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Automatic Updates Coming To Internet Explorer (NewsFactor)

December 16, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment 

NewsFactor – Microsoft intends to begin delivering automatic updates of its Internet Explorer browser beginning next year to ensure that as many machines as possible running Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 are protected from the latest malware schemes of cyber criminals.

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Crowdsourced Contest Platform Now Looking To ID Problems, Not Just Solve Them (Mashable)

August 8, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Mashable – After powering problem-solving challenges for clients like the U.S. federal government, the city of New York, Michelle Obama, Samsung and the World Bank, ChallengePost has raised $4.1 million to develop a new type of platform — one that not only solves problems, but helps point them out

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Crowdsourced Contest Platform Now Looking To ID Problems, Not Just Solve Them
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Nokia Phone 7 ‘Leak’ May Have Been Planned (NewsFactor)

June 24, 2011 by publisher · Leave a Comment 

NewsFactor – Nokia and Microsoft’s first collaboration generated a substantial amount of buzz this week after a video of the smartphone appeared on a Hungarian web site — the kind of buzz Windows Phone 7 will need to gain traction in the smartphone market. The device, code-named Sea Ray, was unveiled at a Nokia Connections event in Singapore by CEO Stephen Elop and Jukka Kiiskinen, a Nokia sales manager.

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LulzSec Posts Stolen Data from Arizona Lawman Site (NewsFactor)

June 24, 2011 by creative · Leave a Comment 

NewsFactor – Hackers have released a torrent of confidential data seized during an intrusion at the web site of the Arizona Department of Public Safety, including hundreds of private intelligence bulletins, training manuals, and personal e-mail correspondence of law-enforcement officials.

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LulzSec Posts Stolen Data from Arizona Lawman Site
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Another Windows 8 Pre-beta Surfaces (PC World)

April 25, 2011 by creative · Leave a Comment 

PC World – While Microsoft has not announced the release date, or even the official name, of its follow-up to Windows 7, an early pre-beta version of the OS has surfaced on the Internet, the second version to appear within a month.

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What Windows Mango could mean for the mobile app market (Appolicious)

April 14, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Appolicious – On Wednesday at an event in Las Vegas, Microsoft (MSFT) previewed the latest version of its Windows Phone mobile operating system, dubbed Mango. It’s the company’s latest effort to draw more developers to create apps for its platform

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What Windows Mango could mean for the mobile app market
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Google’s rapidly rising expenses crimp 1Q earnings (AP)

April 14, 2011 by publisher · Leave a Comment 

AP – Google is helping the economy and hurting its stock. The company is hiring so many employees for projects outside its thriving search advertising business that its expenses are growing much faster than its revenue.

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Google’s rapidly rising expenses crimp 1Q earnings
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Windows Phone Tools Aimed at Richer Mobile Apps (NewsFactor)

April 13, 2011 by publisher · Leave a Comment 

NewsFactor – Microsoft is doing a lot of teasing these days — teasing about the next iterations of some of its products, that is. Besides offering a sneak peak at Internet Explorer 10, Microsoft on Wednesday also offered a glimpse of the next version of the Windows Phone operating system at its MIX11 conference in Las Vegas.

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Windows Phone Tools Aimed at Richer Mobile Apps
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U.S. Internet advertising revenue hits record high in 2010 (Reuters)

April 13, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Reuters – U.S. Internet advertising revenue jumped 15 percent to $26 billion in 2010, setting a record high and proving that more companies are opening up their coffers to reach people online.

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Can Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Win the Browser Wars? (PC World)

April 2, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment 

PC World – The latest Internet Explorer news is both good and bad for Microsoft. First, the good: IE9, the newest version of Redmond’s browser, seems to be gaining favor with Web users. A post yesterday on Microsoft’s Windows Blog cites usage-tracker Net Applications’ latest browser statistics, which show IE9 with 3.56 percent of worldwide market share for March

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Can Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Win the Browser Wars?
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