Company disowns author of critical Microsoft report

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Sep 29, 20032 mins

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Company disowns author of critical Microsoft report, 09/26/03

Security vendor @stake has dissociated itself from a report critical of Microsoft’s operating system dominance, and says that the report’s instigator, former @stake CTO Dan Geer has left the …

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0926compadisow.html

Microsoft prevails in Office Smart Tag patent suit, 09/25/03

Microsoft has won a patent lawsuit brought against it by Hyperphrase Technologies LLC and Hyperphrase Inc. of Madison, Wis. The case, due to go to trial in the U.S. District Court for the Western …

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0925mssmart.html

Microsoft creates unit for mobile content delivery, 09/25/03

Microsoft has created a new business unit that will develop product packages for the fledgling market of content delivery to mobile devices, the company said Thursday.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0925msmobile.html

Report: Widespread use of Microsoft software poses security risk, 09/24/03

Whatever Microsoft’s strengths or failings as a developer of reliable software, the mere existence of an operating-system monopoly is a critical security risk, argues a report released …

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0924mssec.html

Microsoft to pull plug on free chat, 09/24/03

Microsoft Tuesday revealed that is pulling the plug on its free chat service in all but four countries.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0924microtopu.html

Microsoft unwraps Windows XP 64-bit beta, 09/23/03

Microsoft Tuesday released the beta for its 64-bit version of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 for Advanced Micro Devices’ forthcoming Opteron and Athlon64 processors.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0923microunwra.html

Exchange-specific disaster recovery service unveiled, 09/23/03

Evergreen Assurance this week launched a disaster recovery service for Microsoft Exchange intended to recover messaging and collaboration data instantly in the event of a failure.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0923evergreen.html