http://www.bittersense.com Wired & Weird News BitterSense.com is bringing you news about technology and entertainment Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:35:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 en http://www.bittersense.com/microsoft/microsoft-hosted-online-security-service-for-business-users-due-in-2010/ http://www.bittersense.com/microsoft/microsoft-hosted-online-security-service-for-business-users-due-in-2010/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:35:56 +0000 Mary Jo Foley Microsoft http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1730 ]]> Microsoft’s just-announced free anti-virus/anti-malware service, codenamed Morro, isn’t the only new Microsoft security service in the works. There’s a Microsoft-hosted security service for businesses in the pipeline, too, and it’s due in 2010, according to a new Microsoft blog posting.

]]> http://www.bittersense.com/microsoft/microsoft-hosted-online-security-service-for-business-users-due-in-2010/feed/ http://www.bittersense.com/microsoft/microsoft-kills-windows-live-onecare-and-equipt-subscription-services/ http://www.bittersense.com/microsoft/microsoft-kills-windows-live-onecare-and-equipt-subscription-services/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:49:35 +0000 Mary Jo Foley Microsoft http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1729 ]]> Microsoft is discontinuing its paid Windows Live OneCare subscription security service. Microsoft is touting a new, free security service, codenamed “Morro,” and due in the second half of 2009, as OneCare’s successor. The Microsoft press release and statements on Morro offer some other interesting tidbits.

]]> http://www.bittersense.com/microsoft/microsoft-kills-windows-live-onecare-and-equipt-subscription-services/feed/ http://www.bittersense.com/microsoft/what-does-%e2%80%98sharepoint-in-the-cloud%e2%80%99-really-mean/ http://www.bittersense.com/microsoft/what-does-%e2%80%98sharepoint-in-the-cloud%e2%80%99-really-mean/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:26:07 +0000 Mary Jo Foley Microsoft http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1724 ]]> Microsoft began shipping, starting November 17, the final version of its Exchange Online and SharePoint Online Microsoft-hosted services. Are these products full versions of Microsoft’s enterprise software running in “in the cloud”? The short answer: No.

]]> http://www.bittersense.com/microsoft/what-does-%e2%80%98sharepoint-in-the-cloud%e2%80%99-really-mean/feed/ http://www.bittersense.com/microsoft/new-update-of-microsoft-codename-tracker-available-now/ http://www.bittersense.com/microsoft/new-update-of-microsoft-codename-tracker-available-now/#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:57:14 +0000 Mary Jo Foley Microsoft http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1720 ]]> Here’s the November update of CodeTracker, hot off the presses. The best part? It’s free. This month’s update includes a few new codenames, plus some informed speculation on what a number of Microsoft’s cloud-related codenames have in common. Hint: Think Sarah Palin….

]]> http://www.bittersense.com/microsoft/new-update-of-microsoft-codename-tracker-available-now/feed/ http://www.bittersense.com/microsoft/microsoft-touts-new-online-store-as-a-netbook-complement/ http://www.bittersense.com/microsoft/microsoft-touts-new-online-store-as-a-netbook-complement/#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:01:11 +0000 Mary Jo Foley Microsoft http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1719 ]]> Microsoft launched in the U.S. this week its online software store and is touting it as one way for netbook users who don’t have optical drives to more easily obtain software.

]]> http://www.bittersense.com/microsoft/microsoft-touts-new-online-store-as-a-netbook-complement/feed/ http://www.bittersense.com/microsoft/microsoft-search-boss-%e2%80%98silk-road%e2%80%99-will-lead-to-greater-market-share/ http://www.bittersense.com/microsoft/microsoft-search-boss-%e2%80%98silk-road%e2%80%99-will-lead-to-greater-market-share/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:37:32 +0000 Mary Jo Foley Microsoft http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1717 ]]> Microsoft is adding a fourth pillar to its search-business strategy that involves opening up its search interfaces and infrastructure to third-party developers to get them to incorporate Microsoft’s search engine in their sites and services.

]]> http://www.bittersense.com/microsoft/microsoft-search-boss-%e2%80%98silk-road%e2%80%99-will-lead-to-greater-market-share/feed/ http://www.bittersense.com/microsoft/windows-live-wave-3-microsoft%e2%80%99s-kinder-and-simpler-consumer-services-strategy/ http://www.bittersense.com/microsoft/windows-live-wave-3-microsoft%e2%80%99s-kinder-and-simpler-consumer-services-strategy/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:01:32 +0000 Mary Jo Foley Microsoft http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1714 ]]> Microsoft is taking the official wraps off Windows Live Wave 3, its consumer-focused set of services which will be phased in over the next several months. The goal of this rollout is to simplify Windows Live — an admirable, formidable and seemingly nearly-untenable goal, given the branding and positioning problems Windows Live has faced for the past few years.

]]> http://www.bittersense.com/microsoft/windows-live-wave-3-microsoft%e2%80%99s-kinder-and-simpler-consumer-services-strategy/feed/ http://www.bittersense.com/microsoft/in-tight-times-microsoft-launches-two-new-servers/ http://www.bittersense.com/microsoft/in-tight-times-microsoft-launches-two-new-servers/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:05:01 +0000 Mary Jo Foley Microsoft http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1712 ]]> It’s not a great time for a new product launch. But Microsoft officials soldiered on with the company’s planned November 12 virtual launch of its newest small and mid-size business servers: Windows Essential Business Server 2008 and Windows Small Business Server 2008.

]]> http://www.bittersense.com/microsoft/in-tight-times-microsoft-launches-two-new-servers/feed/ http://www.bittersense.com/microsoft/microsoft-startup-labs-delivers-its-first-four-live-mesh-apps/ http://www.bittersense.com/microsoft/microsoft-startup-labs-delivers-its-first-four-live-mesh-apps/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:51:42 +0000 Mary Jo Foley Microsoft http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1709 ]]> One of the tidbits that got lost in the Professional Developer Conference (PDC) shuffle was the quiet delivery of a set of new applications Microsoft has built to showcase Live Mesh known as the “MeshPack.”

]]> http://www.bittersense.com/microsoft/microsoft-startup-labs-delivers-its-first-four-live-mesh-apps/feed/ http://www.bittersense.com/microsoft/sun-switches-search-alliances-from-google-to-microsoft/ http://www.bittersense.com/microsoft/sun-switches-search-alliances-from-google-to-microsoft/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:01:58 +0000 Mary Jo Foley Microsoft http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1708 ]]> Which came first — Google dropping StarOffice from its Google Pack or Sun agreeing to distribute Microsoft’s Live-Search-powered MSN toolbar with the Java runtime? We’ll probably never know (at least until Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz blogs about it).

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