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Update: Microsoft makes boldest move yet embracing open source In a major turnaround for Microsoft, the company Thursday promised "greater transparency" in its development and business practices, outlining a new strategy to provide more access to APIs and previously proprietary protocols for some of its major software products, i Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Microsoft to support ODF, PDF in Office next year Microsoft is finally adding support for ODF (OpenDocument Format for Office Applications) and Adobe PDF to its Office productivity suite, the company announced on Wednesday.Support for ODF and PDF will be includ Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Microsoft's embrace of ODF cautiously welcomed Microsoft's support for the OpenDocument Format (ODF) could mean greater opportunities for software makers already using the format, observers said Thursday.Microsoft will put native support for ODF as part of i Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft open policy faces scrutiny Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel, decided it was time to make peace.That's one reason, according to Horacio Gutierrez, Microsoft's deputy general counsel and vice president of intellectual property and li Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Top 10: Microsoft mania, AT&T goes 3G, IT awards It felt like all Microsoft, all the time this week. CEO Steve Ballmer was attacked by an egg-throwing Hungarian, the company said it will support ODF and PDF in Office next year, and it started the week by pitching another deal to Yahoo that involves buying assets and Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Open APIs may help Microsoft repair reputation If Microsoft executes effectively on its new interoperability promises, it could repair its tarnished reputation in the technology industry and help the company get out of its own way to compete more effectively with Google. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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OOXML projects bolster Microsoft's interoperability efforts Microsoft on Monday unveiled projects to improve data portability between Office 2007 and other document file formats, including the design of a new translator for exchanging OOXML (Office Open XML) and HTML documents. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft, Eclipse finally playing nice. What's in store? Mike Milinkovich, executive director of the Eclipse Foundation, used last year's EclipseCon conference to criticize Microsoft's long-time lack of participation in the open-source community. Microsoft, he said, sent representatives to the conference every year who alwa Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft-Yahoo deal: What about developers? While observers believe that Microsoft is willing to pay Yahoo $44 billion primarily for its users and advertising base, Microsoft's chief software architect, Ray Ozzie, wants to grow its developer community as well. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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The low-cost laptop offer Microsoft can't refuse As the release of low-cost laptops based on Intel's upcoming Atom processor draws near, Microsoft is getting boxed into a corner. The software company plans to stop selling most Windows XP licenses after June 30, yet most of these low-cost laptops won't be powerful en Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Linux creator: Microsoft is bluffing on patents Microsoft's aggressive defense of its intellectual property, which includes claims that Linux violates a number of its patents, is nothing more than "a marketing thing," according to Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Attack code posted for Microsoft Works bug Just one day after Microsoft issued a massive set of security patches for its software, hackers have begun posting code showing how to exploit one of the flaws.The proof-of-concept code, posted Wednesday to the Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft touts Longhorn security Microsoft is pushing the improved security of its Windows Server 2008 software package as one of the primary reasons why business customers should upgrade to the long-awaited product refresh as quickly as possible. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Linux Foundation: We'd love to work with Microsoft Jim Zemlin is the executive director of the Linux Foundation. Formerly executive director of the Free Standards Group, Zemlin also has served as vice president of marketing for Covalent Technologies, providing products and services for the Apache Web server. Zemlin ha Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Talend, Microsoft align on data integration Open source data integration vendor Talend has been working with Microsoft to build better interoperability between Talend's Open Studio product and Microsoft's business software, Talend said Tuesday.Open Studio Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft offers new products for governments In Berlin on Tuesday, Microsoft unveiled a product package aimed at local and regional e-government initiatives, in the midst of growing government opposition in Europe to proprietary software.Microsoft's Citize Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Top 10: Moto split, Mac hack, Microsoft secrets Conferences this week put the spotlight on security news with a MacBook Air being hacked in two minutes during a competition and research finding that Microsoft patches holes faster than Apple. Otherwise, H-1B visas were back in the news, word seeped out that Microsof Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft looking for embedded innovations Ever dream of designing a toaster that sears a design of your own making on a piece of bread? If that's the kind of project you might like to tackle in your spare time, Microsoft has a new program that could help. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft's Ozzie talks open source, mesh Microsoft has "dramatically" changed because of open-source software, the company's Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie said Thursday as part of a wide-ranging discussion during the annual Most Valuable Professional summit in Seattle. He also talked about Microsoft's m Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Yahoo ends talks with Microsoft, nears Google deal Yahoo has ended its talks with Microsoft about a deal narrower in scope than a full acquisition, Yahoo revealed on Thursday. Instead, the company is nearing an agreement with Google, The Wall Street Journal repo Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |