Ballmer: Windows 7 Sales 'Fantastic'
Excitable Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer actually had something to be excited about at yesterday's shareholder meeting, where he announced that Windows 7 sales are "fantastic."
Microsoft Windows chief decries standards grandstanding
Microsoft is in the early stages of IE9 development but they are already focusing on standards and the performance gains they can realize by taking advantage of modern PC hardware.
Ballmer: Windows 7 sells twice as fast as past operating systems
Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer said Windows 7 has sold twice as many units as any other Microsoft operating system in the same time period.
Microsoft denies it built 'backdoor' in Windows 7
Microsoft today denied that it has built a backdoor into Windows 7, a concern that surfaced on Wednesday after a senior National Security Agency (NSA) official testified before Congress that the agency had worked on the operating system.
FAQ: All you need to try out the Office 2010 Beta
Microsoft yesterday launched the first, and likely only, public beta of Office 2010.Where is it, how do you install it, what do you need to run it, and how do you get rid of it if it's a can of worms? We've got answers.
Microsoft denies it built 'backdoor' in Windows 7
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Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News
Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
- mburton325
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