Microsoft may have made a mistake by settling antitrust charges with the European Union last year after losing an EU court ruling. The software maker didn't know it was one vote away from winning.
Friday, September 05, 2008 17:59
...is – “I don’t get it” was the answer we most often heard today
when we asked people what they thought about Microsoft ’s first Seinfeld
ad that aired yesterday. Producing commercials is an art o skew...
Friday, September 05, 2008 16:34
...ching over them. Don’t get us wrong, we are all for a 100% secure system, but we doubt that will ever exist. Microsoft won’t be able to provide and Google won’t be able either. It is a very subjective...
Friday, September 05, 2008 13:03
... you are still scratching your head over the first Gates-Seinfeld
commercial, perhaps some explanation from Microsoft will help to figure
out the reasoning behind the campaign. In short: Windows is ...
Friday, September 05, 2008 09:55
...s of what will be a round of new commercials targeted at those mean Apple commercials poking fun at Windows, Microsoft and its lost and forgotten users. I am pretty sure this commercial not only caugh...
Friday, September 05, 2008 09:23
Analyst Opinion – Microsoft ’s business is built on four main software
pillars - Windows, Office, Windows Server and IE. The two most
important, because they have the greatest number of
Thursday, September 04, 2008 23:28
... are heading back for class, check our list of applications to say organized and productive. 1. Purchase Microsoft Office for $60 (a 91% discount) Yes, we are starting with a boring one and could...
Thursday, September 04, 2008 13:51
Following a previously announced price cut for the Xbox 360 in Japan,
Microsoft today said that it will reduce the price of the console for
U.S. customers as well. For the very first time, yo
Wednesday, September 03, 2008 17:59
...ully customizable user interface on the Xperia X1.” Probably most enticing, developers can use both HTML and Microsoft ’s Visual Studio development environment to create Panels. &nbs...
Wednesday, September 03, 2008 11:19
Microsoft has officially eased the restriction of the standard specification for netbooks using the Windows XP operation system by increasing the allowable hard drive capacity from 80 GB to 160
Wednesday, September 03, 2008 09:12
...would expect it to look and feel – in a similar way how you expect Apple software to look and how you expect Microsoft software to feel. In Chrome’s case, the GUI is extremely thin and lightweight. ...
Wednesday, September 03, 2008 00:10
...to bear out, their counterparts in Japan got very good news on that front Monday. At a media event in Tokyo, Microsoft said it will slash retail prices of its video game console by about 30% in an eff...
Tuesday, September 02, 2008 17:17
...rifice Mozilla’s existence, which it
supports quite extensively, in its quest to launch another assault at
Microsoft . The simple fact that Google is now pursuing its own browser
could leave Mozilla...
Tuesday, September 02, 2008 14:45
...ering solutions and a browser platform that has very little in common with Firefox and IE. While Mozilla and Microsoft are clearly on an evolutionary path, Google wants to take a few steps in advance....
Tuesday, September 02, 2008 14:02
...summer. But at least as far as August is concerned, there has
been no change in recent market share trends. Microsoft ’s Internet
Explorer (IE) continues to decline and Firefox inches closer to the 2...
Tuesday, September 02, 2008 12:05
...have a number of fine browsers now, [and] people have some good choices", he cited nearly every brand except Microsoft 's Internet Explorer 7 as making good gains, including Firefox, Opera, and Safari ...
Tuesday, September 02, 2008 09:13
...han three times the
numbers of searches of its closest rival and more than twice the
searches of Yahoo and Microsoft combined.
Mountain View (CA) – Comscore as well as Nielsen Netrat...
Friday, August 29, 2008 16:56
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) announced today that the
chief executives of Microsoft , Sony and Ford will deliver keynote
addresses at the 2009 International CES tradeshow. Most n
Friday, August 29, 2008 14:21
...ubt anymore that a content delivery platform is a key strategic component of any aspiring mobile phone idea. Microsoft is teaming up with Nokia to expand Zune Marketplace to Nokia and Windows Mobile ...
Friday, August 29, 2008 10:48
Microsoft is buying a Munich, Germany-based Web comparison shopping site and its parent company for about $486 million in cash. The Redmond, Wash.-based software maker says the acquisition of Green
Friday, August 29, 2008 09:20
...e of the future and should be
treated with care as bugs and hiccups are almost certainly part of the
deal. Microsoft ’s latest IE8 Beta surely has bugs as well, but there is
one surprise that is a b...
Thursday, August 28, 2008 12:42
Microsoft said it has signed a cross-licensing agreement with Nikon relating to a range of consumer electronics, including digital cameras. While financial details were not released, the two c
Thursday, August 28, 2008 11:40
First Look – Microsoft today released the second beta of its upcoming Internet
Explorer 8 web browser with a boatload of new functionality compared to
the first beta that made its debut in Ma
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 16:00
The never ending story of Immersion’s Touchsense patent infringement
suit against Sony and Microsoft has finally come to an end, with an
example of legal brilliancy. While Microsoft was sued
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 09:10
...vidia clearly wants that spot. AMD plays very conservatively
generally leveraging partners like Microsoft who often have their own
agendas. Nvidia is taking a much more aggressive ...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 08:12
...g to your basic utilities, cellphone, Internet, Tivo and perhaps magazines, you will soon be paying for your Microsoft Office software, image and video editing and other IT services on a per-month or ...
