Nov
30
Microsoft Might Be Looking To Acquire Yahoo Search
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By Justin Kerr
Microsoft and its Windows Live brand has tried everything, right down to paying users to pry market share from search juggernaut Google, but so far nothing has worked. Popular rumors have even began speculating that the Redmond based software [...]
Nov
30
MSI Offers New Netbooks With SSD’s and Traditional Hard Drives All In One
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By Justin Kerr
It’s pretty clear MSI is serious about Netbooks and updates to the platform have been coming in pretty steadily since its introduction back in July, but they aren’t done yet. According to Liliputing MSI is adding two new models [...]
Nov
29
Intel VP Thinks Netbooks are “Fine for an Hour”
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By Justin Kerr
Analysts have been speculating for almost a year now on the future of netbooks, and if this new category of ultra mobile PCs would ever threaten sales of their larger form factor brethren. Intel’s Vice President of sales and [...]
Nov
23
Google Chrome may Come Pre-installed on new PCs Next Year
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By Justin Kerr
Internet Explorer may be slowly losing ground to Firefox, but it’s still by far the number one browser in the world with over 71% of the market. Why you ask? Simple, it comes bundled with every new PC and [...]
Nov
22
Steve Ballmer will Testify in the “Vista Capable” Lawsuit
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By Justin Kerr
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will be forced to take the stand to defend his involvement in the “Vista Capable” marketing initiative which sparked a class action lawsuit back in February. The court has been selectively taking testimony from key [...]
Nov
22
Movie Studios Sue an ISP and Seek to Disconnect Users Over BitTorrent Piracy
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By Justin Kerr
Seven of Hollywood’s most powerful studios which include Paramount, Sony, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal, Warner Bros and Disney are working together to sue an Australian ISP and set a very scary precedent. iiNet, Australia’s third largest internet service provider [...]
Nov
16
Core i7 Pricing Leaks From Newegg
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By Justin Kerr
It may have been little more than a cruel mistake, but Newegg certainly got our hopes up by showing Core i7 CPU’s for sale a whole three days before the official launch. The offending links and advertisements were quickly [...]
Nov
15
Analysts Predict AMD & Intel will Struggle in 2009
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By Justin Kerr
The slowdown in the economy continues to trickle down into the technology sector and new warnings have been issued for both AMD and Intel. According to the marketing research firm IDC; “The supply chain is telling us that there [...]
Nov
15
Microsoft Opens a U.S. Marketplace and Offers the Ability to Download its Software
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By Justin Kerr
Microsoft lobbed another artillery shell towards brick and mortar retailers on Thursday with the debut of its new U.S. online marketplace. Microsoft has been slowly expanding its direct to consumer sales channel over the past several months and launched [...]
Nov
9
Windows Growth Slows, are Netbooks to Blame?
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By Justin Kerr
As hardware junkies, we have little trouble justifying our desire for netbooks. Microsoft on the other hand, is having a huge problem trying to figure out how to cash in on the craze. According to new research conducted by Bloomberg, Microsoft’s [...]