Posts Tagged ‘microsoft’
Microsoft Strikes Back – War of the Games
12, Dec 2009After playing second fiddle to Sony’s PlayStation 3 over the past couple months, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 rebounded nicely for November, despite many analysts predicting otherwise. Microsoft’s console moved over 100K more units on the month than PlayStation 3. “We had an amazing month. It was our biggest November ever for our business,” said Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg. “Not only did we outsell the PS3, but we actually drove more revenue at retail than our competitors.” As expected, though, Nintendo’s hardware outsold everyone, with combined Wii and DS sales reaching close to three million units.
- In: Gadgets / Computer| TechNews
- Tags: Gaming, microsoft
Internet Explorer 9 – Bigger, Meaner and Faster
24, Nov 2009Next Internet Explorer browser, Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) will be coming better equipped than the existing Microsoft browsers. IE9 will come with a improved image and text rendering abilities. This will be done by using the computer’s graphic processor unit to accelarate the browser. I must say Microsoft is already feeling the heat from the sucess of Mozilla Firefox and the new Chrome browser.
The MSN – Facebook connection.
6, Nov 2009Microsoft is offering a sneak peak at a redesigned version of its MSN.com home page that features a cleaner design, a more prominent Bing search box, and direct links to social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. The company plans to formally launch the redesign early next year.
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Microsoft has released a tool that lets netbook owners install Windows 7 on their machines using a USB flash drive, sidestepping the usual requirement of a DVD drive. The free utility, Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool, creates a bootable flash drive from a downloaded .iso file, or disk image, of Windows 7 that customers buy [...]
- In: Gadgets / Computer
- Tags: microsoft, Microsoft update
After a lot of research and analysis, Microsoft is officially launching Microsoft Windows 7 on coming Thursday. Right up on the priority list, Microsoft would be intending on winning back those customers who hates Windows OS after release of Windows Vista.
Todays largest software company took a sniper shot when they released Vista which repelled most [...]