Microsoft reports first loss in 26 years
July 20th, 2012 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 20 (IANS) US computing giant Microsoft has reported the first unprofitable quarter since it became a public company in 1986 after it wrote down the value of its ... Read more...
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Apple mulls settling patent fights with Samsung
March 30th, 2012 - 4:46 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 30 (IANS) Top executives at Apple and Samsung have met recently about a potential patent settlement, a media report said Thursday."Apple CEO Tim Cook does not seem to ... Read more...
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HP unveils tablet
November 4th, 2011 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
San Francisco, Nov 4 (IANS) Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) Thursday introduced its Slate 2 Tablet PC, a business-targeted tablet computer running Windows operating system.
Looking like the previous version, Slate 2, ... Read more...
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Apple, Google, RIM neck-and-neck in smart phone market
March 4th, 2011 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
New York, March 4 (IANS) Apple, Google, Research In Motion (RIM) are neck and neck in the cut-throat smart phone market in the US, according to a Nielsen survey Thursday.While ... Read more...
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Microsoft web browser faces security risk
February 1st, 2011 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 1 (IANS) Software giant Microsoft has issued a "critical" alert for millions of people using its web browser Internet Explorer, saying a newly-discovered flaw in the Windows operating system can ... Read more...
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900m Internet Explorer users at risk as Microsoft warns of security flaw
February 1st, 2011 - 1:17 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 1 (ANI): Microsoft has warned that the 900 million users of its Internet Explorer web browser are at risk of having their computers hijacked and their personal information stolen by ... Read more...
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What do your smartphones and laptops say about you?
November 19th, 2010 - 6:12 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Nov 19 (ANI): What your colleagues and peers think about you as a person is largely reflected by the smartphone you keep in your pocket, and the laptop in your briefcase.In ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Microsoft offers browser choice to ease European antitrust concerns
March 2nd, 2010 - 4:54 am ICT by IANS
Seattle, March 2 (DPA) Microsoft has issued a new software download that will let European users of Windows operating system decide if they wish to keep Internet Explorer as their computer's default ... Read more...
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Microsoft launches Windows 7 in India
October 22nd, 2009 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) Software major Microsoft launched the latest version of the Windows operating system -- Windows 7 -- which the software major hopes will help reverse the losses incurred ... Read more...
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Tech experts fail to conquer Conficker worm
September 22nd, 2009 - 2:07 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Sep 22 (ANI): Technology experts worldwide are finding it "almost impossible" to defeat the Conficker worm, which has infected more than 5 million computers and could even knock down the internet ... Read more...
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Critical security patches for Windows issued today
August 13th, 2009 - 1:28 am ICT by John Le Fevre
Software giant Microsoft today issued updates to plug at least 19 security holes in its various Windows operating systems and other software.The patches fix dangerous flaws in Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows ... Read more...
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Microsoft profits decline
July 24th, 2009 - 8:38 am ICT by IANS
New York, July 24 (DPA) Software giant Microsoft Corp has reported sales of $13.1 billion for the latest quarter, well below Wall Street expectations of more than $14 billion.
The PC market has ... Read more...
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Unix 2038: Another Y2K?
July 8th, 2009 - 9:17 pm ICT by GD
In the year 2000 the whole world faced a problem in context of Windows operating system based PCs and it was known as the Y2K problem or the millennium bug. This problem ... Read more...
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Microsoft found guilty in South Korea anti-trust case
June 11th, 2009 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Seoul, June 11 (DPA) A South Korean court Thursday found US software giant Microsoft Corp guilty of violating anti-trust regulations, but dismissed compensation demands by two rival South Korean companies.
The Seoul district ... Read more...
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Microsoft sales drop for first time in 23 years
April 24th, 2009 - 7:45 am ICT by IANS
San Francisco, April 24 (DPA) Microsoft reported a drop in quarterly revenues Thursday for the first time in the 23 years since it went public.
But investors still gave the world largest software ... Read more...
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Conficker worm: How to tell if your PC is infected & Using Removal Tools
April 1st, 2009 - 10:46 pm ICT by GD
How do you figure if your computer has a Conficker Worm and if there are free tools to remove it?Conficker uses a security lapse in Microsoft Windows operating system but it was ... Read more...
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Experts brace for possible computer worm attack
March 31st, 2009 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS
San Francisco, March 31 (Xinhua) Government and private security teams are in a rush to gear up for a possible attack by a computer worm that threatens to carry on disruptive activities ... Read more...
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Researchers discover way to find Confiker computer worm
March 31st, 2009 - 4:49 am ICT by IANS
San Francisco, March 31 (DPA) Researchers have discovered the first easy way to detect the presence of the Conficker computer worm on networked computers, just days before the worm is scheduled to ... Read more...
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UK Parliament PCs infected with Conficker virus
March 27th, 2009 - 3:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar.27 (ANI): The IT system in the British Parliament has become infected with the Conficker computer virus, The Telegraph reports.The worm virus, which has affected more than 15 million computers around ... Read more...
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Microsoft set to unveil Internet Explorer 8
March 19th, 2009 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
Redmond, March 19 (IANS) After two beta tests and a soft release, Microsoft Corp is all set to officially launch its latest internet browser Thursday night.
The company will launch ... Read more...
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EU scales back Microsoft monitoring as compliance improves
March 4th, 2009 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
Brussels, March 4 (DPA) The European Union Wednesday scaled back its monitoring of Microsoft in a case concerning the software giant's publication of key communication codes, saying that the company's good behaviour ... Read more...
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Most net users fail to distinguish real popup warnings from fake ones
September 23rd, 2008 - 2:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 23 (ANI): Most Internet users cannot distinguish between genuine and false popup warnings messages, even after repeated mistakes, according to a new study by researchers at North Carolina State ... Read more...
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Microsoft reorganizes its online services
July 24th, 2008 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
DPANew York, July 24 (DPA) Microsoft Corp. was to reorganize its online services to try to increase focus on its Internet business as the head of its online division was set to ... Read more...
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Microsoft offers subscription version of Office
July 3rd, 2008 - 7:19 am ICT by IANS
DPA
San Francisco, July 3 (DPA) Breaking with its traditional business model, software giant Microsoft Wednesday introduces a subscription service for the Office productivity suite, a set of programs that is the company's ... Read more...
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Gates leaves Microsoft to focus on charity
June 28th, 2008 - 5:24 am ICT by IANS
DPA
San Francisco, June 28 (DPA) His vision for a computer in every home largely achieved in the developed world, Bill Gates ended his full- time job at Microsoft Friday to focus on ... Read more...
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Microsoft announces Vista successor
June 8th, 2008 - 11:23 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Washington, June 8 (DPA) The next version of the Windows operating system will likely arrive in early 2010, officials at Microsoft has said. The most important change to the software, currently dubbed ... Read more...
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Microsoft touches new Windows system
May 28th, 2008 - 10:59 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Los Angeles, May 28 (DPA) Don't throw out your mouse yet, but the next version of Microsoft's Windows operating system will allow users to control their computers using touch screen technology. Company ... Read more...
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Can Salesforce Become a Platform?
November 21st, 2007 - 1:18 am ICT by admin
Marc Benioff has never been modest in his dreams for Salesforce.com, the business software company he founded in 1999. Benioff, a brash and voluble man whose appetite for both publicity and growth ... Read more...
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