|
|
| Welcome! |
Hello, Guest
Login if you have a Softpedia.com account.
Otherwise, register for one.
|
|
30
| STORIES ABOUT: microsoft |
|
| Microsoft Details Games for Windows Live Marketplace |  | Microsoft Gamefest 2008 has been a pretty packed conference, with some of the announcements coming out of the event more interesting than what Microsoft has shown at its recent E3 presentation. One of the biggest announcements so far was that Game for Windows Live Gold, the PC c ... [read more >>] | | 24 July 2008, 10:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Can Sleep Tight |  | Indians' preferences when it comes to navigating on certain websites are definitely inclined towards Google. The company's websites were the most popular in India in May 2008, as a comScore report shows. With almost 20 million visitors, Google manages to overpass Yahoo!, which was first in the Indian rankings in the same month of 2007.
While Google scored a 35% growth in the number of unique users, its rival, Yahoo! ... [read more >>] | | 23 July 2008, 11:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Games for Windows Live Gold Is Now Free |  | Just after E3 wrapped up, Microsoft decided to hold its own gaming-oriented conference, dubbed Gamefest 2008, and some of the announcements coming out of the event were actually more interesting than what the stuff featured at E3 showcased. Sure, it's unlikely we'll see the next Bungie project unveiled at Gamefes 2008, but at least Microsoft has given PC gamers some good news by detailing the changes it plans to make on the Games ... [read more >>] | | 23 July 2008, 05:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| DirectX 11 Will Change How Gaming Looks |  | At long last, after months of speculation, Microsoft has revealed a few details regarding its upcoming DirectX 11. The company promises that, following the somewhat icy reception that the Vista only DirectX 10 has had, it will create a gaming graphics API t ... [read more >>] | | 23 July 2008, 02:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Portal: Still Alive Is Not a New Game |  | In traditional fashion for big corporate players, Microsoft put on an E3 show that was big on flash and surprisingly low on substance. They're not really to blame as this year's edition saw all the big players hold events where little new stuff was showed and where hyping up already announced projects seemed to be the most important aspect.
One of the most interesting ... [read more >>] | | 21 July 2008, 09:24GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| MSN Manager Indicted for Fraud |  | A court of law has found Carolyn M. Gudmundson, a former employee of industry giant Microsoft, guilty of embezzling approximately $1 million. Consequently, she was sentenced to 22 months incarceration time but, after she is done serving her time, she will continue to be closely supervised for a period of three years. Microsoft has been awarded monetary restitution to the amount of $923,000.
"Other employees who have similar opport ... [read more >>] | | 19 July 2008, 05:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Yahoo!'s Search Stats from Different Studies Aren't Matching |  | Yahoo!'s Search market share is presented very differently by the two major companies that have conducted studies regarding the number of American people who performed searches in June. According to comScore, 20.9% of the users resorted to Yahoo! with their queries. However, Nielsen Online says that only 16.6% people relied on the Sunnyvale company for their searches. The difference might come from the fact that comScore had in sight ... [read more >>] | | 19 July 2008, 04:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Proves Vista Is Not a Failure with 180 Million Licenses Sold |  | Windows Vista might not be the top seller that Microsoft had forecast before the operating system hit the shelves at the end of January 2007, but the latest Windows client is by no means a failure. Quite the opposite, in fact; according to the Redmond giant, Vista has sold over 180 million licenses in its first year and a half on the market. On July 17, 2008 Microsoft posted its financial results for the 2008 fiscal year ended Ju ... [read more >>] | | 18 July 2008, 10:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Update Takes Windows Live Calendar Beta to the Next Level |  | Microsoft has released a new update designed to take Windows Live Calendar beta to the next level. The surface changes the impact of the graphical user interface, enabling users not only to modify the color of a specific calendar in their list but also to choose its position. The extra UI options are available by right-clicking on a calendar. Additional modifications impact accessibility and functionality. Microsoft introduced su ... [read more >>] | | 18 July 2008, 06:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| $60 Billion in Revenue for Bill Gates' Last Year at Microsoft |  | June 30, 2008 marked the last day of Bill Gates as a full-time Chairman of Microsoft and, at the same time, the end of the company's 2008 fiscal year. On July 17, the Redmond giant announced revenue of over $60.42 billion, representing a jump of 18% from the past FY. In just the fourth fiscal quarter of 2008, the company accounted for total revenue of $15.84 billion and a growth of 18% over Q4 2007. Microsoft touted what it ... [read more >>] | | 18 July 2008, 05:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Reports First Time Profits for Xbox 360 Division |  | Microsoft is saying that, after the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008 and after computing full year reports, the Microsoft Xbox 360 division, which manages both hardware and software sales for the gaming console, is reporting an operating profit of 426 million dollars for the who ... [read more >>] | | 18 July 2008, 02:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Bungie Disappoints by Canceling E3 Announcement |  | Rumors were ragging before E3 that