Mary Jo Foley

Do you have what it takes to be a 'Windows guru'?

zdnet.com
Sep 8, 2008 3 related
        

Can you "take the fear and complexity out of technology and make it easy and enjoyable"? "Answer questions and offer solutions to retail customers that surpass their expectations"? And are you willing to work for $20 an...

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Office Live Workspace to ship before year end

hunterstrat.com
Sep 6, 2008 7 related
        

Microsoft wants everyone to know that they have had 1 million customers sign up for the beta of their Google Docs spoiler, Windows Live Workspace, which was originally offered publicly last December. More importantly,...

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Microsoft's Ozzie to head another new Microsoft lab

zdnet.com
Sep 5, 2008 1 related
        

You may have heard of Microsoft's Live Labs, Office Labs, adCenter Labs. Get ready to add one more Microsoft incubator that is designed to speed up the delivery of Microsoft-created innovations to market: Startup Labs. by...

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Is Microsoft is putting Windows 7 on a diet?

zdnet.com
Sep 4, 2008 6 related
        

Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 3:12 pm Until I had a chance to look at some new screen shots on LiveSide.Net of Windows Live MovieMaker — yet another of the Windows Live Wave 3 services going to beta real soon now — I hadn’t...

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New Microsoft virtualization license lets hosters deliver third-party software as a service

zdnet.com
Sep 3, 2008
        

The rumors from earlier this spring turned out to be true: Microsoft is licensing its application virtualization technology to hosting providers, setting the stage for hosters to offer third-party software as a service. by...

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Quote of the Month

federatedmedia.net
Aug 29, 2008
        

From my ZDNet colleague Mary Jo Foley:"Even Apple -- with a fanbase so loyal that many would throw their iPods and iPhones off a bridge if CEO Steve Jobs told them to -- is coming to realize that it's inappropriate to...

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Opinion: Microsoft starts virtualization hype blitz

computerworld.com
Aug 28, 2008 1 related
        

Sept. 8 marks Microsoft's virtualization 'launch' is working hard to gin up some excitement about its "virtualization launch" event on Sept. 8. Given that virtualization has been out of the paddock for quite a while and...

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IE 8 to include private browsing feature

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Aug 25, 2008 28 related
        

As CNET News first reported last week, Internet Explorer 8 will include a way to surf somewhat anonymously, allowing the user to suspend browsing history, cookies, and other identifying information. Mozilla had considered...

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Virtualization Journal - Is Windows 7 More Like Windows 6BD?

sys-con.com
Aug 23, 2008 1 related
        

According to what Microsoft is saying now, the so-called Windows 7 Server is not a major release and is really nothing more than Windows Server 2008 R2, a continuation of the Long Horn code base, with no changes to the...

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Microsoft wants to 'build Windows,' but how about bridges?

cnet.com
Aug 22, 2008
        

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/microsoft/Microsoft_wants_to_build_Windows_How_about_bridges';Microsoft is about to embark on a new advertising campaign designed to make people love it again, and not merely endure it. With...

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