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Weekend Reading for Feb 27/28: Office in the Cloud, Botnets and What Language Do You Speak?
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over 3 years ago
by
Microsoft blog editor
Our big news this week was The Wall Street Journal’s story [WSJ subscription required] about a team of Microsoft employees who developed a terrific new way to take down “botnets,” some of the nastiest customers on the Internet. If you haven’t read it...
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Deploying the Power of IT to Improve Health Care
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over 3 years ago
by
Microsoft blog editor
On a recent visit to Tennessee, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer participated in a panel discussion (you can see part of the discussion in the video below and more of the discussion here ) hosted by the Nashville Health Care Council. Asked a question about...
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Cracking Down on Botnets
Posted
over 3 years ago
by
Microsoft blog editor
Botnets - networks of compromised computers controlled by hackers known as “bot-herders” - have become a serious problem in cyberspace. Their proliferation has led some to worry that the botnet problem is unsolvable. Under the control of a hacker or group...
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U.S. Surgeon General Announces Connection with Microsoft HealthVault
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over 3 years ago
by
Microsoft blog editor
At Microsoft, we like to say healthcare is fundamentally a data issue – who has it, who has access to it, when do you utilize it and what can it tell you that you didn’t know 10 minutes ago. As a provider, you can’t make the right treatment decisions...
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Windows MultiPoint Server 2010 Brings Affordable Computing to Classrooms Everywhere
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over 3 years ago
by
Microsoft blog editor
We’re happy today to announce the global launch of Windows MultiPoint Server 2010 , available for purchase by schools and educational institutions around the world. We‘re seeing quite a bit of enthusiasm from our customers and partners around the world...
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Reducing Energy Costs with Microsoft Hohm’s New ZIP Code Guide for the U.S.
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over 3 years ago
by
Microsoft blog editor
Everyone wants to be smarter about how they use energy. One great way to do that is with Microsoft Hohm , our online tool that helps consumers save energy and save money. In response to many requests from our community, we’re excited to announce the launch...
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Weekend Reading for Feb 20/21: Windows Phone 7 Series called, and the world said…..
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over 3 years ago
by
Microsoft blog editor
We’ve unveiled quite a few new products in recent months – Windows 7, Bing, and Natal to name a few. Monday, in Barcelona, we added another name to that list: Windows Phone 7 Series. At Mobile World Congress that day, Steve Ballmer , along with Andy...
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MVPs Give Microsoft Reason to Listen
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over 3 years ago
by
Microsoft blog editor
With the constantly growing and changing social Web, I get more and more excited each day about all the ways Microsoft leverages online properties to better engage with and listen to the technical community. The social web is fast changing the way we...
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The Browser Choice Screen for Europe
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over 3 years ago
by
Microsoft blog editor
In December, the European Commission and Microsoft arrived at a resolution of a number of long-standing competition law issues. Microsoft made a legally binding commitment that PC manufacturers and users will continue to be able to install any browser...
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U.S., Europe Clear Search Deal with Yahoo!
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over 3 years ago
by
Microsoft blog editor
Today Microsoft and Yahoo! announced that both the U.S. Dept. of Justice and the European Commission have given regulatory clearance to the search agreement announced in July. Now that the deal has been cleared without restrictions, both companies will...
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What Do Ada Lovelace, Barbie and I All Have in Common?
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over 3 years ago
by
Microsoft blog editor
The National Science Foundation reports that women currently make up only 19.5 percent of engineering bachelor degree recipients and 11 percent of professional engineering positions in the United States. Those are unfortunate numbers. Not only do more...
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Microsoft Office 2010 Gets More Social
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over 3 years ago
by
Microsoft blog editor
Back in November 2009, we introduced the Outlook Social Connector and announced our first partnership with LinkedIn . The Outlook Social Connector is a set of new features that bring together communications history, contact information, and professional...
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Windows Phone - Mobile World Congress Day 2
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over 3 years ago
by
Microsoft blog editor
Yesterday was a great day for Windows Phones as we revealed Windows Phone 7 Series . It has been a busy few months for the Windows Phone team. Windows Mobile 6.5 represents a significant part of the portfolio family that is Windows Phones, and with...
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Introducing Windows Phone 7 Series
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over 3 years ago
by
Microsoft blog editor
As you know, today we introduced Windows Phone 7 Series at Mobile World Congress. If you’ve arrived here looking for more information, you’re in luck – we’re pulling together a variety of resources to help you: Windows Phone on the Microsoft News...
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TED2010, Haiti and the Winter Games - Weekend Reading for February 12th
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over 3 years ago
by
Microsoft blog editor
This week began with a big sports event – the Super Bowl , of course – and ends with the start of another: The Winter Games , held not far from us in Vancouver and the neighboring resort of Whistler. It will be fun to see some familiar places and faces...
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Can’t Make it to the Vancouver Games? Microsoft has you Covered.
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over 3 years ago
by
Microsoft blog editor
The opening ceremonies of the Vancouver Games take place this evening. Even for those of us that live just down the road in Seattle and who often spend weekends in Whistler, the chances are most people won’t be there in person. Microsoft is working hard...
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Microsoft Canada Welcomes the Vancouver Winter Games
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over 3 years ago
by
Microsoft blog editor
Tonight sees the opening ceremony for the Winter Games in Vancouver . Like the rest of the country our Microsoft Canada team is excited the Games are coming to our home, and we’ll be cheering on our Canadian athletes for the next two weeks. I’m lucky...
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TED2010: Spatial Search – Bing, Flickr, Videos, Maps and the Stars
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over 3 years ago
by
Microsoft blog editor
Some of the most interesting people around are gathering this week in in Long Beach, Calif., for TED2010 . The presentations and discussions at TED are often wide-ranging, sometimes controversial, and always fascinating. As you might expect, quite a few...
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Weekend Reading, February 5th
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over 3 years ago
by
Microsoft blog editor
It’s Friday afternoon again, and time to wrap up some of the interesting things that happened this week that you might not have seen. It is Super Bowl weekend here in the US and so it only seems fair to start with something sports related. Jordan Brand...
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Measuring Our Work by Its Broad Impact
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over 3 years ago
by
Microsoft blog editor
Former Microsoft employee Dick Brass has an op-ed in the NYT arguing that our better days are behind us, (“clumsy, uncompetitive innovator” . . . ouch!) and using examples from his tenure to make the point that the company can no longer compete or innovate...
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How Will We Make Decisions in the Future?
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over 3 years ago
by
Microsoft blog editor
How will we make decisions in the future? Bruno Aziza, Worldwide Lead Strategist for Microsoft’s Business Intelligence group culled the wisdom of the crowd to help him peer into the future. A little less than a month ago, I asked people via multiple...
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Windows Azure General Availability
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over 3 years ago
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Microsoft blog editor
Today marks a significant milestone. We are announcing the general availability of Windows Azure and SQL Azure in 21 countries . Starting today customers and partners across the globe will be able to launch their Windows Azure and SQL Azure production...
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