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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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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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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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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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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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Microsoft Issues Bug Warning for Windows XP and Server 2003 Users

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Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 users have been alerted by Microsoft regarding an unpatched bug that could be used to infect PCs by duping users into visiting rigged Web sites or opening attack e-mail. Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server and Windows Server 2008 R2 are not vulnerable to the attack. Microsoft’s next Patch […]

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What to Expect From Apple’s MobileMe Service at the WWDC 2010

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What else but to go free! For those who don’t know MobileMe is a service which runs with Microsoft outlook on a PC and syncs data between PCs, Macs, iPhone & iPod Touch. It allows subscribers to access and manage their email, contacts, calendar, photos, and files at me.com. Speculations about the service going free […]

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Google.com’s New Feature, Add Personal Background Photos

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Google will begin to roll out its latest feature which allows users to upload their personal photos to their Google home page in the next few days. The feature will be made available in the US first and later to international users. Users can upload photos from their computers, Picasa web albums or a public […]

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A Candid Interview With Steve Jobs at the D8 Conference Reveals Our Tech Future

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Apple CEO Steve Jobs sat down with All Things Digital producers Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher for an on stage interview at the D8 conference. It was a no hold barred conversation where the most sought after man in the tech world gave his frank opinion and inside scoops on topics like Apple’s ongoing spat […]

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MEGA COUP ALERT! Microsoft’s Bing Replaces Google search on the New iPhone OS 4

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Sources at Techcrunch are claiming what could be one of the biggest wins for Microsoft in a while. It’s being reported that Microsoft Bing will be replacing Google in the new iPhone operating system expected to be released in the first week of June. This is sure to remind of the public row between Google […]

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Windows Live Messenger Upgrading Soon

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Tabbed conversations, HD video chats and much more. Microsoft will be unveiling a new look for the Live Messenger soon. Microsoft stated: The new Messenger will provide a great way to have more meaningful conversations with the people you care about most while also bringing together your social networks and sharing updates, cutting through the […]

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