Bungie was about to release some information regarding an upcoming project. Gamespot even said it had reliable insider information that detailed a new game in the Halo franchise which focused on squad based action and not on Master Chief. But Monday, the M ... [read more >>] | | 17 July 2008, 19:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| No Blu-ray Player for the Xbox 360 |  | It seems that, at long last, Microsoft has made up its mind regarding the addition of a Blu-ray player to the Xbox 360 gaming console. And the final answer, straight from the mouth of Shane Kim, one of the most important Xbox 360 spokesmen for the Redmond based company, is that there&# ... [read more >>] | | 17 July 2008, 18:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows 7 Makes It on Microsoft.com for the First Time |  | This is certainly a premiere... Windows 7 has managed to make it on a Microsoft.com home page for the first time. It's an unlikely position for the next iteration of the Windows operating system, which the Redmond company is keeping tight under wraps for now. And even more so as, following the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2008, the past week in Houston, Texas, where the software giant indicated that it was focusing ... [read more >>] | | 17 July 2008, 09:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Opens Up Live Mesh, but Just a Little Bit |  | On July 16, Microsoft confirmed officially that it was opening up the Tech Preview program for Live Mesh. However, the Redmond giant also indicated that Live Mesh had in no way evolved past the Tech Preview stage, but that more testers would be permitted to ... [read more >>] | | 17 July 2008, 04:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sony Disappointed by Final Fantasy XIII Move to the Xbox 360 |  | Maybe the biggest announcement to come out of Microsoft's E3 presentation was the fact that the long awaited Final Fantasy XIII, developed by Square Enix, is no longer a PlayStation 3 exclusive. The game will also be launched on Microsoft's own Xbox 360 and the ... [read more >>] | | 17 July 2008, 03:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Offers In Excess of 2,300 Windows Help and How-to Articles and Demos |  | Microsoft offers an impressive collection of resources built around its Windows operating systems. There are in excess of 2,300 Windows help and how-to articles and demonstrations available straight from Microsoft. Under the old design of the Windows corner of Microsoft.com, the main focus was on Windows Vista, and this continues to be clear on the ... [read more >>] | | 16 July 2008, 15:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft: Take Advantage of the Vista SP1 Desktop Optimization Pack |  | The Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack is designed to help customers get the most out of their Windows Vista clients, according to Microsoft's official description of the solution. Delivering a comprehensive package of technologies from virtualization to asset inventory service, but also including an advanced group ... [read more >>] | | 16 July 2008, 09:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Achievements (Xbox 360) |  | Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was released on November 6, 2007 in North America and on November 9, 2007 in Europe, being one of the most expected titles of the year. Developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is available on multiple platforms, including here Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC. Moreover, the developer delivered a new version of the game in May 2008 for Mac OS X systems.
... [read more >>] | | 16 July 2008, 08:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Spelling Monopoly for Google and Yahoo |  | Microsoft is one of the most vocal opponents of an online advertising and search partnership between direct rivals Google and Yahoo. The no. 1 and no. 2 Internet search and advertising players worldwide announced in the first half of the past month a non-exclusive alliance in a move designed specifically to keep Yahoo out of Microsoft's reach. And while it was throwing nothing but repeated negative answers to the Redmond company, the ... [read more >>] | | 16 July 2008, 07:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Kicks Its Forums up a Notch |  | Visitors to Microsoft's Forums starting at the end of the past week could notice various subtle changes impacting the user experience from new features to the disappearance of functionality issues. The Redmond giant effectively kicked its forums up a notch by introducing release 3.4, designed not only to resolve bugs identified in the previous version, but also to bring new features. End users might as well enjoy the new additions to ... [read more >>] | | 16 July 2008, 07:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Introducing the Microsoft adCenter Desktop Beta |  | Following the pseudo-retirement of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, now just part-time Chairman, the Redmond company, with Chief Software Architect at the helm, entered its new era. Microsoft 2.0 is synonymous with Software plus Services, a new business strategy reflected into all the aspects of the Redmond giant. The latest example in this regard is the ... [read more >>] | | 16 July 2008, 06:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Broken Windows XP SP3 Installation Scenarios |  | Microsoft is still far from wrapping up with the third and final service pack for Windows XP, just the 32-bit version of Windows Vista's predecessor. And, at the same time, XP SP3 failed to have anything close to a smooth ride, although it did manage to ... [read more >>] | | 16 July 2008, 03:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Details Xbox Live Offering at E3 |  | Microsoft was busy, busy showing off the Xbox 360 gaming console line-up for the coming months. Some really interesting games have been announced so read on to see what we are talking about.
