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Microsoft has geared up its resources for the 2008 Olympic Games, and as the sporting celebration debuts today, August 8, 2008, a wide range of its software products and online services will parade content from the Beijing event. From MSN to Live Search, and from Windows Media Center, to the Xbox console, and to the ... |
8 August 2008
07:39 GMT |
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Microsoft, MSN and NBC are gearing up for what the Redmond company referred to as a groundbreaking online Olympics viewing experience, nothing short of the most widely watched Olympic event via the Internet. And Silverlight 2 will be placed firmly at the heart of the sporting competition, courtesy of the NBCOlympics.... |
30 July 2008
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Microsoft is delivering a new project to the largest community of instant messaging worldwide. Windows Live Messenger users have available a new service dubbed "minimise-me" via MSN on Windows Live. The website will effectively permit users of the Redmond company's instant messaging client to build their own cha... |
17 July 2008
07:47 GMT |
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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 attracte... |
15 July 2008
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Delish.com (also delish.msn.com) is designed to be nothing short of a finger licking website, currently cooking and planned for launch in the fall of this year. Hearst Magazines is fully responsible for all the aspects of the baking process, including not only the development and design, but also the editorial appro... |
9 July 2008
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People who use the MSN web messenger can conveniently and easily talk to people millions of miles away, but can just as well become victims of a phishing attempt or receive countless spam messages that lead to malware spreading web pages. That is why Heise Online is advising all MSN users to exercise caution whenever... |
8 July 2008
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Microsoft is gearing up to deliver a free taste of Madonna's Hard Candy album via MSN. The Redmond company will offer access at no charge to Madonna's performance at New York City's Roseland Ballroom on April 30. Via Control Room and MSN, fans will be able to watch the singer's concert streamed li... |
30 April 2008
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Back in 2006, Microsoft had a real shot at acquiring YouTube, but failed to do so simply because of the inherent intellectual property issues and the fact that Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer failed see a monetization model implemented in the viral video website. Instead, YouTube went to Google for over $1.5 bi... |
17 April 2008
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Nowadays, Google is more than a search engine, it's a source of information because people looking for details on a certain topic do nothing more than entering Google's address and typing a certain keyword. Because of that, even persons who want to commit suicide turn to Google, although it sounds pretty cy... |
11 April 2008
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Believe it or not but Microsoft thinks it can cure stupid! Moreover, the Redmond company fails to have a high opinion of users. And this is actually an euphemism. Microsoft in fact says that users are pretty dumb... unless they use MSN. Under the slogan "no one wants to look dumb," the Redmond company has begun to pr... |
21 March 2008
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With codename Salsa (initially reported by LiveSide), Microsoft is essentially making its Adobe Flash killer piggyback ride MSN. The move is designed to take advantage of the almost half a billion users of the MSN portal in order for some of the success to rub off on Silverlight. And the new MSN Toolbar is set up to ... |
29 February 2008
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When did Microsoft start tapping into its comedy gene? This is a valid question, whatever you might think of it. Humor was long believed not to be a part of the Microsoft genotype, but increasingly the Redmond company manages to come out with illustrative examples designed to prove just the opposite. In this context,... |
13 February 2008
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Using Instant Messaging services is a 'must' for everybody that has set eyes on a computer. Faster than anything else and less expensive at that, this type of service has caught on big time with all those tech-savvy. Because of that, the attention of hackers has turned on them and attacks have been increasi... |
1 February 2008
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Microsoft will be an integral component of a very exclusive lineup of music stars and Hollywood celebrities that are massing for this year's Grammy Awards. However, the Redmond company will stop short of the Grammy Awards and will certainly not be stealing the night by hugging the most Grammys. Instead, MSN is t... |
31 January 2008
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Microsoft, Google and Yahoo are locked tight in a three online horse race for the largest share of eyeballs. The inherent prize of massing the largest Internet audience is synonymous with a high monetization potential in terms of online advertising. Now, on the online advertising market, Google is the obvious pack le... |
16 January 2008
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When it comes down to browser plug-ins designed to deliver rich media content and interactivity to websites, Microsoft's Silverlight technology, which debuted in 2007, is the undisputed underdog in comparison to Adobe's Flash. But Silverlight is still a young technology, and Microsoft is struggling to get i... |
8 January 2008
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A few days ago, everybody has started talking about a new backdoor that targets the MSN accounts and attempts to steal usernames and passwords stored on an affected system. Today, Roel of Viruslist.com published a closer analysis on the threat, revealing that it was created by someone from Netherlands. "Firstly all t... |
7 January 2008
