Microsoft Microsoft Actimates is a series of toys released by Microsoft. It released 7 characters including Arthur, his sister DW, the 4 Teletubbies and Barney. The dolls were discontinued in 2000. In 1997, Actimates Barney was the hot item for the holidays. The dolls could interact with the TV and the computer (the Teletubbies couldn't however interact with the PC). They could also be played without the packs for the VCR and computer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Actimates"
Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp., 35 F.3d 1435 ( 1994) was a copyright infringement lawsuit in which Apple Computer sought to prevent Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard from using visual graphical user interface (GUI) elements that were similar to those in Apple's Lisa and Macintosh operating systems. Some critics claimed that Apple was really attempting to gain all intellectual property rights over the desktop metaphor for computer interfaces, and perhaps all GUIs, on personal computers. Apple lost all claims in the lawsuit, except that the court ruled that the trash can icon and file folder icons from Hewlett-Packard's now-forgotten NewWave windows application were infringing. The lawsuit was filed in 1988 and lasted four years; the decision was affirmed on appeal in 1994, and the appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court by Apple was denied. ...more on Wikipedia about "Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp."
Avalanche is the name of a proposed peer-to-peer (P2P) network created by Microsoft, which claims to offer improved scalability and bandwidth efficiency compared to existing P2P systems. ...more on Wikipedia about "Avalanche (P2P)"
Avanade, Inc. is "the leading technology integrator specializing providing information technology services on the Microsoft enterprise platform." It has a worldwide network of Development Centers with more than 38 offices in more than 20 countries. ...more on Wikipedia about "Avanade"
Channel 9 is a Microsoft discussion forum used to promote conversations among Microsoft's customers targeted at Microsoft Windows users. Channel 9 features interviews with Microsoft developers about their products, a forum to discuss the videos and other topics, and a wiki ( ** ), which has been adopted by various Microsoft teams as a way to aggregate feedback and respond to issues. ...more on Wikipedia about "Channel9"
Contoso is used by Microsoft as their example company and domain ( contoso.com ) in almost all literature. The domain is registered by Microsoft and redirects to their company homepage. ...more on Wikipedia about "Contoso"
Core fonts for the Web was a project started by Microsoft in 1996 to make a standard pack of fonts for the Internet. The project was terminated (in August 2002). However, the EULA on the font packages allowed redistribution as long as the packages were kept in their original format and with their original filename, and they were not used to add value to commercial products. As a result, they are still available for download on third-party websites. ...more on Wikipedia about "Core fonts for the Web"
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Microsoft Corporation has been the focus of much controversy in the computer industry almost since its founding in 1975. This article explores some of the areas in which it has received frequent criticism. ...more on Wikipedia about "Criticism of Microsoft"
Microsoft, like many other companies in their heyday, has publicly stated that it aims to "embrace and extend" popular standards and existing work. "Embrace, extend and extinguish" (EEE) is a scornful takeoff on this by Microsoft's critics, used to suggest that the stages of embracing and extending are only prefaces to extinguishing or supplanting existing work with Microsoft alternatives. The term is commonly used on websites such as Slashdot where anti-Microsoft thinking abounds. Critics of Microsoft say the company uses EEE to drive competitors out of business by forcing them to use nonstandard and often purportedly problematic technology that Microsoft controls. ...more on Wikipedia about "Embrace, extend and extinguish"
Gay and Lesbian Employees at Microsoft (GLEAM) is a group of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered employees at Microsoft. GLEAM influenced Microsoft to add gender expression to its anti-discrimination policies in April 2005 and the Human Rights Campaign, an American gay rights group that focuses on transgender issues, updated Microsoft's Corporate Equality Index rating to 100%. The Corporate Equality Index is a set of metrics used by the Human Rights Campaign to measure a company's compliance with its goals of gender identity neutrality in the workplace. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gay and Lesbian Employees at Microsoft"
GECAD was established in 1992 by Radu Georgescu as a Computer Aided Design development company. Over time, GECAD’s focus shifted from CAD to security software, namely antivirus. Thus, RAV – Reliable Antivirus was developed in 1994 and, in 2003 - while having a well established distribution network in 60 countries and protecting over 10 Million users worldwide – was acquired from GECAD, as technology, by Microsoft. By that time RAV was the only platform independent antivirus technology in the world, being able to work on any operating system and processor. It was the living proof that GECAD’s innovation and commitment were a solid foundation for a successful company. ...more on Wikipedia about "GeCAD Software"
