Ballmer (almost) Gets Egg On His Face
I have just stumbled upon this funny video on Silicon Alley Insider that shows a protester in Budapest trying to throw some eggs at Steve Ballmer and doing some yelling at a conference. Boy it seems people just LOVE to HATE Microsoft or just HATE to LOVE Microsoft. My is guess some of them don’t [...]
Microsoft Office Doing Well on Apple Macs
With the recent success of Apple Macs, it seems Microsoft is not hurting much. Microsoft’s Macintosh Business Unit (yes, they have a dedicated Mac unit) has revealed that the Mac version of Office 2008 has been a runaway success with the sales still continuing to grow and that it is the highest selling Office for [...]
Microsoft + RIM: Windows Live Services Now on The BlackBerry
Research In Motion (RIM), the makers of the popular Blackberry smartphone have entered an agreement that will see Windows Live services such as Windows Live Messenger and Hotmail on the BlackBerry mobile phone’s platform that will enable lovers of Windows Live services to communicate in real time using BlackBerry’s push technology.
BlackBerry users who also use [...]
Microsoft Comments on Yahoo! and Google’s Adsense Deal
Here is a response from Microsoft on the Yahoo! and Google ad arrangement whereby Yahoo! is trying out Adsense on its search results for a limited two week period and on less than 3% of the search queries in the U.S.
“Any definitive agreement between Yahoo! and Google would consolidate over 90% of the search advertising [...]
Yahoo!’s Response to Latest Microsoft Letter
Well it didn’t take long for Yahoo! to respond to the letter Microsoft wrote over the weekend. Yahoo! have replied (letter below) saying that they are ready to play ball when the Redmond giant increases its offer of $31 per share. Yahoo! also indicates its concern over regulatory issues this takeover might face and might [...]
Microsoft’s Letter to Yahoo! (Well Its Still On)
Well you have have thought that Microsoft’s offer to buy Yahoo! was now a forgotten thing, well think again. Microsoft sent another open letter to the Yahoo! board over the weekend. Here it is below;
April 5, 2008
Board of Directors
Yahoo! Inc.
701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Dear Members of the Board:
It has now been more [...]
Windows Mobile to use Flash Lite (for the moment)
Microsoft have licensed Flash Lite for its Windows Mobile operating systems. In an agreement with Adobe it seems that the OS will now be supporting both Microsoft’s Silverlight and Flash Lite. Silverlight for mobile isn’t ready yet and analysts are expecting it by the end of the second quarter.
But many sceptics might be saying why [...]
