-
It’s official: No IE 8 until 2009
After one more public test build early next year, Microsoft plans to release the final version of Internet Explorer 8 in calendar 2009.
Microsoft officials shared the updated timetable via a November 19 post on the IE Blog.
Until yesterday, Microsoft’s only official pronouncement of when the final IE 8 release was due was before the end [...] -
The Microsoft-Novell Linux deal: Two years later
Two years ago this month, Microsoft forged its controversial partnership with Novell that, among other things, had the two companies agreeing not to sue each other over intellectual property issues, in part to protect Suse Linux users over any patent litigation from Microsoft.
<br><br>
Just how well has that deal worked out? That depends on whom you [...] -
Reflections of a Microsoft shareholder
Michael McDonald, a longtime Microsoft investor, will be attending his first Microsoft shareholders meeting Wednesday morning. In advance of the event, he shared these opinions.
<br><br>
On election eve, November 2000, I purchased 100,000 shares of MSFT at a split-adjusted, average price of $36 per share for a total cost of $3.6 million.
<br><br>
In these last eight years, [...] -
Microsoft Subscription Computing Targets 20 Million
A Microsoft program aimed at making PCs and Internet computing more affordable through monthly payments will deliver 20 million new desktops and laptops over the next few years to people who may not otherwise have been able to afford them, an executive said.
<br><br>
The subscription computing program has already seen 2 million PCs deployed since it [...] -
Shareholder to Ballmer: Is best yet to come?
With Microsoft’s stock at a 10-year-low, some frustration was evident at the company’s annual meeting Wednesday.
Karen Robbins, a children’s book author, addressed CEO Steve Ballmer and Chairman Bill Gates, and first thanked them.
“Twenty years ago, I started my dream to be a children’s writer,” she said. “Bill Gates and Microsoft totally changed my career. I [...] -
Considering a gaming rig, have a few questions.
Hello over the past few days or so I have been considering buying and building a gaming rig. With so many great pc games coming out I have been pondering wether I should buy a rig or not, among other things. Right now I have a Mac Laptop, specifically for work/school, so gaming on that [...]
-
Considering a gaming rig, have a few questions.
Hello over the past few days or so I have been considering buying and building a gaming rig. With so many great pc games coming out I have been pondering wether I should buy a rig or not, among other things. Right now I have a Mac Laptop, specifically for work/school, so gaming on that [...]
-
Best deals, warranties, durability on laptops?
I’m buying a laptop that is just going to be used to surf the net, and maybe listen to music. Don’t need anything fancy, just something that will work, and work for years to come. Most of the computers I have are custom builds and the brand name ones I’ve bought always end up broken [...]