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Microsoft Patents Automatic OS Shutdown
Microsoft Patents Automatic OS Shutdown Microsoft has successfully patented a procedure for shutting down Windows. Microsoft – Operating system – Microsoft Windows – Microsoft Corporation – Companies Read more on Tom’s Hardware
Continue reading...Microsoft launches advertising platform in China
1. September 2010
Microsoft launches advertising platform in China Microsoft has launched an advertising platform in China in an attempt to grab market share from rival Google, which has been wrangling with Beijing over censorship, state media said Wednesday. Read more on AFP via Yahoo! News
Continue reading...Microsoft Appeals $290M Patent Case to U.S. Supreme Court
29. August 2010
Microsoft Appeals $290M Patent Case to U.S. Supreme Court Microsoft is making one final push to get a $290 million patent case heard by the courts—or, rather, to get the U.S. court system to hear the company’s appeals to its 2009 loss in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Texas. That said, [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft details Vejle, the new Xbox 360′s system-on-chip architecture
24. August 2010
Microsoft details Vejle, the new Xbox 360′s system-on-chip architecture There aren’t many unresolved mysteries with Microsoft’s new console by this point — apart from perhaps why it wasn’t named the Stealthbox , like we were suggesting — but one thing that hasn’t been covered in excruciating detail yet is the new 360′s splicing of the [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft spent $1.85 million lobbying in 2Q
23. August 2010
Microsoft spent $1.85 million lobbying in 2Q Microsoft Corp. spent $1.85 million in the second quarter to lobby the federal government on software piracy, technology in health care and other issues, according to a disclosure report. Read more on Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Continue reading...Microsoft Crowns King of Bing Maps
22. August 2010
Microsoft Crowns King of Bing Maps From PR firm GreenRubino (do they work for Microsoft?): Ricky Brundritt’s “Taxi-Fare Calculator” is the winning app in the Summer 2010 King of Bing Maps Challenge. Read more on All Points Blog
Continue reading...Microsoft’s Volume Licensing Portal Down Again
17. August 2010
Microsoft’s Volume Licensing Portal Down Again Microsoft customers and partners are dealing with an outage in the company’s volume licensing portal that rendered the site inaccessible for three days, and Microsoft isn’t offering any insight into what went wrong. Read more on ChannelWeb
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3. September 2010
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