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Microsoft Watch Code Name Tracker 4.7 and Year-Ahead Planner 4.7
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-07-26
Microsoft Watch Code Name Tracker 4.7 and Year-Ahead Planner 4.7 Highlights From Code Name Tracker 4.7 and Year-Ahead Calendar 4.7 Chats and Web Casts to Watch
In This IssueMicrosoft Watch Code Name Tracker 4.7 and
Year-Ahead Planner 4.7
Microsoft to Push IE 7.0 as a High-Priority Automatic Update
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-07-26
From Microsoft Watch: When Internet Explorer 7.0 rolls out in the fourth quarter this year, Microsoft wants to do everything it can to get customers to upgrade. As part of its push, Microsoft has decided to earmark IE 7.0 as a "high-priority" update that it will push out via
Microsoft to Push IE 7.0 via Automatic Updates
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-07-26
Microsoft plans to use its Automatic Updates patch-distribution service to push its stand-alone Internet Explorer 7.0 browser to customers once the product is ready to ship in the fourth quarter of this
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Microsoft Readies New Office 2007 Beta Updates
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-07-25
Microsoft is readying the next -- and seemingly final public -- beta builds of its Office 2007 client and SharePoint Server 2007 server products, according to bloggers inside and outside the company.
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A New T-Shirt Suggestion: 'I Made Vista Ship'
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-07-25
The security team at Microsoft reportedly has taken to wearing t-shirts with the slogan "I Caused Vista to Slip" (much to the chagrin of the Windows client brass, we're sure). Wonder if there's a team somewhere in Redmond that's gunning to be the ones to sport "I Made Vista
Google and Microsoft Face the Integrate/Innovate Debate
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-07-25
A couple of observations in a New York Times article examining the differences between Google's and Yahoo's online strategies also apply to MSN/Windows Live (which the Times basically dismissed in its July 24 piece). The article noted that "Google tends to introduce a lot of new products and then
On the Windows Live Watch
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-07-25
Another member of the Live family has gone Live. As noted over on LiveSide.net, the Windows Live Toolbar has moved from beta to final. In other Live news, Microsoft launched on July 24 a beta of the Windows Live Gallery, a one-stop virtual shop for all kinds of Windows
MySpace's Latest Outage: More Questions Than Answers
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-07-24
From Microsoft Watch: MySpace is blaming its latest site-wide outage on the California heat wave. But no one's talking about why one of the biggest sites on the Web didn't fail over when the power went out. MySpace is a key Microsoft customer, with a back-end infrastructure built on
Who's to Blame for Microsoft Customer MySpace's Outage?
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-07-24
Who's to blame when a Web site crashes? The site owner? The hoster? The supplier of the back-end software?
The blame game doesn't seem to have started – at least not publicly – in the case of MySpace.com, the latest mega-Web site to go down.
MySpace is one of the largest
How About a Vista Power-User SKU?
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-07-24
As Microsoft continues to roll out more Windows Vista test builds, many power users are still nonplussed by what they see. Sure, Microsoft needs to shore up security. But does it really need to dumb down the operating system to the point where tasks like driver installation become tedious
Zuning Right Along …
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-07-24
For even more on Zune, Microsoft's forthcoming portable-media player, check out the latest from a couple of Microsoft bloggers who work on the Zune team: Cesar Menendez (Zune Insider) and Richard Winn (blogging on Madison and Pine). (Thanks to Windows Live team member Niall Kennedy for the links.)
Can Microsoft Avoid Origami Overhype With Zune?
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-07-21
Microsoft is now officially confirming what Microsoft watchers have been reporting for a couple of months: Microsoft is readying an iPod competitor (or two ... or more). The final name, not just the code name, is going to be Zune. Microsoft is working on not only the Zune portable-player
Could Microsoft Beat Google to the Health-Service Punch?
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-07-21
The next Microsoft-Google battleground could end up being the healthcare space.
Microsoft is set to announce a number of new healthcare products and initiatives on July 26 during a press event in
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Healthcare: The Next Microsoft-Google Battleground?
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-07-21
From Microsoft Watch: Google is now backtracking on if and when it will release some kind of Google Health service. But our tipsters tell us that Microsoft is readying new Windows Live Healthcare services for both consumers and businesses. Microsoft could announce its Live Healthcare plans as soon as
How Much Would a Vista Slip Cost Microsoft?
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-07-20
During its quarterly earnings call with financial analysts on July 20, Microsoft maintained the party line that it is still planning to release Windows Vista to manufacturing before year-end 2006 and to launch it in January 2007. But what if Vista slips a quarter, asked one analyst. Microsoft Chief
