Category: Microsoft

  • Nokia To Announce Partnership with Microsoft?

    With Nokia’s recent issues with poor sales, rumors are once again burst that the mobile giant is batting its eyelashes at other operating system with the hopes of improving its fortunes. Could it be Microkia?   According to Engadget, it’s expected that Nokia will announce a new partnership at Capital Markets Day next Friday. The…

  • Google: Microsoft Is Cheating and Copying Our Search Results

    Google set up a sting operation (!) in an attempt to catch Microsoft red-handed stealing their search results in Bing. Interestingly, Bing doesn’t deny this completely. The whole sting operation is amazing and it started from Danny Sullivan’s post and resulting Microsoft’s response on Bing search quality.     But what’s most interesting right now…

  • Microsoft Launches WebMatrix – Free Web Development Tool

    Microsoft announced the availability of WebMatrix, a free web development tool designed to help website developers of all skill levels easily create, customize and publish websites to the Internet. It includes  a set of tools to create new websites, using code provided through a variety of available templates or using free open source Web applications,…

  • Microsoft to Sneak Preview Windows 8 tomorrow?

    The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2011 will kick off tomorrow at around 8:00 PM IST Thursday, January 6, commencing with the keynote address from Steve Ballmer, CEO Microsoft.   So, what you can expect from Microsoft at this four day International event? Reports are coming in that Microsoft may announce a set-top box in…

  • Microsoft to Announce a Tablet running Windows 8?

    More than a decade ago, Bill Gates introduced the world an entirely new concept of computing – Tablet PC. However, the tablet boom really kicked off when Apple brought the magical iPad. And here is the exciting news from The New York Times – Next month, at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas,…

  • Xbox Kinect Comes to India for 9990/-

    Kinect for Xbox 360 that brings controller-free gaming to the living room got an enthralling response of over 1 million units sold in the first ten days. On November 24, Microsoft India has introduced Kinect for Xbox 360 for the Indian audience. Microsoft will offer Kinect in two editions – Standalone bundle and All-in-one bundle.…

  • Happy 25th Birthday Windows!

    Microsoft Windows completes 25 years today. On November 20, 1985, the first version Windows 1.0 was released. Can you recall how Windows 1.0 looked like? To be frank, I was born in the same year and no real hands-on experience for me until Windows 95! .     To be completely be honest, I had…

  • Search Your Favourite App across all Platforms at one place

    Are you an owner of a smartphone? Are you frustrated with trying the right Mobile App for your device? Do you develop Apps and want to know the contenders of your idea? Discover the world of Mobile using Mimvi.     Mimvi enables you to quickly discover Mobile Apps, Mobile Content and Mobile Products across all…

  • Ballmer: Windows 8 Will Be The Riskiest Product Bet [Video]

    Windows 7 has been a powerful success for Microsoft. As an evolutionary upgrade to Vista, it patched almost all of Vista’s glaring holes: broken driver support, sluggish performance and the horribly annoying User-Account Control. It sold more than 240 million licenses in one year. Asked about the riskiest product bet the Redmond crew is currently…

  • Microsoft Unveils “Office 365” – New cloud service

    Microsoft announced yesterday the newest implementation of cloud services in the MS Office platform, called Office 365. It is doubling down on its commitment to the cloud with the launch of Office 365, a service that combines Microsoft Office, SharePoint Online, Exchange Online and Lync Online with the cloud.     There are two editions…