If you’ve been online today you’ve probably seen that Microsoft has acquired Skype for $8.5 billion. While Microsoft has been taking a beating lately due to competition in the online world from Google, Facebook and others, and in the mobile space from Apple, Google, and others, the company is still sitting on a huge pile […]
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Microsoft: Netbooks are down 40%
Microsoft released its quarterly earnings report yesterday, and while the company reported more than $16 billion in revenue and $5 billion in income for a pretty healthy increase over last year, it wasn’t all good news. Basically the company is seeing growth in the business division, but Windows isn’t bringing in as much revenue as […]
First look at touch-friendly settings panel in Windows 8?
It’ll probably be another year or so before Microsoft is ready to officially release Windows 8, but leaked copies of an early build of the system have been making the rounds for the past few weeks and a handful of people have been kicking the tires to see what makes the OS tick. One thing […]
Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 10 preview, demos it on an ARM chip
You know how the next version of Microsoft Windows is supposed to be able to run on ARM-based processors? It looks like Microsoft already has working builds of Windows on ARM, because when the company showed off the first preview version of Internet Explorer today, the folks at Engadget noticed that the demo computer had […]
Microsoft may be shipping (very) early Windows 8 builds to testers
There’s a rumor going around, thanks to a post at a Chinese forum, that Microsoft may be seeding early builds of Windows 8 to manufacturers for testing purposes. Windows 8 isn’t expected to officially launch until next year, but a public beta could be available later this year. Microsoft plans to make Windows 8 compatible […]
Microsoft sues Foxconn, Inventec Barnes & Noble for patent infringement in Android devices
Microsoft is continuing its fight against Android… not just by focusing on Windows tablets and Windows Phone 7 smartphones, but also by taking legal action against companies producing Android devices that Microsoft says are in violation of the company’s patents. Last year Microsoft sued Motorola over patent infringement in some Motorola smartphones. Now Microsoft has […]
Internet Explorer 9 now available for Windows Vista and up
Microsoft has launched Internet Explorer 9, a new faster, more standards-compliant version of its web browser. The browser is tightly integrated with Windows… assuming you’re running Windows Vista or Windows 7. Internet Explorer 9 isn’t available for Windows XP. The browser gets a high (but not perfect) score on the Acid3 web standards test and […]
Microsoft Zune is not long for this world
While NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 chip is powering almost every new Android tablet set to launch in the next few months, the Tegra platform has actually been around for a few years. The first big name device to ship with a first generation Tegra chip? The Microsoft Zune HD… the little portable media player that couldn’t […]
Windows Embedded Compact 7 now available for phones, tablets etc
While Microsoft is pushing Windows 7 and its upcoming Windows 8 software as a solution for tablet PCs as well as desktop and notebook computers, the company also has another operating system that seems like a better fit today for tablets, phones, and other low power devices such as set-top-boxes or cash registers. It’s called […]
Google Cloud Connect keeps MS Office and Google Docs in sync
Google has launched a utility designed to let you synchronize your Microsoft Office documents with the web-based Google Docs service. That means you can create a document in Office, edit it on the go from another computer using a web browser, and your changes will be synchronized with your desktop computer so you can open […]