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29 July 2010
Microsoft Releases Free Security Tool For Older Platforms
Microsoft has released a free tool to bring newer security protections to older platforms and applications.
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26 July 2010
Microsoft Forefront Security Is Good Business
Microsoft announced availability of Forefront Endpoint Protection (FEP) 2010 this week combining a new antivirus engine with behavioral techniques and personal firewall features.
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23 July 2010
Microsoft Refuses To Pay Security Researchers For Vulnerabil
Microsoft will not follow the lead of Mozilla and Google in paying researchers for reporting vulnerabilities, a company executive said today.
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23 July 2010
Microsoft Changes Policy On Vulnerability Disclosures
Microsoft is modifying its strategy of dealing with security researchers in an attempt to make the process of finding and fixing flaws easier and more secure.
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21 July 2010
Security Gurus Scream For Microsoft Shell Patch
Microsoft has warned users about a Windows bug that could open the door to a nasty set of attacks.
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20 July 2010
Microsoft Lets Devs Take A Spin On WinPho7
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has put its Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system out for technical preview.
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19 July 2010
Windows Vulnerability Allows USB Malware To Run
A new USB-based zero-day attack is hitting Microsoft Windows users, according to security firm Sophos.
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16 July 2010
Microsoft Names New Managing Director Of Research
Microsoft has named a new managing director for its Research division.
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16 July 2010
Microsoft Co-Founder Commits Billions To Philanthropy
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has said he will commit the majority of his estimated $13.5bn (£8.8bn) fortune to philanthropy after his death.
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16 July 2010
DOH Ends Microsoft Licensing Contract
A Department of Health (DoH) spokesperson confirmed that it will not renew its contract with the software firm for 900,000 licences for Microsoft's PC software, which was due for renewal this year.
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16 July 2010
Microsoft Sees Opportunity In Shrinking Federal Budgets
As federal agencies put their budgets under the microscope looking for items to trim, under-producing IT projects could land on the chopping block.
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16 July 2010
Oracle's Data Grid To Allow Microsoft .NET Applications
A new version of Oracle's data grid software will allow Microsoft .NET applications to scale to the same large multi-server environments long enjoyed by Java enterprise applications, according to Oracle.
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15 July 2010
Russian Spy Worked For Microsoft
The 12th person detained for allegedly spying for Russia worked as an entry-level software tester at Microsoft for nine months, the company confirmed on Wednesday.
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15 July 2010
Cloud Tools Give Microsoft Partners a Jump-Start
Microsoft is giving its partners tools that could help drive more business to its cloud-based services.
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14 July 2010
Microsoft Eyes Bing's Growth Chart
Still just a year old, Microsoft clearly doesn't expect Bing to be able to go out there and earn a living.
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14 July 2010
New Downgrade Rights for Microsoft
Microsoft has shifted its schedule for downgrade rights - a move which gives system administrators more time to migrate to Windows 7.
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14 July 2010
Windows XP Requires Long-Term Microsoft Support
Microsoft has officially discontinued support for Windows XP Service Pack 2.
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14 July 2010
With Fix Now Out, Microsoft Sees Jump In XP Attacks
Microsoft urged Windows users to update their software Tuesday, saying it's now seen more than 25,000 attacks leveraging one of the critical bugs fixed in July's monthly security patches.
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13 July 2010
Microsoft Puts Cloud Services Into Azure Appliance
Microsoft has unveiled a version of Windows Azure designed to be shipped on third-party server hardware to enable customers or service providers to build cloud infrastructure for hosting Azure services.
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13 July 2010
Microsoft See Big Milestone In WP7
Windows Phone 7 (WP7) is coming later this year and today Microsoft released a beta version of developer tools to enable software makers to build applications and games for WP7 devices.
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12 July 2010
Microsoft Wants Partners 'All in' With The Cloud
Starting July 12, Microsoft's annual Worldwide Partner Conference kicks off in Washington, DC.
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