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Microsoft: DNS patch to come by May 8, maybe, 04/18/07
Microsoft hopes to fix by May 8 a critical flaw in Windows DNS servers that is being exploited by online criminals, the company said late Tuesday.
Microsoft plans $3 suite for emerging markets, 04/19/07
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates Thursday is expected to unveil a global initiative by Microsoft to bring computers and technology education resources to emerging countries during an appearance in Beijing.
Microsoft, Samsung sign broad patent accord, 04/19/07
Microsoft entered into a broad patent licensing agreement with South Korea’s Samsung aimed at speeding product development efforts for both companies, they said Thursday.
Adobe CEO responds to Microsoft’s Silverlight, 04/17/07
The head of Adobe Systems has questioned Microsoft’s commitment to keeping its new Silverlight platform compatible with other operating systems besides Windows.
Microsoft releases Media Player plug-in for Firefox, 04/17/07
Microsoft, as part of its outreach to the open source community, has released a new official Windows Media Player plug-in for Firefox 2.0 that resolves problems with the older one.
Windows, Java get incremental boosts, 04/16/07
Incremental updates to the latest Windows and Java technologies have been made available recently with Microsoft offering a new preview of its upcoming Longhorn server platform and Sun Microsystems adding a fix for daylight saving to Java.
Coming soon: a Microsoft fuel-cell charger, 04/16/07
A New York-based company that is one of a handful developing fuel cells for consumer electronics devices says it has started commercial production of a fuel cell-based recharger for Microsoft.
Microsoft targets SAAS program, 04/16/07
Microsoft has consolidated some of its efforts to help Web hosting companies offer software-as-a-service (SAAS) into a new program tailored for offerings to independent software vendors (ISV).
NAB – Microsoft unveils Silverlight as Flash killer, 04/16/07
Microsoft this week will reveal new technology to deliver rich media applications on the Web, part of a broader strategy to go head to head with Web and design tools powerhouse Adobe.
China improving on piracy, says top Microsoft lawyer, 04/13/07
Microsoft is seeing some improvements to the considerable problem of software piracy in China, it’s top lawyer said on Thursday.
From Microsoft Subnet: Microsoft flips the switch on $550M data center
Reuters is reporting that Microsoft is about to flip the switch to its new $550 million server farm in Quincy, Wash., big enough to house seven soccer fields and the backbone to its fight against Google and others in the Web services space.
Editor’s Note: Is your IT organizational structure holding your company back?
We’re assembling a package of stories to be published in Network World looking at the IT organizational structure of the future and we need your help:News Editor Bob Brown
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