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Microsoft to start Vista coupon plan for PC buyers
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O) this week will begin a coupon program for personal computer buyers to upgrade to the new Vista operating system when it premiers next year in an effort to avoid a drop-off in PC sales over the holidays and ahead of the software’s release.…
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Microsoft hopes 7 is lucky number for IE
Some 18 months after Bill Gates pledged to revamp Internet Explorer, Microsoft is ready with the final version of Internet Explorer 7. The new Web browser, which has been in testing for months, is now available for download from Microsoft’s Web site. On the feature side,…
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Microsoft to launch IE7 before 27 October
Microsoft plans to launch its Internet Explorer 7 browser “within the next two weeks”, the company said at the Digital Life conference in New York. The software developer previously had said that the application would be available some time in the second half of…
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Microsoft’s Software Protection Platform: Protecting Software and Customers from Counterfeiters
PressPass: Please describe the Software Protection Platform in more detail. Hartje: One of the things the Software Protection Platform enables is enhancements to the genuine experience in Windows Vista, thereby differentiating it from the non-genuine experience. Customers that…
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Symantec: Sour Microsoft grapes or a real beef?
I’ve consciously refrained from weighing in on Symantec’s mounting efforts to fight back against Microsoft with Windows Vista. The reason? I’ve been vacillating. When I see some of Symantec’s Vista complaints, I shout out (in my head, not on the streets of New York City, mind…