Posts Tagged ‘microsoft’
Added by SAWJ in Mobile Platforms - News on 04 March, 2010
Microsoft has launched it’s first app for the Android platform by arch-rival Google. This comes after Microsoft has launched a few apps for the iPhone by Apple.
Named Tag, the app works on Android, iPhone, J2ME, Windows Mobile, Symbian S60 phones and Blackberry.
Added by SAWJ in Framework/Library/API - Windows 7 - Windows Vista on 03 November, 2009
After the immense success and popularity of the latest Windows Operating System, Windows 7, Microsoft is working on bringing it’s predecessor, Windows Vista, on par with it. It has recently released DirectX 11 for Vista, so users (mostly gamers) do not have to upgrade...
Added by SAWJ in Cell Phones - News on 27 August, 2009
The worldwide leader in software and the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer have entered into an alliance that is set to deliver a groundbreaking, enterprise-grade solution for mobile productivity. Recently, Microsoft Business Division President Stephen Elop and Nokia’s...
Added by Tyler Tadlog in News - Operating Systems on 01 June, 2009
I recently received Service Pack 2 in the mail this morning, shaking my head at why I don’t use Ubuntu, but nonetheless downloading the 343.9 MB package. I don’t understand why us Windows users have to download enormous files that have a couple of bug fixes....
Added by Tyler Tadlog in Hardware/Gadgetry - News on 03 May, 2009
Microsoft is continuing on their journey to attempt to bash Apple to pieces with their fairly recent advertising campaign. During the ad, “Sheila” waltzes into a Fry’s Electronics (with blurred faces galore) and walks over to the computer section . She...
Added by SAWJ in Hardware/Gadgetry - Malware - News - PHP - World Wide Web on 12 April, 2009
The fourth variant of the Conficker worm, Conficker.D, failed to show up on April 1 putting a stop to the speculation that April Fool’s Day would prove to be some sort of Cyber Doomsday. However, 7 days later on April 8, another variant Conficker.E has risen.
The...
Added by SAWJ in News on 09 April, 2009
A jury at the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island ruled against Microsoft Corporation in a case filed by anti-piracy software maker Uniloc, Inc against the software giant which alleged that Microsoft infringed on a patent held by them. Uniloc makes software to prevent...
Added by SAWJ in Web Browsers on 03 April, 2009
I recently cleaned up my PC (read formatted) and made a clean re-install of everything after getting a new hard drive. After installing all the necessary softwares, I decided to give Internet Explorer 8 a try. My Windows XP came with IE 6.
I downloaded the installation...
Added by SAWJ in Antivirus - Malware - World Wide Web on 01 April, 2009
With the arrival of April 1st, concerns among security experts are on the rise with respect to the threat of the Conficker worm, the latest version of which is reportedly set to activate on this day and wreak havoc in the world. This worm targets the Microsoft Windows operating...