CardSpace / OpenID Collaboration Announcement
As an outcome of the discussions that have been taking place here in the Blogosphere - and in-person meetings - it is exciting to convey the following joint announcement by JanRain, SXIP Identity, VeriSign and Microsoft:
Microsoft, Google, Yahoo! Unite to Support Sitemaps
Today, we are excited to announce that Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! are coming together in support of the SiteMaps protocol. The goal of this effort is to improve search results for customers around the world. This protocol enables site
Five Key Takeaways From Microsoft, OpenID Announcement
For those already familiar with OpenID and Microsoft, jump directly to the takeaway section. For others, the next two sections will provide you with a quick introduction to two new technologies that will likely have a significant impact
VU#194944:Microsoft Windows Explorer fails to properly handle
Overview. Microsoft Windows Explorer fails to properly handle malformed Office documents. The complete impact of this vulnerability is not clear, but may include the execution of arbitrary code as well as crashing Windows Explorer.
Michael Gartenberg Leaves Microsoft
GartenBlog Well in what may be one of the shortest executive careers in Microsoft history, Michael Gartenberg is leaving Microsoft and heading back to JupiterResearch. That was fast. I'm sure there's a story behind all this somewhere
Microsoft TechFest - Research Labs on display
Microsoft employs over 750 PhD. research scientists working on hundreds of projects. Web search is always a popular research topic and this year was no exception. As John Markoff from The New York Times wrote;
Phasing out Microsoft products
Since then I got into web developing and I’m living a fairly computer-intense life (at least in the daytime), and I’ve realized more and more that I’m phasing out one Microsoft product after another from the software I’m using.
Microsoft ruined data binding in ASP.NET 2.0 when they dropped
To put it bluntly, Microsoft ruined ASP.NET programming when they released ASP.NET 2.0. Quite a statement I agree, however, I'm not the only one who thinks that. I've been communicating with several key folks in the know concerning this
Microsoft search leader leaving company
Christopher Payne, the corporate vice president in charge of Microsoft's search business, is leaving the company. I spoke this afternoon with a person familiar with the situation, who said Payne plans to start a Seattle-based technology
Novell drives nail into Microsoft Office coffin?
The news that Novell has released an Office Open XML (OOXML) lator for OpenOffice.org is yet another nail in the coffin of the office productivity franchise known as Microsoft Office. However, if the open source crowd is really
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