Microsoft to open up Messenger to rivals

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Microsoft wraps up defense in EU
antitrust case, rivals open fire

Microsoft wraps up defense in EU
antitrust case, rivals open fire 11/13/2003 03:59 PM
San Francisco Chronicle Nov 13 2003 3:23PM ET

Microsoft rivals take the stand

Microsoft rivals take the stand 11/14/2003 09:08 AM
BBC Nov 14 2003 7:49AM ET

Rivals want Microsoft punished

Rivals want Microsoft punished 11/14/2003 09:49 PM
Guardian Unlimited Nov 14 2003 9:37PM ET

Microsoft To Ease Up On Rivals

Microsoft To Ease Up On Rivals 01/23/2004 02:43 AM
New York Post Jan 23 2004 6:29AM GMT

Rivals jump on Microsoft

Rivals jump on Microsoft 04/06/2005 11:23 PM
Courier Mail Apr 7 2005 3:16AM GMT

"Microsoft And Google: Partners Or
Rivals?"

"Microsoft And Google: Partners Or
Rivals?" 11/01/2003 09:36 AM

Microsoft And Google: Partners Or
Rivals?

Microsoft And Google: Partners Or
Rivals? 11/01/2003 04:14 AM
spurned by Google .. New York Times

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Regulators want Microsoft to reveal more
to rivals

Regulators want Microsoft to reveal more
to rivals 04/15/2004 10:17 AM

Microsoft and Google Partners or Rivals

Microsoft and Google Partners or Rivals 11/01/2003 05:17 AM
New York Times .. approached

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Microsoft and Google: Partners or Rivals
?

Microsoft and Google: Partners or Rivals
? 11/01/2003 07:26 AM
Microsoft has offered to buy out Google .. New York Times: Technology .. Oy

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Microsoft rivals upbeat after talks

Microsoft rivals upbeat after talks 11/14/2003 07:32 PM
Gulf Daily News Nov 14 2003 6:35PM ET

Microsoft Rivals Spur Review by EU

Microsoft Rivals Spur Review by EU 03/24/2005 08:26 AM
Los Angeles Times Mar 24 2005 12:06PM GMT

Rivals turn on the heat against
Microsoft

Rivals turn on the heat against
Microsoft 11/15/2003 09:53 AM
Cyber India Online Nov 15 2003 9:01AM ET

"Microsoft and Google: Partners or
Rivals?"

"Microsoft and Google: Partners or
Rivals?" 10/31/2003 04:03 PM

Microsoft co-operates with email rivals

Microsoft co-operates with email rivals 06/28/2004 10:07 AM
IN A RARE mood of co-operation, software giant Microsoft has blended its e-mail sender authentication scheme with a competing standard. The aim is to get a standard that can defeat spam by forcing emails to reveal the IP address they are sent from. If adopted by the Engineering Task Force (IETF) Sender ID would serve as an e-mail authentication system that verifies the message actually originated with the purported address.

Microsoft and Google: Partners or
Rivals?

Microsoft and Google: Partners or
Rivals? 10/30/2003 11:57 PM
New York Times Oct 30 2003 11:51PM ET

Microsoft rivals: Modified OS isn't
mediocre

Microsoft rivals: Modified OS isn't
mediocre 11/14/2003 01:47 PM
Microsoft argues that if it were ordered to cut out Media Player, it would be forced to offer a substandard version of Windows which would be unable to run many popular programs.

Microsoft and Google: Partners or
rivals?

Microsoft and Google: Partners or
rivals? 10/31/2003 12:45 PM

AOL, Microsoft Kill the Messenger

AOL, Microsoft Kill the Messenger 10/31/2003 02:43 AM
uk.internet.com Oct 31 2003 1:28AM ET

Microsoft releases MSN Messenger 4.0

Microsoft releases MSN Messenger 4.0 05/05/2004 05:13 PM
Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit has published MSN Messenger 4.0 for Mac, the latest version of its free instant messaging software. It allows you to chat online with friends, family and co-workers who also have MSN Messenger accounts and can notify you when you receive new messages at your Hotmail e-mail account. It also offers the latest news and headlines from MSN. MSN Messenger 4.0 for Mac requires Mac OS X v10.2.8 or higher, 128MB RAM and 12MB hard drive space. You can download it from Microsoft's Mactopia Web site.

Microsoft Updates MSN Messenger for Mac

Microsoft Updates MSN Messenger for Mac 05/05/2004 08:19 AM
Version 4.0 of the instant-messaging client adds greater integration into the upcoming Office 2004 for Mac, which is set to ship this month.

Microsoft Adds Ads to MSN Messenger

Microsoft Adds Ads to MSN Messenger 04/10/2005 12:32 AM
CIO Today Apr 10 2005 2:26AM GMT

Rivals await Microsoft anti-virus SW

Rivals await Microsoft anti-virus SW 06/16/2004 01:18 PM
Cyber India Online Jun 16 2004 5:07PM GMT

Microsoft to take direct shots at Linux
rivals

Microsoft to take direct shots at Linux
rivals 09/15/2004 09:36 PM
Redmond won't just fight the "cooler" open-source operating system--it's looking at Red Hat, Novell and IBM.

Microsoft Rivals Say No Reason for
Inferior Windows

Microsoft Rivals Say No Reason for
Inferior Windows 11/14/2003 02:53 PM
Boston Globe Nov 14 2003 1:04PM ET

Fresh rivals take on Microsoft Office
Goliath

Fresh rivals take on Microsoft Office
Goliath 05/18/2004 02:56 PM
China's Evermore and Oregon's GoBe have launched products that take novel approaches to the productivity software market, hoping to chip away at Microsoft's dominance.

