Category: Microsoft
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Microsoft officially unveiled Windows Phone 7
Microsoft officially unveiled its Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system few minutes ago (around 7:00 pm IST October 11). Steve Ballmer announced that there will be over 60 mobile operators offering ten Windows Phone 7 in more than 30 countries worldwide. Nine of these ten phones will be available October 21 in select European and…
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Microsoft shutting down ‘Spaces’–ties up with WordPress
Nearly six years after launching its own blog publishing platform, Microsoft is effectively ending development of Windows Live Spaces and announcing a partnership to upgrade users of the service to WordPress.com. The companies just made the announcement at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco. "Automattic is a company filled with great people focused on…
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Confirmed! Windows Phone 7 to Launch on October 21
Microsoft will launch a wide range of Windows Phone 7 devices on October 21 in UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain (US launch date is not confirmed yet). Microsoft will be holding an open house on the 11th of October in New York City where the focus is expected to be Windows Phone 7…
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It’s IE9 Beta Download Day – I’m Genuinely excited!
I’m Genuinely excited! I don’t remember feeling this way when Chrome 6, Firefox 3.6 or Opera 10.60 were released — and IE9 is just a beta. There are several reasons – IE9 is the first version to support HTML5, CSS3, SVG, canvas and several other technologies. It’s clean, simple, fast and beautiful design here’s no…
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Breaking News: Windows Phone 7 launching 11 October
Multiple sources familiar with the matter have confirmed to Pocket-lint that Microsoft will launch its new mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7, on 11 October 2010. Pocket-lint has learnt that the Redmond-based company will use New York as the global stage for the launch, which will be beamed around the world. Although none of our…
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Zoom.it from Microsoft – View, Zoom and Share HQ images
Zoom.it is a free service for viewing and sharing high-resolution imagery. Give a link to any image and it will give you a beautiful new way to experience it – along with a nice short URL. Zoom.it converts your image to the Deep Zoom format, which lets you smoothly and efficiently explore the whole image,…
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Windows Phone 7: Microsoft confirms hardware partners
Microsoft has confirmed the hardware partners that will be launching Windows Phone 7 handsets Greg Sullivan, senior product manager for Microsoft, told that he could expect handsets from Dell, Asus, LG, HTC, and Samsung at the launch later this year. It confirms certain former rumors. We always thought Dell would be launching a Windows Phone…
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Windows 8 Plans Leaked: Many Details Revealed
The Italian Windows site “Windowsette” got a hold of some super secret squirrel Microsoft presentations laying around on the Internet somewhere. The original leak comes from the Microsoft Journal, an enthusiast blog written by Francisco Martin, who lists himself as a Microsoft VIP Tester. Key points from the presentation: Facial recognition: A Windows computer will…
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Microsoft Needs To Cut 30,000-40,000 Employees, Says Ex-Microsoftie
In our never ending quest to learn more about Microsoft and what it’s like inside the company, we spent a half hour chatting with a former high level employee at the company yesterday. There’s two basic problems at the company, according to this ex-Microsoftie. The management style is all screwed up, and there’s just too…