Posts tagged with the keyword: ‘microsoft’

Samsung’s WinPho7 handset peeped, specs set in stone at MIX

Samsung’s WinPho7 handset peeped, specs set in stone at MIX

Hey, I told you MIX was going to be hot. A talk at the development conference has revealed a third flavor of Windows Phone 7 Series, though alas, it does not appear to be the third chassis style we heard exists — unless the extra-hot camera is the third style. This shiny [...]

Browser makers demand screen time

Browser makers demand screen time

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Microsoft CEO: Google merits regulatory scrutiny (AP)

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...]

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

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. [...]

Microsoft shuts down spam network

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 [...]

Microsoft offers browser choice

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

Microsoft to introduce Zune Phone with Windows Mobile 7 at MWC

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, [...]

Is Bill Gates’ New Website Really Running On Linux?

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 [...]

Google phases out support for IE6

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 [...]