Thursday, February 19, 2009

No Microsoft phone, executive says; Windows 7: Enterprise Features Explained

No Microsoft phone, company saying services, not OS, is the place to be
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No Microsoft phone, executive says

John Fontana By John Fontana
Microsoft stated emphatically Monday that it would not be building a phone; instead it would roll out services and rely on partners to supply the hardware. Read full story

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Windows 7: Enterprise Features Explained The lion's share of attention about the Windows 7 beta has been on consumer features. The new taskbar with its jumplists, mouse-hover features, easy navigation and the more controllable user account control are the immediate attention-grabbers. But the under-the-hood, less "sexy" enterprise features of Windows 7 are not as well known.

Microsoft renames, expands free online services for higher-ed Microsoft Thursday expanded its Exchange Labs online messaging service that is offered free to university students and changed the name of the service to Outlook Live.

Microsoft strives for mobile mindshare with Windows Mobile 6.5 Microsoft this week unveils Windows Mobiel 6.5, with its new full-blown Web browser, IE Mobile 6, in a bid to stay competitive in the fast-changing mobile market.

Microsoft Win Server 2008 R2 pre-release details available to IT Microsoft is offering pre-release documentation on how to configure new technologies that are part of Windows Server 2008.

Riverbed bundles Microsoft Server in its WAN optimization appliances Riverbed will sell Microsoft's Windows Server bundled with its WAN optimization devices as a way to simplify purchasing for its customers.

Acer takes on smartphone market Acer has jumped head first into the smartphone market with its Tempo family of devices. They are all touch-enabled and based on Windows Mobile, the company announced on Monday.

Microsoft Renames, Revamps its Phone OS Don't call them Windows Mobile phones anymore. In announcing the latest revision of Microsoft's OS for handsets at Mobile World Congress Monday, MIcrosoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that henceforth, the devices will be known as Windows phones.

Spammers break Hotmail's CAPTCHA yet again The battle by Microsoft to secure its Live Hotmail system from spammers appears to have failed yet again with the news that the latest version of its CAPTCHA authentication system has been broken.

Microsoft denies it profits from Vista-to-XP downgrades Microsoft has denied that it makes money when users "downgrade" Windows Vista to the older XP, as a lawsuit filed last week alleges.

Microsoft plans stores, hires Dreamworks exec Microsoft plans to open its own retail stores to "transform the PC and Microsoft buying experience," the company said Wednesday as it hired an executive to run the retail operation.

Ballmer asks Congress to pass stimulus Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer urged Congress in a letter to quickly pass the stimulus bill "to begin to put our country back on the path toward long-term economic growth."

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02/19/09

Today's most-read stories:

  1. Nortel exec issues vague promise to detail its reorganization
  2. 9 dirty tricks: Social engineers' favorite pick-up lines
  3. Social network sites vary greatly on availability
  4. SolarWinds offers free Cisco IP SLA monitoring tool
  5. Vodafone to sell second HTC Google phone
  6. How to build your own supercomputer
  7. Spammers break Hotmail's CAPTCHA yet again
  8. Microsoft strives for mobile mindshare with Windows Mobile 6.5
  9. Is Cisco short of cash in the U.S.?
  10. LiMo's Linux-based mobile OS stack makes gains


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