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1. Chrome OS: Lame Copy or Amazing new OS?

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   ... say the words “Chrome OS” to Jobs several times a day because, after all, laughter is the best medicine.   If true Google may be responsible for making Jobs immortal.  Was Google Feeling Sorry for Microsoft? ...

2. Gamers ditch Xbox 360 for PS3 sequels

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Thursday, 05 November 2009

   ... significant' given Microsoft and Sony's disparate console install bases (Microsoft leads Sony roughly two-to-one in the US)?" asked Peckham. "Does the study refer only to gamers who already own both an ...

3. Family Guy escapes curse of Redmond

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Monday, 26 October 2009

   Fans of Family Guy can rest easy in their La-Z-Boys as Microsoft announces it's pulling out of sponsoring a 30 minute special scheduled to air on Fox on Sunday, November 8. Fans of Family Guy can rest ...

4. Microsoft announces Windows 7 pricing

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 25 June 2009

   Microsoft has just released pricing for Windows 7, due to ship on October 22.Redmond (WA) - Microsoft has just released pricing for Windows 7, due to ship on October 22. Estimated retail prices for ...

5. Microsoft: No news in Ballmer comments - official

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Monday, 22 June 2009

   After the ruckus caused last week when Microsoft head honcho Steve Ballmer appeared to announce a new Xbox 360 coming real soon now, Ballmer has apologised for his 'poorly chosen words'. Redmond (WA) ...

6. Ballmer announces 2010 Xbox 360 at The Executive Club Chicago

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 18 June 2009

   Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer spoke at The Executive’s Club of Chicago today, discussing “the role of innovation in changing economic times.” TG Daily covered the event live from the Hilton Chicago. During ...

7. Microsoft bleats Beatles Rock Band, says yeah, yeah yeah to Project Natal

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Monday, 01 June 2009

   Microsoft kicked off E3 with its world premier of Beatles Rock Band. The company also confirmed the existence of sensor-based technology - codenamed Project Natal - that will be capable of influencing ...

8. Linux, Microsoft and Sun to discuss the future of operating systems, but where's Apple?

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 10 March 2009

   ... and Microsoft representatives. For the first time ever, the three-way group will sit down at a single table to debate and discuss the future not only of their respective operating systems, but also the ...

9. Yahoo shakeup #2: CFO to leave

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 26 February 2009

   Yesterday, Yahoo’s CFO Blake Jorgensen hinted that a deal between Yahoo and Microsoft may still be an interesting topic. Today, Yahoo announces that Jorgensen will be leaving the company. What will ...

10. Microsoft to cut up to 15,000 jobs?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 01 January 2009

      Rumors about substantial cutbacks at Microsoft have been circulating for at least two months, but have not been confirmed by credible sources. The rumors were reignited by Fudzilla, which claims ...

11. Microsoft announces massive global anti-piracy initiative

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 22 October 2008

    Yesterday, Microsoft took a page out of history - literally. They marked the day and gave it a name: "Global Anti-Piracy Day." Designed to highlight their initiatives combating the global piracy epidemic, ...

12. Apple pokes fun at Microsoft's $300 million Vista ad campaign

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 20 October 2008

      While Microsoft is more aggressively advertising the PC and Windows, Apple has launched an answer in the style of its traditional I’m a Mac series. New commercials highlight the fact that Microsoft ...

13. Microsoft announces widely supported virtualization initiative

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 08 September 2008

      Kicking off a global series of special free event summits held around the world today today, Bellevue, WA played host to Microsoft's latest virtualization product lines announcement.  Expected ...

14. Microsoft announces gaming keyboard and gaming mouse

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 20 August 2008

      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 attached ...

15. Blu-ray players taking aim at $300

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Sunday, 13 July 2008

      As Microsoft announces a $299 Xbox 360, we are noticing Blu-ray player prices diving as well and distancing themselves from the Blu-ray-equipped Playstation 3 for the very first time. Patience ...

16. Outrage over physics drivers: Is Nvidia guilty?

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Wednesday, 25 June 2008

    ... games (NovodeX and Meqon APIs) today, Sony has licensed PhysX SDK as the official physics engine for Playstation 3 console, Microsoft licensed PhysX for their own Robotics Studio and the list goes on. ...

17. Comparing Apple and Microsoft keynotes and Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Tuesday, 10 June 2008

      Analyst Opinion - You really don’t get a sense for Microsoft’s breadth of products unless you attend an event like TechEd.  At the conference you are introduced and trained on a product list ...

