Microsoft Erases Slate
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The Washington Post was viewed as the front-runner to buy Slate since Microsoft put it up for auction in July. Slate will continue to be available on MSN through links on the MSN portal under a separate agreement
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Microsoft Corp. will be forced for the first time to offer a version of its flagship Windows operating system stripped of a major feature, based on a court order issued yesterday.
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Microsoft Corp. sold its Slate online magazine to The Washington Post Co. yesterday, a move that makes Slate's political commentary and quirky feature articles more broadly available on the Internet.
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In a Jan. 21 story about data privacy, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Microsoft Corp. does not record Internet Protocol addresses that could be used to identify which computer made a search request. Microsoft does remove the identifying IP address from its long-term records but only after 18 months.
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Without much explanation, Microsoft's PlaysForSure Web page, which had once been the meeting ground for its portable media tech partners, now bears a statement to users that the logo is being dropped.
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Software giant knocks $100--half the original price--off its note-taking application.
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Microsoft has decided to cancel its scheduled 2007 Professional Developer's Conference, previously slated to take place in Los Angeles the first week of October. The company says its new developer tools are already available to customers.
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Microsoft yanks wish list of features for Vista's successor.
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Saying the functionality within the application is now available through other programs and within Windows Vista, Microsoft has decided to discontinue its Digital Image Suite Product, a notice on its Web site reads.
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Microsoft has decided to axe its "Get The Facts" site, instead replacing it with a less corrosive "Compare" page that compares Windows and Linux in a less confrontational way.
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Microsoft is abandoning one of its most contentious attempts to dominate the internet after rival technology companies banded together in opposition and consumers failed to embrace it.
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Blog: While the rest of the nation celebrates Independence Day, Microsoft gets more confirmation that its once legendary domination over the desktop is slipping away.
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SEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp. has taken the wraps off "Surface," a coffee-table shaped computer that responds to touch and to special bar codes attached to everyday objects.
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WASHINGTON - The Washington Post Co. announced today that it is buying Slate, the online magazine started by computer giant Microsoft in 1996.
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The software lets companies nearly eradicate the pop-ups that plague Windows Vista's user account control feature.
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Google shall not pass It was the worst-kept secret in the internet industry, but today Microsoft proved all the rumor-mongers right by confirming that it is taking a stake in Facebook, and shutting Google out of the social networking website.â¦
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App-free Windows coming to a poor community near you... Software giant Microsoft is to abruptly ditch the use of Office through its popular global community refurbishment scheme.â¦