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 13:20
Microsoft ’s Internet Explorer 8 beta 2 is due within a few days and
will not only bring bug fixes, but a range of new security features
that are likely to lift the browser above Firefox, but
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 10:26
...e without using Xbox Live for free. Xlink Kai allows players to join multiplayer LAN games online for free. Microsoft has placed a 30 ms ping limit on your Xbox 360, so closing all other Internet app...
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 00:47
... There's also a 4-way scrolling wheel-tilt button.
We'd also like to see cordless functions like the new Microsoft SideWinder X5 Mouse, but otherwise the Dominatrix may well become a new gaming ma...
Monday, August 25, 2008 11:32
Like the demo that fails at a high-profile industry event, the new product overwhelmed at launch is fast becoming a tech cliché. The iPhone 3G, the Cuil search engine and ... now ... Photosynth. R
Monday, August 25, 2008 11:29
Opinion – Microsoft has a tough time these days. First we complain that
they don’t react to Apple’s mean and insulting Mac vs. Vista
commercials and then nobody appears to like Microsoft ’s ch
Friday, August 22, 2008 16:49
...The company has grown from a niche player into what seems to be an unstoppable gorilla. Industry-giants like Microsoft now consider Apple as one of its key rivals, trying to figure out how to compete...
Friday, August 22, 2008 12:42
...edicate much of his future time
to his charity, we would say that he could be enjoying his retirement
from Microsoft as a part time actor, showcasing the talent he acted in
commercials with Steve B...
Thursday, August 21, 2008 16:40
...ll's presidential election jumped into the video game area today. Rock the Vote announced it is teaming with Microsoft to get Xbox 360 owners to the polls. Rock the Vote, tasked with getting young pe...
Thursday, August 21, 2008 13:33
Photosynth has been one of Microsoft most creative consumer projects in
some time. Developed by the company in collaboration with scientists
from the Graphics and Imaging Lab (GRAIL) at the U
Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:32
Microsoft announced its new SideWinder X6 Keyboard and SideWinder X5 Mouse,
priced around $80 and $60, respectively. Microsoft claims it has "the
first-ever" switchable key pad that can be a
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 14:01
...I) released by the National Quality Research Center at the University of Michigan brought more bad news for Microsoft with some data about the satisfaction of American consumers with the company’s la...
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 00:22
...would be. But the
ongoing flow of news suggests that we should downgrade our expectations
even further, as Microsoft ’s recently updated server roadmap indicates
that there will not be a Windows 7 s...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 13:45
According to Microsoft , Windows Vista is on a path of success and the
operating system is flying off OEM and retail shelves. However, a new
survey questions how many of those actual Vista lic
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:26
..., but the technology is not spreading as fast as many would have
hoped, as key questions remain unanswered. Microsoft is trying to
eliminate one of these concerns with a new licensing policy that
e...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 09:21
Scottsdale (AZ) – A former Microsoft executive is joining less-than-lethal products manufacturer Taser International. Jas Dhillon a former senior executive in charge of Business Development and
Monday, August 18, 2008 12:53
... involved in a dead heat with sales advantages shifting almost every month. Who will make the winning move? Microsoft usually has a tough time grabbing positive video game headlines against Nintendo ...
Monday, August 18, 2008 11:53
... representing the online/offline option and Internet movie streaming, which is promoted by companies such as Microsoft , the pure online choice. ...
Monday, August 18, 2008 08:15
... There is no denying that the initial news about Windows 7, Vista’s
successor, weren’t especially great for Microsoft . Vista is by far not
as successful as Microsoft would have hoped and Windows 7 w...
Friday, August 15, 2008 11:00
...ost, if not all problems the Xbox 360 console had over the past
several years were related to the fact that Microsoft chose a
cost-effective, but very weak cooling solution. If you're willing to
vo...
Friday, August 15, 2008 00:07
...ts of PS2s that were sold in July, the Wii held a share of 49%. Total Wii sales now stand at 11.56 million; Microsoft sold 10.67 million Xbox 360 units and Sony 5.08 million PS3 units in the U.S. so ...
Thursday, August 14, 2008 18:29
...ony, Amazon, Yahoo!, Adobe, Motorola, Real Networks, Palm and Napster is less than that of Apple or Google. Microsoft and IBM are ahead of the two with market caps of $256 billion and $170 billion, r...
Thursday, August 14, 2008 12:14
Lite-On IT has benefited from increasing sales of Xbox 360 consoles following Microsoft 's lowering of prices and is expected to ship five million DVD-ROM drives for Xbox 360s in the third quarte
Thursday, August 14, 2008 09:27
... be in the “use it or lose it” category, which should offset this tendency to defer somewhat. Microsoft ’s role in AMD’s future One of the advantages that AMD has over Intel is they don...
Thursday, August 14, 2008 00:35
...g for the Xbox and
Xbox Live in Europe, threw a big one over the crowd that was listening
to his speech at Microsoft UK Gamefest developer event: "There is no
question digital will overtake physica...
Thursday, August 14, 2008 00:15
Multi-touch display 
Nvidia rolls out Tegra 
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