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Microsoft Bugged Skype and a Million of Users!

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A bug-free VoIP communications software application (Skype) was successfully acquired and bugged by Microsoft, after few days of acquisition. Skype users all over the world feel bugged as well, as the perfect past of Skype has now indefinite future in the hands of Microsoft. Should these users start looking for Skype alternate or wait that […]

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Microsoft Releases Office For Mac 2011

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Microsoft has just released the latest version of its Office Suite for Macs which features majorly upgraded and new features and what’s most attractive about the news is the fact that the price hasn’t been raised. Microsoft is aiming to bring the PC and Mac a little closer with this new release and hence not […]

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Windows 7 SP1 Release Candidate Leaked – Download Now

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Microsoft has just released Service Pack 1 (SP1) Release Candidate (RC) for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. To install the Release Candidate you should previously have RTM version of Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. The 32-bit version of SP 1 weighs in at 353 MB and 64-bit version weighs in at […]

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Xbox.Com Gets A Makeover & WP7 Integration

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Microsoft has introduced a new revamped Xbox.com a couple of hours ago and gamers are already going berserk responding and writing about it online. The site is not only getting a new design, there are several new social features, an avatar creator, Windows Phone 7 integration (as expected) and web games. The new social features […]

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Microsoft Launches 10 Windows Phone 7 Handsets

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In the much awaited press event yesterday (11th Oct) Microsoft launched 10 brand new handsets based on its Windows Phone 7 operating system. The handset manufacturers include Samsung, LG, HTC and Dell. The devices will be available in 30 countries through more than 60 service providers. The phones will first arrive for sales in Europe […]

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Angry Birds Icon On Windows Phone 7 Image Is A Mistake

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Microsoft is unveiling the Windows Phone 7 tomorrow in a press event and has also started promoting the device with ads in the media. Users and tech blogs noted and reported about the popular iPhone game Angry Birds coming to Windows Phone 7 as its promotional images carried the Angry Birds icon. However the whole […]

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Microsoft’s Upcoming Patch Tuesday Will Fix 49 Holes

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The next Tuesday is set to be Microsoft’s monthly patch fixing day and this time the company will be releasing a record 49 fixes to vulnerabilities affecting Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, and the .NET framework. The holes include 16 security bulletins, out of which 4 are “critical”, 10 are “important” and 2 are “moderate” according […]

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Internet Explorer Falls Below 50% In The Browser Market Share

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Looks like Microsoft’s woes regarding their web browser are far from improving or showing any signs thereof. It was reported recently that Google’s Chrome browser is slowly but consistently eating up IE’s market share and is showing the most growth. Now latest figures from StatCounter have revealed that the situation is much worse than imagined. […]

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Apple Beats Google & Microsoft In Mobile Ads Market

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Apple launched iAd in July this year at the WWDC 2010 and it’s showing the desired results already for the company. Latest figures show that Apple will be finishing with 21% of the market share in mobile advertising by the end of the year. Google will drop to 21% from last year’s holding of 27% […]

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Windows Phone 7 May Launch On 21st Oct

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Microsoft recently announced that it’s ready to release the OS for its up coming Windows Phone 7 and now at least 2 sources are claiming that the phone might actually launch on the 21st of next month. Microsoft haven’t denied or confirmed the rumour but it won’t be a surprise if we see the new […]

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Microsoft Launches Internet Explorer 9 With HTML 5 Support

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Microsoft released the new version of the Internet Explorer at a special press event yesterday and it’s being praised by developers, designers and early users as the biggest and best overhauling the browser has ever received. IE9 is faster than all its previous versions and now supports HTML 5 and CSS3. MS says that it’s […]

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Windows Phone 7 Launching on 11th October

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It is now confirmed. Microsoft is launching the much awaited Windows Phone 7 on the 11th of next month in New York. The company is holding a consumer press event on the day and confirmed to CNET itself that it will serve as the official kick-off platform for the Windows Phone 7. The event will […]

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Windows Phone 7 To Launch With Xbox Live

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Microsoft has just announced in a press release that it’ll be launching its Windows Phone 7 with more than 63 Xbox Live games to take mobile gaming to the next level. The phone will integrate all the aspects of Xbox Live that hardcore gamers love: Multiplayer, messaging, leaderboards, full game library access and more. MS […]

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Internet Explorer Turns 15

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Internet Explorer still enjoys the biggest chunk of the browser market, 60.74% according to the latest data from Net Applications, and the world will soon see Internet Explorer 9 at an event in San Francisco on September 15. It debuted in 1995 on August 16 and was based on Mosaic, a web browser Microsoft had […]

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Yelp & YouTube Apps for Windows Phone 7

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Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 is still in development and MS have been teasing with all the features it’s loading it up with and has also put it out for previews by experts. Several previews of the Windows Phone 7 recently pointed out that the device was missing one very big and key feature which could […]

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Microsoft Taking Measures To Rival Apple & Google Mobile Apps

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Microsoft is offering major monetary incentives to mobile app developers to create apps for its Windows Phone 7 system in a serious attempt to counter fellow giants Apple Inc. and Google Inc. Todd Brix, a senior director at Microsoft who works with app developers, explained that the company is ready to provide funds for software […]

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Apple, Microsoft, Google, HTC, LG & Motorola, All Sued by NTP

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NTP Inc. is a small company which hit the headlines first in 2006 when it won a law suit worth of $ 612 million against BlackBerry manufacturers RIM, filed over claims of infringement of wireless email patents. RIM was even rumoured to be shutting down because of the debacle but it paid the amount and […]

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Now Insert Batteries In Any Direction With Microsoft’s InstaLoad

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Once in a while we all insert batteries the wrong way in devices and it’s a real problem for visually impaired people or those with learning disabilities. Same goes for little children who always struggle with batteries for quite a while before learning the right technical way to insert them in toys and other electronics. […]

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All Microsoft Word Attachments Now Open in Google Docs

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The new feature was rolled out yesterday allowing all Microsoft Word documents to be opened and viewed with all features in Google Docs. The “view as HTML” button at the end of a message containing an attachment is now replaced only by “View” which opens all your files using Google Docs; which then offers multiple […]

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Microsoft Office 2010 Goes on Sale Worldwide

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Microsoft has launched its new and massively upgraded productivity suite Microsoft Office 2010 today. The software got a whopping 9 million downloads of its beta version and after years of development and improvements based on feedback from the beta version users, the new version goes on sale at 35,000 retail stores and a number of […]

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