http://news.softpedia.com Softpedia News - Microsoft Exclusive Softpedia News en-us 2001 - 2012 Softpedia. All rights reserved. Tue, 29 May 2012 01:05:38 GMT Tue, 29 May 2012 01:05:38 GMT News http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 10 http://news.softpedia.com/base_img/softpedia_logo.gif http://news.softpedia.com http://news.softpedia.com/news/Block-IE9-RTW-Automatic-Upgrades-184539.shtml Microsoft already started serving IE9 RC via Windows Update to Beta users and also plans to automatically upgrade the RC Builds to Internet Explorer 9 RTW (release to web).

Fact is that the Redmond company is already telling customers and developers to get ready for the final IE9 release, especially now that IE9 RC is being offered via Automatic Upd... (read more)]]> Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:42:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Block-IE9-RTW-Automatic-Upgrades-184539.shtml Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Block-IE9-RTW-Automatic-Upgrades-184539.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Oiaga) http://news.softpedia.com/news/IE9-RC-Automatic-Upgrades-Coming-Up-184162.shtml Microsoft is going to make it easy for current testers of Internet Explorer 9 Beta to make the jump to the Release Candidate development milestone.

Early adopter still running the Beta Build of IE9 will be served automatic updates with the recently launched RC bits.

The promise from the software giant is that this will also be valid ... (read more)]]> Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:05:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/IE9-RC-Automatic-Upgrades-Coming-Up-184162.shtml Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/IE9-RC-Automatic-Upgrades-Coming-Up-184162.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Oiaga) http://news.softpedia.com/news/IE9-PP7-vs-Firefox-4-0-Beta-7-vs-Chrome-9-0-Canary-Hardware-Acceleration-167653.shtml Microsoft has been touting the advantage of best in breed hardware acceleration for Internet Explorer 9 over rival browsers, and rightly so, with the latest development milestone of IE9 offering additional proof that the next generation of IE does a better job at leveraging the GPU compared to the next versions of Firefox... (read more)]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2010 17:22:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/IE9-PP7-vs-Firefox-4-0-Beta-7-vs-Chrome-9-0-Canary-Hardware-Acceleration-167653.shtml Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/IE9-PP7-vs-Firefox-4-0-Beta-7-vs-Chrome-9-0-Canary-Hardware-Acceleration-167653.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Oiaga) http://news.softpedia.com/news/14-Useful-Websites-for-Students-by-Microsoft-At-Home-157383.shtml Microsoft likes young inventive people, than can learn lots of things and maybe one day change the world, so it has quite a bond with the students community.

The company does many things to help and encourage students, from organizing events to providing big discounts on its products, giving away tons of free software, sponsoring a... (read more)]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:43:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/14-Useful-Websites-for-Students-by-Microsoft-At-Home-157383.shtml Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/14-Useful-Websites-for-Students-by-Microsoft-At-Home-157383.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Smaranda Biliuti) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-adds-65-Extra-PDC-Events-on-the-PDC10-List-156530.shtml Even though Microsoft is limiting the attendance at this year Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in Redmond, it had added 65 regional “mini” PDC events in the United States and worldwide to compensate.

