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Google, Facebook remove "offensive" content in India
(Digital Trends)
6 Feb 2012 at 10:30am
Digital Trends - Responding to strong government pressure to remove content offensive to Indian politicians and religious groups, Google India has removed an unspecified number of sites and images from Google services in the country (reportedly including Blogger and YouTube) in response to an ongoing court case. The action follows weeks of pressure by the Indian government against nearly two dozen Internet companies, including Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and Facebook—according to the Press Trust of India, the firms now have until March 1 to present their plans to a New Delhi court for policing objectionable content on their services.
Microsoft slams Google user data policy in new ads
(AP)
1 Feb 2012 at 5:11pm
AP - Microsoft Corp. slammed search rival Google Inc. with full-page newspaper ads Wednesday, saying that recent changes at Google that allow it to internally merge the data it collects on user activity across services such as YouTube and Gmail are meant to allow advertisers to better target customers.
Microsoft cuts about 200 marketing employees
(AP)
1 Feb 2012 at 4:17pm
AP - Microsoft Corp. said it laid off some of its marketing staff on Wednesday as part of an effort to restructure its operations.
Microsoft Begins Private Preview of Office 15
(Mashable)
30 Jan 2012 at 11:19am
Mashable - Microsoft says it's started a private preview program of the next version of Office to a "select group" of customers. Going far beyond just refining and enhancing existing applications, the next version of Microsoft Office, codenamed "Office 15," will unite the software suite with the company's cloud and mobile platforms.
Announcing the move in a blog post, Microsoft says this is the first time the next version of Office will be seen by anyone outside the company, though it didn't identify any of its partners for the technical preview and mentions that they're all bound by non-disclosure agreements. Microsoft says its sales team nominated the participants, and they represent a broad range of industries and customer profiles.
Kinect technology is heading to laptops
(Digital Trends)
28 Jan 2012 at 10:03am
Digital Trends - According to a recent report from The Daily, Microsoft is working manufacturers third-party manufacturers on prototypes of laptops utilizing a built-in Kinect sensor. Microsoft has already discussed desktops that include Kinect functions while at CES this year, but this is the first mention of the motion controller in a portable solution. The prototypes appeared to be ASUS netbooks and they were running Windows 8, likely to use motion navigation within the metro style version of the operating system.Â
Yahoo's income drops 5 pct during fourth quarter
(Digital Trends)
25 Jan 2012 at 10:30am
Digital Trends - Although many earnings announcements may have been lost in the wake of Apple’s $46.3 billion quarter, struggling Internet giant Yahoo also posted its earnings for the quarter ended December 31, 2011—and they weren’t nearly so rosey. The good news is that Yahoo managed to earn some $312 million during the quarter; the bad news is that figure is a five percent decrease from the same period in 2010. Although income from operations increased a bit year over year, Yahoo attributed the overall decline in revenue from decreasing revenues garnered from its search agreement with Microsoft. Measured by Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Yahoo’s revenue for the quarter was $1.32 billion, and its revenue for the year some $4.98 billion—and that full-year figure represents a 21 percent decline compared to 2010.
Microsoft's New Xbox 720 Will Be 6x More Powerful [REPORT]
(Mashable)
25 Jan 2012 at 6:36am
Mashable - "More power!" You can imagine Steve Ballmer yelling it through Microsoft's halls but that's exactly what is happening with the Xbox 720, according to reports from IGN.
Core suppliers savor bigger Apple pie
(Reuters)
25 Jan 2012 at 6:16am
Reuters - Suppliers basked in the reflection of Apple's glowing results on Wednesday after the company's gold standard iPhones and iPads flew off the shelves over the holiday sales season.
Will Microsoft Points be replaced with real-world currency?
(Digital Tre...
24 Jan 2012 at 7:47am
Digital Trends - If you’re tired of trying to figure out the exchange rate between U.S. dollars and Microsoft Points, a new rumor making the rounds should give you hope.
Microsoft announces the Arcade House Party lineup for XBL
(Digital Trends)
23 Jan 2012 at 1:49pm
Digital Trends - One day, years from now, we will be cleaning out our garage/attic/underwater pods (it could happen…), and discover an old game on a disc. We may then call the kids down to gaze in wonder at the relic in our hands, before throwing it in the trash and laughing about how quaint we used to be.
Summary Box: IBM and Microsoft power Dow's rise
(AP)
20 Jan 2012 at 2:31pm
AP - EARNINGS: IBM and Microsoft drove the Dow Jones industrial average higher Friday after the tech giants reported stronger earnings than analysts expected.
Microsoft and IBM push Dow up, Google falls
(AP)
20 Jan 2012 at 2:30pm
AP - IBM and Microsoft drove the Dow Jones industrial average higher Friday after the tech giants reported stronger earnings than analysts expected.
Microsoft says it will fix Xbox color and streaming resolution issues - but n...
20 Jan 2012 at 9:57am
Digital Trends - Xbox recently upgraded its dashboard, adopting Windows metro style UI. It was a necessary change, as Microsoft needs to align its products with its operating system. However there were early complaints that post-upgrade, users were seeing inaccurate colors and poor HD streaming quality.Â
Microsoft's Windows battles slack PC sales
(Reuters)
19 Jan 2012 at 5:38pm
Reuters - Microsoft Corp's fiscal second-quarter profit fell very slightly as lagging computer sales to cash-strapped consumers in the United States and Europe hurt its core Windows business.
Microsoft 2Q beats Street despite soft PC market
(AP)
19 Jan 2012 at 4:35pm
AP - Microsoft Corp. battled through a weak PC market to post flat earnings in the final quarter of 2011, boosting sales of servers, Xbox games and its Office productivity software while trimming losses at its Bing search engine.
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