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More Fluff: Google Apps for Your Domain
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-27
Google reiterated its intentions on August 27 to get into the hosted applications business. But no one should equate the so-called "Google Apps for Your Domain" bundle with Microsoft Office. Look what's in
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Windows Live 'Agora' to Take Cues From Xbox Live Marketplace
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-27
From Microsoft Watch: When we first stumbled onto the Windows Live 'Agora' code name a month or so ago, we weren't quite sure what it was. But thanks to a little sleuthing by Liveside.Net and others, we now know that Agora will live up to its codename and be
Microsoft Readies Windows Live Marketplace
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-27
Microsoft is expected to field a public beta of its new "Windows Live Marketplace" site, possibly as early as August 28.
Code-named "Agora" the Greek term for "marketplace," the new one-stop shop
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Update: Microsoft's Availability Plans for Vista 5536
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-27
Following some confusing back-and-forth with Microsoft, we believe we now have an accurate update on exactly who is designated to receive (legally) Windows Vista build 5536 and when. As of August
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Microsoft Seeks Testers for 'Windows Live Essentials'
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-25
Here's yet another new Windows Live service that Microsoft is launching. Known as "Windows Live Essentials" not to be confused with Office Live Essentials the new service will bundle e-mail,
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Toshiba to Manufacture Microsoft Zune Devices
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-25
Looks like Microsoft won't be taking a page from its Xbox playbook not in its entirety, at least with its Zune portable media players. According to a Federal Communications Commission filing, Toshiba looks like it will be manufacturing "Argo" players that will make use of the "Pyxis"
Heading Toward a Live Spaces vs. MySpace Showdown?
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-25
When Microsft inked an ad deal earlier this week with Facebook, industry watchers got all caught up in tit-for-tat, consolation prize assessments. But few are looking at the eventual showdown that is bound
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Tech Testers Get a New Windows Vista Build
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-25
After weeks of waiting for a new, official Windows Vista test build, testers got their fix on August 25, when Microsoft posted release number 5536 for download.
The new build is available to a pre-selected set of technical beta testers only. The new release is designated as a "pre-RC1," or pre-Release
Vista Build 5536 Hits the Download Sites
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-25
From Microsoft Watch On August 25, testers were downloading furiously the latest interim Windows Vista bits. Only a select set of technical beta testers get access to Vista 5536, designated a
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Microsoft Adds Video Search to Windows Live Search Beta
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-24
Microsoft quietly added video to the list of searchable entities that are part of the Windows Live Search beta. Interested beta testers can go here to give Windows Live Video Search a whirl. Testers also can test drivethe search functionality for news, feeds, macros, products, academic content, and more,
No New Feature Cut (Today) From Vista, After All
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-24
Contrary to earlier reports, Microsoft is not cutting another Vista feature (at least not today. A Microsoft exec at TechEd Australia misspoke. Microsoft will not eliminate the ability to play HD-DVD and/or Blu-Ray content on 32-bit Vista machines. "It is up to the ISVs providing playback solutions to
Microsoft Re-Releases Internet Explorer Patch
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-24
Microsoft made available for download on August 24 the updated Internet Explorer patch that originally was slated to go out on August 22. This is a patch for individuals running IE 6.0 Service Pack 1 and will fix the new vulnerability introduced by the Patch Tuesday IE patch that
IE 7 Goes RC1
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-24
From Microsoft Watch: There's a new test build of Internet Explorer 7 ready to roll. Microsoft is making available to any interested parties on August 24 the Release Candidate (RC) 1 IE 7 bits for download. There's a chance this is going to be the last public test build
Internet Explorer 7 Hits RC1 Milestone
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-24
Internet Explorer (IE) 7 is almost soup.
Microsoft is releasing for public download on August 24 a new test build of its browser, the near-final Release Candidate (RC) 1 milestone.
RC1 may or may not be the final public test build of IE 7, officials said, depending on tester feedback.
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No More Plain Vanilla Windows XP in South Korea
By Mary Jo | Posted: 2006-08-23
Microsoft is said to be readying a total of four new versions of Windows XP for the South Korean market, in order to comply with an antitrust against the company there. There will be versions of XP Home Edition and XP Professional Edition that remove Windows Media Player and























