By Gregg Keizer, Computerworld Google yesterday countered Microsoft's contention that it's skirting Internet Explorer's privacy protection, saying it's "impractical" to comply with IE's rules. One privacy researcher said there was enough blame to ...

http://www.pcworld.com/article/250403/google_microsoft_butt_heads_over_ie_privacy_skirting.html

Now, Microsoft has said that Google is working around the privacy settings on its browser, Internet Explorer, as well. In a blog post written by Dean Hachamovitch, Microsoft's corporate vice president for Internet Explorer, the software giant alleges ...

http://allthingsd.com/20120220/microsoft-google-bypasses-privacy-settings-in-internet-explorer-too/?mod=googlenews

San Francisco, Feb 18: Microsoft Friday announced that it was redesigning the logo of Windows software, making a fundamental change to the iconic four-colour Windows logo users have been used to for 20 years. Meshing with the Metro design of ...

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Criticisms of the latest incarnation of Microsoft's Windows operating system seem never-ending – so much so, that Microsoft itself has taken to the airwaves to ensure future Windows users that, no, the company has not gone crazy with some of its design ...

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2400465,00.asp

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After news broke that Google has been using code to circumvent Apple privacy settings on the Safari browser to serve personalized ads to its account holders, Microsoft took the opportunity to gleefully point out the privacy features in its Internet ...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/microsoft-others-hit-back-at-google-for-privacy-hack/2012/02/17/gIQA6Dq9JR_story.html?tid=pm_business_pop

By Gregg Keizer Computerworld - This year is shaping up as a repeat of 2009, when Microsoft and Apple last faced off with rival operating system upgrades, analysts said today. Three years ago, Microsoft rolled out Windows 7, it's last operating system ...

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9224334/Apple_Microsoft_to_duel_in_12_with_OS_upgrades

by Jay Greene February 15, 2012 9:00 PM PST Follow @iamjaygreene New service from Microsoft taps into feeds from Facebook and Twitter to cull the most shared news from the Web, giving users a real-time snapshot of the national conversation.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57378880-75/microsofts-new-msnnow-tracks-latest-web-buzz/

Microsoft's longtime dominance in the enterprise faces a significant challenge in Apple and the rise of mobility devices. Microsoft's presence in the enterprise will erode in coming years as workers gravitate increasingly toward tablets and smartphones ...

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Microsoft-Faces-Apple-Mobility-Challenge-in-Enterprise-Report-369906/

Microsoft's Windows 8 faces challenges not only on tablets, but also the desktops and laptops where Windows has long dominated. Just how much of a risk is Microsoft taking with Windows 8? If Windows 8 indeed arrives at the tail end of 2012, ...

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Applications/Microsofts-Windows-8-Faces-Challenges-in-Tablets-Traditional-PCs-101140/

By Joe Wilcox The headline really should be "What Windows 8 and Windows on ARM mean to Microsoft and to you" but that didn't ring right to my ears. But it more aptly describes the train of this analysis. Simply stated: Windows 8 is the riskiest release ...

http://betanews.com/2012/02/12/what-windows-8-means-to-microsoft-and-to-you/

But Microsoft has also made it clear that legacy Windows-based apps, widely used in enterprises, won't work without being updated to run on a WOA tablet. (WOA models are expected to be out late this year.) Given that issue, does buying a WOA tablet ...

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9224187/FAQ_WOA_vs._x86_which_Windows_tablet_to_pick_

By Don Clark Many questions have come up since Microsoft broached the idea of making its next version of Windows run on two kinds of hardware. One of the company's top executives has gone to unusual lengths to answer them, but some people are still ...

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2012/02/10/whoa-a-lot-of-words-from-microsoft-on-woa-pcs/

Microsoft discloses some long-awaited details on how it's engineering Windows 8 weeks before a test version is released. By Janet I. Tu No comments have been posted to this article. Though if you want to, you can still make that faster, sleeked-up new ...

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2017470092_windowsarm10.html

9 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp.'s vow to negotiate with competitors over industry-standard patents, instead of trying to block their products, marks a change from the company's position less than a year ago. The policy announced yesterday by Microsoft ...

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-09/microsoft-shift-on-industry-standard-patents-aimed-at-google.html

By Matthew DeCarlo Expanding on previous blog posts about Windows 8's "power hygiene," Microsoft has shared new details about how its latest operating system will improve battery life on mobile devices. In addition to adding a "connected standby" mode ...

http://www.techspot.com/news/47361-microsoft-explains-windows-8s-improved-power-efficiency.html

By Kirk Ladendorf Microsoft Corp. said it will open a new retail store only its 16th in the nation at the Domain shopping center in North Austin in the near future. The giant software company sent out a Facebook tease late last week announcing Austin ...

http://www.statesman.com/business/microsoft-to-open-retail-store-at-austins-domain-2155164.html

By Christina DesMarais, PCWorld Feb 5, 2012 1:35 PM Microsoft is taking advantage of all the hullabaloo surrounding Google's privacy policy changes, by buying ads last week in major newspapers that called out how its products and practices are ...

http://www.pcworld.com/article/249323/google_privacy_issues_let_microsoft_tout_ie9s_safeguards.html

According to Windows Phone 8 leaks, the mobile OS will share code with the Windows 8 client--a clear sign that Microsoft wants a single operating system that can stretch across PCs, tablets, phones, and even entertainment devices.

http://informationweek.com/news/windows/microsoft_news/232600242

By John Letzing Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)--Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) has pulled one of five patents used last year to sue Barnes & Noble Inc. (BKS) for alleged infringement related to the book retailer's use of Google Inc.'s (GOOG) ...

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120203-715697.html

By Steve D. Jones Microsoft poked fun at Google's changes to its Gmail privacy policies with a YouTube video called “Gmail Man.” Microsoft Corp. expanded its gorilla marketing against Google Inc. with a YouTube video spoofing changes to Gmail privacy ...

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2012/02/02/microsoft-continues-sniping-at-google%E2%80%99s-snooping/?mod=google_news_blog

Microsoft, whose unending battle with Google encompasses everything from search engines to smartphone operating systems, wasted little time in prepping its own response. “The changes Google announced make it harder, not easier, for people to stay in ...

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Microsoft-Snipes-at-Google-on-Privacy-566358

A new version of Windows isn't the only thing in the offing from Microsoft. There's also a new version of Office--and if Microsoft is planning a revamp of Office to match its revamp of Windows, it needs to remember something: Windows 8 might be for ...

http://www.informationweek.com/news/byte/personal-tech/tablets/232500810

Fifteen companies including PayPal, Google, Microsoft and Facebook are banding together to fight domain-based phishing and other email scams with the new DMARC specification. Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and other major email providers are committed to ...

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/Google-Microsoft-Team-Up-to-Fight-Phishing-Spoofed-Emails-With-DMARC-304068

On Monday, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo!, and eleven others outfits announced they had formed a new alliance to combat phishing — a way of fooling email and web users into providing sensitive information, including credit card numbers.

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/01/google-phight-phishing/