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IronPython 1.0 Is Done
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-09-06
Microsoft has put the finishing touches on the 1.0 release of the IronPython dynamic programming language. Microsoft made the final IronPython implementation available on its CodePlex code repository. The IronPython code can be downloaded here.
Microsoft and Cisco Link NAP and NAC
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-09-06
Microsoft and Cisco rolled out on September 6 a joint architecture providing interop between Microsoft Network Access Protection (NAP) and Cisco Network Admission Control (NAC). NAP, which is built into
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It's Official (Again): Vista Prices Revealed
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-09-05
How much will Vista cost? If you saw the Vista price list leaked last week by Amazon.com, you already know. The official Vista prices, which Microsoft made public on September 5, are the same as what ran on Amazon's site. So what about the January 30, 2007, availability dates,
Expression Web (Designer) Moves Into Beta
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-09-05
Microsoft's Expression Web Designer – now known simply as Expression Web (UGH! Why not just Expression Sparkle?) – has moved from Community Technology Preview (CTP) to full-fledged beta status.
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Windows Senior VP Valentine Heads to Amazon.com
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-09-05
On August 1, Microsoft officials said that Brian Valentine, long-time senior vice president in charge of Microsoft's Core Operating System Division, was planning to move to another part of the company
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Vista RC1 Reviews Roll In
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-09-05
Windows Vista beta testers didn't let Labor Day weekend in the U.S. stop them from laboring over their reviews of Windows Vista Release Candidate (RC) 1, which Microsoft dropped on September 1. Installation time for the latest Vista build is much better, according to tester Brandon LeBlanc. eWEEK's Jason
Microsoft Completes Prototype of Malicious Code Zapper
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-09-05
Microsoft Research has put the finishing touches on "BrowserShield," a program designed to zap malicious code before it can attack Internet Explorer users. (The filtering is done at run-time.) BrowserShield is an outgrowth of "Microsoft Research's larger "Shield" malware-defense effort.
Microsoft VP Fights for Closed-Source Rights
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-09-05
We almost missed this one, from "Inside Higher Ed" last week, which reported on a last-minute wording change in a Higher-Ed Commission report, at the request of Microsoft Corporate VP Gerri Elliott.
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Can Microsoft Beat the Vista Countdown Clock?
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-09-01
From Microsoft Watch: On September 1, Microsoft made available for download to the first set of testers the Vista Release Candidate (RC) 1 (Build 5600) bits. We're hearing Microsoft is going to broaden the
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Microsoft Hits Vista RC1
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-09-01
Microsoft's Windows Vista Release Candidate (RC) 1 is done. Now it's up to the estimated 6 million testers to which the company is planning to release the code to determine if it really is ready for prime time.
Microsoft has posted the RC 1 build, Number 5600, on its TechBeta Web
Will Google Try to Spoil Microsoft's Vista Launch?
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-09-01
In a week where pundits have given plenty of virtual ink to the potential impact of Google CEO Eric Schmidt's joining the Apple Computer board, we have a different hypothetical question to pose. What do you expect Google to do in the hopes of raining on Microsoft's Vista parade?
Why Not Ship New PCs with XP and Vista Both?
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-09-01
David Morgenstern, over on eWEEK, wonders aloud why Microsoft isn't taking a page out of the Apple playbook by allowing new PCs to ship with both XP and Vista. When Mac OS X came onto the scene, Apple was shipping Macs with both Mac OS 9.1 and Mac OS
Making a Business Case for Vista, Revisited
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-09-01
Some Windows watchers are questioning the math of a business user mentioned in the Microsoft Watch column "Is There a Business Case for Windows Vista?" They note that users will be able to run Vista Enterprise on cheaper, less powerful PCs than the robust and expensive "Vista Premium" PCs
What Is the Business Case for Upgrading to Vista?
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-31
With Windows Vista, Microsoft needs to please at least two constituencies with very different sets of requirements.
The Redmondians need to pack the next version of Windows with lots of bells and whistles that will appeal to consumers whom it is hoping to convince to upgrade. And it must do the
Windows Small Biz Server R2 on Track for September Delivery
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-31
In late July, Microsoft acknowledged it had to recall the Windows Small Business Server R2 code it released earlier that month, due to a build gaffe (sending out the wrong build of the code) on its part. As a result, product delivery was pushed back to September. On August