18. Analysis: How AMD Asset Light will reveal MAD AMD

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 17 April 2008

    ... by ATI, took the lead of ATI, turned them around, established a partnership with Microsoft, and expanded the company into the desktop, mobile, console, handheld and consumer electronics space. After failing ...

19. Microsoft announces Windows Mobile 6.1 update

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 02 April 2008

    Microsoft has unveiled a new update to its mobile operating system, Windows Mobile 6.1.  The improved version of the platform designed for mobile phones and PDAs brings a handful of enhanced features, ...

20. Microsoft announces IE 8 beta, Silverlight 2 beta

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 05 March 2008

    Microsoft will be releasing the first beta of its next-generation browser as well as a beta of the second version of the Flash competitor Silverlight today. Las Vegas (NV) – Microsoft will be releasing ...

21. VIDEO: Microsoft opens up Xbox 360 to indie developers

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 20 February 2008

    During Microsoft's Game Developer's Conference keynote this morning, one idea shined through higher than all else - the push to bring Xbox 360 development to everyone. San Francisco (CA) - During Microsoft's ...

22. HD DVD’s rise and fall: A timeline

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 19 February 2008

    ... ranging from the very beginnings in November 2003 to the shutdown of HD DVD today. The list allows you to recall the role of publishers, hardware companies, the Playstation 3 as well as Microsoft, which ...

23. Windows Vista successor scheduled for a H2 2009 release?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 16 January 2008

    ... was scheduled for a 2010 debut, Microsoft has revised the roadmap and apparently moved up the release date by a few months: A recently distributed roadmap of the OS lists a release to manufacturing in ...

24. Apple upgrades Apple TV, announces iTunes rentals

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 15 January 2008

    ... a firmware upgrade. Although iTunes has the lead in digital movie downloads, Apple's biggest rival Microsoft is leading in high-def digital rentals through the Xbox 360's video marketplace.  ...

25. Bill Gates pokes fun at himself during CES 2008 keynote

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Sunday, 06 January 2008

    Much has changed since Microsoft co-founder and Chairman Bill Gates first spoke at CES 13 years ago.  Back in what he calls the “first digital decade”, people mainly used keyboards and ...

26. Sony announces “ceramic white” PS3 for Japan market

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Brief)

    Thursday, 20 December 2007

    Special editions of game consoles appear to attract new buyers. That concept may not only work for Microsoft, which has been offering a Halo-themed Xbox 360 as, but also for Sony, which earlier this year ...

27. Harmonix announces downloadable Rock Band song expansions

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 15 November 2007

    ... or Individual Tracks for $1.99 Each (160 Microsoft Points per track and 440 per pack for Xbox 360) Metallica Pack “Ride the Lightning” – Metallica “Blackened” - Metallica ...

28. Nvidia announces lower level Quadro FX-based graphics cards

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 13 September 2007

    ... needed to make them fully Microsoft Vista ready, according to Nvidia. More here at Digitimes.  ...

29. Microsoft announces XNA 2.0

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

    Tuesday, 14 August 2007

    At Microsoft's Gamefest 2007, the company announced that its XNA Game Studio applications will be merged into one product-XNA 2.0. Microsoft had originally planned to split XNA into professional and ...

30. Wrap-up: AMD outlines a bright future at Technology Analyst Day

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 26 July 2007

    ... these new compute abilities are permeating into other industries. Hector and a representative from Microsoft both talked about how much the industry is in a state of change right now. One that's absolutely ...

31. Fujitsu announces fingerprint security for Windows

    (Security/Security Features)

    Monday, 23 July 2007

    In an online world dominated by endless user names, passwords and answers to security questions, the idea of simple yet effective security has not been perfected yet. Fujitsu Microelectronics has introduced ...

32. E3 2007

    (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

    Friday, 13 July 2007

    Wrap-up of our coverage of the E3 2007 (July 11-13) with all stories, videos and images.   E3 2007 July 11 - 13, 2007     Top Story Microsoft stuck ...

33. Microsoft announces game lineup for E3

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

    Monday, 02 July 2007

    Microsoft will be offering “high-definition” content from the upcoming E3 conference through its Xbox Live Marketplace service. The company said that it will be releasing a download of its ...

