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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.
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 ...
Microsoft unveiled on Thursday a prototype of an experimental programming language for creating interactive infographics, data visualizations and computational art.
Starting on Dec. 15, Microsoft is making Windows games available for direct download from its own new store, the company announced Thursday.
Enhancements seek to improve over-all service Microsoft is targeting one of Google's most popular services, Google Maps, wit its own online mapping service, released in beta yesterday.
SEATTLE - When Microsoft starts selling Office 2010 next year, the company will take its workhorse software suite and move it one step closer to its vision of cloud computing.
Last night, Redmond sent out an e-mail to participants of the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta Program telling them about a Windows 7 Photo Contest that some of those with tinfoil hats might not like. Essentially, Microsoft wants these testers to send in a photo of themselves in their beta testing environment, near a well-known landmark, or somehow displaying their passion and ...
PETALUMA, CA--(Marketwire - December 3, 2009) - AccountMate Software Corporation received a PERFECT score on the latest Microsoft-sponsored Net Satisfaction and Customer Loyalty survey in Customer Loyalty Segmentation, Revenue Impact and Net Satisfaction areas. The achievement in Overall Performance and Loyalty were 34% and 18% above the average Microsoft Partner scores respectively. The 100 ...
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 smoother way to zoom in and out of cityscapes that appear as 3D-like images. The beta service also includes Microsoft's answer to Google ...
Microsoft said on Monday that it is looking into reports that its latest security updates are causing some serious problems for certain users.
Microsoft has launched a coordinated attack of "enforcement actions" and "education initiatives" in 70 countries to thwart software piracy and counterfeiting.
In mid-November, Microsoft researchers dropped a few hints about a new visualization language, codenamed Vedea, that was coming from Microsoft. On December 3, via a blog post, Microsoft officials provided more specifics about it.
Filed under: Biz , Downloads It's been a long time in coming but Microsoft is finally going to offer full PC game downloads from the Games for Windows Live client. The company announced today that it would launch the new Games on Demand feature on December 15. This much requested feature comes over two years since the launch of the service In addition to recent game releases like Red Faction ...
Microsoft has announced an updated Windows Mobile application for its Bing search engine. The new search application provides users with improved speech recognition for making voice-commanded searches.
This morning, Microsoft showed off some new features of its Bing search service and also reviewed how it was doing since its launch. Here are the slides that its top search execs used in the presentation, which includes not much new stuff, except a cool update to its mapping and getting third-party developers to ...
The seemingly never-ending antitrust trial in Europe may soon come to a close, if a new report by Bloomberg is on the money. Bloomberg reported on December 3 that the European Commission (EC) may issue its final remedy in the browser-bundling case involving Opera Software and Microsoft by December 15.
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