Jan 19 2009

The facts behind MS’s anti-Linux ‘Get the Facts’ campaign

Back in 2002, Jim Allchin was co-president of Microsoft’s Platforms and Services Division and was, in his own words, “scared” of the momentum behind Linux, as noted in an email sent to several of his direct reports.Why scared? Because Windows was starting to lose to Linux

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Jan 19 2009

Electric sidemen: a look at Microsoft Songsmith

Ars takes Microsoft’s new song generating software out for a test drive. We also talk with the people behind it about how it works, and what’s in store for future versions.

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Jan 19 2009

Active Directory Comes To Linux With Samba 4

Da Massive writes in with another possible answer to a recent Ask Slashdot about FOSS replacements for Microsoft AD server. “Enterprise networks now have an alternative choice to Microsoft Active Directory (AD) servers, with the open source Samba project aiming for feature parity with the forthcoming release of version 4, according to Canberra-based Samba developer Andrew Bartlett. Speaking at this year’s linux.conf.au Linux and open source conference in Hobart, Bartlett said Samba 4 is aiming to be a replacement for AD by providing a free software implementation of Microsoft’s custom protocols. Because AD is ‘far more than LDAP and Kerberos,’ Bartlett said, Samba 4 is not only about developing with Microsoft’s customization of those protocols, it is also about moving the project beyond just providing an NT 4 compatible domain manager.”

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Jan 19 2009

More DLC Content For Shaun White Snowboarding – GameFocus


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More DLC Content For Shaun White Snowboarding
GameFocus – 16 Jan 2009
After the announcement of the "Freebie Pack" yesterday, Ubisoft Montréal sent word about the "Mile High" downloadable content pack for Shaun White Snowboarding for the Xbox 360 and the PLAYSTATION 3. The price for the "Mile High" DLC is 800 Microsoft
New Shaun White Snowboarding DLC Available Now For Xbox 360 and Gameinfowire.com
Shaun White Snowboarding Gets More Content TeamXbox
Fudzilla – Destructoid – WorthPlaying.com – TeamXbox
all 7 news articles
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Jan 19 2009

Boy, 8, becomes youngest IT professional

An eight-year-old boy has become the world’s youngest IT professional after passing an exam with Microsoft.

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Jan 19 2009

Europe charges Microsoft with abuse of monopoly again

Microsoft was formally charged with monopoly abuse by Europe’s top antitrust authority, the European Commission, over the way it bundles the Internet Explorer browser with Windows.

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Jan 18 2009

More DLC Content For Shaun White Snowboarding – GameFocus


Destructoid

More DLC Content For Shaun White Snowboarding
GameFocus – 16 Jan 2009
After the announcement of the "Freebie Pack" yesterday, Ubisoft Montréal sent word about the "Mile High" downloadable content pack for Shaun White Snowboarding for the Xbox 360 and the PLAYSTATION 3. The price for the "Mile High" DLC is 800 Microsoft
New Shaun White Snowboarding DLC Available Now For Xbox 360 and Gameinfowire.com
Shaun White Snowboarding Gets More Content TeamXbox
Fudzilla – Destructoid – WorthPlaying.com – TeamXbox
all 7 news articles
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Jan 18 2009

More DLC Content For Shaun White Snowboarding – GameFocus


Destructoid

More DLC Content For Shaun White Snowboarding
GameFocus – 16 Jan 2009
After the announcement of the "Freebie Pack" yesterday, Ubisoft Montréal sent word about the "Mile High" downloadable content pack for Shaun White Snowboarding for the Xbox 360 and the PLAYSTATION 3. The price for the "Mile High" DLC is 800 Microsoft
New Shaun White Snowboarding DLC Available Now For Xbox 360 and Gameinfowire.com
Shaun White Snowboarding Gets More Content TeamXbox
all 7 news articles
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Jan 18 2009

More DLC Content For Shaun White Snowboarding – GameFocus


Destructoid

More DLC Content For Shaun White Snowboarding
GameFocus – 16 Jan 2009
After the announcement of the "Freebie Pack" yesterday, Ubisoft Montréal sent word about the "Mile High" downloadable content pack for Shaun White Snowboarding for the Xbox 360 and the PLAYSTATION 3. The price for the "Mile High" DLC is 800 Microsoft
New Shaun White Snowboarding DLC Available Now For Xbox 360 and Gameinfowire.com
Shaun White Snowboarding Gets More Content TeamXbox
all 7 news articles
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Jan 18 2009

More DLC Content For Shaun White Snowboarding – GameFocus


Destructoid

More DLC Content For Shaun White Snowboarding
GameFocus – 16 Jan 2009
After the announcement of the "Freebie Pack" yesterday, Ubisoft Montréal sent word about the "Mile High" downloadable content pack for Shaun White Snowboarding for the Xbox 360 and the PLAYSTATION 3. The price for the "Mile High" DLC is 800 Microsoft
New Shaun White Snowboarding DLC Available Now For Xbox 360 and Gameinfowire.com
Shaun White Snowboarding Gets More Content TeamXbox
all 7 news articles
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