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BitTorrent Throttling Company Sandvine Sees Sales Down 88% 2008-03-08 19:57:00 Sandvine, manufacturers of BitTorrent throttling technology has seen its first quarter sales drop 88% in a year. After achieving 42,000% growth in 5 years, the company - best known for providing the technology which put Comcast into the spotlight recently - has seen its value plummet 42% in a single day.
When Comcast introduced the Sandvine traffic shaping solution, it hoped it could quietly Read more:Sales
The Fastest Loading Website 2008-03-08 19:54:00 The performance of applications is a general concern in software development. In the particular area of web applications, the web pages loading speed is an important factor that directly influences the website success. From the theoretical point of view, there are many aspects determining the minimal time needed by web browsers to render a certain web page.
Many free tools to measure and Read more:Loading
Free Windows Vista Business and Windows XP SP2 on Parade 2008-03-08 19:47:00 Free Windows
... Not a concept you would expect from Microsoft. With a business strategy focused on proprietary software, the Redmond company is by all means at the opposite technology spectrum from open source and free software. And with the exception of pirated copies of the Window operating system there is no association between "free" and Windows. Furthermore, it is highly unlikely that Read more:Vista
, Business
, Parade
What’s New in Microsoft Land: 3 – 7 March, 2008 2008-03-08 19:28:00 Microsoft debuted the week on a strong note, slapping Google in the forehead with its own version of web-based office tools, dubbed Microsoft Office Live Workspace beta. Last fall, when this was announced, it was said that it would lead the revolution the Redmond-based company is envisioning by transitioning its Office suit online. Apart from what was previewed in October, Monday brought some Read more:Microsoft
, March
Is Windows Server 2008 Workstation the One and True Windows Vista? 2008-03-07 19:58:00 There is little choice, at this point in time, for end users looking for a new Windows
client. And it is pretty much Windows Vista
or Windows XP, or taking into account the evolution of the two products, Vista SP1 and XP SP2, with XP SP3 coming down the pipe "momentarily."
But at the same time, there is yet another choice available. On February 4, 2008, Microsoft released to manufacturing not Read more:Windows Server
Is Windows Server 2008 Workstation the One and True Windows Vista? 2008-03-07 19:58:00 There is little choice, at this point in time, for end users looking for a new Windows
client. And it is pretty much Windows Vista
or Windows XP, or taking into account the evolution of the two products, Vista SP1 and XP SP2, with XP SP3 coming down the pipe "momentarily."
But at the same time, there is yet another choice available. On February 4, 2008, Microsoft released to manufacturing not Read more:Windows Server
Is Windows Server 2008 Workstation the One and True Windows Vista? 2008-03-07 19:58:00 There is little choice, at this point in time, for end users looking for a new Windows
client. And it is pretty much Windows Vista
or Windows XP, or taking into account the evolution of the two products, Vista SP1 and XP SP2, with XP SP3 coming down the pipe "momentarily."
But at the same time, there is yet another choice available. On February 4, 2008, Microsoft released to manufacturing not Read more:Windows Server
Microsoft's CFO: Investment In Search Will Be Aggressive 2008-03-07 19:56:00 Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) knows it has a lot of work to do on the search side, and is ready to invest "relatively aggressively" to become a market leader, Chris Liddell, CFO of the software giant this week at a Goldman Sachs Technology Investment Symposium. Part of that strategy is its attempt to takeover Yahoo.
Combining the forces of Microsoft and Yahoo would offer stiff competition to Google, Read more:Microsoft
, Search
, Aggressive
Critical MS Office Patches Coming 2008-03-07 19:55:00 It is likely that this batch of patches will finally provide cover for well-known—and already exploited—vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel.
Microsoft plans to release four security bulletins March 11 to cover a number of remote code execution vulnerabilities affecting the Microsoft Office productivity suite.
All four bulletins will be rated "critical," Microsoft's highest severity rating.
Microsoft Buys U-Prove technology 2008-03-07 19:53:00 Microsoft hopes to beef up online privacy with the acquisition of the U-Prove
technology.
Microsoft hopes to beef up online privacy with the acquisition of the U-Prove technology, the company announced on Thursday.
