OSLO (AFP)–U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) will base its global research and development center for specialized search engines used by companies in Norway, company Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said Tuesday. “The global center for our enterprise search R&D will be done here from Norway,” Ballmer told reporters after meeting with Norwegian Prime Minister Jens [...]

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Back in March, I heard Microsoft was going to replace some of the applications it traditionally has bundled with Windows subsystems  with Windows Live services in Windows 7. No one on the Windows team would confirm my tip. But on September 22, the Windows Live team admitted — not to me, but to News.com’s Ina [...]

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Microsoft’s next browser release will make it easier for people to delete and control information about their Web browsing history. By Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service August 25, 2008  Copyright: infoworld.com Microsoft on Monday described some new privacy features that will come with IE8, the next release of its browser. The features are designed to make [...]

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