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Microsoft Office 2010 Virtual Launch On May 25th and 26th

Microsoft is hosting a virtual launch conference for Office 2010 on May 25th and 26th at Mera Office. At this event, users will be able to learn about the new offerings in Office 2010 and also be able to win 20 copies of Office Home and [...]

Posted On : May, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft confirms Fable III is multiplatform

Microsoft recently confirmed the speculated PC version of Fable III. After Fable II, most gamers thought that the franchise would never return to the PC. However, this shouldn’t be surprising given Peter Molyneux’s GDC presen [...]

Posted On : May, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft's Windows live mail comes with host of additions

The recent buzz coming straight from Microsoft's stable is the updation of Windows live Hotmail, the one pumped up with a host of features that promise of spam reduction and topped up security. This is in addition to synchronisation [...]

Posted On : May, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft touts Hotmail security adds; users complain of acc...

Microsoft will beef up security in the revamped Windows Live Hotmail, including tying a user's account to a specific PC, a company executive said today. Some Hotmail users whose accounts have been recently hacked say Microsoft's [...]

Posted On : May, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

Google Attacks Microsoft's Cloud Initiatives

Google continues its public relations assault on Microsoft. The latest move: Dave Girouard, president of Google’s enterprise division, has some harsh words as he derides their Redmond rivals for being slow to adapt to the cloud. Bu [...]

Posted On : May, 17 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft And Verizon Defend Kin Data Plan Charges

After the Kin rate plans from Verizon were announced, many of us in the world of mobile devices had to rub our eyes to make sure we were seeing the numbers correctly. This is a phone that seems to be aimed squarely at teens and people ri [...]

Posted On : May, 13 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft, SABMiller, Viacom: Intellectual Property

Microsoft Corp., the world’s biggest software maker, lost its challenge to a patent that led to a change in its Word program and to damages of more than $290 million. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office affirmed a patent owned by [...]

Posted On : May, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft criticized over secret update

It’s emerged that two vulnerabilities were patched in the last monthly Microsoft Update without being publicly revealed. That’s prompted complaints that system administrators won’t have had the detail needed to make an [...]

Posted On : May, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft plans a small patch Tuesday

SOFTWARE FLOGGER Microsoft has announced what bugs it will fix in its "patch Tuesday" for May next week. The Vole said it will release two security bulletins addressing one vulnerability each, along with the updates to repair t [...]

Posted On : May, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

Living with Microsoft's Kin, Day One

-Testing a cell phone for me is about living with the phone. Phones are interesting in demos and videos, but that's not where they get used. They get used at restaurants and on buses, in the office and on the go. That is the approach [...]

Posted On : May, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft gets mobile UC onto Nokia phones

The software, called Microsoft Communicator Mobile for Nokia, is aimed at toppling the enterprise dominance of Research in Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry Messenger instant messaging app. The new offering is the result of the partnership b [...]

Posted On : May, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft defends its move to H.264

SOFTWARE MONOPOLIST Microsoft has defended its recent announcement to follow Apple and adopt the proprietary H.264 video standard in Internet Exploder. Writing in his blog, Volish manager Dean Hachamovitch said it is all about providing [...]

Posted On : May, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

First details of Microsoft’s secret tablet PC released

Microsoft released information on it’s prototype tablet PC, the Courier, assuring consumers that the device is real. The turn around is, Courier is not actually a tablet PC, but a booklet with dual 7-inch multi-touched screens. The [...]

Posted On : May, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Internet Tablet sat it on the shelf

The editor at Gizmodo says that there will not be competing with the iPad tablet, despite the existence of a project called the Courier. HP also waive a product running under Windows 7. Microsoft would give up an Internet tablet mar [...]