Software leviathan Microsoft aims to produce a product in 2005 that will offer a protective barrier against spyware, viruses and rootkits. This test product, Microsoft Client Protection, will provide protections for business file servers, desktops and laptops against the traditional enemies of the computer world.
Microsoft Captures Peter Jackson For Halo
The Oscar-winning director of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy will be an executive producer of Microsoft’s ‘Halo’ movie.
Gaming fans should be delighted to find out that Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, fresh from creating the forthcoming King Kong movie, will be executive producers for the movie version of Halo. Microsoft’s video game about soldiers fighting an alien menace called the Covenant drove sales of the Xbox game console when it was released.
O’Reilly Author Notices Microsoft’s Openness
Giles Turnbull, a Mac user who writes over on O’Reilly: “There’s something that Microsoft is doing much better than Apple.” …
Microsoft Hurls Chair At Music Labels
The recording industry standard of music services paying $6 to $8 per user each month to the labels found no favor at Microsoft.
Microsoft Gets Serious
Microsoft unveiled its advertising platform in Singapore and France markets last Monday and MSN plans to offer a beta of the paid search service in the US in October.
Microsoft Adds Disk-Based Backup Option
The switch from tape-based to disk-based backup solutions offers a faster and more convenient method of retaining data.
Intel, Microsoft Still Backing HD DVD
The top two tech companies in the world will announce their continued support for the HD DVD blue laser format.
Microsoft Showing Off SQL Server 2005 At Gitex
The world’s largest software company let the middle-eastern market take a gander at the SQL Server 2005 and their development tool, Visual Studio 2005, at the September edition of the Gitex conference in Dubai, UAE.
Microsoft Goes From Ad Buyer To Seller
The technology empire prepares to take on Yahoo and Google in the search advertising market.
Oracle Could Certify Apps On IBM, Microsoft
Not many companies have databases that could stand up to Oracle’s testing processes, Larry Ellison told OpenWorld attendees.