Microsoft sets up links with media
rivals

Microsoft sets up links with media
rivals 01/06/2005 12:17 AM
Microsoft has forged closer links with consumer electronics companies in an attempt to boost the use of its software in digital media and entertainment. They include a partnership with TiVo, the maker of digital video recorders and one of Microsoft's rivals for dominance in the age of digital entertainment, that would let users download and watch TV shows on mobile handsets. The moves, which were due to outlined by Bill Gates in Las Vegas last night at the beginning of the annual Consumer Electronics Show, highlight efforts by the famously adversarial software giant to forge closer ties to companies that in the past have been seen as rivals. Co-operating with traditional consumer electronics companies, rather than competing with them head-on, has become central to this plan, according to industry analysts.

Microsoft Integrate Belgian eID into MSN
Messenger

Microsoft Integrate Belgian eID into MSN
Messenger 02/01/2005 09:39 PM
Popular messenger resource <a href="http://www.mess.be">Mess.be</a> is reporting that Microsoft will soon announce plans to incorporate the Belgian <a href="http://www.neowin.net/images/news/logos/eid.jpg">eI D system</a> with MSN Messenger. An eID, or electronic ID, gives users a trustworthy way of identifying themselves online and can be used for a variety of means. The eID contains a electronic chip like modern credit cards, and is gradually replacing the existing ID card system in Belgium.

"The eID is gradually replacing traditional identity cards and by December 31st of 2009, all citizens over 12 who reside on the Belgian territory should own the chip-equipped card. Just like the classical ID, the eID contains your photo, surname and first names, sex, nationality, place and date of birth, signature, national number as well as the validity period of the card. But all this information (including the photo) will also be electronically stored."

It's not known exactly how the system will integrate with MSN Messenger; card readers, although the most obvious solution, seem somewhat impractical for home users. The news was announced today by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates who is on a trip to Belgium; Gates is slowly making his way to the European government where he will be meeting with EU representatives to talk about the ongoing case against Microsoft. The eID system in Belgium would appear to offer the kind of solution that Microsoft tried to introduce (but failed) with Passport; it offers a variety of features based around the central idea of a single "sign-on" mechanism.

Gate's hinted at the possibility of other countries adopting a similar system, yet it is not known specifically which. In the UK, where the government has plans to introduce a similar ID card system, the issue is strongly fought against by privacy advocates and is viewed in a poor light by the public.

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Microsoft Launches Web Messenger Beta

Microsoft Launches Web Messenger Beta 07/26/2004 07:44 PM

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“Microsoft is beta testing a Web-based MSN Messenger client that will let its hundreds of millions of users talk online with friends in real time by using only a Web browser.”…

Microsoft to shoot Messenger in next
update

Microsoft to shoot Messenger in next
update 10/28/2003 11:06 PM

Microsoft testing web-based messenger

Microsoft testing web-based messenger 08/09/2004 08:25 PM
Xinhua News Agency Aug 10 2004 0:33AM GMT

Microsoft Tests Web Messenger (PC World)

Microsoft Tests Web Messenger (PC World) 08/06/2004 09:38 AM
PC World - New MSN Messenger service doesn't need a client installed on your desktop.

Microsoft shoots the Windows Messenger

Microsoft shoots the Windows Messenger 10/29/2003 09:12 AM
So farewell then, magnet of spam

Microsoft says it is testing web-based
messenger

Microsoft says it is testing web-based
messenger 08/08/2004 10:59 PM
The New Zealand Herald Aug 9 2004 2:41AM GMT

Microsoft To Test MSN Messenger 7
Security

Microsoft To Test MSN Messenger 7
Security 03/29/2005 06:33 AM
Microsoft is planning to block all hotlinks, Winks and Dynamic Display Pictures from being sent or received for a testing period starting today until Thursday 31st.

An MSN spokesperson creditted the additional testing to the recent virus attacks which attempted to use MSN Messenger as a way to spread harmful code. Over the 48 hour testing the period the MSN Messenger team will be testing different methods of blocking malicious code from being transferred on MSN Messenger.

The testing will only effect users using MSN Messenger 7 build 732 and any public builds are likely to be unaffected. Initially the MSN Messenger 7 beta was halted when users discovered a fatal flaw in the implementation of the new Winks feature.

MSN Messenger 7 is expected to be released in the coming months.

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"New York Times | Microsoft and Google:
Partners or Rivals?"

"New York Times | Microsoft and Google:
Partners or Rivals?" 11/01/2003 03:09 PM

Lycos rivals Microsoft and Gmail with
improved email

Lycos rivals Microsoft and Gmail with
improved email 09/10/2004 03:46 AM
Revolution Sep 10 2004 7:13AM GMT

Microsoft Undercuts Rivals with Digital
Media Pricing

Microsoft Undercuts Rivals with Digital
Media Pricing 03/20/2003 01:05 PM
Microsoft has announced plans to license its new digital media streaming software, Windows Media 9 Series, at a cheaper price, for a greater number of devices and across more platforms than competing standards, such as MPEG-4.

UPDATE 3-Microsoft rivals deny changes
would weaken Windows

UPDATE 3-Microsoft rivals deny changes
would weaken Windows 11/14/2003 05:15 PM
Reuters Nov 14 2003 4:32PM ET
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