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Microsoft: Who said we’re calling it Windows 8?

February 9th, 2010

In one of the posts on the MSDN Blogs, the product manager working along with the Windows Update team discussed about what’s coming in the next version of Windows. The post appears to have now been removed by Microsoft. [Read More...]

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Microsoft’s Atlas and Interpublic Group Ink Ad Deal

February 9th, 2010

Microsoft & Interpublic Group, one of the world’s largest advertising holding companies, today announced they have entered into a partnership agreement in which IPG will designate Microsoft’s Atlas as a preferred ad-server solution. [Read More...]

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Microsoft will no longer serve display ads on Facebook

February 5th, 2010

Facebook has taken full control of its ads from Microsoft. However, Bing will still power Web search on Facebook & will serve up search ads. [Read More...]

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Google announces its 3rd annual Doodle 4 Google contest.

February 4th, 2010

Google has announced its 3rd annual Doodle 4 Google contest for students in the US. [Read More...]

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Windows veteran Mike Nash to leave Microsoft

February 4th, 2010

A couple of weeks after Windows Senior Vice President Bill Veghte decided to leave Microsoft, another Windows marketing veteran Mike Nash is doing the same. [Read More...]

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Microsoft beats Apple in Customer Satisfaction

February 4th, 2010

Microsoft got a bigger boost in customer satisfaction from its latest computer operating system than rival Apple Inc. did from its most recent upgrade.  [Read More...]

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Windows 7 demand drives record revenue & profit for Microsoft

January 29th, 2010

Microsoft today announced record revenue of $19.02 billion for the second quarter ended Dec. 31, 2009, a 14% increase from the same period of the prior year. [Read More...]

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Google ‘look-alike’ Search emerges in China.

January 29th, 2010

A new search engine Goojje search has been noticed in China. Apart from sounding similar to Google, it also copies the loogo of Google and includes the Baidu logo in its own. [Read More...]

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Apple may replace Google with Bing, as default search engine on iPhone

January 26th, 2010

Apple is in talks with Microsoft to replace Google, with Bing, as the default search engine on its iPhone, according to two people familiar with the matter. [Read More...]

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Microsoft Research finds new use for screensavers

January 26th, 2010

When screensavers were first introduced in the 1980s, they were designed to prevent burn-in on CRT monitors. In the LCD era, they’ve largely been used as a distraction and minor security feature, but Microsoft now has a new potential use in mind: reminding you of stuff that you’ve forgotten you ever did. [Read More...]

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Microsoft Research Project – Mental Tagging of Images

January 25th, 2010

Microsoft Research is working on a project which will allow users, in future, to tag images mentally. [Read More...]

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75% of Linux code is written by paid developers

January 25th, 2010

The Linux world makes much of its community roots, but when it comes to developing the kernel of the operating system, it’s less a case of “volunteers ahoy!” and more a case of “where’s my pay?” [Read More...]

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Gartner: Apple doesn’t have a clue how to do computers for business

January 24th, 2010

In a debate at the Gartner Symposium in Sydney, Nick Jones argued the case that Apple would never be a viable enterprise technology provider, while his fellow analyst Robin Simpson took the case for Apple’s role in business. [Read More...]

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Iranian Cyber Army Hacks Baidu !

January 18th, 2010

The most popular Web search engine in China, Baidu.com, was attacked by a group of hacktivists identifying themselves as the Iranian Cyber Army. The hackers hijacked the domain’s DNS records and pointed it to a server under their control. [Read More...]

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Google Hacks Back!

January 16th, 2010

Google had earlier announced that it will no longer censor search results on Google.cn, the Chinese version of the search engine. [Read More...]

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Windows 7 wins InfoWorld’s 2010 Technology of the Year Award

January 13th, 2010

Infoworld has declared its Technology Awards for 2010. [Read More...]

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Microsoft’s Kodu : A Game Creation Tool, now available

January 12th, 2010

Microsoft is pushing to bring computer programming back into the classroom – and back into the realm of the imagination. [Read More...]

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Microsoft Student Rally

January 11th, 2010

Microsoft Student Rally invites you to join students around the world who want to share their creativity, learn new stuff, have fun and win some great prizes. [Read More...]

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Microsoft Rental Rights Licensing now available

January 11th, 2010

Windows desktop operating system and Microsoft Office system licences do not permit renting, leasing, or outsourcing the software to a third party. [Read More...]

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Microsoft MSDN clarifies on Windows 7 GodMode term.

January 11th, 2010

An MSDN Moderator, tonysoper, has posted the following clarification about Windows 7 GodMode : [Read More...]

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