Computer Security
Microsoft reportedly to cut price of Xbox 360 to $299 (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp plans to cut the price of its best-selling Xbox 360 Pro model by $50, to $299 in the next few weeks, the Hollywood Reporter reported citing anonymous sources. Read more…
Microsoft Publishes Interoperability Documents (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Four months after the software giant bowed to European Commission antitrust investigators and pledged to provide greater access to some of its key software products, Microsoft on Monday provided details on how it is putting those promises into place. Read more…
Microsoft Debuts Xbox 360 License Transfer Tool (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Digital rights management issues have been a thorn in Microsoft's side for sometime now, but thankfully, those days appear to be in the past. Read more…
MySpace Users Struggle to Overcome Cybervandalism (PC World)
PC World - MySpace is facing continuing security problems that threaten to spoil many of the innovative features that make the site... Read more…
Microsoft to stop selling Windows XP on Monday (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to stop selling its Windows XP operating system to retailers and major computer makers Monday, despite protests from a slice of PC users who don't want to be forced into using XP's successor, Vista. Read more…
Bill Gates signs off at Microsoft (AFP)
AFP - Bill Gates spent his last day at Microsoft Friday, bidding a teary goodbye to the company he built into a global software colossus. Read more…
Bill Gates Retires Amid a Legacy of Growth, Controversy (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates "retired" at 52 Friday from the company he cofounded to spend more time with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest. Read more…
Ballmer and Gates bid farewell with tears (AP)
AP - On his final full day at Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates went on stage to reminisce with his longtime friend Steve Ballmer, and neither man could hold back tears as Ballmer handed Gates a large scrapbook as a farewell present. Read more…
Bill Gates Retires, Symbian Goes Open Source (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft, usually a source of software patch updates and claims about Vista adoption rates, produced a bit of sentimental... Read more…
Microsoft, Powerset Mum on Rumor About Deal (PC World)
PC World - Neither Microsoft nor Powerset will confirm rumors that a rumored deal is in the works. Read more…