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Microsoft is setting up a university in Bangalore, the Silicon valley of India, to impart computer education. Though Microsoft does fund education and research projects in many universities across the world, this Bangalore based university will be wholly owned by the software giant and it's first-ever independent educational venture in the world. TOI says that the Microsoft university may train around 1,000 students and it may well be India's first run by a multinational company. MORE...

The upcoming Microsoft Search Appliance (picture above) will help enterprise customers enable Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 search capabilities without requiring any complicated set-up. Mike Pallot of Microsoft says that Microsoft Search Appliance is "not a ploy to go head-to-head" with the Google Search Appliance or the pizza box shaped Google Mini.MORE...

La empresa de Bill Gates anunció que apunta a una estrategia de"software más servicios", porque no cree que las aplicacionesonline prevalezcan por sobre los programas instalables en lascomputadoras. El plan se opone a los pronósticos de compañíascomo Google y Mozilla.Cualquiera en su posición diría lo mismo, pero el cambio esinminente. Recordando la historia de Microsoft ellos hicieronque compañías enormes como IBM hicieran cambios y levendieron el MS-DOS el cual fue muy útil en aquellos tiemposy luego tuvieron que pasar a Windows. Ahora no ven la granposibilidad que poseen los aplicaciones online; es lógico supoderío se basa en softwares de escritorio.Las aplicaciones online poseen la ventaja de que no dependen deun ordenador para accesar a un sistema de trabajo, solo conentrar en un navegador desde cualquier parte. Que me dicen deMozilla Extensions son o no útiles? eso esta claro que si; o Googley sus aplicaciones en linea y los muy usados Mashups.Por favor hasta los mis

Microsoft plans numerous fixes including an update to ReadyBoost Microsoft officially launched Windows Vista for volume licensing on November 30. The company also simultaneously launched Office 2007 giving Microsoft a 1-2 punch in the realm of operating systems and productivity suites. "These are game-changing products," said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at the launch. "It’s an incredible step forward for business computing in a year of unprecedented innovation from Microsoft. We expect that more than 200 million people will be using at least one of these products by the end of 2007." Microsoft followed up with the retail launch of both products two months later on January 30. Both software products were made available in over 70 countries and over 40,000 retail locations. Windows Vista is not even a year old, but Microsoft is already orchestrating the launch of Service Pack 1 (SP1) Beta 1 for the week of July 16. Many companies will not even touch a new Microsoft ope

We know that Gmail offers email service on our own domain.Now Microsoft India has released this feature for the Indians through windows live mail service.Normally when you register yourself on a particular mail service xyz.com , they will offer you a domain *******@xyz.com or ******@xyz.co.in.But through custom domain , if you have your own domain , you can ask live mail to offer their service through your domain.If you have a website 5p.com , the email will be offered like subhash@5p.com , provided the mail space and all other necessities are offered through windows live mail once you register yourself on 5p.com.This service will certainly increase the number of users of the live mail if any famous website uses it which has good number of visitors.Looks like Microsoft started learning from Google .Google really markets its products through very good marketing techniques.

Thats right, Microsoft, along with a London company called Skinkers (nice name) have developed a new on demand live Peer-to-peer TV service called LiveStation. It seems a lot like a Joost competitor, but claims to have only live TV, no pre-recorded shows or movies like a normal on demand service. This is what I like about LiveStation, and what I didn't like about Joost. I wanted as close to a real TV on my computer, which is what LiveStation seems to be promising. This program will be a great way to get live TV without the need to spend lots of money on a TV tuner. I think this will be great, as I don't have a TV where I compute, so I could check up on news, shows, movies etc.I believe you can sign up for the beta right now, I just signed up, hope I can get in :) Thank you for subscribing to my blog!

For years one of the most popular images of Microsoft was one of a company that did everything in its power to control as much of the operating system and software market as it possibly could. Now whether this is true or not is debatable, what is not debatable is that monopolies in the technology industry are not a good thing. Just to fill all of you who don’t know in; Google has accused Microsoft of making it difficult for users who are running Microsoft’s latest OS Vista to run a different desktop search engine. Google claim that although the user has a choice to run Vista's built in search engine or a competitor's desktop search (e.g. Google’s engine) Microsoft has designed Vista in such a way that if a user is not using Vista's built in search function the whole operating system slows down and it becomes frustrating to run a search of your computer's hard drive. After Google made their complaint – confidentially as part of the consent decree proceedin

The display size of my IBM T20 is way too large for my 14" LCD screen. How do I reduce this display size to fit into LCD size? Or is the video card bad?

