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Microsoft To Discontinue IE6; Launches ie6countdown.com


IE6 Worldwide Usage

So, it’s official. Microsoft has finally pulled the plug on Internet Explorer 6 browser. IE6 has always been a pain for web developers and designers owing to it’s lack of newer and emerging W3 standards. Many big organizations like Google and Facebook have already discontinued support for IE6 on their various products. Read: YouTube to…

 Microsoft   News  

By Debjit
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Internet Explorer Gains Browser Share; IE9 Downloaded 36 Million Times!


Microsoft IE9

When Microsoft first revealed it’s plans for Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), it was said that IE9 will have faster javascript engine and would support better standards. Not that Microsoft did not live upto it’s claim, Microsoft reports that IE9 has been downloaded over 36 Million times since it’s initial availability on September 15, 2010.

 Microsoft   News  

By Debjit

Microsoft Releasing Kinect For Windows SDK This Spring


There is no doubt that Microsoft Kinect is an amazing product. Although the Kinect games may be a bit lacking, because of hackers, Kinect is being used for all sot of amazing applications. Initially though, Microsoft discouraged Kinect hacking. However once they saw what hackers have been able to do with Kicnect, they promptly went…

 Hacks   Microsoft   News  

By Ricky

Windows Phone 7 Getting Copy-Paste, Internet Explorer 9 And Multi-Tasking


At the Mobile World Congress, Microsoft has announced that new features which people had been asking for from day 1 of Windows Phone 7 launch such as copy-paste and multi-tasking are coming to Windows Phone 7 this year. In addition to that, they also announced that the about to be released Internet Explorer 9 will also make it to…

 Gadgets   Microsoft   News  

By Ricky
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Microsoft Kills Windows Autorun On Win 2K, Vista & XP


Microsoft has finally taken a huge step forward in order to put a check on Malicious tools which have actively used the Autorun facility to manifest themselves on the computers of millions of users. Most viruses create an Autorun.inf file in removable media ( CD – ROM / USB Drives ) in order to spread…

 Microsoft   News   Security  

By Debjit

Google Sting Operation: Bing Caught Copying Search Results From Google!


Google Bing Sting Operation Logo Image

Cheating is something which one would least expect of an organisation as big as Microsoft. Well, not exactly. In the past we have reported how Internet Explorer 9 was caught cheating the Sunspider Benchmark tests. Now, we are getting reports from various sources online that Google has caught Bing copying search results from Google after…

 Google   Microsoft   News   Web  

By Debjit

Official Kinect Drivers & SDK Coming Soon From Microsoft [Rumors]


We have now been hearing about rumors that Microsoft is possibly developing drivers and a software development kit in order to allow developers to build applications leveraging the power of the Kinect. This would essentially lead to the creation of software that would let users hook a kinect onto a Windows PC and start gaming right away.

 Microsoft   News  

By Debjit

Microsoft Explains The New Years Day Hotmail Outage


Microsoft Explains The New Years Day Hotmail Outage

To test the health of the email service, Microsoft creates different user accounts with different configurations and uses scripts to simulate a normal user behavior and to report problems. After the test, the accounts are again deleted – this was where the problem arised

 General   Microsoft  

By Ricky

Microsoft Finally Puts Out Some Number – Is The Windows Phone 7 Doomed?


Microsoft Finally Puts Out Some Number – Is The Windows Phone 7 Doomed?

Today Microsoft have published some numbers – they have sold 1.5 million Windows Phone 7 devices to carriers and retailers in six weeks.

 General   Microsoft  

By Ricky

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