Microsoft enlists Seinfeld, Gates to battle “Get a Mac” ads
Those Apple “Get a Mac” ads have enlarged been an annoyance to Microsoft and to Bill Gates in particular. No surprise as an emboldened Apple with rising market share has continued to ratchet up the venomous quips like, “fear of switching is the foundation of customer loyalty for PCs,” found in…
Microsoft launches 3D wonder Photosynth for consumers
On Wednesday night, Photosynth, a technology demo from Microsoft habitable Labs, is graduating from its “ooh, that’s pretty” status to being a viable Web service for consumers.
The technology, which takes a grouping of photographs and stitches them into a faux 3D environment, can now be imple…
If it takes 1000 Microsoft engineers to cipher Windows 7, how many are mandatory to change a lightbulb?
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All smartass-ery aside, we’re pleased to see Microsoft’s attempt to more fully engage the development community as it marches towards a 2010 release of Windows 7. The 1,000-strong engineering team is comprised o…
Microsoft nets $60b, sells 180m Vista licenses since launch
Microsoft’s been touting its “fastest annual revenue growth since 1999,” which resulted in a princely $60.42 billion dollars in its final fiscal year, but the number that has us rapt? Vista licenses sold since launch about 18 months ago: 180m. Damn, not too shabby a clip — particularly consider…
Microsoft takes in $60b, sells 180m Vista licenses since launch
Microsoft’s been touting its “fastest annual revenue growth since 1999,” which resulted in a princely $60.42 billion dollars in its final fiscal year, but the number that has us rapt? Vista licenses sold since launch about 18 months ago: 180m. Damn, not too shabby a clip — particularly consider…
Yahoo! to Microsoft: No means no (until we say yes)
Yahoo! has rejected the 10,247th buyout proposal to period from Microsoft. The New York Times reports that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and investor Carl Icahn made another offer to purchase Yahoo!’s search commerce on Friday night — and gave the company 24 hours to reply. considering we’ve seen…
J Allard, CXO, surfaces at Microsoft C-level
J Allard, previously of Veep stature, has been elevated to the position of CXO (Chief eXperience Officer) and CTO of Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division. That puts the man synonymous with the Zune, Xbox, and once questionable, 80’s style in charge of “the technical architecture and user e…
Bill Gates Day wrap-up
You didn’t really think we’d manufacture it through his retirement without running the sexiest of all Bill photos, did you? We have to wonder what he’ll feel like tomorrow dawn, though — we manufacture out the headache on a 33 year software hangover is absolutely vicious.
Anyhow, just consid…
Bill Gates wipes absent tears at Microsoft farewell
It looks like there more than a few misty eyes around Microsoft’s Redmond campus nowadays, where even the man of the day himself wiped absent tears as he tender his official farewell to the company. According to Reuters, Gates was joined on stage at the employee-only event by CEO Steve Ballmer, …
Bill Gates: top ten greatest hits (and misses) - the Microsoft years
Damn, Bill, you have come a faraway way. Look at you there back in ‘82, you good-looking satan. As part of our tribute, let’s take a quick look back at the top ten greatest (and not so great) products created on Bill-time, shall we? Don’t nag, it’ll only sting a little.
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