Serial killer on the loose in Pretoria. SA swimmers claim gold. Microsoft has to rename the Skydrive. Saudi blogger gets 7 years and 600 lashes. Queen’s unheard nuclear war speech surfaces. ‘Words with friends’ sues ‘bang with friends.’ Is Samsung cheating?
The Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington is amazing. If you are sitting in the office and need to run to the bank or need to pick something up from the mall, you can. Microsoft’s West Campus houses The Commons, the company’s very own shopping centre.
It happens to everyone. That time of the day or year that you feel like you cannot give anymore. But some tech companies have got it right. In order to create a stimulated work environment, these five tech companies have come up with tricks and rewards to keep their staff on top form. From lectures […]
Microsoft helped FBI with spying programme. Juju’s first media event as head of new party. Kremlin returns to typewriters to avoid hacking. They’re banning menthol cigarettes in the EU. Jay Z sounds bored on new album. George and Stacy weren’t having sex for a while.
What if we told you that the cash reserves of the world’s five largest tech companies hovered in the region of $333 billion. And that’s not what they’re worth, mind you. That’s just what they have lying around, for the sake of spending. The number’s so large, it’s genuinely difficult to comprehend. Which is why it’s helpful to visualise all that cash lying in a pile.
One of the biggest consumer gripes following the unveiling of Microsoft’s new XboxOne gaming console was the inability for users to share legally bought games across multiple consoles without paying an additional fee. Sony has just released their PlayStation4, regarded as the strongest competitor to the XboxOne, and they’ve punched them right in the nuts with this […]
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It is finally here, and it is so much more than a simple gaming console.
The new Xbox is set to be unveiled on 21 May 2013, but there have been a slew of specutlations as to what the new console will pack under the hood. If Xbox is released on time, it could be stiff competition for the Sony PlayStation 4, which is set to launch later this year.
Microsoft Excel is a tool used widely in modern business, but the software can be quite daunting for beginners. And if you make an error, the consequences could be devastating. But don’t sweat it, we have a few tips to help you get through that spreadsheet a lot faster.
On 8 April 2014, the life of Windows XP will be over, making Monday the first day of the operating system’s last year. Shame, man
Huawei, the Chinese technology manufacturer, has launched a smartphone that is exclusive to Africa. Huawei has partnered up with Microsoft to create this device and lower the cost of smart devices throughout Africa. Gustavo Fuchs, Director of Microsoft Windows Phone division in the Middle East and Africa said, At first we are making the product […]
Look, we can’t fault Microsoft for trying, and they seem to have pulled off a cool advert. But whether that will make any difference as to whether you actually want to use Internet Explorer or not, remains the unanswered question.
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An elderly woman disrupted the Beijing launch of the new Microsoft Surface tablet yesterday. During a dance routine, she climbed onto stage and attempted to stop the proceedings.
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This past weekend, Microsoft unveiled its first TV commercial for its new operating system, Windows 8. The fast-paced, upbeat ad offers a glimpse of Microsoft’s “reimagined” campaign.
International brand consultancy Interbrand released its rankings of the world’s biggest brands yesterday, and there are some interesting shifts to take note of. We’ve already reported on Google being ranked higher than Microsoft, but where do our other favourite brands fall in the world’s top ten?
Microsoft now resides at position number three on the list of most valuable technology businesses in the world. Only Apple tops Google, but by quite a lot.
The recent sale of Microsoft’s shares in MSNBC indicated a price of $12 per unique reader. This is consistent with the value given to Huffington Post when they sold (at slightly more – $12.60 per unique reader).
For the first time, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook are going to be available with touch-screen controls. Taps, swipes, and pinch-and-zoom can be used within documents, files and presentations.
One of the longest running commercial interweb relationships has ended. Microsoft and NBC have finalised their online divorce and will both go at it alone.
A few days ago Microsoft unveiled what many are calling its “iPad killer”, the brand new Surface tablet. Unfortunately for them however, things went horribly, horribly wrong at a live product demonstration. Click for for a laugh at their expense.
Microsoft might be about to launch a tablet device it would hope would compete with the Apple iPad. Its new Windows software, to be launched later this year, is designed to be used on a tablet as well as a desktop PC. It also said: “This will be a major Microsoft announcement – you will not want to miss it.”
Skype have just introduced a new ‘feature’ called Conversation Ads, which displays advertisements during audio calls. Which sucks. To nobody’s surprise they’re trying to spin the feature as somehow good for users – apparently the ads “could spark additional topics of conversation that are relevant to Skype users and highlight unique and local brand experiences.”
As the American government continues its internal adoption of cloud computing services, Google and Microsoft have been scrambling for contracts – what with their being lucrative and influential and such. Sucks to be Google, then, because the FAA just awarded $91 million to Microsoft to have their platform transition to the Microsoft Office 360 cloud service.
American tech companies are increasingly wary of a growing movement to hand control of the Internet over to the United Nations, led by China, Russia and Arab states. They are worried that this could empower foreign governments to restrict free speech and civil rights, not to mention negatively affecting the bottom line for Silicon Valley giants including Google and Microsoft.
Microsoft announced today that they are preparing to roll out a revamped version of their net-based search engine Bing, after spending nearly US$6 billion on the service over its three year existence. They’re attempting to increase Bing’s market share of search engine revenues globally. But how is Facebook involved? Before you all go Google what a “Bing” is, read on…
In another great instance of American judges believing that their jurisdiction has no limits, a U.S. judge has ruled that Motorola cannot enforce an injunction that would prevent Microsoft from selling Windows products in Germany, should a German court issue such an injunction next week.
Microsoft wants you to notice them too – which is why they’ve rolled out a Ford Mustang fitted with Kinect sensors, two Windows 8 tablets, projection screens, and a couple of other neat toys as a proof-of concept to inspire developers to build applications and automotive technologies with Microsoft in mind.