Update Microsoft stories:
Microsoft Readies IE Ballot Screen For Europe
Feb 19th, 2010 - ChannnelWeb
microsoft next month will begin a phased rollout of the web browser "ballot screen" mandated by its december antitrust settlement with the european commission, the company said friday. microsoft next week will begin a limited rollout of the ballot
Microsoft Adds Facebook, MySpace To Outlook
Feb 17th, 2010 - ChannnelWeb
microsoft's release wednesday of its outlook social connector beta is another indication of the how social networking has infiltrated not only the online world, but also enterprise software. the outlook social connector, a new feature in office 2010
Rootkit blamed for Blue Screen patch update snafu
Feb 15th, 2010 - The Register
the presence of a hard-to-detect rootkit may have caused windows xp machines to freeze up after applying a patch from microsoft last week, according to preliminary analysis of the problem from microsoft's security team. microsoft's users forums
Microsoft Targets Windows 7 Activation Hackers
Feb 14th, 2010 - PC World
microsoft said it will soon will feed windows 7 users an update that detects illegal copies installed using more than 70 different activation cracks.
the update to windows activation technologies (wat), the anti-piracy software formerly knownMicrosoft Slips a Hint of Windows 8
Feb 13th, 2010 - PC World
windows 8, the theoretical next version of microsoft's ubiquitous os, will be different from what has been expected of the platform, according to a cached version of a microsoft blog post.
the google-cached version of a january 31 blog on msdn