A Globally Unique Identifier or GUID is a pseudo-random number used in software applications. While each generated GUID is not guaranteed to be unique, the total number of unique keys (2128 or 3.4028×1038) is so large that the possibility of the same number being generated twice is very small. ...more on Wikipedia about "Globally Unique Identifier"
High Definition Compatible Digital, or HDCD (commonly known as High Definition Compact Disc) is a patented encode-decode process that endeavors to improve the audio quality of Red Book audio CDs. ...more on Wikipedia about "High Definition Compatible Digital"
IDispatch is the interface that exposes the Automation protocol. It is one of the standard interfaces that can be exposed by COM objects. The I in IDispatch refers to interface. COM distinguishes between three interfaces types: custom, dispatch and dual interfaces. ...more on Wikipedia about "IDispatch"
The IUnknown interface is defined as a GUID with the value of {00000000-0000-0000-C0000-00000000046}. ...more on Wikipedia about "IUnknown"
The Jazz computer architecture was a motherboard and chipset design originally developed by Microsoft for use in developing Windows NT. The design was eventually used as the basis for most MIPS-based Windows NT systems. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jazz (computer)"
The following is an incomplete list of Microsoft software applications. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Microsoft software applications"
The following is a list of Microsoft topics. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Microsoft topics"
*The Amiga game Uropa², in which the main enemy is known as "Bill Setag" (Gates in reverse). ...more on Wikipedia about "List of portrayals and references of Bill Gates"
Macintosh Business Unit (informally known as Mac BU or MacBU) is a division of Microsoft, formed in 1997, that produces software for the Apple Macintosh platform. The Mac BU, with more than 180 employees, is currently the largest developer of Macintosh software outside of Apple. ...more on Wikipedia about "Macintosh Business Unit"
The Media Transfer Protocol is a set of extensions to the Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) and FotoNation's PTP/IP (extensions for wireless PTP) devised by Microsoft, to allow the protocol to be used for devices other than digital cameras, for example digital audio players and MP3 players. It supports synchronization of a device to a host computer using mechanisms similar to SyncML and Apple's iSync. The MTP is closely related to Windows Media Player. ...more on Wikipedia about "Media Transfer Protocol"
Microsoft Corporation ( , ) is the world's largest software company, with 2005 global annual sales of $40 billion and nearly 60,000 employees in 85 countries and regions. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. Its most popular products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software, each of which has achieved near ubiquity in the desktop computer market. Microsoft possesses footholds in other markets, with assets such as the MSNBC cable television network, the MSN Internet portal, and the Microsoft Encarta multimedia encyclopedia. The company also markets home entertainment products, such as the Xbox and WebTV. ...more on Wikipedia about "Microsoft"
The Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) program is an IT professional certification for Microsoft products. Candidates are required to pass a Microsoft certification exam. ...more on Wikipedia about "Microsoft Certified Professional"
Microsoft codenames are the codenames given by Microsoft to products it has in development, before these products are given the names by which they appear on store shelves. Many of these products (new versions of Windows in particular) are of major significance to the IT community, and so the terms are often widely used in discussions prior to the official release. Microsoft usually does not announce a final name until shortly before the product is publicly available. ...more on Wikipedia about "Microsoft codenames"
The Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) is the portion of Microsoft responsible for managing the firm's relationship with developers. This includes many different kinds of developers: hardware developers interested in the operating system (OS), developers standing on the various OS platforms, developers leveraging the API and scripting languages of Microsoft's many applications. The relationship management is situated in assorted media: web sites, newsletters, developer conferences, trade media, blogs and DVD distribution. The life cycle of the relationships ranges from legacy support through evangelizing potential offerings. ...more on Wikipedia about "Microsoft Developer Network" Stay cool with shortopedia. shortopedia
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