Microsoft aims to make Silverlight content compatible with Apple iPhone
Apple iPhone does not support Adobe Flash or Microsoft Silverlight technologies.
Google had to develop a special application for the iPhone to enable the users to check out the videos hosted on YouTube.
Now, Microsoft is working on a project that would automatically convert Silverlight content [...]
Acer happy with boost in sales with the launch of Windows 7
Acer has revealed that the launch of Windows 7 operating system has been helpful in boosting sales of personal computers in the global market.
The company said that they are hopeful of maintaining a 15 percent sales growth target next year.
Acer said: “When we saw [...]
Yahoo! Search Assist updated with new features
Yahoo might be close to outsourcing their search engine to Microsoft Bing but they continue to enhance it to make it more powerful.
They have now updated their Yahoo! Search Assist service with new features.
The aim is to make it easier for the user to get the [...]
Yahoo all set to index Twitter to show up to date information
Yahoo has become the latest search engine company to take help from Twitter to stay up to date.
The company has announced that they would start indexing data from Twitter and show it along with search results in the coming days.
Microsoft and [...]
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T-Mobile Sidekick goes on sale once again
T-Mobile has finally resumed the sales of their Sidekick mobile devices.
The company had stopped the sales after the Sidekick servers crashed a couple of weeks ago.
Microsoft and T-Mobile worked on recovering the data of the Sidekick owners.
The two companies later stated that they managed to [...]
Paul Allen diagnosed with cancer
Paul Allen is a well known personality and is known as the co-founder of Microsoft along with Bill Gates.
Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
This comes after 25 years after he was treated for Hodgkin’s disease.
This news was released by a spokesman at his company Vulcan. [...]
Don Dodge joins Google
Don Dodge was one of the high profile individuals who was fired by Microsoft during one of their routine lay-offs.
He has now become the latest Google employee with a long history at Microsoft!
Dodge spoke about his new home in a blog post:
Thanks Microsoft, I’m going to Google! Vic Gundotra at Google [...]
Microsoft Bing market share in USA: 10%
Microsoft has almost gained a 10% market share in the USA with their Bing search engine.
Google had around 65.5% market share while Yahoo had 18% in the month of October as per the reports published by comScore.
Microsoft Bing has done well but it seems to be taking [...]
Windows Mobile continues to lose market share
Microsoft is struggling in the smartphone market. Their Windows Mobile platform is no longer a strong player with rivals gaining market share.
The latest report by Gartner reveals that Windows Mobile had a market share of just around 7.9 percent in the third quarter of the year.
This [...]
