Computer Security
Ballmer May Buy PowerSet Search, Tighten Microsoft (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - As Bill Gates enjoyed his last day as a Microsoft employee Friday, rumors swirled that CEO Steve Ballmer was ready to make a powerful move to improve search capability. An unconfirmed report in VentureBeat said Microsoft will acquire semantic-search start-up PowerSet for $100 million. Read more…
Bill Gates to sign off at Microsoft (AFP)
AFP - Macintosh computer fanatics won't have Bill Gates to kick around anymore. Read more…
Bill Gates says does not think Yahoo deal likely: report (Reuters)
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Microsoft's Bill Gates told journalist Tom Brokaw he does not think a deal with Yahoo Inc was likely, CNBC reported on Friday. Read more…
Microsoft Releases Hyper-V for Windows Server 2008 (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft on Thursday released Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, its virtualization technology for Windows servers. Read more…
Icahn calls on Microsoft to hold out on Yahoo deal (Reuters)
Reuters - Dissident shareholder Carl Icahn renewed pressure on Yahoo Inc to strike a merger deal with Microsoft Corp and replace Chief Executive Jerry Yang in his latest proxy filing on Thursday. Read more…
Bill Gates to dive deeper into foundation strategy (AP)
AP - Now that Bill Gates is stepping away from his daily duties at Microsoft Corp., he's going to dive deeper into the work of his $38 billion charitable foundation, established a decade ago. Read more…
Intel pursues narrow Windows Vista rollout (Reuters)
Reuters - Intel Corp , the world's biggest chipmaker and decades-long business partner of Microsoft Corp, has no immediate plans to roll out the software giant's Windows Vista operating system to all its employees. Read more…
As Gates Departs, Microsoft Faces Rough Waters (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - So this is really goodbye? Bill Gates' last day at Microsoft is Friday and tech-watchers around the globe are assessing the impact of the man responsible for the dominance of the PC, DOS, Windows and the "Evil Empire." Read more…
Microsoft starts selling rival to VMware programs (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it has started selling its Hyper-V server virtualization software that competes with similar programs from VMware Inc. Read more…
Antispam Group Outlines Defenses to Block Botnet Spam (PC World)
PC World - A major antispam organization is pushing a set of new best practices for ISPs to stop increasing volumes of spam generated by... Read more…