Posts Tagged ‘Microsoft’

Windows 7 In Box – All Windows 7 Settings at One Place

So you have recently switched from Windows Xp to Windows 7 and finding it difficult to change simple settings like System settings, keyboard & Mouse settings, managing user accounts, starting various Windows tools etc. Well then here is Windows 7 In a Box to rescue you.

Click to continue reading

Profiling Windows Mobile ( Part I): Does Dual platform make sense?

Windows Mobile is old. The basic UI and underlying technology is the same today as it has been for years. Windows Mobile is not exactly the best mobile solution around. Neither is it “exactly profitable” according to Steve Ballmer! All too often Microsoft has been accused of not having a coherent Mobile strategy.

Click to continue reading

Microsoft:Difficult moving ahead of IE 6 and XP

Microsoft has the likes of Linux, Apple, Google, Mozilla as competition on the OS and browser fronts. However, if July figures of browser market shares from net applications are to be believed, Windows XP and IE6 are the biggest threats to Microsoft! In them, Microsoft deals with an Operating System and Browser that refuse to die (much to Microsoft’s discomfort)!MS is all the way up-to IE8 and IE8 is splashing around as the safest amongst browsers (Read here).

Click to continue reading

Is Internet Explorer 8 the safest browser?

Tests by NSS Labs comparing popular browsers for their ability to block web sites pushing malware and phishing have put IE 8 on the top of the other 4 browsers tested: Apple Safari 4, Google Chrome 2, Mozilla Firefox 3, Opera 10 Beta.While the modest 80’s is a good score compared to the others, it still isn’t enough to make up for a secure net browssing experience.

Click to continue reading

How Popular Website Designs Looked Like In Late 90’s

Google.com in 1998Microsoft.com in 1999Apple.com in 1999Yahoo.com in 1999Hotmail.com in 1999 Sony.com in 1997BBC.co.uk in 1998Amazon.com in 1999MSN.com in 1999Adobe.com in 1998 Altavista.com in 1999

The future of social media (in context of the Facebook – Friendfeed marriage)

The Facebook and the Friendfeed marriage could have much larger future implications on social networking, content indexing and real time search. In the triangulur contest between Google, Facebook and Twitter, each of these players had one big speciality. Facebook has bad search for the vast quantity of content generated by its users worldwide.

Click to continue reading

Yahoo: The road forward?

A new era at Yahoo began the minute when Carol Bartz signed the agreement with Microsoft, giving the right to conduct searches on Yahoo’s huge network of Web sites to Microsoft in exchange for 88 percent of the revenue generated by Microsoft’s Bing. Having finally offloaded its search business to Microsoft; all Yahoo has to do is figure out what comes next.

Click to continue reading

Would MS Azure start a new new cloud price war?

Earlier today Microsoft unveiled it’s pricing model for its forthcoming Windows Azure cloud services platform. What’s interesting about the pricing model is that they seem to be taking direct aim at Amazon Web Services.To recap, Amazon charges 12.5 cents per hour for a basic Windows Server instance in contrast Microsoft’s stated that their price will be 12 cents.They noted that the service will remain free until November.

Click to continue reading

Blog Widget by LinkWithin
Other Resources