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Antivirus plans 'still under development' - Microsoft

News Microsoft intends to create an antivirus service in the near future, but has not finalised its plans, a company executive said on Tuesday. However, the software giant has not decided what form its service will take, said Amy Carroll, director of...

16 June 2004, 8:15

Microsoft readies first corporate IM update

News Microsoft is expected to reveal plans on Tuesday for the first major update of its corporate instant-messaging server. Microsoft introduced Live Communications Server last year as part of a broad strategy to turn instant messaging into a corporate...

4 May 2004, 8:15

Microsoft points the way to licence support

News Microsoft is trying to improve relationships with its licensed customers by helping them better manage their licences using channel partners, who can provide expertise in asset management. For larger customers, Microsoft recommends teaming up with...

14 May 2004, 14:45

Microsoft marks out search target

News Microsoft plans to introduce a news-aggregation service for Web logs and to develop a social-networking product, a company executive said last Friday. In addition, he flagged planned Web log and social-networking products, and said the Microsoft...

29 March 2004, 8:15

Microsoft to sign anti-spam agreement

News Microsoft is expected to announce on Wednesday a partnership with IronPort, adopting its anti-spam protections for MSN and Hotmail email. Under the agreement, Microsoft will use Ironport's "bonded sender" email certification program, according to...

5 May 2004, 8:15

Microsoft patents an apple

News Microsoft, amid an IP spree that has won the company patent protection for everything from XML dialects to video game storage methods, mistakenly received a patent on Tuesday for a new variety of apple tree.

5 May 2004, 9:25

Microsoft UK head: We've grown up

News The last few weeks have been pretty rough for Microsoft. The settlement with Sun looks as though Microsoft is growing up and moving closer to the accepted norms of corporate behaviour. Microsoft has had to be involved in those changes; we took a...

8 April 2004, 14:10

Microsoft opens German research centre

News Microsoft on Monday officially opened a research centre in Aachen, Germany, a move that makes the company eligible to take part in projects funded by the European Commission and by individual European countries.

27 April 2004, 7:55

News.blog: Kick the Microsoft habit in 12 steps

News Do you know you want to beat your Microsoft addiction but don't know where to start? Well, there is a new book with all the answers: Just say no to Microsoft: How to ditch Microsoft and why it's not as hard as you think.

18 November 2005, 9:10

News.blog: Microsoft launches 'click the cops' on IM

News UK users of Windows Live Messenger or MSN Messenger can click a new button in the chat application to contact police with reports of suspicious behaviour and instances of inappropriate sexual conduct online.

23 August 2006, 9:34

Microsoft enhances blogging service

News Microsoft was set late on Tuesday to begin rolling out Windows Live Spaces, the next generation of its MSN Spaces blogging service. Windows Live Space also features enhanced privacy tools that will let users specify who can contact them, see their...

2 August 2006, 9:52

Microsoft launches robotics software

News The technology, called Microsoft Robotics Studio, is Windows-based software platform designed to make it relatively simple to program robots -- real or simulated. Microsoft today plans to take the wraps off its first commercial operating system for...

13 December 2006, 9:07

Photos: Microsoft's robotics kit

News Microsoft Robotics Studio is a Windows-based toolkit that offers simulation runtime technology so that commercial and individual developers can create intelligent applications in a virtual world for a range of products.

21 June 2006, 9:28

Microsoft tries 'concept-car' Singularity OS

News Microsoft used its annual TechFest gathering of research-lab technicians in Redmond last week to launch a new prototype operating system, "Singularity". According to Microsoft, Speaking at TechFest this year, Rick Rashid, senior vice president of...

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12 March 2008, 9:02

Microsoft makes Zune work with Vista

News Microsoft on Tuesday released a software update that lets the Zune work with Windows Vista. After a few weeks of not speaking to one another, Microsoft's new operating system and its Zune digital music player are getting along fine.

21 December 2006, 9:02