Apr 7, 2005 | Microsoft, security, software, WinXP
Whenever you go online, you are at risk of having adware and spyware installed on your system. Well-funded companies are seeking to invade your computer without your knowledge or consent; their software can slow or crash your computer, overload your Internet...
Feb 16, 2005 | Microsoft, security, software
Microsoft Antispyware was released a few weeks ago (here’s my writeup and links – scroll down to January 11.) Microsoft had a dilemma. If it sold the antispyware program, the media would howl that consumers should not have to pay to solve a problem that...
Feb 1, 2005 | Microsoft, search, web_services
Microsoft has finished its work on MSN Search and will now begin a blitz of marketing in an attempt to dent Google’s brand identification. To enhance search results, Microsoft has added full access to the contents of Encarta, which is a reasonably nice thing to...
Jan 11, 2005 | Microsoft, security
Microsoft continues to attack security issues on the Windows platform with impressive vigor. This week Microsoft released Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware, a program that cleans out existing adware/spyware and then runs continuously, monitoring to prevent new...
Dec 3, 2004 | Microsoft, web_services
“Blogging” has been named the “word of the year” by Merriam Webster. Blogs are online tools designed to allow easy sharing of opinions and information, typically in short entries presented chronologically. This news page is based on Blogger,...
Nov 10, 2004 | Microsoft, search, software
Two events this week will get more attention than they deserve. First, Microsoft will unveil the final version of its search service, MSN Search, aimed squarely at Google. Here’s an article about the launch. Unless there are some features hidden in it that...