The Xbox Live offering alone takes up the space of an article. The biggest an ... [read more >>] | | 16 July 2008, 02:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts E3 Details and Screens |  | Everybody seems to love Banjo Kazooie, otherwise Rare's franchise wouldn't get a third installment this November. They do risk a bit with the game's mechanics and the "build whatever vehicle you want" thing, according to some of the more traditional gamers, but we all know that, in the end, any change is good and you can't hit the jackpot unless you try. And, as far as we can see, Rare is trying very ... [read more >>] | | 15 July 2008, 15:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Exorcising the Evil Out of the Google-Yahoo Alliance |  | Microsoft is fighting to exorcise the evil out of the Google-Yahoo alliance. After Yahoo eluded Microsoft's $44.6 billion marriage proposal, it was quick to jump in bed with Google, and strike an online advertising and search partnership. The Redmond company failed to see any good in a combination of Google and Yahoo, and as a direct consequence, Brad Smith, Microsoft senior vice president and general counsel will appear before the Se ... [read more >>] | | 15 July 2008, 11:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Top 10 Web Brands |  | America's top 10 web brands for June starts with Google and ends with Apple. The ranking was made according to the number of unique users in the U.S. that visited certain pages, and was disclosed by Nielsen Ratings. Google has all the reasons to show off in front of its competitors, since its properties attracted more than 120 million users in a single month.
Yahoo! doesn't have, overall, serious reasons for concern, because[ ... [read more >>] | | 15 July 2008, 10:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Unveils Major Titles for the Xbox 360 |  | The Xbox 360 is looking very strong, after witnessing the presentation that Microsoft had at E3. We've already talked about Fable 2 to some extent and we knew most of the stuff that was shown in relation to ... [read more >>] | | 15 July 2008, 09:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Ils Adorent Google |  | Google's supremacy on the search engines market is guaranteed for a long while from now on. The case of France, which is one of the most devoted markets to Google's search engine, supports this affirmation. A study provided by comScore reveals that, in May, 82% of the French Internet users conducted their searches with the specified SE. Although Groupe Pages Jaunes, a national search tool, came in second place, the difference bet ... [read more >>] | | 15 July 2008, 09:25GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft and Yahoo: Dog Eat Dog |  | It's simply a dog eat dog world wide web, and Microsoft and Yahoo are two players caught in what by now seems a perpetual takeover ballet. The figures to emerge in the latest act of this Internet search and advertising acquisition saga are Roy Bostock, Chairman of Yahoo, investor Carl Icahn, and Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer. While Microsoft representatives did indicate that they are no longer interested in a deal wi ... [read more >>] | | 15 July 2008, 06:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Xbox LIVE and Xbox 360 - a New Social Entertainment Experience |  | Microsoft is positioning Xbox Live and Xbox 360 for a new standard in social entertainment experience planned for debut in the fall of 2008, courtesy of a partnership with Netflix. The E3 Media and Business Summit acted as the stage where the Redmond company revealed that Xbox LIVE would permit users of Xbox 360 consoles to access and instantly stream a rich catalog of movies and TV episodes numbering in excess of 10,000 items.
"W ... [read more >>] | | 15 July 2008, 05:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Fable II Detailed, Release Date Set |  | Probably one of the most important things we have heard until now coming from the E3 conference is the news regarding the release date of Fable II - the game is coming much sooner than expected, sometime during this October. We can only hope right now that the information is correct and not just something ... [read more >>] | | 15 July 2008, 04:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows 7 M2 Follows Windows 7 M1 to Torrent Websites |  | Windows 7 Milestone 2 is the next stage in the evolution of Windows Vista's successor. Having delivered the first taste of the next iteration of Windows to its closest partners in December 2007, under the Milestone 1, Microsoft's focus has shifted to the subsequent development milestone. According to initial reports, the Redmond company was supposed to deliver Windows 7 M2 before M1 was set to expire in June 2008. However, with M ... [read more >>] | | 14 July 2008, 12:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Proxy Fight at Yahoo! Is on |  | Last weekend brought with it what was probably the last bid made by Microsoft to the current board of directors at Yahoo!. Since the company declined the proposal once again, Carl Icahn, the major investor at Yahoo!, finally signed an official proxy statement that asks for the dismissal of Jerry Yang, current CEO of Yahoo!, and of his board of directors.
