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Microsoft Releases Beta of New Blog-Authoring Tool
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-13
Microsoft has released a first public beta of a new blog-authoring tool, Windows Live Writer, and made it available for download starting on August 13.
According to J.J. Allaire, the architect of the
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Microsoft Axed Plan to Bundle Visual Studio in Vista
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-11
Microsoft seriously considered the idea of bundling Visual Studio Express with Windows Vista, according to a Microsoft official quoted on ArsTechnica. Microsoft is still considering including "a link in
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The Vista Coupons Are Coming
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-11
Here's what we know: PC makers and Microsoft have been working for months on coupons that they will issue to consumers this fall for Vista systems that will be ready some time next year (so far, January 2007). Microsoft and its PC partners have made no bones about the
Worm Attack 'Inevitable': Patch Windows Now
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-11
We said it before and we'll say it again. Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 users: Apply the critical Windows patches in the MS06-040 bulletin issued on August 8. Security experts say a worm attack exploiting the Server service flaw that is highlighted in
Microsoft Fostering .Net Support for Dynamic Languages
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-10
Microsoft is working behind the scenes to enhance the support of .Net for dynamic programming languages. Microsoft is cutting its dynamic-language teeth with IronPython and using that knowledge to improve
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Report: First Zune Models to Cost $299
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-10
Microsoft reportedly is talking to retailers about its fall launch plans for its Zune portable music/video players. The first Zune models, available in three colors, are expected to be priced at $299,
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Beta 1 of 'Carmine' Virtual Machine Manager Is Out
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-09
Microsoft has posted to its private beta site for download by select testers the Beta 1 bits for its Virtual Machine Manager, code-named "Carmine." As Microsoft notes, "Virtual Machine Manager is designed to run on a server that is dedicated to the role of virtualization" and requires Windows Server
Patch Windows Now, Homeland Security Warns
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-09
The Department of Homeland Security has spoken. Apply the patches in the MS06-040 security bulletin for Windows, which Microsoft released on August 8, the agency is warning users. Those patches could
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More Microsoft Code Name Madness
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-09
More Microsoft Code Name Madness: Just when you thought Microsoft was moving away from code names – toward the ever-so-dull 'V.Next' nomenclature – a few new intriguing ones emerge to take our minds off the sweltering summer weather.
The 'Other' Atlas: We've all heard about the Microsoft
'Vista' Means Always Having to Say You're Sorry
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-09
Even if Microsoft opts not to delay Windows Vista further, it still needs to appease some of its Software Assurance customers who didn't get their Vista and Office 2007 upgrades before their contracts
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Microsoft Patches Windows, IE, Outlook Express, PowerPoint
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-09
Microsoft released a plethora of patches on August 8 – including seven critical Windows fixes – during its monthly Patch Day patch dump. Microsoft also released patches for vulnerabilities in other products, too, including Internet Explorer, Outlook Express and PowerPoint.
More Genuine Advantage Lockdowns on Their Way
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-09
From Microsoft Watch: Microsoft is turning up the Genuine Advantage heat in the coming months on a couple of fronts. The company is planning to require Genuine Advantage validation of certain "premium" components that are integrated into Windows Vista. It also is planning to target PC makers and systems
Rocking the Mic at .Net Rocks
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-09
Podcast lovers and Microsoft techies need no introduction to the .Net Rocks radio show. This week's episode, featuring yours truly and my colleague, eWEEK tools reporter Darryl Taft, is less geeky than the usual .Net Rocks episodes. But we do manage to touch on everything from Microsoft morals,
Microsoft to Tighten the Genuine Advantage Screws
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-09
To date, with its Genuine Advantage anti-piracy programs, Microsoft has targeted consumers. Windows and Office users have been required to validate their products as "genuine" before being able to obtain
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More Troubles in Live Land: Niall Kennedy Quits
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-08
Niall Kennedy, a high-profile hire from Technorati who joined Microsoft in April 2006 as Program Manager for syndication with the Windows Live team, has quit. And quit with a bang. From Kennedy's "Leaving
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