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Despite a bad economy, Microsoft managed to sell 28 million Xbox 360 consoles worldwide in 2008, expanding the Xbox’s lead over its nearest competitor Sony’s PlayStation 3. Despite financial problems by some publishers, the video game industry overall has charged ahead against the recession. Market researcher NPD found [...]
Microsoft appears to be considering a different angle in regards to future software sales and pricing models. At least that’s what a new patent recently submitted by the computer giant would indicate. Their newly applied-for patent would essentially have them charging users for software on a new pay-per-use [...]
In a recent step to increase web search traffic, Microsoft has approached an old competitor, Sun Microsystems for help.
Based on a deal to be announced on Monday, Sun will actively promote a Microsoft toolbar as users download Sun’s Java software. The toolbar will have a field for Live Search queries and access [...]
Microsoft is planning for the next Windows Live update to offer a social networking features to its various applications such as Hotmail and Messenger.
This move will help Microsoft against competitors such as Facebook and MySpace. The company has hundreds of millions of users of its popular applications but is behind when it comes [...]
Microsoft will be offering its Xbox customers an early holiday treat starting November 19th. The Xbox 360 owners will have the opportunity to upgrade their dashboard with a conversion called the New Xbox Experience(NXE). This upgrade is what the company calls “ultimate social-entertainment experience” with “something for everyone.”
NXE offers many new features [...]
Microsoft’s Beijing research center is expected by the company to produce major leading innovative software. The company is one of many that are seeing their Chinese operations as having great potential with the huge talent pool of scientists and engineers.
Microsoft said that its Chinese office had already produced 260 innovations that were [...]
Due to the growth of emails, instant messaging, and cell phones, multiple surveys have described that work productivity has been negatively affected. It may appear ironic but some of the corporations responsible for the above technologies are now trying to find the solution.
The big technology companies such as Microsoft, Intel, Google, and [...]
The ad sharing deal that has been discussed between Google and Yahoo could be ending. The talks between the 2 companies and the US Department of Justice have stalled, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The proposed deal, first raised in June, had faced criticism from the advertising industry, which feared [...]
Microsoft managed to irritate Chinese computer users with its new antipiracy move. The antipiracy application is called Genuine Advantage.
This application creates an inconvenience for users by causing the desktop background to turn black every hour.
It’s interesting to note that Microsoft managed to be successful in China by actually encouraging piracy of its products. [...]
What is it? Search Perks is Microsoft’s latest stab at a paid search program, and features a toolbar that rewards users with “tickets” for every search performed. When the program ends in April, users will be able to redeem their accumulated tickets for prizes. Of course, users will need to continue with the program [...]
