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Poker-faced Ballmer explains Google beating plans
theregister.co.uk — Microsoft's online business(OLB) reported a $1.2bn annual loss thanks to substantial spending on R&D and increased marketing activities to promote Windows Live and Live Search among consumers to whom the internet means Google.Ballmer talked tough, telling analysts to brace for more losses from OLB as it "antes up" in R&D and marketing ...More… (Microsoft)
optimusprime01The way to market Vista... Don't mention it's Vista!
news.cnet.com — Microsoft last week traveled to San Francisco, rounding up XP users who had negative impressions of Vista. The subjects were put on video, asked about their Vista impressions, and then shown a "new" operating system, code-named Mojave. More than 90 percent gave positive feedback on what they saw. Then they were told that "Mojave" was actually VistaMore… (Microsoft)
hdar3415Features 'Removed' from Vista That Were in Windows XP
en.wikipedia.org — While Windows Vista contains many new features, a number of capabilities and certain programs that were a part of Windows XP are no longer present or changed, resulting in the removal of certain functionality. The following is a list of features which were present in Windows XP but which have been removed in Windows Vista.More… (Microsoft)
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The Days Of Microsoft Bob
content.techrepublic.com.com — Microsoft Bob was Microsoft's ill-fated attempt to make computers easier to use. Debuting in 1995, Bob quickly became the most hated-program in Microsoft history. Many Bob features survived into later Microsoft programs. Program Guides in particular survived into Office 2003 and Windows XP. Click on to see what was in Microsoft Bob.More… (Microsoft)
YouGotDuggOpinion: How Microsoft Can Turn The Negative Vista PR Tide
arstechnica.com — Things have been awfully tough for Microsoft over the past year. Aside from all of its woes with Yahoo and Jerry Yang, the company has faced a PR nightmare on the Vista front. More… (Microsoft)
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Microsoft bans TinyURL from Windows Live Messenger
arstechnica.com — It appears that Microsoft has banned TinyURL links on its Windows Live Messenger network. Currently it is not clear whether this is intentional or simply yet another slip up by Microsoft's third-party partner which manages the URL blocking.More… (Microsoft)
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Microsoft to unveil DirectX 11 at XNA Gamefest
tgdaily.com — Microsoft will take the wraps off DirectX 11 at its annual XNA Gamefest, which is scheduled to take place on July 22 and 23 in Seattle, TG Daily has learned. More… (Microsoft)
Yahoo! We're ready to do deal with Microsoft
news.cnet.com — Yahoo counterpunched later Monday morning, issuing a statement (given here in its entirety) expressing its interest in talking to Microsoft about a buyout of the entire company, if only someone would make an actual offer, and the right kind of offer:More… (Microsoft)
SirPopperWhy I Still Use Windows 95
andrew-turnbull.net — The operating system I currently use on my primary computer is Windows 95 OSR2. Furthermore, not only do I use Windows 95 extensively, but I prefer it to Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, and Vista.More… (Microsoft)
LifeHacker's Five Best Windows Maintenance Tools
lifehacker.com — You download, create, delete, and move around countless files and endless piles of data on your PC every day. While your PC would ideally handle all of this data for you, it doesn't take long before you end up with a disorganized, cluttered PC.More… (Microsoft)
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It's not the Gates, it's the bars
news.bbc.co.uk — To pay so much attention to Bill Gates' retirement is missing the point. What really matters is not Gates, nor Microsoft, but the unethical system of restrictions that Microsoft, like many other software companies, imposes on its customers.More… (Microsoft)
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Microsoft's Plan B for Search
businessweek.com — Moving past the Yahoo saga, the software giant is buying semantic search engine Powerset as a way of closing the gap with Google More… (Microsoft)
zaibatsuAre You Ready to Subscribe to Microsoft Office?
tgdaily.com — It is one of these products and service you may not look forward to, but knew it was coming: A subscription model to Microsoft Office. Microsoft envisions that more and more users will not own a copy of Microsoft Office in the future anymore, but rent it and provide the company with recurring revenue stream every year, instead a onetime fee.More… (Microsoft)
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June 30: Goodbye, XP! Hello, Midori?!
blogs.zdnet.com — June 30 is the day that Microsoft begins phasing out Windows XP by no longer providing copies of the operating system to PC makers and retailers for preloading on new machines. It’s also a good day (thanks to a recent New York Times opinion piece) to start looking ahead to what comes next — after Windows. That answer could be Softie Eric Rudder’s mMore… (Microsoft)
Windows Could Use a Rush of Fresh Air
nytimes.com — Painfully visible are the inherent design deficiencies of a foundation that was never intended to support such weight. Windows seems to move an inch for every time that Mac OS X or Linux laps it.More… (Microsoft)
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