Category: Microsoft
Nokia & Microsoft partner, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop explains at Mobile World Congress
On Friday 11 of Feb, Nokia and Microsoft have announced a new partnership in the Windows 7 platform and building substantially together in this new ecosystem. Nokia was considering the Android platform, however the final business decision was more aligned to a deal with Microsoft. Here is Nokia CEO Stephen Elop explaining the deal at […]
Read More | ShareAttack of the Google bomb
There was a time not long ago when a Google search for “Holocaust” revealed top results indicating that it didn’t happen. In 1999, a search using the Google search engine for “more evil than Satan himself” would have led to the Microsoft homepage. Leading up to the Iraq war, an online hunt for “weapons of […]
Read More | ShareMicrosoft CEO Steve Ballmer Keynote address – 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show
If you haven’t yet watched this speech I recommend you do. This is from the 2011 International Consumer Electronics (CES) in Las Vegas. Certainly interesting info from Steve Ballmer & Microsoft about new products/ development and future/horizon predictions. The video goes for about 1 hour in length.
Read More | ShareYahoo and Bing Australian Search Results merging this month
Last year in the USA – Bing replaced the results in a Yahoo! search queries with their own Bing results. Now later this month Bing will merge their results with Yahoo on both Bing Australia and Yahoo Australia. Therefore if you run a search on either Yahoo or Bing it should give you the same […]
Read More | ShareMicrosoft to release Windows TV Set top boxes
Microsoft will be revealing new software to run on Set top box devices which enables a Windows TV experience. The Software will make use of Microsoft’s Windows Embedded platform and the Windows Media Center interface. The software will also be able to work with XBOX 360 devices, otherwise your computer. One of the devices will […]
Read More | ShareAustralian Search Engine Market update October 2010
Looking at the Search Engine market shares for October there really are not many surprises. Unlike the USA – Yahoo in Australia has never commanded much of the search queries generated whilst Google has been around. Even with the Yahoo7! partnership and limited TV advertising Yahoo receives this has not impacted their search market share […]
Read More | ShareMicrosoft Windows still Dominant as ever
Here is an interesting graph showing the top 5 Operating System market shares. Microsoft Windows still has huge dominance and whilst Apple has received so much hype about their Laptops/Macbooks, this hasn’t actually caused a considerable increase in their market share. Windows 7 is growing very strongly as users replace Windows XP and Vista operating […]
Read More | ShareThe Evolution of Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is the most popular operating system in history. Being the largest software company in the world Microsoft has annual revenue of $50 Billion + Over the years Microsoft has held a perfect monopoly and now Founder and Owner, Bill Gates devotes his time and money to the Gates Foundation – a foundation aiming […]
Read More | ShareIE9 and IT pros / Developers
If you have been following the progress of Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft have released a video on how IT professionals and Developers should consider using IE9 for the vast variety of upgraded features. There is alot of hype for IE9 as Microsoft have really put in a lot of effort to developing this product. Have […]
Read More | ShareYahoo USA and Canada Search now powered by Bing
Yahoo US and Canada now has its search results powered by Microsoft’s Bing search engine. Yahoo will also be moving its advertisers across to Microsoft’s adCenter platform but that is still very much a work in progress. more to come as we hear local Australian news on this venture.
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