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Microsoft delays open sourcing Windows 7 tool

While we worked extremely hard to try and get the code ready for release by today, we still need to test and localize it. Our goal is now to release the tool in all languages on the same day in the next few weeks. We appreciate your patience and ...

From EMIL PROTALINSKI, Ars Technica,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation

Apple Magic Mouse drivers arrive for Windows

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 Windows, which improves the performance of the Apple Bluetooth devices when running Windows ...

From EMIL PROTALINSKI, Ars Technica,  23 Nov 2009

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 launch, Bing was blocking search queries pertaining to sexual content in about 20 ...

From EMIL PROTALINSKI, Ars Technica,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  New York Times Company,  Dalai Lama,  Google Inc.,  Hu Jintao

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 was more likely. After the problems caused by the long gap between the ...

From EMIL PROTALINSKI, Ars Technica,  23 Nov 2009

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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 of engineers to rethink the lowest levels of Windows, so that the OS could be ...

From EMIL PROTALINSKI, Ars Technica,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Twitter Inc

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 ...

From EMIL PROTALINSKI, Ars Technica,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Toshiba

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 ...

From EMIL PROTALINSKI, Ars Technica,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation

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 ...

From EMIL PROTALINSKI, Ars Technica,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation

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 ...

From EMIL PROTALINSKI, Ars Technica,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation

Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Coming November 24

Microsoft today announced that Windows Home Server (WHS) Power Pack 3 (PP3) will be available in all shipping languages (Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish) on November 24, 2009. As always, PP3 will arrive for free via ...

From EMIL PROTALINSKI, Ars Technica,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation

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