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Software Plus Services Means Greater Choice, Microsoft Exec Says

What does the "plus" mean in Microsoft's Software Plus Services? A keynote talk by John DeVadoss, director of architecture strategy at Microsoft, provided an explanation. He spoke on the topic, "Software Plus Services: Towards a Model of Differentiated IT" at the Enterprise Architect Summit 2007 event held this week.

Vista Not a Magic Bullet for PC Market

Microsoft tends to tout the release of a new operating system as an earth-shattering event, certain to change computing as we know it.

Microsoft Cancels Its Flagship Developer Conference

The Professional Developers Conference, scheduled to take place from Oct. 2 to 5 in Los Angeles, has been canceled this year.

Study: More Spam but Fewer Complaints

Spam messages are increasingly plaguing e-mail inboxes, but more Americans are accepting them as a fact of life, a new study finds.

Dell Starts Selling Linux Computers Today

Starting today, you can buy Dell computers with Linux as the operating system. Dell is offering the open source OS on two desktop models and one laptop model.

Dell To Sell Computers at Wal-Mart

Dell Inc. plans to sell personal computers at Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, in a departure from Dell's approach of selling machines only directly to customers.

U.S. House Approves Bill To Combat Spyware

The House passed legislation Tuesday to combat the criminal use of Internet spyware and scams aimed at stealing personal information from computer users.

Microsoft Pushes Non-Security Security Update

Microsoft Corp. last night released a new security advisory, the second this week. The good news is that it doesn't actually deal with a known exploit, worm, or virus. In other words, it doesn't technically deal with security at all.

More Dish on MOICE

Microsoft provided a few more details about this week's MOICE offering, which was the subject of a previous security advisory.

ASP.NET Futures Release Showcases New Controls, Capabilities

Microsoft has announced ASP.NET Futures May 2007, a collection that includes early versions of new tools for ASP.NET and the Silverlight cross-platform browser plug-in.

Lenovo Group Profits Soar

Lenovo Group Ltd., the world's No. 4 personal computer maker, said Wednesday its profits grew nearly sevenfold in its latest fiscal year as it boosted sales and restructured following its acquisition of IBM Corp.'s PC unit.

Microsoft Pushes Non-Security Security Update

Microsoft Corp.released a new security advisory. The good news is that it doesn't actually deal with a known exploit, worm, or virus. In other words, it doesn't technically deal with security at all.

Microsoft Forges Security Alliance With Juniper Networks

Microsoft, Juniper work to integrate Network Access Protection and Unified Access Control

'The List': Open Source Advocates Unleash Fury at Microsoft

"The List" is nearly 500 names long, and growing rapidly. It might have started out as a light-hearted jab, but it has quickly become a flashpoint of the building fury in the open source software community toward Microsoft and its recent claim of patent infringements.

T-Mobile Phone First To Use Windows Mobile 6

T-Mobile USA on Tuesday will launch the first cell phone in the U.S. to come with Microsoft's latest version of Windows Mobile, with improved handling of e-mail and tougher security.

Microsoft Announces New Office Security Tools

Yesterday, Microsoft Corp. announced the availability of its Microsoft Office Isolated Conversion Environment (MOICE), a feature it hopes will help put the kibosh on an increasingly common exploit vector –- the innocent-looking Office document with a malicious payload.

'Popfly' To Help Bring Silverlight to the Masses

Microsoft has revealed one way it hopes to foster rapid adoption of Silverlight, its new technology for building rich Internet applications.

IBM To Launch Power6 Chip Next Month

IBM Corp. said Monday that its new Power6 microprocessor will go on sale next month, boasting twice the clock speed of the previous generation while consuming roughly the same amount of power.

Google, Salesforce.com Discuss Alliance

Salesforce.com Inc.'s stock price climbed by more than 4 percent Monday in response to a report that the online software pioneer is poised to team up with Internet search leader Google Inc. in a double-barreled attack on Microsoft Corp.

Vietnam Agrees To Use Licensed Software Only

Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer witnessed the signing of an agreement Monday requiring all of Vietnam's government offices to use licensed computer software in a step to curb rampant piracy.