Archive for October 22nd, 2008
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Microsoft gets patent for real-time f-bomb bleeping
Back in 2004 Microsoft applied for a patent for real-time censoring of audio streams, and now the USPTO has granted that patent.
As PC gamers have known for a long time, and Xbox gamers have known for a while, playing against other humans online is a much more enjoyable experience than beating a computer. Thanks to [...] -
Is Microsoft Recession Proof?
Mini-Microsoft: Is Microsoft recession proof? No, of course not. While it can be buffeted back in forth in a mild recession and get through without group parties here and there, it’s pretty unclear what kind of Microsoft will emerge at the other end of a deep global recession. Just a quick post about the immediate [...]
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Microsoft Big Brains: Brian Harry
This Week’s ‘Big Brain’: Brian Harry
Claim to Fame: Product Unit Manager running a 120-strong unit focused on Team Foundation Server
How Long You’ve Been With Microsoft: 14 years (since Microsoft bought his version-control-tool company One Tree Software)
More About You: Before joining Microsoft, worked on e-mail development at DaVinci Systems. Once Microsoft bought One Tree, worked on [...] -
Reading the Redmondian ‘Live’ tea leaves
Rajesh Jha, Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President in charge of Office Live, is now also heading up Microsoft Exchange. (Thanks to Microsoft blogger Eileen Brown for the information.)
As Brown notes, this might just be an org-chart change good for fueling gossip and little else. Or it could be a hint of something new in the works [...] -
Apple’s rebuttal chides Microsoft for not saying the ‘V’ word
Thanks to the depth of coverage given to Microsoft’s "Windows, Not Walls" advertising campaign, Apple has come forward with its own ads addressing the palaver.
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Humorous and to the point, Apple’s advertisements echo comments frequently heard throughout the blogosphere regarding Microsoft’s $300 million "Life Without Walls" campaign: "That money could have been used on fixing Vista," [...] -
Microsoft’s Web Platform finally comes together
There are dozens of little tools and services you need to download from Microsoft in order to actually start developing Web applications on your own. Finally, the company has decided to make them all available through a single form.
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For over two years now, one of the most frequent requests heard at Web development conferences — [...] -
Microsoft U Rank: Personalize Your Search Results
Microsoft Research just announced the release of a new experimental search engine interface with a focus on personalization and social networking. U Rank allows you to reorder your searches, add notes, create lists of results, and share your personalized search results with your friends. The search results look like they are drawn directly from from [...]
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IE8 avoids need for October Internet Explorer security fixes
The IE Cumulative Security Update for October 2008, released on this month’s Patch Tuesday, takes on six vulnerabilities. The security update addresses these vulnerabilities by modifying the way Internet Explorer handles the error resulting in an exploitable condition. What’s interesting about this specific update, however, is how it underlines Microsoft’s increased focus on security in [...]