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Linux-based Unison server to challenge Microsoft Unified Communications Platform
Date: 02/27/08
(Open Source) Keywords: linux, hosting, microsoft
A group of former execs from a Microsoft messaging hosting partner are going to launch a Linux-based unified communications platform that will compete directly against Microsoft.
Unison, a two-year-old developer based in New York, plans to release into beta testing the Linux server and Windows client code at CeBIT 2008 on March 4. The finished server, [...]
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/242348087/
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How big a threat is good Microsoft?
Date: 02/28/08
(Open Source) Keywords: microsoft
Microsoft plans to give people what they know they want from open source, support it better than an open source project can, and get its enterprise market share back.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/242723872/
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News to know: EC vs. Microsoft; Google Sites; Evernote's incredible search; iPhone roadmap
Date: 02/28/08
(Security) Keywords: microsoft
Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: EU slaps Microsoft with $1.35 billion fine Mary Jo Foley: European Commission vs. Microsoft: Who is being unreasonable? Dennis Howlett: Steelie Neelie slaps Microsoft with record fine John Carroll: Microsoft vs. the EC, round 236 ...
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8100
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Will the EU fine change Microsoft?
Date: 02/28/08
(Open Source) Keywords: microsoft
I think Microsoft needs to undertake some diplomacy that will put a final, definitive line under all this. But what would you do if the EU fined you?
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/242840231/
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Top Web sites in France in January 2008
Date: 02/28/08
(Web Technology) Keywords: microsoft, google
January 2008 Rank December 2007 Rank Property Audience, 000 N/A N/A Total Internet 29,231 1 1 Google Sites 20,814 2 2 Microsoft Sites 19,072 3 3 Orange Sites 15,331 4 4 Iliad/Free.fr Sites 13,057 5...
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=14046
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Microsoft Realizes Truth About Vista
Date: 02/29/08
(Java Web) Keywords: microsoft
Microsoft finally realized (at least publicly acknowledged) what we have known all along. It blinks and reduced the price of Vista, while acknowledging the fact that Vista sales is poor in retail segment.
The main segment of Microsoft’s revenue with Vista has been in selling OEM versions. However it is only a matter of time [...]
Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-realizes-truth-about-vista/
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Software sales reached $3.3 bln in US in 2007
Date: 02/29/08
(Security) Keywords: software, microsoft
US retail sales of non-games software totaled $3.3 bln in 2007, a 15% increase over the $2.9 bln generated in 2006. Thanks in large part to new product introductions from companies such as Microsoft, Apple and Adobe, the most significant increases in revenue were seen in operating system, business, finance...
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=14050
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Top Web sites in UK in January 2008
Date: 02/29/08
(Web Technology) Keywords: yahoo, microsoft, google, ebay
January 2008 Rank December 2007 Rank Property Audience, 000 N/A N/A Total Audience 33,254 1 1 Google Sites 29,633 2 2 Microsoft Sites 28,102 3 3 eBay 21,363 4 4 Yahoo! Sites 21,208 5 5...
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=14049
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Exploitation is Still Possible as Third-Parties Neglect to Implement Vista Security Features
Date: 03/02/08
(Security) Keywords: microsoft
Consider this, Microsoft spends huge amounts of dollars and manpower creating protections for the Vista operating system, yet we still have old school vulnerabilities. Why? The answer is simple really, third-party created code is not stepping up and taking advantage of these powerful protection mechanisms. I'm not...
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=912
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Microsoft to Enter SaaS
Date: 03/02/08
(Data Management) Keywords: software, technology, microsoft
The blogosphere is on fire with the anticipated announcement that Microsoft will be entering the Software as a Service (SaaS) market this or next week. Just how they'll enter the market is still uncertain. My guess is that they'll in part blend SaaS with desktop technology much the way we've...
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Greenfield/?p=207
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The U.S. voted no on Microsoft Office standard at ISO
Date: 03/03/08
(Open Source) Keywords: technology, microsoft
The problem is not with the Microsoft technology. The problem is with the Microsoft attitude, which seems eerily similar to what we've seen in U.S. politics for a long time now.
