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Microsoft Announces Termination of Live Search Books and Live Search Academic Projects
Microsoft Live Search Blog: “Today we informed our partners that we are ending the Live Search Books and Live Search Academic projects and that both sites will be taken down next week. Books and scholarly publications will continue to be integrated into our Search results, but not through separate indexes. This also means that we… Continue Reading
Commission imposes EUR 899 million penalty on Microsoft for non-compliance with March 2004 Decision
News release: “The European Commission has imposed a penalty payment of 899 million euros [$1.3 billion] on Microsoft for non-compliance with its obligations under the Commissions March 2004 Decision (see IP/04/382) prior to 22 October 2007. Todays Decision, adopted under Article 24(2) of Regulation 1/2003, finds that, prior to 22 October 2007, Microsoft had charged… Continue Reading
Update on Microsoft Bid For Yahoo
Follow up to February 2, 2008 posting Microsoft Proposes Acquisition of Yahoo! for $31 per Share, this news: Microsoft Lawyers Map Out the Bid for Yahoo – Company lines up its case for a new antitrust fight, by Nathan Carlile, Legal Times, February 11, 2008. “By making its offer for Yahoo, antitrust lawyers say, Microsoft… Continue Reading
W3C Publishes HTML 5 Draft, Future of Web Content
Press release: “W3C…published an early draft of HTML 5, a major revision of the markup language for the Web. The HTML Working Group is creating HTML 5 to be the open, royalty-free specification for rich Web content and Web applications. The group operates entirely in public with nearly five hundred participants, including representatives from W3C… Continue Reading
British Educational Communications and Technology Agency Report on Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007
Press release: “Becta [British Educational Communications and Technology Agency], the education technology agency, has published a key report on Microsoft Vista and Office 2007 and on document interoperability which analyses the suitability of both software packages for adoption by schools and colleges.” Microsoft Vista and Office 2007: full report, Published: 9 January 2008, Publication ID:… Continue Reading
Library of Congress, Microsoft Announce Agreement to Support New Interactive Experience for Visitors
Press release: “The Library of Congress and Microsoft Corp. have signed a cooperative agreement that will change the way Library visitors experience history. The joint technology initiative will electronically deliver the Librarys immense collection of historical artifacts to patrons visiting its Thomas Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C., and will allow unparalleled and immersive interactive experiences… Continue Reading
Proofpoint Reports Spam Email Trends for November 2007
Press release: “Proofpoint, Inc., the leading provider of unified email security and data loss prevention solutions, today reported spam trends for data collected during the month of November 2007, finding that, on average, spam continues to represent nearly 90% of the total email volume received by large enterprises. Attachment-based spam made a comeback with the… Continue Reading
Norway's E-Gov Sites Required to Use Open Source Formats
The Inquirer: “Norway’s Government has mandated that its websites must use Open Document Format (ODF) for files published for use by the Norwegian public. “The government has decided that all information on governmental websites should be available in the open formats HTML, PDF or ODF. With this decision the times when public documents where only… Continue Reading
Google and Microsoft Battle Over Future of Desktop and Web
New York Times: Google Gets Ready to Rumble With Microsoft – “The growing confrontation between Google and Microsoft promises to be an epic business battle. It is likely to shape the prosperity and progress of both companies, and also inform how consumers and corporations work, shop, communicate and go about their digital lives. Google sees… Continue Reading
Microsoft Launches Technology Platform to Collect, Store and Share Health Information
Press release: “Joined by nationally recognized medical providers, health-management device manufacturers and patient advocacy organizations, Microsoft Corp. today launched Microsoft® HealthVault, a software and services platform aimed at helping people better manage their health information. The company outlined its vision for ways that HealthVault can bring the health and technology industries together to create new… Continue Reading
European Commissions Decision on Microsoft's Abuse of Dominant Position Upheld
Press release: “The European Commission welcomes today’s ruling by the Court of First Instance upholding the European Commissions 2004 decision on Microsoft’s abuse of its dominant market position and confirming the totality of the fine imposed. In this decision, Microsoft was fined 497 million for infringing the EC Treaty rules on abuse of a dominant… Continue Reading
