Editor’s Note: The following article is reprinted from the Today @ PC World blog at PCWorld.com. The battle between Bing and Google is getting personal, with both search engines fighting to become more socially connected. Microsoft recently added social features to Bing in response to Google’s January rollout of Search Plus Your World (SPYW). Both [...]
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Microsoft updates Office for Mac with security fixes
Posted by Gary on May 9, 2012
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Six vulnerabilities in both PC and Mac versions Microsoft has starting pushing security updates for the 2008 and 2011 versions of Microsoft Office for Mac, including an “important” security fix for six vulnerabilities that could allow remote code execution, even on affected Macs. On the Windows side, the problems stretch back all the way to [...]
Microsoft Invests $300 Million in Nook to Take on Amazon and Apple in E-Book Market
Posted by Gary on April 30, 2012
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Microsoft and Barnes & Noble today announced the formation of a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary focused around the existing Nook digital e-reader and e-book business, as well as Barnes & Noble’s college business. Microsoft will make a $300 million investment in the subsidiary, which is preliminarily being called Newco until an official name is [...]
The Macalope Weekly: Beleaguered Microsoft
Posted by Gary on April 22, 2012
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Oh, no you dih-unt, Macalope! Oh, yes, he dih-ud! Sssnap! How you like them apples, Redmond? Mmm-hmm! Sorry about that—the Macalope’s been holding it in for, oh, 17 years. Yes, while the company’s still having good quarters, thanks to its enterprise business, some of its divisions are struggling, and questions abound about its upcoming operating [...]
Microsoft pulls Office 2011 SP2 AutoUpdate for Mac
Posted by Gary on April 22, 2012
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By AppleInsider Staff Published: 10:06 PM EST (07:06 PM PST) A little over a week after releasing an update to its Office 2011 for Mac, Microsoft has stopped pushing out auto-updates for Service Pack 2 over a flaw that corrupts identity databases in the company’s Outlook mail client. The announcement was made on Friday through [...]
Microsoft reveals ‘Windows RT’ as name of ARM-based version of Windows 8
Posted by Gary on April 17, 2012
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By Josh Ong Published: 10:30 PM EST (07:30 PM PST) Microsoft on Monday revealed that there will be three editions of its next-generation desktop operating system: Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro and Windows RT. The Redmond, Wash., company announced the naming scheme in an official blog post. Communications manager Brandon LeBlanc indicated that all three [...]
Microsoft to start charging for Bing search API
Posted by Gary on April 13, 2012
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Microsoft will begin charging developers to use the API (application programming interface) for its Bing search engine, the company announced Thursday. Developers will pay a minimum monthly subscription fee of $40, Microsoft said. It will collect the fee through the Windows Azure Marketplace, where the API will be hosted. All users will move to the [...]
Nokia, Microsoft talk of RIM bid had Windows on BlackBerrys
Posted by Gary on March 31, 2012
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Nokia and Microsoft might gut BlackBerry in deal Nokia and Microsoft’s talk of possibly buying RIM would amount to a wholesale OS replacement, new leaks uncovered late Friday. The Wall Street Journal tip not only left the door open to a “coordinated” bid for RIM but understood they would drop the BlackBerry OS entirely in [...]