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BI Executive Bill Baker Leaves Microsoft
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - Long-serving executive helped grow the business intelligence product line from its roots in Microsoft SQL Server.
Yahoo - 2 days ago

Internet companies agree on China code of conduct: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. technology giants Microsoft Corp, Google
Inc and Yahoo Inc, in talks with other Internet companies and
human-rights groups, have reached an agreement on a voluntary
code of conduct for activities in China and other restrictive
countries, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
Yahoo - 3 days ago

Microsoft: IM Revives '6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon' Theory
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - If actor Kevin Bacon is reading this, he may want to urge people to expand the game bearing his name -- by playing it with Microsoft's Messenger.
Yahoo - 3 days ago

Everyone Really Is Just Six Degrees From Kevin Bacon, Microsoft Says
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - A study of Microsoft's instant messaging network supports the popular idea that everyone on the planet can be connected through fewer than seven links in a chain of contacts.
Yahoo - 3 days ago

Yahoo board re-elected after blasting by shareholders
(AFP)
AFP - Yahoo executives were resoundingly re-elected after being berated by shareholders over failed takeover talks with Microsoft and for exposing Internet dissidents to Chinese officials.
Yahoo - 6 days ago

Microsoft Calls Firefox Competitor To Windows
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The report shows that Microsoft is aware of its own important balancing act as the company strives to maintain its relevance and dominance in the services era.
Yahoo - 6 days ago

Microsoft Calls for More IE8 Beta Testers
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft expands IE8 beta-testing program and calls for more testers
Yahoo - 6 days ago

Microsoft Seeks Beta Testers For Internet Explorer 8
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The software company is asking for testers to put the forthcoming IE 8 through it paces.
Yahoo - 6 days ago

Yahoo execs in the cross-hairs of angry shareholders
(AFP)
AFP - Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang and members of the Internet firm's board of directors are likely to come under fire on Friday from shareholders peeved about failed takeover talks with Microsoft.
Yahoo - 7 days ago

Microsoft Sees Uptick in Use of 64-bit Vista
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft sees uptick in use of 64-bit version of Vista.
Yahoo - 7 days ago

Microsoft Sues Mouse Maker Primax
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Microsoft accuses Primax of using several patented technologies developed for keyboards and mice.
Yahoo - 7 days ago

With Microsoft Midori, Platforms Take Shape In The Cloud
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The advent of browser-based thin clients like CherryPal and projects from Microsoft, Google, and others indicates that fully cloud-based computing will make its way to the masses.
Yahoo - 7 days ago

Lab test: ILOG Rules for .Net meshes well with Microsoft
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - JRules, the Java version of ILOG's BRMS (business rules management system), has always run on Microsoft platforms -- and it's done so quite well. Now, with the latest version of ILOG Rules for .Net, ILOG demonstrates that it's truly taken a large gulp of Kool-Aid, having partnered with Microsoft to build a product set that completely embraces .Net.
Yahoo - 7 days ago

Rebooting Windows: How To Recover From Vista Crashes
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - We've pulled together a passel of little-known software backup and repair techniques so you won't have to reinstall Vista from scratch, if it gets trashed or hits a fatal startup error.
Yahoo - July 31 - 2008

Microsoft Prepares For Post-Windows Era With 'Midori'
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The operating system is being designed from the ground up to support Internet-based computing and multicore architectures.
Yahoo - July 31 - 2008

Microsoft Offers In-Car Internet Search Service To Automakers
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The service comes as automakers begin to embrace the Internet, starting with a wireless connection option on Chrysler models beginning next month.
Yahoo - July 31 - 2008

Microsoft, EU Environmental Agency Keep Eye on Water Quality
(PC World)
PC World - The European Environmental Agency and Microsoft have built a Web portal showing the water quality ranking for 21,000 sites...
Yahoo - July 30 - 2008

Dell Unveils 'Hybrid' Mini Desktop
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The 8-inch computer ships with Windows Vista, either an Intel Pentium Dual Core or Intel Core 2 Duo processor, up to 4 GB of memory, and 320 GB of storage.
Yahoo - July 30 - 2008

Microsoft Shows off New Technologies at Faculty Summit
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft demonstrated a sphere-shaped touchscreen device at its annual research day.
Yahoo - July 30 - 2008

Microsoft Shows off Data-center Monitoring System
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft is using 2,000 temperature and humidity sensors to better control data-center energy consumption at several of its...
Yahoo - July 30 - 2008

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