Windows XP and Vista worldwide.
Cori Hartje, director for anti-piracy at Microsoft, said that starting from March 2005, when the program was first launched and until March 2007 t... |
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