EU: No Settlement for Microsoft
European Union (EU) Competition Chief Mario Monti said this week that the time for a settlement in the Microsoft antitrust case has long since passed. Monti's comments came a week after EU and Microsoft lawyers faced off in the European Court of First Instance, which will determine whether to stay the EU's decision against the software giant during the company's appeal. Microsoft has recently expressed renewed interest in attempting to settle the case. More
Microsoft Abruptly Pulls MSN Messenger 7.0 Beta
Citing a security hole in one of MSN Messenger 7.0's new features, Microsoft suspended the product's beta version this week, according to various reports, so it can rethink how to implement the feature. MSN Messenger 7.0 includes a feature called Winks that lets MSN Messenger users send each other animated graphics and sounds. Attackers can use the feature maliciously, however, so Microsoft has stripped it from the product's most recent beta version, which the company will make available to testers next week. To protect testers against potential problems, all MSN Messenger 7.0 users will be forced to "downgrade" to the publicly shipping version 6.2 when they log on to the MSN Messenger service today. More
News for Wednesday, October 6, 2004
Microsoft Unveils MSN TV 2
On Tuesday, Microsoft unveiled its next generation MSN TV 2 Internet & Media Player, a set-top box for the den that displays Internet content like the Web and Email, and digital media content from your networked home PCs, on your television set. MSN TV 2 comes complete with a wireless keyboard and remote control, and requires a subscription service for users to take advantage of its Internet-related functionality. More
News for Friday, September 17, 2004
WinInfo Short Takes: Week of September 20
An often irreverent look at some of the week's other news... More
News for Wednesday, Septmember 1, 2004
2 Weeks with Windows XP SP2, and No Major Obstacles
Despite the dire predictions that Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) would wreak havoc on every computer it's installed on, deploying XP SP2 has gone moderately well for me. My overall success rate with the service pack has been fairly high; I've had problems on only 3 of 15 computers, and on 2 of those I was able to get things working right. More
Don't Wait for Longhorn: Copernic Releases Instant Desktop Search Tool
Is the 2-year wait for Longhorn frustrating you? Well, one key Longhorn feature--instant desktop searching--arrived this week in the form of a free download from search and information-management firm Copernic. The company bills its new Copernic Desktop Search (CDS) as "the search engine for your PC." And if the company's success with its Web search technology is any indication, this product might be one to watch. More
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