Archive for the ‘Microsoft News’ Category
Monday, March 17th, 2008 by Tim
Following Google's official response to Microsoft's bid for Yahoo early February, Google CEO Eric Schmidt speaks again.
Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt said today that he would be concerned about the free flow of information on the Internet if Microsoft Corp. were to succeed in acquiring Yahoo Inc.
Last month, Microsoft proposed ...
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Friday, March 7th, 2008 by Tim
Microsoft has released the first beta version of Internet Explorer 8 for download, demonstrating its new features at the MIX08 conference in Las Vegas.
One new feature called Activities allows users to combine web services within one tab. For example, a Windows Live Maps "Activity" can be used to superimpose ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008 by Andy
Microsoft today attempted to soothe fears after it's announcement of plans for a hostile takeover of Yahoo.
Microsoft says it has incentives ready to retain its employees and Yahoo employees if the takeover goes through. Microsoft and Yahoo have been rivals in Internet search for years. While Microsoft has grown and ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008 by Tim
European Union regulators are expressing skepticism over Microsoft's latest offer to share more information about its products and technology.
The EU said in a statement Thursday it has seen four other similar statements in the past from the world's largest software maker.
Earlier Thursday, Microsoft announced it will be publishing ...
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Monday, February 11th, 2008 by Andy
Today Microsoft released the RC2 of the long awaited Windows XP Service Pack 3 to beta testers.
The update weighs in at around 315MB and is available in 5 languages.
Download Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) here.
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Sunday, February 10th, 2008 by Andy
The HTC Shift, a tiny Vista based UMPC, is set to finally hit the UK on the 19th of this month. According to the Expansys Web site the HTC Shift will go on sale with a price tag of £885. It was due to go on sale last November, ...
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Sunday, February 10th, 2008 by Tim
Following Microsoft's $44.6 billion offer to take over Yahoo!, it's effects on Google and Microsoft's reasoning behind it, Yahoo!'s board has announced it plans to reject the bid.
With an announcement released by The Wall Street Journal, according to a person familiar with the situation , Yahoo's board determined that ...
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Saturday, February 9th, 2008 by Tim
If you're having trouble taking Microsoft's $44.6 billion Yahoo bid seriously, so is Joe Wilcox of Microsoft Watch. Maybe that's because Microsoft's reasoning isn't so serious, or rational.
Here are 10 other reasons for Microsoft's hostile takeover of Yahoo. Please add your own to the list in this post's ...
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Monday, February 4th, 2008 by Andy
NEC will effectively continue to offer Windows XP to customers after Microsoft's sales cut-off in the summer, thanks to new "downgrade" software. Many business customers are reluctant to upgrade to Vista because of training costs and compatibility issues, but Microsoft has announced that it will stop selling XP by the ...
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