Poll: Is Microsoft's Windows 7 E a stroke of genius?
Mary Jo Foley: Anyone who thinks the Evil Empire has lost its dastardly edge should take a hard look at Microsoft's plans for Windows 7 E. I think Microsoft's proposal to release an IE-free version of Windows 7 in the European Union is a stroke of brilliance for Microsoft... and a horrible development for users. You?
Thu Jun 11 11:23:30 PDT 2009
Microsoft proposes launching an IE-free Windows 7 'E' in Europe
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft is stepping up its campaign to try to appease European Commission (EC) regulators who are mulling possible remedies in the ongoing Opera-Microsoft browser-bundling case in the European Union. According to News.com, Microsoft’s newest proposal is to offer a version of Windows 7 which strips out Internet Explorer (IE) 8. Not hides it — like is [...]
Thu Jun 11 10:26:01 PDT 2009
Microsoft .Net RIA Services: Not until 2010
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft officials provided this week a timetable for the rollout of .Net RIA (Rich Internet Application) Services, the technology codenamed "Alexandria." .Net RIA Services is designed to allow coders to bring together the .Net programming model with Microsoft's Silverlight.
Thu Jun 11 09:06:35 PDT 2009
Microsoft ready to launch beta of its free Morro antivirus offering
Mary Jo Foley: Finally! Microsoft seems ready to offer an external beta of its free Morro antivirus/anti-malware product after pre-announcing it last November. The supposed ship date for the final version remains Q2/Q3 2009.
Wed Jun 10 15:57:18 PDT 2009
Microsoft to close the till on Microsoft Money
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft officials are acknowledging the company is poised to kill off completely Microsoft Money, the company's personal finance-management product. The Money software and the services are both being discontinued.
Wed Jun 10 13:06:42 PDT 2009
Microsoft's fancy footwork around netbooks continues
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft officials continue to dance around the question as to when and whether Microsoft will make Windows available on ARM-based netbooks. Is there more behind the company's avoidance of the issue than meets the eye?
Wed Jun 10 07:55:41 PDT 2009
Microsoft sheds its third-party anti-piracy technology
Mary Jo Foley: Last fall, Microsoft abruptly halted sales of its Software Licensing and Protection Services -- a technology similar to its own Genuine activation/anti-piracy mechanism. On June 9, Microsoft announced it had found a new home for SLP -- by licensing it to a startup in Ireland.
Tue Jun 09 13:43:18 PDT 2009
Microsoft Big Brains: Wael Bahaa-El-Din
Mary Jo Foley: At Microsoft, it takes a lot of people to develop and deliver an operating system. So it's not surprising that many of these individuals -- even ones with serious pedigrees and far-reaching contributions -- are behind-the-scenes types. Meet one such individual: Technical Fellow Wael Bahaa-El-Din.
Tue Jun 09 12:58:08 PDT 2009
We're not in Omaha any more: Microsoft's Bing share on the rise
Mary Jo Foley: Whaddya know? According to comScore, the initial results of a week's worth of share analysis "show a substantial improvement in Microsoft?s position in the search market in the days following Bing?s introduction."
Tue Jun 09 09:19:45 PDT 2009
Allowing users to 'vote' for browsers could be Microsoft's worst nightmare
Mary Jo Foley: There have been a couple of leaks of late in the ongoing Microsoft antitrust trial in the European Union that could spell bad news for the Softies if they're true. On June 8 Bloomberg reported that the EC has distributed a survey to a number of PC makers, asking them about a possible "ballot screen" that it might require Microsoft to include with Windows.
Mon Jun 08 10:54:01 PDT 2009
Microsoft exec shares some of the method behind the Windows 7 pricing madness
Mary Jo Foley: In spite of last week's leak about Windows 7 promotional upgrade pricing, Microsoft execs still aren't willing to talk Windows 7 pricing specifics.
Mon Jun 08 08:27:10 PDT 2009
Get your 16-page list of Microsoft's morphing codenames
Mary Jo Foley: The June update of my Microsoft CodeTracker, a list of all the Microsoft codenames on which I'm keeping tabs, is hot off the presses. Download it for free today.
Fri Jun 05 15:51:14 PDT 2009
Best Buy memo details Microsoft Win 7 upgrade program, upgrade pricing
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft officials may not be ready to share the date of the Vista-to-Windows 7 upgrade program they preannounced this week. But Best Buy is.
Fri Jun 05 11:03:57 PDT 2009
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