Posts Tagged ‘Microsoft’

Posted on March 11, 2010 - by TechBlips - Top Technology News, Videos, and Blogs

Motorola partners with Microsoft, will use Bing search and maps on Chinese Android phones

Uh, whoa. When we heard Google's threatened pullout of China had prompted Motorola to seek out an alternative search provider for its China-bound handsets, we can't say we were expecting a partnership with Microsoft and Bing to result. But here we are, staring at a press release announcing the ... — full article at engadget.com


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• Motorola, Microsoft in deal to put Bing on phones — reuters.com

Posted on March 11, 2010 - by TechBlips - Top Technology News, Videos, and Blogs

Motorola Announces Alliance with Microsoft for Search and Maps Services; Launching on New Smart Phones… — LIBERTYVILLE, Ill., March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ –

Motorola Announces Alliance with Microsoft for Search and Maps Services; Launching on New Smart Phones in China Services to provide additional choice to consumers on Motorola devices powered by Android LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. , March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Motorola , Inc. (NYSE: MOT ) today ... — full article at prnewswire.com Related Stories: • comScore Reports January 2010 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share — comscore.com • Motorola, Microsoft in deal to put Bing on phones — reuters.com • Motorola partners with Microsoft, will use Bing search and maps on Chinese Android phones — engadget.com

Posted on March 10, 2010 - by TechBlips - Top Technology News, Videos, and Blogs

Flash Player 10.1 and Windows Phone 7 at Mike Chambers

There has been a lot of buzz in the mobile space lately, and I suspect there will be even more around Windows Phone 7 at next week’s Microsoft Mix conference . One thing I wanted to clarify as it may have been lost in some of the other news is that Adobe and Microsoft are working together to ... — full article at mikechambers.com


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• Adobe, Microsoft "working closely" on Flash for Win Phone 7 — electronista.com

Posted on March 10, 2010 - by TechBlips - Top Technology News, Videos, and Blogs

Hard drive evolution could hit Microsoft XP users

	Hard drives are about to undergo one of the biggest format shifts in 30 years. By early 2011 all hard drives will use an "advanced format" that changes how they go about saving the data people store on them. The move to the advanced format will make it easier for hard drive makers to produce ... — full article at news.bbc.co.uk

Posted on March 9, 2010 - by TechBlips - Top Technology News, Videos, and Blogs

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-017

This security update resolves seven privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Excel file. An attacker who successfully exploited any of these vulnerabilities could gain the same user ... — full article at microsoft.com

Posted on March 9, 2010 - by TechBlips - Top Technology News, Videos, and Blogs

Chuck Thacker Attains Computing’s Peak: Chuck Thacker, a pioneer in computer science and a technical fellow with Microsoft Research, has been named winner of the 2009 A.M. Turing Award, the most prestigious honor in computing.

	REDMOND, Wash., March 9, 2010 — When Chuck Thacker graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a bachelor’s degree in physics in 1967, he envisioned a career as an engineering physicist, designing particle accelerators. Things didn’t progress according to plan. Thacker entered ... — full article at microsoft.com

Posted on March 9, 2010 - by TechBlips - Top Technology News, Videos, and Blogs

The Secret Origin of Windows

Few people understand Microsoft better than Tandy Trower, who worked at the company from 1981-2009. Trower was the product manager who ultimately shipped Windows 1.0, an endeavor that some advised him was a path toward a ruined career. Four product managers had already tried and failed to ship ... — full article at technologizer.com Related Stories: • Microsoft shows off XNA games running on Windows Phone, full 3D is a go — engadget.com

Posted on March 8, 2010 - by TechBlips - Top Technology News, Videos, and Blogs

Microsoft ‘takes on Goliath’ with Bing ads mocking Google

	Microsoft's 'Bing and decide' campaign, starting on television this week, attacks 'information overload' of rival's results Microsoft is to launch a multimillion-pound TV ad campaign for its search engine Bing, as part of a major marketing push designed to challenge Google's dominance of the ... — full article at guardian.co.uk

Posted on March 6, 2010 - by TechBlips - Top Technology News, Videos, and Blogs

Ballmer: More Xbox Form Factors in the Future?

	On Thursday, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer spoke at the University of Washington supposedly on the topic of cloud computing . But the conversation also wandered into other topics, one that might include the future of the Xbox. Like fellow reporter Chloe Albanesius, I listened to the ... — full article at gearlog.com

Posted on March 5, 2010 - by TechBlips - Top Technology News, Videos, and Blogs

A Letter from Marc Whitten: Update to Xbox LIVE Code of Conduct

Published March 5, 2010 Dear Xbox LIVE members, Since the beginning, Microsoft has made an investment in the security and safety of Xbox LIVE and created tools and monitoring practices to ensure it is a fun and welcoming entertainment experience for people of all races, nationalities, religions ... — full article at xbox.com


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• Xbox LIVE Code of Conduct — xbox.com
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