| Microsoft - a household name | | Posted Monday, March 20, 2006 1:25:58 PM by Rose Martins | Microsoft is to computer software, what Kleenex is to tissues.  Although Microsoft is not the only developer, producer and manufacturer of computer software, it is definately the most widely known and used. Microsoft changed the face of computing with the launch of the Microsoft Windows Operating System for PC. Since the beginning of Microsoft Windows, many updated editions have been released with more features and greater functionality.
Microsoft offer a wide range of computer software programs to assist the individual person, the person in business and the business itself. Microsoft Office is a software package that consists of various programs that are said to be essential to every business. The Microsoft Office software packages includes a program for email, for internet, for wordprocessing, for accounting and basic database, and a graphics program for presentations. Microsoft Project is a software program designed to assist managers to control and coordinate their various projects. Other examples of Microsoft software programs are Microsoft Access, Microsoft GPS software and Microsoft Digital Image Pro. ... | |
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| | | The Federal Court of Canada Finds Inter-Plus, a Software Reseller ... | | Posted Friday, February 02, 2007 1:10:00 PM by Blog57 Team | | MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO--(CCNMatthews - Jan. 31, 2007) - Microsoft Canada Co. today welcomed a recent Federal Court of Canada decision in which Montreal-based software reseller Inter-Plus and its directing mind, Carmelo Cerrelli were found to have infringed Microsoft's rights by selling, distributing, offering for sale and possessing counterfeit CD-ROMs as well as related documentation, including packaging, frontliners, backliners, licenses and Certificates of Authenticity when they know or should have known such materials were counterfeit. In addition to awarding one of the highest statutory damage awards in Canada for copyright infringement, $500,000 in statutory damages, the court also awarded $200,000 in punitive damages, what is believed to be the highest such award in Canada in an intellectual property case.... | |
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| | | Microsoft launches alliance for software harmony | | Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 3:14:22 AM by Blog57 Team | | BARCELONA, Spain -- US software giant Microsoft on Tuesday launched an industry-wide alliance with more than 20 other major firms -- partners and rivals alike -- aimed at improving software compatibility. The aim of the Interop Vendor Alliance is to help customers resolve compatibility problems, particularly in areas such as systems management, identity management, data access and developer tools. The grouping was launched at a conference for European software developers in Barcelona which runs until Friday and was expected to draw some 5,000 IT professionals. According to Microsoft's senior vice-president Bob Muglia, who attended the conference, the alliance members will work together and share information to solve common problems faced by customers and test real-world situations.... | |
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| | | Microsoft's Zune gives iPod a challenge | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 3:26:05 PM by Blog57 Team | | N ext week, Microsoft Corp. will launch the most serious challenge ever mounted to Apple Computer's iPod and iTunes juggernaut in digital music. The software giant is introducing a portable player called the Zune, an online music store called Zune Marketplace and new music software called Zune that links the two. In its first incarnation, the Zune comes in only one version, a big, chunky $249 model that can hold 30 gigabytes of music, videos and photos. I've been testing the Zune for the past couple of weeks and comparing it with the most similar of Apple's six iPod models -- the smaller of the two full-size iPods, which also holds 30 gigabytes and also costs $249. Zune has several nice features the iPod lacks: a larger screen, the ability to exchange songs with other Zunes wirelessly and a built-in FM radio.... | |
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| | | Microsoft software may have helped police nab a child sex offender | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 1:33:23 PM by Blog57 Team | | Last year, Microsoft, Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) teamed with detectives at Toronto's Child Exploitation Section, acclaimed for its work tracking down child pornographers on the Internet, to create a software program with the purpose of helping hunt down these child pornography Internet traffickers around the world. Yesterday, a man was arrested in Ontario after he showed images of his sexual exploitation of a preschool girl on the Internet. He transmitted the live assault to an undercover detective in Toronto. Police managed to rescue the girl two hours later from a city in southwestern Ontario.The detective, Krawczyk , who witnessed the live assault and wanted to reach the girl at that moment, said, "The message to all pedophiles, and people who want to sexually exploit children on the Internet is that we are on the Internet 24/7, we know where you are and we will find you." Naturally, the police would not disclose any information about what programs they use and how they track the individuals down.... | |
