Microsoft launches XP Mode beta for Windows 7
As promised, Microsoft has launched the beta of ‘XP Mode’, the Windows 7 compatibility add-on that runs Windows XP applications in a virtual machine.
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Windows 7 release candidate date leaked on Microsoft site
Microsoft will deliver a release candidate of Windows 7 in little more than two weeks, the company's Web site revealed Saturday.
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Microsoft criticizes Major League Baseball's move to Flash
The handbags-at-dawn spat between Adobe and Microsoft over the competition between their Flash and Silverlight interactive Web technologies has entered a new round. Major League Baseball's decision to stream the 2009 season via Flash instead of Microsoft's competing Silverlight technology has drawn a backlash from a Microsoft group product manager who lists several major events that were or will be shown only on Silverlight.
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Microsoft responds to reports that bad economy is stalling Silverlight
Despite a recent report saying that the economic downturn is hurting adoption of Silverlight, Microsoft's competitor to Adobe Flash, the company remains bullish.
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Report: Downgrade to XP and still get Windows 7 for free
Microsoft will provide free or discounted Windows 7 upgrades not only to users who buy Vista PCs between June 2009 and January 2010, but also to people who buy a system that's been factory-downgraded to Windows XP, according to a report on the Web.
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Advertisers to honour Ballmer at Cannes
In recognition of "his leadership and Microsoft's continued commitment to digital advertising," this year's Cannes International Advertising Festival in June -- not to be confused with the Cannes Film Festival in May -- will present Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer with an award for Media Person of the Year.
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PS3, Xbox 360 hit console sales milestones in Japan
Sony's PlayStation 3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360 have both hit sales milestones in Japan in the last week.
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MySpace supports Silverlight for OpenSocial apps
MySpace announced on Monday that developers can now build MySpace applications using Silverlight, Microsoft's plug-in for developing multimedia and rich Internet applications.
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Microsoft slates May date for Windows 7 release candidate download
Microsoft will issue a public release candidate of Windows 7 in May, according to the company's Web site.
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Microsoft Silverlight puts Playboy back issues online for free
Playboy Enterprises has made 53 back issues of Playboy magazine free for download at PlayboyArchive.com using Microsoft's Silverlight technology.
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First look: Microsoft Internet Explorer 8
Internet Explorer 8 has shipped in its final version and is ready to take on its rivals. This latest version of Microsoft's browser leapfrogs its closest competition, Firefox 3, for basic browsing and productivity features -- it has better tab handling, a niftier search bar, a more useful address bar, and new tools that deliver information directly from other Web pages and services. IE8 has also been tweaked for security and includes a so-called "porn mode," new anti-malware protection, and better ways to protect your privacy.
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Microsoft debuts betas of Silverlight 3 and Expression Blend 3
Microsoft is offering interactive designers a chance to play with early versions of Silverlight 3 and its Expression Blend 3 interactive design software.
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Microsoft to release Internet Explorer 8 at 4pm today
Microsoft plans to make its Internet Explorer 8 browser available today at 4pm today, along with a company-commissioned report claiming IE8 is more secure against malware than rival browsers from Mozilla and Google.
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Microsoft working on second-generation Surface touchscreen table
Microsoft is working on a second generation of its Surface touchscreen computer, despite the first model only just being made available in the UK,
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Microsoft to detail Silverlight 3 at MIX 09 this week
Microsoft will tout its planned Silverlight 3 rich Internet application technology -- and Flash competitor -- at the Mix09 conference in Las Vegas this week.
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Microsoft sued for $90 million over Halo, online technology
Microsoft is currently being sued over technology that allows Halo players to host and participate in online games, according to the Boston Globe. Paltalk, a company that specializes in Internet chat service, claims that they own the patent rights to inventions developed by MPath Interactive Inc., which allows Halo players to run "real-time, multiplayer online games." Microsoft, however, says that the MPath technology is for older dial-up services and don't apply to the way Halo's online system works.
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Microsoft heralds Silverlight-Eclipse link
Microsoft is touting support for its Silverlight multimedia application technology in the Eclipse open source tools platform.
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Microsoft patches IE8 bugs in Windows 7
Microsoft has updated the Windows 7 beta to fix an unknown number of reliability bugs in Internet Explorer 8 (IE8), but stopped short of saying that the browser now matches the release candidate it has already delivered to users of Windows XP and Vista.
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Microsoft wraps up Vista SP2 RC
Microsoft has announced it has wrapped up a near-final version of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2), and has posted it to a pair of subscriber-only services for download.
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Microsoft spells out Windows 7 activation nags, limits
Microsoft will turn Windows 7's background picture black and put up persistent notices on the screen if users don't activate the new operating system, a company manager said Monday.