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/244609883/
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Top Web sites in Canada in January 2008
Date: 03/02/08
(Web Technology) Keywords: yahoo, microsoft, google
January 2008 Rank December 2007 Rank Property Audience, 000 N/A N/A Total audience 23,802 1 2 Google Sites 22,440 2 1 Microsoft Sites 22,424 3 3 Yahoo! Sites 16,481 4 4 Facebook.com 15,354 5 5...
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=14072
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News to know: IE 8; eBay security; Microhoo; Favorite Windows programs; Apple
Date: 03/04/08
(Security) Keywords: security, microsoft, ebay
Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft caves: 'Super-standards' mode to become IE 8 default. Microsoft's IE blog Microsoft, Nokia to port Silverlight to Symbian phones Nate McFeters: eBay Red Team Event - Creating Security Awareness and Sharing Strategies Ed Bott's 10 Favorite...
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8139
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Microsoft: Storage unification still somewhere out there
Date: 03/03/08
(Data Management) Keywords: microsoft
Microsoft customers are still in search of that elusive goal: a single, unified storage system to simplify the deployment and management of Microsoft's enterprise wares. And Microsoft officials are still promising it will happen (as they have for years) but not offering any kind of delivery timetable. ...
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1234
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Google vs. Microsoft game is afoot
Date: 03/04/08
(Security) Keywords: microsoft, google
GPLMedicine advocate Fred Trotter (right) has given some inspection to both Google Health and Microsoft's HealthVault, coming down solidly on Google's side. Trotter writes that Google Health's privacy policies and APIs are superior to those of Microsoft HealthVault, and its access control system looks better. ...
Source: http://healthcare.zdnet.com/?p=765
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Curl ships commercial version of its open source web services dev kit for RIA Platform
Date: 03/05/08
(Open Source) Keywords: web, microsoft
Development tools vendor Curl — which is going up against Microsoft Silverlight, Adobe Flex and OpenLazlo in the Rich Internet Applications arena — announced the commercial release of its open source web services development kit (WSDK) on Tuesday.
The WSDK is one of three open source projects launched late last year by the Cambridge, Mass company. [...]
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/245794817/
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Microsoft launches its alternative to Amazon's SimpleDB
Date: 03/06/08
(Data Management) Keywords: database, sql, microsoft
Microsoft has begun signing up testers for SQL Server Data Services (SSDS), a forthcoming service that will allow customers and developers to host their data in a Microsoft-hosted database. Microsoft officials were reticent to compare SQL Server Data Services to offerings from any competitors. But Gartner Vice...
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1245
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Microsoft Mix '08 keynote kick-off: The Cliff Notes version
Date: 03/05/08
(Data Management) Keywords: web, microsoft
Microsoft is making available as of March 5 the first beta for developers of Internet Explorer (IE) 8, as well as the first beta release of Silverlight 2.0. IE 8 includes a number of new features, including WebSlices, Activities, a new phishing filter and improved standards support....
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1244
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IE 8 to add malware blocking
Date: 03/06/08
(Security) Keywords: browser, security, microsoft
Amid all the hubbub about the first beta of IE 8 the security features haven't gotten a lot of attention. Part of the problem is that Microsoft hasn't disclosed a lot, but it does appear that the browser will block malware. About its Safety Filter feature, Microsoft...
Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=924
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Microsoft releases updated Office-OpenOffice XML translator, ramps up document interop efforts as ISO mulls OpenXML
Date: 03/06/08
(Open Source) Keywords: xml, microsoft
Microsoft today launched an update of its OpenXML and ODF translator for its Excel and Powerpoint applications and pledged to keep churning out more documentation to enable interoperability — and more patents to protect that IP.
At an event in Cambridge, Mass., Microsoft’s interoperability chief Tom Robertson announced the document interoperability initiative, availability [...]
Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/247032843/