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Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Preview

The homescreen for Windows Phone 7 uses tiles, rather than application icons. This sets it apart from Apple's iOS and Google's Android OS. Tiles offer several advantages. First off, there is a great deal of flexibility about what [...]

Posted On : Sep, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft moves 10 Windows 7 licenses every second

Microsoft’s Windows 7 is a huge success, with a number of almost 10 licenses sold every second by the software giant. Peter Klein, Microsoft’s chief financial officer, was the one to share the fantastic results the comp [...]

Posted On : Jul, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Fourth Quarter Boosted by Office, Windows Sales

The release of Office 2010, as well as continued strong sales of Windows 7, helped buoy Microsoft through another quarter of increased revenue and profit, the company announced on Thursday.The company announced that net income for the qu [...]

Posted On : Jul, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Shipping Windows 7 SP1 Betas

Microsoft confirmed Thursday that although it isn't due to release the long-awaited public beta test version of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) until the end of July, it has already started shipping pre-release versions of the beta to [...]

Posted On : Jun, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Google Dumps Microsoft Windows

Google has banned the use of Microsoft Windows for the employees at its headquarters. The recent move has been attributed because of the hackings that took place that in which sensitive data was stolen from Google’s headquart [...]

Posted On : Jun, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft to ship Windows 7 Mobile later this year

Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer told reporters at a news conference late last week the company expects to ship its Windows 7 Mobile software later this year. However, while the software will be available before the end of the yea [...]

Posted On : May, 31 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 earnings again buoyed by Windows 7

Windows 7 has once again kept Microsoft's balance sheet healthy. On Thursday, the company announced strong income and revenue growth for its third fiscal quarter, thanks in part to continued brisk sales of the new OS. For the qua [...]

Posted On : Apr, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft introduces new Windows phone

Microsoft brings its mobile phone with the Windows 7 operating system in the autumn on the market. This confirmed the former Germany boss Achim Berg, the 1 May as head of marketing for mobile products in the U.S. headquarters of Microsof [...]

Posted On : Apr, 17 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft truncates Windows Phone 7 Series name to Window...

For those of us who thought the name Windows Phone 7 Series was too much of a mouthful, Microsoft has some deservedly good news: it will now be called Windows Phone 7. Period. No more WP7S, no more Series…just WP7, and Windows Pho [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Series Lacks Cut, Copy, Paste Fu...

Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series will not allow users to cut, copy and paste text, adding to a list of other features—including Adobe Flash support—that the company’s newest smartphone operating system [...]

Posted On : Mar, 18 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Patches 8 Vulnerabilities in Windows and Office

It’s a slow month for Microsoft, as far as patch releases go, a situation which could be disrupted only if the company decides to release an out-of-band patch for the Internet Explorer 0-day confirmed on March 9th. Just two securit [...]

Posted On : Mar, 11 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft: We've sold more than 90 million copies of Windows...

Windows 7 was released on October the 22nd last year, and has since then managed to amass mostly positive reviews with many labelling it the operating system Windows Vista should have been. "We're humbled and excited that people [...]

Posted On : Mar, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

MWC 2010:Microsoft Claws Back with Windows Phone 7

In what has to be one of the most significant announcements that Microsoft has made in recent times, it has made the next generation Mobile OS public with the unravelling of Windows Phone Series 7. A few hours ago, at the Mobile World Co [...]