Microsoft Jumps On BitTorrent Bandwagon
Cachelogic, a network monitoring firm that conducted a worldwide survey of network activity during June 2004, found that BitTorrent accounted for 53 percent of P2P traffic and 35 percent of overall Internet traffic.
Seeing this as a good market, Microsoft had been following suit and they jumped on the bandwagon of BitTorrent file-sharing software. In [...]
Microsoft offering free repairs for all 2005 Xbox 360s
Those Redmond folks are sure on a good news streak. After announcing 1080p upscaling and a delightfully low-priced HD DVD drive for their 360, they’re offering a helping hand to early adopters who haven’t had quite as much fun with the console.
Microsoft is offering free fixes to all problematic Xbox 360s built in 2005, [...]
Microsoft may offer (free) web (based) programs
Microsoft is planning free-web based versions of its word processing and spreadsheet programs.
The online versions of the programs will lack many of the features found in the full versions found in Microsoft’s Office suite of applications.
Although the programs will be free to use, Microsoft is planning to fund them via advertising.
The move is seen as [...]
Microsoft Media Player shreds your rights
THINK DRM WAS bad already? Think I was joking when I said the plan was to start with barely tolerable incursions on your rights, then turn the thumbscrews? Welcome to Windows Media Player 11, and the rights get chipped away a lot more. Get used to the feeling, if you buy DRM infected media, you [...]
Microsoft rivals seen lobbying EU about Vista
Adobe suggests a ban incorporating free competing software into new operating system, while Symantec due to discuss security features to regulators next week.
Two U.S. software firms are asking the European Commission to take action against Microsoft’s new Vista operating system, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
Adobe Systems (Charts) has told EU regulators that Microsoft should [...]
Soapbox: Microsoft’s “YouTube Killer”
Well Microsoft, as usual, continues on in its game of catch up with just about everybody around.
From its new Zune player, aka “iPod killer,” to the new Windows Live, aka “Google killer,” those deep pockets up in Redmond have taken reverse-engineering to a different level.
Now they have devised a new site called Soapbox, [...]
Microsoft says “Zune phone” part of future plan
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Thursday a Zune-branded phone is part of its future plans to expand in the digital music market, now dominated by Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod.
“A Zune phone is definitely part of the future of this brand,” Chris Stephenson, general manager of global marketing for Zune, told reporters at [...]
Microsoft launches the Zune!
As expected, Microsoft is busting out the Zune today, and we’ve got the rundown. Not a lot of surprises in the specs department, but they’ve confirmed the basics we’ve known for a while, like WiFi, 30GB of HDD, built-in FM, a 3-inch screen and the basic music, pictures and video playback. They also finally let [...]
Ex-Microsoft Security Strategist Joins Mozilla
Former Microsoft security strategist Window Snyder is joining Mozilla to lead the company’s effort to protect its range of desktop applications from malicious hacker attacks.
Snyder, who was responsible for security sign-off for Microsoft’s
Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003, will spearhead Mozilla’s security strategy, eWEEK has learned.
The hiring of Snyder is a coup [...]
Hackers crack Apple, Microsoft music codes
In the continuation of a long-running arms race, both Apple Computer and Microsoft have seen their music protection technologies come under fire in recent days.
In the past month, separate programs have emerged to strip away the digital rights management (DRM) tools that the two technology giants use to protect music from unauthorized duplication. One of [...]
