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Microsoft's Mobility Efforts: Where Are They Going?
News With the number of new PCs purchased each year (as opposed to those purchased to replace existing systems) beginning to decline, Microsoft recognised that the next battle will be fought for the software that runs or is accessed by the millions of...
[April 8, 2003, 9:53]
Everyone's Liable To Make Mistakes
Talkback I am NOT a programmer,nor any sort of technical geek;just a longtime homeuser but my opinion is that outfits like Microsoft or anyone else is simply not careful enough with the creation of their product.NOW--we have a situation where Microsoft is...
[October 14, 2005, 4:49]
Microsoft's Ozzie Spearheads Drive To Online Services
News So my guidance to the [Microsoft development] teams would be: look at the audience, where is the audience, and prioritise the development for Silverlight based on where the audience is. Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's chief software architect, is not one to...
[May 1, 2007, 12:57]
Sun And Microsoft: True Love Or A Marriage Of Convenience?
News Microsoft and Sun may be going steady, but they aren't quite sure where the relationship is headed. When we do have something to announce, it's going to be looked at with a lot of interest," said Andrew Layman, director of distributed systems...
[December 3, 2004, 12:50]
Leaked Windows Hints At Changes To Come
News It's sort of ironic Microsoft is only getting to this with Longhorn. Still, Microsoft is moving forward with major changes, starting with the installation, which dumps the standard mixed text and graphical process for one that is entirely graphical.
[March 4, 2003, 13:19]
Allchin Explains Microsoft's $1bn Gamble
News Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer get most of the ink, but Microsoft's near- and long-term fortune is going to depend on the abilities of one Jim Allchin. Allchin, a group vice president and 11-year company veteran, is in charge of Windows XP, the...
[August 30, 2001, 11:26]
Microsoft To Distribute XP SP2 On One Million CDs
News How is Microsoft going to ensure that Trojanised copies of SP2 are not going to be put out? SP2 for Windows XP is a major upgrade for Microsoft's desktop operating system. However, SP2 is expected to be at least 80MB in size and could be as large...
[July 9, 2004, 17:15]
From Disney To 'dogfooding': Life As Microsoft's CIO
Articles Also, I think when you think about where the next billion [Microsoft] customers come from, what is it that they are going to buy? One of Scott's main missions — and that of his predecessors — is a process called 'dogfooding', in which Microsoft...
[September 17, 2008, 12:06]
Data Explosion Driving BI Demand
News And as interest in BI increases even industry giant Microsoft has revealed it is working on its own offering, codenamed Maestro. But David Small, vice-president of Information Builders' international division, told ZDNet UK sister site silicon.com...
[May 17, 2005, 14:50]
Ballmer's Bullish Outlook
News Do you think Microsoft is good at marketing? What has changed is how Microsoft's CEO and his sales troops deliver the message. For more than 20 years, Steve Ballmer has been Microsoft's chief salesman, promoting his company's products with a...
[June 8, 2005, 13:10]
Muglia: Microsoft's Future Is In 64-bit
News Where are you going with Microsoft Managed Services? One man with a grasp of Microsoft's overall product direction is the vice president for servers and tools, Bob Muglia. When Exchange Server 2007 ships shortly it will be the first major server...
[November 16, 2006, 12:05]
New PCs Restrict Copying
News Microsoft is in a leadership position here where we've got an opportunity to help Hollywood feel comfortable with digital distribution and to help them develop (digital rights management) solutions so consumers can have content everywhere," she said.
[September 4, 2002, 8:55]
Novell's Critical Chance
Leader There are signs that the market is not going to blindly follow Microsoft into the next OS and application upgrade cycle. Bill Gates is on record as saying how he couldn't believe his luck as Microsoft messed up attempt after attempt to get into...
[June 22, 2006, 15:10]
Microsoft's Search Guru Talks Strategy
News Q: How much of your search traffic is coming from search embedded within other Microsoft internet properties versus people going directly to the main Live.com search page? Microsoft is hoping that it can catch up to rivals in overall search and...
[September 28, 2007, 16:33]
Windows Live Finds Its Feet
News One of the things I'd seen demoed a few years ago, a year and a half ago, and I haven't really seen much since, was this notion that Microsoft could be sort of a meta social network, that you'd be able to check in on what's going on, on all your...
[November 7, 2007, 16:31]
Startup Spotlight: Netstore
News Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, said that "the future of Microsoft is application socialism". Microsoft has been trying to understand where it should target its research and development. What results have you had from Microsoft's pilot progamme?
[March 29, 2000, 15:35]
Lawyers For Microsoft, Apple Face Off
News We're very pleased to offer our side and support for what we think is a very significant settlement offer," Microsoft spokesman Jim Desler said Monday. He pointed out that Microsoft had gone to great lengths to make the settlement as "platform...
[December 11, 2001, 8:43]
Where Will The Visual Basic 6.0 Developers Go?
News For VB programmers -- the vast majority of Microsoft shop coders -- the leap to .Net programming is just as difficult as migrating to the Java 2 platform. This soon-to-be seismic shift in the Microsoft development community has yet to produce the...
[July 12, 2002, 13:12]
Trustworthy Computing - Could Try Harder
News Figure A provides a report card on where Microsoft was in December 2001 and where it is in October 2002. Microsoft used the money to conduct an extensive security review of many Microsoft products, even going so far as to halt development work by...
[October 8, 2002, 9:15]
Crime, But No Punishment For Microsoft
Leader And server interoperability, where Microsoft has also been found guilty of using its IP to illegally lock people out, is still being discussed. What is wrong with saying that Microsoft has forfeited its right to that IP, such as it is, by egregious...
[June 17, 2005, 13:25]