The PDC10 at Redmond is currently sold out but the event can be seen via live stream, starting October 28 at 9:00... (read more)]]> Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:00:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-adds-65-Extra-PDC-Events-on-the-PDC10-List-156530.shtml Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-adds-65-Extra-PDC-Events-on-the-PDC10-List-156530.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Smaranda Biliuti) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Building-the-Microsoft-Social-Platform-94914.shtml Back in May 2008, Microsoft made the first step towards opening up its online reference libraries, namely the TechNet, MSDN and Expression portals, providing the “fertile soil” necessary for communities of IT professionals and developers to form around the websites. The social bookmarking tools for MSDN, TechNet and Expression evolved past the ... (read more)]]> Sat, 4 Oct 2008 10:19:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Building-the-Microsoft-Social-Platform-94914.shtml Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Building-the-Microsoft-Social-Platform-94914.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Oiaga) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Installing-Windows-7-Milestone-1-Build-6519-88481.shtml Installing Windows 7 Milestone 1 Build 6519 provides an experience almost identical to that of Windows Vista with the exception of a quite different finish. In this context, Windows 7 M1 gives the impression of something that Microsoft just threw together rather than a fully-fledged development milestone for the next version of the Windows client. Lea... (read more)]]> Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:21:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Installing-Windows-7-Milestone-1-Build-6519-88481.shtml Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Installing-Windows-7-Milestone-1-Build-6519-88481.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Oiaga) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Cooking-Major-Innovative-Features-for-Windows-7-and-Windows-8-82590.shtml Although it is keeping completely mum on the evolution of the next iterations of the Windows client, Microsoft is in fact cooking major and innovative features for both Windows 7, the successor of Windows Vista, and even for Windows 8. At this point in time, Microsoft has offered a sneak peek at Windows 7, via the Milestone... (read more)]]> Fri, 4 Apr 2008 15:49:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Cooking-Major-Innovative-Features-for-Windows-7-and-Windows-8-82590.shtml Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Cooking-Major-Innovative-Features-for-Windows-7-and-Windows-8-82590.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Oiaga) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Opera-Says-Internet-Explorer-8-Still-Has-a-Long-Way-to-Go-80280.shtml I had a chance to ask Håkon Wium Lie, Chief Technology Officer of Opera Software, a few questions about the recent Microsoft commitment to supporting Web standards with Internet Explorer 8, about the antitrust complaint filed with the EU Commission and what are the next steps the Redmond company needs to take with IE8. Below you will be ab... (read more)]]> Thu, 6 Mar 2008 09:23:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Opera-Says-Internet-Explorer-8-Still-Has-a-Long-Way-to-Go-80280.shtml Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Opera-Says-Internet-Explorer-8-Still-Has-a-Long-Way-to-Go-80280.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Oiaga) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Will-Vista-SP1-Go-Where-Vista-Never-Went-Even-with-XP-SP3-and-Windows-7-79948.shtml Throughout 2007, it became painfully clear to Microsoft that the main competitor for Windows Vista was not Apple's Mac OS X or even the open source Linux operating system but Windows XP, and, in fact, specifically XP SP2. Vista sales climbed slowly, with the operating system hitting an install base of 100 million by the end... (read more)]]> Sat, 1 Mar 2008 12:26:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Will-Vista-SP1-Go-Where-Vista-Never-Went-Even-with-XP-SP3-and-Windows-7-79948.shtml Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Will-Vista-SP1-Go-Where-Vista-Never-Went-Even-with-XP-SP3-and-Windows-7-79948.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Oiaga) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Responds-to-the-899-Million-Antitrust-Fine-79692.shtml On February 7, 2008, the European Union Antitrust Commission fined Microsoft no less than € 899 million, or approximately $1.3 billion, for failing to comply with the March 2007 ruling until 22 October 2007. The Commission underlined the fact that the penalty payment of € 899 million was connected exclusively with the company's non-compliance... (read more)]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:59:26 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Responds-to-the-899-Million-Antitrust-Fine-79692.shtml Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Responds-to-the-899-Million-Antitrust-Fine-79692.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Oiaga) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Top-Vista-Mitigations-Are-Not-Security-Features-No-Guarantees-for-Users-67736.shtml If you believe that User Account Control, PatchGuard (Kernel Patch Protection) and Mandatory Driver Signing introduced in Windows Vista are security mitigations, then you might want to know that you are wrong. But don't be disappointed, some of Microsoft's own people tend to think that the features enumerated abov... (read more)]]> Fri, 5 Oct 2007 11:29:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Top-Vista-Mitigations-Are-Not-Security-Features-No-Guarantees-for-Users-67736.shtml Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Top-Vista-Mitigations-Are-Not-Security-Features-No-Guarantees-for-Users-67736.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Oiaga) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hear-the-WOW-Download-the-Windows-Vista-Anthem-56149.shtml Yes, Microsoft made its latest operating system Windows Vista an anthem. And no, I am not kidding! Although this is nothing short of hilarious. Forget about the Windows Vista melody... 20 people built the Vista acoustic experience for over 18 months, churning their way through 500 variations just to select the start-up melody of the operating syste... (read more)]]> Thu, 31 May 2007 15:59:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hear-the-WOW-Download-the-Windows-Vista-Anthem-56149.shtml Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hear-the-WOW-Download-the-Windows-Vista-Anthem-56149.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Oiaga) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Upgraded-Windows-Vista-Business-Offers-Official-Confirmation-55424.shtml Microsoft has introduced an ad hoc upgrade to Windows Vista Business edition when nobody was watching. The Redmond Company has quietly upgraded Vista Business, but has managed to keep it a total secret. Well, it seems that the Windows Omerta affecting future versions of the Microsoft client operating system has functioned on... (read more)]]> Wed, 23 May 2007 12:59:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Upgraded-Windows-Vista-Business-Offers-Official-Confirmation-55424.shtml Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Upgraded-Windows-Vista-Business-Offers-Official-Confirmation-55424.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Oiaga) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Top-Security-Company-Sophos-Bans-Windows-Vista-55104.shtml At the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference WinHEC 2007 in Los Angeles, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates revealed that Windows Vista has sold approximately 40 million licenses worldwide since the initial availability on January 30, 2007. After just the first months on the market, Microsoft had applauded in excess of 20 million Vista licenses sold, ... (read more)]]> Sat, 19 May 2007 08:23:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Top-Security-Company-Sophos-Bans-Windows-Vista-55104.shtml Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Top-Security-Company-Sophos-Bans-Windows-Vista-55104.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Oiaga) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sophos-Not-Optimistic-about-Windows-Vista-039-s-Security-55071.shtml Sophos is not optimistic when it comes to the security performances that Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows Vista will deliver. And from its position as a world leader in IT security and control solutions, Sophos is an indisputable authority in the industry. Following the launch of Windows Vista, applauded by Microsoft as the mo... (read more)]]> Fri, 18 May 2007 12:53:47 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sophos-Not-Optimistic-about-Windows-Vista-039-s-Security-55071.shtml Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sophos-Not-Optimistic-about-Windows-Vista-039-s-Security-55071.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Oiaga) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Crushes-Windows-Vista-in-Desktop-Deathmatch-53997.shtml Have the advanced introduced by Microsoft with the availability of Windows vista at the desktop level of the operating system sufficient for Windows users to stir clear of the Mountain View company's offerings? It all comes down to the end-user and to the functionality details that Google Desktop adds to Windows Vista.