U-Prove was developed by Stefan Brands at Credentica as technology that allows Internet users to disclose only the minimum amount of personal information when conducting electronic Read more:Microsoft
The Pentagon Bans Google Maps 2008-03-07 19:44:00 A Google
team entered the Fort Sam Houston army base in Texas and mapped everything, but the Mountain View-based company spokesman, Larry Yu, said that it was only a mistake. Naturally, the army had to take measures towards this possible security threat in the future, so it banned Google map-makers from filming and conducting detailed studies of bases. I say naturally because the Read more:Pentagon
The Pentagon Bans Google Maps 2008-03-07 19:44:00 A Google
team entered the Fort Sam Houston army base in Texas and mapped everything, but the Mountain View-based company spokesman, Larry Yu, said that it was only a mistake. Naturally, the army had to take measures towards this possible security threat in the future, so it banned Google map-makers from filming and conducting detailed studies of bases. I say naturally because the Read more:Pentagon
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 Download 2008-03-07 00:18:00 Microsoft has put in place the preparations for InternetExplorer
8 Beta 1 ready for Mix 08.
A full features page has been revealed which lists the following additions to Internet Explorer
:
* Activities
* WebSlices
* Favorites Bar
* Automatic Crash Recovery
* Improved Phishing Filter
Activities allow users to lookup/send information in a right-click contextual menu, such as retrieving an Read more:Download
Download Free Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2 Straight from Microsoft 2008-03-06 19:32:00 Via the Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image. That's right! Microsoft
is offering access to free downloads of WindowsVista
and Windows XP SP2.
I know it doesn't sound at all like Microsoft, but just bear with me, it will make sense in the end. Even though the Redmond company's Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer revealed in the past that open source was not the way to go for Read more:Download
, Straight
, Windows Vista
Microsoft releases Silverlight 2 beta 2008-03-06 19:31:00 Moving forward with next-generation software in two critical realms, Microsoft
released Wednesday initial public beta versions of its Silverlight 2 multimedia presentation technology and the Internet Explorer 8 browser.
The company announced the releases at its Mix08 conference in Las Vegas.
Implemented as a plug-in, Silverlight is Microsoft's horse in the industry's race to provide the most
Lukewarm reaction to first IE8 beta 2008-03-06 01:28:00 Yesterday at the MIX '08 session, Microsoft employees Ray Ozzie, Dean Hachamovitch and a host of Microsoft partners touted the new Silverlight and IE8 betas to what could be seen (from my perspective) ..
.. as a lukewarm reception from the attending crowd, despite the non apparent excitement from the IT staff at Aston Martin showing off how they now are able to sell cars to potential buyers, and Read more:reaction
Windows Vista Copy Protection Cracked 2008-03-05 19:21:00 More than a year after WindowsVista
was introduced, hackers have finally developed a clean crack of Windows Vista
.
There have been a variety of workarounds for Vista's copy protection before now, but this is the first time someone has figured out a way to install a cracked version that would pass all of Microsoft's various anti-piracy checks. It seems that certain OEMs found the activation Read more:Protection
, Cracked
Vista SP1 up to 86% faster 2008-03-05 19:16:00 Is Vista
SP1 really the shot in the arm your Vista system needs? We've spent many hours strapped to our benchmarking system in a caffeine and pizza fuelled haze to uncover these very interesting results.
We tested Vista:
* as it comes out of the box (RTM -- or "release to manufacturing")
* as it comes out of the box, with all Windows Update patches applied ("RTM patched)
* with the final SP1
New Home for Windows Ultimate Exclusives from Microsoft 2008-03-05 19:12:00 Microsoft has launched a new site Ultimate
PC.com for Windows
Vista Ultimate customers. It’ll deliver new “Ultimate Exclusives
” which will work together with Ultimate Extras.
Whereas Ultimate Extras are add-ons that extend certain OS capabilities, Ultimate Exclusives provide Windows Vista Ultimate customers with unique products and services at special discounts to enhance the computing Read more:Microsoft
, New Home
Ballmer: Microsoft is thinking green 2008-03-05 18:54:00 Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
said more efficient use of IT is one of his company's main priorities for the future--despite the fact that the software giant has been criticized by some for producing processor-hungry software.
