latest microsoft news Saturday, October 11, 2008

The week in Microsoft: Windows XP, Live Search, Silverlight (Ars Technica) Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:46:20 GMT
In this week's top Microsoft news, we cover a Windows XP reprieve, Internet Explorer market share loss, and the upcoming release of Silverlight 2. Read More... more...

TGS 08: Microsoft May Not Stick to Spring/Fall 360 Updates (1up.com) Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:34:07 GMT
The New Xbox Experience (which you can read all about right here ) is bringing the most substantial changes to the Xbox 360's dashboard yet seen -- which is a good thing, because it may be the last major update we see for a while. At the Tokyo Game Show earlier this week (via Kotaku ), Xbox Live corporate vice president John Schappert said Microsoft may move away from the strict ... more...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Vista's 'Unqualified Success' (E-Commerce Times) Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:12:31 GMT
As chief executive of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer heads a company that's not just a PC software giant but also a growing presence in the broader consumer electronics industry. In less than 10 years, Microsoft has become a major player in video games, mobile phones, set-top boxes and Internet search and advertising. However, the company is nowhere near as dominant in consumer electronics as it is in ... more...

Microsoft exec: Challenging times play to our strengths (CNET via Yahoo! News) Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:47:00 GMT
With a tough economic climate figuring to put a crimp on IT spending, Microsoft is already working on honing a message that it can help businesses save money. more...

Hands-On With Microsoft's Touchless SDK (Slashdot) Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:17:48 GMT
snydeq writes "Fatal Exception's Neil McAllister takes Microsoft's recently released Touchless SDK for a test spin, controlling his Asus Eee PC 901 with a Roma tomato. The Touchless SDK is a set of .Net components that can be used to simulate the gestural interfaces of devices like the iPhone in thin air — using an ordinary USB Webcam. Although McAllister was able to draw, scroll, and play a ... more...

Microsoft Sues DHL Over Xbox-Busting Train Crash [Microsoft] (Gizmodo) Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:46:53 GMT
Microsoft is suing delivery service DHL for their refusal to compensate the boys in Redmond for the destruction of over 21,000 Xboxes in a Texas train derailment. The consoles were due for Hong Kong... more...

Microsoft Sues DHL After Train Dumps 21,600 Xboxes (PC World) Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:11:34 GMT
Microsoft is suing cargo-delivery service DHL Express for allegedly losing 21,600 Xbox game consoles because of a Texas train derailment. more...

Microsoft elaborates on Oslo (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News) Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:00:00 GMT
Shedding more light on its Oslo vision for model-based software development, Microsoft this week elaborated on plans to preview Oslo technologies, offering code names and citing the company's DSL (Domain Specific Languages) concept as a lynchpin of the platform. more...

Microsoft sues DHL over Xbox train derailment (Engadget) Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:36:43 GMT
Filed under: Gaming , Transportation You know who Microsoft hates? No, not Apple. It really hates DHL. Apparently, the delivery service has hit the folks in Redmond where it hurts: in the Xbox. It seems that 21,600 consoles were totally messed over by "impact damage, wetting, pilfering and shortage" when one of the company's freight trains derailed en route to Long Beach, California. ... more...

Maybe Microsoft got lucky (Tacoma News Tribune) Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:00:24 GMT
When Yahoo Inc. co-founder and CEO Jerry Yang spurned Microsoft Corp.’s rich buyout offer this spring, he promised brighter days in Sunnyvale were just over the horizon. more...