The secret of the software giant's success lies not in its ability to innovate, but in its negotiating skills, says CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos.
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CEO Steve Ballmer explains what's on his mind after delivering the latest annual mission statement to his troops. Here's what's high on the agenda: how to combat the challenge presented by open source.
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The software giant reveals details of its wireless service for personal devices as it tests the network prior to the availability of devices in the fall.
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Microsoft obtained at the end of May a patent for a "networked interactive entertainment system" which "allows viewers to create their own customized lists of preferred video content programs, such as movies, games, and TV shows." EmbeddedWatch.com wonders if this means Microsoft has patented video-on-demand technology.
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Watch for MSN to roll out new subscription services for music, e-mail collaboration, spam-protection and parental controls in its next upgrade.
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DALLAS-Microsoft Corp., influenced by customer feedback, is delaying the release of the next version of SQL Server database, code-named Yukon, so that it can do the necessary quality assurance and because the Visual Studio .Net team has asked for more time.
Yukon was originally slated for a spring release, but is now expected to be released to manufacturing in the second half of the year, said officials of the Redmond, Wash., company, speaking from the TechEd conference here, where Yukon's delay was announced on Monday. A beta will be released sometime this summer, they said.
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Yukon was originally slated for a spring release, but is now expected to be released to manufacturing in the second half of the year, said officials of the Redmond, Wash., company, speaking from the TechEd conference here, where Yukon's delay was announced on Monday. A beta will be released sometime this summer, they said.
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The company's new project management software will have extensive ties to the next version of Office and lets managers herd tasks involving multiple stages and employees.
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The software giant struggles to explain an executive's statement that it may no longer offer a standalone Internet Explorer browser.
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The software giant says it will release an updated version of its MSN Internet service on Wednesday, the latest salvo in its ongoing campaign to unseat America Online.
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The software giant on Thursday plans to show off watches that can receive and display information from the Internet beamed over a nationwide FM radio network.
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Last week's antitrust settlement created a buzz reminiscent of the one the AOL-Time Warner merger begat. But the biggest similarity, writes CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh, may be misguided hype.
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At its annual TechEd conference, Microsoft on Monday introduced Windows Storage Server 2003- the successor to its popular Windows Powered NAS product. Already, OEMs are lining up to license the latest version.
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The companies will work closely in order to integrate VeriSign's authentication services into Windows Server 2003, for enhanced businesses security and digital rights management.
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Microsoft Corp. will debut Release Candidate 1 of its long-awaited Exchange 2003 messaging server software this week, with a renewed emphasis on migrating enterprises that remain entrenched in the 5.5 version of Exchange.
The new version, which will be launched at Microsoft's Tech Ed conference in Dallas, will include new tools to ease migrations from Version 5.5, which was released in November 1997 and which more than 40 percent of Exchange shops still run.
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The new version, which will be launched at Microsoft's Tech Ed conference in Dallas, will include new tools to ease migrations from Version 5.5, which was released in November 1997 and which more than 40 percent of Exchange shops still run.
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.de says the updated version of the Pocket PC operating system, code-named "Ozone," will launch June 23. Meanwhile, Neowin.Net has published what it claims is the internal release schedule for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4.
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A number of Microsoft's server products will be showing up months or years later than originally anticipated, officials said Monday at TechEd.
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At its TechEd conference, the software giant will try to convince businesses to revive spending on technology as it readies new server products.
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The software giant is encouraging other companies to build applications that will be compitable with Office 2003.
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