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web technology News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - 3 hours ago
Microsoft has hired former Yahoo executive Qi Lu to run its online services business. Lu will start on January 5 and report directly to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, according to a CNET report. The company also …
Also tagged: internet, web technology, yahoo inc, e business e commerce, sam diaz
software News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - 5 hours ago
The Microsoft "Big Brains" series, via which I am profiling Microsoft's roughly two dozen Technical Fellows, continues. This week's fellow is Dave Campbell, the head of strategy and architecture for SQL Services. by …
Also tagged: sql, hardware, software, management, storage, data management, team, databases, enterprise software, mary jo foley, team management, microsoft sql server
software News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Dec 3, 2008
I must admit I'm more than a bit skeptical when any company, Microsoft in particular, goes out of its way to make rivals' software work better with its own, especially if it's a cash cow product. But here we are, nine …
Also tagged: software, sdk, interoperability, office open xml, microsoft office, emerging technologies, open source, openoffice, office suites, opendocument format, mozilla firefox, paula rooney, opendocument format odf, openxml document viewer
software News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Dec 3, 2008
On December 3, Microsoft issued a press release entitled "Microsoft Gives Businesses Lower TCO Versus Hidden Costs of Open Source." The message: Open source software costs businesses more than Office and other …
Also tagged: software, management, open source, finance, mary jo foley, tco, tools and techniques, roi tco, managerial accounting, speedy hire case study
News items | ZDNet - Dec 3, 2008
Documents created using the Office Open XML document format can now be viewed through a simple Firefox plug-in, while OOXML's compatibility with ODF and Apache has also been enhanced. Microsoft on Wednesday announced …
Also tagged: standards, office open xml, standard, openoffice, opendocument, iso, ooxml, opendocument format, david meyer zdnet co uk
software News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Dec 3, 2008
At the Professional Developers Conference in late October, Windows chief Steven Sinofsky announced that Windows 7 Beta 1 would be ready "early next year." A Microsoft insider has now confirmed the actual date, which is …
Also tagged: dvd, microsoft windows, software, beta, operating systems, keith, ed bott, microsoft windows 7
software News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Dec 2, 2008
Microsoft has begun rolling out the Windows Live Wave 3 services it announced last month. The company also went public today with its "Generation 4 Datacenter" strategy. by Mary Jo Foley
Also tagged: hardware, microsoft windows, software, storage, server, operating systems, data management, mary jo foley, data center, data centers, microsoft windows live
software News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Dec 2, 2008
Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Christopher Dawson: Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 2)? Ryan Naraine: Apple: Mac users should run …
Also tagged: security, web services, soa, software, linux, open source, operating systems, unix, antivirus, enterprise software, apple iphone, palm inc, microsoft windows vista, apple inc, larry dignan, service pack 2, nokia corp, viruses and worms, service oriented architecture soa, microsoft windows xp service pack 2
software News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Dec 2, 2008
Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Apple: Mac users should run multiple anti-virus Ed Bott: With Vista SP2, Microsoft is back on track Mary Jo …
Also tagged: security, microsoft windows, software, linux, open source, operating systems, antivirus, palm inc, microsoft windows vista, apple inc, larry dignan, service pack 2, viruses and worms, microsoft windows vista longhorn, microsoft windows xp service pack 2
software News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Dec 1, 2008
Reliable reports suggest that Microsoft plans to release Windows Vista Service Pack 2 to manufacturing in April 2009, roughly a year after it delivered SP1. Some observers are inferring from this schedule that ista SP2 …
Also tagged: microsoft windows, software, operating systems, microsoft windows vista, ed bott, service pack, service pack 2, microsoft windows xp, microsoft windows vista longhorn, microsoft windows xp service pack 2