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Microsoft has released a new beta of the map function inside its Bing "decision engine." After only a few minutes with the Bing Maps beta, just like Microsoft promises, I was able to make a decision: Enough already.
Microsoft is taking aim at one of Google's most popular services, Google Maps, with a richer version of its own online mapping service that was released in beta on Wednesday. The new Bing Maps uses Microsoft's Silverlight multimedia technology to provide a...
What's Your Reaction? For nearly an hour on Thursday, Microsoft's search engine Bing was completely non-functional. Twitter users naturally went to town.
British security firm Prevx has conceded that Microsoft security patches were not the cause of a Windows issue labeled the Black Screen of Death.
Today, Microsoft may have given Firefox and Chrome a better shot at grabbing market share in Europe. A report's indicated that Microsoft will appease antitrust regulators - along with its competitors - by showing Windows users a randomized ballot screen for Web browsers. In the olden days (and even now, in a lot of markets), Microsoft would of course just pair Internet Explorer with new ...
Yesterday, BoomTown liveblogged a demo session that Microsoft held for reporters about some new features on its Bing search service, a glimpse at what Twitter and Facebook integration will look like and also the debut of a nifty new beta of its online map service.
SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is close to resolving a standoff with European Union regulators on its Internet Explorer browser, after making last-minute refinements that would give European consumers more choice in their browser, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Microsoft seems determined to turn Lips into a bonafide franchise. Their newest entry in the series is Lips: Party Classics, featuring songs that "you love to sing even if the singing itself is so bad it's good." It'll feature 40 songs out of the box, including "Love Shack" and "Y.M.C.A." It joins Lips: Number One Hits, which was released earlier this year. In addition, Microsoft has launched ...
Read Scott Lowe's cost comparison between Microsoft's Hyper-V R2 and VMware's vSphere and then download the Excel spreadsheet version of his chart.
Microsoft released Wednesday a revamped version of Bing Maps with street views and other features already offered by rival Google's free online mapping service.
Last week, research firm Gartner released a PC sales forecast that initially sounded like good news for Microsoft and its hardware partners, but likely indicates trouble ahead.
Microsoft Corp. says it's not to blame for a problem that is causing a "limited" number of Windows computers to boot up to a blank black screen.
There are lots of winners in the wireless wars. Microsoft, unfortunately, isn't one of them. Thirteen years after it first introduced Windows CE, its homegrown OS for small devices finds itself perilously close to oblivion.
Oh my, a viral video that's actually pro-Microsoft! How did that happen?
When it comes to problems with Microsoft's Windows 7, its new, ballyhooed operating system, the computer giant says "don't blame us." The software behemoth is shooting down reports that a recent Win 7 security update caused thousands of users to su...
Denver , Colorado (December 3, 2009) — Synaptec Software, Inc. ( www.lawbase.com ), the provider of the industry-leading case and matter management program LawBase, has announced support for Microsoft Windows® 7. Effective today, customers using LawBase 10.7 and LawBase 12 will be supported on Windows 7.
Microsoft said Thursday that its Games for Windows Live online PC gaming service will soon play host to full, Live-enabled digitally-distributed games with the introduction of a new services called Games on Demand for Windows. The service update, due December 15, is Microsoft's next move into digital distribution on PC. Currently, Games for Windows Live acts as a limited community platform for ...
Google and Microsoft have simultaneously joined the Camera Phone Image Quality Initiative in a bid to drive up the quality of handsets. Along with existing partners, the two are helping to create a rating system that will judge cameras on phones through factors beyond just resolution, such as the actual sharpness of the picture, the amount of visible noise, color reproduction and lens artifacts ...
Microsoft Corp. is releasing an updated version of its mapping service with street-level views and new "apps" that tack on tweets, traffic and other location-specific data.
We were wrong, firm says Prevx, the UK security company that started a firestorm after claiming recent Windows security updates caused a widespread "black screen" lockout of users' PCs has retracted its claims and publicly apologised to Microsoft.
The International Imaging Industry Association -- colloquially known as I3A -- announced today that Google 's signed on as a member of the non-profit organization. They've also simultaneously announced that pre-existing member Microsoft has joined forces with Google on the Camera Phone Image Quality Initiative. What's that all about? The initiative, which also calls Motorola, Eastman Kodak ...
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