GeekWire

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

“Bliss,” the Microsoft Windows XP desktop wallpaper image, as seen in a YouTube video tutorial. Twenty years after a rolling green hill and blue sky showed up as the default desktop wallpaper image for Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system, the search for “Bliss” is still an intriguing one.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The latest ugly holiday sweater from Microsoft features the Windows XP “Bliss” desktop image. Throwing things back to the early 2000s, the tech giant’s latest soft-wear features “Bliss,” the default desktop image in the time of Windows XP.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Changes Microsoft made to its cloud licensing of Windows and application software to “make bringing workloads and licenses to partners’ clouds easier,” the company says, have drawn the ire of those cloud partners, some of whom have jointly filed an antitrust complaint in the European Union.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Microsoft’s next version of Windows, Windows 11, is coming October 5th. In many ways, it’s already here — the free update has been available for Windows Insiders to download and test for months, and recent versions like the Release Preview will likely be indistinguishable from the final operating system. Sean Hollister.

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DECEMBER 18, 2010

Apple is known for fixed release windows, but flexible feature sets. Cairo (eventually shipped as Windows 95): Announced in 1991 to distract from the lack of anything dramatically new in Windows 3.0. Ended up as polish on the existing Windows 3.0: Windows 95. Either can work well. Fixed Schedules. incompleteâ??,

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The Verge

MAY 18, 2020

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer famously branded Linux “a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches” back in 2001. Microsoft is even shipping a full Linux kernel in a Windows 10 update that will release later this month, and it moved to the Chromium browser engine for Edge last year.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

This part of his decision was overturned in 2001, or we'd be living in a very different technology world. US District Court judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, who oversaw the Department of Justice vs. Microsoft, had ruled in 2000 that Microsoft was a monopoly that should be broken up into two companies.

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GeekWire

MARCH 13, 2025

The IBM partnership didnt end well, I pointed out, alluding to the bitter split over OS/2, which saw Microsoft pivot to Windows in the late 1980s while IBM struggled to gain traction in the PC market. Steve Ballmer with former Microsoft Windows NT leader David Cutler, right, at a 2018 Clippers game. No, we had real competition.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Pluton is meant to improve the security of Windows systems in two key ways: First, by moving the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) from a separate chip into the central processing unit (CPU) itself. Second, by enabling Pluton for Windows computers to integrate with the Windows Update process for security firmware updates.

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Gizmodo

MAY 16, 2021

Before Charlize Theron took the mantle as the queen of action cinema, that title belonged to Angelina Jolie , starting with the role of Lara Croft in Simon West’s Tomb Raider (2001). Read more.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

continued the trend for more realism, before Flight Simulator for Windows 95 debuted in 1996 with higher frame rates and more aircraft to choose from. In Microsoft’s video, you can see the jumps in graphical changes when it gets to the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 release in 2001. Flight Simulator 5.0

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 8, 2020

” As 343 Day draws to a close, we're excited to offer a closer look at Halo Infinite development and share our updated launch window of Fall 2021. Halo has been a tentpole franchise for the Xbox line of consoles for almost 20 years, dating back to the original game in 2001. — Halo (@Halo) December 8, 2020.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Infinite, by comparison, is closer in spirit to the original 2001 Halo: Combat Evolved. The new trailer even makes sure to include a scene where the Chief runs a Jackal over with a Warthog, just for maximum 2001 nostalgia value. 8 for Windows PC, Xbox Series X|S, and the Xbox Game Pass.

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GeekWire

MAY 2, 2023

Arkane Studios’ Redfall was scheduled to release on Xbox, Windows, and the Xbox Game Pass Monday evening. The Xbox Series X|S as a platform is in dire need of a big, unequivocal hit, in the same way that 2001’s Halo: Combat Evolved put the original Xbox on the map.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 11, 2021

She also wrote six children’s books about science, and started a company called Sally Ride Science in 2001, with a focus on reducing the gender gap in STEM programs and careers.

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Virtualized Greek

DECEMBER 4, 2013

I know now that investing in my Cisco certification in 2001 was a much better idea than updating my Novell Certification. I’ve picked some long term losers such as Novell NetWare over Windows NT initially. Picking a winning career path in technology is difficult even if you have years of industry experience.

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The Verge

MAY 12, 2021

A simpler, more green time, when consoles were consoles and not Metro-inspired (or I guess Fluent Design-inspired ) pseudo-Windows machines. But I do think you can get a pretty solid hit of nostalgia just by looking at this background and remembering what used to be.

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GeekWire

MARCH 7, 2021

Mac, Windows or Linux? Gotta be a time machine; I’m excited to see how much I can wreck the timeline constantly trying to correct for That Time I Said Something Marginally Silly In 2001 Everyone Has Forgotten But It Eats At Me Late At Night. Favorite superhero or sci-fi character? Then I used it.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

At the same time, however, Microsoft was making so much money on both Office and Windows that the expenses for creating the Xbox weren’t big enough to affect the company’s overall bottom line. xbox20 #xbox #ogxbox pic.twitter.com/oTYNnWKHJy — Ed Fries (@Ed_Fries) November 14, 2021.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 6, 2023

Bethesda Game Studios has primarily worked on games in the Elder Scrolls and Fallout series since it was spun off into its own division in 2001; its first project as Bethesda Game Studios was 2003’s Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. The key word there is “internally,” incidentally.

