First Look: Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 RC1
The just-released Release Candidate 1 (RC1) of Internet Explorer 8 is a fast, stable browser, tweaked for productivity and security, with few obvious changes over the previous Beta 2 release .
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Microsoft to deliver first IE8 release candidate today
Microsoft plans to deliver the first release candidate of the next version of Internet Explorer on Monday, according to sources familiar with the company's plans.
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Microsoft delays Vista SP2, says report
Microsoft has delayed Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) by at least a month, and will now ship it to manufacturing sometime in May or June, according to a Web site that has accurately predicted Windows release dates in the past.
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Xbox 360 outsells Playstation 3
Microsoft's Xbox 360 console has sold over 28 million units worldwide, 8 million more than the Sony Playstation 3.
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Europe charges Microsoft with abuse of monopoly again
Microsoft was formally charged with monopoly abuse by Europe's top antitrust authority, the European Commission, over the way it bundles the Internet Explorer browser with Windows.
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First look: Microsoft Windows 7 public beta
On Thursday at CES, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced the public availability of the Windows 7 beta release. We've been running our own evaluations of the forthcoming replacement to Microsoft's much-derided Windows Vista for some time now, and we just couldn't wait to take this new version for a spin. Here's one editor's take on the latest Windows 7 user experience.
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PC is just one of 'three screens,' Ballmer says
With Microsoft it used to be all about the PC. Even when the company acknowledged the rise of smart phones and interactive TV as alternative computing platforms, the PC was always the central hub where people would store their pictures and videos and manage other devices. Not any more.
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Report: Microsoft to offer free Windows 7 upgrades
Microsoft will offer free or discounted Windows 7 upgrades to users who buy Vista PCs after July 1, according to a Web site that has accurately predicted the company's moves in the past.
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IE lost share to Firefox, Safari and Chrome in December
Web sites saw visitors deserting Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser in favor of Apple's Safari, Mozilla's Firefox and Google's Chrome in December, according to Web analytics company Net Applications.
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First Look: Microsoft Arc Mouse
Mice come in all shapes and sizes -- some are clunky, ergonomic beasts that seem to have a nook and cranny tailor-made for every part of your hand. Others are low and smooth, so slight as to be almost nonexistent. Then there's the Arc Mouse, so named for its shape when fully extended into its operational position.
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Windows Vista SP2: six things you need to know
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 is set to be released as a public beta version Thursday, Microsoft has confirmed.
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Clues point to Jan 13 release of Windows 7 beta
Microsoft will have a beta of Windows 7 available shortly after the first of the year, the company has hinted on its Web site.
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IE share drops, Firefox surges
The market share of Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) dropped under the 70 per cent mark last month for the first time since Web metrics vendor Net Applications started keeping tabs on browsers, the company said Monday. IE slipped to a 69.8 per cent share, down from October's 71.3 percent and off 7.6 points in the last year.
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Windows Vista SP2 due next April, says report
Microsoft will deliver Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) to manufacturing in April 2009, two months after it issues a final test version to users, according to a Web site that accurately predicted several Windows ship dates in 2008.
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Microsoft Offers Free Songs to Zune Subscribers
Microsoft Thursday launched a new subscription model for its Zune music service. If you fork over the monthly fee of US$14.99 for unlimited music, you can add 10 tracks to your permanent collection every month--free of charge.
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Adobe accommodates Visual Studio, Eclipse
Adobe Systems at its Adobe Max 2008 conference Tuesday heralded a slew of new technologies, including links between its Flex application development platform and Microsoft's Visual Studio software development platform. Also paraded at the conference was Flash Catalyst, an interactive design tool for building interfaces and interactive content without coding. The planned Bolt release of the ColdFusion IDE, featuring Eclipse capabilities, was touted as well.
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Silverlight, for real this time
Microsoft's answer to Adobe Flash and Flex and several other RIA (rich Internet application) and AJAX frameworks, Silverlight arrived with a flourish just over one year ago. Silverlight 1.0 (see my October 2007 review) manipulated its multimedia-savvy, WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) user interface using JavaScript. Silverlight 1.1, which added support for compiled .Net languages and supported more of the .Net API, was available at that time only as an alpha test.
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First look: Microsoft's Windows 7 next-gen operating system
After months of speculation, Windows 7 was finally unveiled last month at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference (PDC). Here we delve inside to take a peek.
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Google, Microsoft, Facebook and MySpace talk platforms
As Web application platforms rise in importance and popularity, Google, Microsoft, MySpace and Facebook executives shared tips for keeping developers happy, disagreed on philosophical issues like standards and articulated wish lists of applications they'd like to see created.
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First look: Microsoft's Windows 7 next-gen operating system
What if Microsoft waved a magic wand and everything people hated about Windows Vista went away? You might have an operating system that you liked -- and that's what Microsoft appears to be striving for with Windows 7. We checked out an early beta of the future OS, and though at this point many features are either missing or works in progress, the improvements to everything from user interface to memory management look highly promising.