In an effort to capture what it sees as a growing market for virtual desktops within enterprises, Microsoft is simplifying some licensing agreements and enhancing its virtual-desktop-related software.
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Microsoft sweetens the pot for desktop virtualization
Microsoft ’s new browser, Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), will not run on Windows XP , now or when the software eventually ships, the company confirmed Tuesday.
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Windows XP: No IE9 for you
Enterprises of all shapes and sizes are catching on to the value in moving email and other productivity apps to the cloud where they can be delivered and managed by vendors like Microsoft, Google, or Cisco.
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Inside Microsoft’s cloud model for productivity apps
Microsoft at its Mix10 conference on Monday showed off application capabilities for its Windows Phone 7 Series platform and offered a release candidate for its upcoming Silverlight 4 rich Internet application plug-in technology. Windows Phone 7 Series leverages Silverlight and the XNA gaming platform for application development.
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Microsoft touts Windows Phone 7 Series and Silverlight 4
Microsoft at its Mix10 conference on Monday will introduce a framework enabling Web analytics to be performed for Siliverlight rich media applications. The open source Microsoft Silverlight Analytics Framework will debut in a beta form at the conference in Las Vegas, said Michael Scherotter, Microsoft media experience evangelist. The framework, which will be released on the company’s CodePlex site for open source projects, will work with third-party analytics services from companies such as Preemptive Solutions.
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Microsoft to offer Web analytics for Silverlight
Microsoft said it is testing a patch for a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) , but stopped short of promising to deliver an emergency fix before the next scheduled Patch Tuesday, which is April 13, more than four weeks away.
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Microsoft testing fix for critical IE bug
Microsoft is offering financial enticements to customers of on-demand ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendor NetSuite to switch over to Microsoft’s Dynamics family of business applications.
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Microsoft tries to lure NetSuite users with new deal
Exploit code for the unpatched bug in Internet Explorer was published on the Web yesterday, a step security pros said earlier would be the precursor to widespread attacks.
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IE zero-day exploit code goes public
Microsoft fixed eight flaws in Windows and Office Tuesday, but passed on patching one Windows component because it cannot be automatically updated.
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Microsoft skips patch for PowerPoint add-on
Microsoft will discontinue development of Windows Essential Business Server ( EBS ) as of June 30, the company announced via a blog .
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Microsoft pulls plug on business server package