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InfoCenter: A Podcatcher/RSS Aggregator for the Windows Crowd
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-03
From Microsoft Watch: It's a chicken and egg scenario: Would better podcatchers and RSS aggregators result in more people subscribing to that kind of content? One Microsoft employee, Marc Mercuri, believes
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InfoCenter vs. iTunes: The Battle of the Podcatchers?
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-03
Would more people subscribe to RSS feeds and podcasts if they were easier to capture and manage?
That's the perception of Marc Mercuri, an architect evangelist on the Microsoft developer and platform
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The Next WGA Target – The Channel
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-02
The Next WGA Target -- The Channel: To date, Microsoft has focused on consumers with its anti-piracy campaigns around Windows and Office. The next targets on Redmond's radar screen: OEMs and system builders.
There's a New Office Live Sheriff in Town: Newly promoted Corporate VP Rajesh Jha
Microsoft Talks adCenter Futures
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-02
From Microsoft Watch: Microsoft is feeling its way, as it continues to evolve its online advertising platform. On August 5, Microsoft is preparing to refresh the platform with a rash of new features.
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What's Next for Microsoft's adCenter?
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-02
Few Microsoft watchers would count 'adCenter' as important to Microsoft as Windows, Office, Visual Studio and Xbox. But much of Microsoft's software-services future is dependent on the success of its
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Virus Writers Create PowerShell Worm
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-01
Windows PowerShell isn't soup yet. But virus writers already have created a proof-of-concept worm that targets the Microsoft's scripting shell, formerly code-named "Monad." PowerShell is slated to debut as part of Exchange Server 2007 in late 2006 or early 2007. (Thanks to Steven Bink for the link.)
When Will Businesses Move to Vista? Jupiter Says No Time Soon
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-01
Microsoft better have some amazing business evangelism ideas for Windows Vista. According to newly published Jupiter Research data, about 50 percent of companies either won't deploy Windows Vista at all or
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Windows Live Spaces Is Live
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-01
The first non-beta version of Windows Live Spaces (the blogging platform formerly known as MSN Spaces) is done. Check out the refreshed Live Spaces site here. LiveSide has posted a useful diagram that illustrates the features (gadgets, search and tagging and Friends Explorer) that will be part of Live
More Shake Ups in Microsoft's Windows Organization
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-01
From Microsoft Watch: It's not only Platforms and Services Co-President Jim Allchin who will be leaving the Windows team once Windows Vista is released to manufacturing. Long-time Windows development head
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The Real Windows Housecleaning Begins
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-01
The next Windows chief, Steven Sinofsky, is beginning to make his presence felt in Microsoft's Windows organization, even before Windows Vista is out the door.
On Aug. 1, Microsoft announced internally to
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Next Up on the Microsoft Tools Horizon: 'Rosario' and 'Hawaii'
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-07-31
As part of our never-ending Microsoft code-name quest, we've got one brand-new one (and one clarification) to add to our list. It looks like Microsoft's designated namers on the development-tool team are
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Should Microsoft Add a Beta 3 to Vista's Schedule?
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-07-31
The next test release of Windows Vista, slated for late August, according to our testing tipsters, will be designated Release Candidate (RC) 1. That usually means near-final, stable, generally usable code. But in the case of Vista, will RC1 live up to its name? That's the question Longhorn Blogger
Can Microsoft Emulate Apple's Premium-User Appeal?
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-07-31
eWEEK columnist David Morgenstern makes a case for why Apple is well positioned to sell even more Macs to a power-hungry premium audience. With Windows Vista, Microsoft also is looking for ways to sell more premium SKUs (at premium prices) to the same kinds of users who've been at
Microsoft Releases the Official Vista Upgrade Matrix
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-07-31
Users have been asking how, when and if they will be able to upgrade directly from older versions of Windows to Vista. The official – and confusing – word on Vista upgrades is in. Inside Microsoft blogger Nathan Weinberg summarizes: "If you have Windows 2000 or a 64-bit version
How to Defeat Vista Driver-Signing
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-07-31
During the Black Hat security confab this week, a security researcher is set to demo a new technique for defeating the device-driver-signing feature that Microsoft is adding to Vista. Rather than improve user security by allowing only signed drivers to load, the exploit loads a rootkit on Vista.
