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My Private Folder: Gone But Not Forgotten
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-07-17
The Microsoft Genuine Advantage team can't seem to do anything right. Shortly after posting a new encrypted-folder freebie meant to entice more Windows users to validate their copies of Windows as non-pirated, Microsoft was forced to pull Private Folder 1.0. due to sysadmin concerns.
Build 5472: New Vista Test Releases Keep on Rolling
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-07-17
From Microsoft Watch: On Thursday last week, Microsoft officials said it would take them another week or two to finish off the latest Vista test build. Magically on Monday July 17, the new build appeared on the private-technical-tester sites for download. The new Vista build, 5472, includes primarily bug
July Vista Test Build Available for Download
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-07-17
Microsoft is posting to its private download Connect Web site on July 17 a new test build of Windows Vista.
Microsoft is making the latest build, No. 5472, available to a select group of technical beta testers only. Microsoft is opening up the new build to its Technology Adoption Program (TAP)
Microsoft Still Gunning to Launch Vista and Office 2007 Together
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-07-17
In spite of the vague public wording around its Windows Vista and Office 2007 release plans, Microsoft is continuing to tell its hardware and software partners that its goal is to release the two products
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Microsoft to Partners: January Is Still Our Vista/Office 2007 Target
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-07-17
From Microsoft Watch: Here's yet another twist along the twisted road to delivery of Windows Vista and Office 2007. A couple of weeks after leading everyone to believe that Office 2007 would not launch simultaneously with Vista in January, Microsoft is telling its software and hardware partners that a
Microsoft to Highlight Next-Gen Web 2.0 Work at Upcoming Research Summit
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-07-14
Microsoft will show off some of its Windows Live search projects at the annual Microsoft Research Faculty Summit next week.
On July 17 and 18, Microsoft researchers, product group engineers and architects
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Web 2.0 Wares on Parade at Microsoft Research Summit Next Week
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-07-14
From Microsoft Watch: Windows Live Image Search and a new social-bookmarking initiative are among the Microsoft Research projects that will be on display at the annual Microsoft Research Faculty Summit
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Former Softies Create Open-Source Startup
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-07-13
A handful of former Microsoft execs, among them former platform group vice president Paul Maritz, have founded and obtained funding for a new open-source startup. The new Bellevue, Wash.-based venture,
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Microsoft Steps Up Its War on Search Engine Spam
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-07-13
Microsoft is integrating two projects pioneered by its Microsoft Research division – Strider HoneyMonkey and Strider URL Tracer – to help remove junk results from search engine queries. The new,
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Consortium Builds Electronic Payment System for Vista
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-07-13
IP Commerce, Microsoft and a group of financial-services industry leaders are building what they are calling a Payments as a Secure Service (PASS) payment system for Windows Vista small-business users. The
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Microsoft's Worst-Named Product Ever Gets a New Lease on Life
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-07-13
When Microsoft announced in May that it was naming a new search application "Windows Live Search," a number of bloggers (including yours truly) noted the stupidity of that choice. Microsoft subsequently
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