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| | | Briefs: Microsoft sues 50 in software piracy claims | | Posted Monday, November 06, 2006 3:25:08 AM by Blog57 Team | | Microsoft Corp. said it has filed more than 50 lawsuits and other legal actions worldwide against people it says sold pirated copies of its software using online auction sites such as eBay. The legal actions announced last week are the latest in a broad effort Microsoft has taken to curb widespread piracy of programs including the Windows operating system and Office suite. The moves come as Microsoft is seeing the market for its software become more saturated, leaving the company eager to add revenue by curbing illegal distribution. Microsoft also is gearing up to release new versions of Windows and Office, which remain Microsoft's biggest cash cows despite the company's many other lines of business. The legal actions were filed over three days last week in the United States, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Korea, Poland and several other countries.... | |
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| | | New Microsoft software targets smaller firms | | Posted Wednesday, November 01, 2006 11:38:43 PM by Blog57 Team | | SEATTLE -- Microsoft is preparing to sell software that helps small companies do things such as build a Web site and maintain business contacts, and plans to link the product to its platform for selling online advertising. Microsoft said it will officially release Office Live in the United States Nov. 15, and simultaneously launch test versions of the software in France, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom. Office Live, which has been available to U.S. companies in test form for more than eight months, is one element of Microsoft's major push to offer more Web-based products so it can compete with companies such as Google and Salesforce.com. Microsoft, which makes most of its money selling desktop-bound software such as the Windows operating system and Office business suite, is feeling increased pressure from companies that offer more advanced or cheaper tools online.... | |
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| | | Database Software Boosts Microsoft Profits | | Posted Friday, October 27, 2006 3:17:15 PM by Blog57 Team | | Microsoft posted sales and profit growth at its server and tools business, powered by strong sales of its database software platform, SQL Server, and solid demand for its Windows server software. In after-hours trade, shares of Microsoft dropped slightly to $28.31 shortly after the report from a close of $28.35 on Nasdaq. The stock has risen about 25 percent since June, soaring to a near-two-year high based on investor optimism that much-anticipated upgrades of its Windows operating system and Office software suite will soon pay dividends. For the current quarter, Microsoft forecast diluted earnings per share of between 22 cents and 24 cents on revenue of $11.8 billion to $12.4 billion. The outlook factored in an 11-cent-per-share impact for revenue deferrals.... | |
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| | | Microsoft offers software developers virtualization format on open source basis | | Posted Monday, October 23, 2006 3:13:42 PM by Blog57 Team | | BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Microsoft Corp. said software developers would no longer need to pay or license technology it provides to help one computer run multiple operating systems at the same time. It said it would provide access to a "virtualization" format on an open-source basis, saying this was the best way to get the broadest audience for its own specifications. The technology makes it easier for users to access programs or look at documents made by non-Microsoft vendors. Demand from customers -- particularly in the government sector -- who use open-source servers such as Linux was one of the main reasons for the company to move toward open-source standards, said Microsoft spokesman Tom Brookes. He said it was not connected to Microsoft's rows with EU regulators over supplying interoperability information to rivals.... | |
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| | | Microsoft To Offer SoftGrid Subscription In Software Assurance | | Posted Thursday, October 19, 2006 11:13:38 AM by Blog57 Team | | Early next year, Microsoft plans to release a Desktop Optimization Pack for Software Assurance (SA) customers that features SoftGrid application virtualization services for $10 per desktop per year. The optimization pack, with the SoftGrid subscription, will be available in January. Other services planned for the optimization pack -- including software asset management, disaster recovery and advanced directory -- will be available later in the first half of 2007, Microsoft said Tuesday. SoftGrid, which Microsoft obtained as part of its acquisition of Boston-based Softricity earlier this year, will give SA customers an application virtualization and software streaming solution for their Windows desktop. The Redmond, Wash., software giant has been trying to drive more SA maintenance contracts by offering additional services atop SA's core value: upgrade rights.... | |
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| | | Microsoft acquires software maker Colloquis | | Posted Sunday, October 15, 2006 11:10:50 AM by Blog57 Team | | Microsoft Corp. has acquired Colloquis Inc., a privately held New York company that makes software that automatically answers online questions submitted by customers, Microsoft said in a statement. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Redmond-based software giant (NASDAQ: MSFT - News) said it will continue to offer Colloquis software under the name Windows Live Service Agents and incorporate the technology into Microsoft products starting with video game console Xbox. The Colloquis software has been used by such companies as Cingular Wireless, Comcast Corp., Cox Communications Inc. and Panasonic Corp., Microsoft said. Published October 12, 2006 by the Puget Sound Business Journal .... | |
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