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Microsoft's CES 2010 Keynote Live Blogging

Sean Bradford — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:19:56 +0000

Today Microsoft will kick off CES 2010 with a keynote speech by CEO Steve Ballmer and Robbie Bach, President of the Entertainment & Devices Division. Neowin has a team that will be attending the keynote... Read more...

Microsoft's MSN Video Player is now live, streaming TV shows

Tom Warren — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:50:41 +0100

As promised, Microsoft has now launched MSN Video Player, its latest venture into the video on demand market. MSN Video Player is now available as a free online beta to those in the UK.... Read more...

Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference 09 - Keynote LIVE

Tom Warren — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:34:54 +0100

Microsoft's annual Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) kicks off today at 8:30am CDT (see all time zones). Stephen Elop, president of the Microsoft Business Division, will begin the keynotes at 8:30am CDT. Elop oversees the... Read more...

Inside Microsoft's home of the future [Video]

Tom Warren — Wed, 13 May 2009 09:08:12 +0100

We have seen pictures of Microsoft's home of the future concept previously but this time the BBC has recorded a tour of the unit based at Microsoft's HQ in Redmond. The video demonstrates speech and... Read more...

Apple responds to Microsoft's laptop hunter adverts [Video]

Tom Warren — Wed, 13 May 2009 07:24:16 +0100

Engadget have picked up on the fact Apple has responded to Microsoft's notorious laptop hunter adverts. Apple verbally responded last month when a spokesperson claimed "A PC is no bargain when it doesn't do what... Read more...

New information revealed about Microsoft's new anti-malware product

Kevin Weiner — Fri, 01 May 2009 07:33:44 +0100

Liveside has reported some new information about Microsoft's new anti-malware product codenamed "Morro", formally named Windows Live OneCare. According to Liveside, Microsoft considering the following names for it's new anti-malware program: Microsoft Security Essentials, Microsoft... Read more...

Microsoft's Vision for 2019 [Video]

Tom Warren — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:15:51 +0000

At the Wharton Business Technology Conference yesterday, Microsoft's Business Division president Stephen Elop revealed Microsoft's Office Labs "2019" video. The video features various men, women and children using future concept gadgets and touch panels. You... Read more...

More information surfaces on Microsoft's SkyBox and SkyMart

Tom Warren — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:17:35 +0000

Last month we exclusively revealed that Microsoft is due to unveil some exciting new services for Windows Mobile in a couple of weeks time. Mary Jo Foley has done some digging and has discovered... Read more...

Microsoft's advice on Downadup worm is flawed

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:15:32 +0000

Earlier Neowin reported about the fast spread of Downadup worm which targeted unpatched networks and poor passwords. The estimated number of systems affected by Downadup is around 8.9 million and its still growing. Disabling AutoRun... Read more...

Could the iTable outshine Microsoft's Surface?

Damien Reynolds — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:40:42 +0000

Over at the PQ Labs stand at CES the company has been demonstrating a product that's very similar to the Microsoft Surface. PQ labs have named it the "iTable". The iTable has some very nifty... Read more...

Can Microsoft's mobile browser take on the competition?

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:51:34 +0000

With the pending 2009 release of Internet Explorer Mobile 6, Microsoft is making a major change in its approach to the mobile Web. In November Microsoft announced a package of emulator images, which developers... Read more...

Microsoft's Irish website defaced

Tom Warren — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:25:27 +0000

Microsoft's Irish domain, Microsoft.ie, has been defaced by a group calling themselves the "terrorist crew". The page is used as a re director to http://www.microsoft.com/en/ie/default.aspx. The group involved are believed to be Turkish hackers. Microsoft... Read more...

Behind the scenes: Microsoft's preparation for Keynotes

Tom Warren — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:35:51 +0000

Microsoft put a huge amount of effort into PDC 2008 to ensure it showcased Windows 7 and touch computing at its best. Now that it's all over we all know about Windows 7, touch computing... Read more...

Neowin @ Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference 2008

Tom Warren — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:20:12 +0100

Neowin will be covering every aspect of PDC 2008 this year. Our schedule is heavy and it's jam packed with every Windows 7 session possible. PDC begins on Monday 27th October and lasts till Thursday... Read more...

Microsoft's Webmaster Tools is finally out of beta.

HappyAndyK — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:03:20 +0100

There is a Big Update to Microsoft Webmaster Tools Center. This update includes several new features that provide webmasters more information about how Live Search is crawling and indexing your sites, as well as a... Read more...

Microsoft's 'Mama' Dies at Age 72

franzon — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:32:00 +0100

Microsoft has lost one of its early employees one month after the original 11 members reunited to celebrate Bill Gates' retirement from his day-to-day role with the company he co-founded. Miriam Lubow (1935-2008 ) is... Read more...

Microsoft's XP SP3 Patch Fixes Anti-Virus Glitch

Steven Parker — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:03:16 +0100

Microsoft issued a hotfix for Windows XP Service Pack 3 last week that it says "could resolve" a Windows registry corruption problem associated with third-party security software. The problem was first discovered just over a... Read more...

Microsoft's grand plan to eliminate phone numbers

Steven Parker — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 12:35:14 +0100

I've been puzzling over transcripts of a couple of recent speeches by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates where he discussed his vision for the end of phone numbers. But it wasn't until today, when I learned... Read more...

Microsoft's Vista promo video just a "spoof"

Steven Parker — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:28:01 +0100

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Thanks Zoue for this news tip on the now, infamous Vista SP1 [internal] promo video. Turns out Microsoft's unfathomably horrendous Vista SP1 promo video that turned up a couple of days ago was just one... Read more...

Yahoo's Reply To Microsoft's Ultimatum

HappyAndyK — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:55:20 +0100

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The Board of Directors of Yahoo! Inc., today sent a reply to Steve Ballmer, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corporation. The response letter states "At the same time, we have continued to make clear... Read more...