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Rumour Mill : Microsoft Revives Bid To Acquire Yahoo's Search Business

Desire Athow — Mon, 01 Dec 2008

It seems that Microsoft is going to support the new management team at Yahoo Inc. that will take charge of its web search business, and ink a partnership agreement according to the newspaper Sunday Times

Microsoft Windows Vulnerability Targeted By New Worm

Desire Athow — Thu, 27 Nov 2008

Researchers from Microsoft have warned of a new wave of attacks exploiting a critical vulnerability in Windows Server Service, patched by the company with an emergency update last month

£66.30 Windows XP Home Edition SP3 OEM

Desire Athow — Thu, 27 Nov 2008

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes a collection of software updates that improve on the Windows XP operating system since its general availability in October 2001

US Internet Search Market Shrinks As Google Posts Impressive Gains

Desire Athow — Tue, 25 Nov 2008

The 2008 US Presidential Election and the current economic news did not prevent the US search market to fall by nearly 2 percent in October 2008 according to research firm, Nielsen Online

Windows Vista Kernel Is Vulnerable To Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Desire Athow — Tue, 25 Nov 2008

A group of researchers has discovered a serious vulnerability in Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system, which can be exploited by the hackers to seize complete control over victim’s computer

Microsoft Change Live Search To Kumo?

Desire Athow — Mon, 24 Nov 2008

Microsoft might be considering using a few hundred millions dollars it did not spend on the failed Yahoo acquisition to rebrand its Live search to Kumo, a Japanese word for "Spider" or "Cloud"

Microsoft CEO Will Have Testify In "Vista-capable" Suit

Desire Athow — Mon, 24 Nov 2008

A federal judge on Friday has ordered Microsoft’s CEO, Steve Ballmer, to testify in a class-action legal suit over the marketing program for promoting Microsoft’s Windows Vista

Microsoft Set To Release IE8 In Q1 2009

Desire Athow — Fri, 21 Nov 2008

Microsoft indicated that it will be issuing the ‘release candidate’ of its Internet Explorer 8 in the first quarter of next year, with full fledged launch of the new browser is there on the cards in first half of 2009

Microsoft Slashes Zune Prices Ahead Of Christmas Season

Desire Athow — Thu, 20 Nov 2008

With the holiday shopping season on the horizon, Microsoft seems all set to boost the sales of Zune, the company’s iPod competitor, by slashing its prices

Microsoft and Novell Partners on Silverlight Conduit Called Moonlight

Desire Athow — Thu, 20 Nov 2008

Touting the second anniversary of their contentious partnership, Microsoft and Novell on Tuesday announced that they are all set to launch the beta version of Moonlight