34. Nvidia announces the new GeForce GPU for notebooks

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 12 June 2007

    ... 10 gaming performance, Microsoft Windows Vista graphics, and HD DVD and Blu-ray video playback, pointed out the company. More here at Digitimes.  ...

35. Sandisk announces 64 GB solid state disk drive

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 04 June 2007

    ... second ) for a 512 byte transfer. Sandisk claims that notebooks equipped with these NAND flash-based SSDs can boot Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise in as little as 30 seconds and access files at an ...

36. Microsoft announces Office security initiative

    (Security/Security Features)

    Tuesday, 22 May 2007

    Following recent security issues with its Office suite, Microsoft has announced a move to provide tighter restrictions to cut back on widespread zero-day attacks. Redmond (WA) - Following recent security ...

37. D-Link announces dual-band draft 11n media bridge

    (Networking/Networking Brief)

    Tuesday, 15 May 2007

    D-Link today introduced a wireless Ethernet bridge using dual-band draft 11n technology at Microsoft's WinHEC event.D-Link today introduced a wireless Ethernet bridge using dual-band draft 11n technology ...

38. Google announces free presentation software

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Tuesday, 17 April 2007

    ... and other presentations. Google is partnering up with recently acquired Tonic Systems to develop the software.  Some analysts say the presentation app could favorably compete with Microsoft’s ...

39. Adobe announces Media Player

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 16 April 2007

    There is another media player coming your way. Adobe is trying to squeeze itself between existing applications such as Microsoft’s Windows Media Player and Apple’s iTunes and offer a new desktop ...

40. Microsoft announces 12 updates for April 10

    (Security/Security Features)

    Thursday, 05 April 2007

    With a brief disruption, Microsoft is back on its usual monthly cycle of software and security updates. The company plans to six security related updates and six non-security related updates next week. ...

41. Microsoft announces Windows Mobile 6

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 12 February 2007

    Microsoft unveiled the next version of its smartphone operating system at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Barcelona (Spain) - Microsoft unveiled the next version of its smartphone operating ...

42. 3GSM World Congress 2007

    (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

    Sunday, 11 February 2007

    ...  Story Windows Mobile 6 announced Microsoft unveiled the next version of its smartphone operating system at the 3GSM World Congress. Windows Mobile 6 brings ...

43. Electric Rain announces high-end presentation tool for Office 2007

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 30 January 2007

    Highlighting a big Microsoft launch while trying to set itself apart from another, Electric Rain has announced Standout, a presentation slideshow application for Vista that aims to be a better offering ...

44. The Apple iPhone: Hit or miss?

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Friday, 12 January 2007

    ... has been named "UMPC" by Microsoft and Intel. This may, in fact, be the UMPC done right. Recalling the problems with the UMPCs, these devices have generally been too big, too expensive, and not ...

45. CES 2007: You let me down, Bill - keynote analysis

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 08 January 2007

    We don't have much time left with Bill Gates. In fact, Gates' keynote address for CES 2007 is most likely his penultimate speech for the trade show. In fact, Microsoft's co-founder and chairman admitted ...

46. CES 2007: Bill Gates announces Windows Home Server

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 08 January 2007

    You probably have computers with gigabytes maybe terabytes of pictures, songs and videos, but how do you manage it all? In his traditional CES opening keynote, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates announced ...

47. Consumer Electronics Show 2007

    (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

    Sunday, 31 December 2006

    ... 2007   All CES 2007 stories:   Scalers beat HD DVD and Blu-ray at CES 2007 - analysis The $100 OLPC laptop in detail Microsoft says Crysis will be Vista's ...

48. Computer Associates announces malware protection suite for Windows Vista

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Thursday, 30 November 2006

    ... Major anti-virus companies like McAfee and Symantec have complained that Vista's "Patchguard" technology effectively locks third-party anti-malware software out of Vista. Microsoft recently compromised ...

49. Ibuypower announces sub-$2000 Quad FX system

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 30 November 2006

    ... FX platform, which can carry up to 8 GB memory, four graphics cards and 9 TB of storage space. The Ibuypower Quad FX computer comes standard with Microsoft's Windows Media center Edition, which, according ...

50. At last, Corel announces support for ODF, Open XML

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 29 November 2006

    ... of ODF today announced that it will update WordPerfect Office to support the XML-based ODF as well as Microsoft's Open Office XML format. Ottawa (ON) - Some decisions take time. Answering the question ...