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Browser makers demand screen time

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March 5, 2010 | Posted in Technology | Read More »

Microsoft CEO: Google merits regulatory scrutiny (AP)

AP - Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer intends to keep the regulatory heat on Google as his company strives to lessen its rival’s dominance of Internet search.[Read more...]

March 3, 2010 | Posted in Technology | Read More »

Video: Hasty hacker hobbles together a Windows Phone 7 skin for older WinMo phones

Wowza. Consider me impressed. It took Microsoft 3 years to develop Windows Phone 7 Series — but its only taken 2 weeks for some far-too-talented dabbler to recreate the look and feel of the new OS as a skin for older Windows Mobile handsets, relying on nothing but screenshots and demo videos. [...]

March 1, 2010 | Posted in Technology | Read More »

Microsoft shuts down spam network

Infected PCs are under the control of cyber criminals Microsoft has won court approval to shut down a global network of computers which it says is responsible for more than 1.5bn spam messages every day.A US judge granted the firm’s request to shut [...]

February 25, 2010 | Posted in Technology | Read More »

Microsoft offers browser choice

Microsoft agreed to give Windows users a choice of internet browser Millions of European Internet Explorer (IE) users will have the option to choose an alternative browser from 1 March, Microsoft has announced.It follows a legal agreement between Microsoft and Europe’s Competition Commission [...]

February 19, 2010 | Posted in Technology | Read More »

Out with the old, in with the new: Windows Mobile 6.5 gets a name change

If you thought that Windows Mobile 6 would fade into oblivion because Windows Phone 7 is coming soon, think again. Not only will the OS stick around for a while longer, but it’s getting a name change, too: Windows Phone Classic. Of course, we all knew this was going to happen, so [...]

February 18, 2010 | Posted in Technology | Read More »

Microsoft to introduce Zune Phone with Windows Mobile 7 at MWC

If there is one rumor that tends to come and go and agonizes Windows Mobile fans, it’s the one about a Zune phone. Although it’s not officially confirmed, Gizmodo has it on good word that Microsoft will be introducing a Zune phone at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this year. More specifically, [...]

February 2, 2010 | Posted in Technology | Read More »

Is Bill Gates’ New Website Really Running On Linux?

Sometimes tips come in that seem too good to be true. Take today, for example. I got a tip that Bill Gates’ new site, The Gates Notes, was running on a Linux-powered server. This would be ironic since Gates is of course the founder of Microsoft, which is Linux’s biggest competitor in the [...]

January 31, 2010 | Posted in Technology | Read More »

Google phases out support for IE6

Microsoft say support for IE6 will continue for the next four years Google has begun to phase out support for Internet Explorer 6, the browser identified as the weak link in a cyber attack on the search engine.The firm said from 1 March [...]

January 30, 2010 | Posted in Technology | Read More »

Microsoft patches Explorer hole

Microsoft recommends that people upgrade to IE8 Microsoft has released a fix for a hole in Internet Explorer that was the weak link in a "sophisticated and targeted" cyber attack on Google.Microsoft recommends that customers install the update as soon as possible or [...]

January 21, 2010 | Posted in Technology | Read More »