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Microsoft Silverlight for Online IPL Viewers

Posted by sudhirmangla April 18, 2009

The official website of the Indian Premier League — www.IPLt20.com will provide an interactive video experience to those would like to view match coverage online. The videos will broadcast using Microsoft’s Silverlight platform, which is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for viewing rich interactive applications on the Web. Microsoft India claims this to be the largest online broadcasting cricketing event in history, offering viewers a novel way of viewing twenty20 matches live... Read more »

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Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 on March 10

Posted by sudhirmangla March 9, 2009

Yesterday Mozilla updated its release schedule to include Firefox 3.1 Beta 3, set to go live on March 10th at 2pm PST. Whether or not it actually lands in the hands of public end-users is another question. Believe it or not, Firefox 3.1 hasn’t seen a major upgrade since June 2008, however hopeful users seeking new features and improvements of the Internet browser can expect to see Beta 3 to go live on March 10. This is, of course, will only happen if the current version actually went into code... Read more »

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Microsoft To Start Shipping Windows 7 In September 2009

Posted by sudhirmangla March 9, 2009

Microsoft could have Windows 7 on shipping PCs by September, Compal president Ray Chen said today at an investor’s conference. The PC contractor executive understands from plans that the software should be available in either late September or early October. The news would corroborate word of an April release candidate that would let Microsoft finish, manufacture and deliver Windows 7 well ahead of the holidays. Compal builds systems on behalf of Acer, HP and other major PC makers. Amelia... Read more »

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Microsoft Launches Celebrity Site Wonderwall

Posted by sudhirmangla February 7, 2009

Microsoft has partnered with media company BermanBraun Interactive to launch an entertainment and celebrity site for MSN called Wonderwall. With a slew of similar entertainment focused sites already in existence, Microsoft’s move is a gamble, but the company says the entertainment gossip category continues to grow and in the last year it increased 14 percent. Microsoft is also counting on the fact that 84 percent of people on the Internet in the U.S. visit an entertainment site every month. Wonderwall... Read more »

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Is Microsoft Coming with its Own Smartphone

Posted by sudhirmangla February 7, 2009

With the Mobile World Congress nearing, rumours about Microsoft’s plans to oust its own range of smart phones have gained steam. The rumors first appeared at the recently concluded CES at Las Vegas. It is thought that the upcoming handset will use Nvidia’s Tegra processor and a Qualcomm telecommunications baseband chip. Microsoft has a decent presence in the smart phone arena, thanks to its Windows Mobile OS. However, the company has never been involved in the production of Windows Mobile... Read more »

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Gmail gets multiple inboxes

Posted by sudhirmangla February 7, 2009

Gmail’s latest Labs creation is one of the best yet: panes that let you create separate inboxes using filters and labels. Anal-retentive over-organizers of the world, rejoice! Want to have a pane just for emails from your family? Or from a particular mailing list? You can easily split up threads from different people or groups or based on different subjects or anything you want. It’s a great way to use filters to turn one email account into many. Brilliant. To turn on Panes,... Read more »

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Google Delivers Offline GMAIL

Posted by sudhirmangla January 31, 2009

Google will begin to offer browser-based offline access to its Gmail Webmail application, a much-awaited feature. This functionality, which will allow people to use the Gmail interface when disconnected from the Internet, has been expected since mid-2007. That’s when Google introduced Gears, a browser plug-in designed to provide offline access to Web-hosted applications like Gmail. Gears is currently used for offline access to several Web applications from Google, like the Reader RSS manager... Read more »

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Senator Asks Microsoft to Lay Off Foreigners Ahead of Americans

Posted by sudhirmangla January 30, 2009

Senator Asks Microsoft to Lay Off Foreigners Ahead of Americans A prominent Republican Senator has some controversial suggestions for Microsoft on its job cuts Faced with the wrath of its shareholders after missing its earnings targets badly, Microsoft announced that it would be laying off 5,000 employees, a sharp reverse of years of hiring and growth. The layoffs are starting to be announced this week. Sen. Charles Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, where Microsoft has a significant presence,... Read more »

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Companies companies layoffs at all time High

Posted by sudhirmangla January 28, 2009

The recession is killing jobs at an alarming pace, with tens of thousands of new layoffs announced Monday by some of the biggest names in American business — Pfizer, Caterpillar and Home Depot. The unemployment rate, now at a 16-year high of 7.2 percent, could hit 10 percent or higher later this year or early next year, under some analysts’ projections. Then over the weekend someone at IBM Canada confirmed the obvious: Yes, of course layoffs are underway. Now we get more details from... Read more »

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Microsoft layoff email to employees

Posted by sudhirmangla January 26, 2009

From: Steve Ballmer Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 6:07 AM Subject: Realigning Resources and Reducing Costs In response to the realities of a deteriorating economy, we’re taking important steps to realign Microsoft’s business. I want to tell you about what we’re doing and why. Today we announced second quarter revenue of $16.6 billion. This number is an increase of just 2 percent compared with the second quarter of last year and it is approximately $900 million below our earlier... Read more »

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