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Will Bing Be Big?
Bing a Better Way to Search from MicrosoftPerhaps the best thing we can say about Bing, Microsoft’s new foray into the search arena, is that it might just be . . . well, pretty good. ... more
American Well Brings House Calls into the Digital Age
Back in the stone age, it used to be that when you got sick, you called up a doctor and he came over to your house and paid you a visit. No forms, no office visits, no fuss—the doctor came, ... more
Microsoft Getting into Social Networking, Only in Case of Emergency
In a recent article posted by Tech News World, it was reported that Microsoft is in the beta stages with Vine, a social networking tool, but not in the Facebook department of social networking. Microsoft's Vine will only ... more
Is Verizon Double-Dating Apple and Microsoft?
On one hand, you have the Boston Globe reporting that Apple's iPhone “may be poised to shake up the cell phone industry a second time” by introducing a model that could work on Verizon ... more
Improving User Experience Could Hasten Adoption of Online Digital Health Records
Online digital heath records—the kind controlled by patients—have been available for years, but the trick is to get people to use them in the first place, reports the New York Times. And aside from concerns about privacy—a significant ... more
Facebook, Adobe Announce Partnership
Facebook and Adobe have announced a partnership to bring Facebook developers support for the ActionScript® 3.0 Client Library on the Facebook platform. The partnership announcement comes a day after it was announced ... more
Develop It Once, Run It Anywhere, Key Theme at SWANH Mobile Application Platform Symposium
Decreasing the total cost of development and deployment . . . lowering the complexity . . . leveraging standard technologies and tools. With hundreds of mobile phone service providers, thousands of devices, and scores of operating systems to choose from, ... more
Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer 8
Finally, Microsoft Internet Explorer 8’s year-plus beta test is over. As of yesterday, IE8 says “hello world.”
The general consensus? IE8’s a good browser, a definite upgrade over IE7, but perhaps might not be enough browser to ... more
Microsoft Files Patent Infringement Suit Against TomTom
Microsoft has filed a federal patent infringement lawsuit against TomTom NV, a leading maker of personal GPS devices, and TomTom’s American subsidiary, based in Concord, MA, reports the Boston Globe. Microsoft has ... more
Mozilla to European Commission: We’ll Help You Come Up with a Microsoft/IE Remedy
On January 15, 2009, the European Commission sent a Statement of Objections (SO) to Microsoft outlining the Commission’s preliminary view that Microsoft’s tying of Internet Explorer to its Windows operating ... more
Microsoft to Open Its Own “App Store” for Windows-Based Mobile Phones
The Silicon Alley Insider is reporting that Microsoft is set to introduce its own “app store” for Windows Mobile phones.
Once again, the software giant seems to be following in Apple’s footsteps. According ... more
Microsoft to Slash Up to 5,000 Jobs
Software behemoth Microsoft announced today it will cut up to 5,000 jobs in the next eighteen months, reports CNNMoney.com. The 5,000 jobs represent 5.5% of the company’s global workforce.
Of the job cuts, 1,400 will be slashed ... more
Could Ford Turn to Open Source to Grow Sync?
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, Ford CEO Alan Mulally outlined a plan in which Sync, it’s voice-activated, in-car entertainment and communications system, could turn to an open source model ... more
Microsoft Victory over Google in Verizon Deal
Microsoft announced a five year deal with Verizon Wireless at the Consumer Electronics Show Wednesday. Internet Explorer will be the default search engine on Verizon cell phones as opposed to Microsoft's rival Google. This news comes at ... more
Microsoft Zune Experiences Leap Year Bug
As if the troubled Microsoft Zune didn’t have enough problems in the marketplace, customers who purchased the 30 GB model—the first one introduced to the marketplace—experienced lock-ups, rebooting, and freezing at the end of 2008. The ... more
Microsoft Internet Explorer Loses Market Share in Last Half of 2008
Long the dominant web browser for Microsoft Windows users, Microsoft’s flagship Internet Explorer web browser saw erosion in total users during the last half of 2008, reports the Wall Street Journal.
According to ... more
Silverlight Puts the Screws on Flash
In the world of web design software, Adobe has long been the reigning king. But the Wall Street Journal now reports that Adobe is feeling increased pressure from Microsoft, as Microsoft makes a strong ... more
Windows Loses Ground in Market Share
Though it must hardly feel like they’re on the brink of destruction, Microsoft’s Windows operating system last month took its biggest loss in market share in the past two years, dropping down below 90% for the first time, ... more
Microsoft Still to Give Yahoo the Heisman
Despite Yahoo’s plummeting stock value—even though it rebounded a bit after Jerry Yang announced he was stepping down as CEO—Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is adamant that Microsoft has completely ruled out another run at ... more
Losing Yahoo’s CEO Causes Stocks to Rise
Tuesday was an exciting day for Yahoo. Not only did they find out their CEO would be stepping down from his position, stock prices rose and negotiations could be back on with Microsoft – busy day even for a ... more
Pushing the Cloud Puts Microsoft in a Strange Place
At a technical conference last week, according to the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft announced plans to enter the realm of cloud computing, thereby joining chief cloud computing players Amazon.com and Google in a market that could grow, according to some ... more
Google Drops Yahoo Deal
Bloomberg reports this morning that after failing to win support from the US government, Google has dropped plans to place ads on Yahoo. This news comes a day after reports stating that in order to appease US Justice Department officials, ... more
Microsoft Offers a Glimpse into Windows Seven
According to the Wall Street Journal, at a technical conference in Redmond, WA last week, Microsoft gave the first public demonstration of Windows Seven, the next generation of the Windows operating system to follow Microsoft’s much maligned Windows Vista. Microsoft ... more
Microsoft to Shine the Light on Oslo
Microsoft announced new details about its Oslo project at last week's Microsoft Professional Developer’s Conference in Los Angeles. One of Oslo’s goals is to empower many people to create and maintain distributed applications.
For the first time, Microsoft made the three ... more
Should Microsoft Buy Yahoo Now?
According to eWeek’s Joe Wilcox, maybe.
His logic may make good business sense. Nearly a year ago, Microsoft tried to take over Yahoo by offering $31 a share in a deal worth $44 .6 billion. Today, with Yahoo trading just over ... more
Microsoft Envisions Life Without Windows
What does Singularity and Midori have in common? Though the former sounds like a New Age spiritual cleansing method and the latter is melon-flavored liqueur, both are actually code names for operating systems being developed by Microsoft that aren’t based ... more