Microsoft Windows Phone is looking to make a comeback and it is hoping HTC, the makers of Android smartphones, will help them out. Terry Myerson, the head of Microsoft’s operating systems unit, will meet with HTC executives in Taiwan later in October. Since Android is currently the dominant operating system in the land of smartphones,…
International White Space in UK being looked at by Microsoft and Google Well after you have dominated one area, AKA the US, where else does one turn? Surely Microsoft and Google have been planning to dominate the mobile world for some time as they have launched product after product and service after service geared towards…
Microsoft’s Windows 8 is due out next week and people who are ready to buy the popular operating system may be in for a bit of a shock. Windows which has been widely used for more than a decade is getting a completely different look and will force users to work in a much different…
Back in April, Barnes & Noble and Microsoft announced that they would be teaming up and starting a joint venture and the duo announced today that their new company, Nook Media LLC, has passed final regulatory approval. In honor of the occasion a joint press release was issues saying: “Micrsoft and Barnes & Noble’s strategic partnership in…
The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation has set out to reinvent the toilet in a competition that will hopefully contribute to bringing modern sanitation to the 2.6 billion people in the world that are currently going without. Inventors and scientists from around the world have been submitting their ideas and announcement is expected from the…
If you are a bargain hunter looking for a deal, this might not be the purchase you are looking for. Microsoft has said that it’s forthcoming surface tablet could come with a hefty $1,000 price tag. The Intel-based Windows 8 Pro version is even pricier–$1,885 and $2,175 for 64GB and 128GB versions, respectively. The price…
When Microsoft purchased aQuantive back in 2007 it had great hopes of becoming an industry leader for the internet advertising platform but unfortunately that is not how things have turned out. What began as an act of great hope for the company has turned into a $6 billion mistake. Microsoft has written off the acquisition at $6.2…
XBox Kinect is making some great progress with their product and introducing the whole system into new markets. While watching youtube today I came across an Xbox Kinect video advertisement that featured everything but video game playing. The XBox kinect is Microsoft’s venture into the main stream market and more importantly deeper into our home […]
Ever watched one of those action movies or something similar where you see geeky hackers trying to crack systems to make money? Well if you have you will usually associate their actions with that of the illegal and non productive. However; many companies in the past including the government, have purposely hired these nefarious individuals…
Do you have internet service but no cable? then you probably heard about Hulu. Hulu.com is a website where you can watch almost any show for free. the only catch is that you have to watch a short ad either before, during, or after your show. Well now the LA Times is reporting that google might…
