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The first information about the next version of Microsoft's web browser was revealed at PDC on Wednesday. The announcement described three main areas of improvement: JavaScript, web standards, and graphics technology. IE9 will contain a new, ...
From PETER BRIGHT,
Ars Technica,
19 Nov 2009
Microsoft plans to transition its Windows Azure cloud computing platform from preview to full production capacity on 1st January next year, Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie announced at the annual PDC conference on Tuesday. The service, currently ...
From PETER BRIGHT,
Ars Technica,
17 Nov 2009
A bit less than three years ago, Windows Vista was officially launched after a long delay. The operating system brought a raft of long-overdue new features to the Windows platform to make it truly fit for hardware of the 21st century. In came a new ...
From PETER BRIGHT,
Ars Technica,
26 Oct 2009
Microsoft has announced this week that it will continue to offer downgrade options to both volume licensing customers and end-users when Windows 7 ships. Customers who purchase a system from a qualifying OEM with a version of Windows 7 that they don't ...
From JOEL HRUSKA, PETER BRIGHT,
Ars Technica,
8 Apr 2009
I wrote a few weeks ago about changes Microsoft has made to Windows 7's User Account Control (UAC) that make the component less secure than it was in Vista. Though the company has responded by saying it will change some of the problem behaviors, yet ...
From PETER BRIGHT,
Ars Technica,
5 Mar 2009
A premature Twitter message and a leaked memo have confirmed previous rumors that Microsoft's Live Search service is to be reborn as Kumo. The Twitter message, posted on Sunday night, confirmed that the search engine would receive a new brand and a new ...
From PETER BRIGHT, EMIL PROTALINSKI,
Ars Technica,
3 Mar 2009
Although the big Microsoft-based excitement (if that's the right word) at Mobile World Congress was focused on Windows Mobile 6.5, Redmond also announced its My Phone service. The basic concept is simple: My Phone syncs data between your phone and the ...
From PETER BRIGHT,
Ars Technica,
24 Feb 2009
What was claimed? Well, some guy decided that he wanted to crack his (legally purchased, no doubt) copy of Photoshop on his Windows 7 install. Windows 7 then sprung into life to break his crack, defend Photoshop's virtue against his unwelcome advances, ...
From PETER BRIGHT,
Ars Technica,
18 Feb 2009
As was widely rumored, leaked, and predicted, Microsoft made a series of announcements regarding its Windows Mobile platform at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2009 in Barcelona on Monday. CEO Steve Ballmer proclaimed that smartphones would soon ...
From PETER BRIGHT, EMIL PROTALINSKI,
Ars Technica,
16 Feb 2009
Given the importance of security and UAC, one might expect Microsoft to take note of this problem and do something to fix it. Unfortunately, the company's first response was to dismiss the behavior as happening "by design."
There is some irony in ...
From PETER BRIGHT,
Ars Technica,
8 Feb 2009
