June 2006 - Posts

Friday, June 30, 2006 9:05 AM

Want to Test Vista? Better Act Fast

Microsoft UK .NET platform product manager Ian Moulster wrote in a post to his personal Web log that the company will cut access to Windows Vista Beta 2 on Friday, as the company has reached the number of testers it was looking to give access to through its Customer Preview Program.
http://www.betanews.com/article/Want_to_Test_Vista_Better_Act_Fast/1151608172
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Friday, June 30, 2006 9:02 AM

Microsoft Sued Over WGA Program

I am glad someone is fighting this buggy software that treats legal customers poorly.
http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsoft_Sued_Over_WGA_Program/1151615015

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Monday, June 19, 2006 8:10 PM

Windows Live Messenger 8 (final) Download Link

http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/e/0/3e0467fc-a26f-4001-b352-cd1a274f957b/EN/Install_Messenger.exe
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Monday, June 19, 2006 12:15 PM

Windows Live! Messenger 8 Released

Retraction. Sorry, I saw the site was re-designed and downloaded it at bosses house for son because his beta version expired. Turned out to be 7.5. I have seen reports of either today or tomorrow. But who knows, it already changed once.

 

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Thursday, June 15, 2006 5:07 PM

Microsoft's Gates to Leave Daily Role

I am double posting because Yahoo! News links tend to stop working over time. MSNBC is down with people hitting it for this news. http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=2081308
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Thursday, June 15, 2006 5:05 PM

Microsoft's Gates says to reduce role (Ray Ozzie to take over as CSA)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060615/tc_nm/microsoft_dc;_ylt=AmrOX.nSA7zyVuEXhVrF1b2s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--
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Wednesday, June 14, 2006 9:00 AM

Microsoft Introduces Branded Webcams

http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsoft_Introduces_Branded_Webcams/1150213403
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Monday, June 12, 2006 11:09 AM

Robert Scoble Leaving Microsoft

I could not find an exact posting, but this is one of the ones that references it: Correcting the Record About Microsoft
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Monday, June 12, 2006 10:59 AM

Microsoft Responds to WGA Concerns

http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsoft_Responds_to_WGA_Concerns/1149918983
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Friday, June 09, 2006 3:15 PM

No Fix for Critical Windows 98, Me Flaw

Microsoft has encountered a critical vulnerability in Windows 98, 98 SE and Windows Me that it simply cannot fix, the company acknowledged Friday. The flaw affects Windows Explorer and after investigating the issue, Microsoft said it would need to reengineer a significant amount of the operating system. http://www.betanews.com/article/No_Fix_for_Critical_Windows_98_Me_Flaw/1149873723 Note: Support is going to end July 11, 2007 for Win 98, ME
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Friday, June 09, 2006 3:13 PM

Court Rules Net Wiretapping Legal

A U.S. appeals court upheld the government's authority to force ISPs to give access to their networks for surveillance purposes, rejecting on Friday a petition to overturn a decision that mandated their compliance with federal wiretapping laws. http://www.betanews.com/article/Court_Rules_Net_Wiretapping_Legal/1149875401
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Friday, June 09, 2006 10:12 AM

Windows Live! Messenger 8 Release in a week

WLM 8 will be released on June 16th, 2006 http://bink.nu/Article7361.bink
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Thursday, June 08, 2006 3:47 PM

Microsoft Plans Better Disclosures For Piracy Monitoring Tool

SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. acknowledged Wednesday that it needs to better inform users that its tool for determining whether a computer is running a pirated copy of Windows also quietly checks in daily with the software maker. The company said the undisclosed daily check is a safety measure designed to allow the tool, called Windows Genuine Advantage, to quickly shut down. "It's kind of a safety switch," said David Lazar, who directs the Windows Genuine Advantage program. http://www.komonews.com/stories/43794.htm
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Thursday, June 08, 2006 3:38 PM

MSN (Live!) Spaces URL changes tonight.

The URL will change from http://spaces.msn.com/ericvogel to http://ericvogel.spaces.msn.comhttp://ericvogel.spaces.msn.com. http://www.liveside.net/comments.php?shownews=279 The old URL will re-direct for a while.
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Thursday, June 08, 2006 3:34 PM

Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta Announced

To sign up and read about it go to: http://spaces.msn.com/messengersays/Blog/cns!5B410F7FD930829E!17054.entry Also, blog notes the name will change.
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Thursday, June 08, 2006 3:20 PM

Microsoft: No PC-to-PC Sync in Vista

In the seemingly never-ending list of features to be stripped from Windows Vista, yet another has fallen by the wayside. Microsoft made a decision to remove PC-to-PC synchronization from Windows Vista, Microsoft Watch reported on Wednesday. http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsoft_No_PCtoPC_Sync_in_Vista/1149785713
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Thursday, June 08, 2006 3:17 PM

Windows Vista Customer Preview now avalable!

Both 32-bit and 64-bit. The website will also explain whats new in this wonderful new OS from Microsoft. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/default.mspx
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Tuesday, June 06, 2006 3:35 PM

Microsoft Installs new Coffee Machines in break rooms.

I would love to own one in my house and in my office. The thing grind the beans too. Another Picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/35034363287@N01/158160261/ Sources: http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/06/02/back-at-microsoft-drinking-the-starbucks/ http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/103987.asp
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Tuesday, June 06, 2006 3:27 PM

New Microsoft E-Mail Client Gets Ads

Windows Live Mail Desktop is expected to be released later this year and will eventually serve to replace Outlook Express, updated for Vista and renamed Windows Mail. Because it will not ship with Microsoft's new operating system, Live Mail Desktop will be available as a free download. http://www.betanews.com/article/New_Microsoft_EMail_Client_Gets_Ads/1149533952
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Tuesday, June 06, 2006 3:26 PM

Qwest to Offer Windows Live Services (Includes OneCare)

Qwest said Tuesday that it had signed a new contract with Microsoft that would make it the first company to offer co-branded Windows Live services to its customers. http://www.betanews.com/article/Qwest_to_Offer_Windows_Live_Services/1149608062
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