Speaking Monday at the CeBit technology show in Hannover, the Microsoft chief described how the software maker is collaborating with German nuclear power provider Yello Strom Read more:Microsoft
, thinking
100+ Resources for Web Developers 2008-03-04 23:27:00 There is some amazing stuff out there on the Web–resources, tools, tricks, and tips. Problem is, as a Web developer, you spend so much of your time just keeping up with new technologies - learning, playing – and this doesn’t leave much time to go hunting for the latest and greatest tool, or for a better way of doing things.
So we’ve put together a list of over 100 resources to help make your Read more:Resources
, Developers
Microsoft dropped Vista hardware spec to raise Intel profits 2008-03-04 23:23:00 According to an email sent last February by Microsoft
general manager John Kalkman, the software giant lowered Windows Vista
's minimum hardware requirements to ridiculous levels only because Intel
needed to sell more graphics chipsets.
The email was just one of many released in response to a federal class action suit that accuses Microsoft of misleading the world with those "Windows Vista Read more:raise
, profits
Zend PHP to run on Windows Server 2008 2008-03-04 23:22:00 PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) tools company Zend Technologies is announcing this week that its Zend Core product will run on the Windows
Server 2008 platform, providing parity between Windows Server
and Linux in running PHP.
Zend Core is Zend's certified PHP distribution; version 2.5 is certified for Windows Server 2008. "The certification means that customers who choose to use it on Windows
The First Look at the IE8 Beta 1 Graphical User Interface 2008-03-04 23:20:00 Expect little and you won't be disappointed. This has got to be the rule for Internet Explorer Beta 1.
And yes, I did integrate the Beta 1 reference as a way to indicate that, at this stage in the development of the browser, anything beyond reasonable expectations won't be met. At least not when it comes down to the graphical user interface. Traditionally, the UI details are among the last Read more:First
, Graphical
, Interface
Vista SP1 RTM Slipstream (Integrated ) DVD ISO Image - Leaked to Torrent Websites 2008-03-04 23:19:00 While Microsoft continues at a slow pace toward the general availability of Windows Vista
SP1 RTM, the service pack has already slipped through the company's fingers, so to speak.
The fact of the matter is that Microsoft never had a tight grip of Windows. And Vista SP1 RTM is no exception to this rule. And if the Redmond company is still half a month away from satisfying the hunger of Vista Read more:Integrated
, Image
, Torrent
, Websites
Windows Server 2008 is 20% faster than Vista 2008-03-12 21:22:00 It seems Microsoft may have a successor (or replacement) for Vista
after all and it’s already been released. Windows
Server 2008 isn’t easy to configure as a desktop operating system but when done correctly can be 20% faster than Vista while retaining most of the same features.
Windows Workstation 2008 has all the patches and fixes that are present in Vista SP1; runs all the same software but Read more:Windows Server
Microsoft Confirms Windows 7 for 2010 – No Word on Windows 7 M2 2008-03-12 21:20:00 Microsoft has confirmed that Windows
7 is right on track for release in 2010. Concomitantly with the leaked details associated with Windows 7 Milestone 1 dropped by the Redmond company to select partners in January 2008, a potential timetable for the availability of the successor of Windows Vista was also made public.
According to the leaked information on the next iteration of the Windows Read more:Microsoft
Microsoft buys virtualization vendor help with Vista migrations 2008-03-12 21:17:00 Microsoft announced on March 12 it had purchased another virtualization vendor — one whose technology Microsoft is counting on to help ease Windows Vista
migrations.
That vendor, Kidaro, makes desktop virtualization software for enterprise users. Microsoft said it plans to combine Kidaro’s technology into its suite of desktop-management tools, known as the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack ( Read more:Microsoft
Windows 7 Eyed For Antitrust Violations 2008-03-12 21:10:00 The so-called Technical Committee recently received a build of Windows
7 from Microsoft and is checking it for any features that might violate the federal antitrust agreement.
The court-mandated committee overseeing Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)'s compliance with a federal antitrust settlement has commenced reviews on the company's next major operating system to ensure it meets the settlement's terms. Read more:Violations
News Corp Outs Talks, Yahoo! Looking Scared 2008-03-11 23:01:00 The seemingly never-ending story of the bid over Yahoo
! that Microsoft so generously made has seen another chapter come to a close, and by the looks of it, it’s among the last chapters in the book. After exploring different alternatives that would benefit shareholders more than the MS alternative, which Jerry Yang is completely poised on refusing, given a lifeline, one of the two possible Read more:Scared
, News Corp
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