If you have ev... (read more)]]> Sat, 5 May 2007 13:52:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Crushes-Windows-Vista-in-Desktop-Deathmatch-53997.shtml Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Crushes-Windows-Vista-in-Desktop-Deathmatch-53997.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Oiaga) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Vista-Defense-In-Depth-47732.shtml While there has not been a single security feature addition to Windows Vista that managed to escape criticism, the fact of the matter is that Microsoft has a different perspective on security. For the Redmond Company, Windows Vista's security features are just a part of the defense-in-depth approach to the operating system's protection.

"With Windows Vista... (read more)]]> Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:07:49 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Vista-Defense-In-Depth-47732.shtml Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Vista-Defense-In-Depth-47732.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Oiaga) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Vista-Security-a-Journey-not-a-Destination-47587.shtml In a recent interview with Microsoft I had the chance to ask if the true measure of the Windows Vista security is a combination between deployment practices and code quality. But the fact of the matter is that, as far as security is concerned, there will always be something more Microsoft will have to do. With Vista, as with any other piece of so... (read more)]]> Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:43:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Vista-Security-a-Journey-not-a-Destination-47587.shtml Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Vista-Security-a-Journey-not-a-Destination-47587.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Oiaga) http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Windows-Vista-MessageBox-Vulnerability-Goes-Unpatched-47560.shtml I had a chance to get some inside details about the security in Windows Vista directly from Microsoft via an email interview and one of the aspects that I addressed was the issue related to the Client Server Run-Time Subsystem. This is a Vista vulnerability that has gone unpatched since December 20, 2006, so in a sense, this is the two mon... (read more)]]> Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:28:58 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Windows-Vista-MessageBox-Vulnerability-Goes-Unpatched-47560.shtml Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Windows-Vista-MessageBox-Vulnerability-Goes-Unpatched-47560.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Oiaga) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Pirated-is-Synonymous-with-Risk-for-Windows-Vista-47542.shtml This is another Microsoft Exclusive. In the wake of Windows Vista's commercial availability, I have contacted Microsoft for an extensive interview on the operating system's security. In one of the questions I was looking for Microsoft's position on the risks associated with downloading, purchasing and deploying pirated copies of Windows Vista. Mic... (read more)]]> Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:03:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Pirated-is-Synonymous-with-Risk-for-Windows-Vista-47542.shtml Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Pirated-is-Synonymous-with-Risk-for-Windows-Vista-47542.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Oiaga) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Users-Will-be-Able-to-Built-Their-Personal-Windows-Home-Server-44684.shtml Microsoft will deliver Windows Home Server, showcased at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas, either bundled with hardware form factors or as a stand-alone product to OEMs. But additionally, Joel Sider, Sr. Product Manager, Windows Server PR Microsoft Corp., revealed exclusively to Softpedia that users will a... (read more)]]> Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:58:13 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Users-Will-be-Able-to-Built-Their-Personal-Windows-Home-Server-44684.shtml Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Users-Will-be-Able-to-Built-Their-Personal-Windows-Home-Server-44684.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Oiaga) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Exclusive-Details-On-Windows-Home-Server-44618.shtml Joel Sider, Sr. Product Manager, Windows Server PR Microsoft Corp. has been kind enough to answer a few questions and clarify some aspects of Windows Home Server. Mr. Sider addressed the technology behind WHS, its security, the hardware that will bundle with WHS, the price and the availability of Windows Home Server.

Softpedia: What technology wen... (read more)]]> Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:19:00 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Exclusive-Details-On-Windows-Home-Server-44618.shtml Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Exclusive-Details-On-Windows-Home-Server-44618.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Oiaga) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Exclusive-44569.shtml What is the price of Windows Home Server? Will Windows Home Server be available to home users as a standalone product? These questions will be answered today by Softpedia.

Here on Softpedia you will be able to read, starting today, articles related to the Redmond Company under a new sub-category: Microsoft Exclusive. Microsoft Exclusive is an integer part of bringing... (read more)]]> Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:18:22 GMT Softpedia News - Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Exclusive-44569.shtml Microsoft Exclusive http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Exclusive-44569.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Oiaga)