Microsoft cash offer raises question: What's wrong with accepting money to write on Wikipedia?
- By The Associated Press
- 01/24/2007
Here's a tool that lets you quickly audit a user's Firefox browsing history.
Critics charge that Redmond giant's pay-to-edit approach with online encyclopedia's articles breaks spirit that Wiki community has been built on since inception.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/23/2007
Six months after announcing a telecommunications alliance, Microsoft and Nortel this week presented some early results of their efforts and outlined a roadmap for future projects.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/18/2007
Don Ferguson, whom some observers refer to as the "Father of WebSphere," has joined Redmond as a Technical Fellow in Platforms and Strategy in the Office of the CTO, according to statements posted online.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/17/2007
Microsoft recently announced that, as of January 8, 100 million users have installed Internet Explorer 7.0.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/16/2007
So far, when it comes to making money, the online video explosion is mostly about potential. Studios selling TV shows and movies for download, and Web sites like YouTube that link ads to user-generated content, stand to reap billions from the Internet's hottest trend.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/15/2007
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Here's how to check and enable permissions inheritance for user objects in AD.
At the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft announced that its Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT) group has released its MSN Direct navigation services.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/09/2007
A 17-year-old has been detained by Venezuelan authorities after hacking into multiple government Web sites.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/05/2007
Microsoft quietly announced this week that it has released version 1.5 of its Windows Live OneCare security and antivirus offering to manufacturing.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/04/2007
Flaw found in Adobe' Acrobat PDF format appears to target IE, Firefox browsers.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/03/2007
With this tool, you can easily scan a user's Internet Explorer browsing history.
Judith Hurwitz, Robin Bloor, Carol Baroudi and Marcia Kaufman explain Service Oriented Architecture in this book for "Dummies."
The company is interested in improving users' RSS experience, but not in claiming the technology as a whole, a Microsoft official said.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/25/2006
E-commerce and online banking sites will be required to undergo extensive verification checks.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/25/2006
Spammers' focus has shifted from open relays to infected "zombie" computers.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/25/2006
Here's a registry mod that will have you looking up Microsoft Knowledge Base articles instantly in your browser.
- By Zubair Alexander
- 12/18/2006
Amazon.com Inc. denies it violated IBM Corp. patents in building its massive retail Web site, and alleges instead that IBM infringed on Amazon's technology to beef up its own offerings.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/18/2006