May 13, 2011, Silicon Valley, California- By now you’ve probably heard that Microsoft is buying Skype (pending regulatory approval). This is Microsoft’s biggest acquisition to date at $8.5 billion, and Skype’s second acquisition (it’s already been bought and sold by eBay). Since Skype’s release from eBay, it has been quite busy adding features and [...]
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Will Skype Help Microsoft Beat Google?
Posted by Techpro on May 14th, 2011
Giants unite against Google
Posted by Techpro on August 22nd, 2009
Three technology heavyweights are joining a coalition to fight Google’s attempt to create what could be the world’s largest virtual library. Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo will sign up to the Open Book Alliance being spearheaded by the Internet Archive. They oppose a legal settlement that could make Google the main source for many online works. [...]
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No Comments »Microsoft word sales banned.
Posted by Techpro on August 13th, 2009
A US federal court has ordered Microsoft to pay over $290m (£175m) for wilfully infringing on a patent by Canadian firm i4i. The patent relates to the use of XML, a programming language that allows formatting of text and makes files readable across different programs. XML is integral to Microsoft’s flagship word processing software Word. [...]
Posted in Technews Tags: apple softwares, exel, free download, iphone 3G s, latest innovation, mac os, microsoft, no more word, Technews, windows, word, word banned, yahoo No Comments »What is a mobile phone virus?
Posted by Techpro on August 11th, 2009
What’s a mobile phone virus? A mobile phone virus or mobile malware – malicious mobile software – is a computer virus specifically adapted for the mobile phone environment and designed to spread from one vulnerable phone to another. A virus is a program code that replicates by being copied to another program. Viruses can be [...]
Twitter attacked by Hackers, Facebook also slows down.
Posted by Techpro on August 7th, 2009
Hackers attack Twitter, Facebook also slows down Hackers on Thursday shut down the fast-growing messaging service Twitter for hours, while Facebook experienced intermittent access problems. Twitter said it suffered a denial-of-service attack, in which hackers command scores of computers toward a single site at the same time, preventing legitimate traffic from getting through. The attacks [...]
Yahoo, Microsoft finally near deal-Reports says
Posted by Techpro on July 17th, 2009
It’s unclear whether they brought the requested “boatloads of money,” but several top Microsoft executives are in Silicon Valley to try to finalize a search deal with Yahoo, according to an All Things Digital report late on Thursday. According to the report, the two sides are “down to the short strokes” after years of excruciatingly [...]
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