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No Windows for AMD Desktops or Servers Until 2004

Microsoft 11959 Published 2003-09-24 04:01 by Philipp Esselbach 0

On Tuesday, the day of the AMD Athlon 64 launch, Microsoft announced that it had released a beta of the so-called "Windows XP 64 Bit Edition for 64-Bit Extended Systems." Microsoft says it won't be shipping a final release of its Windows desktop release for Athlon or its server release for AMD Opteron until "the first half of 2004." Our guess: mid-year.

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Intel Dishes on the Hardware Piece of 'Palladium'

Microsoft 11959 Published 2003-09-23 05:18 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Microsoft's Next-Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB), a k a "Palladium," includes a hardware component, too. And ExtremeTech, fresh from the Intel Developers Forum, has got lots of details about Intel's secretive LaGrande Project.

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Microsoft Quietly Adds Service Packs to SUS

Microsoft 11959 Published 2003-09-23 05:18 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Late last week, with no advance notice, Redmond added to its Software Update Services patch mechanism the ability to push entire service packs to customers.

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Microsoft Makes Friends

Microsoft 11959 Published 2003-09-20 14:06 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Microsoft announced this week that 14 software vendors have signed up to become early adopters of the Microsoft Business Framework, a layer of software that builds on top of the .Net Framework.

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Microsoft seeks stronger XML ties

Microsoft 11959 Published 2003-09-19 15:34 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Microsoft's forthcoming Office 2003 suite offers enterprises a promise few vendors or analysts are willing to support.

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Microsoft to charge for MSN for phones

Microsoft 11959 Published 2003-09-19 15:33 by Philipp Esselbach 0

The company is set to start charging a subscription fee for MSN Mobile, a service that lets customers check their MSN e-mail and other services through Web-enabled cell phones.

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Gates, Ballmer get slight pay raises

Microsoft 11959 Published 2003-09-19 01:52 by Philipp Esselbach 0

An SEC filing shows that Microsoft's top executives all saw their salary and bonus inch up last year and lays out one shareholder's bid to buck the software giant.

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IBM, Microsoft band together to talk Web services

Microsoft 11959 Published 2003-09-18 12:28 by Philipp Esselbach 0

NEW YORK -- In a rare display of public camaraderie, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and IBM Software Chief Steve Mills further cemented the commitment of their respective companies to work together to accelerate the creation and adoption of key Web services standards and the resulting applications.

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Microsoft adds two to its board

Microsoft 11959 Published 2003-09-18 12:27 by Philipp Esselbach 0

The software giant says it will add two new board members to its current roster of eight, the company's effort to strengthen its corporate governance.

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MSN to Begin Charging for Hotmail Wireless Access

Microsoft 11959 Published 2003-09-18 03:52 by Philipp Esselbach 0

As of December 3, wireless access to Hotmail will go from free to $19.99 a year.

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Its National Small Biz Week

Microsoft 11959 Published 2003-09-18 03:52 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Microsoft has lined up several small-biz announcements this week. On Tuesday, the Redmondiands announced that the company has released to manufacturing Windows Small Business Server 2003. (The official launch of the product isn't until October 9 at Microsoft's worldwide partner conference, however.) Microsoft's also flogging MapPoint 2004 and Office 2003 Small Business Edition this week.

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Toshiba supports Microsofts OneNote

Microsoft 11959 Published 2003-09-17 03:51 by Philipp Esselbach 0

The PC maker will bundle the new note-taking application on laptops and Tablet PC models.

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Microsoft adopts latest Wi-Fi standard

Microsoft 11959 Published 2003-09-16 16:17 by Philipp Esselbach 0

The software giant announces new gear that uses the 802.11g standard. The company had initially passed on the technology, losing market share as a result.

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Microsoft wraps up small-business bundle

Microsoft 11959 Published 2003-09-16 16:17 by Philipp Esselbach 0

The software company gets ready to send manufacturers the revamped Small Business Server 2003, which includes a cheaper version of the server-based Windows and Exchange bundle.

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Office 2003 Enterprise Edition (Final) Available On MSDN

Microsoft 11959 Published 2003-09-15 18:46 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Thanks John. The final version of Office 2003 Enterprise Edition is now available for MSDN universal subscribers

Windows Rights Management: Here Comes the Server

Microsoft 11959 Published 2003-09-15 03:40 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Release Candidate 1 of the Windows Rights Management Services server is available for download. Microsoft is calling this a "premium" service."

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Microsoft launches into Web conferencing

Microsoft 11959 Published 2003-09-15 03:39 by Philipp Esselbach 0

The software giant unveils its new LiveMeeting service, the latest step in the company's plan to transform Office from a product suite to a concept.

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First (Legit) Office 2003 Users to Get Code Monday

Microsoft 11959 Published 2003-09-13 04:35 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Forget that Office 2003 already leaked onto the Web this week. Microsoft says it plans to make its next-gen desktop suite officially available to its volume licensing customers (those with Select, Enterprise Agreement and MSDN subscriptions) on Monday, September 15.

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Microsoft goes to Hollywood

Microsoft 11959 Published 2003-09-12 07:53 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Microsoft's decision to submit Windows Media Series 9 as a standards candidate in Hollywood underscores the software giant's ambitions to take its multimedia technology beyond the Net.

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IE patent endgame detailed