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Windows Live Hotmail is not a hybrid of the original Windows Live Mail, as it was developed under the Windows Live umbrella brand, and MSN Hotmail. Windows Live Mail was in fact designed from scratch to replace Hotmail, and Microsoft simply acted up on user feedback with a rebranding in early 2007. Ellie Powers, prog... |
28 December 2007
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At the end of 2007, Google got kicked off of the top of the world wide web by Microsoft. The now traditional rivalry between the two companies, one just as acute as the face-off between Microsoft and Apple, is translated in the race for Internet eyeballs. Eyeballs that are subsequently monetized via online advertisin... |
14 December 2007
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You would think that working at Microsoft is a position equivalent with a healthy level of financial comfort. And yet, a former Microsoft domain manager was caught with her hand in the company's multi-billion cookie jar. And despite the fact that Carolyn Gudmundson allegedly appropriated just a few crumbs, no mo... |
10 December 2007
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Bad news for hackers worldwide, it looks like it's going all downhill for them from here on end with their attempts to exploit the Windows Vista activation process. Two updates that will target and disable those back-doors will be included in the first Service Pack (SP1) for the latest version of Microsoft'... |
9 December 2007
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Whether you're a fan of J.K. Rowling's writing or you're just a fan of Emma Watson it doesn't really matter. You get to try out for a part in the next Harry Potter movie to hit the cinemas by November 2008.You'll need to know something about the whole series and especially about one of the la... |
23 November 2007
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The introduction of Live Search 2.0 is synonymous with a contradiction on the search engine market for Microsoft. The company's new generation search engine evolving under the Windows Live could suite of products and services managed, together with MSN Search, to attract a larger volume of searches in October 20... |
22 November 2007
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Microsoft is growing bigger and bigger by the hour and Monday's announcement that it opened the new international headquarters for Microsoft Research, Building 99, confirms it. It is said to be the first of seven new buildings on the West Campus, four of which are to be occupied by the company's Entertainme... |
18 November 2007
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There are many ways to characterize Microsoft, and perhaps the most common is the term monopolist, but the Redmond company is about to undergo a shift of its public persona, and pimp it to the next level. Microsoft is about to go gangsta, and will have the mother of all crews to show for. The Redmond company will enj... |
16 November 2007
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Yesterday brought searchboth.co.uk to the market, and, as you might gather from the title, it is a site that allows its users to search both the Google and Yahoo search engines at the same time.The way this is done is by splitting the screen in half and placing each of the search results on one of the sides. The resu... |
15 November 2007
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Although it happened in the past, I decided to write this article because this type of threats tends to become too dangerous affecting more and more users. Back in October, The Hindu reported that some sort of virus aims to steal the usernames and the passwords of MSN/Windows Live Messenger users by sending them to a... |
13 November 2007
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The search engines available on the Internet have more or less known tricks which allow beginners or advanced users to find their information easier than with a basic search. Google for example has numerous search operators that customize the search query and filter the results to show only the ones demanded by the c... |
9 November 2007
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As Microsoft firmly sets foot into the next stage of evolution for Windows Live suite of products and services, the company has also debuted a brand new email address option for end users. So far, the MSN and Hotmail were the sole alternatives when it came down to Microsoft's email services, now @live.com addres... |
7 November 2007
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I can bet the Redmond-based giant didn't expect this. Digito.com, the creator of Soft Messenger, an instant messaging application which came out in 1998, sued Microsoft requiring no less than W30 billion in damages. According to Digital Chosunilbo, a US dollar equals no less than W918, so I believe it would be a... |
24 October 2007
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As Microsoft launched its version 2.0 of the search engine under the Windows Live umbrella brand at the end of September, the combined results of Live Search and MSN dove to the bottom of the search pool the past month. According to statistics published by comScore for the U.S. in September, Microsoft not only remain... |
19 October 2007
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Looking for the hottest information on your pet? Or are you a modern mom focused on balancing family and work? Than the fresh original content brought by Microsoft on MSN is the right thing for you. The Redmond company, through a partnership with NBC Universal Digital Studios, announced that beginning with October 18... |
19 October 2007
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Microsoft is the undisputed underdog of the search market, and the now traditional occupant of the third position in the constant race against direct rivals Google and Yahoo. But the fact of the matter is that the combined results of MSN and Live Search do not manage to ensure that the Redmond company will trail only... |
10 October 2007
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Half of Microsoft's MSN is being prepared for sale to a World of Warcraft operator. The deal is only valid for MSN China, and not for the international portal powered by the Redmond company. On Chinese soil, Microsoft's online services group is co-owned with Shanghai Alliance Investment, a state company. At... |