Microsoft does not confirm nor deny new Xbox 360 hardware cooling Following yesterday?s discovery of new cooling measures inside Xbox 360 consoles, questions to Microsoft regarding its hardware changes were met with intentionally vague responses. ?Regularly updating console components is commonplace within the industry and is a standard aspect of the business for a variety of reasons including cost reduction, improved manufacturability and improved performance,? a spokesperson said to GameDaily. ?We do not provide details on these updates." Users who received repaired consoles back have been reporting a revised heatsink with a heatpipe extension to help better cool the GPU. It is believed that improved cooling is an effort to address widespread reports of Xbox 360 hardware failures. Microsoft has always remained guarded on the topic of the reliability of its Xbox 360 console, including on possible revisions to address quality issues. When asked if the Xbox 360 Elite w

justice Department official dismisses Google's claims that Windows Vista is anticompetitive It was during the Clinton administration when Microsoft faced the Department of Justice?s heavy scrutiny of antitrust laws, but now, in a twist of events, the U.S. government appears to be defending Microsoft from such antitrust allegations. According to The New York Times, Google filed complaints with federal and state prosecutors claiming that the indexing program built into Windows Vista operating system impedes the operation of Google Desktop. Users trying to run both Windows Vista indexing and Google Desktop are frustrated because the operation of both considerably slows the operating system, claims Google. In its complaint, Google points to Microsoft?s antitrust settlement in 2002, ?which prohibits Microsoft from designing operating systems that limit the choices of consumers.? Google also ?asked the court overseeing the antitrust decree to order Microsoft to redesign Vista t

Microsoft may sell the most Xbox 360s at below $199, but it's not going there any time soon Microsoft?s plot to jump the gun on its foray into the current generation of video game consoles by releasing the Xbox 360 a full year ahead of Sony?s machine appears to be paying off. Developers have had more time to develop software for Microsoft?s system, giving it the current edge in games available. While Microsoft may be pleased with itself on keeping Sony?s PlayStation 3 at bay, now the company must focus on stealing some of Nintendo?s thunder. The Wii?s innovative remote controller allows it to attract a whole new audience, such as women and the elderly, to play video games. In order to rule this console generation, Microsoft believes that it needs to start emulating some of Nintendo?s tactics. ?If we don't make that move, make it early and expand our demographic, we will wind up in the same place as with Xbox 1, a solid business with 25 million people,? said Peter Moore,

Microsoft has signed another licensing deal -- totaling six in the past year Microsoft announced it has agreed to a cross-licensing deal with LG Electronics Inc. The agreement between the two companies covers hardware and software intellectual property, including the Linux operating system. It took the two companies more than four years to finalize the deal, which began in late 2003.The deal will allow LG Electronics to have access to Microsoft patents which can be used in computer and home appliance products. Microsoft will have access to LG patents that deal with LG computer-related products."We believe that the license agreement with Microsoft provides appropriate recognition of the value of LG's computer system-related patents, which includes patents directed to computer architecture utilized in game consoles and other products," said Jeong Hwan Lee, LG's executive vice president of intellectual property.Analysts expect LG to be able to better compete with companies

SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. has taken the wraps off "Surface," a coffee-table shaped computer that responds to touch and to special bar codes attached to everyday objects. read morecheck out more...microsoft

Surface takes user involvement with digital media to the next level Microsoft is looking to today make the same breakthrough in interface technology with "Surface" that the mouse did back in the 1980s. Surface, which will be demonstrated today at the Wall Street Journal?s D: All Things Digital conference, provides instant interaction between people and digital content using hand gestures on a touch screen. "With Surface, we are creating more intuitive ways for people to interact with technology," said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. "We see this as a multibillion dollar category, and we envision a time when surface computing technologies will be pervasive, from tabletops and counters to the hallway mirror. Surface is the first step in realizing that vision." In its current form, Surface is incorporated into a 30" display mounted into a table. This allows user involvement to expand beyond just one person. Surface is capable of recognizing input from not just one finger,

Microsoft announced their new surface computer  today (actually yesterday- it’s after midnight) at the D: All Things Digital  conference in San Diego. Be interesting to see what sort of applications can be made to utilize this new technology.

At the All Things Digital conference, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer will debut Microsoft Surface aka Project Milan, the first in a new category of surface computing products that recognizes physical objects, e.g., paintbrush, cellular phones, and credit cards, and allows hands-on, direct control of content, e.g., photographs, music and maps. This isn't just touch screen - it's multi-touch! Surface advances interaction with all forms of digital content via natural gestures, touch and physical objects, senses styli and objects, and connects and interacts with other devices utilizing RFID and other wireless protocols. Awesome!From CrunchGear:Direct interaction. Users can actually ?grab? digital information with their hands, interacting with content by touch and gesture, without the use of a mouse or keyboard.Multi-touch. Surface computing recognizes many points of contact simultaneously, not just from one finger like a typical touch-screen, but up to dozens of items at once.M

The social networking scene is soon to accept another major player to the circle. Wallop is Microsoft’s latest attempt to cash in on the trends already set by the global market. The site, which only recently went live, has already caused quite a stir amongst bloggers, developers and punters in general. Although the platform is not a direct Microsoft project, the corporation has been the main subsidiser, along with a host of venture capitalists. The angle of this particular service is aim to keep the riff-raff out by keeping the area exclusive. Their vision is to keep it as secure and private as possible, eliminating the threat of spammers and prowlers. The system is currently only leaving its beta stage, and is available to a select few Microsoft Live subscribers who were invited after submitting online applications. Most services available on the site are adaptations of the current standards (blogging, photo/video galleries, themed groups etc), but does also include a few fre