Category: Microsoft

Microsoft has won court approval to shut down a global network of computers which it says is responsible for more than 1.5bn spam messages every day. read more

Microsoft is suing U.S.-based cargo-delivery service DHL Express for allegedly losing 21,600 Xbox game consoles because of a train derailment in Texas, according to court documents. read more | digg story

XP will spell eXPiry. Microsoft will stop selling the XP version to retailers and PC manufacturers from June 30. read more | digg story

“Now that Gates has ‘retired’ from Microsoft, ZDNet is speculating that Microsoft will become much more Open Source friendly. From the article, ‘We already see quite a different approach to dealing with OSS and OSS companies from Sam Ramji’s group [which is] doing a great job in establishing dialog,’ said Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange…

We’ll tell you what’s up with Microsoft: new hardware options. It may sound totally insane, but word has it that Microsoft may begin allowing third-party manufacturers to create Xbox 360 hardware. And we’re not talking about peripherals, people; we mean hardware that runs 360 game discs created by someone other than Microsoft. read more |…

Programming giant Microsoft has accused several US computer retailers of software piracy, it has been reported. The company, which reported revenues of $14.4 billion ( £7.2 billion) for the quarter ending March 31st, have filed lawsuits against 21 firms in the US, according to the San Diego Business Journal. read more | digg story

IE8 should make things a lot better—but it will still fall far short of the standards set by Firefox, Safari, and Opera. Some of these problems are technical, but others are cultural. Where the other browser developers are open and communicative, Microsoft is still leaving web developers in the dark. read more | digg story

The title says it all. read more | digg story

Demo of the upcoming Windows 7 with new features and applications. read more | digg story

Why is Microsoft using an open source project to manage Linux rather than developing most of the code itself? All-in-all, it’s as much a business decision as anything else. read more | digg story