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GeekWire

JULY 15, 2021

Founded in 2001, Slalom currently has more than 9,500 employees globally. Hoge spent 16 years at Microsoft, most recently as group program manager for the Windows 11 user experience. Oppenheimer is the founder of advisory firm CameoWorks and BoardReady, a non-profit promoting board diversity.

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GeekWire

MAY 3, 2021

On the legal team for Epic Games is Christine Varney , the lawyer who represented Netscape in its antitrust suit against Microsoft in 2001. The Microsoft case ended with an initial judgment to break up the Redmond-based software giant, a decision which later was walked back under a 2002 settlement agreement. Christine Varney.

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GeekWire

MAY 24, 2021

A view of a skybridge — with windows that actually slide open — that looks west toward Puget Sound at Expedia’s Seattle campus. From 2001 until he left in 2017 to become Uber’s CEO, former Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi led the travel platform through a time of astounding growth. GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser).

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The Verge

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Wales’ NFT is effectively the keys to a very early version of Wikipedia, which debuted in January of 2001. The buyer can change the window for reverting edits, and if they really want, they can turn off editing or shut down the page. following a long-held tradition of programming.

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Galido

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Intelligent Converters is a software vendor specializing in solutions for database conversion, migration and synchronization since 2001. It is a dialog window that allows to change name, type, default value and NULL-attribute for any column of table as well as exclude certain columns from conversion.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

“I am an immigrant — I arrived from Canada in 2001 — and though I hold only two passports, I consider myself a citizen of the world,” Lawlor said. Mac, Windows or Linux? She also served as director of the Cancer Biology PhD graduate program and as associate director of education and training at the Rogel Cancer Center.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

On Sega and Xbox: In Moore’s previous job at Sega of America, he was the executive who’d made the call to discontinue Sega’s last console, the Dreamcast, in 2001. When the time came, Moore was able to neatly connect the dots between the Dreamcast and the Xbox, particularly as the first version of Xbox Live hit the market.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

While Nintendo’s Switch, Wii U, Wii, GameCube, and N64 have kept up neatly with inflation to cost around $300 each in modern money, they haven’t competed on technical performance since the GameCube in 2001. ($299

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 16, 2024

It’s the secret sauce behind Microsoft Exchange spam filters, the Outlook feature that prioritizes emails in your inbox, Word’s ability to detect subtle mistakes in grammar, and the way Windows works behind-the-scenes to predict which app you’ll be using next, to load it faster. And now it’s starting to boil.

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Trends in the Living Networks

APRIL 27, 2010

By 2001 analysts were growing concerned that Microsoft’s revenue stream could falter, as the IT managers at large corporations began baulking at upgrading the software on all their PCs every time a new version of Microsoft Windows or Office was released. Rework your product versioning. Build evolutionary business models.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Bluetooth has been around since 1994 as a wireless connectivity specification, but the first mobile phones did not appear with basic Bluetooth services until 2001. In fact, through the years, a wide variety of security patches have been published for Microsoft Windows as well as for Apple macOS and iPhones.

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Galido

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

For instance, an IPv6 address could look something like this: 2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334. For those who have a Windows program installed on their computer, we will show you how to discover your personal IP address. How about dynamic and static IP addresses? How to Find Your IP Address. Is your IP address visible?

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Vox

DECEMBER 11, 2022

In 2001, the research lab lost its government contracts due to concerns over animal welfare, and it was eventually closed. A part of their skull is removed with a window inserted so that scientists can observe a brain working in a fully conscious living animal. Note: This photo is not from a Neuralink experiment.).

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Vox

AUGUST 27, 2022

NASA is currently targeting a takeoff window between 8:33 and 10:33 am ET. While the tech might sound a little like HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey , the engineers say the system is meant to provide assistance and companionship. The Artemis I mission will begin at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday morning.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Not only that, but Microsoft’s initial crop of first-party games will also be playable on its last generation Xbox, the Xbox One, as well as Windows PCs. a month subscription also lets you download and play over 100 games directly on your Xbox or Windows 10 PC, as well as EA Play. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate’s $14.99

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Chief Seattle Greek Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

As long as “he” (they are usually men) uses his desktop computer with Windows XP for work, and operates all those gadgets on his own time, I see no harm in this. Too often we have a hammer, so everything we see looks like a nail, even if in reality it is a screw or window or thumb. .

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Dataconomy

MARCH 20, 2023

CodeRed: A worm that first appeared in 2001 and infected tens of thousands of servers running Microsoft’s IIS web server software. Here are five examples of famous computer worms: CodeRed:  A worm that was first discovered in 2001 and infected tens of thousands of servers running Microsoft’s IIS web server software.

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