The acquisition of XDegrees, a small company known for its secure peer-to-peer technology, could help bolster the software giant's .Net Web services plan, analysts say.
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MICROSOFT HAS DROPPED the pilot for its Office XP End User Subscription Licensing (ESL) program, an initiative that saw consumers rent copies of the office productivity software at discounted prices.
Under the ESL, consumers could rent a version of Office XP at well below the normal boxed price, but the license was not perpetual. This meant that the software would expire at the end of the subscription period.
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Under the ESL, consumers could rent a version of Office XP at well below the normal boxed price, but the license was not perpetual. This meant that the software would expire at the end of the subscription period.
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Sources say the software giant may grab game developer Rare to spur more titles for its Xbox console. Nintendo owns close to half of the private U.K. company.
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The software giant teams with the dominant Chinese computer maker to make tablet PCs, laptops with write-on screens expected to make a splash in Asia.
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Microsoft has acquired a small maker of security software, strengthening its arsenal as it works to improve the security and reliability of its products, the company confirmed Tuesday.
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The software giant is seeking an engineer charged with "collecting, evaluating and conducting analysis of modification chips" as part of security research on Xbox hardware and software.
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The software giant forgave a $15 million loan to former Chief Operating Officer Rick Belluzzo when he resigned earlier this year, the company revealed in its annual report.
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MICROSOFT is marching on with its mission of displacing Unix databases with its own SQL Server platform, and is readying both a 64-bit database and a next-generation database, dubbed Yukon, that focuses on data warehousing and minimizing down time.
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Microsoft may backtrack on a pledge not to use its online gaming service to crack down on "mod chips"--chips that modify the Xbox console so it can run copied game discs and unlicensed software.
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The company releases further details of a rash of attacks on Windows 2000 servers that has so far stumped the software giant's research team.
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Late today, Microsoft will unveil the Beta 1 release of Windows Media Player 9, a significant upgrade over the Media Player for Windows XP product the company is now shipping as part of Windows XP, as well as a host of other Windows Media 9 Series products that run the gamut from server-side content delivery to local media encoding. Windows Media 9 Series is the company's most comprehensive multimedia product launch ever.
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With the launch of Works Suite 2003, Microsoft is chasing productivity package buyers on a budget. Can the software recover from recent snubs by Dell and HP?
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The software giant began notifying Passport users Monday night of changes that would give them more control over their accounts and increased privacy and security.
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The company will debut a new online purchasing tool and phase out its current Passport wallet by spring.
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The software giant launches its fall line of mice and keyboards, as the company looks to gain share over rival Logitech.
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Firms with valid Microsoft site licences cannot legally install Windows on PCs bought without the operating system, Microsoft has warned. Many companies with volume licences routinely apply a disk image over pre-installed software to achieve a standard configuration. But firms that try to cut costs by purchasing "naked" PCs, sold without an operating system, cannot legally install a Windows image because site licences only permit upgrading from a pre-installed version of Windows.
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MICROSOFT AND INKTOMI on Wednesday announced a product integration designed to provide immediate access to content as it is being published and managed. The integrated offering, dubbed Connect It for Microsoft Content Management Server, bridges Inktomi's Enterprise Search software and Microsoft's Content Management Server via a Java-based connector.
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MICROSOFT AND SIEBEL will end their reseller agreement for Siebel's mid-market CRM product at the end of this year as Microsoft prepares to roll out its own CRM software aimed at small and midsize companies.
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As part of its pending settlement with the Justice Department, the software behemoth releases information vital for third-party developers to create software that works well with Windows.
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WinHelpline.info has posted the bugfixlist for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 and Windows XP Service Pack 1.
Fixes in Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
Fixes in Windows XP Service Pack 1
Fixes in Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
Fixes in Windows XP Service Pack 1
