Windows CardSpace gets Firefox support
A new plug-in providing Firefox support for Microsoft's CardSpace digital-identity framework.is now available for public download.
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Mary Jo Foley
Mary Jo has covered the tech industry for more than 25 years for a variety of publications and Web sites, and is a frequent guest on radio, TV and podcasts, speaking about all things Microsoft-related. She is the author of Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft plans to stay relevant in the post-Gates era (John Wiley & Sons, 2008).
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A (Microsoft) code name a day: Monaco
How and when will Microsoft deliver "Monaco," its expected Apple GarageBand competitor? Tune into today's "Microsoft Code Name a Day" post to find out.
Former Windows bigwig working on Ajax Search API at Google
When Marc Lucovsky, one of Microsoft's top Windows architects, jumped ship and joined Google a couple of years ago, nobody (including Lucovsky) was willing to say what his new role would be inside Redmond's search rival. Now we know what Lucovsky is doing (thanks to former Microsoft chief blogger Robert Scoble).
Breaking down silos inside and outside Microsoft
Not all presence and contact data at Microsoft is created equal. The contact list created by Microsoft Communicator/Office Communications Server 2007 users is different from the ones being created and shared by Windows Live users across the various Live Mail, Live Messaging, Live Expo and Live Spaces properties.
Mark your calendars: PDC 2007
Microsoft developers, start your engines. The 2007 Professional Developers Conference is now locked and loaded.
A (Microsoft) code name a day: Edinburgh
Microsoft "Edinburgh" seems to be some kind of small-business-focused communication product. Sources say Microsoft is aiming to release it in the first half of next year.
Questions I'd like to see asked about the Microsoft-Novell deal
Microsoft and Novell are touting the results of a new, paid-for study on the customer impact of the November 2 interoperability deal forged by the companies. But there are other survey questions I feel the researchers could have and should have posed that would have been far more telling about how customers running both Windows and Linux really see the deal.
Is security really Vista's biggest selling point?
Is Vista's security really so much better than that provided by Windows XP Service Pack 2? The short answer to that question, according to the Associated Press, is not a whole heck of a lot.
Microsoft: No plans to release public Vista app-compat checklist
If you were wondering when Microsoft plans to publish an official list of applications that don't work well with Windows Vista, the answer is never.
A (Microsoft) code name a day: Fiji
In Week 2 of my "Microsoft code name a day" series, I'll be looking at some of Redmond's "vista-themed" code names, starting with "Fiji."