Nine names, of Icahn's and of his affiliates, are on the list that m ... [read more >>] | | 14 July 2008, 11:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| More Than a Rumor: Bungie Is Developing Halo 4 |  | Since the release of Halo 3 gamers everywhere have been speculating on the future of the series. The most part of this speculation has been based, so far, on the closing credits shown on the Legendary difficulty level. They show remnants of the ship carrying Master Chief as it ... [read more >>] | | 14 July 2008, 10:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows 7 – Lost in Translation |  | Windows 7, Microsoft's next iteration of the Windows client and the successor of Windows Vista, is nothing short of lost in translation. Windows 7 is planned to be nothing more than the evolution of Vista, with the Redmond company promising that the pain brought by the current Windows operating system will prove to be an investment for the future. Indeed, Vista has hit all the bumps on the road past general availability, including inc ... [read more >>] | | 14 July 2008, 09:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Ladies and Gentlemen, We Have an Xbox 360 Price Cut |  | What was just a rumor at the end of last week is confirmed reality at the beginning of this one. Just a few days prior to the now usual E3 press conference, Microsoft has finally announced that the Xbox 360 is getting a price cut and that the standard 20 GB console ... [read more >>] | | 14 July 2008, 03:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| This Might Be It for Yahoo! and Microsoft's Joined Path |  | For those who expected that Yahoo! would maybe reconsider its position regarding the deals proposed by Microsoft, the late Saturday press release came to set the record straight. As of late, the company has made a habit out of ruling out whatever the "traitor-investor" Carl Icahn and the Redmond enterprise have put forward. The latest offer, regarding Yahoo!'s search business, which is very appealing to Microsoft, as it was ... [read more >>] | | 14 July 2008, 03:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows Vista SP1, the Truth and Nothing but the Truth |  | Can users handle the truth about Windows Vista? Now with Service Pack 1 in its arsenal, Microsoft is ready to prove that they can. Or, at least, its own version of the Vista SP1 truth. Microsoft is on a mission. A mission to salvage what little is left of the latest Windows client, although admission of such a scenario will never come from the company. There are, of course, inherent questions as to why the software giant is reacting so lat ... [read more >>] | | 12 July 2008, 05:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Applauds Foothold on iPhone 3G |  | Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer might have managed to declare himself a keyboard junkie as far as mobile phones are concerned at the company's Worldwide Partner Conference 2008, but that failed to impress crowds of consumers gathering to buy the new iPhone 3G launched today. And although Ballmer noted the extensive extra effort implied by typing an email without a proper keyboard, like the ones featured by th ... [read more >>] | | 11 July 2008, 12:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Xbox 360 Price Cut Close to Being Official |  | When does something become "official"? Usually, when the company in charge of the product talks to the public and the press and confirms what people have been talking about for some time. Well, when it comes to Microsoft, things don't generally work this way. The softwar ... [read more >>] | | 11 July 2008, 10:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft: Never Open Source |  | Users that are holding their breath waiting for an open source Windows 7, Windows 8 or Office 14 are advised to exhale. Going against a hugely popular saying, Microsoft is firm in saying "never" to open source. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer had a single answer to a question presented at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2008 regarding the possibility that the company's flagship products will veer away from i ... [read more >>] | | 11 July 2008, 06:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Pirated Software Comes with a Hidden Tax |  | Despite its often too-good-to-be-true price, from very low to completely free, pirated software comes with a hidden tax which manages to take a consistent toll, Microsoft revealed. A whitepaper titled "The impact of software piracy and license misuse on the channel" by IDC and sponsored by the Redmond company along with the International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners, focuses on the profits lost because of software ... [read more >>] | | 10 July 2008, 11:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Jerry Yang Accuses Carl Icahn's Lack of Principle |  | Jerry Yang, CEO of Yahoo!, is not really at ease with the never-ending story of the company's acquisition. While Carl Icahn, the investor who started a proxy fight in order to determine the replacement of the current board of directors - which is unwilling to accept Microsoft's offer -, is in talks with the Redmond company, Yang is striking back. "To trust Mr. Icahn and his board is really a bad choice", stated the curr ... [read more >>] | | 10 July 2008, 10:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft to Surf the Cool Wave Just as Google and Apple |  | Surf's up for Microsoft, as the software giant needs to at least replicate the performance of rivals Google and Apple in terms of navigating the "coolness" wave. However, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer revealed that it is not actually a case of what company is cooler at the Worldwide Partner Conference 2008 in Houston, Texas, on July 9, 2008. Ballmer's perspective is that Microsoft will not ba ... [read more >>] | | 10 July 2008, 10:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
|
