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Xbox and Windows NT 3.5 source code leaks online

The Verge

The Xbox source code includes the kernel for the operating system on the original console, a custom version of Windows 2000. Microsoft developed the first Xbox with x86 hardware in mind, but the Xbox kernel was based on a custom and stripped down version of Windows 2000 with DirectX 8 support. Original Xbox Dashboard.

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Security and Windows 10 Will Cross Paths for Enterprises

CTOvision

Outside of the more notable and talked about features—friendlier UI, improved device manageability including MDM, easier operating system deployment (OSD), universal applications, and a customizable store portal for organizations—Windows 10 comes with something even more important - deeper security.

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Interview: Steve Ballmer is still Microsoft’s largest individual investor — and its most loyal fan

GeekWire

The closest comparison, Ballmer said, was the companys alliance with IBM, developing operating systems for early personal computers. We were looking, at that time, at maybe acquiring HTC, because it was already clear we would have to do hardware. How does OpenAI compare to Microsofts past partnerships?

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Should Amazon be ‘pumped’ to land Panos Panay? A closer look at longtime Microsoft devices leader

GeekWire

Yet the company needed top hardware engineers to devote themselves to the project. He joined Microsoft in 2004, working on hardware projects in the company’s Entertainment & Devices Division before he was recruited to the nascent Surface team. Windows revenue fell 13% to $24.7 A shot in the arm for Alexa?

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: Why I'm Super Happy with Windows 8

Sean Daniel

With Windows 7 I was running it in production far before it even reached Alpha stage (which makes Windows 7 the operating system I’ve run the longest, ever). It was the XP Bliss days all over again, but on a faster, more secure, more compatible, more more more system. That’s unheard of. I loved Windows 7 so much.

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Best Tech Blogs – Must Read Tech Resources 2019

Galido

These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. It twice won the Bloggies for Weblog of the Year, in 2004 and 2005. Operating System & Software Blogs.

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Tech Blogs – Best Must Read Tech Resources 2019

Galido

These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. It twice won the Bloggies for Weblog of the Year, in 2004 and 2005. Operating System & Software Blogs.

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