All the stories tagged with Microsoft
Microsoft is the company behind software like Windows, Microsoft Office and hardware like the Xbox and Kinect. The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. MS-DOS was the product that propelled Microsoft towards success, but it is Windows and Office that made it what it is today. Microsoft is currently engaged in a number of projects, including Windows 8, Windows Phone, Xbox, Office and the Azure cloud computing platform. the large majority of desktop computers run on Windows.
Three Things Microsoft Needs To Wage a Smartphone War
04/26/2011, From a highly visible mobile company a decade ago to less than 8% of market share today (according to Comscore) the road to a mobile world has been bumpy for Microsoft. Back when Windows Mobile was doing well, it was [...]
Microsoft Windows 8 Black Screen of Death
04/25/2011, Forget about the traditional Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) – Microsoft has decided that blue is on its way out, and decided to replace that with a shade of black. After all, going dark seems to make much more sense [...]
Windows 7 doing just great at 1.5 years of age
04/24/2011, When Microsoft launched Windows 7 a good 18 months ago, many people were skeptical and wondering whether the latest version of Microsoft’s operating system would be able to live up to expectations, considering just how problematic (relatively speaking, of course) [...]
Microsoft pretends to feel bad for Sony’s PSN downtime, laughs in secret
04/23/2011, In light of Sony’s ongoing PlayStation Network issues, including the confirmation that it was shut down because of an external intrusion, Microsoft’s come out to chuckle at Sony. According to a Microsoft representative: “Of course it’s regretful that Sony is [...]
Microsoft counting down the days until Windows XP dies
04/22/2011, Microsoft seems to be in the habit of wanting to kill off their old products these days. Last month the Redmond giants started a countdown page for Internet Explorer 6 – showing the percentage of IE6 usage all around the [...]
Microsoft patents custom Kinect profiles
04/22/2011, The Kinect has been used in over 101 different applications and new ways to use the motion controller are being discovered on a weekly basis. It’s been Microsoft’s ingenious idea to release the controller out into the wild and let [...]
New Microsoft patent could be e-bookstore app threat
04/22/2011, Word on the street has it that a spanking new patent which was awarded to Microsoft recently, going by the name Patent No. 7925548, will more or less cover all kinds of app which was specially developed to perform a [...]
Windows 8 to offer Kinect support?
04/21/2011, Some folks have managed to get their hands on Windows 8 (probably the leaked build) and upon digging through the operating system; they stumbled upon some interesting features. It has been discovered that Windows 8 will support some sort of [...]
Nokia-Microsoft deal inked
04/21/2011, The Nokia-Microsoft alliance came as a shocker when it was announced a quite awhile ago, but back then details weren’t confirmed, and everything seemed a bit sketchy. Even the release dates for the upcoming Nokia-Windows Phone 7 devices were all [...]
Unmentioned Windows Phone 7 NoDo features listed online
04/19/2011, Change logs have the tendency to miss out the inclusion of certain features, Windows Phone 7′s NoDo update is no exception. We all know that it brings copy/paste, improved multitasking and Marketplace search improvements, but there are a number of [...]
Microsoft Photosynth app makes taking panoramas fun and easy
04/18/2011, Wow, Windows Phone users sure are going to be so jealous they find out about what iOS gets from Microsoft and they don’t. Microsoft has just announced Photosynth – a revolutionary photography app that allows users to very easily shoot [...]
Microsoft Office 365 now public beta
04/18/2011, Microsoft has just announced the public release of the Office 365 beta. Designed with large corporations and businesses in mind, Microsoft Office 365 isn’t aimed at replacing Google Docs for the average home user, but for companies that need to [...]
Windows Phone 7 NoDo update arriving for AT&T phones on April 19
04/15/2011, A few more days is all you need to wait if you’re looking forward to receiving the official NoDo updates on your Windows Phone 7 devices on AT&T. According to a leaked internal email from AT&T, the update will be [...]
