Microsoft Stops Selling XP To Major Retailers
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 30 June 2008 | Tagged as: Platforms, Microsoft
Much harrumphing around the net as Microsoft starts to retire XP.
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Bill Gates: A Mini Retrospective
Posted by Simon Perry on 27 June 2008 | Tagged as: Business, Microsoft
Today Bill Gates is stepping away from his day-to-day role at Microsoft, having built the company from zero in 1975 to the giant it is today.
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Microsoft DRM: A Blunt Knife
Posted by Simon Perry on 5 June 2008 | Tagged as: Microsoft, Copy Protection, User Generated Content (UGC)
What a blunt knife Microsoft’s DRM is. We don’t know if you’ve noticed before, but some time in the last, Microsoft made change to their Media Player, stopping screen grabs of videos that are playing.
Clearly Microsoft thought this would be something that would appeal to content owners in fear of their work being taken without […]
Mac Aqua Built In Silverlight!
Posted by Simon Perry on 16 May 2008 | Tagged as: Content, Apple, Microsoft
A Microsoft developer, Intersoft in Indonesia, has developed a Mac Aqua clone … in Microsoft’s Sliverlight.
The product, WebAqua, doesn’t hide its similarity to Apple’s Aqua interface, it even celebrates it with phrases like, “perfect for helping you bringing Mac-OS look and feel to your next-generation Web application.”
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Yahoo Shares Crash As Microsoft Walk Away From Takeover Talks
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 6 May 2008 | Tagged as: Business, Microsoft, Yahoo
Bill Gates and Co give up on Yahoo takeoever; market not thrilled.
Microsoft Releases Windows XP SP3 To Manufacturing
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 23 April 2008 | Tagged as: Software Development, Platforms, Microsoft
Final service pack update scheduled for the end of May
Users Petition To Keep XP Alive
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 14 April 2008 | Tagged as: Platforms, Microsoft, Software
Windows users petition to keep trusty old XP alive.
Yahoo Takeover News Catchup
Posted by Simon Perry on 10 April 2008 | Tagged as: News Corp., Investments, MySpace, Microsoft, Yahoo, Advertising, Google, USA, Search
The tussle between Yahoo and Microsoft has gone through a couple of extra rounds of late. We thought we’d bring you up to date with the current state of play.
Back in Feb Microsoft offered Yahoo $44Bn. Yahoo said no thanks.
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Mac OSX And XP Trump Vista For Corporate Satisfaction
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 31 March 2008 | Tagged as: Platforms, Apple, Microsoft, USA, Research
Apple users feel the love but Windows XP is still the corporate number one choice
Google Is Britain’s Top Business Brand
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 25 February 2008 | Tagged as: Business, Microsoft, Google, Research
Internet search giant rocks the best brand reputation in Britain.
