Microsoft lays out Silverlight ambitions
A Microsoft official cited on Tuesday improvements planned for the company's Silverlight platform for rich Internet applications, including intentions to run Silverlight applications outside of a browser.
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Microsoft sets the stage for next-gen Windows
As users continue to grouse about Windows Vista nearly two years after its introduction, Microsoft appears relieved to turn its public focus on the next release of its flagship operating system. Pre-beta code (as Microsoft calls it) for Windows 7 is reportedly already in developers' hands, and reviewers are slated to have their first peek on the eve of the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles next week. The OS itself is slated to appear in early 2010-a scant three years after its predecessor.
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Microsoft sued over Xbox 360 'red ring of death'
A California woman has accused Microsoft of deceiving consumers by concealing the high failure rate of its Xbox 360 game machine, court documents show.
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Microsoft pushes for Silverlight on G1 and iPhone
Microsoft is not wasting any time in its battle against Adobe when it comes to the company's Flash technology competitor, Silverlight.
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Microsoft releases Silverlight 2
Microsoft released Silverlight 2, an update to the company's browser plug-in that allows users to view and interact with rich media on the Web. In addition to the plug-in release, Microsoft will also release development tools for Mac developers. Silverlight delivers a Flash-like Web experience to users, allowing them to interact with elements of a Web page, including watching video. Although the technology competes with Flash, Microsoft said Silverlight does have some advantages.
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Microsoft denies Xbox 360 Blu-ray report
"As we've said before, Microsoft has no plans to introduce an Xbox 360 Blu-ray add-on," a Microsoft representative told GamePro on Thursday, killing persistent rumors suggesting otherwise. "Games are what drive consumers to purchase game consoles, and we remain focused on providing the largest library of blockbuster games available."
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Microsoft redesigns Xbox 360 dashboard
Microsoft is reworking the interface for its Xbox Live service, which is the largest social network of its kind with 14 million members. With the 'New Xbox Experience' the Xbox 360's entire interface has been reworked and streamlined, specifically in regards to Xbox Live.
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Microsoft grants Windows XP yet another reprieve
Microsoft has extended the availability of Windows XP on new PCs by six months, the company confirmed on Friday.
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Silverlight 2.0 trumps Flash for Microsoft-based agencies
With the imminent release of Silverlight 2.0, developers and Web designers, particularly those already working in Microsoft IT environments, will have the first viable alternative technology to Adobe Flash for building rich Internet applications, analysts and developers said.
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Microsoft leads effort to solve photo metadata problem
Have you ever been vexed to find that the titles, keywords or ratings you painstakingly entered to organize your digital photo collection disappear when you move them from one software (or service) to another?
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First look: Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000 SE
The trackpads on most notebooks work well, but it's hard to beat a mouse for general input. Road warriors who pack a mouse into a laptop bag want something small and durable, like Microsoft's Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000 Special Edition. Despite its small size, it's a comfortable mouse that tracks well.
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Adobe aims to stave off Silverlight with video encoder
Ratcheting up the battle for the rich media space, Adobe Systems later this year plans to offer Adobe Flash Media Encoding Server, which is software to move video content to Adobe's Flash format.
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Microsoft to dissolve Ensemble Studios after Halo Wars
In the same day that rumours first surfaced, Microsoft on Tuesday confirmed that it will close Ensemble Studios after the release of Halo Wars.
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Silverlight won Olympic gold for NBC; online ads didn't place
The streaming video Web site for last month's Beijing Olympics, NBCOlympics.com, was a technological success for NBC Sports and its close partner Microsoft. But it was a missed monetary opportunity for the broadcaster, which succeeded perhaps too well in protecting the interests of its primetime TV advertisers.
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First look: Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2
Those who expect Internet Explorer 8 to be a warmed-over version of IE7 or a me-too response to Firefox 3 will be surprised by the just-released Beta 2 of IE8.
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Microsoft expands Photosynth image stitcher
Microsoft has announced that it has made its Photosynth technology easier to use and opened it up for anyone to create their own images.
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Microsoft looks to mimic Apple success, says Ballmer
Microsoft's CEO said Wednesday that his company hopes to steal a page from Apple Inc.'s playbook and change how it works with hardware makers in an attempt to duplicate its rival's success.
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Microsoft: Make an Xbox 360 game and get paid
At the 2008 Game Developers Conference, Microsoft made a splashy entrance into independent game design with its new Community Games push. In short, you can develop a downloadable Xbox 360 game and submit it to Microsoft's peer-review website. If your game passes muster and makes it onto the new Community Game storefront -- which goes live with the Xbox 360 Experience dashboard update in late 2008 -- you'll get up to 70 per cent of the revenues from sales. You'll even be able to choose the price point (200, 400, or 800 Microsoft points) when you publish the game.
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Creative pros have easy access to PCs with Windows XP
Windows XP may not be as dead as you might think. The OS XP 'officially' went off the market on June 30, 2008 – but it's surprisingly easy to get your hands on workstation running XP.
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Microsoft will deal with new Yahoo board
In a statement Monday, Microsoft confirmed that it would be interested in resuming talks with Yahoo with a new board of directors, both to buy the search business or the entire company.