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Microsoft In Talks With Apple To Make Bing The Default Search Engine On iPhone
Posted on January 20, 2010 | No Comments
In an effort to boost Bing's market share and make the growing rift between Apple and Google more prominent, the Redmond-based tech juggernaut is in talks with Apple to replace Google with Bing as the default search engine on the iPhone, according to people familiar with the matter. If successful, it could mean that the iPhone, as well as Apple's desktop version of Safari would make the switch to Bing. The Business Week reported that the discussions have been under way for weeks and no official announcements have been made to the public.
"Apple and Google know the other is their primary enemy," says one of the people, who's familiar with Apple's thinking. "Microsoft is now a pawn in that battle." Apple is also working on ways to manage ad placement on its mobile devices, a move that would encroach on Google's ad-serving business, the person says.
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STUDY: 80 Percent of Enterprise PCs Run Internet Explorer Daily
Posted on January 15, 2010 | No Comments
Even though Microsoft's Internet Explorer has been the laughing stock for the past few years, but a study by Devil Mountain Software's community-based Exo.performance.network (Xpnet) concludes that at least 80 per cent of users at large IT organizations continue to use IE at least 4 hours a day. Meanwhile, Firefox and Chrome come in second and third respectively, followed by Opera and Safari.
The data was compiled from over 6 billion process records through their network of 21,000+ registered xpnet.com users located around the globe who use Windows PCs and servers. "The idea that IE will go away is far fetched," said Craig Barth, the CTO at Devil Mountain. "People who say those kinds of things simply don't have a grasp on the internal organization of enterprises, or the bureaucracy of companies.
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Lenovo U1: Two Computers in One
Posted on January 9, 2010 | No Comments
Wednesday night, Windows released their new tablet line, but there is something better. Coming 3rd quarter 2010, Lenovo is releasing their new laptop/tablet, called the U1. This thing is amazing! At first look it is a laptop, but yet it isn't. It has an amazing hardware feature. You can slide off the "monitor" part of it and you have a tablet.
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This Is How The New Windows Live Messenger 2010 Will Look Like
Posted on January 9, 2010 | No Comments
As a teenager, I'm an avid user of MSN, which I use to chat and play UNO with my friends. Of course, I'm eager to try out the new messenger. Earlier this week, we posted a couple of exclusive screenshots about the upcoming Microsoft Windows Live Messenger (also known as Wave 4), which will be launched in mid-March this year. And now there's more purported Wave 4 screenshots surface.
The new messenger will include several awesome features such as Windows 7 taskbar integration by adding the four default status markers, tabbed chats windows similar to those in IE8, combining both the “Winks” and “Emotions” into one button, and a major improvement to its Photo Sharing (allowing users to share photos from their online albums or search the web for photos).
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CES: Microsoft’s Press Conference
Posted on January 7, 2010 | No Comments
Last night at CES (Consumer Electronics Show), Steve Balmer, the CEO of Microsoft, held a press conference. The press conference was delayed almost 30 minutes! The large screens, monitors, and the computers drained the power. But the show went on!
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I think everyone was really looking forward to the Courier being released. Sadly, it wasn't. The new slate line was released. HP, Pegatron, and Archos are going to make the tablets. The Slates are running Windows 7. The device has multi-touch, which seems standard these days. It is coming at the end of 2010.
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New Windows Live Messenger 2010 Leaked Screenshots
Posted on January 4, 2010 | No Comments
A Chinese guy from Shanghai with the nickname Picturepan2 claimed to have tried out the upcoming Windows Live Messenger 2010 Beta or better known as Wave 4 and has posted a couple of screenshots on his blog over at LiveSino.net. He even said on Twitter he was puzzled that there isn't any advertisements at all. I believe it's because the beta version is still in development stage and probably Microsoft didn't bother to embed ads into it yet.
It seems like the folks at the Windows Live Team has improved on the Windows 7 taskbar integration by adding the four default status markers (available, away, busy, and appear offline), a feature which easily allows users to quickly select their status from the thumbnail previews.
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The Worst Logo Design of 2009: Bing!
Posted on December 21, 2009 | No Comments
According to the folks at UnderConsideration, the worst logo design of 2009 is Microsoft's new search engine - Bing. But it isn't just them who HATE the design of the logo. When the logo was first released in May 2009, many people claimed that the logo is "butt ugly", "outdated" and "amateurish". And guess what - the logo is actually designed by Razorfish, one of the world's largest interactive agencies acquired by Microsoft in 2007 for $6 billion!
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Microsoft Employee Got Fired Because He Didn’t “Bing” Good Enough [VIDEO]
Posted on December 18, 2009 | No Comments
A Microsoft employee was laid off by Steve Ballmer because he didn't pronounce the word "Bing" in a fun way. Well, I've seriously no idea whether this is a joke or not, but it's super funny, especially the part when he demonstrates how he was asked to say "Bing" in an energetic way. Watch the video after the jump and I'm sure you'll laugh your heads off!
