Shared source is an umbrella term covering some of Microsoft's legal mechanisms for software source code distribution.

Shared Source programs allow individuals and organizations to access Microsoft's source code for reference ( e. g. when developing complementary systems ), for review and auditing from a security perspective ( mostly wanted by some large corporations and governments ), and for development ( academic institutions, OEMs, individual developers ).

Microsoft's Shared Source Initiative has been imitated by other companies such as RISC OS Open Ltd.

The Shared Source Common Language Infrastructure ( SSCLI ), previously codenamed Rotor, is Microsoft's shared source implementation of the CLI, the core of. NET.

Following recruitment of the project lead in August 2004, IronPython was made available as part of Microsoft's Shared Source initiative.

The Institution authored Opening the Open Source Debate ( June 2002 ), a report critical of Microsoft's open-source rivals.

Microsoft's Encarta, launched in 1993, was a landmark example as it had no printed equivalent.

* On August 19, 2008, Microsoft's MSN and Generate ( an independent entertainment studio ) launched their latest scripted original Web series, the political satire Republicrats.

It preceded other city guide networks such as Citysearch and Microsoft's now-defunct Sidewalk. com product, which launched under a similarly metaphorical brand and may have been influenced by Boulevards.

The Archos 9 PC Tablet is a 9 " tablet computer launched October 22, 2009 and contains Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system.

The managed beta program was launched before the public beta, and was located on BetaPlace, Microsoft's former beta delivery system.

At E3 in May 2004, Microsoft's Ken Lobb stated that Rare had obtained Nintendo DS development kits and was working on two games for the Nintendo DS.

As of May 30, 2012, the web address changed yet again, this time redirecting babelfish. yahoo. com to www. microsofttranslator. com when Microsoft's Bing Translator replaced Yahoo Babel Fish.

Microsoft's Game Room service for its Xbox 360 console and for Windows-based PCs in May 2010.

Super Breakout was made available on Microsoft's Game Room service for its Xbox 360 console and for Windows-based PCs in May 2010.

On May 10, 2005, one of the rewards in the OurColony viral marketing campaign for Microsoft's Xbox 360 console was a new image of Joanna Dark.

A PAL version was later released during May 2005 for PlayStation 2 and Microsoft's Xbox through ZOO Digital Publishing.

The Atari 2600 version of Night Driver was made available on Microsoft's Game Room service for its Xbox 360 console and for Windows-based PCs in May 2010.

Entourage 2008, the current version as of May 2010, has no support for PST files, though there exists Microsoft's PST import tool for Entourage 2004 ; however, the tool could only import PST files from Outlook for Mac 2001, and not any Windows versions.

" However with Microsoft's acquisition of Skype on May 10, 2011 such interoperability might have been suspended between Google and eBay.

On May 12, 2010, the Atari 2600 version of Keystone Kapers was released on Microsoft's Game Room service for its Xbox 360 console and for Windows-based PCs.

Haunted House was made available on Microsoft's Game Room service for its Xbox 360 console and for Windows-based PCs in May 2010.

* The Atari 2600 version of River Raid was made available on Microsoft's Game Room service for its Xbox 360 console and for Windows-based PCs in May 2010, and River Raid II in June 2010.

Windows XP lasted longer as Microsoft's flagship operating system than any other version of Windows, from 25 October 2001 to 30 January 2007 when it was succeeded by Windows Vista.

In 2001, Helix Code, later renamed Ximian, announced the Mono Project, to be led by de Icaza, with the goal to implement Microsoft's new. NET development platform on Linux and Unix-like platforms.

In July 2001, six years after WebTV's founding, Microsoft rebranded WebTV as MSN TV, and the WebTV division was dissolved, although the WebTV engineers continued to work for Microsoft, many of them working on Microsoft's Xbox video game system or Microsoft IPTV technology, offering television programming over the internet.

Windows Update v4, released in conjunction with Windows XP in 2001, changed this by having the ActiveX control submit a list of the hardware components to Microsoft's servers, which then returns a list of only those device drivers available for that machine.

; European Union v. Microsoft: In 2001 the European Union, through the DG Competition of the European Commission ( led by Prof. Mario Monti ), started investigating Microsoft's dominant position in the desktop operating systems.

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2X was released on November 14, 2001 ( only in the U. S. and Canada ) as a launch title for Microsoft's Xbox.

The strategy was developed by Microsoft's Windows Embedded group in partnership with the eHome Division, which formed in February 2001 and started partnerships with companies like Samsung with the goal to " develop new technologies so consumers can enjoy whole-home entertainment, communications and control experiences where, when and however they want them " and " develop an entire ecosystem of PCs, digital devices, intelligent home appliances and services that will easily and cost-effectively transform average households into next-generation digital homes.

Gibson has been associated with a number of other controversies in the computer security field, including his prediction of the " XP Christmas of Death " in 2001 describing the outcomes of Microsoft's implementation of the SOCK_RAW protocol.

Eight of his factual findings about Microsoft's monopolistic practices against the Sherman Antitrust Act, however, were upheld, though cut down based on the June 2001 appeal.

Around 2001, with Apple's Mac OS X ( and Microsoft's Windows 2000 and XP ), support for Type 1 fonts was built into the operating system using ATM Light code contributed by Adobe.

MDAC 2. 7 was released in October 2001 through Microsoft's website.

Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system also includes content-control software.

Microsoft's implementation of ECMAScript 5th Edition in Windows 8 Consumer Preview is called JavaScript and the corresponding Visual Studio 11 Express Beta includes a “ completely new ”, full-featured JavaScript editor with IntelliSense enhancements for HTML5 and ECMAScript 5 syntax, “ VSDOC ” annotations for multiple overloads, simplified DOM configuration, brace matching, collapsible outlining and “ go to definition ”.

Microsoft Windows CE 5. 0 includes Microsoft's own implementation of LLMNR.

* Microsoft Support Lifecycle ( includes Microsoft's service pack policy )

It includes interviews with many influential figures in the PC industry, including Apple's Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, Microsoft's Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, and Oracle's Larry Ellison.

Full Spectrum Warrior includes a cooperative mode that was designed to take advantage of Microsoft's Xbox Live online gaming service through the use of voice communication.

It also includes Wipedisk, Wipefile, Batch Enhancer and a sector level disk editor, a system information diagnostic utility, and a disk caching program ( NCACHE ), which was between 10-50 % faster than Microsoft's SMARTDrive when properly configured.

Although in the broad sense of the term " Smartphone ", both Pocket PC phones and Microsoft branded Smartphones each fit into this category, it should be noted that Microsoft's use of the term " Smartphone " includes only more specific hardware devices that differ from Pocket PC phones.

The game includes 12 single-player missions and Cooperative missions, and it supports online play with Microsoft's Xbox Live service.