My often repeated hope for a low-cost appliance PC is coming closer to realization. Wal-Mart will be selling an Ubuntu system from Everex for $200. Whether it will be as easy to use as a TV, I don’t know but it’s a step in the right direction. Will anybody buy it? Probably not, unless it […]
Two more Microsoft executives have sold stock in recent days, following the increase in the share price, according to the latest Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
The Xbox 360 fall update is just around the corner and speculation is rife about what features it will introduce. Among the more talked-about but still unconfirmed features is a tool that would allow parents to limit the amount of time their children can play.
Intel and Microsoft have shipped out 150,000 low-cost computers to the Libyan government, the companies confirmed on Tuesday. While it is also said the Libyan government is set to receive a shipment of some 1.2 million of the OLPC’s version of the laptop, so far shipments have not started.
Microsoft Wednesday continued its efforts to stop people from pirating or using pirated versions of its software. The company launched a Web site and also revealed that it has filed 20 more lawsuits against people it claims are dealing counterfeit or pirated software in 13 states.
Microsoft just shipped the latest release of BizTalk Server and is preparing to launch Visual Studio 2008 with .NET Framework 3.5, but it’s already presenting a roadmap to its vision for application development tools coming over the next few years.Why? Because development ? particularly for so-called composite applications ? is becoming unmanageably complex, officials say.
It was a week of Googlesque proportions — marked by surprisingly strong financial results, an attention-grabbing Internet deal and a soaring share price.But the company in question was actually Microsoft, and the developments left some Wall Street analysts, technology investors and industry pundits looking at the 32-year-old company in a new light.
From Anne Broache:
In a joint filing with U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, who has been overseeing Microsoft’s antitrust compliance, they asked for a soon-to-expire oversight period to be temporarily extended until at latest January …
From the press release:
Microsoft Corp. today announced the retail availability of new accessories for its innovative digital media player, Zune. The new first- and third-party accessories will usher in the next generation of Zune digital media…
Microsoft has launched a site focusing on the benefits of Windows Home Server. It’s a house that is, obviously, well connected to WHS.
Via Nathan via Windows Home Server Blog.