3 October 2007
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Google is the dominant presence in terms of search online ads. This conclusion was presented by Brad Smith, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Microsoft, during his appearance before the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, in an attempt to block Googl... |
2 October 2007
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Google's YouTube is currently dominating the market of online video. But YouTube was the apex of the top online video properties, long before the Mountain View search giant paid no less than $1.5 billion in order to take it under the Google brand umbrella. Still, a new move by Microsoft is designed to challenge ... |
26 September 2007
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Microsoft Live Messenger is just another one of the products that help Microsoft maintain its first place in the chart for the most vulnerable vendors. Version 8.1 and possibly other versions too, have a flaw. The application does not bound-check user-supplied input the way it should and that's why it is prone t... |
25 September 2007
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The past year, Google became synonymous with search. Literally. The term was included in dictionaries as a transitive verb, indicating the generalization of a corporate brand and the complete identification with the process and service served under its umbrella. Microsoft is still lagging behind the Mountain View at ... |
24 September 2007
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Microsoft is eating away at Yahoo in a pure case of cannibalism on the search engine market. Cannibalism because the Redmond and the Sunnyvale companies are traditional partners on a number of common initiatives and projects, the most successful of which is the interoperability bridge between their respective instant... |
20 September 2007
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Microsoft has decided to place an increased emphasis on all things Hollywood. In this context, the Redmond company seems right on track to leverage the ever hungry public for celebrity news and serve them exactly what they want. Of course that in fact, the new initiative announced by Microsoft is nothing else than an... |
19 September 2007
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The vast majority of Microsoft users are searching the Internet with Google, showing little to no loyalty at all for the brands the Redmond company is struggling to grow. Google, Yahoo and Microsoft are running in a three horse race for the dominant position over the search engine market. Currently the Mountain View ... |
5 September 2007
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Microsoft crawls on the search engine market, but as long as it has an ascendant trajectory, the growth pace of MSN and Windows Live Search is less relevant in the overall evolution in the race with Google and Yahoo. Two leading Internet metrics companies published their statistics almost concomitantly revealing simi... |
21 August 2007
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If you think that Internet search in going down the drain for Microsoft, then you haven't seen the disastrous statistics for the company's online video offerings. When Google dropped a whooping $1.65 billion on YouTube, Microsoft Chief Executive Office Steve Ballmer criticized the deal basing his assumption... |
24 July 2007
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Microsoft search is closing in on Yahoo and Google. The combined results of MSN and Live Search have exploded from May to June 2007, according to statistics made public by Internet metrics companies comScore and Nielsen//NetRatings for the United States. Microsoft's search has indicated signs of reinvigoration s... |
24 July 2007
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InformationWeek cites the Internet metrics company comStore and publishes the overall number of U.S. search queries, that reached 8 billion last month, up 6% from May and more than 25% from June 2006. After months of complete domination of the search market, Google starts losing market share to Microsoft, but for now... |
17 July 2007
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Towards the end of February 2007, Microsoft announced the proposed acquisition of Medstory's Web search technology designed to tailor fit health information. The Redmond company's initiative was clearly aimed at expanding its footprint on the search engine market with the integration of medical data. Alain ... |
13 July 2007
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Microsoft became in time the traditional occupant of the third position in the search engine race against Google and Yahoo. The combined results of MSN and Live Search are barely enough to ensure stagnation for Microsoft search. While Google and Yahoo account for in excess of 85% of the search market share, Microsoft... |
12 July 2007
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It's been a while since Google remained the best search engine on the Internet without any powerful rival to compete with it. Things are going to be changed soon because the folks from the Redmond rival Microsoft managed to make MSN/Live Search very competitive for the product owned by the Mountain View company.... |
11 July 2007
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The online gaming industry is one of the most attractive markets for most of the big companies as it brings huge profits to all involved names. A recent study conducted by comScore revealed that no less than 217 million people are forming a huge online gaming community dominated by one of the most famous companies on... |
10 July 2007
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July 7 is the greatest day in the history of MSN and Microsoft's top moments on Live Earth. The Redmond company is now juggling with the high number of users that the Live Earth Concerts on MSN.com managed to attract. According to Microsoft, the series of musical events dedicated to raising awareness about globa... |
10 July 2007
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