news.cnet.com - 12/11/2008
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(Credit: Microsoft) Microsoft, long the bastion of proprietary thought, is increasingly adding open-source DNA to the fold. And it's adding to its roster of open-source veterans: Dick Hardt, founder and CEO of Sxip Identity and ActiveState, announced on his blog earlier this week that he will ...
technet.microsoft.com - 12/9/2008
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technet.microsoft.com —
The Microsoft Exploitability Index is designed to provide
additional information to help customers better prioritize the deployment...
of Microsoft security updates. This index provides customers with guidance on the likelihood of functioning exploit ...
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
news.cnet.com - 12/14/2008
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news.cnet.com —
Is it possible some at Microsoft find the
iPhone a more attractive platform than the software giant's...
own Windows Mobile? Microsoft's Seadragon on Apple's iPhone. (Credit: Microsoft) Engineers in the company's Live Labs have released the ...
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Microsoft releases its first iPhone app
148apps.com - 12/14/2008
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148apps.com —
I had to do a triple-take on this
one. Microsoft Labs has released what they call a...
tech preview to the iTunes App Store called Seadragon Mobile. Yes, really, Microsoft has released an application for the iPhone. Seadragon Mobile is an image viewer ...
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Microsoft Releases an iPhone App. Yes, Microsoft. - ...
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Open Source Industry Expert Defends Decision to Join Microsoft [OStatic]
GigaOM Network —
... Proving the old adage "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em," Microsoft has hired another open source expert whose primary responsibility will be to work on "consumer, enterprise and government identity problems." Dick Hardt, founder and CEO of ...
Open Source Industry Expert Defends Decision to Join Microsoft
OStatic blogs —
... Proving the old adage "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em," Microsoft has hired another open source expert whose primary responsibility will be to work on "consumer, enterprise and government identity problems." Dick Hardt, founder and CEO of ...
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