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Bill Gates on Google’s Chrome OS
Published on :To Bill Gates, Google’s Chrome OS looks a lot like a familiar foe: Linux. “There’s many, many forms of Linux operating systems out there and packaged in different ways and booted in different ways,” Gates said in aninterview with CNET News this week. “In some ways I am surprised people […]
Microsoft Office users attacked by cybercriminals
Published on :Microsoft Corp warned that cybercriminals have attacked users of its Office software for Windows PCs, exploiting a programing flaw that the software giant has yet to repair. The world’s largest software maker issued the warning on Tuesday as it released patches to address nine other security holes in its software. […]
Microsoft Office 2010 Starts Ascension to the Cloud
Published on :MicrosoftA screen shot of the word processing application in Office 2010, which will allow more than one user to edit a document at the same time. Microsoft’s saunter toward providing all of its Office software online continues this week with a preview of its Office 2010 software. Unlike more Webby […]
Windows 8 Codename “Midori” is on the way
Published on :Microsoft is finally ready to release Windows 7 RTM build, but i have noticed that in backstage MSFT is also cooking Windows 8 which is in Pre-Alpha stage. From the secret source, I have collected Screenshots and Bild tags. The build tags looks promising after having eyes to the screenshots […]
What do CTP, RC, RTM, RTW mean during Development ofa Software
Published on :I always wanted to find the precise meaning of the acronyms Microsoft uses to refer to the stage of a product in the software release life cycle. I found the most comprehensive explanation on mvark ‘s blog and copied it verbatim here for future reference. Community Technology Preview/CTP CTP stands […]
Windows GUI between 1981-2009
Published on :A Graphical User Interface (GUI for short) allows users to interact with the computer hardware in a user friendly way. Over the years a range of GUI’s have been developed for different operating systems such as OS/2, Macintosh, Windowsamiga, Linux, Symbian OS, and more. We’ll be taking a look at […]
Microsoft’s ‘Gazelle’ browser to be more secure
Published on :Microsoft Research is developing a new Web browser that they say could offer a far greater degree of security than Google’s Chrome, Mozilla’s Firefox or Microsoft’s own Internet Explorer. The browser, called Gazelle, relies on a “browser kernel” (5,000 lines of C# code) that helps enforce security rules to prevent […]
An open letter to Microsoft on Windows 8
Published on :Dear Microsoft, Congratulations on recently releasing the Windows 7 release candidate. As I’ve mentioned before, it’s shaping into an excellent product and I have given my reasons why I think people should upgrade. But let’s pause for a moment and look ahead to your supposed next version of Windows, Windows […]
Indian Govt makes Registration of Wi-Fi Compulsory for all
Published on :There is a recent circular issued by Department of Telecommunications to all Internet service providers.According to this circular, Dot has instructed ISPs that every Individual/Company using Wireless Services have to Compulsorily register their Wi-Fi equipment with their Internet provider; failing their service would be disconnected. The main points given in […]