Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/technology/microsoft technology Microsoft en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:50:11 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/technology/microsoft http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100210/tc_pcworld/judgedismissesmicrosoftwindowsgenuineadvantagesuit pcworld/20100210/judgedismissesmicrosoftwindowsgenuineadvantagesuit PC World technology Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:50:11 GMT PC World - A judge dismissed a lawsuit that was filed against Microsoft over its much-criticized Windows Genuine Advantage program in 2006. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100210/tc_pcworld/indefenseofmicrosoft pcworld/20100210/indefenseofmicrosoft PC World technology Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:26:00 GMT PC World - I know, I know. You hate Microsoft for its bloated, buggy software, its slowness to innovate, and its government-certified, monopolistic bullying. I won't argue with any of those points, or those made last week in the NY Times by former Microsoft VP Dick Brass, who called his former employer "a clumsy, uncompetitive innovator." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100209/tc_pcworld/slewofcriticalupdatesfrommicrosoft pcworld/20100209/slewofcriticalupdatesfrommicrosoft PC World technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:41:00 GMT PC World - Time flies. Another month has gone by and Patch Tuesday is upon us again. Microsoft is delivering a record-tying 13 security bulletins for February, a virtual avalanche of updates after a relatively quiet January that saw only one security bulletin on Patch Tuesday, and one released out-of-band mid-month to address a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer that was used to launch attacks against Google and other companies in China. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_iac_on_the_call ap/20100209/us_tec_iac_on_the_call AP technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:53:01 GMT AP - Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp's Ask.com search engine is the fourth-largest in the U.S., trailing offerings from Google Inc., Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100209/tc_pcworld/criticalwindowsfixesfordirectshownetworkbasedattacks pcworld/20100209/criticalwindowsfixesfordirectshownetworkbasedattacks PC World technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:48:00 GMT PC World - Today's Patch Tuesday update release from Microsoft ships out a bevy of high-priority fixes, including five rated critical. Many of the vulnerabilities are likely to be attacked, according to Redmond. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100209/bs_nf/71545 nf/20100209/71545 NewsFactor business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:58:09 GMT NewsFactor - Battery problems on Windows 7 machines are not caused by the operating system. That's the position of Stephen Sinofsky, head of the Windows division, in a long posting Monday on the Windows engineering blog. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20100209/tc_infoworld/112643 infoworld/20100209/112643 InfoWorld technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:31:51 GMT InfoWorld - Microsoft has taken another step toward releasing its Visual Studio 2010 IDE and the accompanying .Net Framework 4 programming platform, offering a release candidate (RC) for the paired technologies on Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100209/tc_pcworld/microsoftgoogleteamwithmediatekinsmartphonepush pcworld/20100209/microsoftgoogleteamwithmediatekinsmartphonepush PC World technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:10:12 GMT PC World - Microsoft and Google have turned to Taiwanese chipset vendor MediaTek to boost their traction in smartphones aimed at China and other emerging markets. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20100209/tc_infoworld/112608 infoworld/20100209/112608 InfoWorld technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:00:00 GMT InfoWorld - It's almost a pathetic assertion: This year, the Mac will break out of its ghetto and become a mainstream computer for individuals and businesses alike. That unfulfilled desire is foretold every year and has been since the mid-1980s, when Apple's then-groundbreaking computer was quickly sidelined by the IBM PC and, later, Microsoft Windows. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100209/tc_pcworld/microsoftehealthresearchtapsxboxmobilephones pcworld/20100209/microsoftehealthresearchtapsxboxmobilephones PC World technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:40:11 GMT PC World - Microsoft is researching how gadgets like the company's Xbox game machine, surface computers and accelerometers in mobile phones could be used to improve health care. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100209/tc_pcworld/windows7justbeinghonestaboutbatterylife pcworld/20100209/windows7justbeinghonestaboutbatterylife PC World technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:07:00 GMT PC World - Last week I wrote about reports that some Windows 7 users are experiencing anomalies with battery life, or at least how Windows 7 reports remaining battery life. The issue seemed worthy of exploring, but not big enough to cause any significant damage to Microsoft's flagship desktop operating system. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100208/tc_pcworld/facebookdumpsmicrosoftadskeepssleazyadvertisers pcworld/20100208/facebookdumpsmicrosoftadskeepssleazyadvertisers PC World technology Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:21:00 GMT PC World - Facebook says it has dumped Microsoft banner ads, but what the social network really needs are fewer sleazy advertisers, not less Microsoft. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20100208/tc_infoworld/112401 infoworld/20100208/112401 InfoWorld technology Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:00:00 GMT InfoWorld - Microsoft is offering a second release candidate for its ASP.Net MVC 2 technology, which enables developers to build Web applications using a model view controller pattern. