Microsoft Selling U.S. Dollar 1.3 Billion Shares

For the first time since owning shares of Microsoft Corporation seven years ago, Steve Ballmer, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, off 49.3 million shares worth a total of 1.3 billion U.S. dollars. Capital Market Supervisory Agency United States or the SEC said, Ballmer sells its shares in stages, each on Wednesday (11/03/2010) as much as 21.87 million shares, 14.35 million shares Thursday, and Friday of 13.12 million shares.

With the sale of these shares, currently Ballmer still thinking about 358.91 million shares of software companies with a value of 9.64 billion U.S. dollars, or 4.2 percent of total ownership of shares of Microsoft. The plan, until the end of the year, it will return a total dump their shares to 75 million shares, or reduce the 18 percent stake in Microsoft.

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Do not Press F1

Microsoft found a weakness in the software. In order to prevent this vulnerability exploited, Microsoft recommends users not to press F1 while browsing the Internet site.

A weakness has been discovered in VBScript precisely this weakness will affect the computer that runs Windows XP and Internet Explorer browser (IE).

This weakness could be exploited when users press the F1 key. Button is usually used to call the help function (Help menu) in Windows applications.

"If a malicious website that displays the dialog box specially made and the user pressed F1, a malicious code can run on a user's computer in accordance with the user's authority," the warning from Microsoft.

Microsoft offered several ways to prevent this weakness to attack your computer:

* Do not press F1 when prompted by a particular site
* Disable access to Windows Help
* Change IE security rules to be 'High' to block ActiveX
* Set IE to give a warning when about to run ActiveX

Once again, this vulnerability affects computers that are running Internet Explorer browser on the operating system Microsoft Windows XP. User operating system or other browser software will not be affected.


source : detikinet

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Google Vs Microsoft and Yahoo!

Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. on Wednesday (29/7) local time finally had announced the co-operation in the business field search engine and the advertisement for 10 years. This action it was hoped made these companies could challenge Google Inc in the world business on the internet. Yahoo will get 88 percent of the advertisement profit that came from the customer that accessed from the search service in the Yahoo page for five first years. Moreover, Yahoo also had the right to place his premium advertisements in several sites belonging to Microsoft.

Was based on the survey data ComScore, the Yahoo combination and Microsoft controlled 28 percent of the market share of the service of the seeker's machine in the USA or the two after Google that at this time controlled 65 percent. For the global market, Google more dominant in the business of the service of the seeker's machine with 67 percent market share whereas the Yahoo combination and Microsoft just controlled 11 percent.

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Toshiba TG01 The Fastest Mobile Phone In The World

Toshiba released the fastest mobile phone in the world that was given by the name of Toshiba TG01. With the processor of Snapdragon 1GHz from Qualcomm, that was the fastest processor for the cellular phone at this time. With touchscreen technology that had wide the screen 4.1 and had the thickness 9,9mm this mobile phone was suitable for the high mobility.

The weakness in this mobile phone of Toshiba used the Windows operation system 6,1, not the newest version namely Windows Mobile 6,5. However Toshiba promised would updating to Windows Mobile 6,5 just as Microsoft released this operation system.

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Action 'Hacking' Young Bill Gates?

At the time young Gates is recognized fond of opens computer system. Including, together its the three friends, to get free access. But which most on unique, when asked to makes scheduling program in school he arranges that x'self always placed in class which many woman students. [detik]

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Microsoft acquisition Komoku

As effort to increase its the security and safety system, Microsoft acquisition security and safety company will of Komoku, detector producer rootkit (gathering of software bad with aim to hide process, file and system data is being run from an operating system).

Technology made in Komoku later will complement product Forefront and Windows Live OneCare. Forefront is software security and safety including protection of malware for PC, tool security and safety for server Exchange and SharePoint and gateway.

Whereas OneCare is security and safety software package for consumer PC which scan applicable to be virus and spyware, backs up file and assists network management.

As information, Komoku am security and safety company producing detector rootkit build at 2004. The company now believe to handle network security problem in some government organizations of United States, as in Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

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