So you spent $70 on the Apple Magic Mouse and then you realized it would only work with your Mac. Never fear! Apple last month posted Bluetooth Update 1.0 for...
Microsoft responds to call for Bing boycott over China censorship
With the launch of Bing in June 2009, Microsoft's search engine is being scrutinized a lot more than it has in its past incarnations. For example, we noted that at...
Microsoft targets 2012 for Windows 8
When we first started posting news tidbits regarding Windows 8, we warned readers not to expect the operating system to arrive until 2011 at the earliest, and we noted that 2012...
Jailbroken iPhones infected, again
Security experts report that a malicious worm is tunneling its way through Dutch iPhones
This may be one of those "I told you so" moments that gives comfort to people on both sides of the Apple-Microsoft divide: Those who claim that Apple's (AAPL) products are no more immune to malware attacks than Microsoft's (MSFT), and those...
Week in Microsoft: Windows 7 meets the GPL, MinWin, FUD
Let's look back at the week that was in Microsoft news. Here were the top stories:
Inside "MinWin": the Windows 7 kernel slims down: Back in 2003, Microsoft assembled a team...
Microsoft settles with employee accused of stealing docs
The litigation between Ancora Technologies, Miki Mullor, and Microsoft reached a settlement both in respect of the patent infringement claim and Microsoft's claims against Mullor, Ancora's founder and former Microsoft employee. All claims between the three parties have been resolved; they have agreed to deny any and all liability, and have...
Students get discounts on Exchange-compatible Office for Mac
College isn't cheap these days, even if you're attending public university. In that case, pretty much any discount offered to students is welcome. Microsoft's Mac Business Unit has just announced that it's offering a special discount on...
Google Chrome Frame patches Microsoft-reported security bug
This week, Google released an update to Google Chrome Frame. Version 4.0.245.1 is available and all users should be updated automatically, according to Google Chrome Releases. The release fixes issues where the plugin would not follow redirects properly, where network requests would fail randomly, and where it would freeze...
Microsoft’s Problematic Lack Of Nightly Builds For IE
After Internet Explorer 9 was officially announced this week and a few tidbits on the release were shared by Microsoft, we had the opportunity to talk to Dean Hachamovitch, General Manager for Internet Explorer, to prod him for a little more information.
The overriding theme for IE9, he told us, is...
Mac ads haunt Steve Ballmer
Shareholders quiz Microsoft's CEO about Apple's advertising campaign
Those Get-a-Mac ads make your company look "like a buffoon," a shareholder told Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer at the company's annual meeting Thursday. "I'm just wondering why your marketing group can't do something to try to rein in this next generation, because you've got a real bad...
Shareholders ask Ballmer about Apple
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion
While Bill Gates looked on, Microsoft shareholders asked CEO Steve Ballmer about Apple at their annual meeting this morning. Steve's CEO-speak responses illustrate the larger problem.Portfolio reports that one investor asked about the company's reputation with young customers:
"I'm just...
Microsoft Surface SDK Now Available To All
At Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference 2009 (PDC09), the Microsoft Surface team announced the broad availability of the Microsoft Surface Software Development Kit (SDK) Workstation Edition. It has actually been available on the Microsoft Download Center (144.2MB) since earlier this month, but only now has it been made official. Developers...
