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Microsoft steps up search assault on Google

Ade — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:38:52 +0000

SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp’s assault on search engine leader Google Inc took a major step forward on Thursday as U.S. and European regulators cleared the software company’s search partnership with Yahoo Inc.

The 10-year deal, struck last July, is the biggest effort yet by Microsoft to establish an online business to rival Google, an area where Microsoft has lost $5 billion over the last four years.

"Microsoft really has room to throw money at this," said Kim Caughey, senior analyst at Fort Pitt Capital Group. "I think it can work. If they can make inroads in specific target areas, they could have something positive to report."

Microsoft has already made some progress with its search engine, Bing, picking up 3.3 points of market share since its launch last June. But Bing is not likely to "push Google off a very big pedestal any time soon," said Caughey.

The battle for online search ads is only one front on a sprawling war for revenue between Microsoft and Google, which also encompasses operating systems and mobile phones. But neither has yet managed to compete on equal terms in each other’s core market.

Hackerii updateaza soft-ul ce a cauzat ecranele albastre Windows

Ade — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:21:11 +0000

Hackerii aflati in spatele rootkit-ului responsabil pentru paralizarea computerelor Windows dupa ce utilizatorii acestora au instalat un patch de securitate Microsoft, au actualizat malware-ul astfel incat acesta nu mai paralizeaza sistemele, au confirmat cercetatorii. Rootkit-ul, cunoscut sub mai multe nume – TDSS, Tidserv si TDL3 – a fost acuzat de Microsoft de cauzarea blocarii PC-urilor Windows XP dupa ce utilizatorii au aplicat update-ul de securitate MS10-015, unul dintre cele 13 patch-uri emise de Microsoft saptamana trecuta. La cateva ore dupa lansarea update-ului, utilizatorii au inundat forumul de Microsoft de suport, raportand ca PC-urile lor au fost paralizate cu un Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). Joi, Microsoft a incetat distribuirea update-ului MS10-015, legat de utilizatori de BSOD, mentionand ca investigheaza cazul.

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Ade — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:27:28 +0000

Imad Sousou is the director of Intel’s Open Source Technology Centre, which is behind the Moblin project â€” aimed at providing optimised Linux technology for netbooks and mobile internet devices.

On Wednesday, ZDNet UK caught up with Sousou at the Open Source In Mobile 09 event in Amsterdam, to discuss the nature of Moblin and the hardware on which it will run.

Q: There seems to be some confusion over what Moblin entails â€” it appears to be a full Linux distribution, but we have seen Suse and Linpus flavours, and Canonical are about to release an Ubuntu flavour. What is Moblin?
A: What Moblin really is, in technical terms, is a community distribution, much like Fedora or Debian, that people tend to use in different ways.

There are certain operating-system vendors who take Moblin completely as-is and use it, and add customisation and provide support, and there are those who take various technologies from Moblin and incorporate them into their own operating systems â€” although, when people do that, they tend to focus on the user experience.

When you hear, for example, Novell is taking Moblin or Ubuntu is doing Ubuntu Moblin, they are using the operating-system infrastructure and taking the Moblin user experience, which is a set of applications â€” the 3D infrastructure and a set of libraries, infrastructure components like the social networking, media management and so on.