Microsoft Announces Internet SafariFox Beta 2 [Digital Daily] (1)
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It’s taken nearly a decade but Microsoft has finally debuted the first significant overhaul of its Web browser since Internet Explorer 5. The company released IE8 Beta 2 this afternoon, and by most accounts, it’s a solid update. In fact, it might even put IE on par with competing browsers like Mozilla’s Firefox and Apple’s Safari. Certainly, this latest iteration, with its new privacy and security features, adherence to Web standards, enhanced tabbed browsing and ...
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is here (1)
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OK beta lovers. Microsoft just unleashed Beta 2 of Internet Explorer 8. As I've written recently, I've spent a lot of time with IE8 Beta 1 but didn't feel comfortable recommending it to anyone because of serious stability and other issues (some of which were solved over time). This is just a heads up for you guys (and gals) with beta boxes that can't wait to get your hands on the 'next big thing'. Well ...
Gen Y takes to Google Apps (2)
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Before using Google spreadsheets, Robert Khoo used a whiteboard to plan a major gaming expo. Image: Penny Arcade Expo By Yi-Wyn Yen While Google struggles to sell Google Apps, its web-based version of Microsoft Office and Outlook e-mail, to large corporations, it has found success with young entrepreneurs. Each day 6,000 businesses are signing up for Google Apps, and more than 10 million office workers are using the company’s office suite, according to Matthew Glotzbach, ...
Apple's iPhone Getting More Popular With Enterprise Buyers, Says Study (AAPL, RIMM) (1)
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Encouraging news for Apple: Its iPhone appears to be making inroads with some enterprise buyers. ChangeWave's August survey of almost 2,000 people "involved with I.T. spending in their organization" says that 17% of respondents plan to buy iPhones in the next quarter, up from 13% in May and 11% in February. What's changed since then? Apple has rolled out its new iPhone 3G, which is cheaper, and -- when it works -- offers faster Internet ...
Desktop Virtualization: Where Thin Clients Meet the Cloud (11)
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Stacey Higginbotham via GigaOM shared by 4 people Today the organization behind the popular Xen open-source hypervisor announced the latest release of its virtualization software. It’s smaller, has better power management and graphics capabilities, and can run on machines ranging from servers to laptops and mobile phones. Also, Nortel announced today a product it calls an “office-on-a-stick.” I would call it a virtualized desktop. Nortel joins companies large and small pushing products that can replicate ...
Microsoft Gets a Piece of Move Networks (1)
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Microsoft is extending its strategic relationship with Move Networks by adding an undisclosed amount of funding to the startup’s $46 million Series C round. Move already has a five-month-old deal to be bundled with downloads of Silverlight, Microsoft’s Flash competitor. At this rate, how long before Microsoft buys Move? Following the investment, the first joint deployment of Microsoft and Move is a live-streaming player of Democratic National Committee Convention coverage this week (see our comprehensive ...
Another Online Olympic Winner: Microsoft (MSFT) (6)
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Report: Microsoft Trying To Find Face-Saving Way To Dump Ad Agency It Never Wanted To Own (3)
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Earlier this year we asked Jeff Lanctot, an exec at Avenue A/Razorfish, why it made sense for Microsoft to own his company, purchased as part of the $5.9 billion aQuantive deal last year. He couldn't come up with a convincing answer. Now Microsoft seems to have reached the same conclusion. The problem, says Advertising Age, is that Microsoft (MSFT) is reluctant to part with the ad agency for a market value price -- about $800 ...
Gaming the Recession (1)
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Guy Bennett submits: When the economy falls, the demand for escapist entertainment rises. History has proven this over and over again. During “The Great Depression” (1929 – 1939) 25% of American families had no income and 40% of factory workers were unemployed. In 1930 there were 200,000 evictions in New York City alone. Despite this, movie box office receipts during the 1930s soared 22%. In many cases people elected to see a movie, rather than ...
Microsoft & Seinfeld: A Match Made in the 1990s (4)
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Hey kids, remember the late 1990s? Bill Clinton was President. The economy was humming along. Gas prices were low. Seinfeld was the number one TV show. And Microsoft ruled the tech world. You might not have liked it, but it was true. At the time, it seemed like there was nothing that Microsoft couldn’t do: they had so much power that they were able to start the Browser Wars and win them without getting bogged ...
Microsoft's New $300 Million Makeover (1)
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Julia Boorstin submits: You know those Apple (AAPL) commercials that skewer Microsoft (MSFT): "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC." They're helping Apple sell more computers, but they're not helping Microsoft any. Especially as Microsoft battles with negative publicity over its latest operating system, Windows Vista.Now Microsoft is fighting back with its own message, investing $300 million in a new campaign for Windows, to remake its image as a consumer-friendly brand.Complete Story »
A New Microsoft License Lets Hosters Change Their Stripes (5)
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Cloud computing is based on a pay-as-you-go, self-provisioning utility model. Users are billed by the hour. On the other hand, software vendors are accustomed to shrinkwrap licenses, making it hard for cloud users to get the software they want on an on-demand basis. But as CNET reports, Microsoft has relaxed licensing for virtual machines licensing, opening the door for hosting providers to reinvent themselves as true clouds. Until now, Microsoft’s software was tied to a ...
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Having an Amazon EC2-like service for Windows Server (I know you can do it double virtualized, but that's REALLY stupid) would be neat!
Online Ad Deals Hit $20 Billion Over Past Year (1)
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Our friends at PaidContent have been counting up the dollars spent on online ad deals in the last year and change, and have come up with a really big number. According to PC's tally, an eye-popping $20 billion has been spent on 100 acquisitions from Q1 2007 through Q2 2008 That would include some fairly sizeable deals such as Microsoft's (MSFT) acquisition of aQuantive ($6 billion) and Google's (GOOG) acquisition of Doubleclick ($3 billion). Total ...
Brilliant Metasploit Developer Joins Microsoft Security [Infosecurity.US] (2)
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Think Your Internet Provider Might Be Spying On You? Just Check Our List (6)
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Ever wonder which ISPs and portals are collecting and storing your surfing data? Thanks to a Congressional committee, you can find out. The House Committee on Energy and Commerce sent 34 letters to ISPs and portals last month to find out if any were tracking the Web activity of users, and if they had disclosed to users they were being watched. As of Thursday, they'd received 33 responses. They've found that seven ISPs have quietly ...
Apple's market cap overtakes Google (1)
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Apple's iPhone Making Progress In The Enterprise Market? (AAPL) (2)
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Some of the biggest changes Apple (AAPL) made to its iPhone software in version 2.0 were made with corporate buyers in mind. Stuff like support Microsoft's (MSFT) Exchange email platform, virtual private networks, security features, enterprise apps, etc. So how's that going for Apple, which would love to steal a slice of the enterprise market from BlackBerry maker Research In Motion? It's early, but anecdotal evidence must be encouraging for Steve Jobs. One encouraging data ...
