The article offers information on the Windows Azure cloud computing environment offered by Microsoft Corp. It cites the new paper of the company titled "Security Best Practices For Windows Azure Applications," which deals with service layer and application security. Moreover, the company offers several security services including Windows Identity Foundation, Active Identity Foundation, and Services 2.0.
Information about several papers discussed at the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco, California in 2008 is presented. Microsoft Corp.'s lawyer Brad Smith pleaded that the relationship between his company and open source developers will be less abrasive and addresses an open source gathering. He assured that the company wanted to sign as many patent agreements with other software companies.
*INFORMATION technology, *IPOD (Digital music player), *COMPUTER software
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The article reports on developments related to information technology. Microsoft Corp. has made significant improvements in ways to recover from and repair serious problems related to Windows Vista. There are 12 add-ons to transform iPod into an entertainment center. LG. Philips LCD Co. Ltd introduces the Color E-Paper Display, which is a 14.1 inch display and a thin, flexible, and comparable in quality to printed pages.
*WEB search engines, *INTERNET searching, *COMPUTER network resources, *COMPUTER systems
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The article introduces the Windows Live Academic Search for academic journals by Microsoft Corp. The search engine lets users examine thoroughly the Web for academic papers, notes and articles under computer science, electrical engineering and physics. Association for Computing Machinery and Institute of Electrical Electronics Engineers was selected to index the content of the journals. This move represents the effort of the company to compete with Google Inc.
The article presents information about an initiative by Microsoft Corp. that sniffs out Web sites hosting malicious code and hands the information to other parts of the company to develop patches or to launch legal action. The effort is called the Strider HoneyMonkey Exploit Detection System and was outlined in a paper released last week. The honeymonkey concept is different from the better-known honeypot approach to searching for malicious exploits, says Yi-Min Wang, manager of the Cybersecurity and Systems Management Research Group.
*COMPUTER files, *FORMATTING of information display systems, *COMPUTER operating systems, *INFORMATION services, *PERSONAL computers, *COMPUTER network architectures
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The article provides information on a new file format, code-named Metro introduced by Microsoft Corp. This new file format could move the company into the market for electronic paper. Metro will be part of Microsoft's upcoming Longhorn operating system for portal computers (PCs) and servers, due in a public test version this summer, said chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates in a speech at the conference. PC users are generating more advanced graphics with PowerPoint and other applications, and the trend will accelerate, says Microsoft group product manager Greg Sullivan. Metro fits into a larger Microsoft tech initiative called XAML, a markup language the company is testing for writing rich Internet applications.
Focuses on the apparent loophole in the consent decree between the Justice Department and Microsoft that could allow the software company to engage in anticompetitive licensing practices. Papers filed by a personal computer manufacturer a group of anonymous Microsoft competitors alleging the consent decree as `expressly excluding' Microsoft's Windows NT operating system from the safeguards that apply to Windows licensing.
Published
1995
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