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Microsoft Gets a New Security Group
Microsoft is bringing its security, Trustworthy Computing and Engineering Excellence teams together in one group, known as the Trustworthy Computing Team.
The move is...
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What, Exactly, Is Microsoft Spending on MSN in 2007?
As is well-documented by now, Microsoft's vaguely explained spending plans for fiscal 2007 raised some Wall Street analysts' hackles last week. This week, Microsoft...
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Microsoft to Trot Out More on Services at MSN Summit
Microsoft's adCenter ad platform and Windows Live are set to dominate the agenda of next week's MSN Strategic Summit. The Summit, a who's who...
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Microsoft Names New MSN Head
Microsoft said Friday that it has hired away InterActive Corp search head Steve Berkowitz to lead its Online Business division, which includes MSN and...
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Google trounces rivals
GOOGLE continues to be the world's most popular search engine, according to bean counters at Nielsen.
Its latest report says that more than 48.5 per...
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MSN Courts AOL Users with Lower Cost
While AOL is raising prices for dial-up subscribers in an effort to entice users to switch to broadband, MSN said Tuesday it would do...
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MSN Silently Opens Up Live Messenger
Microsoft silently opened up Windows Live Messenger to all Microsoft Passport holders, several enthusiast sites including LiveSide.net reported on Monday. Previously, access to the...
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MSN Joins FX to Stream ‘Black. White.’
MSN and FX announced a deal Tuesday that would allow the online service to rebroadcast the hour-long premiere of FX's controversial series "Black. White."...
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Microsoft Debuts Windows Live Search
Microsoft early Wednesday took the wraps off an improved Live.com homepage complete with a beta of Windows Live Search, the successor to MSN Search....
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MSN, AP Launch Video Network
Microsoft and the Associated Press launched on Wednesday the AP Online Video Network, a new service powered by MSN Video that will make the...
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MSN Strikes New Entertainment Deals
Microsoft's MSN division inked two new content deals on Wednesday, including an agreement to rebroadcast the Bob Marley Festival in Miami as well as...
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Gmail Gets Chatty
Google debuted Gmail Chat on Tuesday, a service that would allow users of the client to start instant messaging chats from their Gmail account,...
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Microsoft re-thinks dropping bloggers into doodoo
SOFTWARE FIRM Microsoft has decided that it may not be such a great idea to censor the Internet and acting as a proxy for...
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Microsoft nearing ad system for MSN searches
When it comes to the search-engine business — and the hot online advertising market that fuels it — Microsoft has lagged far behind Google...
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You can use MSN Messenger via the Xbox 360
MICROSOFT SAYS it is going to release some new software for the Xbox 360 within the next six months.
It will be used to send...
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Sober worm stalls MSN, Hotmail
The pesky Sober worm is to blame for disrupting e-mail traffic between Comcast account holders and users of Microsoft-based e-mail, Redmond said on Friday....
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MSN Rolls Enterprise-Strength Desktop Search
Today, the corporate desktop and intranet. Tomorrow, Windows Live. MSN released a new version of its desktop search tool designed for enterprise users. Its...
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Google chase could trip up Microsoft
Microsoft has talked about accelerating its business by offering services, but some analysts worry its race to compete with Google and others could...
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Microsoft Strong in Software, Weaker in MSN, Xbox
Microsoft Corp's first fiscal quarter was driven by its core businesses and the growing popularity of its mobile platform, allowing the company to deliver...
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Bill Gates, Ray Ozzie seen unveiling hosted services next week
Top Microsoft Corp. executives speaking in San Francisco next week are expected to reveal the first in what many observers believe will be a...
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Microsoft launches Search Technology Center in China
Microsoft Research Asia (MSR Asia), Microsoft's fundamental research arm in Asia Pacific, launched the Search Technology Center (STC). MSR Asia STC will work with...
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MSN-Yahoo! IM love-in could spread worms
The planned bridge between MSN Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger has one drawback, experts warn: it could act as a conduit for a massive IM...
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Panda Software Finds Yahoo!, MSN and Google, ‘Cloned’
Identifies a new, financially-motivated cybercrime threat that interferes with the search engines, displays false results and redirects users to other web pages.
Panda Software, a...
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New worm spoofs Google, Yahoo and MSN sites
Security experts have discovered a malicious program aimed at tricking users into clicking on phony search results on fake Google, Yahoo and MSN sites....
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MSN adCenter Moves Out of Testing
MSN has officially taken the lid off its paid search service in France and Singapore, with plans to launch a pilot in the United...