Microsoft

The internet is abuzz today with the news that Google plans to enter the netbook space with its own cloud-driven operating system. Chrome OS, as the product is being dubbed, will be pre-installed on a range of portable devices offering almost instant boot access to the web.
Unlike other low-powered Windows and Linux netbooks, Chrome OS [...]

Pricing details of Microsoft’s planned foray into family licensing of its Windows operating system have apparently been leaked to the web.
Online retailer ExperCom has a list price of $136.95 for the Windows 7 Home Premium family pack, permitting up to three product activations of the software in a single family home.
This pricing would make Windows [...]

Microsoft has confirmed it will start rolling-out its free software security product for Windows users from next week.
The software solution, codenamed “Morro”, has been given the considerably less interesting name “Microsoft Security Essentials” for its public debut; replacing Microsoft’s paid “OneCare” security solution.
Security Essentials will be available on June 23rd to users in the US, Brazil and [...]

Despite my excitement and happiness with how Windows 7 is shaping up from Microsoft, I have finally taken the plunge and placed an order for an Apple Mac computer for the very first time in my life.
I opted for a 17″ MacBook Pro over the iMac and Mac Pro for reasons of portability. I am [...]

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer believes the bubble is about to burst on Apple in a big way as the global economy continues to suffer a synchronized meltdown.
Apple has racked up some impressive sales numbers in recent years on the back of the success of its iPod and iPhone products in the consumer space. However, with [...]

World famous comedian Jerry Seinfeld has reportedly cut a deal with Microsoft to help tell the world about the benefits of switching to Windows Vista (”Ultimate”).
The Wall Street Journal reports that Seinfeld will be paid around $10 million to star in a bunch of clever advertisements with charismatic chairman Bill Gates.
The funnyman will be armed [...]

Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has unveiled a canny plan to finally drive mass-adoption of the user-unfriendly and geeky Linux operating system on the desktop.
Shuttleworth had the following comments to make at O’ Reilly’s OSCON conference this week:
“I think the great task in front of us in the next two years is to lift the experience [...]

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says his company has drawn a line in the sand and is done trying to do a deal to acquire Yahoo! any time soon. And he also believes the future fight to own the search and online advertising business is a two-horse race that Yahoo! does not figure in.
“It didn’t work [...]

Aggressive “spam-filtering technology” deployed by Microsoft is apparently causing a whole lot of legitimate email to vanish into a blackhole before you ever see it. According to sysadmins, the company is taking a very relaxed attitude towards making sure email that complies with published standards gets through to the more than 250 million Internet users [...]