Microsoft announced yesterday the launch of the first ever add-in phishing protection, currently in a beta version. It helps provide “powerful dynamic protection” against the phishermen of the net. Earthlink has a bone to pick with the Seattle slew however. They say they’ve had a free tool available for over a year.
Microsoft Buys Place At VoIP Table
The Windows maker has purchased privately held San Francisco-based Teleo, a VoIP provider.
Microsoft Snaps Up Teleo
The instant messaging market just shifted up a few gears with the news today that Microsoft has acquired Teleo, the Skype-like internet phone/chat service.
Google Talk Taking Page From Microsoft Playbook
After having watched Microsoft enter new markets with bland first release products, it’s odd to see Google do the same thing.
Microsoft and Google: Courtroom Enemies, Software Buddies
While the legal teams of Google and Microsoft butt heads in court over defector Kai-Fu Lee, and as the two rivals bout for search supremacy, the two leviathan companies find win-win cozy situations when it comes to Google plug-ins for Microsoft programs.
Microsoft Switches Paint To Acrylic
The Redmond-based software and game console company now wants to kick Photoshop off your computer.
Training Underway for Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is due to be released later this year, and training has already begun for IT professionals in preparation for it.
Microsoft 30 Percent Better Than Linux
Linux gets the hard shutdown as Microsoft garners a three-year contract with the Central Scotland Police.
Microsoft Shaking iPods Out Of Apples Tree
Microsoft seems particularly adept and pushing Apple into a grinder. Even though the “Gates House Gang” owns a chunk of Apple stock, it seems they enjoy demonstrating their “superiority” and if this current patent case works for Microsoft, they will add another notch to their belt.
Microsoft Chuckling At Apple Patent Mishap
An iPod patent has been rejected by the USPTO due to Microsoft having filed a similar patent five months earlier.