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100206/tc_afp/ethiopiatechnologymicrosoftlanguage afp/20100206/ethiopiatechnologymicrosoftlanguage AFP technology Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:03:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100206/tc_afp/ethiopiatechnologymicrosoftlanguage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100206/capt.photo_1265468210965-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=115&q=85&sig=98wghe8_LdMjGO4lrbqFJw--" align="left" height="115" width="130" alt="Windows Vista operating software is displayed at a shop in Virginia. US software giant Microsoft has launched Windows Vista in Amharic, the first operating system in the national language of Ethiopia.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US software giant Microsoft has launched Windows Vista in Amharic, the first operating system in the national language of Ethiopia, the official news agency said Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100206/tc_afp/ethiopiatechnologymicrosoftlanguage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100206/capt.photo_1265468210965-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=115&q=85&sig=98wghe8_LdMjGO4lrbqFJw--" align="left" height="115" width="130" alt="photo" title="Windows Vista operating software is displayed at a shop in Virginia. US software giant Microsoft has launched Windows Vista in Amharic, the first operating system in the national language of Ethiopia.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100206/wr_nm/us_facebook_microsoft nm/20100206/us_facebook_microsoft Reuters technology Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:24:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100206/wr_nm/us_facebook_microsoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100205/i/r3993068806.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=sXAYQburKc3JvrW3EQSj4w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, delivers a keynote address at the company's annual conference in San Francisco, July 23, 2008. REUTERS/Kimberly White" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Facebook is taking full control of display ads on the world's No. 1 social networking website, cutting short an exclusive deal that had allowed Microsoft Corp to manage part of that business.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100206/wr_nm/us_facebook_microsoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100205/i/r3993068806.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=sXAYQburKc3JvrW3EQSj4w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, delivers a keynote address at the company's annual conference in San Francisco, July 23, 2008. REUTERS/Kimberly White" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100206/tc_afp/usitinternetadvertisecompanyfacebookmicrosoft afp/20100206/usitinternetadvertisecompanyfacebookmicrosoft AFP technology Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:24:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100206/tc_afp/usitinternetadvertisecompanyfacebookmicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100206/capt.photo_1265415827245-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=T9mp0zaiGxIUNWlUm6_7VQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Microsoft's Roger Wong (2nd R) demonstrates maps using Bing at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center January 2010 in Nevada. Microsoft said Friday that Bing will power Internet searches for Facebook's 400 million members in an arrangement that returns control of display advertising to the social-networking service.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Ethan Miller)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft said Friday that Bing will power Internet searches for Facebook's 400 million members in an arrangement that returns control of display advertising to the social-networking service.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100206/tc_afp/usitinternetadvertisecompanyfacebookmicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100206/capt.photo_1265415827245-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=T9mp0zaiGxIUNWlUm6_7VQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Microsoft's Roger Wong (2nd R) demonstrates maps using Bing at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center January 2010 in Nevada. Microsoft said Friday that Bing will power Internet searches for Facebook's 400 million members in an arrangement that returns control of display advertising to the social-networking service.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Ethan Miller)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100205/tc_pcworld/microsofttodroplinuxunixversionsofenterprisesearch pcworld/20100205/microsofttodroplinuxunixversionsofenterprisesearch PC World technology Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:40:28 GMT PC World - Microsoft will no longer offer Linux or Unix versions of its enterprise search products after a wave of releases set to ship in the first half of this year, the company announced in an official blog post Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20100205/tc_infoworld/112356 infoworld/20100205/112356 InfoWorld technology Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:12:34 GMT InfoWorld - Moonlight 3.0, which puts Microsoft's Silverlight rich Internet plug-in software on Linux and Unix platforms, is now being offered in an alpha release, according to Web pages from the Mono project, which has jurisdiction over Moonlight. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100205/tc_pcworld/microsofttostopsellingdisplayadsforfacebook pcworld/20100205/microsofttostopsellingdisplayadsforfacebook PC World technology Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:30:15 GMT PC World - Microsoft is expanding its search arrangement with Facebook but reining in its advertising deal with the social-networking site. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100205/tc_pcworld/microsoftwarnsofrecordpatchtuesday pcworld/20100205/microsoftwarnsofrecordpatchtuesday PC World technology Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:07:00 GMT PC World - Microsoft issued its Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for February 2010 yesterday. The notice warns that Patch Tuesday next week will see 13 security bulletins, tying October 2009 for the most security bulletins released in a single month.