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Futurist Mark Anderson releases a year's worth of predictions on an annual basis. For 2010, Anderson predicts that Microsoft's consumer business is doomed, that Ray Ozzie may leave, and that a cloud catastrophe looms.
Mark Anderson predicts a big remote-computing service disaster, lost momentum for Microsoft, and growth in consumer payments for online news content
The white sedan is heading east on Highway 4 toward Angels Camp. About 400 feet ahead lies Highway 49 and, according to satellite footage from Google Maps, a head-on collision with a shopping center that was paved more than two-and-a-half years ago. Almost six months have passed since the Highway 4 Angels Camp Bypass opened, but maps from Google, Yahoo, Mapquest, Microsoft’s search engine Bing ...
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Despite dip in console sales, Aaron Greenberg says Xbox 360 hardware, software, and accessories sales were a record $838 million--thanks largely to Modern Warfare 2.
The software giant moves to expand its datacenter management capabilities.
Despite the marketing push, Microsoft developers do not try to hide the fact that Windows 7 is an extension of efforts made for Windows Vista.Windows 7 fixed or improved many of the things people didn't like about Windows Vista, but Raimund Genes, Windows Vista - Microsoft - Security - Microsoft Windows - Operating system
The purchase of Opalis will allow Microsoft to bring automated data center best practices to expand System Center's capabilities.
Microsoft has acquired Opalis, a developer of IT process automation software, and plans to combine it with System Center in a play to develop a complete data center automation solution.
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Microsoft Corp. may accelerate up to $150 million in reimbursements due Yahoo Inc. if their proposed Internet search partnership is approved by regulators.
Windows Mobile 7's been nudged back a couple of times, and Microsoft UK mobile head Phil Moore now says it's "been put back until late next year." Hey guys, sooner is better. [Mobile News via WM...
Usually when a major bug pops up, Microsoft patches it. In this case, it chose to close off access to the buggy code. Why?
Microsoft is planning to reimburse Yahoo an extra $150 million above what was originally expected in the search agreement between the two, while Yahoo is identifying 400 engineers it will send to Microsoft, once they receive regulatory approval. Presented By: NEC Ads by Pheedo
Increasingly heated battle between Microsoft and Google should bring an avalanche of innovations that could continue well into 2010 or 2011.
Microsoft posted a warning on Friday that some copy-protected files may now be inaccessible from Office 2003.
Flashing the iPhone in front of your manager might score you a few respect points, except if you’re a Microsoft employee. But what if you were a journalist covering a Microsoft event? It’s a cruel world out there, as one tech journalist found out at a recent Windows Mobile event in Germany. According to German-language [...]
A new scareware package tries to sell bogus antivirus software to its victims using an apparent endorsement of the software by Microsoft.
I read in an article on cloud computing where Ray Ozzie, Microsoft’s chief software architect, predicted a successful venture into cloud computing with its Azure service – even if most people don’t know it’s there. Sounds kind of ironic, yes? But then again, I guess the cloud is most successful to IT business folks and consumers when it runs so smoothly and problem-free that they don’t even know ...
An influential writer says it's "Game Over" for Microsoft in the consumer market. Is there time for Microsoft to turn things around?
Moving to strengthen its management tools related to virtual environments, Microsoft Friday said that it had purchased IT process automation vendor Opalis for an undisclosed sum.
Advances in online search have been picking up momentum in recent months, culminating in a burst of announcements this week that could change the face of search all together, according to industry watchers. They see the increasingly heated battle between Microsoft and Google as bringing an avalanche of innovations that should continue well into 2010 or 2011.
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